Here's another one.

Originally this was part of the "original' chapter 7 but I split it up and put it in 2 chapters and here well the other part. Thank you the Charahkids for the beta!

Chapter 10

Sarah's heart pounded in her chest as she hid behind a pile of boxes. They had come up with a plan and had Carina call the number Chuck left with her to make arrangements and have him meet her in an empty building near Center Street. Carina had been against it at first. She had argued against every angle of the plan. Sarah saw the concern in Carina's eyes though, she tried to hide it, for Chuck and it brought a slight smile to Sarah's face at the effect this one man seemed to have on people. Eventually they convinced Carina and she had made the call, leaving a voice mail as he had instructed and they had waited for him to return it.

That was what lead her to be crouched behind boxes. Mary was on the other side of the room in a similar stance while Casey was outside the building with a long range tranq gun. Carina stood in the middle of the large open room, pacing around the boxes, looking out for Chuck's arrival. She looked uncharacteristically nervous with her arms wrapped tightly around herself.

Sarah could relate.

She was nervous as well, and if she was honest with herself a little scared. These three and half weeks of being in Burbank, of spending time with Casey, Morgan and Mary had brought back more and more of her memories, and with them, the feelings associated with them.

They had been weak at first but as time went on they grew more and more until she almost felt physically sick from all the pain and anxiety of the whole situation. It had put all her spy training to the test to keep her wits about her and to keep her feelings hidden. Chuck was still a mystery to her in a lot of ways but time was mending that and she felt disgusted with herself that she had left the way she did.

It was Devon's idea that she come out of the basement and go see Ellie. Sarah put it off for as long as she could, faint memories of how protective the older woman was especially about her little brother actually shot fear through her stomach. In the end though she finally acquiesce and followed Devon back to Casa Bartowski to get it over with.

Spending time with Ellie at first was awkward, as Ellie, though understood her situation blamed her entirely for what had happened to her little brother, as expected. But after a couple of hours and letting Ellie vent her feelings of anger, betrayal, and most of all fear, they had both, surprisingly to herself, sobbed apologies and made friends again. Sarah swore to Ellie that she would find Chuck and bring him back.

Strangely she felt better after the encounter.

Which was good as Ellie was the only person in Burbank she felt comfortable talking to about the memories coming back. Sorting them out and actually talking about her feelings. She had smiled sadly at that thought. Chuck would have loved to be there for that. He had always since the beginning tried to get Sarah to open up, to be honest, and to share how she was feeling. She regrets now how often she had shot him down, reminded him she was a spy and that everything had to be kept to herself.

"I don't think he's going to show." Sarah heard in her ear. She looked over at Carina who had stopped her pacing and just stood in the center of the room now. Sarah could see her eyes from the light above shift back and forth as she scanned the area for anything out of place.

"Patience Miller. Bartowski is a moron but he's not stupid. He's probably checking around." Casey responded annoyed. Silence descended once more as the spies remained alert for any activity. Ten minutes later Sarah was about to agree with Carina and suggest they go back and come up with another plan when a soft sound of someone landing startled her.

She looked out towards Carina who had turned around quickly at the sound as well and there, in what would have been all his glory, stood Chuck Bartowski. Sarah watched like a hawk as Carina and Chuck slowly circled each other, not saying anything, obviously checking each for weapons and traps. Sarah hoped that they had planned well enough and that he wouldn't notice anything. Chuck was an observant guy to begin with, but with the Intersect, it made him even more lethal.

Sarah took the moment to finally get a look at Chuck. She had seen so many pictures and surveillance video but this was the first time she saw him in person since the day she left him on the beach. She held her breath as she apprised him, feeling the blood in her face leave as she starred in horror and sadness. His tall lanky form that haunted her memories was more skeletal then before. The dark clothing on his body draped loosely and hung off him. His face was gaunt with dark translucent bags under his eyes showing months of sleeplessness. His chin and upper lip covered in a thin stubble beard and his hair was slightly longer than the photos she'd recently seen.

In all appearances, Chuck was a lot worse off than he had originally appeared from the photos from Baltimore, and the report from Carina. Sarah had to stifle a small sob that threated to escape, not wanting to give away her position yet. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought that she had helped do this to him. She may not have forced the drug down this throat but if she had just stayed as her heart was telling her he wouldn't have been left so vulnerable.

"What did you call about?" Chuck started, his voice sounding hoarse. Sarah listed in on the ear piece, his voice low and gravely from misuse. He sounded tired and wary, and though he trusted Carina enough to leave a phone number, his tight stance showed that he didn't trust her completely as he stood poised and ready to attack. Carina stepped closer to him, reaching out for his hand, but he stepped away quickly, surprising Sarah with the speed he still possessed despite appearances. Carina too seemed surprised at his movement but recovered quickly.

"Chuck, I was worried. I wanted to check on you and see how you were." Carina confessed. Chuck just stared at her, trying to detect a lie. The old Chuck would probably have believed Carina, but Sarah knew he wasn't the old Chuck. He was something else, something they should all be frightened of.

"I told you to only call if it were important." He spat out angrily.

"No you didn't Chuckie. You just left a little note saying to leave a message, which I did." Carina countered back lighthearted, but Sarah knew better. She knew Carina was geared to go should Chuck make any move.

"What do you want Carina." He ground out annoyed. Carina plastered an amused expression upon her face, taking a step forward towards him.

"Aren't you happy to see me Chuck? I missed you. After you left me in the hotel room all by my lonesome." She said.

"Yeah not even Bartowski would fall for this crap." Casey muttered in Sarah's ear, and she couldn't help but agree with him.

Chuck looked away from her looking into the distance. Sarah could see the sweat forming on his forehead. She was surprised, knowing the Laudanol suppressed emotions, his acting annoyed and angry at Carina was confusing her.

"Keep him talking." Sarah heard Mary tell Carina through the earwig.

"Seriously Chuck. I was just worried. You didn't look so good when I saw you." Carina offered as a kind of truce. "To be honest you look even worse now."

"Get him over to the left 3 feet; I'll have a good enough shot." Casey ordered.

Carina reached out for Chuck. He stared at her hand for a few beats before blinking and slowly reaching for it hesitantly. She walked backwards a few steps, as if to get him further into the light, but she stopped abruptly at the smirk that graced Chucks face.

Sarah's heart seemed to stop in fear at his gleam.

"Not very smart Carina." He hissed at her and quickly grabbed her on the arms and swung her around, a look of surprise as the prick of a needle pierced through her skin. Carina slumped heavily in Chuck's arms as he lowered her to the ground.

Sarah stood from her crouched position against all training and stared, mouth agape as he laid the red head on the cement. A flash of movement took her attention as she watched Mary come out from her own hiding spot and walked, stridently towards the center of the room calmly.

"Chuck, stop. It's time come in." She said firmly. Chuck's smile broadened further, frightening Sarah at the menacing expression that she knew shouldn't belong on him.

"Mom, long time no see. I see shooting me, tying me up and blowing up my childhood home isn't enough. Now you're going to turn me into the government that you chose over your family and let them deal with me once and for all?" He sneered at her. The venom behind his statement filled Sarah with dread. "You should have had them do that when you left the first time and saved yourself all this trouble."

"No Chuck. I want to help you." She said softly, taking a few steps towards him. "I want to help you Chuck. You need help."

Chuck recoiled as her hand reached out for him and stepped further away hiding in the shadows.

"You need to get him to where Carina is if you want me to tranq him." Casey grunted out annoyed. Mary took a step towards Chuck again but he responded unpredictably by pulling a gun from the back of his jeans and pointing it strait at his mother's head with a steady hand. Sarah couldn't take it anymore and broke all protocol and stepped into the light.

"Chuck, stop!" She shouted at him, staying on the fringe.

She watched Chucks eyes go wide in surprise at seeing Sarah in person for the first time. His gun lowered slightly and Sarah held her breath waiting for a moment to act but he quickly raised it back pointing it to Sarah instead. She walked slowly closer to him, schooling her face to hide the fear and sadness at seeing him this way. Her heart pounded loudly in her ears at each step but she kept her eyes on his, but he didn't waiver from his own stance, keeping the gun still drawn on her.

"Chuck, you're in way over your head and need help. Let us help you." She whispered to him when she was close enough. Chuck stiffened and narrowed his eyes for a moment, his eyes half closed in what Sarah recognized easily as a flash. She wondered what would have trigged it. "Chuck?" She whispered again.

Before she could say anything further however Mary had closed the remaining distance between them and in one fell swoop grabbed the arm that was holding the gun, pushing it to the side where it went off. Chuck immediately jumped into action swinging his leg back and pushing his elbow into her. Mary fell down hard as he lifted her arm and swung her over his shoulder. She fell on her back with a loud thud. Sarah was stunned for only a moment as she reached out to take down Chuck. She swung her arm and then kicked up to his side as he retaliated. He raised his knee to hit her gut; she backed her elbow into his face. He reeled back for a second before coming back at her with full force.

Mary jumped back in behind her but they were no match for Chuck. A few more hits and Mary was down for the count. Chuck kicked out at Sarah and sent her sailing through the pile of boxes behind her. It took a few beats for her to get her equilibrium back but by then Sarah couldn't move as Chuck sauntered cockily up to her. She panicked for a moment as she decided when to make her move for the knives she had hidden on her person.

He closed the distance slowly between them and Sarah took a glance behind him hoping Casey had come in during the fight. But Chuck stopped a few feet away and she looked back up at him just in time to see him flash again. Her heart beat faster, actually afraid of what was to come next, both knowing and not knowing what the Intersect inside his head could do.

"Where is the weapons cache?" Chuck shouted at her suddenly. She held her breath and looked up at him with narrowed her eyes in confusion.

"What…what are...?" She stammered.

"Don't lie to me Sibone. I know exactly what you are up to. Where did you hide them?" Chuck clenched his teeth and pressed further forward.

"Chuck…It's me, Sarah." She stammered out. He shook his head and she saw another flash take over. She sat up a little bit, raising her hand slowly to him but before she could get far he blinked back and with a speed she wouldn't believe he could possess by his appearance he had her pressed into the ground on top of her with a knife to her throat.

Sarah struggled to breathe as the air was knocked out of her. The knifes razor sharp edge dug lightly into her neck but she knew well enough that any wrong movement and it could easily slice through her skin killing her within moments as she bled out. Strangely, while she wasn't afraid to die, she was afraid of what it would do to Chuck once he realized what he had done to her.

"You've been naughty Landon. Blowing up that village. Do you have any idea what you've done?" He gritted through his teeth. "They were innocent!" Sarah was really starting to get scared now, not quite sure what was going on. She tried to speak but no words would come out. She could hear Casey shouting at her through the ear piece but she couldn't say anything. Nothing would come out as she focused on Chuck.

Chuck's eyes rolled again, another flash, this time causing his body to shake so hard she felt the knife gently nick her. She could tell there was something different in his flash for when he came out of it he dropped the knife easily and stood up quickly taking a few steps backwards from her. His hands crawled up the side of his face as he grabbed his hair tightly and he screamed. Ragged breath and sweat became more prominent of him as Sarah's heart ached at seeing Chuck display of such pain. He bent over himself as he stumbled away, crouching down, with a sad desperate sob escaping his lips. Sarah sat up slowly from her petrified position on the floor amongst the littered boxes. The discarded knife he had used just over a foot away.

The two stayed in their positions for several beats, Casey strangely going silent in her ear. After a moment or two Chuck's shaking stopped enough and he collapsed onto the floor. Sarah wanted to get up and go to him but stopped herself as she watched him pulled out a bottle from his pocket. She watched him pull out a pill from within and swallow it without hesitation. She knew exactly what it was as Chuck closed his eyes for a moment in some sort of blissful release before letting his body fall fully onto the ground. Sarah saw red seeing him like that. At that stupid pill. Horrified that such a little object could cause so much damage.

Chuck lied there on the floor for a few moments, gaining his breath back as Sarah watched over him. When he turned himself over slowly and obviously painfully, pushing himself up, she knew that they were about to lose their only chance to get him. He was unsteady and he closed his eyes for a second as if gathering his wits before opening them and looking at Sarah with a look of cold fury. She never thought she could ever see her Chuck look so deadly. Once on his feet he started to advance toward her again and Sarah slowly eased her fingers towards the nearest one on her person when the sound of a phone ringing startled them both.

Chuck grabbed the gun sitting down by his feet, pointing it at Sarah as he walked next to Mary looking for the offending object. Finding it in a pocket he looked at the screen before angrily holding it up for Sarah to see Morgan's face beam up at him. Clicking the 'accept' button Chuck put the phone to his ear not saying a word.

"Mrs. B? You there?" Morgan's voice said sounding kind of frantic. When he heard no response he just continued. "I think there's some government people here. They're out in the court yard. They are trying to blend in but I don't think they're doing that great a job if I can see them. They seem to be casing Chuck's, I mean, Ellie's place. "He babbled.

Chuck growled into the phone quietly, obviously startling Morgan on the other line.

"Casey? Is that you?" He asked confused. "I thought I called Mrs. B."

Chuck tossed the phone hard onto the cement floor breaking it into pieces before advancing towards Sarah again.

"You're using my sister? How could you? You were my wife!" He shouted at her. Sarah stood up then, determined to face him head on.

"What are you talking about, who was that Chuck?" She asked him knowing it was Morgan. He pointed his gun at her again, clicking the safety off.

"You're using my sister as bait. You think I would go there? You think I would endanger their lives? More importantly you would put them in harm's way?" Sarah wanted to step back at the force of Chuck's words but she was determined to stand up to him. "Do you not see what I've become? That I'm not in control. What if I hurt them?"

"We're not Chuck. I don't know who is there. But come with me and we'll find out." She said calmly. But Chuck was having none it.

"She's not like you Sarah. She can't defend herself. She has a baby! How dare you!" He strode towards her and she stepped back once but paused as his eyes went wide and he stopped mid step. He slowly looked down at his chest to see a dart sticking out.

"Bullseye!" Casey shouted in her ear. Chuck stare down at the dart for a moment before dropping the gun to the floor. He reached up slowly, obviously feeling the effects of the dart, and pulled it out of his chest in one quick movement. His eyes danced as he fought to not give in to the effect.

"I guess you win this round Walker." He slurred. Chuck tossed the dart to the ground and turned quickly making an escape. Too stunned to follow right away Sarah could only stand where she was as she watched him go.

"I'll try to follow him." Casey said. Sarah stood there for a moment longer before remembering Mary and Carina. She went over to check on them. Carina just knocked out from a tranq dart but Mary had suffered some injuries. She was starting to wake as Sarah checked what the damage was on the older woman.

"Chuck?" She mumbled as she sat up grimacing in pain. Sarah sat down on the ground next to her.

"He's gone. Casey hit him with a dart and he fled." She stated simply. "It barely fazed him. I don't think Casey will catch him."

Mary nodded and tried standing up. She had finally gotten into a semi standing position when Casey came in, his most annoyed expression plastered on his face.

"Got away huh?" Sarah asked, knowing the answer. If the situation wasn't so dyer she would have given have smiled at Casey's petulant expression. As it was, she feared what would happen to Chuck now.

"Well, he is on that drug. Guess it helps adrenaline so he could escape." Casey growled out. "Not sure if he actually escaped of if he was just able to hide. But regardless without the man power…" He trailed off and the other two nodded in agreement. They all knew they would not be calling in for assistance. That would be signing Chuck's death if the government found him first.

"We need to get to Ellie's. Morgan called, there were agents at the place. Chuck was not happy." Sarah said as she reached down to try to get Carina. Casey grunted and pushed her aside, picking Carina up and putting her over his shoulder.

"I suggest we get going then." He stated.

The ride back to Casa Bartowski was full of silence. Each thinking of the events that had taken place. When they pulled up to the building and got out they saw agents all around doing various non-descript jobs. Sarah was sure she heard Casey grunt out "morons" as they entered through the gate to the court yard where Alex and Morgan sat at the fountain waiting.

"What happened? I heard the phone crash before it disconnected." Morgan said in a staged whisper. Mary shook her head.

"I was out and Chuck answered your call. He was not pleased to hear that they are trying to use Ellie to get to him." Mary said. "I'll call Diane and see what she can do about keeping them away from Ellie. I know they want him but compromising her is not the way to do it."

"Or the best. I mean wouldn't he come here if she was in danger." Alex piped in. Casey put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head.

"Chuck is fiercely loyal and loves a lot of people. But trust me; I believe if anyone fucks with Ellie and Clara, he won't just come here. He will kill everyone and anyone who is in the vicinity." Casey stated. "And with that medication, it could include Ellie and Clara as well. He'd never come back from that"

"Why not Sarah?" Alex asked curiously. "Why not use her then, if not Ellie." Sarah thought about it for a moment. She had no doubt; especially after what Carina had told her that Chuck loved her. But she could take care of herself against bad guys. He knew she was independent and while he always worried about her, he always had faith in her abilities to defend herself.

"In the eyes of a child, mother is god." Sarah said simply. Everyone just stared at her confused. A small smile crept on her face, she remembered a movie she had watched based off a video game with Chuck. Silent Hill. She remembered that line from the end because Chuck had sniffled and she saw a tear fall from his eye. She had reached over and wiped it away gently before leaning in and giving him a tender kiss where it trailed.

"I love that line." He had whispered. "It reminds me of Ellie. Even when our parents were around, Ellie was the one to care for me the most. She raised me. In my eyes, I feel she's as close to being god as possible without actually being him."

Sarah smiled at the memory. She loved this place. Her memories came back faster and faster here. "Anybody who goes near Ellie will not just have to deal with Intersect Chuck, but Chuck himself. And I'm afraid for anyone who has to do that."

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