I do not own Chuck.

Ok so I hope you all still like this. Things are starting to heat up now but to give a hint…Daniel won't feature much. I hated him on the show and I can't bear to write much about him, the sole villain of this story is his wife. I know some may be a bit sceptical about Evelyn only now starting to show her face but I'm trying to kinda place myself in her shoes which sounds bad doesn't it…but I can certainly imagine someone coming out of hiding for sooo long and is going after someone she feels is to blame…Sarah. Anyhows, enjoy the next part.

Chapter 13 – We Will Get There

It had been 2 days since a clue was sent to Sarah's phone and they were yet to receive anything else that could point them to where Evelyn and Daniel were. By now Sarah and Casey were starting to lose control both noticed by Chuck and Verbanski. Verbanski had got through to Chuck a couple days earlier at Castle but nor Sarah or Casey had relinquished the blame. They were both carrying it heavily on their shoulders. After promising Chuck they would get their life back, he couldn't understand why she wasn't following her own advice, obviously she was putting on a front for Chuck, but when alone she was hurting and carrying every responsibility relating to this mess. Meeting Verbanski in private whilst the other two were solely focused in the search of the Shaw's, Verbanski had opened her hotel room door to Chuck.

Trying to keep the mood positive, Chuck joked,

'Why the need for a hotel room, can't you just stay at Casey's?'

'I can, but he isn't the easiest person to live with.'

'Ok…so you know why I am here.'

'I do but I don't know how I can help. This is something they have to get off their chest; you know they won't rest till they find them.'

Searching hard to find a way to get them both out of their swamp, he wasn't about to sit by and let them lose themselves.

'Listen….5yrs ago when I first met them, you have no idea how hard it was to get anything from them. Sarah didn't want me to know anything from her past at first and that really bugged me. And Casey…well any talk of feelings, he would just give his usual grunt. After a year I started seeing a breakthrough, not just with Sarah but with Casey and I became to see him not only as an agent but as a friend. It's that reason alone this team worked so hard and achieved so much. Since Quinn came into my life he nearly destroyed it all and then when Sarah regained everything, for a second I was so happy, we both were because we knew that our life would just be around the corner. And then Evelyn … she is destroying Sarah. I can't let that happen, and neither can you.'

Touched by his words, she wanted to help. But she knew the only way to really help was to find Evelyn and Daniel and until then there was nothing they could do or say that would get Sarah and Casey to loosen up.

'Chuck I know how you are feeling, I do. Before I met who Casey worked with…I was your average spy. This team has such a huge influence on people and I hate to say it but it's made me all…woozy. But sometimes you have to keep composed; you cannot let anything distract you. They are blocking out everything Chuck, it's what spies do.'

'No…NO, it's not what Sarah does anymore, she doesn't want this anymore; she doesn't want to be a spy. And you know what, I think she has some hatred for it and I don't blame her.'

'Chuck listen to me…Casey will always have that instinct about him; you can never pull that away. Sarah….your right she doesn't want this anymore but she has to do this. Think about it…..she is doing this for you, she wants them out of your lives as quickly as possible so you two can go be…normal if that's what you want. Just let them do their thing, we will continue to look for them, granted I don't think we will find them until they send us more clues or what not, but soon we will have them in our sights.'

Keeping his composure, but feeling deflated he left her hotel room and headed back to his apartment. Casey and Sarah were still locked in Castle doing everything they could to lead them to Evelyn. Before reaching his apartment, he got a text from Ellie informing him that they had landed and were heading back to Chicago and also to check he was ok. Replying to the message he said,

I'm ok sis, please don't worry about me. I'll sort it all out and just be careful ok. The agents protecting you, they know what they are doing X

Stepping inside and just about to shut the door, a courier had arrived to deliver an envelope.

'Chuck and Sarah Bartowski?' the man asked.

'Yeh, I'm the husband' Chuck bantered.

'I have a letter for you; I just need your signature.'

Dotting down his signature, Chuck then headed inside and proceeded to open the letter. Containing a single photo of a place he had no clue of, he pondered of who had sent it. Until he was painfully reminded exactly what situation they were in. From Evelyn…It was a photograph of shop called Next. Chuck hadn't known of any mainstream shops of that name, so maybe it was a local shop. Looking closer he noticed what he thought to be a mannequin in the shop window. This store was some sort of a clothes shop. Texting Verbanski to meet him back at the castle, Chuck dashed back over there to reveal to them the latest clue. Arriving at almost the same time as Verbanski, they both headed right in.

'Ok…we've got another clue. It's a photograph of a shop called Next. Was just delivered to our apartment, addressed to Chuck and Sarah Bartowski.'

Whilst Casey and Verbanski took a closer look, Sarah seemed baffled.

'Wait….how did she know we were married. No one told her that?' Sarah questioned.

They all looked at each other in concern as Sarah carried on.

'And how exactly did she find out about Shaw's transfer? I think most people knew of mine and Chuck's relationship but not many knew we got married.'

Verbanski interjected,

'There must be a mole. She must have someone inside the CIA, how else would she get all this information. How did she track you down on the way to Chicago…think about it, someone is relaying her information.'

Before neither of them had really stopped to understand exactly how Evelyn was getting hold of all the information and seemingly put it down to the former ring agent Diana who was very skilled in hacking into databases and computer systems. This whole mess was about to get even messier, she had someone on the inside who was relaying everything back to Evelyn. Before any of them could say another word, Beckmen interrupted via a video chat.

'Team, we have a mole. A CIA agent had been blackmailed by Evelyn; it seems she was feeding her information on exactly where to find you all; it's how she found out about Daniel Shaw's transfer and where he was in the first place.'

'Who was it?' Sarah asked.

'That's something you don't need to know. Evelyn got to her through Diana. There was multiple undercover operations taking place within the Ring and this agent was one of them, Diana remembered her and blackmailed her. We've taken her into custody, but it won't be long until Evelyn finds out we've sussed out there was a mole.'

Taking full advantage of this, Chuck came up with something. Something that could point to exactly where Evelyn and Daniel were. Wanting to use this agent as bait, he could find out exactly where they had gone instead of waiting around for clues.

'General, we can use this. They could tell us where they are right?'

'Wrong Chuck. I myself questioned her thoroughly; she has no idea where they are now. She was only used to get information on you all and that's it. Evelyn is smart; she wouldn't have given up her location. The plan is as before, we continue to search for her.'

'Wait…..we got something else. She sent us something….a photograph.'

Looking over to Casey indicating him to show the photo, he waved it at the screen. Beckman had not heard of the shop that was pictured in the photo.

'Next? What is that….a store?'

'A clothes store, but there isn't a mainstream store here with that name.' Chuck informed.

'Find out where that is quickly.'

Beckmen ended the call. Casey immediately put in a search for the store that was captured in the photo. Struggling to find anything, he began to wonder wherever it was a bluff.

'I've got nothing. There isn't a store of that name anywhere in the States.'

'I've got nothing either' Sarah said.

Verbanski taking a closer look wondered if this photo was taken in America. If there was a shop with this name in this country, they would have found it right away but coming up with no results implied that either this shop was in another country or it wasn't a shop at all but rather a red hearing.

'Try another search but outside the US. Go Europe.'

Typing in a new search, something came back.

'There is a chain of Next stores, but it's in England.'

Getting closer to finding her, and piecing together the first clue which read, this game doesn't start or end in the States, but an Island, the team had sussed that Evelyn had somehow got out of the country and headed right to the UK.

'An Island….that's it's, because technically the UK is an island' Chuck said.

But how did she get there, how did she get Daniel over there. When she had gotten to Daniel alerts were put out everywhere, but somehow she managed to get through the cracks and headed over to the UK. Casey had clicked where the other 3 hadn't yet until he voiced his concern.

'We have no jurisdiction over there.'

'What, this makes no sense. Why would she lead us there if we have no jurisdiction' Chuck asked.

Verbanski who was now fully informed of the of the whole situation surrounding Daniel Shaw had reservations when Casey told her that Evelyn had been in the States for the past 10yrs and this was starting to confirm it.

'I don't think she's been living here since going into hiding. I think she moved abroad with the agent protecting her. Those indications you got Casey that pointed her to being on the East Coast, I think that was her bouncing her signal around the States, she didn't want anyone to know where she went. She's in the UK and so is Daniel Shaw, she's leading us out to unknown territory, clearly she wants to ambush us and to gain the upper hand.'

Sarah who was now ready for one final showdown with both Daniel and Evelyn, wanted to get out there as soon as they could. Still carrying every inch of the blame, she had enough and wanted to end this once and for all.

'Ok…so we get out there. We find exactly which city this store is in and we'll find them.'

'It's not as easy as that Sarah, Casey is right. We have no right to enter the UK and apprehend her. This is something that's not going to happen overnight, Beckmen is going to have to touch base with the UK authorities there so we're cleared to enter and take them back. Until then we can't do anything.'

Verbanski was right, Chuck knew it but Sarah couldn't sit tight anymore. Finally losing all control Sarah snapped and picked up the nearest thing to her and slammed it against the TV screen which not long ago was used to connect to Beckmen. Completely smashing the screen, Sarah was ready to obliterate another one until Chuck stepped in. Tightly he grabbed her from behind, holding her arms against her chest so that she couldn't break-free.

'Sarah….just stop and breathe. Let me take you out of here whilst Casey contacts Beckmen.'

Chuck glanced over at Casey, who nodded back to Chuck informing him to go and that he would contact Beckmen to update her. Loosening his grip on Sarah and leaving just one arm around her shoulder, they both walked out. Having hired a car when they arrived back in the States, Chuck open the door for Sarah. Once in, he waltz over to the driver's side, got in, rammed up the engine and drove off. Sarah, who hadn't said a word since Chuck had to restrain her, asked where they were heading.

'Chuck where are we going?'

'Someplace that will relax you…I hope.'

The drive was only a few short minutes, and turning in Sarah knew where Chuck had taken her….the Beach. The beach where over 5yrs ago Sarah asked Chuck to trust her and where a week and half ago Chuck asked her to trust him. This place held a special place in both of them, it's where their journey together really started and when it almost ended. Coming to a halt, Sarah unbuckled her seat belt and looked over the Chuck. And for the first time in a 2 days Sarah managed a smile. God did Chuck miss that. Exiting the car and heading over to a spot on the beach, they sat down.

'I know why you brought me here Chuck.'

'Sarah I know this whole mess is really getting to you and it's consuming you. Back there when we were getting out of the car that was the first time I have since you smile since Italy. I've missed your smiles Sarah, I have. But I understand why you're like this and I get it, I really do but you have to stop blaming yourself. I've told you a thousand times and so has Verbanski but you still not getting it. I don't know how else to explain it to you but you have to trust me when I say this…..It's not your fault, none of this is.'

Resting her hand on Chuck's leg, he was right. Deep down she knew this was not her fault and that 10yrs ago she was only following an order to take out someone who had wronged the CIA and this country. Still no matter what Chuck said or what she really felt, she still could not relinquish the blame. She made the choice to become CIA and whatever happens afterwards was a mere domino effect of her original decision to join the CIA. A part of her had felt pity for Evelyn, she was pregnant and for 10yrs her daughter had grown up with no father and with her own father dipping in and out of her life, she had a sense of understanding for not only Evelyn, but Lily. Chuck, who could tell Sarah was still not willing to take back any blame, knew he was going to have to really battle with her to understand that she is not to blame. He didn't want the guilt to consume her.

End of chapter guys. Next part up soon and please review.