Thank you once again to charakids for being a fantastic Beta for me.

Last chapter folks. I struggled about re-writing it and doing something different but I felt this was an easy end and I liked it.

Chapter 14

'4 days later'

So far everything was going according to plan, for the most part. It had been tricky getting Chuck out of the cabin, but a little coaxing with some Xanax and they had been able to get him in to the car and easy to deal with after that.

They had acquired another car once they got close to the location they had chosen, and Chuck with Sarah had driven the rest of the way alone while the others hung back at a secondary location to monitor everything.

They had sent Casey a message letting them know of the plan and they knew he was in route to the location a few days after they had settled in.

The plan was simple, they were to wait out until Casey and his troops arrived. Once they were at the location, which turned out to be a house in the middle of nowhere, Sarah and Chuck were to take some drug that Orion had synthesized with Devon and Ellies help to knock them out and slow their hearts down enough to simulate death. They had been taking blood from both Sarah and Chuck for a few days previous and it was to be used to spray around the room in the appropriate pattern creating a scene of a murder suicide.

Casey's troops were to descend upon the property, surrounding it so that nobody will be able to escape. Storming the house, they would come upon the back room where Sarah and Chuck was staged and there, Casey will identify them as the marks, taking samples of hair, blood, and fingerprints for DNA confirmation before ordering everyone out of the building, to start heading out and then ordering a drone to come and take out the property, effectively destroying any physical evidence of the only human intersect. Though with Chuck's death there wouldn't be any information to obtain but according to Casey, per General Beckman, they were concerned of others getting their hands on Chuck's brain and studying it in order to replicate what Chuck had been able to do.

They had to stop it, therefore, Chuck's body will be destroyed and Sarah's along with it.

Once all the troops had left the house, Devon, Morgan, and Orion would slip in through a secret passageway into the back room and collect Chuck and Sarah onto a gurney and rush them out through a tunnel that was under the house running off the property a mile away by a stream. The tunnel would have already been scouted by Casey and deemed unusable and unstable and therefore they should hopefully be safe.

It was all cut and dry but the risks were real and anything could go wrong if any form of the plan was deviated from.

General Diane Beckman read the last page of the report again before closing it and sat back in her huge chair. Slowly removing her glasses from her face she stared ahead at Col. John Casey as he sat ramrod straight in the chair in front of her desk. She scrutinized him, analyzing his every move, his every tick. But like a true soldier with years of training and even more experience, he had none. He was perfect stone and if it weren't for the occasional blink she was sure people could be convinced that he was just a life like statue.

"So this is all over now." She said simply, laying her glasses on top of the report. It was the only copy, and would remain so.

"Yes General. I saw the both of them with my own eyes. All tests confirmed that it was Bartowski and Walker." Casey confirmed.

"I must admit I didn't see this coming. I would never believe that Walker would kill Bartowski. A murder suicide, it's almost poetic in its ending.

"Walker would never allow Bartowski to be taken again General. I've seen the videos and I've read the reports. I believe Walker would feel death would be a better outcome for him than to have him be recaptured." He stated firmly, not leaving any room for doubt.

Sighing the little woman sat up and leaned over her desk, hands clamped together tightly over the report. She was weary and she was tired. Not just physically but in every way possible. She was not blind to what she has to do, what she has done in her life time, in her position. The proof obvious in front of her in the form of a report of the death of Chuck Bartowski.

She had liked Chuck, though she was very strict with him, very short. She had to be, it was her job to get the most out of him. But she wasn't blind to his charm, to his passion. She was well aware of the good that was inside of him and the sacrifices he made. When Sarah Walker had fallen in love with him, she knew she should have done something but she couldn't really bring herself to. She herself, a woman had fallen in love once or twice with assets or co-workers, but her job had always come first for her. She had never felt the need to reassign Walker as long as the team kept producing the high results that they did.

Beckman had seen it in Walkers eyes, that it wouldn't be the same for her. Sarah had fallen in love with Chuck and Beckman knew that Sarah would do anything for Chuck, including leaving the agency. It was a comforting thought for her for a while, knowing that if the time came for the Intersect to be retired and the project ended, than perhaps she could have convinced the higher ups to allow Sarah to be his handler permanently and allow them to live their lives.

That however never came into fruition and Bartowski had been taken into custody, against Beckman's objections.

From then on she had watched over the project, and watched over Sarah for the year. Though she was the head of the project Beckman had no power in the treatment of Chuck. She was horrified when finding what had been done to him, what was being ordered to be done to him and had appealed on many a time for more humane treatment of their precious Intersect.

Unfortunately the government didn't see him as a long term commodity and wanted to get as much use out of him as possible. It was then she started to put some plans into action, starting with Bryce Larkin. She knew that Bryce owed it to Chuck and he blamed himself for everything that had happened to the guy. She started leaking information out, very tiny amounts but just enough that it would capture the right persons attention, and from there she tracked Bryce Larkin's every move.

She knew he visited Sarah in Columbia, and that he left her information packets in her apartment. She knew that they were working with someone else, someone with great computer skills but she couldn't figure out whom until Ellie and Devon Woodcomb left for Africa only to end up dead. That was when she figured out that Orion had somehow escaped and was out there looking for his son.

Seeing Sarah Walker at her hearing with the CIA Director was hard on her. Beckman wanted to tell Sarah everything she could so she could go and rescue Bartowski, but she had been able to stop herself. But Beckman hoped that she had given Sarah enough of a push to the urgency that was finding Chuck, for just that day Beckman had gotten a report of an attempted suicide attempt by Bartowski.

After that day Beckman had taken a more direct approach to assisting, leaving clues a little more obvious but still hidden and luckily they took the bait and went after him.

The morning she got the call that the secret facility was broken into and their resident who wasn't technically there was missing was a good day for Beckman. She showed face and reprimanded all those involved for failing to protect the nation's greatest intelligence asset. She attended meeting after meeting, putting together searches and task forces until finally Col. Casey contacted her a few weeks later and she put her last plan into action.

She knew, as she was sure the others knew that the government would spend countless resources trying to capture Bartowski back. They would never leave him alone, and he would live in constant fear of being recaptured. Unless he was dead.

She put together a team of analysts to locate the most probably locations of where Sarah and Chuck could be hiding and list them according to probability. The second highest was probably dead on based off her own intelligence so she steered them as far away as possible, giving Casey the task of terminating his friends, though she knew he would not do it.

She sat back and waited until the previous day when she had gotten a text from Casey on a secure line with only two words: It's Done.

She felt relief then. Relief it was all over and that finally Chuck and Sarah could have the life they dreamed off, within the confines of their new limitations. But most of all, she just hoped that Chuck Bartowski would be ok, because the world needed more of him around and it broke what was left of her heart to think of the possibility that he would be too far damaged.

"Now that this is all over, Col. Casey, I have one last task for you before we can fully close this matter." She started. "We've been ordered to destroy all evidence of the Intersect project. You are to locate every report, every file, every device, everything that had anything to do with the Intersect and you are to destroy it. Starting with a secret room at a facility in Virginia where it had been kept for the past year. Little to no trace can be left of the past four years."

Casey grunted his understanding, taking the final report that she held in her hands. Standing up, at full attention, he looked down upon the tiny woman, causing her to have to lean back slightly in her chair to see him.

"I would like to offer my resignation at this time General, once this task is done, I would like to retire." He told her.

Beckman nodded her head in understanding. She herself was set to retire within the next year. She had had enough of all this, of destroying innocent lives. "Are you sure that is what you want Col?" She asked, knowing his answer. Casey nodded.

"This last assignment, this current one, has left a bitter taste on me. Somehow, those two had wormed their way to me and seeing them destroyed…I believe I've finally hit that 'burn out' level." He admitted, and Beckman could see that he hated to reveal that fact, that it almost pained him to admit that he cared for Bartowski and Walker.

"Yes, Bartowski sure did have a quality about him." She said, standing up and holding her hand out to shake his, staring right into his eyes. "And I'm sure wherever they are now, they are happy, and they are together."

With one last firm shake, Beckman released Casey's hand and sat back down in her chair, dismissing him for probably the last time.

"So Beckman knew? This whole time? Even now she knows where we are at?" Chuck asked Sarah alarmed as they cuddled in bed.

"Calm down Chuck. If what Casey says is true I don't think we have anything to really worry about. I think she's on our side. Regardless your father has been working on another safe house, or safe neighborhood for the past year or so and believes we should probably go there soon just in case." Sarah said soothingly as she drew invisible patterns on his chest.

They had arrived home the day before and had gotten word from Casey that morning about the destruction of all evidence of the Intersect. They were free to live their lives now but first they had to recover from the past few days. It was tiring and a lot of work Sarah felt, and if she felt that way she can only imagine what Chuck was feeling. He had slept for almost a full day afterwards and had barely eaten. Ellie said to not worry, he just needed to adjust again.

"So now that we're free, and we're apparently moving sometime in the near future, I guess it's time to talk about getting married then." Chuck said, causing Sarah's heart to flutter.

"I don't think we have anything to worry about. I'm sure the weddings already planned out by now. Ellie is scary efficient."

"She's always been that way." Chuck said, she felt him nod his head. "She had to be to juggle the family responsibilities along with her school work and taking care of me. She's my real life superhero."

Sarah sighed and closed her eyes, completely relaxed. Now was the time for it as their worries have all but disappeared. They still had a lot of work to do, moving and such and they still weren't sure of the long term affects the past year as well as the Intersect have had on Chuck. Ellie had expressed her concern about it still being in his head and was urging her father to come up with a way to remove it. Sarah could see her point, but at the same time it would be useful to have if only to identify people when needed. But they were all together, they were all happy and they were all going to live their lives.

With a few changes such as Jill, who was leaving the next day much to Sarah's relief. She was afraid they'd be stuck with her for the rest of their lives but Orion had set her up with some funds and access to a few safe places out of the country and she was to be on her way soon. She was secure in Chuck's feelings for her, especially now since he wanted to marry her but she didn't like having Jill around. The other woman was unpredictable and had a history of doing the wrong thing, especially when Chuck was involved. Sarah would feel better once Jill was out of their lives for good.

Bryce wasn't returning but she had a feeling they hadn't heard the last of him quite yet. She hoped it wasn't any time soon though, but he and Chuck had a lot of unresolved issues and knowing Chuck, he'd want to work them out eventually with his former friend.

The good news was, Casey was going to join them. That had surprised her, and yet it didn't at the same time. He was career military, a cold blooded killer, but apparently the whole ordeal with Chuck had worn him down and worn him out and he was ready to leave it all. He had told the General, that he wanted to just disappear from the face of the planet and live out his remaining days in peace. Sarah couldn't begrudge him that. He had given a lot for his country and he deserved a quiet end if that's what he wanted. Though wanting it with the Bartowski's was not something she could have seen coming.

"You're thinking too loud." Chuck joked and Sarah opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"I can't help it, you've seemed to rub off on me." She told him playfully, leaning up and placing a kiss on his lips.

"Well, now we have the rest of our lives to exchange bad habits. It's going to be a wild ride. Are you ready for it Sarah Walker?" He asked her.

Sarah nodded her head and placed it back on his chest, wrapping her arms tightly around him. "As long as you're here, I'm ready for anything." She said softly.

The End.

A/N: Well that's it for this story. But I want you to know I've decided to stay. Seeing your support on my little rant (Sorry about that BTW) made me feel again that I'm not alone and that there are others like me. Its something I've struggled with my whole life, being the odd man out.

Anyways the good news is I'm staying. I've decided however that I'll spend some time kinda rewriting my fics. I've read some of them and I feel that I've grown as a writer and that I can tell the stories better. Plus they were PC (pre-charahkids) so they need desperate betaing. So look forward for that.

I am also working on building a site for moi, profiling my works in writing, graphics, blogging and just general me. That'll be up and running mostly by January.

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phnxgrl: I thought it was a good deal hehe.

zanex9: No wedding scene...yet... but there's always the possibility of a sequel or a rewrite.

Nomadic Nerd: thanks! I don't really feel the details of certain things are needed to move a story along. Plus I do most of my writing at work and the last thing I need is a reprimand for writing smut on the clock. And thanks for the encouragement. It is a guilty pleasure that I've never told anyone about. But I can't help it, there's just something about it that's exciting and strangely original. The characters are premade yes but the stories that we weave are our creations and sometimes its a beautiful thing.

If you want to get into another fandom with some amazing fanfic, Harry Potter's writers I've found are some of the most creative people I've ever read. I have thousands, have read thousands of fanfics in that fandom and they are the most passionate and talented. Plus the author fully supports it.

Wade1978: Don't worry about it. Its hard keeping up with fics sometimes. And I'd rather you work on your fic anyways since I've been waiting for it to be finished so I can read it! (I only read finished fics...too much stress) And thank you for your comments. I DO love fanfic. Since 1999. And you're right, I should just do what I want. I can be what I want and do what I want as long as I love it.

atcDav: Ellie is awesome. I adore her. And thanks for your perspective. I never thought of it that way and it makes total sense. Becareful with history though, I once read a quote that said "All history is fiction." nd it changed the way I viewed and read it. And of course then I spent forever reading on a subject but that is neither here nor there.

phathead01: It did and I so adore you! You are by far one of my fave reviewers and I loves you to pieces and beyond, you don't go away from me you hear? *Grabs & holds on*

Garnetflint (Guest): The fact you wrote that on your phone means a lot to me...cause...I'm a texting whore but I can't type long stuff. Thank you for your view, you're right. I just need to get over the fear of it not being accepted in my real life and get over it in general. I love fanfic and I want to keep up with it. Lifes to short to do boring stuff. So I should stick with this fun stuff!

sevenrez: Hope the end didn't disappoint you too much. There is always hope for a sequel!

supesfan18: Aww, you're so sweet. It just takes practice!

wilf21: I imagine it would be soon after this chapter. Definitely they would wait for Casey!

MrBi11: Meh, I'm not much of a romantic. I don't like it. I feel I'm a lot like Sarah in that it makes me uncomfortable but unlike Sarah I don't really want it. However unfortunately, Chuck is a romantic so at least I get to practice writing some semblance of it. And thank you for not holding the other fics against me. I was young, and brainwashed.

Rob M (Guest): thank you so much for your words and thanks for reviewing my story through out! i really appreciate it. I'm glad you got suckered into the world of fanfic with Chuck and I hope you stay with your other fandoms as you go along. There are some really amazing fics out there.

Guest: LOL you made me laugh so hard. I love it! I've never been one for the classics either, but reading in two languages? wow. I envy you. Imagine the stuff you can read *drools*

Shutupnkissme313: well...epic fail on me on that...sorry...*awkward laugh*