Last Chapter guys, in the next couple of days I will start what will be a sequel but with new bad guys and everything…you will see everything that isn't answered in this chapter will be answered in the next story that's called "Deceit"
Chuck ran into the hospital, thanking God it wasn't the one Ellie and Devon worked in.
"I need to know if Sarah Walker is ok." Chuck announced, walking up to the front desk.
"She is in surgery, have a seat the doctor will come out when they are done." The nurse replied in a bored tone. Chuck let the tone slide and went to sit down with Carina. His how body was shaking, he needed her to be ok.
Hours went by, and yet Chuck never moved. Carina got him cleaned up by using a first aid kit, he had some bruises, but at least he was ok. Carina also got home coffee which he quickly drank, but other then the mumbled thanks Chuck had not spoken a word, he had just sat and clutched his chain with Sarah's ring on it.
Finally after another hour passed, a doctor in scrubs came out.
"Sarah Walker?" He called. Chuck quickly jumped up and ran over to him.
"I am her boyfriend." Chuck replied.
"Ok, well she was shot in the stomach, and lost a lot of blood. Luckily we were able to repair the damage and stop the bleeding. She was touch and go for a while there, but now she is stable and doing fine. She will be sore for a couple of weeks, but she will live." The doctor said, glancing over Sarah's chart.
"Can I see her?" Chuck begged.
"Of course, I will have a nurse show you to her room. She is asleep for now, she should wake up shortly." The doctor answered, motioning for a nurse to come over.
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The walk down the hallway to Sarah's room was one of the longest Chuck had ever walked. It seemed the hall went on forever, not coming to room 223 where Sarah was sleeping.
When he and Carina finally arrived Chuck froze at the door.
"What if she hates me?" Chuck asked softly.
"This isn't your fault Chuck." Carina replied just as soft.
"If I had just been more careful, if I had been watching, I would have seen Thomas." Chuck cried out.
Carina quickly took the young man into her arms, rubbing small circles along his back.
"This isn't your fault sweetie, and the man who did it is dead. Sarah is going to be fine." She whispered, letting Chuck go and nudging him to open the door.
Slowly Chuck opened the door and steppe into Sarah's room. The white walls had streams of sun shinning in from the windows as the sun arose into the sky. Chuck couldn't believe that just last night they were getting ready to start the mission, it felt like only minutes.
"Hey Sarah bear." Chuck whispered, sitting on the chair next to her bed, taking her hand. "Listen baby, you need to be ok, alright? You have to wake up, and be happy and not be upset you didn't get the final kill like I know you will be angry about. Casey and Carina fired five shots each at Thomas when they saw you go down." Chuck licked his lips, a nervous habit he had. "I love you Sarah Bear, and I have a ring to give you, it's resting right over my heart right where you belong. All you have to do is open those big beautiful blue eyes, and you get the ring. I know you want it, you made the choice to stay with me and try living a normal life." Chuck looked around the room and suddenly noticed Bryce standing in the corner. "I have to go talk to Bryce about our covers, you stay here, ok?" Chuck joked, leaning over to kiss his lover of the head. "I love you."
Outside the room Chuck and Bryce were quietly whispering about the outcomes of the mission.
"So we got Thomas, that was the main goal, and captured a lot of Fulcrum agents, I would say it was quite the blow." Bryce said, jumping right into the facts.
"And our covers? Are we compromised?" Chuck asked nervously.
Bryce let out a smile and shook his head no. "We found out, that Thomas was the only one who knew who we were, interrogation from the guys we caught proved it. They had no idea who any of us were."
"Bryce, thank you, I mean you promised you would help make this as easy as possible." Chuck stumbled, not really sure how to phrase what he meant.
"Hey, as long as Sarah is ok, we will always be ok. Don't forget to invite me to that wedding." Bryce joked.
"Could you come, like really?" Chuck asked.
"Of course buddy, I wouldn't miss it for the world." Bryce answered, clapping Chuck on the back.
"Would you be my best man?" Chuck asked, his voice confident and strong.
Bryce looked up shock, but a small smile covered his face. "Of course I would. Just tell Beckman the date and I will be there." Bryce answered, pulling Chuck into a deep hug.
"I am going to miss you kid." Bryce said after the hug. "Make sure you take care of our girl, ok?"
"I would lose my life for her." Chuck answered.
"Well, how about no one dies? Ok? Listen, I have to, I have an assignment I am still working on, but good job. The agency was right to train you, I heard you held your own in the fight." Bryce replied.
"I got a few good hits in, so did they." Chuck winced, touching his cheek causing Bryce to let out a laugh.
"I will see you at the wedding." Bryce said, hugging Chuck once more.
"Until then." Chuck replied, watching as Bryce exited the hall and out of the hospital.
"Be safe buddy." Chuck whispered before heading back into Sarah's room.
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After Casey directed the clean up crew he came straight to the hospital, relieved that his partner was going to be ok. Everyone now sat around Sarah's bed, small talking, waiting for her to wake up.
"Hey look her eyes are opening." Carina pointed out.
Within seconds Chuck was holding her hand by her side.
"Hey Sarah Bear, time to wake up." He whispered softly, stroking her hair away from her face.
"What happened?" Sarah groggily asked.
"You risked your life for me silly, I thought we weren't going to do that? Thomas was about to shoot me and you tried to fire at him, but he saw and shot you first, in the stomach, Casey and Carina killed him." Chuck explained, watching as the information sunk in.
"So mission successful?" Sarah asked.
"Completely, and our covers are still intact, so we can still be us." Chuck said.
"Good." Sarah replied, slowly sitting up.
"Now, I do believe I have something of yours." Chuck announced, pulling the diamond ring off of his chain where his mother's old cross laid. "Sarah Walker, I love you, and I am always going to love you, will you marry me?" He asked, getting down on one knee.
Sarah laughed and cried at the same time, nodding her head yes. As the ring slipped on her finger her life felt complete. She knew as long as she had Chuck everything would be ok.
"I love you Sarah Bear." Chuck said after a long passionate kiss.
"I love you too Chuck Bartowski." Sarah admitted, leaning in for another kiss.