NOTICE: THIS IS NOT THE STORY FINALE. JUST THE SEGMENT. THE STORY STILL HAS 15-20 CHAPTERS REMAINING.

Sorry fanficers, I've confused everybody including myself in recent days. This is the first time that I have written an accompanying M rated piece for one of my T rated stories and I've been finding it quite head scratching in regards to how to structure the ending of this particular segment but I do believe that I have finally found an acceptable way to work around this. I'm going to type out Redemption: Finale as both a T rated version and also an M rated version. So if you don't mind M rated content, then you can go to my fanfiction profile in just a few days time and you will find Redemption: Finale available and waiting in a mature rated setting just as soon as it's ready.

But if you only want T rated content, then you can continue to read this chapter, but it won't be very long in comparison to the other version. My M Rated Redemption: Finale version will be the true place to go for an extended experience that will cover 22nd December through to 24th December because this segment finale is largely intended to bring back Charah's sexual intimacy with each other again once more. Though this chapter does have other very strong moments aside from what I just mentioned, as you will see from reading it.

Chapter Thirty Six

Redemption: T Rated Finale

Los Angeles, California

21 December

"Sarah, I'm so sorry for what you witnessed from me last night," Chuck says in a cracked and broken hoarse tone of voice which was caused from his emotional outburst the previous night with his eyes still puffy from all of the emotion he had bled as he begins to smile weakly from where he lay facing Sarah with their heads still touching together more than twelve hours since taking up the position that Sarah had placed them both in the previous night.

"Baby, it's ok. You're safe again now," Sarah says as she pauses briefly to smile deeply at him with her own eyes still puffy from her own outburst of emotions as she then begins to lovingly stroke his cheek with her hand. "I wasn't scared for myself, Chuck. You would never harm me," Sarah declares with absolute conviction and briefly pauses again to smile at him once more. "I was only scared for you, and for your safety. You are all that matters to me."

"Sarah, if you were not in my life again last night then I would no longer be alive this morning," Chuck admits in that same rugged tone of voice to her.

"Chuck, please don't say that," Sarah replies softly to him as she smiles weakly.

Chuck smiles weakly at Sarah. "But Sarah, it's true. You are all that's clear in my messed up and broken life. That's why I came back here last night and why I didn't do what I stated. Thoughts of you kept me alive, even through all of that deep pain I was experiencing at that moment."

"Baby, don't think about it. You didn't do it and you came back to me, because you're strong and brave," Sarah states softly as she smiles at him and continues to affectionately caress his cheek with her hand.

"Sarah, I am not strong. I am weak and you deserve better than a broken guy like me. The Navy has destroyed me. I'm not the same guy from college any more. I'm ashamed of who I am now. I have nothing left inside of me any more, I'm empty," Chuck replies depressively in the same tone of voice used in the conversation thus far.

"You're not weak, Chuck. You're incredibly brave. And you're right, you're not the same guy from college. You're different now. You are changed and you are broken. But so am I, Chuck. I'm different and I'm changed and I was broken too before I found you again. And now it's my job to fix what they have done to you, baby, like you have fixed me. I despise the government for what it does to its people with its politics. I despise the wars that come from those political games. And I despise the military," Sarah states with strong distaste because of what they have collectively done to her soulmate.

"Sarah, it's not your job. It's not fair on you. Why should it be your responsibility to look after me?" Chuck asks.

"It wasn't your job to fix me, Chuck, but you did," Sarah states with a huge smile to him. "And it is my job because I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"Sarah, I don't think I can be fixed. I'm too far gone. You're right, it has broke me," Chuck states despondently.

"You can be fixed, Chuck. And I will NEVER give up on you until my dying breath and even then I hope there's an afterlife because I want you in it right next to me where you belong..."

Later that Morning

"Sarah, I feel so mortified. Look at the state that I have left this room in," Chuck says as he glances around the hotel room which has been absolutely trashed by his own hands.

"Chuck, don't think about it right now, we can worry about that later," Sarah says comfortingly to him.

"Sarah, I have to think about it right now. I was raised to respect others and this is extremely embarrassing for me. I lost my cool and look at the mess that I have made. I have not respected other peoples property and I have embarrassed you too as you are a guest in this room also," Chuck states shamefully as he feels deep remorse over his rage and his anger that he displayed last night.

Sarah smiles warmly at him. "You haven't embarrassed me, Chuck. We will tell them about the bad news you have received and as long as you pay for the damages then it should be fine," she says reassuringly to him.

"But first, let's clean up and assess and tend to the damage that you have done to yourself and then we'll see to that other problem afterwards," Sarah says as she then takes Chuck's hand and they walk into the bathroom together...

Later that Evening

Chuck and Sarah have now been moved to a new hotel room. Initially, the hotel management were extremely concerned and displeased with Chuck because of the damage he had told them about but they eventually became more forgiving on hearing about the dreadful news that he had been given in addition to Chuck's deep sincerity in being extremely remorseful over what he had done inside the room as he repeatedly and shamefully apologized for it and he also insisted that he be billed for all damage caused. Chuck had then signed a document on his own insistence which stated that he agreed to pay for damages and they had now just finished moving rooms.

"Sarah, I'm so sorry for having to put you through this humiliation," Chuck says shamefully to Sarah on them both entering their new accommodation.

Sarah smiles warmly at him. "I don't feel humiliated, Chuck. You just reached your emotional breaking point and you snapped. You are only human and it's not your fault for the way that we are wired. We can only take so much hurt and pain in our life before we reach our breaking point and we snap, like you did."

"I feel better for doing the right thing. They were very forgiving of me," Chuck states with a weak smile.

"They were," Sarah agrees.

Chuck then begins to sigh deeply.

"Sarah, I can't believe what Jill has done. How could she leave Hollie alone no matter how much grief she was going through. She was her mother. Hollie needed her." Chuck says in deep sorrow to his soulmate.

"Chuck, it will be okay. We'll figure it out together," Sarah says comfortingly as she then moves to hug him where they stood.

"Sarah, it's not okay. What about Hollie? What am I going to do?" Chuck asks in dread as he begins to panic.

"You can apply to be her guardian, right?" Sarah asks softly.

Chuck nods his head. "If it goes through the courts and her grandparents agree, yeah," Chuck responds.

"So we can do that then, Chuck. And then she can live with us," Sarah states to him without even needing to think about the implications and the commitment necessary on her behalf over what she has just suggested as she smiles adoringly at him.

"Sarah, you don't need to do that. That's a lot of commitment for somebody you have never met," Chuck replies sincerely to her.

"Chuck, I do need to do it. I plan to be with you for the rest of my life and everything that it entails and you know exactly what I'm talking about," Sarah says as she pauses to smile deeply at him. "So every problem you ever face in your life is also my own problem until the day we die." she says powerfully with absolute stonewall conviction attached to her words.

"Oh Sarah, I love you so much!" Chuck declares emotionally as he smiles deeply at her and he moves to touch his forehead against her own inside the embrace that the two young lovers are still locked in.

Sarah smiles brightly in response to his declaration as she then begins to affectionately stroke his face from where they stood.

"But Sarah, I'm still in the Navy for another year," Chuck says as he smiles weakly. "She cant live with us yet."

"Baby, we'll figure it out together I promise you," Sarah says assuredly as she then moves to stroke his arm with her hand whilst still inside the embrace with him. "Can she stay with Bryce's mother until we're ready to take over the responsibility once you leave the Navy?" she then asks.

"She's far too ill. She is not in good shape whatsoever," Chuck states as he then begins to sigh deeply.

"What about Jill's parents?" Sarah then suggests.

"That's where she is right now," Chuck says as he nods his head. "But they never really had a relationship with her and Jill's parents are really struggling to deal with her. Hollie is so detached and she has been for weeks. She's not talking to anybody and is just crying for her mom and dad," Chuck says as he then starts to get upset and emotional once more as he runs his hands through his head and has to fight and choke back tears and emotions again.

"Baby, don't get upset again. I can't bear you suffering," Sarah says in a low pitched tone as she moves to stroke Chuck's cheek with her hand before then hugging deeply into him again once more.

"What about a medical discharge, Chuck? We could take over responsibility almost immediately then," Sarah then suggests to him.

"Sarah, I can't go out like that," Chuck says as he shakes his head no. "I wouldn't be able to live with myself for the rest of my life knowing I chickened and bailed out."

"Baby, you're broken. You can't go back there, it will kill you," Sarah says with deep concern and dread over the health and wellbeing of her soulmate.

"Sarah, I'm already dead. I'm empty and broken inside," Chuck declares emotionally in response to her.

"And what about Hollie, Chuck?" Sarah asks softly as her face begins to show deep emotion.

"What can I really offer her, Sarah? What do I really have left to offer other than misery and dread?" Chuck asks despondently.

"And what about me, Chuck?" Sarah asks as she begins to break apart deep inside over his words to her.

"Sarah, you're probably better off without me too. I'm empty. You don't deserve to have such a broken and empty partner," Chuck states as he then lowers his gaze down to look at the floor in deep sorrow.

On hearing what Chuck has just said to her, Sarah immediately slaps Chuck's face hard with her hand where he stood facing her. "DON'T YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ME EVER AGAIN!" Sarah snaps and screams angrily into Chuck's face but he then continues to avoid eye contact with Sarah with his gaze still fixed looking down at the floor.

"I SAID DON'T YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ME EVER AGAIN!" Sarah screams into Chuck's face a second time on him not responding to her demand.

Chuck still doesn't respond and Sarah once more slaps Chuck's face a second time over his comments and him still not responding to her demand. "I SAID DON'T YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ME EVER AGAIN!" Sarah screams once more a third time to him on still not receiving a response from him.

Chuck finally begins to slowly raise his face and he then begins to look into Sarah's eyes again once more. "I'm sorry." Chuck says remorsefully as he stares blankly into her eyes.

Sarah immediately then moves to hug into him again once more. "You're still beautiful and perfect to me, Chuck, regardless of what they have done to you baby, because I know the real you and it will come back one day, once we move on from all of this hurt that comes with you being in the Navy," Sarah says as she pauses to run her hand through the back of his hair inside the embrace with him. "So don't make me live without you, Chuck. I won't. I have tried it once for nearly seven years and I can't."

Chuck does not respond and he keeps his head nestled into Sarah's shoulder.

"If you die out there Chuck, then I will die along with you," Sarah whispers powerfully to him.

That got a response from Chuck as he pulls his head back to look into Sarah's eyes. "Sarah, please don't say that," Chuck says softly to her.

"Then don't make me say it, Chuck! Because I'm serious! I mean it!" Sarah shouts emotionally to him as she stares right into his eyes.

"Then Sarah, I had better be careful not to die because I can't ever let anything happen to you," Chuck says and he pauses as he cups Sarah's cheeks in his hands. "You are the only thing in my life that makes it worth living." Chuck says powerfully as he then begins to break up and cry.

"Me too," Sarah replies emotionally as tears leave her own eyes as the two soulmates expose themselves to each other while they continue to hold each other comfortingly in the middle of their hotel room…

Los Angeles, California

22 December

Sarah and Chuck have now begun to wake up this morning closely joined together as they face into the eyes of each other. They have placed themselves in this sleeping position for two nights running now and their heads were sharing the same pillow and they were so close to touching together whilst they each have an arm protectively placed over each other and Chuck begins to raise his arm up and away from Sarah's body as his hand connects with Sarah's face and his thumb then begins to softly stroke and brush back Sarah's hair and they begin to smile warmly at each other.

Sarah then closes her eyes at the touch of her soulmate as she begins to breathe in deeply at his touch.

"Hi," Chuck says as he smiles at Sarah and he watches her begin to open her eyes on hearing him speak to her.

"Hi," Sarah responds as she opens her eyes to smile warmly at Chuck again.

"Sarah, I'm so sorry for the distress that I have made you suffer the past two days," Chuck says as he burns a deep loving gaze into his soulmate's eyes.

Sarah smiles warmly at him on hearing his words to her. "Chuck, you didn't make me suffer. You didn't cause this. You are a victim of it," she says softly.

"Sarah, regardless of who caused it, I'm all spent now," Chuck says to her with a bright smile on his face.

On hearing his response, Sarah smiles deeply at him again once more. "Good. Because I can't bear to see you suffering for a moment longer. The past two days have been the most painful and difficult days of my whole life seeing you so broken like that," Sarah admits emotionally to him as she begins to smile sadly at him.

"You won't have to see any more, Sarah. I promise you I won't lose control like I have the past day and a half ever again in my life. You have truly helped me through this massive crisis that I was having. You were here for me when I had nobody else in this world. I want to thank you, Sarah, from the deepest corner of my heart," Chuck says emotionally with a wide smile that comes straight from his heart as he continues to stroke back Sarah's hair with his thumb.

"Baby, you were also there for me when I had nobody else also. I was a just few seconds away from being brutally gang raped for however long they would have done it and then I would have been killed afterwards and you saved me," Sarah states emotionally as she pauses and begins to caress Chuck's own face, just as he had previously done with her. "I love you more than anything in this world and I will do absolutely anything for you, Chuck. I'm going to be your wife one day. And what kind of a future wife would I be if I can not comfort and be there for my future husband?" Sarah asks him with a bright smile.

Chuck grins deeply on hearing Sarah's question. "Sarah, I love you too and I just want you to know that as soon as I leave the Navy, I plan to ask you," Chuck declares with conviction to her.

Sarah smiles brighter than she ever has before on hearing his response. "And I just want you to know, Chuck, that when you do ask me, my answer is going to be yes," Sarah declares as she begins to grin while staring deeply into his eyes.

Chuck returns the deep grin to her, as they begin to close the tiny distance between themselves and they rest their hands onto each others face as they then begin to kiss each other in a delicate, tender and slow loving fashion.

Their kiss soon began to heat up as a deep desire for each other began building up inside of themselves and their kissing began to get more passionate and their touching became more intimate and vigorous.

Sarah then begins to turn onto her back from where she was formerly positioned on her side and Chuck instantly moves with her as he now begins to hover over her as they continue to kiss and their hands begin to roam passionately over each others face, neckline and shoulders as the young couple's breathing patterns quickly begins to increase.

Chuck has to break the smoldering kiss that they have been locked in for the last few minutes as he begins to get his breath back but with their bodies still touching and Chuck rests his forehead idly against Sarah's as he begins to grin at Sarah from where he was hovering over her and Sarah returns the grin to him in kind.

Chuck then adjusts himself as he begins to kiss Sarah again, and his hands then begin to roam down both sides of Sarah's body while Sarah has her arms locked around her soulmate's neck as their desire and lust for each other quickly begins to increase and heat up as their body temperatures rose drastically from the passion that they had begun to create together.

The young soulmates continue to kiss each other as seconds turn into minutes and their desire for each other increases further and further each passing second as Chuck's hands continue to skirmish and explore while Sarah's hands run all over Chuck's face, neckline and his hair.

Sarah then breaks their latest kiss that they had shared. "Baby, are you sure?" she asks as she looks up into his eyes from where she was laying under him.

Chuck smiles deeply at her as he looks down at her. "Sarah, I have never been more sure of anything in my life. I don't want to wait any longer. I need you, right now. I'm ready," he states with a huge grin to her.

Sarah grins right back up at him on hearing his response to her. "Ok," she says as she smiles brightly up at him once more and Chuck continues to grin as they connect their lips together once more.

And as they continue to kiss and taste each others mouths, Sarah's own hands then finally begin to roam over her soulmate as she gently ran her hand down the middle of her soulmate's torso, before finishing and placing her hand firmly onto his crotch.

And after nearly seven long and painful years of being without each other, two young lovers were now just moments away from consolidating themselves together as one once more…

A/N Sooooooo... I hope you enjoyed today's chapter a little more than the previous one! Please review on your way out :)

And if sex or smut or love making or whatever you want to call it is your thing, then do keep looking at my fanfiction profile in the coming days for my Redemption: Finale M Rated Version. That standalone accompanying piece will pick up EXACTLY where this chapter left off. And it will cover from 22nd to the 24th December with several scenes of Charah's newfound intimacy once more. But if the above is not your thing, then the next T rated chapter will be Christmas Day. And Sarah will finally be meeting the Bartowski women again once more.