Chapter 3

The next day... December 23rd

Chuck felt like something was off. He didn't know what it was. After his long night of just listening to Sarah talking made he feel closer to her. However sitting in his living room just felt wrong. Sarah had gone to Castle to try and clear her mind of everything and also to figure out what she is going to do when her mother shows up. So Chuck was left alone in the apartment.

Meanwhile in Castle, Sarah's mind is thinking too much about Shaw, her mom and her handler. After hours and hours of just sitting looking at the computer screen the elevator door from the Buy More opens. She sees him and immediately her heart is eased. All of those thoughts are gone and all that matters is her and Chuck.

Walking up to her he gives her a peck on the lips.

"Good to see you too Mrs. Bartowski."

Sarah laughed. God he could look at that smile forever and it would still make him heart pound a thousand times faster than it should.

"Not bad. Just have a lot on my mind."

"I know what you mean" Chuck said sympathetically "Well, how about you and I go home and have an easy night tonight. Order some pizza and watch a movie."

"That sounds great Chuck. But I have to do a couple things down here."

"Okay. I just have to go and check up on one of the prisoner cells. I think that the door is broken or something. I'll be right back"

Chuck walked away toward the prisoner cells. Sarah immediately pulled out a big box from some cabinet. She grabbed the box and went to go bring it upstairs. She couldn't have Chuck in Castle with her Christmas present in it. As she was walking up the stair the elevator door opened again.

"Miss me?"

"Not for a second."

Dropping the box she ran down the stairs so that she could at least have a chance of winning this fight. Then the thought came to her.

"This is exactly how my dream went except the dream had already ended."

Sarah knew this was bad. There was no way she could beat Shaw. Not the way she saw Shaw beat Chuck up in the Buy More during their last confrontation. She knew what she had to do. Taking her fighting stance in the center of Castle. She threw the first punch and he dodged it quickly. He quickly roundhouse kick then right jabbed right to her face. She recovered but then Shaw hit her right in the back of her head. Leaving Sarah unconscious.

"Now to find Chuck. For Sarah will feel the pain I felt when Eve was killed."

Chuck had finished his job in Castle. The door was fixed and he was going to go and have an amazing night with the most amazing women in the room. While walking towards the elevator he heard someone in the armory. He figured that it was Casey so he thought he would go and talk to him for a little bit. As Chuck approached the armor he noticed that the figure didn't look like Casey. As he got even closer the figure seemed more and more like someone he had seen before. Without the figure noticing her quickly looked in to the armory. Thats when Chuck went into panic mode. He saw him. The one person he hated with a passion. Shaw. He quickly walked back to the prisoner cells and walked into and as he was walking by and past one of the corridors. He saw a hanging figure. He went to go and look. Dreading what he would find. He walked up the figure and he saw her. Sarah with a very bruised face. He tried t free her of the binds that Shaw had tied her up in but he couldn't There were handcuff everywhere that he could see. Everything was restrained. He was about to try and wake her up when he heard footsteps. He quickly hid but still had a visual on Sarah.

"Wake up. Wake up." Shaw slapped her. "Wake up!"

Sarah opened her eyes and was quickly confronted with the most hideous sight. Shaw was standing there just smirking.

"Good now that you are awake I guess I should tell you that this was the plan."

It all came together now Chuck thought. What Decker was talking about. The PLAN. Shaw must have hired someone, Decker, who would do all the dirty work for him while he was in jail, but it would all lead up to setting Shaw free. Chuck was inturrpted by talking once again.

"What do you want Shaw."

"Nothing really just revenge."

"Shaw it doesn't have to be like this"

"Sam." Sarah cringed that he had told him that "You have to realize I am not going to kill you. I am going to kill Chuck. By the way thanks for the invite to the wedding. I heard it was great."

"Shaw. KILL ME not Chuck."

"See you have to see. I would take much joy in killing both of you. I just want you to suffer like I did when you kill Eve."

At this moment Chuck knew he couldn't save Sarah. He had to get out of Castle right now. He quickly walked towards the emergency exit and climbed the ladder that led to the Buy More. He was glad that he wasn't noticed leaving.

"I am not telling you anything." Sarah said

"In that case, I'll just i'll have to torture you"

Shaw pulled out a syringe of liquid.

"Remember this? The drug that totally stops your system from doing anything so that you can't fight back. This is the drug I used on you in Paris."

He took Sarah's hand and found a vein. Sarah knew if she fought back it would just make it a lot worst. Shaw injected the poison.

"There is one thing that I have to do while you are under this poison."

Sarah just looked at him. Unable to move or react to anything.

Shaw took Sarah's face in his hand.

"This is a break-up kiss"

He kissed her and Sarah couldn't do anything about it.