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So here is the next part of my story. Please keep reading and reviewing, I hope you guys will enjoy. I may not be able to post a new chapter tomorrow as I'm packing for my trip to Greece, but if I can I will certainly try. Otherwise it won't be til the 14th/15th before a new chapter will be posted.

Chapter 17 - Diana Meets The Team

Walking away from the window, Chuck voiced,

'Must be her.'

Casey opened the door to be greeted by Diana. She looked like a normal person, but then all spies looked normal. Diana looked around at the team and sceptically walked slowly in. Sarah could see a visible gun in her back pocket and demanded she took it out and place it on the bed.

'Take that gun out and put it over there' Sarah said as she pointed at the bed.

Diana cooperated and seemed too calm for Casey and Verbanski's liking.

'Did anyone follow you here? Casey asked.

Not giving a response, Verbanski pulled out her gun and asked her the same question.

'He said did anyone follow you here?'

'No. And right now you're aiming a gun at me, if this was a trap don't you think I would have shot you all by now.'

Both Casey and Verbanski still both had their guns pointing at Diana and Chuck soon had to step in.

'Guys, come on…put your guns away. She's unarmed now, give her the same respect.'

'Same respect, yeh right. She joined the ring and helped Evelyn break her husband out. She doesn't deserve respect' Casey grunted.

He did not trust her one bit, but both Chuck and Sarah felt this was the best way to find both Evelyn and Daniel and they weren't about to throw that away, because once this was over they were free to leave and this was something they both wanted and fast.

'You talk to me like I am a criminal. I was just a hacker for the ring, nothing more. I was barely a field agent until the day I was promoted to protecting her. But it's been the other way round for the past 10yrs.'

'So why did they ask you to protect her?' Sarah asked.

'Because I am the world's best hacker. I could make sure we were never found, I provided us with new identities and bounced our signals all over the place so we couldn't be tracked by the ring themselves. Obviously I had basic training, but Evelyn has since been training me herself.'

'You do realise our general would never sanction the deal. The only way out is to kill you…again.'

'Now why doesn't that surprise me? I can make us disappear, that's no problem. We've hid for over 10yrs, was a piece of cake.'

'We could never grant you immunity that was never going to happen.'

Chuck began to interject. He could see the same look in her eye as he did when he was with Evelyn.

'Diana, does Evelyn know you're here?'

'No she doesn't. I don't even think she has noticed I have left. She and Daniel have been busy with their daughter, you see that's the main reason I have to do this. I cannot let that little girl get caught in the crosshairs, I would never forgive myself if she got hurt but if they follow good on their plan I can't see how she wouldn't get hurt.'

'I speak for all of us here that Lily will not be harmed, I can put my life on it. Can I ask you something?'

'What is it?'

'Why were you even with the ring? Why did Evelyn join?'

'I began hacking into the government databases when I was young, they found me and recruited me. They said I was better in their hands then anyone else's. At first I had no idea what they did but soon word starts getting around, but I couldn't leave. I met Evelyn a long time ago when she started out as an undercover agent. She was so good at her job and the ring fell for her hook, line and sinker. But when they found out she was CIA, they threaten to kill Daniel…so she was forced to join and turn to them. God knows she wanted out, but at every chance the ring got they reminded her what would happen. She had to lose herself to be able to forget what she had left behind, her husband. All of this, everything she has done….it was all powered by that husband of hers. When she found out that he had turned she wanted to come out but I stopped her, more than once. Watching him become who he is, it drove her mad and soon I started to see her change into exactly what the ring made her. She never forgot it was Sarah that was ordered to kill her and she told me a long time ago that if she got the chance, she would want to tell her that she forgave her. But then when she found out Daniel had seen the CCTV footage of that night, she watched as he became a monster and all she could think about by that point was getting back at Sarah.'

Chuck looked over at Sarah who was listening to everything Diana had to say, he had to make sure that this speech of hers wasn't bringing back the guilt Sarah had endured since this whole mess started. The look on her face told him that she was done with the self-blame and was determined to get to the bottom of this. He looked back over to Diana, who by now was just someone who cared very deeply for both Lily and Evelyn and wasn't the evil ring agent the team had all been led to believe. He began to feel sorry that this deal was nothing more than just words.

'But she must understand that Sarah was never the cause of all this right?' Chuck asked.

'She does understand that. She even blames herself for this all but she can't direct her anger at herself, so she is focusing it onto someone else that was tied to it all…..your wife.'

Casey wasn't about to let this touchy feely conversation go any further, he came here with a job to do and he wasn't falling for the words that were dripping out of her mouth.

'You came here to tell us where they are, I suggest you follow that through' Casey demanded.

'They are living in a cold da sac just half a mile out of Chelsea. The name of the street is Hayworn Avenue, 49 Hayworn Avenue. It's where we've been living all these years. But you can't go there tonight. I need to talk to Evelyn first, try to get her to play along. All of this will be a waste of time if she follows Daniel.'

'And so we turn up, you 3 take us out and move on to someplace else? Is that what you have got planned? Casey replied.

'No, you have got me all wrong.'

'If I have got you all wrong, why did you turn up at my apartment and take me out? Why did you gas us when we over saw the transfer?'

'You're alive though.'

Diana had a point, Verbanski saw this but Casey was yet to put the whole op and rest it on Diana's shoulders. However this was their only option at this time and Casey had to grunt and bare it all.

'Diana you better go. We'll give you 24hrs to talk to her and then we'll be coming. But like my wife said, if she makes a move we will have no option but to take her down. And trust me, given the chance Casey will be in their like a shot' Chuck told her.

With that Diana left and headed back to the house she had been sharing with Evelyn and Lily. Casey still wasn't fully on-board with this whole plan. They now had their location, nothing was to stop him from going over their right now and taking them all.

'Look buddy, I know you don't like this plan and I can't stop you from leaving this room and heading right over there, but just give her a chance.'

'Chuck what's stopping her from going back there to tell them that we're here? They could run and then we have lost their location, who knows when we will find them again.'

'Your right, your totally right Casey. Go out there then and keep surveillance. If they run….then do what you gotta do. At least this way, you will have peace of mind. She has 24rs before we go in, we know where they are now…they can't get away not with you watching their move. Go.'

Casey needn't be told twice and was soon out of there to keep tabs on their house. Before leaving he told the team to give him a heads up when they planned to move in.

With Evelyn and Diana, who has just arrived back at the house…

Diana entered the house to find Daniel had gone. Searching around the house, she began to panic before Evelyn stopped her.

'He's not gone AWOL if that's what you're thinking. He's outside with our daughter.'

Going over to the window Diana looked out to see the two of them playing. A part of her hated herself for what she had planned. But she couldn't let Evelyn go down with him, she had to get her on board.

'Evelyn I need to talk to you. The agents are here.'

'When did they get here? They sussed out my clues then.'

'I hacked into the airport systems and found their names, all four of them are here. Sarah, Chuck, Casey and someone I don't really recognize, Gertrude Verbanski. What if I told you I could get us away from it all? Me, you and Lily would be free, there be no need to run anymore.'

'And what about Daniel?'

'We can't take him with us Evelyn. The CIA will be hunting him with pitchforks. If they got us all, Lily will grow up with neither of her parents, do you want that?'

'Of course I don't Diana, but he is my husband. I have to at least try and help him. I can change him, I can do. I need your help though.'

'He won't change. I saw it the moment he came round. He will never stop and he will forever endanger his own daughter. Let the CIA take him, we can go where they won't ever find us.'

'No. I've been without him for 10yrs and so has Lily, I can't take that away from her now. I'll only be hurting her.'

'Yes but if you follow Daniel with his plan, Lily could lose you both. I rather her have you in her life then neither of you. Please Evelyn…..don't do this?'

'Why are you asking me of this Diana? Why now all of a sudden?'

'Because like you i thought we could get through to him….we can't and you know that.'

'I told you, whatever Daniel wants to do….I will be right behind him. And if killing them all is what he wants, then I'll do it.'

'Listen to yourself Evelyn, your happy to shoot on his command? I'm glad I was just a hacker because I am not cut for this.'

'Well you either get yourself on board or you go now, make your choice Diana.'

Back with Chuck and Sarah….

'You know I almost feel sorry for her.' Chuck told Sarah.

'I know, so do I. I have an awful sense of feeling that we can trust her…but I shouldn't.

'It's the same for me Sarah. I really feel she is someone we can trust at this point, minus what she has done in the past….but it feels so wrong, she was with the ring…hacker or not she was with the very organisation we had to take down…..you know I never thought I'd see the day where you can start to trust someone we're forced to take down'

'What? C'mon Chuck you know I'm not who I used to be anymore. Thanks to you I have emotions running all over the place.'

'Better then guns running all over the place right.' Chuck rhetorically said.

'Much better. But we're have to play this careful Chuck. One slip and they are all gone and I'm not about to stand by and let them take our life away. I know the deal is bogus but we can't let that show otherwise she will suss it out and then we would have lost them for good.

'It's hard for me, you of all people know that. I want that life of ours…there's no way they are taking it away from us.'

Sarah soon changed topic and onto something she was secretly all giddy about.

'So, the proposal…we didn't get much chance to talk about it afterwards' Sarah said.

'Well I remember we crawled under the covers and had an amazing time.'

'Yeh we did. You really wanted to renew our vows at 25yrs?'

'Yeh I did. But I couldn't wait 25yrs to get you back to that altar and we need to have something to look forward among this all right?'

'We do have something to look forward to…our life together Chuck. I've been looking forward to it ever since you asked me to run away.'

'You don't want to renew our vows?'

Scaring Chuck, Sarah had to backtrack. She dropped her phone she was fiddling with whilst talking to Chuck and walked over to him. She took hold of his hands and told him,

'No no…of course I do Chuck. I want to. Does this mean I have to pick out a new dress?'

'Well not a wedding dress, you only wear that kinda thing once.'

'This is where your sister will come in.'

Chuck smiled and gave Sarah a kiss.

Meanwhile with Casey and Verbanski who had tagged along during his surveillance of the house…..

As they were driving to the location Diana had given them, Casey still wasn't on board with the plan. He could smell a rat. Ever since they landed in England, everything was happening to easily and too quick, like it was all handed to them on a plate.

'This isn't right, it's happening to quick don't you think?' Casey asked Verbanski.

'I checked her out before we left. Everything she says checks out, she was just a computer hacker for the ring, she had no field skills and no training. What she knows now is what Evelyn taught her. I can't explain it Casey but I really think Diana is trying to get out of this all. I'm not as far gone as Walker, I will shot if she makes a move but I can't see her springing a trap on us.'

'It's not Diana that worries me, it's Daniel and Evelyn Shaw. I'm with all of you, yeh ok Diana might be playing the good guy here but those other two….they could have come up with anything by now.'

'And that's why we're going to be watching their house. If we see anything suspicious, we'll go in.'

'Who's to stop me going in the moment we get there, if it's really them inside the house we can end it right now, we don't have to wait 24hrs.'

'If you go in Casey, I'll be forced to follow you in.'

10 minutes into the journey, Casey and Verbanski pulled up at the house. Trying to look into the house with binoculars, they couldn't see either Evelyn or Daniel Shaw. However something else took their sight, it was Diana who had arrived back at the house earlier. Watching closely, Casey soon noticed Daniel Shaw coming into sight.

'I've got a visual on Daniel Shaw. If he's here, so is his wife.' Casey told Verbanski.

Casey had now had confirmation that at least half of the couple was at the location Diana had provided. For everything he had tried to do to Team Bartowski, Casey desperately wanted to charge in and take him out once and for all. Calling Sarah, he confirmed to her that Daniel was at the house and she soon relayed this info back to Chuck.

With Chuck and Sarah…..

'We better give Beckman a call and tell that we have a location on Daniel.'

'Will we ever stop hearing his name? Chuck pondered out aloud as Sarah contacted Beckman to fill her in.

Stepping outside of their room, Sarah told Chuck she was heading down to the lobby, and Chuck wanting to join her was about to follow.

'Chuck you stay here, I just want to call you sister. Wanna tell her the good news and I don't think you're going to want to sit and hear girl talk. Could get heated.'

With that Sarah stepped out of the room and got out her phone, but instead of searching for Ellie's name she called Verbanski instead.

'Verbanski…got a second?'

'Yeh. We're just watching the house at the moment, but no suspicious activity. Did you want to tell me something?'

'I hate that I'm doing this because it means lying to Chuck.'

'What about?'

'Daniel and Evelyn Shaw. Both of them have caused me nothing but pain since the day of my red test. I can't risk putting them away and getting a call 5yrs later telling me they have escaped. I don't want to hear from them again after this has all finished.'

'What are you saying Sarah?'

'I want them dead. I can't believe I'm saying this…I even find it hard saying this out loud let alone following it through, but I want them both gone…for good.'

'Sarah, I think you need to stop and think about what you're saying. We can take them alive which is primarily what the general wants. They won't escape….Daniel only got out because his wife was free. If they are both inside they will have no one out there to want to break them out.'

'I'm not risking my life with Chuck for these people.'

'Are you sure Sarah?'

'Other than wanting to be with Chuck, I've never been surer of anything. I want this to be over….I want to be with Chuck with no worries anymore and if this is what I have to do….I'll…'

'Ok. Ok Sarah, we'll do it. I'll tell Casey and we'll make sure it happens. But remember this is what you have to live with for the rest of your life, you do know that.'

'Yeh, I know. I don't want any of this getting back to Chuck, I would hate for him to think that I'm slipping back into the person I was.'

'I don't think that's ever going to happen.'

The call ended and Sarah dejectedly walked down to the lobby. She had changed so much but like Chuck, the only way he would kill was if she, his family or friends were in danger and all other options were exhausted and this was the exact same way Sarah saw this all. It was the only way out and having them put away was too much of a risk to her. She carried onto the lobby and ordered a drink.

The next day and Sarah and Chuck were due to meet Casey and Verbanksi at the house and Diana tried once more to get Evelyn to play along with her plan.

Heading downstairs Diana was met by Daniel who was sitting at the table.

'Hello Diana, your still here then?'

'Why wouldn't I be here?'

'I dunno maybe you politely decided that now Evelyn has her family back there is no need for you.'

'Me and your wife have kept each other safe for the past 10yrs, do you really think I'm about to walk away now?'

'I didn't think you would.'

Trying to get Evelyn to play along would be hard, so she tried a different route.

'Aren't you made at your wife? I mean she led you to believe she was dead and all the while she had your child and was bringing her up without you. Doesn't that hurt? Or are you as cold and heartless as the ring are?'

'We've spoken about that but I don't see what it has to do with you. The way I see it is that I have my wife back and a child. You try and take it away and I will take you out, that's a promise Diana.'

Daniel got up from the table and calmly walked away as he peered at Diana with those piercing eyes. Knowing that option wouldn't work, Diana had no option but to try one last time to get Evelyn on board without telling her about the pending plan. Calling out for Evelyn, she soon appeared.

'What is it?'

'Evelyn…I'll ask one more time…'

'STOP' Evelyn shouted.

She had, had enough of her trying to convince to stop with the plan and soon her anger and frustration was boiling over. Diana knew she had to back off but if she didn't follow her with her plan, then the team will take both of them and she would be left alone. After 10yrs together Diana saw Evelyn as her sister and couldn't imagine a life without her or Lily. Little did Diana know was that the team had no intention of letting anyone go, but she believed Sarah when she said she would sort something out for her.

'Evelyn…I'm doing this because I care. Do you have any idea of what will happen if you follow Daniel?'

'I don't care anymore. Put yourself in my shoes….you lose your husband and find out your carrying his child but you can't tell him that because he believes you are dead.'

'He isn't the same anymore, why can't you see that?'

'If you don't stop, I'll will close that mouth of yours myself.'

Diana was frozen solid, Evelyn had threaten her, something which she never thought possible. But this wasn't enough to stop her and she carried on. Over stepping the mark Evelyn could no longer listen and reached for a gun she had in her boot.

Chuck and Sarah were just 5mins out from the house and Sarah had told Casey and Verbanski that they were nearing the location. Stealing a few moments before they put their spy heads on, Chuck told Sarah,

'This is it. We'll finally have them and they won't be able to hurt us anymore. We can start that life we've dreamed about.'

'I know Chuck. It's gonna happen.'

Approaching the house, Chuck and Sarah saw the van in which Casey and Verbanksi were hidden inside. They had pulled up around the corner and messaged Casey and Verbanski to come to them so they could discuss their plan. Waiting for them to come over, Sarah was riddled with guilt for what she asked of Verbanksi, to deter herself from slipping into self-blame she looked to Chuck to picture their life together and for her…what she had to do was worth it. Kissing Chuck, she told him she loved him.

'I love you Chuck Bartowski…always remember that.'

Kissing her back and resting his palms on her cheeks, rather than say those 3 words back he said,

'I know.'

Before they knew it Casey and Verbanski had reached their car, which of course had to be hired. Knocking on the window and interrupting their kiss, Sarah winded down the window.

'Are they still in there? She asked.

'Yeh their there. I got a visual on both Evelyn and Daniel Shaw 20mins ago. Diana is about there somewhere, but none of them have come out.'

'Ok, let's do this.'

Exiting the car Sarah looked over to Verbanski to make clear that she still wanted what she had asked to go ahead. Verbanski nodded back to Sarah to clarify that she hadn't forgotten and that by the end of the day both of them would be dead. As the team discussed how they would enter, Chuck's phone rang. It was Ellie. Sarah realising she hadn't called Ellie when she told Chuck she was going to, snatched the phone away from him before he could answer.

'Hey…it's only Ellie.' Chuck screeched.

'Whoever it is, do you think this is the time to answer' Casey snarled.

They continued to suss out their plan and within moments all 4 of them were heading for the house. Before they could reach the house a loud gunshot was heard. Chuck knowing full well that gunshot sounded to close, looked straight over to Sarah.

There you go guys, hope you liked it. Please review and hopefully the next part will be up tomorrow or when I get back from Greece.