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CONTINUED Thanks goes out to MRW for her assistance on this story.
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Chapter 7 – The mission to end all missions
The three jumped from the plane into the sky of darkness and landed on the shores of Machali. They laid low till they knew it was safe to move inland. They didn't want to move forward in case they were spotted in the air. They reached the safe house which to their surprise had not been found by Fulcrum agents – at least the CIA can keep some things secret. The team discussed their next steps well into the morning; they were all forcing their eyelids to stay open.
"Hey Walker, you and Chuck go and have a rest. I'll take the first watch."
"Casey, why don't we all rest? This is a safe house after all, it's full of booby traps and surveillance so if anyone comes within fifty feet we would know about it."
Sarah smiled. "Chuck's right. We're not going anywhere till later tonight so let's get some shut eye while we have the chance."
Chuck found a corner cot while Sarah took the bed and Casey found a chair with his backpack as a foot stool.
The team was awakened by the aroma of coffee. Chuck had been up for a while and was surprised that this safe house had some items like coffee and bottled water. He lit the propane stove and boiled some hot water for the coffee even if it was instant. After the worst sleep ever coffee would make up for it and by the looks of the rest of the team they needed a little caffeine boost. He reached into his bag and grabbed some instant cereal, granola and protein bars. He always brought more than he needed just like his stakeouts when he brought a music mix and ate Chinese food.
"What no music?" Sarah piped up.
"Just wait me lady." He reached into a small pocket in his backpack and pulled out his iPod Touch.
Casey just grunted but as he grunted a slight smile crossed his lips.
"Is that a smile Casey?"
Casey grunted some more and reached for a protein bar and a packet of instant cereal. It wasn't pancakes but it would do for now. He poured himself some coffee and headed over to his chair in the corner.
Chuck put his iPod Touch on and the song "Feeling good" happened to be playing. He had tried to introduce music to Sarah and this was the first song that he'd ever played her.
Sarah was starting to like the song but wouldn't admit it to Chuck quite yet.
After breakfast and two cups of coffee later they headed to their next location. They said their goodbyes. Casey ran north to the hills and Chuck and Sarah snuck in and out of abandoned buildings looking for the Fulcrum base. It was getting darker but they were thankful for the moonlight. As they walked, Chuck and Sarah tried equally to keep their conversation going but failed miserably. They were both poor communicators and they knew it.
Chuck looked up at the moon and taking a chance he spoke up when they took a breather. "Sarah did you know that when a full moon is out and you place your thumb directly in front of the moon it's no bigger than it? No matter where you are in the world the moon is no bigger than your thumb." He curled his lips and sighed waiting for a sound or response from Sarah.
"I like that one Chuck," she finally said.
It wasn't much but at least it was more than two words Chuck thought to himself.
Sarah gave him some water and checked her compass. "I think we should head over to check out those buildings. If we don't find anything soon then we'll go back to the safe house."
Chuck tightened the lid on the bottle and tucked it back into Sarah's backpack. "Ok, whatever you think is best."
Sarah grabbed Chuck's hand and headed further into the ghost town.
They'd been walking for around fifteen minutes when Chuck stopped and flashed on a sign that was barely hanging on the side of one of the buildings.
"What is it Chuck?"
"I'm not sure."
"Talk to me Chuck. What did you flash on?"
"Chaiten Chile, Nevado del Ruiz Armero Columbia, a few dates, news headlines of devastating earthquakes and volcanoes eruptions and …"
"And what?"
"Sandstorm."
"Sandstorm?" Sarah repeated.
"That's the mission Bryce was working on, wasn't it Sarah?" Chuck sunk to his feet, the words Sandstorm, the shooting, the hospital and images of Sarah sitting by his bed with Ellie, Devon and Morgan.
Sarah crouched down. "It's going to be okay. That must mean we're getting closer. It makes sense that they would use an abandoned mine to set up what Bryce was talking about. I'm going to let Casey know." She called Casey then put away her phone. "Chuck, Casey is going to contact General Beckman to see what she wants to do so we wait until we hear back from him."
Chuck took his backpack off and sat against the wall with his knees up against his chest. "Shouldn't we head back to the safe house?"
"We could but if Beckman says to change tactics we don't want to be further away, right?"
"Yeah," Chuck agreed.
Sarah could tell that Chuck was not okay with the last flash. His best friend shooting him was harder to get over than she'd realized. She leaned back against the adjacent wall facing Chuck and as they watched the moon just hang in the sky it reminded Sarah of the time when Chuck had received his degree from Stanford and he'd made a wish. "Remember when you got your degree and I asked you to make a wish?
"Yeah."
"Has your wish come true yet?"
Chuck looked up at the moon and the stars then back at Sarah. "No not yet."
"Really? I guess granting your wish is taking its sweet time."
"I guess so." His wish had been for him and Sarah to be together but it looked like that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
Chuck and Sarah heard a noise that made them get up. They noticed some movement near the train tracks so they grabbed their stuff and headed to check it out.
Sarah called to Casey via her watch and asked him if he could see any movement near the train.
"Negative team…hang on one sec. I see some movement possibly three men near the west side of the train unloading a box car…"
"Roger that."
Sarah and Chuck walked over to get a better look and found three men standing near the old box car. They looked like soldiers but as it was dark they couldn't really be sure as it was hard to really see their faces.
One man spoke up and asked the man on his right for a cigarette.
Chuck flashed on his voice and saw that the man was a retired CIA agent called Franko Kovac. "Sarah," he whispered. "He's retired CIA."
"Ok, good job Chuck." Sarah moved in and motioned for him to get his gun ready. She crawled under the train.
Chuck walked up to the men on his left and tranq'd the first guy.
Sarah knocked out the two other men then she grabbed her gun and shot two tranqs into each of them.
"I could have used a real gun right?" Chuck chuckled.
They headed into the shaft then to the room that had its lights on. Sarah picked the lock on the door and crouched down in the office.
Chuck headed over to the computer and downloaded the files that he was able to retrieve. "These guys are the worst at safeguarding their files. If Chuck Bartowski was their tech guy they would have the latest security walls and every other firewalls he could think of…" He grabbed his USB drive and tucked it away in his vest.
Sarah heard someone coming and motioned to Chuck that they needed to get out of there and hide. They narrowly missed getting caught.
Chuck quickly removed the timers from his backpack.
Casey chimed in and informed them of their next move. "The General wants any Intel you can find then your orders are to blow the place up."
"Casey we've got the Intel on a USB drive and Chuck is setting the timers. We will head east and meet you at the safe house. Give us ten minutes."
Chuck gave Sarah the go ahead and they ran to the nearest exit. They were just about to head to the clearing when one of the timers detonated early sending metal and wood flying.
Casey could see the blast from the mountain. "Walker, Bartowski can you read me!"
The blast was so loud that they didn't hear Casey's attempt to contact them. Chuck and Sarah got up and ran out the door.
Casey saw them reaching the clearing through his telescope and pushed the button which simultaneously set off the other timers sending the remaining building to the sky.
The blast caused Sarah and Chuck to lose their sense of direction and focus – they fell as the earth swallowed them whole.
Casey watched as the ground swallowed up Chuck and Sarah. He didn't know what had happened. He radioed for help then ran down to where he'd last seen his team.
When the dust settled Chuck tried to gain his bearings. He looked around for Sarah and saw her lying on her stomach. He ran to her and rolled her over. He checked to see if she was breathing and saw that she was but she was out cold. He took his backpack off and found his flares. He cracked one and then a few more to give the area some more light then he shone one up towards the entrance but it was blocked with debris. He grabbed Sarah and pulled her forward and carefully took her pack off and leaned her against it. He pulled out a blanket and covered her up. Like Casey said Chuck always came prepared, he was a regular boy scout till the end. He tried to make contact with Casey but all he got was static which wasn't the end of the world. Static was good. It was when the static turned to silence that you needed to worry. He got up and shuddered at the pain in his left side. He touched his side; it was moist. He took his vest and shirt off and saw that his incision had been pierced. He must have landed on something and reopened the wound. He grabbed his medical kit and quickly bandaged it up. His sister would not be happy with how he'd taken care of it but whatever worked at this moment would have to do. He pulled his shirt down over his bandages and sat near Sarah keeping her company as he waited.
It was about three hours or so when Sarah woke up to her surroundings. She scanned the area and saw Chuck leaned against the wall next to her. She turned over not knowing that Chuck was ok and straddled his legs. "Chuck wake up. Are you ok?"
Chuck was awakened by Sarah yelling at him and sitting on his lap. When she leaned in to give him a huge hug he cringed.
"What's wrong?" Sarah could feel the moistness of Chuck's shirt and quickly lifted it. She saw that he'd injured himself and his first aid skills weren't the best but they'd stopped the bleeding for now. She realized that her position on Chuck's lap wasn't the best place to be so she got up and went to grab the first aid kit to fix Chuck's wound properly.
"So how long was I out?"
"Couple of hours or so."
"Is there a way out?"
Sarah raised Chuck's shirt then removed it completely. She was amazed at what she was looking at again when she saw his broad shoulders, defined chest and the light hairs that grazed down his chest and followed down to his waist. She quickly diverted her eyes as Chuck picked up on her faint but lengthy stare of his body. She gave Chuck a flare and told him to hold it close so she could see what she was doing.
"You did a good job of bandaging the wound but I might need to re-stitch it." When Sarah saw the look of pain when anything sharp touched his skin she quickly changed her mind. "If this doesn't close up in a few hours then I'll have no choice but to stitch it, Ok?"
Chuck nodded.
Sarah applied some ointment and several butterfly bandages and a few pieces of gauze to the wound. "There you go for now."
Chuck quickly grabbed his shirt and put it on much to Sarah's dismay. He got up and grabbed his flare then walked around looking for a way out. There were two tunnels. They walked down the first one but it was blocked so they walked back and headed down the other tunnel but it was blocked too. There was a slight breeze coming through the one they fell through which could be a way out. They looked up to see if they could shimmy up the wall but it was too narrow.
Sarah sat down next to Chuck. "Thanks for taking care of me when I was out. You brought a blanket?"
We all have blankets. Didn't you know that you can get a full size blanket into a pouch that's no bigger than my arm? I ordered some for Castle because you never know when you might need a blanket."
Sarah had to laugh. He constantly amazed her. She remembered the last time a blanket came in handy.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I'm not. Well I am but it's because you're always so prepared even when you don't need to be. Casey nor I would never think of bringing a blanket with us. You always have the least expected things with you that makes the unbearable bearable."
"So this moment is bearable?"
Sarah leaned on her backpack and grabbed her blanket. "For now it is Chuck." She laid back and prepared herself for a long sleepless night.
Chuck grabbed his blanket and covered up as well as the temperature was getting on the cold side. The night beckoned on as Chuck and Sarah laid there in silence. Chuck awoke and checked his watch it had been 45 minutes since he last checked his watch. He heard Sarah's teeth chattering which indicated that she was cold. Chuck leaned over, took his blanket and covered her up then leaned in to keep her warm. He closed his eyes and drifted back to sleep.
Sarah turned over to see that Chuck had given up his blanket but was close enough to share the warmth. She moved and rested her head on Chuck's chest and wrapped each of them with the two blankets.
Instinctively Chuck wrapped his arms around Sarah's body and they slept until morning when Chuck's watch sounded. He opened his eyes but did not want to move when he saw what he had in his arms. Chuck was surprised that Sarah did not stop it from happening. He couldn't figure her out. She was like a light switch and now he definitely didn't know what was going on. He turned to the almost kiss on the plane and how if Casey didn't ruin it he would have kissed her. He remembered the kiss in the warehouse and how it was Sarah who had kissed him. Then there was all the other kisses. Then to further play with his mind he had to deal with the image of Bryce kissing Sarah, Sarah and Lon and when he got shot. Remember Chuck these were missions and not her real feelings.This game was like tic tac toe or better yet a game of chess. One person makes a move and the other counteracts and the game goes back and forth. Their relationship was very well scripted so why not have a game or two to mix it up? But in this shaft there was no stage, no lines, no protocol and no directors. It was just the two of them. Two people who couldn't stand to be in the same room with each other but would do whatever it took to be in that room with the other person. Chuck noticed a few strands of hair fall on Sarah's face. He brushed them back over her ear which made Sarah reach for his hand.
Sarah entwined her fingers with Chuck's and held them close to her body. She played with his fingers and caressed his hands the she turned over and laid with her back to Chuck's chest. She kept her eyes closed as she held his hand.
Chuck allowed Sarah to take the next step. He didn't want to mess this up whatever this was turning into. He wanted to play on her court and on her time. The ball was in her court now and he just needed to be ready for anything.
Sarah opened her eyes, took Chuck's hand and kissed it.
A kiss ... she kissed my hand! Now what? Take it easy buddy, it was just a kiss on your hand. Relax!
Sarah continued to entwine her fingers through Chuck's then she leaned over to caress his chest and sat up in one motion.
Chuck sat up straighter when Sarah straddled his legs. He looked into her eyes realizing that this was another big step for her.
Sarah ran her fingers lightly over Chuck's face, his lips and eyes then she ran her hands through his hair and around his neck. She'd found out while they were 'fake dating' that he had a certain spot on his neck that was particularly sensitive to her touch.
Chuck was enjoying where this was heading but he didn't want to get his hopes up.
Sarah looked into Chuck's deep brown eyes and knew that this was the moment that she could easily have feelings for Chuck. She moved closer to his face.
Chuck placed his hands on Sarah's face.
I think that we've been here before they both chimed under their breath.
Chuck brought Sarah's face to his. He tilted his face and slowly leaned in lightly brushing her lips.
Sarah barely registered the fact that Chuck had touched her lips and needed a redo. She returned his kiss with all the passion that she felt for him. She ached for his lips.
Chuck ached for her lips and held her tight as he kissed her over and over again.
Sarah didn't back down. She allowed him access and the feelings of his tongue on hers shot warmth through her body right down to her toes.
They kissed for what seemed like forever, a new record but when they headed for air Sarah pulled back and covered her lips with her hand.
Chuck knew that she was backing off and tried to hold on to her.
"Chuck let me go, please…"
Chuck continued to hold onto her.
"Chuck PLEASE!" Sarah broke loose, sprung up and walked away.
Chuck got up. "What's wrong? Did I do something wrong? Sarah talk to me."
"No, you didn't do anything wrong. You do everything right!"
"Then what's the problem? Why did you stop?"
Sarah looked at Chuck "You don't get it."
"Get what? What am I missing here?"
"It's not going to work!"
"What's not going to work?" Chuck walked over to Sarah but she darted in the other direction. "Chuck! Just please back off!"
"Sarah, we need to talk about this. There's nowhere you can run and I'm tired of playing this game. Whatever this game is, whatever this role is between us, I'm done. I am tired of saying the right thing or even doing the right thing." He moved closer to her.
Sarah moved back to other side.
"You can walk back and forth all you want but you're going to listen to me and your going to listen good," Chuck said.
This was not first time that Sarah had heard Chuck raise his voice at her and she knew that he was at his breaking point but she was too.
"Sarah, there is no script to follow now and no lines to recite. It's just you and me. This place is actually very fitting because there's no way out. You can't run and there's no audience ... no CIA ... it's just you and me. For a long time our relationship was just that ... a set plan arranged by the CIA to protect me and my family. We chose to live our lives based on what others thought was best because it felt safe. It allowed us to put up these walls but Sarah when you felt those walls starting to crumble because you had feelings for me it scared you. It scared me because who would have believed that a guy like me could get a girl like you? When you asked me if my wish had come true I had to say no because I don't know if it will come true unless the person that I wished for realizes that she is capable of loving someone even if that someone is me."
Sarah continued to pace back and forth.
"You can pace all you want Sarah, but I am not letting this go. You will talk to me either on your own or ..."
"Or what Chuck?"
If looks could kill he would have been dead but Chuck wasn't going to let a look prevent the ball from rolling forward. He had a day or maybe even longer to break through Sarah walls. "I'll tell you what Sarah, you can sit, stand, pace and be Agent Walker all you want. You can threaten me, curse me, yell, whatever makes you feel better but you're not going to get very far till you admit that there is something between us. There always has been."
Sarah stared Chuck down. "You know nothing about me or my feelings. You don't know what I think or what I feel inside."
Chuck returned the look but with his brown eyes they were less threatening but were effective just the same. "I may not know your past and that's fine but I do know who you are, more than you think I do." Chuck faced Sarah. "You had a checkered past that has caused you to see the world differently than others. Your mother left you when you were ten and you were always on the run with your dad. You lived in and out of hotel rooms with 100 hundred different aliases. Your life has been one big performance with several roles to play but you don't need to act anymore."
Sarah felt a tear start to form in her eyes. She never cried when it came to her emotions. She hadn't even cried when her mom left so how could one man make her shed a tear twice? She wiped the tears that were forming.
Chuck leaned in and softly spoke. "I want to know you. I want to know Sarah Lisa Walker."
He wiped the tears that had formed on Sarah's cheek. "Sarah you need to stop fighting it. You're not going to win and you're not going to fight the Bartowski charm."
"Chuck, why are you doing this? Why are you making it so hard to resist you when you do nothing that should stop me from l-o." Sarah stopped.
"Make you what Sarah?"
Sarah whispered under breath. "Nothing."
"What was that?" Chuck had good hearing when it came to things that interested him.
"Chuck forget it, you know when you get this intersect out of your head and move on you'll forget all about me. You will be successful in anything that you put your mind to. I don't need to be around to prevent that from happening."
"I hardly think that I would ever forget about you Sarah." He paused. "You're my life whether the feelings that we have right now are real or fake, they are feelings and no one can make us feel something we don't feel. You can continue to hide behind your terrible past but that was the past and the future starts right now. You can hide behind your job and worry about whether to cross that line that you're so dangerously walking right now. You need to stop running and realize that I am here waiting for you. You think that I exhibit some power over you that you can't resist well then Sarah Walker call it what you want but I call it love and since the day you walked into the Buy More I knew for a fact that you felt the same way as I do."
Sarah looked up, puzzled. How did he know? I never told anyone. Chuck's speech took Sarah aback. She tried to come up with something to retaliate but she was coming up empty.
Chuck knew he had hit a nerve but he wasn't stopping now. "I know you're worried about Beckman and what she will do if she ever found out that you, I mean us. I am afraid as well because I know that I would end up in a padded cell with 24 hours supervision and I don't think that they provide double beds so I figure that you'd be on your own." He always had something nerdy to say even at the best of times. He wanted to lighten the already heavy conversation.
Sarah was starting to love his rambling. She loved everything about him so why was it so hard to face him now? She looked up and tried to compose herself but her frustration and Chuck's words were colliding head on and her world was spinning out of control once more.
Chuck walked closer to her and leaned in while wrapping his arms around her.
Sarah tried to resist him and fought to move out of his arms.
Chuck had gained a lot of upper strength thanks to their workout sessions and was able to hold his own.
She continued to fight. She raised her hands and forcefully hit his chest.
Chuck didn't back down. He held onto her tighter waiting until she was ready to give up.
Sarah was one tough chick. Her hits became lighter and less forceful till they turned into light brushes of her fingers on his chest. She could feel his heart beating through his shirt and his protective arms holding her with no intention of letting her go. He really knows me. He doesn't care about my past, he cares about for my future and he cares about me. He loves me. How can I fix this? I just pounded him and he's still holding me. What can I do?I need to fix it now. I need to show him that I want this no matter what the cost is to me. He's what's important...not Beckman...not the CIA...my past or my many aliases. What's important is what is happening right now. Sarah looked up and met his gaze. "Chuck, you w – i."
That was all it took. Chuck re-established his hold on Sarah and brought his lips onto hers.
Sarah wrapped her hand around the back of his neck and pressed his head forward to allow her to feel his lips against hers. They allowed each other access and the aerobic dance with their tongues sent their bodies into fast forward.
Chuck held on for dear life. He wasn't going to let Sarah go, not after this. The world could crash down on them and he wouldn't care. He had knocked down Sarah's walls so nothing else mattered but her. He grabbed Sarah and brought her up onto his hips.
Sarah wrapped her legs around his waist.
Chuck crashed Sarah into the wall while continuing to kiss her. He ran his lips down around her neck and down the seam of her tank top.
Sarah ran her hands through his hair while kissing his face and returning to his lips.
Chuck turned them around and headed to the ground where the blankets were (who's laughing now about the blankets … thank goodness for over packing). He placed Sarah gently on one of the blankets as he smoothed out the edges.
Sarah grew impatient. She didn't care what form the blankets were in she just wanted to make use of them.
Chuck gave her one of his smiles and straddled Sarah as he lowered her to the blanket. He didn't break the kiss as he reached under her shirt.
Sarah was surprised that Chuck was moving so fast but she didn't blame him. They had wasted a lot of time on their will they won't they situation.
Chuck leaned back, broke the kiss and sat up.
Sarah sat up and reached for his shirt. She slowly removed it, one to get all she could from the experience and two not to tear the tape that held his bandages. She lightly kissed the injured area trailing her lips over his strong chest. She ran her hands up and down his chest and arms while kissing every inch of him.
Chuck took Sarah's arms and held them above her head then he grabbed her tank top and raised it over her head while wrapping his arm around her waist. He kissed her neck focussing on several areas that he noticed got her a little excited.
Sarah reached for Chuck's belt and with precise fingers she undid it and carefully unbuttoned his jeans. She continued to stare at Chuck.
As he gazed at Sarah Chuck's face did his own flashing but this time it wasn't intersect related thank goodness. He rolled her over so that she was straddling his legs then he trailed his hands over her band and slowly removed her bra. He stared at this new wonderful sight that was Sarah.
She blushed when she saw the raw desire in his eyes as he stared at her then she leaned in and kissed him again.
Time stood still as their long awaited romantic nightmare finally came to an end.
Chuck rolled Sarah over. Every emotion was out in the open and there was no turning back now. No more excuses, no more missions to interrupt them. Their only mission was in front of them Chuck made love to the girl of his dreams all night long. His wish had finally come true.
Sarah awoke to Chuck's watch going off and quickly shut if off relieved that Chuck hadn't stirred. He was lying next to her looking so peaceful and after last night she wanted to let him sleep. Who knew that one nerdy guy could love like that? Who knew that lovemaking could be so intimate and personal? She had never felt this way before. What she'd had with Bryce didn't come close to what she'd experienced with Chuck. This was love. This was how two people showed their love for each other. It wasn't rehearsed or strategically planned out. It was raw, romantic, passionate and animalistic all at the same time. Sarah caressed Chuck's chest and ran her fingers through the short hairs on his beautiful chest. When Chuck started to move all Sarah could hope for was that they could continue this 'out there'. Sarah continued to talk to herself but didn't realize that she was not alone with her thoughts when Chuck answered her question.
Chuck turned over onto his side. "We'll take it one day at a time and find a way to make this work."
Sarah turned to face Chuck. "What are you saying?"
"You're not alone anymore. We will make this work. We have to because I don't waste three words on anybody."
"Three words?"
Chuck brought Sarah closer to him. "Yeah three words." He kissed her cheek. " I-" then he kissed her neck "- love - " then her lips "- you."
Sarah smiled and rolled Chuck onto his back and brought her arms up onto his chest. She kissed his neck and with her finger she wrote the letters I- L-O-V-E-Y-O-U-T-O-O on his chest.
As romantic as the gesture was Chuck wasn't going to let Sarah get away with it. "What did you write? I you tube?"
"Chuck! I love you."
"That's right, you do Sarah."
"Chuck!"
"Hey, I deserve to hear Ms Sarah Walker tell her man that she loves him."
"My man ... I like that."
Chuck kissed her forehead.
They held each other until they heard the sound of rocks crumbling they quickly got dressed and turned on a new set of flashes that were a little brighter than the ones they had used when they made love to each other.
Chuck held the flare up to where the dust was coming from then he heard a faint voice coming from one of the earpieces that he'd hooked onto his vest.
Sarah put it in Chuck's ear and he could faintly hear the voice of Casey. He spoke into his watch but Casey couldn't hear him. He tried to climb the wall but couldn't grab hold of a secure chunk of rock.
The sounds of rocks crashing above them continued as Sarah and Chuck stood with flares at the entrance that they had fallen into a day or so ago.
Chuck looked up as a boulder came crashing down knocking both he and Sarah to the ground. When the dust settled a rope dangled into the shaft.
Casey slid down the elevator shaft onto the ground. "Bartowski and Walker get up and sort your lady feelings out later. I don't like shimmering down elevator shafts so hurry up, grab your gear and let's get out of here."
Chuck and Sarah grabbed their gear and both grabbed the blankets at the same time. They looked at each other and smiled.
Casey grunted and the team straddled into their harnesses and shot up the elevator shaft.
The fresh air was a welcoming sensation after two days in an enclosed shaft. Chuck turned to Casey. "How did you find us?"
"GPS on your watch moron and I saw you two get swallowed up after the blast went off."
"Well thanks Casey!" Chuck walked over to Casey and gave him a hug.
"I advise you to let go if you enjoy keeping your man parts."
Sarah looked up and desperately hoped that Chuck would like to keep his man parts cause she had hopes in using them over and over after last night.
Chuck released his grip.
Casey looked at Chuck and Sarah. "You're welcome."
Chuck and Sarah took one last look at the shaft and headed to the helicopter that was waiting for them.
Casey had phoned in to get some help to remove the stones and iron that had fallen onto the entrance causing it to close in.
Chuck and Sarah sat in the back row while Casey sat up front. Chuck took Sarah's hand and entwined it in his.
Sarah leaned into Chuck trying not to make it look too obvious that they were in love.
The team arrived back at castle after a long three day mission. General Beckman appeared on the screen. "Team, so glad to see all of you, Agent Walker, Mr Bartowski, are you two ok?'
"Yes general!" They both replied.
"I expect your reports first thing tomorrow morning and the USB ... do you still have it?"
Chuck reached into his vest and pulled out the USB and handed it to Casey. The files appeared on the screen, the team and Beckman were surprised to see the first file. It was a video dated two weeks ago of Bryce Larkin talking to what looked like one of the guys that Chuck and Sarah had come across before the blast.
"General his name is Franco Kovac, he's an ex-CIA agent."
"That's right Chuck but how do you know?"
"I flashed on him two days ago just shortly after we arrived at the mine."
"General once Chuck flashed we took out the men that were with him. We have no confirmation on the other two men."
"Thank you Sarah. We need to focus on what connection Bryce has with ex-agent Kovac."
Another image popped up that got the team quite concerned. Up on the screen was a picture of Chuck and Sarah on one of their last missions before Bryce had shot Chuck ... it named him as the human intersect.
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