Let us do something, while we have the chance.
Still don't own Chuck.
"You're a gift…"
Sarah
"You can count on me…"
Chuck
-Episode 4.24
Chapter —11 the Switch
London, Heathrow Airport
June 28, 2011
Chuck was in a separate room with monitor screens. It had been relatively easy to set up as they got a little assistance from General Beckman and in-turn from MI6. Kassandra Martin was a person of interest in an old IRA bombing. MI6 promised that if captured, she would be out of the field for at least two months. And if convicted, she would get at least twenty years. So the set up looked simple, Kassandra would check in at the initial customs station. Then she would be sent down a hall to pick up her bags. After getting the bags she would be asked to come to a separate room to check the bags. At that point Casey would tranq her and hand her over to MI6.
Chuck activated the system shortly after Kassandra's plane landed. He watched the monitors and called out her position as she deplaned and went down the ramp from the plane and into the terminal. Kassandra walked out of the plane and followed the crowd. A bearded customs agent was ahead directing which path to take based she thought on the number of people. He pointed to the right and she started down the hall, there was a group of teenage kids in front of her and a couple with two babies behind. She was hoping to get through this as quickly as possible. As they continued down the hall she saw three stations. Each had a customs agent. The teenagers went to the one on the right. She took the middle station. She saw the family moving to the left station. The Customs agent was a girl with brown hair. She directed Kassandra where to pick up her bags and then the room to use for their inspection. Kassandra was happy because she made it to the luggage before the teenagers. She found her two bags and began her trek down the hall to the room. She walked into the room and saw the table there. She immediately went to the table and put the first suitcase on it. When she looked up at the customs agent, a tranq dart met her. As soon as Chuck saw that she was down, he disabled the system. The teenagers and family disappeared at the next corner and Morgan and Alex walked away from their stations. The MI6 agents came in a carried out Kassandra.
That afternoon Sarah was checking herself in the mirror. She had transformed herself into Kassandra Martin with dark brown hair that went to the middle of her back and dark eyebrows. She wore a loose pink blouse and brown shirt with flats for shoes. She was already two inches taller than Kassandra and was trying to minimize the difference. She turned to Chuck, so does this match?"
"Yeah, you look fine. The hair is just right. It really does match hers," Chuck off handedly commented.
"Okay, so are you all ready?" she asked.
"Yes, they are already heading to the pub." Chuck pointed to the monitors, which showed two men approaching the pub below them.
"Okay, this should be easy." Sarah turned to leave.
"You remember the signal," Chuck asked as she headed to the door.
"Yes, I'm all set." She smiled at him. She knew he was still getting nervous when he sent her out alone. She smiled and knew she would be if she sent him alone too.
Sarah went down the back stairs and out into the street. Turning the corner she went into the pub and to the bar. The bartender, O'Casey, immediately recognized her and put a pint in front of her. She took it and looked around the room.
Sarah appreciated it. It was smooth. Tony Koman was sitting at the table behind her and to the right. He was with another gentleman. Tony looked up at Sarah when she was about done with the drink, and he waved at her. She waved back. As the other man looked at Sarah, he asked who she was. Tony replied, "Oh, that's Kassandra Martin. We had dealings with her before. Big buyer, does not like to be pushed. She'll call when she wants something. Trying to push things on her, just doesn't work. She'll walk away from it. Not sure if she thinks it's a trap, or if she thinks she will be losing money on the deal."
The man from Wissen Nuclear asked, "Do you think she is looking for you?"
"No, she would have come over if she wanted anything." Tony replied.
In a moment a tall blonde headed fellow came into the pub. He went over to her, took her hand and they left the pub.
When she got back up to the floor above the pub, Sarah smiled, "You were right. That was easy. We even got in a little sightseeing."
"Oh, where did you go?" Chuck asked her and Devon.
"Just down to Piccadilly and back. We wanted to make sure that if someone was watching they would have seen that we left the area, not just headed upstairs." Sarah answered.
"Yeah," Chuck almost kicked himself. He should have thought of that when they planned this. "Tony and the Wissen man left about five minutes ago. We'll break down here and head back to the hotel. We'll stay another night and then you can contact Wissen."
Casey came in the room next, "Must say this seems to be working. The Wissen man made some notes after you left."
"What about Tony?" Sarah asked.
"Oh, he left for the airport. His part is done. Like we agreed, we just needed someone to point you out to Wissen. We didn't need him to stay here and potentially make a mistake." Casey replied.
Sarah nodded.
Chuck closed his laptop, "Okay, everything is off. Let's head back."
When they got back to the hotel, everyone came into Chuck and Sarah's room. Morgan and Alex had their bags there along with Casey and Devon's. Devon was on the phone with Ellie checking to see if everything was okay. Mary had stayed back and watched Clara, while Ellie was at work. Carina and Zondra were at the table waiting to see what they were going to do that night.
Sarah looked at Alex, "You did a nice job this afternoon. You guys have a good flight back."
"Yeah, we let you know as soon as we set a time and place with Wissen," Chuck added.
"Okay, but remember if we don't have enough time to set up properly, call the meeting off. You don't want them mad at Kassandra before you get this through," Casey observed.
"Right, and if you guys find that either Ali or Nester are headed to an easy pick up place, let us know. If you have it secured, take them down and don't wait for us,' Chuck reminded them.
Morgan gave Chuck a hearty hand shake and bear hug, "Thanks man, this was fun. See you in a couple."
In a moment they had left and Chuck, Sarah, Zondra and Carina were left in the hotel room. Carina asked, "So what are the plans for tonight?"
"I got tickets to a play tonight, but first I thought we would go to a nice diner at a place Ellie suggested," Chuck said.
London Hotel, UK
June 30, 2011
"Chuck, you sure you have everything?" Casey asked.
"Yes, Zondra's checked the security feeds. We have those and have verified that no one else has tapped them. Carina has the area under surveillance from a cell tower across the street. I'll drive her to the corner and if there is some kind of trick I can follow her in this Bentley," Chuck relayed.
Casey could not think of anything else. It needed to be an open meeting or the Wissen agent would back off. And they would lose the information and possible buy that was needed to stop Wissen and whoever this Knowledge is Powder was. "Okay, we'll be on-line and provide some extra eyes."
Chuck nodded his head and Sarah stepped out of the car. She was to wait on the corner. A man from Wissen would come to the corner in a cab. He was to get out and hand Sarah, the Kassandra double, a flower. She would then ask what he had for sale. Getting a verbal arrangement, she was to get back in the car with Chuck and leave. The transaction would be made under the watchful eye of Casey and the full team.
Sarah was waiting, watching for a cab. There was a couple that passed by, but none stopped. Carina was a top the tower watching down each street. She was calling out every time she spotted a cab coming toward the corner. Zondra had the surveillance cameras of every corner with in four blocks on her monitors. She was looking for a cab and then whether there was any vehicles following. She was looking for the opposition's back up.
Ten minutes had gone by and no cab. Finally, Carina called out, "Got one headed this way."
Zondra saw it, "He's got trailers. Two other cars and a van are following."
Chuck signaled Sarah. She saw the signal for the trailing cars. She put her unhappy face. They should have known not to make Kassandra wait.
The taxi pulled up on the other side of the corner from Chuck. A man got out of the cab and walked to Kassandra. He held up a flower.
Kassandra said in the harshest tone, "Warum Sie so spat sind?"
"Verkehrsprobleme, English please." The man stood there looking at Kassandra.
"Okay, I do not like standing in the open." She saw the other two cars and van go passed. "You know that I represent a viable source of funds and a willing buyer. What is your offer?"
"A source of enriched uranium. Opening price is ten million dollars. The pellets described in this document will come at a price of sixteen million each. And to avoid any problems, they'll be airdropped to the location specified by the buyers," the man held p a sheet of paper.
Kassandra took it, "We'll need verification of a usable product before meeting the opening price."
"As usual. The demonstration will be in Berlin on July ninth. Be in the Hotel Stratton lobby at noon. We will transport you and your inspector to the site to as you say to verify the product. Payment will be expected upon verification." The man looked at her eyes again, "Confirm attendance by the sixth at the number you used to contact us." The man turned and walked back to the cab. He got in and the cab drove down the street. The trailer cars and van followed.
Unknown Location
June 30, 2011
There was a Minuteman Statue on the desk. The slogan underneath was Knowledge is Powder.
"Contact made with buyer number one." It was the end of a long report.
The reply was, "Copy."
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Think these translate this way (been a while)
Warum Sie so spat sind? = Why are you so late?
Verkehrsprobleme = Traffic problems