Well here is another Chapter. Thank You to everyone who has reviewed this story so far.

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Chapter 6

CMI2011 Aircraft - Somewhere over Middle America

10:00am PST

Sarah was still taking in all of the instrument read outs and communicating with the various air traffic control frequencies and personnel, the take off and ascent to cruising altitude and speed had been one of the best she had ever experienced. Whether that was because she now had to have some mechanical sympathy for the aircraft she was flying or just because it was clear day, she felt extremely pleased with her new toy. As they were flying as per aeronautical maps and the autopilot and navigation points had been entered, Sarah turned to Casey.

"Casey, we will take it in two legs to command the aircraft. I will take the first two hours of the flight, you can take the second two hours and then the last half an hour we will both be back on the flight deck for descent and landing checks, is that ok with you."

"Sure." Casey grunted. "If you need anything, just shout."

"Will do." Sarah replied.

Casey decided to go for a look around the plane, checking out the galley, he saw that there was a full compliment of teas, coffee, soft drinks, sandwiches and pastries. He was still going through the different cabinets to see what was in them. He looked through the plane, noticing where everyone was sat. Carina, Zondra, Mary and Ellie were all sat around one table chatting about their lady feelings, he surmised. Awesome and Chuck were sat at the other and the bearded one was stretched out across three of the rear bench seats, playing on his PSP. After making himself a coffee - black and bitter. He went and sat next to Chuck.

"What are you doing Bartowski." Casey retorted after Chuck hadn't even noticed him sit down.

"Well Casey, I'm still trying to get my head around the security protocols that my father had programmed on to the hard drive. Some of this code is so intricate, if I hadn't seen it myself and studied it, I would of said it was impossible to get this complex. But as per usual, my father, just seemed to have the ability to produce extraordinary detailed work."

"That's great Bartowski, but do you understand it, I mean…you've updated all the servers in Castle with it, yet you don't fully understand it." Casey's voice was filled with a small amount of worry.

"It's my father's work…do you really think, after all the time he spent away from me and Ellie, he would do anything to jeopardise, mine or Ellie's safety." Chuck was starting to get a little angry, how could he question what his father had done, especially after assisting them take down the Ring. If it hadn't been for his father, the useless piece of wood that is now stuck in a maximum security NSA facility, would be running the CIA, with probably everyone on the plane, apart from Carina, Zondra and his Mother would be six foot under the ground.

"I'm not saying this is bad software…I'm just saying, is it really, that good." Again Casey's questions were valid from his position of head of security for Carmichael Industries.

With the heated exchange that was going on between Chuck and Casey, Devon decided this was a good a time to put his daughter down for a nap.

"Err…Chuck, is it ok if I put Clara down for a nap in the bedroom." His voice was quiet, for Devon, but he was trying not to alert the other table, to the discussion going on between Casey and his brother in law.

"Sure Devon." Chuck looked up at his brother in law with a smile.

"Thanks Bro." Devon quickly made his way towards the rear of the plane.

"Chuck, I'm not saying your father's work isn't brilliant and that we shouldn't be using it…it's just we have no idea what sort of information it could hold." Casey's worried expression was trying to convey to Chuck, that he should have consulted him and Sarah before uploading it to the servers.

"Casey, I know…but my father sent us this for a reason." Pointing at the hard drive on the table. "It was like the Agent X files, Dad asked us to fix his mistakes, and yes it was a mistake, but it was rectified, Team Carmichael made sure the mission was completed." Chuck was forceful with his reply.

"Yeah, but look what it cost us." Casey said in a cutting tone. "It cost you and Sarah, your Agency affiliation and it nearly got Sarah killed in the process." This comment hit Chuck like nothing else could of, it was a low blow by anybodies standards, but his friend had just crossed the line.

Upon hearing the last comment from Casey, the whole of the other table turned to face Chuck and Casey. The heated discussion that was going on was getting louder and louder. Chuck looked as though he was about to explode, no one had ever seen Chuck so angry. If it hadn't been that they were in an aluminium tube at thirty thousand feet above the ground he would have just stormed out of the area.

"Excuse me Casey." Pushing his way past Casey and making his way to the galley.

After taking a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down enough to go back to his work that he had on his laptop, he knew he would not be able to speak to Casey for a while. It was still a sore subject for him, and Casey knew that, but poked at the still exposed wound with a sharp stick. It was only eleven o'clock, but he was already searching the fridges for a beer. After finding a Budweiser in the fridge, he cracked it open and took a big slug of the amber nectar; he then turned to see the one person he didn't want to see.

"Hey El." He replied sheepishly.

"Chuck…" She drawled out "Are you going to tell me what all that was about."

"To be honest, I have absolutely no idea what that was about." Chuck said with anger still in his voice.

"Talk to me Chuck, what's going on." Ellie was now a little bit worried by her brother's demeanour, it was unlike him to be this angry, and she had not seen him this angry before.

"It's nothing El, please just leave it." Taking a second swig from his bottle of Bud, noticed he had consumed it in two mouthfuls. Just as he was finishing his conversation he realised, there was a blonde goddess in the pilot's seat, and that she might need refreshment.

Ellie sighed. "Ok little brother." She then proceeded to make her way back to her seat.

"Ellie, should I talk to him." Asked Mary, she was still coming to terms of being back in Chuck's and Ellie's lives, so she would defer to her daughters wisdom on Chuck.

"No Mom, he just needs to calm himself down, he will come round soon. He always does." Ellie, knew his process of dealing with stress and making a coffee for his wife was one way he would deal with it.

Back in the galley Chuck had placed on a tray, a coffee and a banana for Sarah, he knew even though they had eaten breakfast earlier, she may be getting a little hungry. He knocked on the cockpit door, waiting for the light to illuminate to say the door was unlocked. Once the light came on he slowly opened the door, to which Sarah turned to see who was coming into the cockpit.

"I thought, you might need a little snack and some refreshments." His voice trying to conceal any lingering emotions from the exchange with Casey.

"Thank you." She said with a smile.

"Do you fancy some company." He asked, he knew he didn't have to ask, but did out of courtesy.

"Sure take a seat." Sarah said pointing at the Co Pilot's seat. "Just please don't touch anything."

So Chuck took the co-pilot's seat, handed over the tray with the coffee and banana, and just sat there looking out of the window into the clouds below. With that another command came over the headset requesting altitude, speed and heading information to be relayed to the air traffic control frequency that the plane was connected to. Sarah, could see something was wrong, Chuck was never this quiet around her, she realised that he had entered the cockpit, handed her the tray and yet he hadn't kissed her at all, he just sat looking out of the window.

"Chuck….Chuck….Chuck." The last one was almost shouted at him.

The last call of his name had pulled him out of his thoughts he turned to Sarah looking at her gorgeous blue eyes.

"Chuck honey, what's up. You haven't said a word since coming in here." The concern in her voice was overwhelming.

"Sarah, it's nothing, please just leave it, I will sort it out." His voice was barely above a whisper and with the noise of the engines and the constant chatter across the headphones made it hard for her to hear what he said.

Reaching out and placing a calming hand on the back of his neck giving it a gentle rub trying to get him to come out of his shell. "Chuck, please tell me what's wrong." She asked again. "We are not supposed to have any secrets between us baby."

Chuck just let a long sigh. "I'm sorry Sarah, I will talk to you about it later." With that he was up and out of the cockpit before she could say anything.

To make matters worse, air traffic control came across the radio asking her to make a course correction and climb to a new altitude, which meant she had to hold off on the conversation with Chuck. Once she had complied with the ATC request, she called across the intercom.

"Casey, to the cockpit." Crackled across the speakers.

"Someone's in trouble." Carina chided as Casey made his way to the front of the aircraft.

All she got in reply was "Shut it Carina."

"Casey, I wouldn't say things like that to Carina, she maybe your only friend left on this plane that can keep Sarah from hurting you when she finds out what you said to Chuck." Zondra's reply cut straight to the mark.

Then it happened, no one on the flight could actually imagine this would happen, but Colonel John Casey apologised to Carina.

"Ca…Carina, I'm sorry." He grunted in an almost apologetic way.

"That's ok Johnny…perhaps you can thank me in another way later." The mischievous grin and the seductive tone told everybody what she meant by that.

With that Devon entered the communal area, looking at Ellie. "Babe…have you got Clara's bottle, she just wont go down at the moment."

"It's in the cupboard over there Devon." Ellie turned and pointed to the cupboard alongside the hot water jugs in the galley.

"Awesome." He replied.

After Chuck had exited the cockpit, he just stood in the galley staring into space. When he felt a powerful hand slapping him on the shoulder.

"Hey bro…whatcha doing."

"Nothing," Chuck replied.

"Chuck, don't let Casey's comments get to you. None of that was your fault bro." His brother in law was trying to perk Chuck's spirits.

"Devon, it is my fault. Dad being murdered, Sarah nearly dying and the trail of carnage that was left in the wake of the intersect 2.0. It's all my fault. If I hadn't downloaded it. Dad would still be alive, Sarah would never have been poisoned…" He was about to go on with all the negatives that had happened over the last two years.

Whilst continuing to prepare Clara's bottle Devon cut in, "Chuck, but think of how many people's lives you have saved. The ones without faces. The ones who would never have been able to save themselves. What about Kathleen and Alex. You saved them from the Ring."

"Yes Devon, I did…but I nearly lost myself that day." Chuck's tone was flat he remembered that he was only a few seconds away from taking the Ring agents life after taking the Laudonol. "It was only Sarah that stopped me from taking a life of a person who was just a misguided spy, I don't think anyone else would have been able to stop me not even Ellie, Devon." The regret and remorse was still palpable in his voice.

"Dude. That was one person, I know I took my oath as Doctor to help everyone that comes through the doors at the hospital, no matter what their back story is, I have to help them. Chuck, you were and are fighting to keep that way of life for the American people."

Chuck just sighed again, looking at the bottle that was now prepared in Devon's hand. "May I." Chuck asked inquisitively and pointed at the bottle for his niece.

Whilst this exchange was going on between Devon and Chuck a far more heated conversation was going on in the cockpit.

"YOU SAID WHAT TO HIM…." The rage that was in Sarah's eyes, was frightening, even Casey was scared by her demeanour, the amount of expletives that came out of her mouth would of caused a dock operative in Long Beach port to cover his ears.

"Sa…Sar..Sarah, please listen to me." Casey stuttered out

"Casey, I need to talk to Chuck." Sarah's voice was almost demonic with the rage she was feeling. Accusing Chuck of being the reason that Vivian pulled the trigger on the Norseman, that was out of order, she need to see him. Let him know that was not his fault. It was Vivian's, she had been manipulated into thinking that Chuck had played her, but in reality it was a cat and mouse game between Beckman and Volkoff with Riley in her ear trying to accomplish his take over of Volkoff Industries.

Casey sat down in the co-pilot's chair placed his headset on and waited for the communication of transferring control of the aircraft.

"Casey, you are in control." Sarah said across the headset.

"John Casey, in control of CMI2011." Was the reply.

With that Sarah got up and exited the cockpit, this would be the first time she would take a walk around the internals of the aircraft. Walking down the central aisle, she came across Devon who was still in the galley cleaning up the equipment after making Clara's bottle.

Devon already knew what Sarah was going to ask. "Hey Sarah…Chuck's in the bedroom giving Clara her bottle."

"Thanks Devon." She gave him a small smile as she continued to make her way down to the rear of the aircraft. She only nodded to the ladies on the table. Walking past Morgan, she noticed he was a sleep and had missed all the commotion.

Entering the sleeping quarters, Chuck placed his finger up to his lips signalling to Sarah not to speak as he was feeding his niece. She quietly sat along side him, he was sat three quarters upright with Clara in his right arm and the bottle in his left. Sarah just sat in awe of her husband, he was a natural with her. Sarah lowered her head on to his left shoulder, looking at the site in front of her. She hadn't even noticed the smile that was forming across her face. Some of the other passengers had though. Sarah hadn't closed the door to the bedroom.

Ellie could see into the bedroom what she didn't expect to see was the scene happening in front of her. She nudged her mother silently and pointed to the bedroom. All the other women around the table had noticed the interaction between mother and daughter, and had turned towards the rear of the aircraft.

"They'll make great parents…."

If that comment had been made by either Mary or Ellie, nobody would have batted an eyelid at the off the cuff remark, but it was coming from Carina made it hit home to everyone. The comment lifted the doom and gloom that had been entrenched around them.

Sarah was playing with one of Clara's tiny little hands, when that tiny little hand grabbed hold of her finger and wouldn't let go. A smile pealed all across her face, even though it wasn't their child she thought, it may be only a matter of time before they had little Chuck's or Sarah's running around them. She sighed pushing that thought to the back of her mind. That was a conversation for another day.

"Chuck…what was the argument about you had with Casey." As she finally managed to get the question out.

"Sarah, he blames me for everything. My Dad, what happened to you with the Norseman and the CIA burning us." Chuck wouldn't turn to meet her gaze. He knew he had to focus on something and the little bundle of joy that was his niece was that focus. If he was to look at her right now, he probably wouldn't be able to control his emotions.

"Sweetie…Casey had absolutely no right to say that to you, yes he's concerned by what happened in Castle. So was I…but I always knew your Dad would not do anything intentional to hurt you or Ellie." She was trying to reassure him that he had nothing to worry about. "Casey's just worried, as he doesn't understand the security measures that you've put in place."

"I know, I should of talked it through with the pair of you before uploading it to the servers. But Sarah, I know my Dad, I know this software could be useful."

"I understand, this is a family business and you still want him to be a part of this in what any small way he can be." She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, letting him know that she was here for him.

"Shouldn't you be getting back up to the flight deck…Captain Bartowski." The playful Chuck was now beginning to resurface, which meant that everyone would be able to go back to the usual routines.

"I'm going to let Casey stew in what he said to you for a while. Anyway if he needs me he will call for me to go back to the flight deck." She said with a smile. "But as I'm here with my loving husband and my niece I think he can cope for an hour or two."

With that Chuck tilted his head down to kiss Sarah on top of the head. Which received a contented sigh from his wife. All was right with the world again. Chuck placed the bottle on the table next to him, burped his niece and let her lay on his chest.

Sarah was again mesmerised by the tiny hands and feet that the baby had, she was thinking to herself, I can see what Chuck is going to be like as a father….then it her. Was this a ploy by Chuck….she quickly scolded herself, no Chuck would never be this devious. When they were ready for this kind of commitment, it would mean that either, she or Chuck would be out of the spy life completely and they would have discussed it a length as he always did. Although she couldn't see her not being a spy at the moment. She hadn't noticed that they were almost in her favourite position for sleeping. Her head was in the crook of his neck, her leg wrapped around his, the only thing was there was a baby on his chest and the baby still had hold of her index finger. So she would just have to be content with the way things were.

Sarah was suddenly sprung awake by somebody trying to remove Clara away from her and Chuck. Looking up she saw Ellie standing there. "Ellie." she yawned out. "How long have we been asleep." She asked trying to shake the slumber away.

"About two hours." Ellie replied calmly.

"I should go and see how Casey is doing he will probably need a break." With that Sarah quickly tried to straighten out her creased clothing.

With the sudden movements going on around him, Chuck sprung awake; looking round him he saw three of the four favourite women in his life. Clara was getting restless in her mothers arms.

"Hey Guys, what's happening." His voice still heavy with sleep.

"I think this one needs some food and changing." Ellie said in a motherly tone and tilting her head towards her daughter. With that Ellie turned and made her way out of the bedroom area.

"Sarah, how long have I been asleep."

"Ellie said we had been out of it for about two hours." As she was looking in the mirror on the wall of the bedroom area.

"What…" He almost shouted out. "I have so much work to do, I can't be sleeping away two hours." He was getting a little flustered. "Why was everyone in here Sarah, I remember feeding Clara and then I remember you being on my shoulder, have you been here the whole time…whose flying the plane." The last two questions were starting to come out as a babble.

"Chuck…Casey is flying the plane, don't worry, I think he was glad of the solitude after what I said to him." She turned away from the mirror and gave him a smile. "I'm going to see where we are, knowing the timeframe we have been sleeping, we should be starting to begin our descent in about twenty minutes." She walked round the other side of the bed gave him a quick kiss and made her way through the cabin.

Sarah knocked on the door for the flight deck awaiting the light to show that Casey had unlocked the door. Within seconds the light had come on.

Casey looked at her dishevelled appearance and grunted. "Uuugh."

"What." She retorted back angrily.

"Is there no place that you two hold sacred." Casey said with disgust in his voice.

"Casey, all we did was feed Clara, and then we fell asleep."

"I need to go to the little boy's room." He stated matter of factly, trying to get his any mental images out of his that were forming.

"Casey, where are we."

"Last navigation point was six minutes ago, you should be getting the control tower in less than ten." Coming back to protocol. "You have control." He stated.

"I have control." She replied back. Taking a quick glance at all the readouts that the computers and instruments were giving her she quickly check the flight plan map and generalised her position. With that air traffic control came across the radio asking her to change frequencies to control tower and approach frequencies.

Casey quickly left the flight deck, leaving the door open so he wouldn't have to wait for the signals to enter. He knew as soon as he finished in the bathroom, that they would be doing final checks for the landing procedure. Once back in his seat, he grabbed the aircraft manual flicking through the pages to the landing checklist.

"Casey…" Sarah started. "I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier, it's…its just none of this is Chuck's fault. The Intersect and everything else that's gone on with this project. If anything, you should be praising him, do you think if it hadn't been for him we would still be alive? We would of ended up as burnt out spies, with no lives and what for….The greater good."

Casey turned his head ever so slightly from the page he was reading through and gave a slight nod and grunt in agreement with what she had said.

A slight crackle came across the headset connecting her to Air Traffic Control. She was being advised that Runway Three Two was in operation at Salisbury Ocean City. She was informed about weather conditions and temperatures. Looking down at her Aerodrome information chart, she could see that using Runway Three Two was good as it would mean minimal taxiing to stand and disembarking time.

In the back of the plane Morgan was just stirring from his sleep. Noticing Chuck sat across from him "Whoa…Dude." He started "Where are we."

"Nearly at Salisbury, we should be landing in about twenty minutes. So if you need a drink or something to eat grab it now."

"Ok…" Morgan let out an extended yawn. "Ooh cheers Chuck."

"Not a problem little buddy." Chuck said cheerfully.

"So what did I miss." Asked the bearded one.

"Nothing really…the girls have just been chatting, Awesome has just been reading his Awesome book. So nothing really." He gave a chuckle.

Casey came across the intercom. "Landing in ten minutes, you know the drill." The intercom was switched off as quickly as it came on.

Sarah was on the headset to the control tower making sure he routing was correct and her parking stand number was assigned.

"Salisbury Tower from CMI2011." Sarah was back in her flight commander role.

"GoaheadCMI2011." Was the controllers reply.

"CMI2011 requesting permission for landing."

"CMI2011… Permission granted for landing on Runway Three Two and taxi from Runway end via Alpha to Stand4." Came the instructions from the tower.

The controller proceeded to take out his phone, keying the speed dial 1. Waiting for the phone call to be answered, on the third ring it was answered.

"Go ahead." The unknown voice on the other end of the call replied.

"Sir…The Carmichael Aircraft will be landing in 5 minutes." Came the reply from the controller.

"Good, I will instruct the team to follow them." With that the call was terminated.

As the plane was only a hundred feet away from the runway Sarah, took one final look at all the relevant instruments. The plane touched down very smoothly and continued to slow as Sarah and Casey applied the reverse thrust and brake flaps. They could here the cheer go up in the back of the aircraft as a lot of passengers do on the touchdown when arriving at their destination.

Once off the runway Sarah noticed a follow me vehicle which would show her the way to the parking stand. Casey was checking the readouts of his displays, setting everything to final positions for taxiing to the apron, once near the stand the follow me car pulled away to allow the Ground Marshaller to direct them on to stand and to park. Casey noted several vehicles around the Marshaller that weren't ground handling services.

"Sarah what are those cars behind the Marshaller." He had already gone back into full agent mode.

"Casey…there our hire cars for the few days that we are here." She replied knowing that she had ordered them to be left at the parking stand ready for them after they had landed.

The Colonel just grunted in acknowledgement of the statement she had just made. When he saw the make "Lincoln Navigators." He questioned.

"Yes Casey…Lincoln Navigators. Nothing screams louder spies than a Cadillac Escalade or Ford Expeditions. Remember the first night of you chasing Chuck and me, you and your G-Men were in Ford's so I want to be as inconspicuous as possible."

Again this only got a grunt from Casey.

Sarah was now parked on stand waiting for the signal to power down the engines. Which was given a few seconds later. Casey and Sarah were still doing there final shutdown procedure, when she saw the ground staff coming towards the aircraft. Once all the checks had been completed Casey opened the door to the aircraft and descended down the steps to the concrete below.

After discussing everything that needed to be done by the ground staff he went to the hold himself and pulled the container of weapons. He quickly put the container into the back of the lead navigator. Once he had checked his peripheral vision and surrounding area, he opened the container with each spies favourite weapons.

Chuck was second off the aircraft to direct the operations. "Mom, Ellie, Devon, Carina and Zondra you will take the first navigator and lead, grab your weapons." He was in a serious mood whilst they were all stood out in the open.

"Chuck is that wise." Mary asked.

"Is what wise Mom."

"Chuck, wouldn't it be better if you were with us." Mary was concerned at the idea of her kids being split apart.

"It's fine Mom, we will follow you." Chuck was still continually scanning the area, for some reason his sense were picking up something strange which he couldn't put his hand on, but it was beginning to concern him.

"Okay Chuck."

"Sarah…" Chuck called back to the aircraft.

"Yes Chuck."

"How long are you going to be." He asked

"Five minutes." She called out going back into the cabin of the aircraft.

"Casey, I want you driving our vehicle."

That command just got a grunt and a nod of the head. Casey had pulled out something else from the weapons container. Chuck had noticed that Casey was placing a bug in the rear of the lead navigator, pulling Casey to one side.

"Casey why are you placing bugs in the other vehicle." Chuck whispered into his ear.

Casey looked directly at Chuck. "I've got a bad feeling, something is not right here Chuck."

"Yeah…I have the same feeling."

Casey looked at Chuck and then back to the aircraft where Sarah was just coming back down the stairs.

"Walker, we need to go now." He said in a forceful tone.

Sarah looked across to Chuck and Casey, she saw the same look in both their faces, this instantly put her on alert as well.

"Let's go." stated Casey.

All the party was aboard the two Lincoln Navigators, putting them into drive. Both vehicles were heading towards the security gates of the airfield. From the control tower the tower operative could see both vehicles were about to leave the airfield. Pulling his phone again from his pocket he pressed on to the speed dial number 1. Again after three rings it's answered.

"Speak."

"Sir….The Carmichael party is leaving the airport in two Silver Lincoln Navigators." The controller said in an emotionless tone.

"Good." Was the last word the controller heard as he slumped to the floor with a bullet hole between the eyes.

Well what did you think? Was it good enough for a review? I hope so.

Anyway I have a few more Ideas for the next chapter or two.