Chapter 3- The Stakeout

Lots of dialogue in this chapter so sorry to those of you who don't like it.

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(Time: 8:00 PM)

Sarah drove separate from Chuck and Casey, who drove in the huge surveillance van. This was a little bit of an inconvenience for her because it would mean that she would have to park far away and walk to the van, that way they didn't raise more suspicion by having two vehicles parked together.

Meanwhile, Casey and Chuck were just making stupid small talk in the van. "So, another stakeout eh," Chuck said, bored to tears already. "You sound excited Chuck, don't worry, you only have about seven more hours of this," Casey said with a chuckle. "Oh, thanks for motivation buddy," Chuck responded. "Ok Chuck, now no hanky panky with Sarah in the van tonight, that might creep me out a little bit," Casey commented out of the blue, now in a full on laugh. "Wow Casey, that's real mature. And original I might add," Chuck said, not laughing at all. Casey pulled over as they neared their target building, unbuckled his seat belt, and then climbed into the back. "Chuck, you coming or are you gonna wait 'til your girlfriend comes," Casey retorted as he started up all of the equipment. "Wow, again with Sarah jokes, you're real hilarious," Chuck said sarcastically as he climbed into the back with Casey. "Holy crap, more than a little cramped back here," Chuck commented as he tried to find a place to fit into. "Don't forget we have a third," Casey answered back and at the exact same time the door opened behind him and Sarah climbed in quickly, so she wouldn't be detected.

"Little tighter back here than I remember," Sarah said as she set her bag down on one side of the van and then slunk down into a tight spot between Casey and Chuck. "So, what's the deal, board games, maybe a little 20 questions or I Spy," Chuck joked as he banged his head on the side of the van. "Maybe for us, but you have to keep your eyes peeled on the monitors in case you flash on something," Casey said as he leaned back and rubbed his eyes. "Oh thanks, love when I can contribute to good old Team Chuck," Chuck said as his eyes moved from monitor to monitor.

An hour later, he still hadn't flashed and nothing had changed except that now Casey was asleep, leaning back in his chair and Sarah was also sleeping, but she had her head on his shoulder. He loved the warmth on his shoulder and how her hair tickled his neck a little bit. He wished he could stay like this for the rest of his life, with only one difference. He wished that he had Sarah in his embrace with her arms around him as well. He would have also liked to share another kiss with her. Even if it was just a little peck on her lips, he just wanted to feel his lips on hers once again.

For the second time today, an alarm of sorts knocked him out of his daydreams and scared the crap out of him. This time though, instead of his watch alarm, it was Casey's cell phone. It also, unfortunately, knocked Sarah out of her sleep and forced her head off of Chuck's. He immediately missed the warmth and damned Casey's cell phone in his head. "Yeah...No...Everything's fine here...No, doesn't look like we're gonna find anything...Sure, I'll be there soon," was all that Chuck heard of Casey's brief conversation with who he guessed were Casey's superiors. "Well guys, it doesn't look like we're going to find anything here, and the NSA needs a Senior Field Agent for an operation on the other side of downtown. Would you two mind if I left?" Casey asked as he opened up the back door a little. "No, that's fine," Chuck and Sarah said in unison. "Here, you can take my car John," Sarah added as she tossed Casey her keys. "Thanks," Casey said as he slammed the door and ran off in the direction of Sarah's car.

Sarah and Chuck readjusted as they had newfound room in the van. "Did you have a nice little nap?" Chuck asked with more than a little humor in his voice. "Oh man, I'm sorry, did I fall asleep on you?" Sarah asked back with red of embarrassment flooding her cheeks. "I was jus..." Chuck got out as his eyes started to bug. "Just what? Chuck?" Sarah asked as she tried to see what Chuck was doing.

"That's Ahmed A-Majiid, he's an Arab arms dealer who used to deal mostly small arms to the Russian rebel groups but now does most of his selling in his home country, which is Afghanistan." Chuck said as he flashed on monitor three. "Are you sure Chuck?" Sarah asked as she immediately started to call Casey. "Has the intersect ever been wrong?" Chuck asked as he scanned the other monitors. "Oh God," Chuck said as he started into another flash. "And that's Hai Chang Lee, leader of a Chinese rebellion group. He is said to be solely responsible for the death of over 2000 innocent Chinese citizens." Chuck rattled off like it was common knowledge. "Damnit, Casey's phone is off, it must be a covert op." Sarah continued, "There's no way that we can let a leader of a Chinese rebellion purchase small arms and make a powerful alliance with a Middle Eastern weapons dealer. If him and his group get those weapons, a lot more than 2000 people will die." Sarah said as she looked like she was fighting herself about what to do with Chuck.

"Ok, Chuck, I'm going to go in there and if you see on the monitors that I've been kidnapped or worse, I want you to leave, ok, just go home," Sarah said making a tough decision. "There is no way that I'm going to let you go in there by yourself," Chuck said back as Sarah opened up the back door. "I'm not just going to watch you get killed and feel helpless," Chuck continued. "Chuck, you're way more valuable than me and that's why you're going to stay in the car," Sarah said as she looked back. "I believe that every life is valuable and that's why I'm going in with you," Chuck said back, moving closer to the door. "No way," Sarah called as she jumped out and slammed the door. "Uuuuugggghhhh," Chuck groaned angrily. Then he saw Sarah's bag in the corner.

Curiosity took Chuck over as he moved over to it and unzipped it. In the back corner he saw the slide of a gun and grabbed it out. He handled the gun a little more skillfully than the last time he touched one, as Casey had taught him how to use it after his more than a little bit of an embarrassing moment when Sarah was locked in the freezer. He ejected the clip and saw that it was loaded. He slammed the clip back in and pulled the slide, loading it. He put it in his jacket pocket and moved towards the back door. He waited a second, making sure he was ready to do this, and then opened the door and jumped out...

(Hoped that you liked the third chapter and sorry about the high amount of dialouge to those of you who don't like it that much, but I felt that it was necessary for the chapter.) (Please review and I will try to update soon.)