I do not own Chuck.

Hey, hope your still enjoying the story. I hope people won't take the same view as that one review stated. I completely understand everyone's view and respect that. But I'm trying to add some drama and I hope the update on the last chapter explain a few things. But to re-address…..Evelyn was a traitor, ergo a hit was placed on her and it so happened to be Sarah's red test. Evelyn found this out and put someone else in her place. She has now been in hiding because she couldn't really come out otherwise she would be a serious target for the CIA/NSA. The reason why she didn't come out will be explained in this chapter. But before her death Shaw was the good guy…worked for the 'good' team until he turned after his wife supposed death and this is why Evelyn blames Sarah because she believes Sarah is the cause of Shaw turning to the ring, for Evelyn, in her mind she holds no responsibility.

Chapter 6 – Close Call

Heading into Burbank, the SUV parked up where Chuck and Sarah lived. Signalling for the men to check the house was clear; Chuck was left alone with Evelyn.

'You live in a nice area Chuck. Beautiful place actually.'

'Why are we here' Chuck asked.

'Well Sarah will either head right here or go way off the mark. But I'm betting on her turning up here.'

'Then what?'

'I can't give too much away can I.' Evelyn smirked.

Never in his life would Chuck ever hit or hurt a woman, but the thought was severely tempting. Moments later the 2 men, still unnamed arrived back at the SUV and one said…

'It's secure'.

'Chuck I want you to calmly follow me. Any sudden movements and these lovely gentlemen won't be so lovely anymore. Play nice please Chuck.'

Exiting the SUV one of men went to the boot of the car and pulled out a mid-sized duffle bag before following Evelyn and Chuck. Still handcuffed Chuck could do nothing but abide by her rules. Heading into their apartment, Evelyn informed Chuck to place himself on the sofa. She then whispered to the men…

'Leave. Get back to the car and park out of sight. The moment they show up, you call me. Keep your eyes open at all times and do not let them pass before informing me. Leave the bag here and do not let me down.'

The men nodded in agreement and left the apartment. All Chuck could do was wait, not being able to flash put him in a very vulnerable position.

'Well I think they will be showing up pretty soon. It's going to be such a great reunion party, don't you think Chuck?'

Clearly toying with Chuck, Evelyn enjoyed these moments. Messing with his head was fun for her to do. Mentioning Sarah's name really hit a nerve with Chuck and she clearly knew it, after all she was his wife. The more she antagonised him, the more riled up he became.

'Evelyn…don't do this. Just stop and think what you are doing. You can't blame Sarah for Shaw's actions. This is not her fault'.

Chuck tried to reason with her, tried to make her see sense, but he was picking at straws. She had a plan and she was determined to follow it through.

'But it is Chuck. She set him off; he turned to the Ring….the one thing I was trying to protect him from.'

'If you wanted to protect him from the Ring, why were you with them?'

'Good question Chuck. They promised me a lot of things they failed to deliver on. I was sucked in…too late for me to back out. I was stuck with them and I couldn't leave.'

'And yet your husband joined them. Sarah bares no responsibility for that Evelyn. You can't put the entire blame on her. She was simply following orders, she didn't create those orders…she didn't make them. And besides, you wouldn't have been a target if you weren't with them. Clearly you did something to piss off the CIA.'

'She bares every responsibility. I had no idea my death would turn him to them and if you think about it…he would have never joined them if he never saw that video. Every moment I was watching him, I wanted him to get away. But he got sucked in too. I didn't enjoy watching him work side by side with the Ring; I didn't get a kick out of it. But I couldn't come out…I couldn't stop him. Then I watched him get close to Sarah. He actually liked her until he saw that video of her shooting me. I couldn't believe he was falling for the woman responsible for me going into hiding. The deeper he got, the harder it would be to pull him out. And with his vendetta against your wife…it turned him into a monster and as time went on…yes I wanted him to get out from their clutches, but I was actually rooting for him to take her down. But he never did, you and your team put him away time and time again. So I had to do something, I had to come out.'

'What's next Evelyn ey? You kill us and bail him out and then what…conduct a plan to bring down the entire CIA, because that's what Shaw would do if you get him out. He's not the man you fell in love with…..he won't reason with anyone. If you want, I could sort a visit for you, but please don't hurt Sarah.'

Clearly touched with her own words and now Chuck, he had a valid point. The man she married wasn't the man he turned into. He changed and Evelyn saw that everyday whilst watching him for the past several years. No matter what Chuck said, she did believe that Sarah was to blame still and no amount of convincing would change her mind. She snapped out of her emotional state and began to raise her voice.

'WHY is he like this? Why Chuck…your wife….' Chuck couldn't listen anymore; he couldn't hear her constantly put the blame on his wife.

'Damnit Evelyn….stop and think about this. You turned to the Ring in the first place…you were a traitor to this country. Everything your husband stood for, you pissed on like it was nothing. If you had not turned to the Ring then you would be able to walk out and grab a coffee, to be able to go to the movies with your husband. But no…..the CIA…the NSA, heck even the FBI weren't enough for you…you had to join them. Sarah did what she was told; she didn't know any other information about you. Sarah stands with the CIA and not against them. This is really about you. You didn't like the fact that your husband moved on after your supposed death and you have hated the fact that you have had to live in hiding for all these years, well you made that choice. You set everything in motion, Sarah is not to blame Evelyn….you are.'

Not liking what Chuck said, worse still…. hating the fact he was right, she wasn't going to hear anymore. She grabbed out her gun and with one swift swoop knocked Chuck out. Checking her phone, waiting for the call Evelyn was pacing, eager to carry out her plan. Not wanting to be left duped she went over to the bag that had been carried in by one the men and opened it. Staring at what was inside, she had to egg herself on to be able to finish this through, however doubts were starting to appear. Taking out a makeshift bomb vest, she carefully brought it over to where Chuck was knocked out. Trying to manoeuvre his body around the vest, her phone began to ring. Her doubts where not at ease and whilst trying to pick up her phone, the vest dropped. Starting to shake and the doubts ever becoming stronger, she picked up the phone.

'They are here. They're not stupid, they are scouting the area. Do you want us to take them out' the man asked.

Stuttering and not being able to put a sentence together, she uttered…

'I've got this…' and with that she ended the call.

Picking the vest up, Chuck was starting to come round and all he could make out was Evelyn standing in front of him holding something black.

'Evelyn….wh..what is that'?

'Put it on Chuck,'

Putting two and two together, Chuck realised it must be some sort of bomb. Shaking his handcuffs, Chuck made it clear he was unable to do much with his hands tied. Evelyn, knowing this vest wouldn't go on with the cuffs on, she began to undo them.

'Don't do anything stupid. Put this on and I will not shoot your wife the minute she comes through that door.'

Wanting to do anything that would keep Sarah safe, Chuck hesitantly placed the bomb vest on. Once the vest was on, Evelyn placed the handcuffs back on Chuck.

'Now we wait' Evelyn told Chuck.

Outside with Sarah and Casey….

'Casey they won't be here. She will know it's the first place we would look.'

Casey having noticed the black SUV moments earlier believed this is exactly where they would be and he pointed out the SUV to Sarah.

'Just before we came onto this street there was a black SUV, with blacked out windows parked up. She is here, I know it Walker. We'll take the men out and we'll go in, you hear me Walker. Don't go off and do anything stupid, this time you will listen to me. We will get Chuck out.'

Reaching for a stash of weapons in Casey's car, Sarah and Casey armed themselves and carefully exited the car. Thinking of a way to distract them Casey waltzed passed the SUV and kept walking knowing the men would quickly follow. Heading out of sight, Casey waited for the men to appear and sure enough they did. He quickly disarmed one and Sarah joined them, knocking out the other. Not wasting anymore time, they both headed for the apartment. Trying to open the door, Sarah couldn't get in.

'It's locked from the inside…' Sarah said.

Moving Sarah aside Casey with the strength of 5 men kicked the door in and headed in, with Sarah closely behind. They were both hit with the sight of Chuck with a bomb strapped to a vest he was wearing and his mouth sealed with ductape. Appearing from around the hallway, Evelyn showed her face.

'You got here quick, although a lot slower than I had originally thought. But you're here now.'

Wanting nothing more to then shoot Evelyn right here right now, she couldn't do anything knowing Chuck's safety was at stake.

'Let him go and we'll talk. Leave him out of this, it's me you want.'

Showing willingness to put her gun down, Sarah placed it on the floor and kicked it in Evelyn's direction and then looked at Casey to follow suit. Trusting Sarah, Casey did the same and kicked his gun away.

'Good. I didn't even have to tell you to do that.'

'Please Evelyn…let him go.'

'You know at first I wanted you, but then I was hit with miracle when I came across both of you in that car. I could have taken both of you but this way it was more fun. Because I can imagine the whole time he was with me, it scared you to death. Was he alive, wasn't he. What was going through that mind of yours? I didn't intend on hurting him Sarah, but…' Looking over at Chuck and thinking back to what he said; she then turned back to Sarah and continued…

'Now I have no choice. Let's face it, all you 3 put my husband away, twice. I was willing to let Casey and Chuck go and have you sit right here with this vest. But this way….i can watch you squirm.'

Picking up a device on the table near where Chuck was, she showed them the small button that would activate the bomb strapped to Chuck.

'I press this and he has 5 minutes to get that thing off. But there's a catch, the device will count down however the moment the vest is no longer in contact with a heartbeat…it will instantly detonate. There's a small detector that picks up aheartbeat, and the second it doesn't detect, well…I just said didn't I.'

Shaking her head, not wanting to believe what she said was true, Sarah begged for her not to press the button.

'Please, please don't I beg you, don't set it off. Chuck has done nothing wrong.'

Laughing and lapping up the devastation in Sarah, Evelyn's recent doubts were no longer weighing on her mind. She wanted revenge on Sarah and this was the ultimate, to watch her husband die in front of her. Knowing Sarah wouldn't leave Chuck and stay behind with him was like hitting 2 birds with one stone. Both of them dead, all would be left was Casey. Unless of course he sticks behind too, which means wiping out the entire team who put Shaw away and brought down the Ring.

Sarah not about to let any of this happen, slipped into spy and protective wife mode, she thought quick and lunged at Evelyn, knowing she wouldn't detonate until she was safely away. Tussling and fighting over the device, Sarah managed to gain the upper hand and throw the device clear from Evelyn's hand. That was until Evelyn began putting pressure on Sarah's injured arm. Now, clearly with the edge, Evelyn managed to hold Sarah down and demanded Casey who had picked up the device, to hand it back over.

'Casey, let me make it simple for you. Give me back the device otherwise I snap her neck.'

Chuck not being able to do anything, tried desperately to get his voice out, all he could manage though was muffled voices through the ductape.

'Casey…don't do it. You get Chuck and you get him out of here.' Sarah shouted.

Torn on wherever to save Chuck or Sarah, Casey was stumped. He needed a plan to get both of them out unharmed.

'Shut it. You listen to her and she dies. I can snap her neck in seconds and then I will be coming for both of you. Give me back the device.' Evelyn demanded of Casey.

Looking down at Sarah, Casey searched for what to do next. Noticing Sarah giving him some kind of signal, he dropped the device and kicked it over to where Evelyn had Sarah in a tight grip. Reaching out for the device, Evelyn for a second became vulnerable and Sarah took her chance and with all her strength managed to flip Evelyn over before she could reach the device and grabbed a nearby ornament and as hard as she could whacked Evelyn over the head. Taking a moment to make sure she was out cold, Sarah then ran over to Chuck and took off the duct tape covering his mouth and planted a kiss on his lips. Stopping, Sarah then embraced her husband before removing the vest and moving on to taking off the handcuffs.

'Casey, check if there is a key on her' Sarah asked.

Casey searched her body, but came up empty. Looking around to see if it had fallen out, noticed it a few meters away from her body. Chucking the key over to Sarah, she immediately uncuffed Chuck. Standing up, Chuck gave Sarah a hug and didn't want to let go.

'Sorry to break this up, but we need to call Beckman and explain the situation.'

Remembering that Sarah had shot an innocent, Chuck let go of Sarah and protested.

'No we can't. If they know Evelyn is really alive, they are going to want to know who Sarah shot that day. We can't tell Beckmen, they will want to investigate Sarah.'

Sarah then question who exactly it was she shot dead.

'If that wasn't her, who did I kill?'

Clearly concerned at the thought she may have gunned down a totally innocent civilian, Sarah's voice was dripping with despair. Chuck noticing didn't want her to know the truth.

'Sarah, it's ok. It was another Ring agent, whoever it was they deserve to be dead for what they stood for with the Ring.'

Chuck tried to reassure Sarah, but she was still visibly shaken. Casey added…

'Guys…..Evelyn, what do we do with the body? We can't keep this hidden. We'll explain it to Beckmen, there is no way they will investigate Sarah. '

'Chuck, he's right. We can't keep her prisoner; we need to turn her in. If we contact Beckmen and explain the situation I trust she won't turn her back on us.

Chuck backing down and knowing there was no way they could keep Evelyn prisoner, he relented and gave in.

'I'll bring her over to my place, I still have the keys.' Casey said.

Realising there were still unconscious men nearby, Sarah asked….

'What about the men we took out'?

'Leave them. They won't do much damage without her. I doubt they knew who she really was. They were just paid heavies, I could tell.' Casey replied.

Casey picked up Evelyn and headed to his apartment leaving Chuck and Sarah alone.

'We better dismantle the bomb here so it can't be used to hurt anyone' Chuck told Sarah.

Proceeding with taking apart the bomb Sarah went to find a first aid kit and bandaged up her arm. Whilst taking apart the bomb, Chuck had only just realised the injuries Sarah had suffered. Luckily Chuck managed to only pick up a few cuts and bruises and got away without any major damage. Sarah wasn't so luckily and her wound to her arm wasn't getting any better.

Whilst still taking apart the bomb Chuck said…

'We have got to get you to a hospital; a band aid isn't going to do.'

Not wanting to put herself out, Sarah carried on bandaging up her arm. Finishing dismantling the bomb, Chuck went over to Sarah. He knew her too well and knew something was weighing on her mind. He rested his hands on her face and told her...

'Sarah…stop thinking about it. Evelyn told me who that woman was….she was no better then she was.'

Trying also to forget that in actual fact that woman was a mere civilian, Chuck tried to keep a straight face.

'C'mon let's get you to the hospital. I'll tell Casey and let him know. He'll watch her for now till we get back.'

Walking out of the apartment and keeping Sarah close by, Chuck headed to Casey's apartment and informed him of where they were going.

'Got ya. I'll keep an eye on her, she'll be going nowhere' Casey replied.

With Sarah's Lotus wrecked and Chuck without a car, Chuck proceeded to call a taxi. Whilst they waited, Chuck remembered his sister.

'I better give Ellie a call. Do you think we should tell her?'

'If we don't that means lying to her again Chuck.'

Not wanting to relive those moments where Chuck had to constantly keep her from the truth, Chuck proceeded to call Ellie and explain to her what had went down.

So there you have it. Enjoy and please leave a review.