CHAPTER 1: The Inner Desire

Friday 1800

Both Chuck & Sarah trying to diffuse what seems like a faux Bomb. Sarah asking Chuck to run away while she tries to diffuse the Bomb.

Sarah angrily shouts at Chuck "Why are you so stubborn?"

Chuck didn't want Sarah to die replies "I see this as a rare moment of courage, I don't know where this is coming from, I think you bring out the worst in me."

Sarah curtly replies "And you in me!"

They both look at each other trying to fathom the uncertain situation. Sarah still unable to understand what is happening. Her thoughts spiraling onto Chuck as she has failed in her mission to protect Chuck. She thinks if She is going to die she might as well see what it feels like to cherish the soft lips of Chuck Bartowski. She wants to see what it feels like to kiss a man who could make her jealous.

Chuck closes his eyes. Finally, she gives in to her desires. She Starts kissing Chuck, hoping he reciprocates which he does after a brief interim as he is too flabbergasted at the mere thought of kissing the woman that he loves so much. They both start kissing each other passionately forgetting everything that is happening around them. Finally, after several moments, they come to their senses and separates from one another.

Sarah says to Chuck "I don't think we are going to die but this looks like an awkward situation."

"Seems perfectly fine to me" replies Chuck.

After the incident, Chuck became sure that Sarah does feel something for him but he is unsure about a lot of things as to why she would say she doesn't see a future for them together under the influence of the truth serum, however, she kisses him when she thinks they are both going to die. She tries to push him away when he advances towards her, but she always likes to be near him, and she laughs at all her stupid jokes. Sarah Walker is an enigma wrapped in a maze box to Chuck. He hopes he could somehow understand even a small part of her.

Chuck kept calling her again and again trying to fix up a date with her, all his calls kept going to the voice mail. Meanwhile, Sarah was torn emotionally between her duty and her feelings which has surfaced because of Chuck. Her inner desires of having a normal life, family with Chuck which has eluded her entire lifetime kept knocking her knees to the ground. She is unable to hold her own in the whole debacle. She keeps remembering the day she met Chuck and how in a short amount of time he has turned her life upside down. Before Chuck she didn't even know what caring for someone was, all she saw were peoples as either marks to be toyed with and dispose of when not required or civilians from whom she should keep her distance. Chuck has shown her what feels like to care about another Human being, his honesty and kindness has moved her to her core.

Sitting on her bedside she kept thinking about the situation until she receives a message from Casey to come to the rendezvous point where the alleged bomb was present. Reaching there she was shocked to see her former partner and lover Bryce Larkin inside the bomb as it opened. Bryce was in an unconscious state with tubes attached to his body.

Later Sarah comes to Buy More in search of Chuck. She finds him behind an alley of racks shuffling through hard drives. As soon as he sees her, he stops doing what he is doing and jumps up to her. She looked like she hasn't slept the whole night yesterday and was in distress.

Sarah half-heartedly greets chuck, "Hi Chuck!"

Chuck starts to stammer "Hello Sarah, it's good to see you. Oh! It's so good to see you here. How have you been? You look pretty… as you inadvertently always do. With that said, why are you here...?"

Sarah feeling slightly amused at his rambling and at the same time unable to understand her feelings tells him that Bryce has returned and wants to talk to him.

Chuck in a confused tone "What! Bryce is alive. The same Bryce that got me kicked out of Stanford, the one who sent me the Intersect, and your former boyfriend is back from dead. How is it possible

"I don't know but he wants to talk to you only" says Sarah

Chuck inquiringly "Me, Why Me? I don't know anything about what's happened to him"

"Chuck, I don't know but we have to follow protocol."

After thinking for some time Chuck decided to meet Bryce.

They reach the CIA facility where Bryce was held captive in an open room with dimly lit lights. Bryce was plugged onto a life support system. He looked unconscious.

Casey nonchalantly "Glad you are here. Talk to the traitor and find out what is he doing working for the Fulcrum."

Chuck in an afraid tone says "I am afraid to talk to him. What if he attacks me?" "Don't worry Chuck, Casey and I are just outside in case anything wrong happens." Sarah tries to relax Chuck.

"I am still not comfortable with the plan."

Casey in an irritated tone "Just go inside moron!"

Hesitantly Chuck goes inside to find Bryce now seated in a chair with his hands strapped to the arms of the chair. He looked pale and weak.

"Hi, Bryce. You wanted to talk to me?" Chuck trying to maintain distance between him and Bryce.

"Prove to me that you are Chuck."

"I have my ID and my Nerd Herd desk Card if you would like to see, Chuck says Jokingly."

Bryce says something in Klingon

"Come on Bryce. You're making me look bad."

Bryce commands Chuck "Say it!"

Chuck finally replies "Jibbe Jibbe"

Bryce request Chuck "Come near me. I want to say something to you."

Sarah sensing some confrontation, says to Casey "We have to stop Chuck from getting near Bryce."

"You're right. Let's interfere"

Sarah signals Chuck on his earpiece to not go near Bryce and come out instantly. Chuck on receiving the cue comes out at that moment itself.

Chuck in an exasperated tone "Guys! What happened? I was kinda getting some intel from Bryce."

"Moron! We don't know Bryce's intentions and we don't know what he would do to you if you go near him. He is very dangerous."

After Casey disappears Chuck and Sarah are alone.

Sarah says to Chuck "I think I should go too."

"Sarah, we need to discuss about the incident."

Sarah in a commanding tone, "Not now Chuck."

"Why? What happened?"

"Nothing" snaps Sarah.

And she also goes away leaving Chuck awry.

Bryce meanwhile finds a pin that falls down from Chuck's pocket when he was in his room. He uses the pin to open the handcuffs and he hurries down the hallway.

Upon seeing Bryce, a guard charges towards him, Bryce takes him out with an upward kick to his face. On hearing sound, two more guards come running towards him. He takes them down instantly. Bryce uses the elevator shaft to escape from the facility.

Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah are having a thanksgiving meal at his house in Echo Park when Casey interrupts them. Ellie, Chuck's Sister invites Casey and asks Chuck to get him a chair from his room. Chuck obliges and goes to his room to get a chair where he finds Bryce. Chuck is shocked to find him there.

Chuck: Bryce, what are you doing here and how did you escape the facility?

Bryce: I came here to talk to Sarah. I want you to ask Sarah to meet me in the room.

Chuck: And why should I follow your order?

Bryce: Because of Fulcrum, because if I don't talk with Sarah, Fulcrum will come looking for me and it will not be good for any of us. We need to alert CIA about my condition. I'm not rogue Chuck.

Chuck: Why did you send the intersect to me?

Bryce: I don't have time for this Chuck. Please just call Sarah.

Chuck thinks for a moment then finally asks Bryce to wait in his room while he calls Sarah.

At the Dinner, Chuck sees all of them enjoying the feast. He gestures Sarah to go to his room. Sarah on Chuck's cue goes to his room discretely. On arriving there she finds the room empty, while going through the room she hears a faint noise of a door creaking and she looks behind her to see Bryce standing opposite her. His lean, tall stature shining in the backdrop of the light coming from the backyard. She jumps towards him and tries to inflict a jab at his jaw, he defends himself by moving himself away from the hit.

"You're getting a little rusty Sarah!"

"Why do you care? What do you want from me?" replies Sarah angrily

"I am not rogue Sarah. I want you to trust me."

Suddenly Chuck comes to his room to check in on them and sees them wrapped around each other, Bryce trying to control Sarah's anger, Chuck perceives it they engaging in a fight and he charges in. Hearing someone come in Bryce let go of Sarah and escapes out of the Window albeit Morgan door.

"Hi Sarah, what did Bryce say?"

"We should go out."

"Ok. Let's go."

Seeing them going out Casey excused himself too leaving Ellie dumbfound as to what has transpired all of them at once to go out. Chuck and Sarah go to Casey's apartment to find Bryce there.

Bryce pleads to Sarah, "Sarah please listen to me. The Intersect was a deep undercover project until I realised, I was working for a rogue agency within the CIA named Fulcrum. So, I had to run away. I was part of a project named Sandbox; I am not a rogue spy."

Chuck flashes on the name Sandbox and verifies the authenticity of Bryce's words.

"He's right. CIA did have a project named Sandbox."

Suddenly Casey comes in and before they could react Casey fires his revolver at Bryce leaving him flat on the ground. Hearing the voice Chuck falls down too and becomes unconscious causing Casey to smirk in amusement.

After some time Bryce wakes up. Sarah picks him up.

Chuck quips "I fell too!"

Sarah ignored Chuck at the moment. She is trying hard to shut Chuck out unable to realise what Chuck is doing to him. How to face him. She has left her whole life in isolation, keeping away from people, shutting them away. Suddenly Chuck comes into her life and open a whole new world to her, a hidden desire to have a normal life which she has been deprived of ever since her childhood after she decided to run away with her father and joining the CIA, later on, didn't help either. It was just lies and deception in her life.

After contacting Beckman, The NSA general, and Graham; CIA head, Bryce gets reinstated into the CIA. Bryce after his formal meeting with the Generals comes out wearing a Black Tuxedo with a bowtie looking like a professional spy.

"Guess it's time to go," said Bryce

"Where are you going, Bryce?" inquired Chuck

"Deep Undercover hunting for Fulcrum. I Can't even tell you, Chuck. Goodbye!" replied Bryce.

Bryce goes to Sarah and holds her hands.

"Guess it's Goodbye Sarah." Sarah has tears in her eyes.

"Sarah, We will always have Omaha" Bryce said before leaving.

Sarah was in emotional tethers at the moment. She is unable to understand her feelings. Being with the man she loves could lead to his death and going away with the man she loved or she thinks she loved until she met Chuck, she didn't know what Chuck was. Chuck was a CIA asset and Sarah was his handler, being emotionally involved with Assets is not allowed in the CIA and that has been engraved into her right from the first day at the CIA training at the Bootcamp.

Chuck on hearing the conversation between Sarah and Bryce thinks maybe Sarah will leave him to go with Bryce. That night Chuck goes to Casey's apartment and brings him some leftover turkey Sandwich from the thanksgiving dinner.

"Hi, Casey. I thought to drop by and bring you some leftover turkey Sandwich"

"Thanks, Bartowski but I have work to do"

As Casey was trying to close the door, Chuck interrupts him.

Chuck asks "What does Omaha mean Casey?"

"Probably some code. Bryce is going deep Chuck, if Sarah wants to join him, she should do it now."

Sarah's leaving!

Casey smirkingly "Don't worry Chuck, I am sure CIA has a great collection of beautiful female CIA agents in its catalog. We will surely find you someone in place of Agent Walker."

Chuck departs after his conversation with Casey to call Sarah.

Meanwhile at Sarah's apartment. Sarah has packed her bags with her gun and passport kept on her table. She receives a call on her landline from Bryce. At the same time, she receives a call on her cell phone from Chuck. Unable to decide she thinks hard. Her mind saying to run with Bryce but her heart wanting to stop by with Chuck. Finally, her mind wins over her heart and she decides to go with Bryce because she doesn't want to hurt Chuck. Being with Chuck could lead to his demise as she is not able to control her emotions when present around him.

The next morning Chuck comes to buy More to find Sarah's Porsche not present on her parking spot. He thinks she has left with Bryce and accepts his fate yet there is a glimmer of hope in her mind.

Casey says to Chuck "Sarah's gone, Chuck. Stop looking at the Weinerlicious."

Chuck jumps up "What! I wasn't looking at Weinerlicious."

At the briefing, Beckman comes on to the screen along with Graham.

"Is everything all right? I want to inform you that Agent Walker has requested to join Bryce and will not be continuing her duties as your handler Chuck" Graham started the briefing.

"What General! When did this happen?" asked Chuck flabbergasted.

"Yesterday night she called and today morning she mailed me a letter confirming the same" replied Graham.

Chuck didn't say anything.

"I would like you to meet your new handler, Chuck. Her name is Kate Parker and she should be arriving right about now." Beckman added coldly.

"Hello Everyone! sorry got a little late. I am Kate Parker"

"I am John Casey, Agent Parker"

"Hi, Agent Parker. I am Charles Bartowski but people call me Chuck"

"Hello, Chuck," said Kate excitedly.

Beckman says to everyone before turning off the screen "That's all team. I will leave you all to know each other. If some mission comes up, I will let you know."

All in Unison "Ok general."