Sarah took Cole into the interrogation room as he was fixing himself up while you, Chuck and Casey were watching and listening in from the other side.

"After that, it was eight, maybe nine guys until the door." Cole told Sarah, explaining to her how he escaped.

" Oh, come one. We're supposed to believe that he took out nine guys and escaped a FULCRUM holding facility all by himself?" Chuck asked. "Please, I don't think we can trust this guy."

"I've done nine before." Casey said, turning to look at you both.

" You've taken out nine guys?" you asked.

" Just saying it's doable."

"So when they questioned you about the Intersect..." Sarah began.

" I didn't tell them anything. It's not my first dance, Walker. If I talked, then Chuck, Y/N, Casey, you... are all in the crosshairs. Not an option."

" Why come back here after you escaped?"

" I wanted to make sure you were safe."

"I still kinda ship this." you quietly said to Chuck, leaning over a bit.

Chuck smirked and put his arm around you.

You later all gathered around the screen to get more info from Beckman.

"Thanks to information provided by Mr. Barker, we now know that FULCRUM is protecting a man that goes by the code name "Perseus. " " Beckman began.

"Perseus is the head scientist behind FULCRUM's effort to build their own Intersect." Cole said, placing a file in front of you and Chuck to look at.

"Anything, guys?" Sarah asked, hoping one of you flashed on it.

You just both shook your heads no.

" I spent the past year undercover trying to get close to him, but only the inner circle is ever allowed contact with the man." Cole told you all.

"Intel tells us Perseus is attending a formal event tonight at the Swiss Consul's office. The State Department has arranged invitations for the two of you." Beckman said.

" Um, the two, the two of who?" Chuck asked.

" Agent Walker and Agent Casey."

" Are you sure, General? I'd be happy to accompany Agent Walker." Cole said.

" I bet you would." you said with a smirk. "Chuck and I'd be happy to go, too."

" Oh, aren't you two popular?" Casey said.

"I mean, you know, we are, we are the Intersects and everything." Chuck added.

" Neither Agent Barker nor Bartowski and L/N will be going on this mission. FULCRUM is still actively searching for the three of you. You will all stay in Castle and monitor by remote feed. If you recognize anyone, you'll have radio." Beckman explained.

"Well, at least no one's telling us to... " you started, leaning closer to Chuck.

"You heard the General. You two stay in the bunker." Casey said.

"And there it is." Chuck said, turning his head to look at you.

"Mm-hm."

Sarah and Casey were all dressed up and arriving at the party while you, Chuck and Cole were down in Castle, doing surveillance.

"Video check. Do we have a signal?" Sarah asked.

" Yep, we got you. And you look fantastic. Sarah, is that dress CIA issue, or do you just make everything look that good?" Cole asked, still trying to flirt with her.

"Cole? Can we leave the flirting for another time?" you asked.

"Oh like you and Chuck never flirt on a mission."

"Not the point. Let's get back to business." Chuck said.

"Okay, too many cooks in the kitchen. Chuck, you get in Casey's ear, I'll get in Sarah's." Cole said.

"And me?"

"You just keep a lookout and make sure we don't miss anything."

"Sure." you said, not that excited.

"Okay, you two, split up. Sarah, you've got an unsecured exit at 2:00. The guy in the bad suit standing in front of the Swiss flag is packing." Cole began.

" Casey, you got a bogey." Chuck warned.

"Honey it's a tray of crab cakes coming in." you said, looking at him and giving him a funny look.

"I'm just trying to be helpful, okay? Works up an appetite on missions."

You just smiled and shook your head.

"Sarah, the Italian minister for trade is headed your way. Now he can get a little handsy." Cole told her.

"Hello. I'm Paolo Giordano. I saw you arrive and couldn't help but admire your beauty." The man said as he took Sarah's hand and kissed it.

"His wife's name is Isabella and he has three little bambinos." Cole told her.

" Thank you. How are Isabella and the children?" Sarah asked.

"Senorina." The man told her as he left awkwardly.

You and Chuck let out a soft laugh.

" Nicely done." you said.

"Thank you."

"Who else haven't we seen?" Casey asked.

"I don't know, look at the people by that ice goose thing." Chuck suggested.

As Casey walked over, you and Chuck saw this one man and you both flashed on him.

" Oh, okay, I just flashed." you and Chuck said at the same time.

"The shorter balding gentleman in the sweater wearing the glasses-- that has got to be Perseus." Chuck told them.

" I have a visual. Moving in." Casey said.

"His name is Howard Busgang. He's a research scientist with the Department of Defense." you informed.

"Good job, Y/N and Chuck." Sarah said.

"Hey... Just you know...Doing what we do." you said as you looked at Cole.

"So nine guys, huh? Really, you're not fudging that number? Not even a little bit?" Chuck asked Cole.

" Sounds harder than it is. Always go for the knee."

" You mean like sweep the leg?"

As Sarah and Casey were heading into the room, they accidentally ran into a man.

"Ooh. Ooh, I'm sorry. Excuse me." The man apologized.

" That's him." Cole said, pointing at the man.

"Well, yeah. You're a little late to the party. We just flashed." Chuck told him.

" No, not Busgang, him. He was the guy who was torturing me. He's Fulcrum."

All of a sudden, all the cameras went down and it was just static on all the screens.

"Where'd they go? Where'd they go? Where'd they go? " you asked, panicking a little.

"My guess is that Fulcrum made them, and they just jammed the signal." Cole explained.

Cole left for a sec and came back in with a case and pulled out a gun.

"Your friends are in trouble."

" Yeah we've gathered that. We have to call General Beckman." you said.

" For what?"

" So she can tell us what to do next."

" I'll tell you what we do next. We go to the consulate and we save them." Cole told you as he got the gun ready.

"No, no, no, no. Sarah and Casey specifically said for us to stay here." Chuck told him as the two of you quickly got up to join Cole.

"Yeah, well, sometimes things don't always go according to plan, Chuck. You have to improvise."

" Look, you can't just go run off and be the hero all the time."

" It's not about wanting to be a hero, Chuck. It's about needing to be."

Cole then took out another gun to make sure it was ready to go as well.

"Two guns, huh? Oh, you really are a badass."

" No, Chuck, one gun. One for you and this one...for Y/N." Cole explained handing you two the guns.

You both hesitantly grabbed them.

Cole then pulled out another gun for him.

You and Chuck took a deep breath and looked at each other a little nervous.

"Let's go." Cole said as he clapped you both on the shoulder and walked out.

You and Chuck were absolutely not ready for this.