A/N: Special thanks to NickyR again for the corrections.

It's been long overdue for another disclaimer. Bingo! I almost got Chuck's rights yesterday.

Here is what happened:

I went to the beach and then into the ocean, swimming around. Just for fun. But then, there they were, the Rights to Chuck, in their full glory, floating around. What a coincidence, heh! So I swim toward them, and they're heading to me. I stretch my arms toward them, and they stretch theirs at me. ... But then there came out of nowhere this large boat and somebody barked out, 'Hey, numbrights, get back here you morons!' And the Rights sighed and said, 'Okay, okay,' then turned around and swam away right before I could grab them. And next? ... I open my eyes and realize that my GF is slapping me, 'Hey, you were screaming again, what's with you? Nightmares honey, just Nightmares!

So I'm going to the beach today, right after posting:

Chapter X

"You Have The Right to Remain Silent, But Somehow I Doubt It!"

Chuck and Devon were now in the main operations room of the Castle. Devon was still carrying Ellie, but he was so excited with what was around that he wasn't feeling her weight.

'Put her down on this chair, Dev, come with me.' Chuck said in a hurry.

'Wow, Chuck, This is …' Devon was ecstatic.

'Awesome, yeah, I know.' Chuck said slightly annoyed, as he had still so many things to consider.

'No, no, it's beyond that,' Devon was trying to find a stronger word but his 1-word vocabulary was heroically resisting the effort.

'Let's get some cots and put them here in the foyer, OK?'

He looked at his sister – she had only a gown as he made them get away immediately from the house.

He was wondering where to get some clothes for her. He remembered the operational outfit he used when he went to Roark's HQ with the tranq guns.

He went into another room and took a pair of pants that looked like Ellie's size and a black top and turned around to get back to her. But then he stopped, thinking. He got back and took two bullet-proof vests and then returned to Ellie and Devon.

'Wow, bro, this is so cool, is it for me and Ellie?' Devon asked. "Is our life still in danger, ... here?"

'Just in case, Devon, I'll put them here next to the cots. If somebody attacks us, we'll be warned by the monitoring security system so you'll have enough time to put one on Ellie and you.'

They heard a weak groan. Both turned their heads toward Ellie. They had put her on the cot 5 minutes ago, and now she was coming back.

'Ohh, God, the moment of Truth' Chuck thought, getting goose bumps everywhere.

Ellie was blinking slowly, trying to figure out where she was.

She saw blurred Devon and Chuck in front of her. Her head was killing her. She grimaced.

"Ohh, Devon, ... Chuck,' she was still trying to focus on their faces to make sure. 'I had such a horrible dream. And so weird. First Devon and I ….' She started waving her hands in circles in the air.

Chuck shook his head,'Ah, sis, let's skip on that, please, I have nobody to scrape it off my brain.'

'Yeah, ... yeah,' Ellie went on slowly, 'and then, ..... uh, there were these ninjas .... who came to kill us, ... kidnap, I'm not sure.'

"Wow, babe, that's one hell of a dream." Devon chimed in nodding and looking at Chuck for guidance. He looked so freaked out.

'And then, ... Chuck!' Ellie turned to look at him straight in the eyes, 'you wouldn't believe that, little brother, there was a thunder and you jumped out of nowhere, like some spy, …. super spy, and kicked them around, .... the ninjas I mean, and started talking on the phone to somebody, pretending to be an agent ... with some strange name ....'

She grimaced as she was trying to remember the name …

'Carmichael, …' Devon added enthusiastically.

'Ohhh, so I was talking in my sleep, she shook her head. 'Yeah, ... right, ... Carmichael.'

Chuck had clamped his lips, grimacing.

He had another golden opportunity to continue with the lies. He could drug her again and get her out of the Castle before she realized where she was.

But it didn't make sense to him anymore. It never had. Her safety wasn't helped in any way from all these lies. Especially now. He actually needed to convince her somehow to go into hiding for the time being. And she had to know about him, about their father.

She had been hating her father for 10 years, and why? Because she didn't know the truth. His father, and now he, her brother had been treating her like a child, who can't handle the truth. Why? It was stupid, so stupid …'

'Ellie,' Chuck started, 'uh, I … I'm afraid that .... that hasn't been a dream what … you've just told us. We were actually there. The thing that you just said. I mean, the super-spy thing might be a little overboard, I guess, but ..."

'Babe,' Devon chimed in again.'It's true, I was there as well. It was for real and sooo awesome!'

'What?', Devon, are you crazy?' Ellie stared at him in disbelief.

'No, .... Ellie, uh, .. just get up and see where we are.' Devon raised his hands and moved them around to show her the entire environment.

It was for the first time now that Ellie's eyes focused on the Castle interior. She had been used to a lot of equipment as any doctor usually was.

She tried to stand up and they helped her.

"What is this place?"

She was now slowly stepping forward, entering the main operations room with all the monitors, the guns, the gear. She had seen that kind of stuff only in the movies.

She turned back toward them with her eyes just about to pop out, and they nodded at her so she turned ahead again.

'But my brother's name in not Carmichael, ... it's Chuck, … Chuck Bartowski!' she pouted loudly.

Which of the three names triggered it remained a mystery, but the communication system with the DNI HQ was activated. The central and largest monitor flashed on and general Beckman appeared on it, stern as usual.

The general had expected either Sarah or Carina, now that Casey was on his way to DC.

'What are you doing there?' The general inquired angrily. She knew from Chuck's file that it was his sister. 'Mrs Bartowski … Woodcomb?'

Ellie was watching at her with her eyes wide open, she was thinking something.

"Hah, I've seen you somewhere, 'Ellie started, pointing at her, '…. Yes, TV, on the TV,' Ellie went on, 'but not with so many wrinkles,' she was pointing with her index finger her own face now, moving it in a circle. Then she realized the faux pas and yelled, ' ...twinkles, I mean twinkles in your eyes ...uuh general…'

'Here is your own DNA test,' Chuck muttered to himself, shaking his head.

He had been so paralyzed by the initial reactions of his sister that he was still standing next to Devon outside the operations room, watching from there.

It was time for him to get this mess in order.

'I'm sorry general, I let them here, ... they were attacked in our home, all of us were … but I ... I mean the Intersect, was able to push the assailants away.'

'Oh, ... and where are Agents Walker and Falcone?' Beckman inquired, with her trademark brow going higher than ever.

'STOP!' somebody had screamed really loud.

Everybody was silent now.

It was Ellie.

'Agent Walker?' She said, staring at Chuck.

"Sarah … and you, agents, ..... oooh that's why you were so slow, .... oooooh, you are not a real couple, right? Oooooh.'

The disappointment in her voice had crushed Chuck.

Carina, Sarah and Lisa had arrived 10 minutes ago but Sarah had decided to check on them on the monitor in Orange Orange. Thus, they had seen what was going on inside the Castle and decided to wait there till Chuck, Ellie and Devon cleared things up between them.

It was family time.

But now that Beckman appeared and Sarah's name came around she had rushed in and was on her way down to join them.

When she started running down the stairs she could see and hear Chuck stammering something to Ellie, trying to assure her that they were a real couple.

'Hi Ellie,' Sarah smiled to her.

"Sarah, are you an …"

'We, ... aaah I'm so sorry, we haven't told you Ellie, ... it was for your own protection, actually I am with the CIA and I am Chuck's handler and protector. And Casey too.'

'Agent Walker,' Beckman interjected almost shouting, 'what is going on there? And please spare me the family saga, mind you?'

'I'm sorry general, somebody attacked the Asset's …. Chuck's house, while we were at Casey's apartment, so Chuck had flashed his kung fu skills and pushed the intruders away.'

'Hmmm,' general Beckman was staring at Sarah, 'it seems the Asset is now more capable of protecting himself and his family than you are.' She enunciated on the last part.

"Call me when agent Falcone arrives and I certainly don't expect civilians to be still wandering around the Castle.' Beckman threw a really chilling look at Ellie, who yelled:

"Twinkle, general, I meant twinkles."

Beckman had already switched the feed off however.

Ellie and Devon had been moving their eyes left and right like watching a tennis match following the exchange between Sarah and her boss.

Clearly, the agent part had easily sunk in into Ellie's mind. But the other did not.

'Chuck,' Ellie yelled at him, 'So you and Sarah, you two .... had been just pretending to be a couple? For all these two years?'

'No, no, Ellie, we are actually a real couple.'

Ellie shook her head, rolling her eyes. 'So Devon was right, you were really so slow. ... I'm so fed up being lied to. By you, ... Dad, …'

Now Chuck was feeling his blood boiling up. Last time he checked, he and Sarah were a real couple. For one, he remembered their 10-hour love marathon quite vividly.

'Oh yeah,' he yelled back at Ellie, 'you don't believe me?'

He grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her toward himself. She was in his arms now, pressed to him.

He winked at her with his left eye as Ellie couldn't see it. "PLAY ALONG.'

He pressed his lips against her mouth in an reenactment of their kiss before Roan Montgomery. Well it started like that, but ended like the Montgomery kiss at power two.

Neither he, nor Sarah had any idea how long it lasted, neither of them knew which part of which mouth was her or his anymore.

Ellie and Devon were totally mesmerized by this burst of passion. Wowwww.

After it finally ended, Devon had exclaimed, 'Awesome!'

Ellie had turned and looked at him saying, 'Hah, have you ever kissed me like that, ah, amateur!'

Once they had parted, Sarah could swear her knees were melting down, she was staggering, so she uttered a quick 'excuse me' and rushed away to the rest room.

'Oooooh god' she exclaimed to herself, 'It is so hot here,' she said loud.

"You are hot, idiot" she had to admit to herself.

She needed a cold shower, not just a lipstick. She remembered that she hadn't taken a shower since her arrival so she decided it was about time. She rushed to the bathroom facility, took her clothes off and opened the cold water tap.

Good, that was helping a bit.

Bit with her excitement subsiding, there came another familiar feeling. Frustration.

Frustration with having to inhibit her feminine side for months and months, …. years.

She remembered what she had promised herself on the plane while flying back to LA.

'Never again should you allow the government business mess with your private life! ... What kind of a lame spy are you if you can't find a way to fix your private matters first?'

She looked at her CIA-issue water proof watch. It's been three hours since she had arrived in LA and she still hadn't had a second of private time with her boyfriend, ... yeah, real boyfriend. She wasn't going to tolerate that anymore.

She was thinking. ... An evil grin had emerged on her face.

She turned the cold water to a minimum and opened the hot water tap …

xxx

Chuck, Ellie and Devon were still in the operations room, with Chuck telling parts of his secret life and what actually had happened since he had received Bryce Larkin's email.

Ellie was listening with her face buried in her hands. She didn't even know what to think and how to react.

About 10 minutes later, Sarah reappeared.

When Chuck glanced at her, his eyes were about to pop out.

Her face was glistening, her hair was still wet. She had an operation outfit on her now – black tights and black top.

'Ohh God!'

Several things had become abundantly clear to Chuck: She had had a shower; she hadn't dried herself well enough so the clothes had been tightly glued and strictly following the lines of her body; she had nothing under them.

He swallowed really hard.

'Ahh' Chuck said, 'I was just speaking of you Agent … ah, Mermaid, ... or rather, Agent most beautiful Mermaid … in the Pacific ocean…. Atlantic ocean …Indian ocean …' He turned to Ellie and Devon and muttered 'did I miss any ocean?

'Shut up Chuck,' Sarah yelled, smiling inside, relieving him of the obvious obligation to list all the remaining water bodies.

She had a gun in her hand now and raised it against all of them.

'There is a leak within this operation. I've been ordered to investigate it. I'm starting with you, agent Carmichael.'

"I'm sorry Ellie and Devon, 'she smiled softly at them, 'this will be a formality of course, but rules are rules. Standard operating procedures. We have to fill in the papers documenting the interrogation. You know, red tape stuff.'

'Chuck,' she pointed the exit to him, 'go to the interrogation room.'

'You stay there, please.' She said to them and followed Chuck.

'Sarah, what is going on? Are you sure you know what you are doing?' Chuck asked in disbelief.

'Oh yeah, you have no idea how sure I am this time!'

She had picked one of the holding cells that had blinds and they were already on.

Chuck entered with his hands still up and saw there several mattresses and pillows from the cot sets thrown around.

'Ah," he said, turning around, smirking, 'Spy humor again. Gotcha. I guess I am under arrest now, ... Agent Mermaid?'

Sarah entered the cell. She pushed several keys on the keypad, the door behind her closed.

'You guessed right, agent Carmichael,' she smiled. 'You are under arrest and have the right to remain silent, ... but somehow I doubt you'll be able to.'

Xxx

Poor Sarah and Chuck.

She had forgotten that once you activate a holding sell, the monitoring system automatically got switched on.

A monitor had flashed on now, showing video feed from the 'interrogation cell', the speakers were reproducing the sounds coming from there.

'Gross, Devon, turn that off, please,' Ellie was yelling at him.

Devon started pushing all the keys on the keyboard but the feed was still there. Fortunately, the audio was down now.

Ellie was somewhat lucky as Sarah and Chuck were still kissing and just started to undress.

Devon found some old newspaper and put it over the monitor.

'Phew, that was close,' he said. 'And awesome!' he thought to himself.

Carina, who had been monitoring this from the Orange Orange, joined them, approached the computer and pressed the right key on the keyboard to switch it off.

'Sorry guys. This part of the interrogation is top secret.' she said with a grin.

'Yeah,' Ellie said, 'just who's gonna scrape its beginning off my brain?'

It was Devon's turn now to get at Ellie.

'Babe, babe, did it ever occur to you to arrest me like that, ah, ever? Seems both of us have something to learn, here' he said nodding approvingly. "Those spies clearly know how to do ... stuff.'

'Yeah,' Ellie had to admit. 'In my naivety, I had just thought that those two have been only pretending to be a real couple over the last two years.' She was shaking her head in disbelief.

xxx

A/N: The next several chapters will probably come out at a slower pace ... summer break.