After Ryker shoots Casey and demands to know where the package/baby is...Chuck ever the Intersect idiot.."he's a bad man, Sarah." Thanks, Sherlock. What was your first clue? Hey Chuck, is rain wet?

Enjoying this story...but the Counterfeiting episode? I probably wouldn't have thrown in "the black gown" Sarah wore the night she seduced Lon Kirk into inviting her onto his yacht (and humiliating cover Carmichael) as one of the outfits Sarah wore to attract Chuck's attention. lol. Maybe, the dress she wore on their interrupted second first date instead?

A big thank you for sharing this story, I enjoyed it and only wish it was longer.

Awesome story. The action was crazy good. I loved how Charah worked their way into it. If you continued on with a sequel you have so many routes you could go. One of my favorite ff. Thank you.

Amazing. You have done a terrific job in writing this story. This felt so real and in tune with all the characters in season 1 of Chuck. The realization in Casey and with Chuck and Sarah was nothing short of marvelous. Fantastic piece and I really hope you can bring similar stories in future.

Thanks a lot for sharing this with us.

What a great piece! I thought it'd leave me hanging when I saw the six chapters but it didn't; you did justice to all the characters as we saw them on the show.
I am definitely going to read everything else with your name on it. :D

Really liked this story and the changes you made from canon...well played!

Well, the evil ones got their come uppance in this story. Nice of you to throw Beckman into the Intersect room...I always have a hard time reconciling the “kill order Beckman” with the one who claims to be so fond of Chuck in later episodes. This story managed to capture a wide range of action and emotions in just six chapters. It was a fun mash up of so many great moments from the series brought into one story. Well done!

More blending of canon scenes which are brought here to enrich the confrontation between Casey and Sarah. I like that Casey was reminded of his humanity and touched by Sarah’s declaration of Chuck’s love. And he was not going to shoot but then Ryker just had to show up, didn’t he. And he has Sarah’s gun which may be a problem for Casey since we know Ryker will want to kill Chuck and Casey before torturing Sarah for the location of the baby. Lots going on here and none of it good!

Love the way you tie in various episodes with situations and dialog. And bring Ryker in...literally overkill for the situation and of course he’ll be gunning for Sarah. I liked your “Barstow moment”...I think it was better than canon with Chuck declaring what we all knew and Sarah removing her barriers. It was a gentle rendering of that moment compared to the frenzy of canon. But it looks like that hidden phone will cut their time together short.

Ah, the Buy Morons are on the loose. Nice that Jeff bought Chuck and Sarah a little time by taking the watch. But Morgan has messed up royally by being a good friend and putting Chuck’s phone in his bag. That’s not good. So Chuck and Sarah are on the run from Casey...hopefully they will do a little better than their upcoming trip to Barstow. If they can just stay on the run long enough for the new Intersect to blow up! Fingers crossed that Chuck and Sarah can squeeze in a Barstow moment in this story.

First off, I have to say that I had no problem imagining the words and actions of Jeff and Lester as these were right in line with their characters in canon. This chapter was a good dig into what had to be going on with Casey, and Sarah’s explanation to Chuck of why he would go through with the termination was excellent. Canon shows Casey being torn but suggested he would carry out his orders. In canon, Chuck was saved by an exploding Intersect. It will be interesting to see if he is saved by Sarah instead in this story.

This first chapter is a great start for this story. I agree that as protective as Sarah was about Chuck, it seemed odd that she wouldn’t have been suspicious that he was going to be sent back to his life with no protection. Keep in mind that the episode before this had Beckman sending him to a bunker so that he couldn’t be captured. So this story will be rectifying that particular plot hole. Not to mention that it gives us a reason to explore Sarah’s feelings for Chuck in a new way.

Saw your post on the FB group and I just had to check this one out and can I just say, I was pleasantly surprised. This was a fabulous read that just flew by in no time at all. The sixth chapter was nerve-racking to say the least and can I just say, it's a testament to your skill as a writer that I didn't know for certain if our heroes were going to make it out of this one alive. It had that feeling of a story that was being subversive and making the risky choice of killing everyone. I'm glad that everyone made it out okay and that our heroes were left in a place where healing will have to take place and trust will have to be regained, but they'll be fine in the end. Thanks for sharing this one, sad I missed it the first time, but happy I found it nonetheless.

- Charming

I have always hated the Buy Morons, I mean I understand they are the clowns that demonstrate how meaningless and empty Chuck's life Pre-Intersect was but they always drive me nuts when they are interacting with our heroes, Chuck, Sarah and Casey. The only time I have enjoyed their antics was the Thunderdome set piece, which was just to set up the joke for Morgan to deliver as Jeff and Lester faced each other in the cage, "One of them will be the new Assistant Manager and one of them will be Jeff. Let the fates decide!". Other than that I really had no use for them, so I loved Sarah intimidating Lester the coward.
I also appreciate your having Sarah walk Chuck through her thought process and his slow realization that Casey has been ordered to terminate him. I really only have one critique and it isn't about this story as it is hamstrung with the show's originally writing team. If Graham and Beckman already distrusted Walker enough to exclude her from the termination order then that would point to the fact that they already viewed her as compromised, so why hadn't she already been reassigned via the clumsy and hokey 49B debacle? Makes one wonder as Sarah is always portrayed as the best CIA agent around. In fact, I remember the creators Schwarz and Fedak doing the pitch that Casey and Sarah being sent to protect Chuck was like having Jack Bauer and Sidney Bristow assigned to protect him.
But maybe that's just me...

Looking forward to the next chapter and maybe the possibility of either a romantic encounter in a cede Barstow Motel room or a cozy little two bed, two bath cell for Charah.