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Chapter 7 – Not over

Whilst still waiting for the taxi, Chuck pulled out his phone and called Ellie.

'Hey sis, I don't think we will be making it to Chicago anytime soon. There was a little problem back home.'

'Problem, what happened Chuck?'

'Well…..and when I say this please don't hit panic, protective sister mode ok. And I want you and Devon to worry about nothing; I will sort it all out.'

'Chuck what's the problem, what happened?'

'To sum up Evelyn, Shaw's supposed deceased wife, well she is alive. I can't explain the specifics right now but she turned up. There was an accident, but I will have to explain it all to you later because I have to get Sarah to the hospital.'

'WHAT' Ellie screamed down the phone before finishing… 'Is Sarah ok? Are you ok? Evelyn….i don't understand Chuck.'

'We're all fine; Sarah's just got a cut to her arm that needs to be seen to. Evelyn ran us off the road on the way to you and she took me, but I'm ok Ellie, do not worry. I've got to go sis, the taxi is here.'

'Chuck you be careful ok. Promise me?' Ellie demanded.

'I promise. Bye.'

The taxi pulling up, Chuck and Sarah headed for it and jumped in and directed the driver to take them to the hospital. Chuck's phone then beeped, he had received a text from Casey. He read it before showing it to Sarah.

I have informed Beckmen of the situation. Agents will be coming by soon to take her into custody.

Sarah was in a serious amount of pain and holding her arm she realised the make shift bandage was not doing a good as a job as she thought as blood was starting to seep through, not worrying about her own pain she asked Chuck…

'Are you ok Chuck? You were in that accident too, you better get checked out as well.'

'I will, but I'm fine. The airbag took most of the damage. You bore the brunt of it hunni.'

Huddling closer to Sarah he put his arm around her as Sarah laid her head against his shoulder. Not being able to rest for very long, the taxi soon arrived at the hospital. Helping Sarah out of the taxi who was now becoming weaker with the loss of blood, Chuck then asked the driver how much.

'That's going to be $12.'

Chuck searching through his pockets found no cash or change. Having not changed from the moment they crashed the taxi driver saw them in a pretty bad shape and offered not to charge them.

'Don't worry. Get her in, that arm looks pretty bad. Next time if I see you, it'll be double ok?'

The driver smiled and Chuck thanked him for his generosity. The two then headed into the hospital. Sarah was quickly seen and Chuck not wanting Sarah to be alone stayed close by. The nurse who was tending to Sarah's wound saw Chuck had a few injuries of his own told him.

'I think I better check you out afterwards.'

Arms folded Chuck was in a dissociative state and not heard what the nurse had just said. Sarah looking over to him wanted to know if he was hiding something. Since arriving at the hospital Chuck seemed off and not the way she was expecting him to be. It wasn't just the trauma of what they had just gone through, something else was bothering him and he wasn't letting up. Not being able to ask him without alerting suspicions, Sarah waited for the nurse to leave. Not leaving her side, Chuck sat waiting for the nurse to patch Sarah up.

'Sir….you've had a bang to the head. I need to check you out.'

Still not answering Sarah prompted him.

'Chuck….hey Chuck you there?'

Snapping out of his day dreaming moment, he heard the sound of Sarah's voice. The nurse then said again…

'Once I have sealed your wife's cut, I will have to assess you sir. You've suffered a bang to the head; you need to be checked over. You may have a concussion.'

'Yeh…of course.'

The nurse then added and informed Sarah,

'We'll have to keep you in for 24hrs under supervision. You lost a sustainable amount of blood.'

Sarah acknowledging that fact she was unable to do much, and in no state to leave she resigned to the fact that she had a short stay in the hospital. Sarah wasn't much of a fan of hospitals and rarely had to be kept in overnight. The thought of being away from Chuck was something she didn't look forward to, her memories just came back and they hadn't had much time to talk. With recent events and the fact that Chuck was holding something in, Sarah needed to find an opportunity to talk with him alone. The nurse then instructed Chuck to leave with her so she could check Chuck over. Questioning what had happened that caused them to come into hospital in this state the nurse asked before leaving the cubicle….

'Where you two in an accident? I'll have to put this in the report, so I'll need as much details as I can.'

Sarah answered for the both of them and told the nurse,

'Yeh, we were on our way to Chicago when our car overturned, I saw something in the road an animal or something and as I swerved to miss I lost control.'

The nurse now understanding how they came to acquire the injuries, thought this situation a little more serious than first thought.

'Did either of you lose consciousness at any time?'

Not wanting to be questioned further Sarah had told her a lie and not wanting to alert her to anything she denied the question and said no. Following Sarah's heel, Chuck also denied losing consciousness. As the nurse headed out, she beckoned for Chuck to follow, but before going Chuck gave Sarah a kiss as she whispered,

'I love you Chuck.'

Before disappearing from her view Chuck looked back and mouthed I love you too.

With Casey and now Verbanski who had just arrived.

'What the hell happened Casey, who is the woman and why is she lying unconscious in your apartment?'

'Her name is Evelyn Shaw and she was with the Ring.' Casey told her.

'What Daniel Shaw's wife?'

Not up to speed on the situation surrounding Daniel and Evelyn Shaw, Casey went on to explain in short the situation and how it led here.

'She was meant to be dead. She was shot by Sarah, was her red test only it wasn't her she shot. Seems Sarah gunned down someone else; Chuck said it was another ring agent but I'm not so sure. I think Evelyn paid someone who looked exactly like her to be in the exact spot where Sarah was told she would be. She's been hiding for several years and Daniel assumed she was dead.'

Many questions swirling in her head, Verbanski pressed Casey.

'Hold on…..she was working with the ring and CIA put a hit on her?'

'Yes, correct. I'm not sure of the exact details of why Evelyn had a kill order but clearly the CIA knew she was a ring operative.'

'Where has she been all these years and why is she here now. It makes no sense.'

'That's the problem, it doesn't. She said she came out of hiding to get revenge on Sarah….us as well it seems. Daniel turned to the Ring when he found out it was Sarah who shot his wife. She been keeping tabs on him and blames Sarah for Shaw turning to the Ring, she practically blames her for everything. I don't think that's the only reason why she is here; I think she has a plan to break out her husband.'

Concerned at the thought of Daniel been broken out knowing there would be all sorts of damage he could cause, Verbanski asked Casey what his plans were.

'You need my help, what do you want me to do?'

'I want you to find out who it was Sarah killed that evening and I need you to keep a close eye on where the CIA are holding Shaw. It's a very secure government facility but Evelyn is a woman on the edge, there is no telling what she would do and I don't think an army of CIA officers will stop her from getting to her husband.'

Looking over at the knocked out Evelyn, Verbanski wondered why she needed to keep an eye on where the CIA were holding Shaw. Pointing over to her body she said,

'Casey, she's right here. She can't get to him. Soon enough she will be taken into custody, what damage could she do from there.'

'Yes but do you really think she is here alone?'

'I don't know much about her or the Shaw situation but she is meant to be dead, meaning there are few people or perhaps no one that she could trust. No one knows she is alive and for her to be with the Ring, I think she can cope by herself.'

'She was with two men, but they didn't know who she was. I think she paid them to be bodyguards of some sort, I don't know but something's not right here. Of all the times to come out, she comes now. Why?'

Out of answers and being the career they are in, there was always room to be sceptical.

'Ok, what have you got?' she asked Casey.

'It's a long shot, but she is here with someone, someone who knows who she is. We need to find out who. Her goal is to break Shaw out, trying to kill Sarah was just a side-track.'

'Do Sarah and Chuck know about our two-man team to suss out her story?'

'Not yet but they will soon. Chuck took Sarah to the hospital.'

Not having told Verbanksi exactly everything that went down, her face dropped when she informed her of where they were.

'Hospital, why is she at the hospital? What exactly happened here Casey, you missed bits out.'

Casey went on to explain everything that happened, from the road trip to Chicago, where they were shot off the road, to Evelyn's unconscious body being in his apartment. Deep into the explanation the two missed Evelyn starting to stir. Casey hadn't secured Evelyn to anything so she had a little freedom to wriggle about without neither of them noticing. Verbanski clearly loving being back in Casey's company didn't avert her gaze from him at any time. Sitting down with a glass of scotch, Verbanski heard a slight ruffle and looked over in Evelyn's direction. Glass still in hand, Verbanski threw her glass near where Evelyn lay….if she was starting to stir she would almost certainly react, if not she was still out cold. Evelyn sharply moved to avoid being hit by debris from the glass. Quickly Casey and Verbanksi stood up and drew out their guns. Faced with 2 guns aimed at her, Evelyn was a tricky situation. Ceasing the moment they had the upper hand, Casey took the opportunity to question her further.

'I suggest you sit yourself down on that chair.'

Faced with no option and now being the one captured, Evelyn had no choice but to follow the order.

Back at the hospital with Chuck and Sarah….

Chuck had been checked over and had no course for concern. He was discharged and headed back over to where Sarah was. Walking into the cubicle, Sarah had fallen asleep. He sat and watched her for a few moments. Whatever happened that night, Chuck couldn't stop picturing Sarah gunning down an innocent person and no matter how many times he told himself that she had no idea it wasn't Evelyn, he just couldn't stop imagining that exact moment. In those days Sarah followed orders and would stop at nothing to get it done, she had no heart, no emotions and would have shot to kill any day. He was reminded exactly who Sarah was before she met him and who she nearly went back to when her memories were supressed.

He took a hold off her hand and held it close to his chest.

'Sarah…I love you so much. I nearly lost you twice, a third time even if we weren't so lucky in that crash. No matter how much we want to leave this life behind it will always be there, there will always be another Shaw or Decker or Quinn. I want a family with you so much, but the more I think about it the more I question it all. Would we ever be safe…?'

Concerned for their future, Chuck had no idea what their next move would be. They had all left the CIA, Sarah was in the hospital and Casey was back home with a deranged woman, where would it end. The one thing he was sure of was that he and Sarah would never part; wherever they were they would be together. Chuck soon fell asleep at her side, and the nurse noticing the visiting hours were over went to instruct Chuck that it was time to leave. Hit with the sweet sight of both asleep, the nurse went against hospital rules and left them alone.

The next day, Sarah was discharged from hospital and her and Chuck were back home.

Having gone home to change their clothes, they then proceeded to head to Casey's to make sure Evelyn was taking away safely. Knocking at his door, they got no reply. Sarah then got out her phone and called Casey.

'Sarah…I can hear his phone, I think it's coming from inside.'

Sarah stopping the call Sarah glanced through the window but saw nothing.

'Something's not right here Chuck.'

Looking for a way in, Chuck ran back to their apartment and picked a few things that could pick a lock. Successfully getting in Sarah and Chuck looked around to find Casey's apartment (which was half empty due to him leaving to be with Verbanski) in disarray.

There it is, hope you liked it, Please review and I'll get the next bit up soon.