A/N: I now present the conclusion of Chuck vs Their Future. I hope you enjoy it!

I've also edited the eighth installment to this series, thank you 2old2write for pointing out some continuity errors. After you pointed those out I found a couple more (whoops!). It doesn't alter the story but it wouldn't hurt to take a look :)

Disclaimer: Don't own it

Chuck opened the door for Sarah who had sleepy little Stephen in her arms. Sarah walked over to the couch, dropped the bag that she had slung over her shoulder, and sat down. Chuck followed her and sat down on the arm of the couch, and brought his arm around her. Sarah looked up at her husband and smiled. Both of them focused back on the child. Stephen shifted in Sarah's arms, but soon fell back asleep.

"It's hard to believe that he's here now," Chuck said.

"Yeah," Sarah agreed. "But it's also easy to believe at the same time." The two new parents lived in the moment as they looked at their son for a few more minutes. "I should put him in his crib so he can get used to it." Sarah stood up and began to walk towards the crib Chuck had set up in the living room.

"I'll close the door so he won't get cold!"

As she reached the crib, Sarah heard Chuck's footsteps come to a halt. This puzzled her because he had only taken a couple of steps, so he couldn't have reached the door yet. She heard Chuck gasp a little. Once she put little Stephen down, she heard Chuck stutter, "What—, D-Dad?!"

Sarah whipped around to see Stephen Bartowski standing in the doorway of their home. Her mouth fell open.

Chuck was frozen. Am I dreaming?! "Dad?!" he repeated.

Stephen stepped into the house and looked up at his son. "Hello Charles," he turned to face Sarah. "Hi Sarah."

Both Chuck and Sarah were still in shock, but somehow Chuck managed to muster up some strength to talk. "How are you still alive?! I watched you die in my arms!"

Orion smiled. "Charles, what did I tell you when you first found out that I was Orion?"

Chuck thought back while he was trying to process everything that had just happened. "You…you said that you had to die several times. That was one of the perks of being Orion."

He nodded. "The situation with Shaw wasn't any different. It's like when Fulcrum captured me and the helicopter exploded. I had to make my enemies think I was dead."

"But why reappear now? Why did you wait almost three years?!"

"I reappeared briefly about two years ago when Sarah was undercover at Volkoff Industries. Why do you think Volkoff moved to the Contessa? It was because I sent him a message, saying I wanted my wife back," Orion paused. "Okay, not just a message. I shut down all of his communications to his private office and messed with the electricity flow. It scared the heck out of him!" he chuckled.

Both Chuck and Sarah laughed as well. "So, what happened after that?" Sarah asked.

Stephen moved to a chair that was nearby, and Chuck and Sarah sat down on the couch. "I was all set to reappear when Clyde Decker went after your team and Volkoff, err, Hartley," he corrected himself, now that his longtime friend was back to normal. "When I heard that Decker was hunting you all down, I knew something wasn't right, so I dug deeper and found about Nicholas Quinn." Stephen looked at Sarah and saw a chill run through her body. "I knew he was supposed to be the Intersect agent, and that he wanted to seek revenge against the person that took that from him. And since I worked on the original Intersect, he would have likely gone after me if I reappeared. Besides, after Decker froze your funds, someone had to work on getting them back."

Chuck's eyes widened. "That was you?!"

Stephen nodded. "I had to tread extra carefully when Decker and Quinn still out and about. But once they had been…taken care of, I was able to work more freely. The reason why Beckman knew was because I needed some government resources to recover all the funds quicker. Otherwise I'd still be trying to release them."

Chuck nodded as he listened to what his father said. Once Stephen finished, Chuck asked, "What about the faulty Intersect's effect on Sarah's memories?"

Stephen shrugged and turned to Sarah. "How many have you regained?"

Sarah shook her head. "I don't know for sure. I feel that I've regained a lot of them, but not all of them yet."

Chuck turned to his father. "Ellie was thinking about using the Key before our final battle with Quinn—"

Orion cut off his son. "That could have worked up to a point."

The expression on Chuck's face grew to a puzzled one. "What do you mean?"

Stephen shifted in his chair. "You could have uploaded photos to the Key, which would have been fine. However, the rest of her memories would have to been put in as text from another person's point of view, not hers. The reason the Key worked with Hartley that way was because it was a cover."

Sarah's expression shifted to a saddened one, which her father-in-law noticed. "Don't worry Sarah. There's another reason why I came by here, and it was to give you these," he replied while pulling a small case out of the inside of his jacket and giving it to Sarah.

Sarah took the case from her father-in-law's hands and stared at it. "What is it?" she asked, not taking her eyes off of the case.

"A little something that could help."

Both Chuck and Sarah's heads snapped up to face Stephen, putting together what he just said. Sarah slowly opened the case and saw a pair of what looked like Intersect glasses. With shaking hands, she picked up the glasses and put them on. Once they were on, Sarah's eyes locked onto the lenses and a green hue took over her vision. As the seconds past, she began to feel dizzy. After what appeared to be a few moments to Sarah, the green hue ceased, and the smell of burning metal and plastic met her nose.

Sarah removed the glasses as a wide smile spread across her face.

"Sarah?" Chuck asked.

"I…I feel different. As if everything is complete."

Orion smiled. "The glasses helped to resurface any memories that were still suppressed by the Intersect. It works like the suppression device, but in the opposite way."

Little Stephen decided to break into the conversation by uttering a soft cry. Sarah walked over to the crib, picked him up, and brought him back to where she was sitting.

Chuck looked at his son, then looked back at his dad. "Would you like to meet your grandson?"

Stephen moved to the edge of the chair. "Yeah, I would." Sarah stood up and placed her son in his grandfather's arms. Stephen took him and began to gently rock him. "What's his name?"

Chuck gave Sarah a look that said Go ahead, it was your idea. She smiled and said, "Stephen James Bartowski."

Stephen smiled and blushed a little, recognizing the honor. "Thanks you two."

"Thank Sarah, it was her idea." Chuck looked at his watch. "Shoot! Ellie, Devon, Clara, and Mom are going to be here in a half hour for dinner!"

Stephen stood up and handed his grandson back to his mother. "Would you mind if I made dinner, Charles?"

Chuck looked at his father, remembering that he wasn't particularly good in the kitchen. "Uh, yeah, sure. Go right on ahead."

Orion smiled. "I'm finally going to give you and Eleanor that dinner I promised you all those years ago!" he said as he made his way to the kitchen.

Chuck opened the door and smiled. There was the rest of his family smiling back at him. "Hey everyone! Come on in!"

Ellie, Devon, Clara, and Mary all entered the home after their outing and exchanged greetings with Chuck, and made their way into the living room to see the new mother and the newest member of the Bartowski family.

"Aww Chuck, Sarah!" Ellie marveled. "He's so adorable!"

Sarah smiled as she rocked Stephen gently. "Thanks Ellie."

Devon sniffed the air. "Mmm, whatever you got cookin' bro smells great! But…it doesn't smell like dinner though."

Mary inhaled. "He's right, it smells more like breakfast."

"Like pampakes!" Clara exclaimed.

Chuck shrugged. "Well, we had an unexpected visitor and it was his idea to make them."

"An unexpected visitor?" Ellie asked. "Chuck, you knew we were coming over after the movie."

Chuck nodded. "I know. But instead of talking about this guest like this in the living room, why don't we go in the kitchen and meet him."

Everyone followed Chuck's suggestion and they entered the kitchen. Both Chuck and Sarah smiled because they knew who the 'guest' was.

Everyone stopped by the kitchen table and saw a man hunched over the stove, flipping a pancake. Once he removed the ones that were ready from the pan, he turned to face the group of people that were waiting to see him.

Ellie gasped. Mary stood there wide eyed. Devon's jaw dropped.

"Dad?!" Ellie exclaimed as her eyes filled up with tears. She ran over and hugged him. "Oh my gosh! You're real! This isn't a dream!"

Stephen hugged his daughter back. "Yes sweetie, I'm real and this isn't a dream."

Mary walked over and looked at her husband's face which was resting on Ellie's shoulder. Her eyes began to fill up with tears as well. "Stephen!" she whispered.

Ellie released from the hug to give her mother a chance. Mary looked into her husband's eyes. "Oh Stephen!" she said as she embraced him. "I've missed you."

Stephen nodded. "I've missed you too. And now nothing is going to keep us apart."

They released after a long moment and smiled at each other. Soon after, Devon approached Mr. Bartowski and shook his hand. "It's good to see you back here."

Stephen smiled. "It's good to be back."

Devon felt something wrap around his leg and looked down to see Clara hiding behind him, and peeking out to look at Stephen Bartowski.

Stephen crouched down to the two-year-old's level. "Hi there, what's your name?" he asked gently.

"Clara," she responded.

"That's a pretty name."

Clara came out from behind her father's leg. "Are you my gwandpa?"

Stephen nodded. "Yeah. I am."

Clara walked up to Stephen and smiled a bit. "Hi."

Stephen let out a chuckle. "Hi," he replied. He opened his arms to Clara, and she immediately accepted the hug.

Everyone smiled at the first interaction between Clara and Stephen.

After a few moments, Chuck clasped his hands. "So, before we all settle down to dinner, Sarah and I – and well, Dad too – have some news."

Everyone turned to face the two new parents, curious as to what the information could be.

Sarah took a deep breath and smiled. "I have my memories back."

"What?!" Ellie exclaimed. "Oh my gosh Sarah, that's terrific!" she continued as she wrapped her sister-in-law into a hug. Everyone began to ask Orion how he had done it, which he responded in a dubbed down version of what he did to resurface all of Sarah's memories. After several minutes of questions and answers, it was mutually agreed upon to have dinner.

Stephen went to get the stack of pancakes while everyone else took a seat around the dining room table. Soon, the Bartowski family was enjoying the dinner that they were never able to have all those years ago.

A/N #2: Orion was the mystery man! Congrats again to 2old2write for going through all the possible 'guests' and eventually coming up with Orion. I'm not sure if you doubted your guess but you still got it! In Chuck vs the Push Mix, I always believed it was Orion that sent the message to Volkoff; it was even his style of hack! I know the writers wanted to bring Scott Bakula back, but his work on another series prevented his return. I hope you enjoyed reading this series! It was a great pleasure bringing this story to you guys! cowgirlangel95 out!