Sarah arrived outside as Carina and Casey pulled up to the mall. Quickly she and Chuck got into the Crown Vic and sped off back to Castle where they were meeting with the general.
"Alright team, this is a serious situation. Ron Thomas is a known terrorist with a perverted fetish of children. This may seem like a low key attack, but our resources tell us this is supposed to be the first of many. Ron Thomas is one of many Fulcrum agents who are going to be committing attacks against innocent people. We need Thomas alive so we can try and get the names of any other members of this assignment." Beckman said as she soon as she came on live.
"I have a date with the target tonight." Sarah announced, as Chuck lowered his head.
"That's good, but it would be better if the intersect could be there as well to flash on any members that may be with Thomas, Bartowski, you are going to be their waiter tonight, Casey pose as a bus boy to keep him out of trouble." Beckman ordered.
"What about me?" Carina asked, not liking the idea of sitting the first mission out.
"…Sarah take Carina on the date with you. Maybe if you two act really interested in what he is saying he will open up more then when you get back to his residence, you have an extra agent with you incase things get sticky." Beckman decided, feeling more comfortable sending the agents in pairs then alone after the last mission. "Has Bartowski started training yet?"
"No ma'am, we are waiting until his shoulder comes out of the sling, Ellie, Chuck's sister, looked at it and said he could probably stop using the sling this week, but it will need rehab before he has full use." Sarah answered.
"Ok, but start training on other things, like stealth and gun shooting, understand?" Beckman asked.
The four agents nodded their heads in agreemement.
"One last thing, Bartowski since you are now an agent you are going to have to leave that Buymore position, we need something that will let you travel. My assitants are working on a cover job, you are now on payroll, and will get what you have earned from the start, but quit that job, understood?" Beckman ordered.
"Yea ma'am." Chuck whispered, his eyes not meeting anyone's in the room.
"Dismissed, brief me after the mission, remember Thomas we need alive, and for goodness sake do not let the intersect get kidnapped!" Snapped Beckman as the screen flashed off.
"Well she was perky." Carina joked, as she sat down at the table to start writing down a game plan for the night.
"Always such a lovely woman." Casey grunted, as he started setting up the bugs and wires they would need for the mission.
"Chuck you ok?" Asked Sarah, noticing his depressed look.
"Perfect." Chuck grumbled in response.
Sarah looked towards him confused. What had him so upset?
"Casey can you help me bring something in from the car?" Chuck asked, causing a few up raised eyebrows from the group.
"Uhh sure kid." Casey stumbled, knowing he was not one of Chuck's favorite people all the time with the constant teasing.
Once the two men were outside Chuck took his arm out of the sling and sat down on the curb.
"What did you need?" Casey asked.
"To talk?" Chuck asked, knowing Casey was the only one who could help him.
"Let me guess, waiting on your girlfriend while she is going to be flirting with another man isn't high on your list of favorite things?" Casey asked.
"Defiantly not." Chuck replied.
Casey sighed as he sat down next Chuck. It was true that he could be a hardass but when concerning Chuck it was a little difficult to actually not like him. The guy was so nice and forgiving, plus he had taken the being pulled into government work without wanting it, in stride. Casey did not know many civilians who could handle Chuck's situation.
"Listen kid, when she is flirting she is just doing her job, she doesn't mean any of it." Casey explained.
"Then how do I know that she isn't with me as some sort of job, like Beckman ordered it to I don't know, control me better? I mean that is what she is going to be doing tonight, she going to gain control by flirting, how do I know it isn't the same thing?" Chuck asked seriously.
"Chuck, listen…and if this gets out I will personally break every bone in your body…with agents, especially females, their biggest asset is their bodies and themselves, which is really sad but it works. However, it is never personal, it is always lies. If Walker is sharing her feelings, and saying I love you, then she isn't viewing you as a mark. Agents don't do that sort of things, people in love do. You guys just have to trust each other. This is a hard business to date in, at some point you will most likely have to get close to girl, and Walker will hate it, but you know it wouldn't mean anything. The same thing applies now, to Walker she is just doing her job, it doesn't mean anything because at the end of the night it is you that she climbs into bed with. Agent Walker is a hardcore, go hard or go home person, but Sarah Walker is a loving woman. You just have to understand that in reality they may be the same person, but in actions they defiantly have their differences." Casey explained.
"Thanks Casey." Chuck sighed out, feeling a little better.
"Yea yea" Grumbled Casey in response as he headed back down to the castle to help Carina. As he walked down the steps he noticed Sarah waiting to see if Chuck followed him. "He is outside, go talk." Casey simply ordered, a bit of a smile covering his face as she rushed up the stairs.
"You like them." Carina pointed out.
"What?" Casey asked, with a hint of fear.
"Sarah and Chuck, you like them, you want to help them because you don't want them to get hurt." Carina replied.
"I want to make sure they don't let their emotions get in the middle of a mission." Casey grunted back.
"Say what you want, but you like them. You loooove them." Carina teased.
"Carina, CIA and NSA don't play nice, want to test that theory?" Casey challenged.
"I have, and every time you end up handcuffed to a bed in your underwear." Carina taunted back.
Casey just rolled his eyes and got to work, they only had a couple of hours before show time.
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Chuck sat outside, mulling over what Casey had said. It was true, this was Sarah's job, but on the job the feelings were fake, with him they were real. He wanted to believe it. He wanted to trust Casey when he said the saying I love you, means it is real. However there was still some doubt in his mind. He couldn't believe he was thinking about this. Sarah choose him over her job, she is staying, they are dating…it should be perfect.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Sarah asked, sitting down next to him on the ground.
"I don't think they are worth that much." Chuck replied, sending a half smile towards his lover.
"To me they are." Was Sarah's simple reply.
"I am just dealing with…some issues." Chuck struggled to answer.
"Like?" Sarah prodded on
"Like how I know that when you seduce a mark to gain control, it is really only for the job, making what we have real, and the job fake." Chuck tried to explain, but even out loud it sounded confusing.
"You mean like, how can you trust it isn't a side mission for me to date you to gain your trust, just like I would with a mark?" Sarah asked.
"Yea." Chuck whispered ashamed. "Which is stupid because you picked me. You made your choice, but I don't know tonight I am going to have to watch you flirt with this other man…you are going to be doing the same things you do with me. How will I know the difference?"
Sarah gave him a small smile before laying her head down on his shoulder.
"It's all about trust Chuck. I have asked you to trust me, and you said you did, this is one of those times that trust comes into play. You have to trust that at the end of the day it is you I want to be with, not some sleaze like Ron Thomas." Sarah replied, understanding his fear.
"I want to, it is just hard." Chuck replied.
"I know. I understand completely, but you really don't have anything to worry about. I love you Chuck, no man is ever going to take your place. Ever." Sarah said forcefully, making sure he got the message.
"I guess I just needed to hear it out loud." Chuck answered back.
"Well, then do you trust me tonight? Will you remember that I am only doing my job?" Sarah asked.
"I will do my best." Chuck answered.
"Then I know you will do great. Come on, it's show time." Sarah said, pulling Chuck to his feet as Casey and Carina came out with all the supplies they would need for the night.
"Lets do this." Carina said.
