A/N: Well here is the next chapter. Sorry that I'm behind on my updates but I've been really busy lately and I finally got the chance to get this chapter out. I guess I also lost some of my drive after watching the last episode of Chuck. They had the chance to give everyone a happy ending and I just feel cheated the way it ended. I know this has been discussed by many and I won't go into it any further. I hope you guys are still enjoying the story and I'll try to keep my updates on track. No promises but I'll try. I do enjoy the the reviews so keep them coming. I don't own Chuck.
Chuck and Sarah lay in bed holding each other. Last night was the end of Chuck wearing his little outfit. It had been quite the night. Chuck started it off with a foot massage and then moved onto a full body massage. He used his strong hands to help remove all the stress and tension from Sarah's muscles. She was surprised at how good he was with his hands. Maybe all those hours of tinkering with computers and using the controllers for his games, strengthened his fingers and hands. All Sarah knew, was that his hands were like magic and she was completely at his mercy when his hands worked over her body.
Sarah was pretty happy over the past week. Chuck wore his outfit every night, per the bet and she had even thrown on the Weinerlicious outfit one night and then the princess Leia outfit last night. Between the two of them, they had quite the week of love making. Every night had been an intense session but last night was off the charts. Chuck was by far the best lover Sarah had ever been with. When they made love, there were times when it was hot and intense and then there were times when they took their time and enjoyed the mutual feelings that past between the two lovers. There were times when Chuck was so sweet and tender, it brought tears to Sarah's eyes. He always made sure that her needs were taking care of before he ever had his own release. Sarah never had to worry about blowing up Chuck's ego in the bedroom because he never brought his ego into their love making. Chuck always looked Sarah in the eyes as they made love and she could always see the love that Chuck felt for her within those deep brown eyes. Sarah came to one conclusion, Chuck had spoiled her. She would never be able to be with anyone other then Chuck for the rest of her life. No other man could ever make her feel as loved and cared for as Chuck had done. She had no plans of ever leaving him again but if something did happen to Chuck. She would never be able to be with another man again. No one would ever be able to make her feel the way Chuck did.
Chuck kissed her forehead and snapped her out of her daze, "Morning beautiful."
Sarah snuggled closer to Chuck and looked up into his brown eyes, "Good morning my little sexy Chip and Dale."
Chuck had to grin at Sarah's statement. "Well that's quite a compliment coming from a princess."
Sarah laughed out loud and slapped Chuck in the chest. "I'll only ever be your princess Chuck."
"Trust me, no will ever see me wearing that little outfit out in public although, I was kind of getting used to the thong."
Sarah got up on her elbow and gave Chuck a shocked look. She watched as he broke out in a fit of laughter. "Trust me Sarah, I was only joking. Having a piece of cloth wedged between the cheeks of my ass is not my idea of comfort. Hell, you should of seen the night I put them on backwards. It was not a pretty sight."
Sarah could barely catch her breath as she was laughing uncontrollably. The laughter was contagious as Chuck was laughing along with Sarah.
They both got out of bed and dressed for their morning run. When they met Devon out in the courtyard, they noticed that he didn't seem to have the same amount of energy that they were accustomed to seeing. He yawned and looked up at the both of them. "You guys ready for our run?"
They both looked at each other and then back to Devon. Chuck spoke up, "Are you alright Devon? You don't look too ambitious this morning. In fact, you look like your exhausted."
Devon gave the both of them a weak smile, "Well to be perfectly honest, I'm pretty damn tired. Ellie has been like a possessed woman this past week and she has worn my ass out. I'm ready to retire the thong and stethoscope for good but Ellie won't let me. Don't get me wrong Chuckster, I love your sister to death but she has been insatiable this past week and lets just say that there were nights when the sun was coming up and we were just going to sleep."
Chuck and Sarah couldn't hide the grins on their faces. Sarah was the first one to speak after Devon's little confession. "Devon, why don't you skip the run this morning and go back to bed. It sounds like, you've had plenty of cardio this week, so I don't think one morning will hurt you."
"I think Sarah is right, I just need a couple more hours of sleep and then I should be good to go." Devon gave them a quick wave and headed for his apartment.
Chuck turned back to Sarah, "Well I guess my outfit wasn't the only one that was a hit."
Sarah had to giggle from that last remark. "I guess Ellie likes playing doctor."
"Ewww Sarah, I really don't need that mental picture in my head."
They laughed together as they headed out on their run. After their run was completed, they both had their showers and got dressed. Chuck grabbed Sarah from behind and pulled her close to him. He left several kisses down the side of her neck and whispered in her ear. "How about I take you out for breakfast this morning?"
"I'd love that Chuck. Do you have any place in particular picked out?"
"If you don't have a problem with it, I was thinking of going to IHOP."
"You know I love it there, now I'll have to add a couple extra miles to our run for the next couple of days to work off all the calories I take in from eating there."
Chuck grabbed her hand and headed for the door, "I know, but it is definitely worth it."
Sarah almost hated going out in public with Chuck anymore. Everywhere they went, women were constantly flirting and trying to touch him. Sarah couldn't even begin to count how many small pieces of paper and business cards she had thrown away that had women's phone numbers on them. The waitress they had today, took their orders without ever looking at Sarah. Hell, there were several times when Chuck had received phone numbers from the male waiters. Even the ones that were straight never gave Sarah more then a second glance. She was pretty sure that Chuck's size had pretty much deterred any of them from a kind of flirting that she was accustomed to. For years, Sarah had always received plenty of attention from men everywhere she went but now that she was with Chuck, he was the one who drew all the attention. Sarah was proud of Chuck and all that he had gone through to change his body into what it was today but just a small bit of her, was jealous of all the attention he got and the fact that she wasn't getting the same attention as she used to.
It came as no surprise to Sarah when she watched the waitress hand Chuck two bills. The waitress smiled and asked Chuck if there was anything else she could do for him and then walked away when he told her that he was all set. Chuck handed the one bill to the outstretched hand of his girlfriend. Sarah looked down and was shocked at what she saw. There were six different names and numbers on the small sheet of paper. Sure enough, one of the names was from a guy who had been working in another part of the restaurant.
"I don't think we're coming back to this IHOP Chuck." She gave him a small smirk as she tore up the numbers and left all the pieces of paper in the middle of the table.
Chuck informed Sarah that he had to run to the mens room before they left. Sarah told him that she would leave the tip for their waitress.
Sarah watched as their waitress never took her eyes off Chuck's ass as he walked to the mens room. She got up and walked over to the waitress. When she was standing directly in front of her Sarah spoke. "I see the way you look at my boyfriend and I don't blame you. He is pretty damn hot and honestly, clothes don't do him any justice." The waitress just stood there with here mouth wide open and her eyes locked on Sarah.
"Here's the thing though, I'm usually not a very jealous person. Well, that is until I met my boyfriend. Now I'm extremely jealous and pretty protective of him. In fact, the last two girls that hit on him should just about be done with their therapy and I'm pretty sure, they've been cleared to eat solid foods again." Sarah stepped up to the girl and put her nose to the girl's nose. "If I were you, I wouldn't ever look at my boyfriend again unless you like the idea of eating all your meals through a straw." Sarah stepped back and gave her a smile and walked over to the door just as Chuck came out of the mens room.
"Did you give our waitress her tip?"
Sarah smiled to herself, "Yes I did sweetie, in fact, I gave her a little bit extra."
Just as they had pulled away from the restaurant, Sarah's phone rang. When she answered it she heard Casey speak. "Walker are you with Chuck?
"Yeah Casey, we just finished breakfast and we're driving back to the apartment. Why?"
"The general wants to meet with us as soon as we can all get to Castle."
Sarah turned to Chuck as she spoke to Casey. "We'll head that way now and we'll just meet you there." Sarah hung up the phone, "I guess we've got a mission."
They arrived at the Orange Orange at the same time as Casey and they all walked down to Castle together. They all grabbed a chair and Casey sent Beckman a request for the video conference. Within seconds the face of general Beckman was up on the display.
"Good morning team, I've called you all to Castle because we've received information about a building in downtown LA. The intel we received is telling us that the building in question is being used by Fulcrum. It is supposed to hold a large computer server that Fulcrum uses for the whole northwest."
Chuck was the first to speak, "Are we supposed to sneak in and plant a bug in the server?"
"No agent Bartowski. Information that we have recently gathered, has told us that Fulcrum has been conducting more security checks on their computer systems lately. Apparently they have been running a program on all their computers that checks for any abnormalities in the system."
Casey let out one of his grunts and Sarah asked the general, "So what is the plan general?"
The general eyed all three of them, "You three will infiltrate the office building and secure the computer server. You will have a team of NSA agents with you but they will stand by until you have secured the the server. You must get in and secure that server before they realize your there and destroy it. Any questions?"
Casey spoke next, "Do we know what floor the server is located on?"
"From the information we've received, we believe the server is located on the fourth floor. If there are no more questions, then I will talk to you after the mission. Good luck team."
Casey looked to Chuck and Sarah, "We'll wait until late tonight and hopefully there will only be a few Fulcrum agents left behind as security."
They all agreed to meet back at Castle at 2100 hrs. That would give them time to prep for the mission and get to the Fulcrum building around 2330 hrs. Chuck and Sarah went back to the apartment and changed into workout clothes. They figured it would help relax them before the mission if they went and burned off some energy working out.
When they arrived at the gym, Chuck had to go through the usual gauntlet of guys that came over and either gave fist bumps or bro hugs. Most of the guys would at least say hello to Sarah and she knew that they would sneak glimpses of her while her and Chuck worked out. At least she knew that guys still found her attractive even if they never had a chance in hell of getting with her.
Chuck loved working out with Sarah. He was able to get in a good workout and with Sarah there, the scenery was always spectacular. No matter how many times he had seen her in spandex shorts, he would never grow tired of watching her exercise. Watching Sarah do squats and stiff legged dead lifts was a thing of beauty that he never grew tired of. They always pushed each other and found that they were able to go past their limits with encouragement from each other.
Sarah always had to control herself when she worked out with Chuck. Whenever he worked out a certain muscle like, biceps or chest. The muscle would get larger as he got pumped up. He would be pumped and covered in sweat and Sarah always had to control herself from ripping his clothes off and taking him right in the gym. She never would but that never stopped her from having one of her many fantasies about Chuck.
They finished their workout and drove back to Chuck's apartment where they just relaxed for the remainder of the day. They wanted to be refreshed and rested for the mission tonight.
At 2100 hrs, Casey, Chuck and Sarah were in Castle getting their mission gear on. They all wore black clothing along with their bullet proof vests. Casey past out the communications equipment and they all went to the armory to pick up their weapons. Chuck slid his knives into his vest and grabbed his tranq pistol. He had also started to carry a back up weapon that Casey had recommended and he placed it in an ankle holster. Once they had all their gear on, they loaded up in a van and headed for the Fulcrum building.
They parked down the street from the building and pulled out the blueprints to look over the floor plan. The fourth floor showed that there was a hallway to the left and right when coming out of the stairwell. There was also a hallway that ran down the center of the floor. It had been decided that Casey would take the left hallway, Sarah would take the center hallway and Chuck would have the right hallway.
They watched the building for about fifteen minutes and didn't see any movement going in or out. They made there way to the back of a building where Chuck was able to disable the alarm and Sarah picked the lock to the door. They were unable to locate any wires that would allow Chuck to loop the cameras, so it made their progress a little slower. They kept themselves well hidden and out of camera view as they made their way to the stairwell that would lead them to the fourth floor. There were cameras covering every door that led to each floor so they had to be careful as they passed each one. Once they got to the fourth floor, Casey had to disable the camera and hoped that whoever was monitoring would just pass it off as a glitch and not bother with it till morning. Unknown to them, as soon as Casey cut the camera feed, a Fulcrum agent that was monitoring the cameras, alerted all the other Fulcrum in the building that a camera had gone out and needed to be checked out.
Before entering the fourth floor, they agreed that once the room with the server was found, they would all secure the room and call in the waiting NSA team. Once they entered the floor, Casey and Sarah headed for their halls and Chuck started towards his hall.
The fulcrum agents that had been alerted, had found that the camera wires had been cut and knew that someone had breached the building. They were ordered to search the entire building and find the intruders.
Chuck had searched several offices and didn't have any luck with finding the server. Sarah and Casey had the same luck. Casey informed them to keep looking. Chuck came out of an office just as two Fulcrum agents had turned and were coming down the hall. He had his tranq gun aimed and had fired two rounds at the agents as they were returning fire. Luckily their shots had been off target but his struck each agent in the chest. He was going to move the bodies out of the hallway when he heard shots being fired. Casey immediately came over the radio and said that he was pinned down by heavy gun fire. He was sure of at least four agents but thought there might be more.
Sarah had just announced that she had found the server room but was trapped in there as she had seen several Fulcrum agents heading towards her. Chuck was working his way back the same way he came and had only encountered one agent by the time he got back to the stairwell door.
Chuck came over the radio, "Casey, what's your status?"
"I'm alright Bartowski, I'll keep these guys busy and you try to get to Sarah."
Chuck had just acknowledged Casey when he could hear Sarah talking to someone other then him and Casey. His stomach tightened as he listened to the conversation.
"Where is the rest of your team? We know about the one on the east side of the building and he will be taken care of shortly. I want to know if there are anymore agents that came in with you?"
Chuck listened to Sarah as he made his way over to the hallway she had gone down. "There's only the two of us." she said.
Chuck could her the sound of a hand making contact with skin and new that Sarah had just been struck in the face. He was trying like hell to keep himself calm and not get himself caught. He would be useless to Sarah if that happened. He slowly crept along the doorway and could see two Fulcrum agents standing outside an office door.
Chuck heard the mans voice again. "We know that there is another agent that came with you, just tell us where they are and maybe we won't kill you. Well, I take that back. We'll still kill you but maybe we won't pass you around before we do. You are a very beautiful woman so I'd hurry up before I pull that offer off the table."
"I already told you, there was only two of us. I can't make an agent pop out of the...Ahhhhh."
Chuck's heart skipped a beat as he heard Sarah scream. Someone was going to pay for hurting Sarah. Chuck watched as another agent came out of an office across from where he was standing. The agent pulled his weapon and was in the process of bringing it up towards Chuck when he sprang into action. Chuck grabbed the end of the gun and pushed it towards the chest of the agent. The agents were still in the trigger guard and Chuck could hear the bone break as he kept twisting the gun. The agent let out a scream and Chuck used that split second to use his elbow to strike the side of the agents head which knocked him out. The confrontation with the agent had brought the other two agents up the hall and Chuck was pinned down in a side office.
Chuck whispered over the radio. "Sarah, hang in there, I'm coming for you."
Sarah knew that Chuck was on his way but was scared to death that he would get careless trying to get to her and end up getting himself killed. The Fulcrum agent was beginning to lose his patience and she wasn't sure how much longer before he just shot her and went looking for Chuck.
Casey was almost out of ammo and knew that he had two or maybe three Fulcrum agents left. By their sporadic gun fire he was sure that they were running low on ammo too. He was just trying to keep them busy, so Chuck could get to Sarah.
Chuck had hit one of the agents with a tranq dart and when the other agent saw that Chuck wasn't shooting real bullets, he was a little more daring and came out of his cover just a little more then he had been. It was just enough for Chuck to catch the agent in the neck and knock him out. Chuck checked the rest of the hallway and found that it was clear. He knew the door that Sarah was being held behind and he ran to the door.
Sarah's radio had either been found or wasn't working, so Chuck put his ear up to the door and tried to listen to what was going on in the room. He could hear a muffled voice and then heard another scream which had to be Sarah. He grabbed the door handle and took a deep breathe. Time to save the woman I love, Chuck thought as he pushed the door open.
As Chuck made it into the room, he could see a guy standing over next to Sarah, who was tied to a chair. The agent appeared to be pushing a knife into one of her shoulders, which was causing Sarah considerable pain. Chuck was seeing red as he aimed the tranq gun at the agent. Chuck looked over at Sarah and could see the pain in her face and it was almost to much for him to bear as he brought his attention back to the agent. The agent stood before Chuck and had a smirk on his face.
"I guess I'll just give up for now. My buddies will never let you out of this building and I can guarantee that blondie here, will be passed around many times before she dies."
"Casey, do you copy me?"
"Loud and clear Bartowski."
"Call in the team Casey, we have the server room and it will be secure in just a second."
"Roger that."
Chuck smiled at the Fulcrum agent. "Well I guess it's not going to go exactly as you planned now is it? In fact, I think you should take a nap until were all done here." Chuck pulled the trigger and nothing happened. He had run out of ammo.
The Fulcrum agent had seen that Chuck's gun was empty and reached for his own weapon. Chuck started to run towards the agent as the agent drew his weapon and was turning the gun towards Sarah.
Chuck's training took over and he reached down and grabbed one of his knives. While still in stride he launched the knife at the Fulcrum agent. The agent never saw the knife that struck him in the neck and took his life. He fell back against the wall with a surprised look on his face as he looked directly at Chuck.
Chuck looked away from the dying agent and ran to Sarah. He cut her loose and then cupped her face and gave her a light kiss on her bruised and cut lips. They both just held each other as they listened to the NSA team take down the remainder of the Fulcrum agents and secure the building.
Once the all clear was giving, Chuck reached down and picked Sarah up and walked out of the office and down the hall with her cradled against his chest.
"Chuck, I can walk. It's only a shoulder wound."
"I want to carry you, so just lay here and enjoy the ride."
Sarah looked up to see Chuck smiling at her. She knew once the adrenaline wore off, Chuck was going to come to the realization that he had just killed someone. Sarah was damn glad he did. If he hadn't acted as fast as he did, she would have been dead. She knew that Chuck was going to need her and shoulder wound or not, she was going to be there for him and help him deal with the grief and guilt that he was sure to have.
Casey was waiting for them down in the lobby and walked with them to the med unit so Sarah could have her shoulder looked at. While Sarah was in the med unit arguing about whether or not she needed to go to the hospital for stitches, Casey walked over to Chuck.
"I'm proud of you kid, you did what needed to be done and no one can fault you for that. Do me a favor will you. Sarah will help you deal with this, just listen to her, she's been there before."
"I'll make sure I talk with Sarah and I want to thank you for all the training you gave me. It was your training that allowed me to save Sarah."
"You two just be there for each other. I'll take care of briefing the general tonight."
"Thanks Casey, I'm going to try and get Sarah to get some stitches in that shoulder of hers. I'll just get Ellie or Devon to give us a ride back to my vehicle from the hospital."
Chuck hopped into the med unit and persuaded Sarah to go to the hospital and get her shoulder looked at. He knew that she was concerned for his state of mind but was determined to get her looked at before they dealt with his issues.
Sarah was concerned for Chuck and figured she could throw a bandage on her shoulder at the apartment and then have a sit down with Chuck. She should have known that Chuck wanted to make sure she was fine before he dealt with his own issues.
They rode together to the hospital and Sarah had ten stitches put in her shoulder. They checked her for any other injuries and upon finding none, she was released. Devon gave them a ride to Chuck's vehicle. They didn't talk much on the way home but they never let go of each others hands.
Once they arrived back at Chuck's apartment, they both changed into more comfy clothes and then went and sat on the bed.
Sarah sat beside Chuck and held his hand. She would be by his side until he was ready to talk.
Chuck cleared his throat, "I know everyone thinks that I'm going to fall apart because I took the life of another human being. Don't get me wrong, it's not something that I will ever forget. I'll never be able to get the image out of my head, of the look in his eyes as I watched him die. I knew by being an agent, I was probably going to have to kill someone one day. It just so happens that I was able to save the love of my live by doing it." Chuck squeezed Sarah's hand just a little tighter and then continued on. "To be perfectly honest Sarah, I can live with all that for the rest of my life because I was able to save you. I would never have been able to go on if I had failed and you died."
Sarah had a few tears running down her face after listening to Chuck. That was just her Chuck being Chuck. Always caring more about someone else, over himself. "Chuck, I want to thank you for saving my life tonight. When I was sitting in that room, I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid that I'd never see you again or be able to look into your beautiful brown eyes or just have you hold me. That's what scared me."
"Sarah, I would do it a again in a heart beat, to save your life. I have you with me and you will help me deal with any demons that may arise. I will always save you Sarah, at any cost."
Sarah climbed up on the bed and held her arms out to Chuck. She wanted to hold him for a change and let him feel that she was always going to be there for him. He laid back and she wrapped her arms around him and held him tight. Sarah knew as she held him, that she had found her soul mate and there wasn't anything in this world that was going to separate them. She also knew that someday Chuck would need someone to help him deal with what happened tonight and she planned to be there for him when the time came. Sarah had one last thought before she drifted off to sleep. She would always save Chuck at any cost, just as he had would for her.