BEING DISTRACTED

by mssupertigz

Being distracted – loosely based on S2E2-3. This story will cover the time that follows Sarah and Chuck's after one of their numerous breakups and what they do to coexist as partners. As Chuck and Sarah try not to fail miserably as they figure out their next steps to move on. The distractions that come their way might be harder to come to grips with them. As Casey says, "Being dist

2. Chapter 2

Please drop me a line or two letting me know what you think of this or any of my other stories. Mssupertigz

Being Distracted Chapter 2 –

Their plane touched down in the earlier hours and Chuck knew that he wouldn't be getting any sleep anytime soon. The three dragged their sleep deprived bodies down the stairs of Castle. They were still dealing with jet lag they had acquired when they arrived in Damascus and now the reverse. Sarah slipped into the small kitchen and made a large pot of strong coffee. Chuck grabbed something to eat from the cupboard and placed it on the table. Nothing was open in the mall and the parking lot was empty except for the Nerd Herder cars parked in front of the Buy More.

Sarah came back and slipped her hair into a messy bun which caught Chuck's eye as he watched her and her exposed neck. Sarah slid her elastic around her hair and caught his eye. She brought her arms down then motioned for Chuck to follow her. Chuck dropped his bag of chips that he was about to open and followed Sarah to the back. Casey was no where to be seen so it gave them some time before Beckman would be calling. Sarah slid around the back to an open storage closet which wasn't ideal due to never having a door, but it was dark with only the hall light shinning in. Grabbing his hand, she pulled him into an embrace which quickly led to their first kiss on American soil since they arrived. It was less that 72 hours when they stared at each other in the alley at Chuck's apartment and started this long overdue connection. The kiss was sweet, intense and almost effortless. They had the practice, but this was what each of those times should have been like. They kissed a little longer till they heard the coffee pot beep. Chuck adjusted his shirt after Sarah released her hold of it. Smoothing out the wrinkles they headed back to the kitchen, as Sarah grabbed the coffee mugs Chuck poured. Sarah walked out with her as Chuck brought out the other two. Casey reappeared refreshed as if he had one of his power naps looking much better than Chuck and Sarah. But despite being tired, Chuck and Sarah felt pretty relaxed.

Casey sipped his coffee and grabbed a few bags of chips. He was more of a granola guy, but Chuck liked it when he lived a little. Chuck grabbed one of the cheesy snacks and a bag of salt and vinegar. He held them up towards Sarah. Sarah looked at the two bags and grabbed both. Chuck laughed then grabbed the remaining bags and sat down. They munched in silence, but Chuck's eyes never reared far from Sarah's. Chuck got up and grabbed the mugs and filled them up coming back to Beckman on the screen.

"Good Morning team, I will try not to take too much time but where are we and what did you three find out?"

Casey put his mug down and wiped his hands, then grabbed Chucks bag. "General, we came across Hendricks laptop and Chuck was able to duplicate his files so we can see what he downloads or uploads. We also met a man named Hassan Amid who Agent Benjamin is in a relationship with. He knows her as April and that she was there as a consultant for Carrington Energy services. I looked into the company and it is a real company but the CIA has a half a dozen agents working as consultants for this firm. I guess she had some background in this field so that is why she is there. We also met Hassan's brother, Amir in Irbid where you watched from the feed."

"What about this Amir?"

Chuck turned to face Beckman. "He was there to protect the area from a Lebanese Militia group. He mentioned the men in suits and when we took his brother Hassan back with us to Damascus, we asked him if he knew who Syed Hasan Nama was. He said that he was the leader of the Lebanese Militia. He also figured that they want something other than a Wind Turbine to be built."

"General." Sarah joined the conversation. "Hassan made an interesting comment, he said that there were too many coincidences. He said that they had seen a lot of military in the area and so they would sit out there to keep them away. And when he saw us, he knew we weren't the suits. Then I showed Hassan a picture of Hendricks and he said that he was one of the men in a suit."

"And Chuck's face?"

"Just standing up for the team General."

"Hmm I see." With a stern look of unbelief.

"So where does this leave us?" Beckman trying to get back on track.

"I think we need to look into Hendrick and the other men in suits. We know that he has made contact with Syed Hasan Nama. And from what I know Syed Hasan Nama doesn't waste his time on anything or anyone that won't make him some money."

"We can start there Major, and Chuck I want you set up 24 hours surveillance on Hendricks. I want everything you have on him, who he talks to and where goes to buy his newspaper."

"Yes General."

"Agent Walker I want to look more into Hassan and Agent Benjamin. If she had or is in a relationship with Hassan, we need to find out how real it is. If it was a part of her cover then we can exclude him from being a suspect but if it turns out to be more than a cover relationship, we may have a problem."

Chuck looked up. "General, why would Agent Benjamin's relationship be in question, wouldn't it be because they are in love or have fallen in love."

"Chuck a CIA agent is frowned upon having any kind of relationship with a civilian in fears that intel be leaked or a missed judgement call, causing bodily harm to the civilian."

Chuck looked at Sarah then back to the General. "General, what about if Hassan wasn't a civilian? Whether the parties involved are or are not associated with the CIA, is this still an issue?"

"We hope that our agents can keep their personal feelings separate from their professional duties."

"So, they could still have a relationship?"

"Chuck, don't worry about what could be or not, just focus on finding the answers we need." Chuck looked like he had just been scolded. He lowered his head and drew his eyes away from Sarah. Beckman watched the two, but never said a word to him.

"Team go get some sleep and be back later this afternoon, with fresh eyes."

Casey was the first to leave up the stairs. "Bartowski, if you want a ride home hurry up."

Chuck grabbed his jacket and his bag. "Good night Chuck." "Good night Sarah."

Chuck squeezed her hand and ran upstairs.

MAISON 23/ECHO PARK

Sarah showered and changed into a pair boy shorts and a tank top and crawl into her bed. She repeated Chuck's conversation with Beckman. She hoped that Chuck wasn't disappointed with the Generals' response in that he'd put up his wall again. Sarah got up and closed her blinds and fell back into her bed. She pulled the covers over over her head hearing her phone. She turned her phone over to see a picture of the wine bottle and a sticky note that read 'save for when' then the words sleep tight.

Sarah sent a back the letter U and the number two.

Chuck smiled then dried his hair with his towel and grabbed a pair of boxers and his RUSH t shirt and slid under the covers. He welcomed his bed, but his thoughts were on what Beckman had said.

Hours later

Chuck headed out thinking he missed Casey and a ride back to Castle but there sitting on the fountains edge was a large cup of coffee and a chocolate Danish laying on a napkin. Chuck glanced over and there she was. Sarah waited for him to join her. "Thanks for the coffee." Sarah smiled.

Chuck took a sip and a bit into his Danish. "Where's Casey?"

"Something at the Buy More, he left a message to come and get you."

"So, he's not here?"

"Nope."

Chuck slid closer touching his shoulder to hers then turned his head as Sarah turned hers. There lips met as Sarah snuggled inside his arm. Chuck tried to drink and eat with one hand but was having difficulties, so Sarah let go and let him eat.

"You slept okay?"

"Could have slept longer but I figure I'll sleep tonight. And you?"

"Yeah, I'm use to it."

Chuck slid his hand into the bag and pulled out another Danish and gave the third one to Sarah. "No thanks. I had one."

"I know, but you always buy four so that means two for me and two for you."

Sarah grabbed hers then waited, she figured that she had waited long enough and kissed Chuck again. Chuck put his Danish down and turned closer and the kiss was even sweeter with glazed lips.

Sarah pulled into her spot across from Orange Orange and the two slipped into the back-delivery door and down the side stairs located behind the large freezer. Walking down the short hall they got back to work and where they left off. Sarah looked at Chuck as he sat at his laptop and logged into Hendricks laptop. He was very quiet on the way to Castle and she wondered again if he was thinking about what Beckman had said earlier. She turned to face him and caught his eye and he knew she wanted to say something. Chuck diverted his eyes and looked away. "Chuck, I want to talk to you about what you said to Beckman earlier."

"What about?"

"I hope that you weren't disappointed with what she said?"

Chuck looked at her. "Sorta?"

Sarah knew it. "Chuck you don't have to…."

"She made sense, and if Sophie and Hassan's relationship was real or not, it was real to him and he's going to do whatever it takes to find her. I don't think that its impossible to believe that a CIA agent can't do both. Be an agent and have a relationship."

"You sure?"

"I think that if two people truly care for each other then the job is just a job. But its more than the job, Sarah. It's the give and take and realizing that there's more to life than the fighting, shooting and arresting people. The stakes are little higher and worth taking. It's worth fighting for."

Sarah walked over to Chuck and Chuck stood up and held her close. "I not giving up on us." Sarah held him close.

"I wouldn't ask you too." They didn't hug for long and with a quick kiss they got back to work.

Chuck clicked on Hendricks IP address and watched him through his web cam. He tried to access his microphone to get some audio, hoping that he wouldn't see his mouse moving across his screen. Chuck plugged his earphones in not to bother Sarah as she looked into Hassan and Sophie.

Sophie was good at her job and she made sure that there wasn't anything posted online but Sarah did have a picture that Hassan had hidden in his drawer. Bringing it up she sent it to her laptop, then did some twerking of the photo and brought up the background. (Something she learned from Chuck) She recognized the background and where the picture was taken. It was the same place that they were at in Irbid. Sarah continued looking into Irbid and her cover job.

Chuck slipped out and headed across the parking lot not to be seen by the Buy More bunch but as he slithered through the cars he bumped into Casey. Chuck looked up. "Casey!"

"Do I dare ask?"

"Just going to get something to eat from the food court and I didn't want to be seen by them." Looking over to the Buy More.

"I'll have a Rueben on whole wheat and the works." "Gotcha."

Chuck walked away and after getting Casey's sandwich he walked across the walkway grabbing some Chinese for Sarah and him.

Chuck reached the door of Orange Orange and went for his key and realized that he didn't have one. He put the paper bag down onto the cement and called Sarah. Sarah came up the back steps and opened the door, smiling. The sun was setting, and the fresh air felt wonderful on her face. She grabbed the one bag as Chuck picked up the other. She shut the door but took a quick look outside before she closed and locked it. She liked the distraction and made good use of it by grabbing Chuck by the collar of his shirt as he stepped on the floor of Castle. Chuck turned and faced her as she stood on the last step. Chuck put his bag down and took the bag she had. Sarah backed up a few steps as Chuck stepped forward out of the line of sight. He wrapped his arms around her back as he pushed her against the wall of the stairwell. He held onto the railing as the kiss picked up speed. Chuck pulled back a bit lightheaded but dove in for another kiss. Sarah put her hand on his chest. It was a subtle sign to say, 'We better go'.

Chuck stepped back down a few steps and grabbed his bag and Sarah grabbed hers. They walked down the hall holding hands then released their grip as they reached the main area. Chuck walked Casey's sandwich over to him and returned to open the cartons of noodles and pork and beef passing Sarah hers and unwrapping a set of chopsticks as well.

A week later

The three had been called into Castle to hear that Hendricks was planning to meet with Syed but they didn't have a time or place. One of Chuck's tags got some chatter talking about the men in suits and Syed. Beckman was surprised that Chuck had the initiative to add tags to certain words or phrases. It saved the team and Beckman a lot of replaying and listening to the large amount intel.

Chuck found Casey in the back of Buy More talking shop and not that of incoming Buy More merchandise. Chuck closed the door when he started to flash. Casey put his phone away and saw that he had flashed. "What did you flash on?"

"Something you said."

"And that was?"

"Who ever you were talking to knows who is behind this?"

"Maybe but we can't talk here."

"But you?"

"I know I forgot to shut my phone off and when I saw the number, I answered it in here. Text Sarah to meet us in Castle."

Chuck quickly texted Sarah. He was hoping to see her today.

Chuck and Casey slip back and walk along the far wall and slipped into the electronic room and slipped under the carpet.

Sarah came in from the stairs happy to see Chuck as much as Chuck was happy to see her. They desperately wanted to act on saying hello but settled for a quick touch of their fingers as they sit down at the table.

Casey connected with Beckman. "General, sorry for the interruption but I didn't think this could wait. Plus, with what we know I didn't know if this has happen or is happening or is going to happen."

"Carry on Major."

"I just got off the phone with a contact of mine in Syria. He heard that there was some under the table secret mission going on. He said that there are rumours going around that the Syrians have accused the U.S. of committing 'terrorists' aggression' and said that eight civilians have been killed. He also said that all the people killed in the raid were 'militants.'

"Sounds like a lot of he said she said. I have heard nothing here in DC but that doesn't mean like you said it hasn't happened or did happen. Until we have proof, we can't act on it."

"But General." Chuck sat up. "I flashed on Timber Sycamore and I had

flashed on it before."

"Chuck, team. Slumber no more does not exist." Beckman waited for a short minute then did something to her computer. Casey switched to a new screen as Chuck and Sarah looked at the screen. "General we good?"

"Yes, I wasn't sure if you caught that."

"We did. Because what I am about to say doesn't exist, we can't be to sure that others are not looking into this as well. It might not be a good idea that we know. Anyways, I don't care. Timber Sycamore was discussed in one of 'those conversations' sessions that I told you about. Timber Sycamore was supposed to be a future training site that the CIA wanted to get started. Timber is a classified weapon supply training program to support the Arab Intelligence Service such as the Secret Service in Saudi Arabia."

"So, Agent Benjamin was onto something." Sarah inquired.

"Yes and no, Sarah. Agent Benjamin was following protocol, but she had to stumble across something in order for her place to go up in flames. It had to be beyond what was discussed."

"She had to figure out that there was more like maybe a hush fund or blood money?"

"Maybe Chuck, but whatever she found out almost got her killed and now that we know that Tertia Optio was flashed on we know that these Governments are not playing nice."

"So, one wants out?" Chuck looked around.

"I don't think that the U.S. would bow down that quickly."

"You maybe right Major but it might not be our Government or theirs that we are dealing with. Both countries benefit greatly on import and export and they do like our millions we give them. And we like their oil and gas."

"Then what General?"

"We find out where this group is and whether Syad is behind it. We need to find out who Agent Benjamin was reporting to. That we still don't know and then maybe we can add more pieces to this puzzle. If the U.S or their Government is responsible for the murder and disappearance of prominent Syrians or even CIA agents, we need to put a stop to this even if it costs us more than we are ready to accept. And if this is just a front for something bigger that is supposed to happen we need to stop it now. For now, we find out who Agent Benjamin was reporting to. Find out where this location of Timber Sycamore might be and put some eyes out there, even if you three have to go back. I just hope that there isn't any surprises until then."

"Yes General." The three stood up.

Casey heads to the hall. "I'll be back, need to finish some things upstairs, when I get back we can get started." Casey half walked half ran up the stairs and out of the Orange Orange. Sarah leaned over the table and turned the cameras off in Castle as Chuck watched. He smiled and seconds later was in her arms. A place that he was starting to enjoy being in.

An hour later

Sarah kissed him softly and enjoyed their quiet time adding some flare to their lip lock action. They continued to make out a little longer till Chuck's stomach made the call to stop. Chuck looked down at his stomach as they had been sitting on the couch for over an hour. "Looks like someone is hungry."

"I wouldn't say for food." Sarah blushed.

"Sorry."

"No need." As she kissed his lips.

Sarah got up and pulled Chuck up as he extended his arms. "What would you like? I will go up and grab us something?" Sarah turned around as Chuck grabbed her hips and brought her close. "Whatever you want to get."

They kissed a little longer then Sarah slipped up stairs.

Chuck walked over to his laptop and looked at the stairs. He took a deep breath and smiled at what just happened. His heart was full, and he had made a huge step forward with Sarah. That constant battle between them and whether they should be together. He now knew his answer.

30 minutes later

Chuck heard Sarah's ring tone and looked at the table. He was surprised that she had not taken her phone. Chuck walked over and saw that it was an unknown name but it was her number, so he answered. Chuck answered. "Hello?"

"Hello, American Agent Sarah?"

"Who?"

"Chuck?"

"Hassan."

"Yes, Chuck it is I."

"What's wrong?"

"Lady agent told me to call if I heard from April. I did so I call you."

"Where is she?"

"I don't know where she is in here?"

"Where is here?"

"LA downtown."

"You're in LA?"

"Yesterday, hurry need your help."

Chuck wrote down the address and grabbed his jacket and headed upstairs.

Sarah return with a pizza and hollered 'food is here'. Hoping that he'd heard her. She grabbed a piece and started to eat. "Chuck I'm eating the first piece. Sarah opened up a can of pop a sat down and sees her phone. She grabbed it and shook her head that she forgot to put in her pocket. She leaned back and saw Chucks note. 'Hassan called, knows where Sophie is, gone there to the Bain and Company building 1999 Avenue of the Stars #3800. Sarah quickly looked at the time of the call. '40 minutes ago.' Sarah ran up the stairs dialing Casey. "Meet me outside now, we have a situation."

Chucked arrived at the address of an downtown high rise. He ran inside and to find Hassan pacing the floor. "Chuck."

"Yeah good to see you but when did you get here?"

"Yesterday. She called. I swear. And told me to come here. I can't find her."

Chuck takes his phone and tries to call the number back. But he figured that it was a burner. "It can only receive incoming calls."

Chuck was a bit discouraged but knew that Sarah and Casey would be there shortly. Chuck and Hassan walked the floors checking out where they would hide someone. They walked back up the ramp between the fourth and fifth floors. Hassan sees the men in suits. "Chuck men in suits." Chuck forces them to duck and Chuck flashes on the third guy as the only one that has not been unidentified up to now. Chuck knows he's the man with the money. Hassan tries to head up further when he gets a glimpse of April as the third man closes the door and starts talking to the other two men. "April!"

Chuck pulls him back down. "Really?"

"I saw her."

"And they saw us?" The three men started shooting.

"You got gun?"

"No! I don't have a gun." Chuck pushes him back and around the corner out of the line of fire. Allowing Chuck and Hassan to make a run for it distracting the men in suits. The three men run after them as Chuck is able to sneak into one room and out the other coming to the door that Hassan swore, he saw April in. Chuck enters the room and April /Sophie scream till she sees Hassan. Chuck unties her and tells her to trust him and to run. Hassan stops. "Wait what about you?"

"Go I'll take care of it." Hassan and April/Sophie run down the ramp and see Sarah and Casey running up the bottom end of the ramp. Sarah and Casey have their guns raised see Hassan and April/ Agent Sophie running towards them. "Where's Chuck?

Hassan points up the ramp. "Over there."

"Go and hide and don't move till we come for you." Casey tells them. Hassan and April/Agent Sophie run and hide.

Chuck slips down the hall and ends up at a dead end and now is cornered. The three men come back to see that Agent Sophie is gone. They see Chuck at the end of the hall. Chuck has some luck on his side as they are out of bullets as they check their magazines dropping their guns. "She's gone big mistake." Said the one that Chuck had now identified as Tobias Snyder. (The only man he knows that has access to a large quantity a money. Especially when your parents own half of the import export that enter the U.S.)

"Oh well I seem to do a lot of that lately."

They move closer and Chuck flashes. He is able to disarm the first guy who pulled out a knife tossing the knife and its owner against the wall. Tobias and Hendricks charge Chuck knocking Chuck down on the floor as Tobias doesn't give Chuck any time to rest. His looks weren't the only thing he was good at. Chuck held his own but took a few hits. The first guy gets up and stumbles towards Chuck for round two. "Can't you stay down." Chuck looks at him as he gives him a right hook, hitting him against his jaw. He goes down again.

Sarah and Casey fire their way towards Chuck. Sarah sees Chuck fighting the one man as Hendricks and Snyder see Sarah and Casey coming towards them. Sarah turns the corner and hears Hendricks yell at the man that Chuck is fighting. "Finish him!" Sarah looks to see Hendricks and unidentified man to them slip through the stairwell. Casey fires and knows he hit one of them. Sarah calls out to Chuck as the man charges Chuck and the two both crash through a pane of glass and fall out. Sarah screams. Casey skids to a stop and can't reach Chuck in time. Sarah falls to the floor to see where Chuck landed. She can't see him at first as the high winds force her eyes to close. Casey calls for support. Sarah scans the area and sees Chuck and the other man lying flat on a metal staircase landing. Sarah leaps over to the metal stairwell just missing the landing due to the wind and rain. Sarah looks to see that where they fell to and where they fell from, gave her a slightly sense of relief that they landed where they did. It could have been much worse. But now Sarah feared the worse.

Sarah started climbing down the metal ladder to reach Chuck. She's close but Casey yells down. "Walker! Don't go any further, we don't know if the landing will hold all three of you." Sarah could hear the landing crack and make a shifting sounds. She goes as close as she could and lays flat to face Chuck. She tries to check his pulse but only gets a faint pulse. She calls out to him. He opens his eyes. The other guy wasn't moving. Sarah tries to see how he is laying there and what she finds doesn't look good. "S-a-r-ah." Chucks painfully speaks.

"Don't talk, don't move Casey is getting help."

Chuck opens his swollen eyes as the rain blends in with his bloody face. "Sarah I can't feel my legs."

Sarah looks at his legs and she wasn't sure whose legs were which. The skies opened up even more which washed her tears. "S-a-rah". Now even more softly and heartbreaking."

"I'm here Chuck."

"I need to tell you something and it's not to share a cheeseburger, but it does sound like a good idea."

"Chuck stop talking."

"Sarah, I love you."

"Chuck!"

Chuck went quiet as the rain fell. Sarah laid her head down yelling at Chuck to wake up. Casey could hear her cries. Casey rushes to the exit where the ladder was accessible as precious moments go by. Finally, NSA medical officers and paramedics come and extracted Chuck. Sarah sit up on her knees as they brace Chuck's neck and strapped him without moving him much. Once Chuck was safely removed, Sarah rolled the other man over and saw that it was not anyone she knew or cared for.

Meanwhile.

Hendricks slip into a parked car and sped off as Hendricks rolled down the window as they car drove past the building with the open window. Grabbing something to stop the bleeding. Hendricks pulled out his phone with his other hand. "Walker and Casey and a guy named Chuck found Sophie. She contacted Hassan."

"You need to shut them down if this is to happen. We have too time and money investment into this."

"I understand. We will take care of this. Plus they are one man down. This Chuck guy went through the window with Mackenzie Nalley."

"Good one less thing to worry about. Lay low for a little while. We will get Sophie back"

Hendricks dropped his phone and poured himself a stiff drink as Snyder sits back looking at him.

"Now what?"

"We wait."

"We wait? The only person that can put this all together has been found and you want to wait."

Hendricks sits up in lot of pain. "Yes we wait. My partner is very smart and I know she knows that I am involved and now that her boyfriend has contacted Agent Walker and Major Casey we need to stay low and think about our next move and how we can make this work now that they know about us and what we are planning to do and if they recognized you, they will be knocking down doors."

"Should I let my people know?"

"Not yet. We will wait and see what transpires.".

Sarah slipped into the ambulance and sits down beside Chuck and holds his hand. As Casey hands Hassan and Agent Benjamin off to NSA Agents. She sees his bloody knuckles and the bruises that are more prevalent now on his face. His neck was braced and his legs where secure in a pressure wrap. His oxygen mask covered his face and all she could see was a small spot on his forehead. She stood over him and kissed the only spot she could.

Arriving at the designated emergency department, Casey pulled up shortly after and sees them roll Chuck inside. Sarah is still holding his bloody hand. There seems to be more blood than before, but she can't let go, not now. She walks as far as she could with him by her side as the nurse looks at her. She lets go as his hand drops to the side of the gurney. The nurse gently places it back over his waist. Sarah is stopped by a large door. Sarah looks through the window as they rush him into emergency surgery. Sarah looks at her hands and sees her bloody hands. Casey looks at her then her hands. The blood was not all his but hers. Casey reached behind him and grabbed some towels. "You need to get this stitched up. You must have cut your hand on the glass when you landed."

Casey held the towel firmly on her hand as she looked at him, but he knew she wasn't really looking at him. She had the same look on her face as he did when they thought that Chuck had been blown up in the Nerd Herd. But this time it seemed worse.

Sarah finally threw in the towel and walked back to the ED and got stitched up. Casey stepped out and phoned Beckman and she makes arrangements to be there as soon as she can.

Sarah heads back to door to wait for any word on Chuck. Casey was surprised to see that she was still waiting and had not gone looking for Hendricks. Sarah looked at Casey as he walked closer and saw his look. It had crossed her mind to leave, but she was done running from him and now he needed her more than ever.

Sarah and Casey got up every time a doctor walked out. Sarah recalled telling the NSA paramedic that Chuck couldn't feel his legs. And she feared that it was the reason why it was taking so long. She didn't want to think bad thoughts but the way he looked when they took him in scared her to death.

Hours later, Sarah and Casey looked up and saw Beckman. They wondered how long they had been waiting. The little red head spoke up. "I took the jet." That was all she said and walked back through the large doors. The nurses and doctors almost feared the little red head when she walked in. She came back some time later with her hands in her overcoat pockets. Sarah and Casey stood at attention. "No need for formals now."

Casey and Sarah relaxed slightly. "He just got out of surgery. They repaired some injuries to his liver and repaired his broken leg but when they looked at his legs there was a lot of swelling so they couldn't say if there was any damage."

"Is his spinal cord intact?"

"As far as they know it is Casey. But they will wait till the swelling subsides before they go back in if they have to. Now what the hell went on."

Sarah couldn't celebrate or show any emotion in hearing that Chuck was out of surgery or if and when she could see him. She had to be the agent and not the girlfriend.

"Hassan must have called the number that Sarah gave him when we were in Damascus."

"I left to head upstairs and my phone rang and Chuck answered it. When I came back down the phone was on the table with a note. Then I called Casey."

"I had to head back upstairs after we talked earlier today."

"By then Chuck was already there and with Hassan."

"When we arrived Hassan and Agent Benjamin were running towards us. And they said that Chuck was fighting one of the suits. When Sarah and I came around the corner Chuck was fighting one of the guys and doing a good job then they smashed through the glass before we could reach him. He fell and landed hard on an over hang."

"So who is this guy and where is he?"

"Ma'am. He was one of Jefferson's men, former seal Nalley. He must have been Hendricks muscle. And the other guy, we don't know. But he had to be important in that Hendricks got him out of there when we arrived."

"So they are in the wind."

"Yes, but one or both are injured, as I'm sure I hit at least one of them."

The three went quiet and within the hour Beckman had left. Sarah and Casey waited into the wee hours when Casey finally convinced Sarah to go and get some rest. She didn't want to go all the way back to her hotel as it was too far away. "Then go over to Chuck's." Casey told her. "Ellie and Devon are gone and won't be home for a while. Sarah knew she couldn't see Chuck till later in the afternoon or at least till they took him out of the ICU. She grabbed her keys from Casey and slipped over to Castle and grabbed one of her mission bags and grabbed the pizza. She figured that Chuck wouldn't mind cold pizza when he woke up. She drove over to Chucks and found Casey's spare he said that he had and unlocked the door. She walked in and closed the door locking it behind her. It was a quiet as it was the very first day, she had broken into his place looking for the Intersect. She slid the pizza box into the fridge and grabbed her bag, aggravating her stitches on her right hand. She slipped into the shower and watched the blood and grime flow into the drain. She managed to keep the stitches from getting completely wet, but it was a battle. Grabbing a towel, she dried off and grabbed her clean clothes tossed them on the bed. She grabbed some clean underwear and sports bra and grabbed one of his shirts instead. It was his RUSH -shirt. Putting it on she could smell his scent as if he was there with her. She touched and smelled things that were his, just to be close to him. She finally crashed on his bed covered in his blankets, his scent, his words she's was sure she heard.