A/N: Man, this rewrite process is harder than I thought! I just hope that this updated version is a bit better for you guys. I'm taking the same approach so I know a few of you will still be upset with my main ideas, but I'll have to live with that. As always, thanks for reading and reviewing!

-Charahfan44

The mother/daughter duo spent an uncomfortably long amount of time staring at each other, as everyone else watched the excruciating exchange.

"Did you just say your team?" Sarah was first to break the silence.

"I did." Emma replied shortly.

"I guess now we know why Gray didn't want them here." Jess voiced sarcastically.

"Yeah, totally crazy that your mom was a C.A.T." Sydney added.

"Actually, she was pretty much our leader." Zondra corrected.

"Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the proverbial tree eh, Walker?" Carina laughed.

"Uh, we'll give you guys a minute." Sydney led everyone out of the main room, to show them around.

"You're a spy." Sarah said as a statement. All Emma could do was nod. "How long?"

"Almost three years."

"And you didn't really think it was a good idea to tell us?" Sarah demanded.

"Well, you obviously didn't think that I was trustworthy enough to tell me you were a spy. So no, I didn't." Emma retorted.

"That's unfair." Sarah replied.

"Really? It's unfair for me to keep something from you but you're allowed to keep secrets from me? I thought we said no secrets, mom." Emma's voice rose.

"You really think that a dinner table discussion about the CIA would've been a good idea?" Sarah asked with a bit of guilt in her voice.

"Look, we just need to forget about this and get to work. We can talk later."

"No Emma, we're going to talk now."

"I'm your boss at the moment, and I'm giving you an order. Get to work." Emma commanded. She started to leave the room, but Sarah grabbed her arm.

"I'm still your mother. We aren't finished until I say so." Sarah glared at her daughter and used the mommy-voice.

"Then get out of my base." Emma ripped her arm away, and stalked off to find her team.

"Wow, she is exactly like you." Zondra walked in the room, just as Emma stormed past her.

"That's what I'm afraid of." Sarah replied. "Do you think that I should have told her?"

"I don't have kids, so I really wouldn't know." The brunette shrugged.

"I screwed up, I get it."

"Look, Walker, I actually think you're the one who got it right. You get to go home to a husband and kids who all love you. The rest of us are stuck with an empty apartment funded by the CIA. I would trade places with you in a heartbeat, trust me." Sarah had never heard anything like this out of her old partner in crime. Zondra always seemed exactly like Carina, unsympathetic and edgy.

"Thank you, Z."

"Anytime."

The first day hadn't exactly been easy with the bickering of the Bartowski's in the room. Sarah had a hard time taking orders from her daughter, especially because the teen shouldn't have been recruited in the first place. Emma on the other hand, thought she knew everything and was making all of the right calls. They slept in separate rooms of the base, only because neither of them knew how to talk to each other at this point. Emma woke up the next morning to the sound of a paper bag being set down on the table a few inches away from her cot. Her eyes opened slowly, to reveal her mother placing a fast food bag on the metal surface.

"Just thought you might be hungry." She was trying to break the awkwardness between them. Emma gave her a faint smile.

"Thanks." Emma rubbed her eyes, slowly getting up from where she had slept the previous night. Sarah awkwardly lingered in the room, unsure of how to start a real conversation.

"Are you planning on creeping on me all day?" Emma asked.

"No. Maybe. I don't know." Sarah couldn't make up her mind.

"I have a lot of work to do, mom. I can't keep arguing with you and worrying about if I'm doing my job well enough."

"That's what you're worried about? Impressing me?"

"No, I'm worried about losing dad." The words escaped Emma's mouth with ease. Sarah placed both hands on her daughter's shoulders, and looked her dead in the eye.

"We are not going to lose him. Your father is a great spy, he will be fine. And this isn't all up to you, we have two teams here for a reason. Those girls in there would die for you Emma, let them help you."

"I just feel like this is my fault. I was so worried about a stupid basketball game…" And with that, Emma broke down. Sarah hugged her close, letting her child cry into her.

"You couldn't have known. I have a few years on you, honey, and I didn't even realize something was wrong."

"Don't say anything about this, okay?" Emma let go of Sarah and wiped her eyes.

"I would never." Sarah smiled and wiped away the few remaining tears with her thumbs.

"Can I ask a question?" Emma asked, digging into the food in front of her.

"Always." Sarah had started typing away at the computer to the left, trying to catch a lead in the mission.

"Why didn't you tell me? I get why you didn't say anything when I was younger, but I'm almost eighteen now." It wasn't that she really cared about knowing her parents were spies, but her mother was basically her best friend. They told each other everything.

"I honestly didn't think that this would happen, Em. When your dad and I quit, we made sure that you and your siblings wouldn't ever be recruited."

"Then why was I?"

"That's something I will be asking your general."

"So I was supposed to have a normal life?"

"I hate to break it to you, Emma, but you never would've had a normal life." Sarah let out a chuckle.

"Why did you guys quit?"

"Emma! Kylie found something!" Sydney burst into the room, waving her hands excitedly. Emma and Sarah followed her into the technology room, and stared at some coordinates on a medium-sized computer screen. Everyone was gathered around the screen, eager for the results.

"Chuck activated his tracker a few minutes ago, but I think Smith knew because we lost the signal a few minutes after." Kylie explained while typing away.

"So what's the good news?" Sarah asked.

"We have the coordinates to the location of his tracker. We know where he's headed."

"Where is it?" Emma demanded.

"Well, if you had any patience at all, you'd be able to wait a few seconds for me to tell you." Kylie rolled her eyes and the rest of the team laughed. A small box popped up onto the screen, and Kylie clicked the zoom. "There's a warehouse for fruit packaging a few miles ahead of where your dad activated his tracking device."

"They're hiding in plain sight." Emma murmured.

"Okay, we're going to contact Jones and see what the deal is." Jessie said.

"No." Emma cut her off.

"Uh, what? Jones is the boss here, Emma." Jessie argued.

"Last time I checked, I was in charge. We aren't waiting to talk to Jones, we're leaving now." Emma demanded.

"Whoa there, little Walker." Carina cut in. "I agree with your buddy here. You can't just go in there without a plan. Wait to hear your orders."

"If you want to stay here and wait, be my guest. I'll go alone if I have to." Emma started out of the room.

"Emma, you aren't going alone." Sarah spoke and Emma turned to face her. "Because I'm going with you." Emma nodded at her mother, and they walked to the armory side by side.

"We need a plan." Sarah started to worry about her decision to follow her daughter's rule breaking.

"Don't worry mom, I have one." Emma tucked her gun behind her back and Sarah did the same.

"Okay then, let's go." They left the armory, but were stopped by the others.

"Oh no you don't." Zondra spoke.

"Yeah, you really think we'd let you go alone Emma?" Sierra smiled.

"No, I just didn't think it would take you this long to make up your minds." Emma smiled back.

"We may not agree with your choice to keep Gray in the dark, but we'll help you get your dad back no matter what." Jess added.

"Then let's get going."

"Okay, there are two main buildings from what I can tell." Kylie's voice rang through the earpiece.

"So which one has Chuck?" Sarah replied with a whisper.

"I have no idea..." Kylie replied.

"I guess we need to split up then." Emma concluded. "Zondra, Carina, and mom...you take the left building. Sierra, Sydney, Jessie, and I will take the right." The teams split up, but Sarah and Emma stayed where they were.

"Look mom, I know you're an ex agent, but please be careful." Emma sighed.

"The same goes for you." Sarah replied to her daughter.

"Walker, let's go!" Carina urged over the earpiece.

"Emma, c'mon!" Sydney did the same. Emma hugged her mother close, and then pulled away, joining her team. She held her gun up, ready to shoot at any suspects.

"Hey, look." Jessie nodded towards a bright yellow door attached to the back of the building.

"Looks like the perfect place to hide an agent." Emma nodded. They entered slowly, being greeted by a hallway with multiple doors on each side.

"Got anything, Kylie?" Sierra said into her earpiece.

"No, I don't see anything. You're gonna have to check each one." Kylie sighed.

"Don't worry about it, you've helped us a lot already." Emma tried to sound reassuring. "Did you shut down the cameras?"

"Yeah, that was easy!" Kylie laughed.

"Okay, Syd you come with me and check the right side. Sierra and Jessie, go check the left." They all nodded and started to go their separate ways. Sierra opened the first left door without any problem. However, the first door on the right was locked.

"You got this Emma?" Sydney asked.

"Oh yeah." Emma smiled and took a small lock pick off her shoe. She always kept one strapped to the bottom. Lock picking was her favorite, and she was the best. They searched all six rooms on the right side of the hallway, but Chuck wasn't in any of them.

"Anything?" Emma asked as Jessie and Sierra came out of their last room.

"Emma! We need help over here!" Sarah's voice immediately filled the girls' ears. The four of them rushed to the opposite building to find the three ex-agents battling with six guards. Emma watched in amazement as her mother kicked ass. When the first six guards were out, the two teams joined.

"God mom, if I knew you could do this, I probably would've taken your threats more seriously growing up." Emma said excitedly. Sarah laughed at her daughter.

"You should always take my threats seriously." Sarah was serious but playful at the same time. Emma nodded with a smile, and the continued through the building. After taking out sixteen more guards, they reached a very ominous door. "You definitely have some moves of your own." Sarah and Emma walked down the hallway side by side, guns at the ready.

"Years of training will do that to ya."

"It looks like they've been using that room a lot lately." Kylie said through the earpiece.

"How can you tell?" Emma said.

"The keycard actions date to about seventeen times a day." They entered, and found a cement room. Nothing was in it, except for the bloodstains on the ground. Emma's eyes focused on a large shape in the middle; a man strapped to a chair and blindfolded.

"Chuck!" Sarah cried and ran over to the chair.

"Sarah?" Chuck asked warily. They kissed while his blindfold was still on, and then Sarah removed it.

"We'll go check and see if there's anyone outside." Zondra whispered to Emma. Emma nodded and the team disappeared.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Sarah said, while untying Chuck. He did a double take in Emma's direction.

"Emma?" He was confused.

"Yeah dad, it's me." Emma took a deep breath.

"What are you doing here?" He looked to Sarah.

"I just found out too." Sarah said to him.

"Just found out what?" He kept his focus on his daughter.

"I'm a spy, dad." When he was fully untied, he walked up to his daughter with Sarah trailing behind.

"What do you mean, you're a spy?"

"Look dad, I-" But Chuck cut his daughter off with a huge hug. As Emma looked over his shoulder, she could see her mother having the same confused expression as her.

"I'm glad you're okay." He released her, and they all heard a gunshot.

"Emma!" Chuck and Sarah both screamed for their daughter at the same time, as she dropped to the ground. Sydney was revealed, as her friend fell. A smoking gun was in her hand.

"Sorry Em, but that was for the best." Sydney said. After the words left her mouth, she ran out of the room.

"Emma, Emma, c'mon you have to stay with us." Sarah cradled her daughter's head in her hands. Emma coughed and sat up, revealing a bulletproof vest underneath her black leather jacket.

"I'm okay mom that just kinda hurt a little." Emma joked.

"You sound like your father." Sarah looked to Chuck who smiled.

"Why the hell would Sydney betray us?"

"Who knows? Right now we should just work on getting out of here." The three exchanged looks, and exited the cold cement room. They found the rest of the team unconscious on the other side of the door, each spread out in the hallway. They woke up slowly, with the help of all three Bartowski's.

"Emma! It was Sydney! She came out of nowhere." Jess exclaimed as Emma helped her up.

"What I don't get is why she didn't kill us." Kylie added, waking up from her haze.

"Yeah, I was thinking that too. She had ample opportunity." Zondra agreed.

"I really think that we should focus on getting out of here." Sarah brought the attention back to the situation they were currently in.

"I agree with momma spy. Let's get out of here." Sierra chimed in. The two teams left the building in a hurry, making sure to get out safely.

"You know we have a lot to talk about." Sarah whispered to Emma in the truck.

"Yeah, and we will."