Chuck awoke to the beeping of a heart monitor in LA General Hospital. Sarah laid next to him with her head resting on his chest, while Ellie laid asleep in the chair next to the bed. Chuck saw Casey sleeping in the wheel chair stationed in his room, he looked to have dozed off while guarding the room for his head was slumped forward in what was obviously and uncomfortable position.
Devon suddenly entered the room, checking the IV status and Chuck's chart.
"Chuck! You're awake!" Devon boomed, awaking everyone else in the room.
"Chuck?" Ellie asked concerned, grabbing his hand and squeezing it tightly.
"Chuck! Thank God, I thought after that mugger stabbed you, you would never wake up!"
Sarah cried out, giving Chuck the cover story, while also showing her true fear of his
injuries through her eyes.
"Hey guys." Chuck replied lamely.
"Bartowski, you good?" Casey asked.
"Yea, what happened?" Chuck questioned.
"You don't remember?" Ellie asked nervously.
"I remember…going out with Sarah but the details are fuzzy." Chuck replied.
"A guy jumped out and tried to take my purse, you got into a nasty fight with him and he stabbed you in the shoulder, you lost a lot of blood." Sarah answered, her eyes saying she would tell him the truth later.
"Well, don't I sound all noble." Chuck grinned.
"You could have been hurt, but you were totally awesome Chuckster." Devon said.
"I am just so happy you are awake." Ellie put in.
"How long was I out?" Chuck asked concerned.
"Only a couple of hours, but they had to do some reconstruction surgery on your shoulder, it will be in a sling for a couple weeks." Ellie explained.
"Can I go home?" Asked Chuck.
"Luckily you have do E.R. doctors as your sister and soon to be brother in law, so yes. I will tell the doctor on your case you are awake so he can start the paper work now that you are awake." Ellie replied.
When Ellie and Devon left, Casey went out to the General leaving Sarah and Chuck alone.
"I was so scared, I am so sorry Chuck, we should have never left you alone!" Sarah cried, tears pouring down her face.
"Hey, it's ok. Just tell me what really happened." Chuck soothed.
"You were taken by the Fulcrum agent Lisa Marie back to a regional command center and tortured, the wounds were hard to fake especially when we realized we were being taken to Ellie's hospital but we made a cover story." Sarah explained.
"Did we get them?" Asked Chuck.
"Yes, the few that were not killed are being interrogated now." Sarah answered.
"So…was the mission a success?" Chuck asked.
"Well technically, but any mission that involves you getting hurt isn't good. God Chuck, I was scared when you fainted, you have no idea how hard Casey had to hold me back from killing the bitch who did this to you." Sarah continued to cry, collapsing into Chuck's warm embrace, careful to avoid his bandaged shoulder.
"Look, I am ok Sarah, I am just happy this wasn't you." Chuck continued to soothe.
"I am staying." Sarah sniffled out.
"What?" Chuck asked confused.
"I made my choice, I can't leave you. I thought I lost you tonight and it almost killed me. I could never live without you. I am staying, I made my choice." Sarah replied, smiling at the grin that took over her lover's face.
"You are sure that you will be happy? No regrets?" Chuck asked, a little scared of the answer.
"I am more then sure I will be happy. With you by my side, I couldn't be more then…awesome, everyday." Sarah laughed, giving Chuck a passionate kiss.
"Woah, calm down you crazy kids, Chuckles needs his rest." Devon laughed, walking in with the discharge papers.
"Devon, can I stay over?" Sarah asked.
"Sweetie, you live with us, remember?" Chuck asked, watching the beautiful smile take over Sarah's face as she remembered.
Casey then suddenly burst into the room, looking a little worse then when he left, but all in all it looked like the General was at least glad Chuck was alive.
"Walker…our aunt, wants to talk…" Casey covered lamely.
"Oh…um right. I need to tell her to uh send my stuff anyway." Sarah replied, watching Casey get a hint of a smile as he realized what Sarah meant.
"Good." Casey replied.
"Woah you guys are related?" Devon asked.
"Cousins. You know…second cousins." Casey replied gruffly.
"Go call your aunt, then meet me at home." Chuck urged. "I promise to stay in the house."
"Are you sure?" Sarah asked, not looking forward to leaving his side.
"Ellie won't let anything bad happen to me, just come home soon." Chuck continued to urge.
"Ok, come on Casey….lets go call our…aunt." Sarah replied sarcastically, giving one last kiss to Chuck.
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While Chuck was taken home by Ellie and Awesome, Casey and Sarah rushed to the castle to talk to General Graham.
"Can someone explain how the intersect was captured, tortured, and then rescued without us knowing he was even out of your sight?!" Graham bellowed.
"Ma'am, when we got the faxed update on Agent Marie, we thought Chuck was still ok. We had no tip off that we were compromised, we knew you would be pissed so we figured to just go ahead with the rescue instead of reporting in…we figured saving Chuck took top priority." Casey explained, a bit nervous at how angry the general was.
"Listen team, I have to be able to trust you when concerning the safety of the intersect!" Scolded the general.
"Chuck, his name is Chuck!" Sarah cried out.
"Excuse me agent Walker?" Graham asked surprised at her top agent's outburst.
"You keep referring to him as the intersect, he has a name ma'am." Casey answered for the emotional woman next to him.
"Very well, Chuck, could have been killed." Graham spit out sarcastically.
"Ma'am we can promise that will never happen again, I love him to much for him to get hurt again." Sarah admitted.
"Love?" Graham asked surprised.
"Ma'am I have fallen in love with Chuck, and I want to stay as his handler for the rest of my life with Casey. There are no two people able to protect him better then his lover and my partner, Major Casey." Sarah explained.
"Were you both drugged or is this some big joke?" Graham bellowed.
"It is the truth ma'am, and Walker is right." Casey said, staying firm.
"I cannot believe this. My two top agents have gone insane!" Graham angrily replied.
"Ma'am, with all do respect, we know we made a mistake not reporting when Chuck was taken, but before that we have not had one unsuccessful mission. Chuck is not normal, not just because of the computer in his brain, but because of his good natured personality as well. We all know that the chances of getting this super computer out of his head are slim to none, meaning he is going to need protection for the rest of his life, even after a new intersect is built. Who better then his future wife and his friend to carry out said protection? We are never going to let Chuck be hurt like this again, and we are defiantly not going to let him get killed." Casey rambled, deciding he needed to lay it all out for the general to understand.
Graham looked into the eyes of both Sarah and Casey from her spot at her desk before letting out a sigh.
"We are going to miss you two out in the field." Graham relented, a hint of a smile forming on her lips.
"We will continue going on missions with Chuck's help ma'am, we are willing to travel with him, but we are not leaving him. I am not leaving him. I love him." Sarah replied, making sure Graham understood she wouldn't ever leave Chuck.
"Relax Walker, I have been in love once as well, he was killed on a mission a couple months before the wedding, I know what it is like to have a need to protect the love of your life. You two will be stationed with the intersect for good, going on missions whenever he flashes, but first you will all take a much needed two week break. Chuck will be trained by the two of you to become a full fledged agent, he will be placed on payroll and a new cover job that will explain travel as well." Graham finally responded.
"Chuck, an agent?" Laughed Casey.
"One who I suspect will be trained better then half of the agents at headquarters, and I mean trained. He will need to learn how to protect himself, it is amazing he didn't talk when Fulcrum got a hold of him." Graham explained.
"So the three of us will be placed into the field, but main headquarters being here in LA?" Asked Sarah making sure she understood this surprise.
"That is right agent Walker, and I am sending out an agent for Casey…" Graham responded.
"Hm?" Casey grunted.
"We know you and Agent Carina have a past major, sense you are being placed for good she is going to join your team." Graham answered with a smile.
"Wow." Sarah replied.
"Don't take this so well, there will be hard times ahead. I will be continue these debrief sessions for quite some time, at the age of 35 you four will be taken off active duty. Until then, please, be careful." Graham finished. "Graham out."
With that the screen went blank leaving a very confused and surprised Sarah and Casey behind.
"She has a soul." Said a voice behind them.
Quickly Sarah and Casey drew their guns and spun around only to find Carina standing behind them.
"Carina!" Sarah laughed, walking up to give her friend a hug.
"The DEA got the orders a couple hours ago, apparently this has been a back up plan, once Chuck was hurt I was sent out." Carina explained. "Apparently just for you if I heard right Agent Casey." Carina flirted.
"No handcuffs." Was Casey's simple reply, causing a laugh to erupt from the two women.
"We better get to Chuck, we have a lot of explaining to do." Sarah laughed, a megawatt smile etched on her face.
"Don't get to girly Walker, we still have our jobs." Casey warned.
"Casey, now Chuck is a partner, not an asset. What could be better?" Sarah asked.
"Well, if I could go back to my hardass ways instead of all this mushy shit, that would be awesome." Casey replied honestly, finishing the groan at using the word awesome.
"Seems someone has been listening in on Devon to much." Laughed Sarah. "But don't worry, I won't tell anyone, and either will Carina, your reputation is safe."
"Can we go to Chuck now, I miss the dude." Carina sighed out with a smile.
"Defiantly." Finished Sarah.
"I am going to sit this one out, but the bugs will be turned off for the two weeks." Casey said, giving a wink towards Sarah.
"I need a place to crash." Carina suddenly said.
"Stay with Casey, duh." Sarah answered as the two walked out of the castle.
"Oh of course, just step into Motel Casey." Casey spit out under his breath.