I hope people didn't give up on reading my story. I didn't get too many hits or reviews but I'll tough it out. All disclaimers apply.

"It has been a whole week in this house," Chuck complains to Sarah.

"I know. It is hard for me too," Sarah agrees.

"I can only play so many video games." Chuck jokes. Sarah giggles a little as she wraps her arms around his shoulders.

"Only a little longer," Sarah tries to comfort Chuck although she really doesn't know how much longer herself.

"I'm slowly dying inside," Chuck whines as he lies on the bed spread eagle. Sarah laughs softly as she lies next to him. Chuck then curls his arm around her neck and gently reels her in.

"I've watched every TV show known to man."

"Stop it; enough complaining. This is the only way we'll be safe," Sarah playfully tells Chuck.

All of a sudden, Beckman appears on Chuck's TV.

"Bartowski! Walker!" Beckman quickly states their names. Chuck and Sarah are startled as they sit up on the bed. "We have almost decoded every part of the file. There is only one part that we cannot decode. I believe we have a way to open it."

"I don't think I've seen this TV show yet," Chuck jokes getting a rise out of Sarah. Beckman looks at Chuck with squinted eyes.

"You must talk to Shaw and get the password to the code." Beckman explains knowing the history between all of them. Chuck and Sarah start to get frustrated just by hearing the name. "I know your history but he is the only one who knows the password."

Chuck and Sarah sigh and look at each other for a few seconds. "We'll get it out of him," Chuck nervously tries to assure Beckman.

"I'll brief you all at Castle in an hour," Beckman responds. The feed ends and the TV says transmission ended at 14:16.

"I don't know if I can look at Shaw in person, let alone talk to him," Sarah says after all he put them through.

"I'll talk to him. You don't have to be there," Chuck comforts Sarah.

"No, I have to be there!" Sarah protests because she wants to be strong. Her eyes start to get teary.

"It'll be fine. I got this in the bag," Chuck says confidently as he gives Sarah a little peck on the cheek.

"A-alright," Sarah is mad at herself for not being the stronger one.

Sarah, Casey, and Chuck get to the prison facility that houses all of the CIA's enemies that were captured. Many of them were by Chuck and his team. They make their way to an interrogation room that Shaw is handcuffed and waiting in. Sarah watches through the observation room as Chuck and Casey walk in.

"Ah… Chuck, Casey, where's Sarah?" Shaw says as if they are all good friends. "You guys came all this way to see me? That is very thoughtful."

"Not exactly," Casey says.

"Give us the password for the Operation Intersect file!" Chuck threatens. Shaw immediately flashes.

"Not the attitude I expected. I thought you would be the good guy?" Shaw says sarcastically to Chuck. "So, where is Sarah?"

"Tell us what the password is!" Chuck bangs his fists on the table. Shaw doesn't flinch at all.

"I guess Sarah couldn't show her face. After what we had together," Shaw tries to goad Chuck.

"You had nothing together!" Chuck is getting very angry.

Sarah watches as she sees Chuck's temper begins to flair.

"All those times we had alone in Castle, my loft—" Shaw knows he is pissing Chuck off.

Sarah yells" He is lying!" Although no one can hear her.

"You disgust everyone, especially Sarah!" Chuck screams as he punches Shaw in the face. Shaw, handcuffed to the chair, falls over. Casey has to hold Chuck back.

"He is just trying to get under your skin!" Casey tries to calm Chuck down. "Give us the damn password!" Casey lifts Shaw so he is sitting upright on the chair again.

"I know you know what it is! You flashed on it!" Chuck is still angry but has calmed down.

"You are right Chuck, I did flash but that doesn't mean I am going to tell you," Shaw tries to be a smart ass.

"I know you are mad at the CIA for having your wife killed but it isn't Sarah's fault or any of ours," Chuck tries to reason with Shaw. "Remember your red test? Did you know who you killed? He could have been a father or a brother and definitely a son!"

Shaw actually looks a little sympathetic after thinking about it. "SHE could have been," Shaw corrects Chuck.

"Exactly, we were just doing our job. We do what we're told. Don't you want to help this country?" Chuck is starting to get through to Shaw. "You think your wife would have wanted you to end up like this? She would have wanted you to become a great spy and make a great name for you and her." Chuck spills his heart thinking of what would happen if he ever lost Sarah or vice versa. "If you give us the password, we can help this country."

"That file isn't about the country. It's about the Intersect project," Shaw explains.

"Do you want that information to fall in the wrong hands?" Chuck tries to show sympathy. "Please for the good of the country, for us, can you just tell us the password?"

"Only if I get to say a final goodbye to Sarah," Shaw says trying to get the most out of telling the password. Chuck leaves the room to go talk to Sarah.

"You still fancy Walker? It is a little too late now," Casey kind of jokes. "I'll admit she is quite the looker," Casey actually laughs with a happy grunt.

Chuck walks back in and looks at Shaw.

"Well, is she coming?" Shaw asks almost desperately. Right on cue, Sarah walks in trying to contain herself in his presence.

Sarah's golden blonde hair flows behind her as she walks in. Her soft, luscious lips are almost frowning. Her beautiful sapphire eyes locking up the anger she has to attack him.

"Ah… Sarah… You are more beautiful than ever." Shaw compliments her as she looks at him like he is a creep. "I'm sorry it didn't work out between us. And I forgive you for my wife. I understand you didn't know who you were assigned to kill."

"Thank you, and I am sorry." Sarah is genuine and polite. "It was the worst day of my life and I don't think I could ever fully live it down." Sarah explains as she still feels haunted by it.

"I forgive you. You have to let it go. You did what was necessary to become a spy. You and Chuck make a great couple and all three of you are a great team. The best team I ever had a chance to be part of." Everyone just nods as Shaw gets to say his last goodbyes.

"Thank you for everything." Shaw then looks at Chuck. "I know my wife wouldn't have wanted me to become a traitor. I let my personal feelings cloud my judgment and thank you for clearing that for me. I hope I will see her one day in heaven as I know she will be waiting." After a brief pause, Shaw says, "The password is 2ZL47YV63AB9."

"Thank you and I know Evelyn is up there waiting," Chuck says to Shaw politely and sincerely.

"Thank you Chuck. You always knew how to bring the best out in people." Shaw says as they nod and leave gracefully.

They are in the hallway on their way out of the facility. "I didn't see Shaw as a religious type," Chuck inquires.

"Me neither. Good job reasoning with him," Sarah says.

"I'm sorry I had to bring you in but I didn't see another way," Chuck feels bad.

"Don't worry. I understand," Sarah is fine with it.

"You didn't actually have sex with him did you?" Chuck is almost frightened to hear the answer.

"No way! It took me 3 years to do it with you! I would never!" Sarah is appalled by the question.

"Ok, ok. I was just curious. I'm sorry," Chuck really is sorry but he felt he had to know. "I love you." Chuck kisses Sarah on the cheek to cool down her anger from the question. Casey grunts in disgust.

"Good job getting the password from Shaw," Beckman praises them back at Castle.

"What does it say about Chuck?" Sarah again is concerned for Chuck and doesn't even acknowledge the whole Intersect part.

"It explains how the Intersect works and how they are recruiting to build it." Beckman explains.

"So nothing about us?" Chuck optimistically asks.

"No, there is no record of anyone of you in the file," Beckman responds. They all breathe a sigh of relief.

"We were grounded for nothing?" Chuck jokes but is actually serious.

"Ugh, the file also explains that they are having a convention for scientists. It is a cover to find people who can work on making the Intersect more successful. This convention is in Los Angeles. You will infiltrate the convention and figure out their plans and stop them." Beckman explains there mission. "I'm sending all the intel now." The video conference ends.

They step into the convention center. It is crowded with nerds, geeks, scientists, any other name you can call them.

"Did you bring some dry pants, Bartowski?" Casey jokes with a grunt because it is like a nerd's paradise. Chuck cannot help but giggle.

"Whoops, I must have forgot," Chuck jokes. "How are we supposed to learn their plans?"

"We need catch their attention and show them we are smart," Sarah explains not liking the plan.

"It's up to you Bartowski," Casey jokes but is actually serious because he is the only one who has any computer skills of them.

"Oh, yea, that doesn't put any pressure on me," Chuck says sarcastically.

"I know you can do it," Sarah assures Chuck. They walk through checking out all the different booths. They pass a booth that talks about how computer screens can be connected to over 500 monitors to make one huge picture or multiple small images. Another booth talks about how to compensate for using too much computer memory.

"How are we going to get noticed?" Chuck complains.

"This way! They are having a conference in here," Casey gets Chuck and Sarah's attention.

They walk into this gigantic theater room with a stage and over 1000 chairs for people to sit at. They try to get as close as possible to the front and are about 7 rows back.

The conference starts and a man walks to the podium.

"Hello fellow scientists! Computer nerds! Whatever you are!" The man jokes as everyone cheers. Casey feels really out-of-place and Sarah is struggling too. Chuck feels almost right at home.

"I am here to introduce our surprise guest!" The man exclaims. Chuck, Sarah, and Casey look at each other in confusion. "Everyone give a huge welcome to Jason Landow!" Everyone cheers excessively as a man in his late 30's walks up to the podium.

Sarah and Casey are at a total loss of who this is as Chuck flashes. They both look at Chuck who looks at them knowledgably. "He inherited his father's company and has made marvels in the computer technology world; like a Tony Stark of computers," Chuck explains.

"What does he have to do with the Ring?" Sarah whispers to Chuck.

"I am not sure, I guess he was suspected but they never actually looked into it."

"Hello fellow computer geeks!" Jason welcomes everyone through the microphone. "It feels so good to be back in sunny Los Angeles!" Everyone cheers for a few seconds. "I hope everyone knows who I am. I own Landow Industries!" Everyone cheers again.

"I can't take so much nerdage," Casey complains. Chuck acknowledges him with a laugh.

After twenty minutes of Jason explaining his new technology ideas, he starts taking questions. "Any questions?" He hollers.

People start asking questions as Jason answers them one by one. Chuck feels this is his chance to get noticed so he raises his hand waiting to be called on. After waiting a few minutes, Chuck is called on.

"Yes, my good sir?" Jason asks Chuck as he points at him.

Casey and Sarah look at Chuck expectantly. Chuck swallows deeply and clears his throat.

"How do I obtain this new computer you are speaking so highly of?" Chuck asks nervously.

"Ah… Looks like we have a fellow enthusiast," Jason exclaims happily. "Well, I could just give it to you now but that wouldn't be any fun." The crowd cheers as Chuck sits there in fear and anticipation. "First, I need to see if you are worthy," Jason sounds like a mystical mentor from all those movies that have the protagonist go through tests.

"I'm ready for anything!" Chuck stands his ground nervously.

"Looks like he is ready!" Jason gets the crowd to cheer loudly. "What would you do to compensate for the power consumption of a CB42 engine?"

Chuck immediately flashes on the engine and knows every little fact about it. "Easy, you would increase the coolers while decreasing the hard drive speed!" Chuck exclaims almost cocky sounding.

"We've got a smart one!" Jason acknowledges Chuck's correct answer. "Ok, now for a harder one!" Chuck nods showing he is ready. "How much memory does a JAF638 graphics card take up?"

Again Chuck flashes on cue and learns everything there is about the graphics card. "It uses 60% CPU memory and 24% processor memory!" Chuck answers again almost sounding cocky.

"Looks like we got a cocky one over here!" Jason happily yells out to the crowd.

Chuck smirks as Casey is surprised and Sarah is smiling in surprise at Chuck.

"One more question and I'll give you the computer personally!" The crowd roars as Chuck waits in anticipation. "Hm… lets see; something hard!" Jason ponders deep into his subconscious to think of a difficult question.

Chuck gets a little nervous hoping the Intersect can come through.

"How does the brain take in subliminal messages that are transferred from a computer screen?" Jason asks knowing it has nothing to do with computers really. The whole crowd gasps as they have no idea what is going on.

Chuck, Sarah, and Casey know this is a direct question about the Intersect but no one else does. Chuck didn't flash on anything but knows from experience. He clears his throat nervously and wipes the perspiration off his forehead. "The brain overloads from all the information and will subconsciously bring up the images when certain images are seen!" Chuck feels his answer is sufficient.

"That is a very good answer; obviously open to interpretation, but great!" The crowd roars as Jason accepts the answer.

Sarah grabs Chuck's arm in surprise and happiness. Chuck just grins happily. Casey is even happy and surprised and he rarely shows happiness. After Jason leaves the stage, the crowd disperses and Chuck, Sarah, and Casey head out to walk around the convention center hoping Chuck made an impression.

"Hello, would you be willing to come with us?" A man, dressed in a suit, asks Chuck with two more men behind him dressed in suits too. Sarah and Casey are on alert ready for anything.

"Why?" Chuck asks innocently.

"Mr. Landow wants to personally congratulate you with the TX-BX-36 computer," the man explains harmlessly and sincere.

"Alright; can my friends come with me?" Chuck agrees but won't go alone.

"Yea, sure," the man responds nicely. They all follow the men in suits through a staff only door and out to a trailer. This trailer is big enough to be a 2 bedroom hotel room and must be a bitch to drive on the road.

"Just in here, please," the man gestures everyone to walk into the trailer. They all head in to see what is ahead for them.

"Ah, it seems some buddies of mine have taken an interest in you," Jason sounds as friendly as ever. Chuck nods. "Is this your entourage?" Jason jokes.

"You can call them that," Chuck answers with a grin on his face. "I'm Chuck. It is nice to meet you face-to-face," Chuck exclaims as he puts his hand out for a handshake. They shake hands.

"Nice to meet you Chuck," Jason says nicely.

"Oh, and this is Sarah," Chuck gestures towards Sarah on his right. "And this is John," Chuck gestures towards Casey. Casey grunts because he doesn't like being called by his first name.

"Nice to meet all of you. Now I was wondering if you were interested in a new job."

"Perhaps," Chuck tries to play cool.

"Well, some business partners of mine can really use someone of your expertise. You knew a lot about computers and how they work."

"Thank you, I think of myself as a bit of an enthusiast," Chuck says confidently. Casey grunts silently at the nerdy comment.

"Well, these guys need help building a sort of super computer that can implant files into the brain subliminally. You gave a realistic answer when I asked you about it."

"Well, the answer just kind of came to me," Chuck lies. That is because the exact thing happened to me and they want me to build another Intersect. Chuck thinks in his mind but knows not to say it.

"Exactly why they want you. What do you say? You can bring your friends too," Jason asks.

Chuck acts like he has to think about although he is definitely going to say yes. "Are these people trustworthy?" Chuck asks to not sound too desperate.

"Haven't failed me in the past," Jason says a cool as possible.

"Well…" Chuck drawls. "I don't have any other job right now and they can come, right?"

"Yep."

"Alright, my phone number is 310-555-6363," Chuck says satisfied and shakes hands like they are business partners. Chuck and his 'entourage' are stepping out the door.

"Oh, yea! I almost forgot!" Jason exclaims. Chuck looks back in confusion. "I owe you a computer!" Jason turns around and pulls out this sleek, shiny laptop box and hands it to Chuck. "It's a bit heavy but it is one hell of a computer," Jason explains happily. Chuck is almost giddy and is struggling to hold in his happiness.

"Th-thank you," Chuck stutters in joy. This computer is a prototype that no one else in the world owns.

"I always keep my promises. You should be getting a call in the next few days."

"Sounds great. Thank you for the computer and the job offer!" Chuck ecstatically responds.

Chuck and Sarah hover over the computer box back at Chuck's place. Even Casey wants to see what this looks like. Chuck calls Morgan and Morgan joins too.

"You all ready to see the best computer in the world?" Chuck cannot hold in his anticipation.

"We're going to have to check it for bugs," Casey kills the whole excitement.

"I don't care, as long as I get to open it and I get it back working perfectly," Chuck isn't going to let anyone tarnish his exhilaration.

Casey hovers this odd device over the box. After a minute of scanning the box, Casey says, "Looks clean. Go ahead Bartowski." Even Casey couldn't take this moment from Chuck.

Chuck slowly, carefully opens the box without ripping it. Morgan gasps in anticipation and Sarah just smiles because she has never seen Chuck so happy about something that wasn't her. Chuck carefully slides the laptop out and places it on the table.

"Turn it on! Turn it on!" Morgan exclaims almost like he is cheering Chuck on.

"Ok…" Chuck drawls excitedly as he flips the screen open and feels the keyboard like it is someone's skin. He presses the power button and the light under the screen immediately turns on.

"Whoa…" Everyone says in unison at the screen lighting up. Chuck holds his breath as the screen says Welcome to the TX-BX-36. Chuck has a huge smile on his face the whole time.

The next two days, Chuck has been playing with the computer non-stop. He obviously stopped occasionally to be with Sarah (who wouldn't?).

"You're still on that computer?" Sarah asks annoyed.

"Yea, I just found out it can run up to 20 applications at the same time!" Chuck responds ecstatically.

"What does that even mean?" Sarah asks, thinking Chuck must be crazy to be so invested into a computer.

"Never mind. Did you want to do something?" Chuck asks nicely. "I own this computer and can play with it anytime; you on the other hand…" Chuck stops because he doesn't want to say anything he'll regret.

"Yea…?" Sarah asks tapping her foot on the ground expecting Chuck to finish his sentence.

"Well, I don't own you and cannot play with you anytime I want to," Chuck carefully says without offending Sarah.

"You can play with me anytime," Sarah jokes.

"Really?" Chuck jumps up from his seat looking really happy.

"Like right now," Sarah says with a naughty grin on her face. Chuck starts walking up to her to tickle her and hug her when his phone rings.

"Ugh, not now Morgan," Chuck says angry thinking it is Morgan calling. He looks at the phone and it says Private Caller. Chuck answers it with a simple "Hello."

"Is this Charles Carmichael?" The man says through the phone.

"Yes, who is this?" Chuck cannot be too careful.

"I am calling you about the job offer with Landow Industries."

"Ah, yes. I would love to take the job."

"Great! Can you come by Landow Industries tomorrow at 8 am?"

"Sounds good. Can I bring two friends?"

"Why do you need them?"

"They help me in many different ways," Chuck explains hoping it will work.

"Alright, tomorrow at 8."

"I'll see you then."

"Thank you and have a great day."

"You too." Chuck hangs up the phone.

"Looks like I have a new job," Chuck jokes with his famous style by getting more high-pitched towards the end. Sarah cannot help but smile at Chuck's enthusiasm.

I'm sorry it took me awhile to write this chapter, but I had a busy week. Please review with any suggestions or ideas, or anything at all (praise included). I hope some of you caught the easter eggs I threw in there for fun. I hope to have the next chapter done in 4-5 days.