A/N This is the last chapter, I'll put all the lady feelings at the end. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 11 - Hey, Hey I Saved the World Today

The beach, especially this stretch of beach, has always held a great amount meaning to the Bartowski family. So many important moments in their lives have happened here. And now another important memory is being made as this couple walks together down the beach, his arm around her waist and she hangs onto him tightly. They stop and he turns and kisses her, this had been going on for almost an hour, walk then turn and kiss, they needed to be close, they needed to be together right now, they would sort out everything else later.

Further down the beach a man sat and watched the grin on his face made it evident he was happy. He was soon joined by his beautiful blonde wife who sat down beside him; she laid her head on his shoulder, and intertwined her fingers with his and said: "Happy?"

"I never thought, I never could even imagine having my whole family back… yes, I am very happy."

New Orleans, Louisiana

48 Hours Earlier

"Aces, Charles… Aces Charles? Really? Is that all I get?" Chuck was yelling and he could not stop. So many emotions were going on inside him, at his feet lay the love of his life unconscious, and standing in front of him, the father he watched die in his arms. He was losing his mind. Stephen walked up to him and placed a hand on each of his shoulders and shook. "Charles, I will explain everything I promise, but we need to get everyone out of here, Hartley has put a suitcase nuke somewhere in the city, we have to find it fast."

Chuck still in a daze said: "No, it's ok, I found out where it was and called the CIA and told them about it. Stephen Bartowski looked at his son, his now-grown son with a mixture of awe and pride and he had always seemed to underestimate him. Steven grinned and said, "Good job, Chuck."

"Not too good, I walk Sarah and I into a trap, even knowing it was a trap. I was so arrogant, I knew what he had planned and I strolled right in and said here I am."

"Don't be too hard on yourself son, he had over a hundred men here. You were trying to save your family, which you did."

"No Dad, you saved them, Thank you." Chuck had administered the last antidote to Zondra and everyone was starting to come around. Mary saw Chuck and went to hug him when she saw the man standing behind him. She stopped dead in her tracks and breathed out "Stephen?"

"Hi Mary," she then passed by Chuck and went into Stephen's arms, they held each other tightly, not wanting to let each other go. Mary then pulled back looked deep into his eyes and slapped him hard across the face and said: "Why didn't you let me know?"

"Good to see you too Mary," Stephen said as he rubbed his face and flexed his jaw. Chuck now feeling the urgency of the moment told everyone to start heading out. Stephen being prepared had several handguns in his backpack and handed them out to the group. They slowly made their way toward the exit. They encountered some small resistance, but it appeared that the majority of Hartley's men fled after he was killed. The moment they emerged from the warehouse they were surrounded by several NSA strike teams. Agent David Sindle walked over to the team and said: "Sorry we're late had to stop by the French Quarters and defuse a bomb, thanks for the heads up."

"So you got to it in time?" Chuck asked.

"Yes sir, it was a nasty one, and we were also able to trace it back to Ming, so we have teams hitting his headquarters as we speak, looks like your group has taken down two major threats today, good job Agent Carmichael."

"It wasn't me, David, it was the whole team. Now can we go home?"

"The Jet is waiting for you."

CIA Jet

In Route to Burbank, Ca

Chuck sat in his seat with Sarah pressed hard up against him. The realization of what could have happened was finally hitting the group, hitting them hard. They could have all been killed or much worst became Hartley's possessions. Chuck shook hard as the thoughts hit him again and Sarah intensified her grasp on him. "It's ok, we are all safe," she whispered trying to calm him down.

"But we came so close to losing everything; I should have never let you come in there with me…"

"You think you could have stopped me? I was not letting you go, not then not ever, we are one now, you and me… you got that."

"Yes ma'am," Chuck said as he kissed her on the forehead. "Well," he continued, "I have put this off long enough; I have to talk with my dad."

"Oh I want to hear this too," Sarah said as she followed Chuck to where Stephen was sitting.

As Chuck made his way to the back of the jet, everyone knew what was going to happen so they all fell in line to hear Stephen's story.

"Dad," Chuck said, "can we talk now?"

Stephen smiled and said; "I would like that, I guess I have some explaining to do. I guess I owe all of you that, especially you and Ellie. I never meant to put you through seeing me die, but I always knew when I returned that it was a distinct possibility. So I made an adjustment to the governor I wore. It was similar to the watch Panzer wore on the plane. You remember what you told me about it; it shocked him if his vitals got too low. Well, being on the run for as long as I have had, I did have a few people that I trusted, not many but a few. So, I had made my watch to send out my GPS if my vitals fell, and luckily and I do mean only by luck, was one of my friends in the area. As soon as he received the alert, he came and found me, he grabbed me up and using the same technology that saved Larkin and Shaw, they saved me. Unfortunately, I was unable to speak or even communicate for several days. By the time I was able to tell them you needed help, you had taken down the Ring all by yourself."

"I had a lot of help dad, I didn't do it all by myself."

Stephen smiled at Chuck and continued his story, "I see that, anyway I felt since the danger was past, I would remain dead. But as I have said so many times, you are a lot smarter than me so I sent you the computer message about finding your mom, I knew you could do what I had never been able to do, and I was right. Now that your mom was safe with her family, I was content to let the family live out their lives, I was very tempted to come back when Sarah's memories were taken, but I knew Eleanor would do everything she could to alleviate the problem, and again I was right. When you have the best people doing what they are good at, why interfere. And that is when I found out about Hartley, this one I could not sit out. This one was my fault so I had to come back to help, but I almost waited too late, I almost lost all of you. I am back for good now, I want to be part of this family, I have missed you so much. I hope you will allow me to stay."

Chuck looked around at the rest of his family and said; "Of course you can stay, that was never in question. We have all done… stupid things with the misconception we are saving each other."

"Like running into a blind alley by yourself Chuck?" Carina said with a huff.

"Yes like running into an alley, Carina. Anyway, we have all done it, so I am not upset at all; I know you did it out of love. And as I speak for all of us here, we love you too."

Castle

Los Angeles, CA

8 hours later

"Congratulation Agent Bartowski," General Beckman said from the large monitor in the main briefing room, "You and your team did excellent work. Now to the business at hand, I speak for Director Webb when I say we want to keep this team together. We are not as stupid as some of you think we are. We see a great team, and a great opportunity to do good in this world. I want all of you on this team, Chuck, Sarah and Casey of course, but also Miller and Rizzo. I believe that you five work together so well if would be a travesty to separate you. I am also offering places on the team for Mary and Stephen, that is if they want to stay out of retirement, this will be your call, I am happy either way. You both deserve to live your life, but I would love to have your expertise on this team. I have also talked with the director of the FBI, who will agree to make the team FBI agents. That way it won't be so sticky when we have missions in the States. And that would mean you would be legal all over the world. I know I have been throwing out a lot of information and I don't want an answer now. I want the team to meet and discuss this and I will talk to you tomorrow." And with that, she disconnected the transmission. Chuck looked around at everyone, who like him had a surprised look on their faces. "She didn't even let me say Hi."

Back at the Beach

Chuck sat on the beach facing the water and was watching the tide roll in. Sarah was sitting between his legs, leaning back on his chest, his arms wrapped tight around her. "Are you happy Sarah," his voice breaking the silence. Sarah took a deep breath and settled deeper into his embrace and said "Yes, and I think for the first time in my life I can honestly say yes. Don't get me wrong I was happy before, with our life, but now I am content. Does that make any sense?" She said with a small chuckle. "It makes perfect sense because mainly I feel the same way. So what do we do? Do we stay with the team, or do we want to just live our lives. What do you want Sarah?"

"I want you Chuck, you are all I have ever wanted, and whether we are super spies Agent Carmichael and Agent Walker or we are businessman and soccer mom Chuck and Sarah Bartowski, I don't care as long as I am with you,"

Chuck squeezed Sarah and said: "I love you Sarah, and I know I say it so much I am afraid it may lose its meaning, but I have no other words, how do I tell you, that when you're not here I can't breathe because you are my oxygen. You are the light of my day, and now I am starting to sound like a hallmark card." Sarah turned in his arms so that they were face to face and said "I love you too," and she kissed him.

The two stayed on the beach to well after sundown and then decided it was time to go home. As they were walking toward the parking lot, Chuck bumped shoulders with Sarah and said: "General Beckman told me you wanted to put me in a bunker." Sarah darted her head toward Chuck, but could tell by his smile that he wasn't upset and was joking with her. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and said; "Well I had an excuse, I wasn't in my right mind and I was worried you do something stupid, which I wasn't wrong. The thing I am more curious is why you kissed Carina?" Chuck stopped dead in his tracks and Sarah with a huge smile on her face kept on walking. Chuck then started going after her "Sarah wait… I can explain… Sarah…. Wait…."

Hey Hey I saved the world today

Everybody's happy now

The bad things gone away

And everybody's happy now

The good thing's here to stay

Please let it stay!

~The End~

A/N Thank you all for reading and reviewing. The reception I got from this story was an unexpected surprise. Just a few things, I am sure you all noticed that each chapter was either a song title or a line from a song. That was a nod to the show, I thought the music was wonderful, from the Huey Lewis greatest hits, to "Just like Paradise" when Carina entered into the Buy More. Every scene seemed to have a song that just fit. The OC Agent David Sindle was not me… It was named for a cousin I lost in the early 90's. He would have loved Chuck as much as I do, if not more, so to honor him I put him in my first "Chuck" story. That is about it, I have three other stories in mind for "Chuck" so I hope I am able to get them out. And once again Thanks! ~CDS~