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Epilogue: Not According to Plan

An hour and a half later, Chuck was busily working at the Buy More, Casey was nowhere to be seen, and Sarah walked in, quickly strolling over to him.

"Chuck, come with me, we've got a mission from Command," she told him quietly.

He looked over at Morgan. "Hey buddy, cover for me?" he asked.

"Got it," the bearded-man replied.

The couple hurried to Orange Orange and down into the Castle, where Casey was waiting for them.

He glared at them with his normal Casey-ness and grunted, "S'about time you two got here. The meeting's about to start."

The plasma screen switched on, and General Beckman's grave face appeared. "Good afternoon, Team Bartowski."

"Afternoon, General," they all replied.

"What's this briefing about?" Chuck asked straightforwardly, "What's our mission?"

Surprising them all, she hesitated. She didn't exactly know how the team would take this new piece of information.

"Is something wrong, General Beckman?" Casey inquired, a little concerned now.

"Yes, Major, there is," she answered, "I regret to inform you... that Agent Lara Clark is dead."

A deadly silence filled the room as the news sank into them.

"What? What do you mean General?" Chuck demanded, "We just saw her alive and well this morning. How could she be dead? I don't think she's arrived in her destination yet obviously so she couldn't have gotten herself killed there."

The NSA general shook her head. "No, she never will arrive to her destination, either. A missile was fired and impacted her plane, destroying it completely over the Pacific Ocean. It seems that this was no accident. No one could have survived that blast, so the motive of the missile appears to be murder. We still don't know who did it, but word has been sent out to the public that Lara's plane JW-7638, was destroyed. We left out the details that a missile was the cause, and instead said that there was something wrong with the engine, and as a result it exploded, killing everyone on board. We did not state the names of who was on board, and only our agencies know who really was on board. It seems that Ronald Ferguson wasn't a real person, only an alias. This person never even existed. I'm afraid we didn't think to check before we sent her on the mission. I'm sorry."

Both Chuck and Sarah looked over at Casey, whose eyes were wide in shock.

"N-No... impossible..." he breathed, "Lara can't be..."

"I'm sorry, Casey," the General apologized, "I know how much she must have meant to you."

"I guess not everyone can cheat Death twice," Sarah commented quietly.

Casey looked up at the screen with hard, desperate eyes. "Have you discovered the culprit behind Agent Clark's murder?" he asked, his voice barely neutral.

She shook her head. "I'm afraid not, Major. We're still on the case of that, though we suspect that the one who created the alias was behind this. The CIA and NSA have sent helicopters to investigate the site, but I fear that there is nothing that we can rely on to help us find her killer," she explained, "Your 'mission' is from there, see if you can trace out who may have wanted to see Agent Clark dead. Chuck, if you flash on anything that may have relations to the murder, let Agents Walker and Casey know."

The screen went blank and a silence filled the room as Casey looked down and his hands curled into fists. Damn it, I should have gone with her to the airport. Maybe I could have seen this coming before she got on that plane, he thought angrily.

"I'm sorry, Casey," Sarah apologized quietly, "If you want I can look after Chuck for the rest of today."

The Major nodded wordlessly and trudged up the stairwell and out of the Castle.

"Poor, poor Casey," Chuck said quietly.

Outside, Casey looked at the golden heart necklace on the palm of his hand and it brought back memories of them together. He clasped the necklace around his neck and tucked it in his shirt, looking up at the bright blue sky.

"I promise," he whispered, "I promise I'll find your killer and see to it that they pay for killing you. For taking you away from me."

And thus... the hunt for Lara Clark's murderer began.

THE END

(To Be Continued in: Chuck Versus NCIS)

Sad ending, huh? I hope you liked this story!

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And the link to the sequel will be up tomorrow (on my birthday! Yay!) , Chuck Versus NCIS, where Team Bartowski hooks up with the NCIS team to work to find Lara's killer. Casey might even lose his temper when Gibbs accuses him of murdering his girlfriend. And what role does Bryce Larkin and his new girlfriend play in all of this?

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EDIT: Here's the link to the sequel. First you need to enter in the standard and then copy and paste THIS: /s/5049018/1/
Either that will work or this: /s/5049018/1/Chuck_Versus_NCIS

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