Matty's Hunt for Murdoc- Final Chapter-

Matty had been running the hunt for Murdoc ever since the bombing. Finally, after two and a half, almost three years, they had a lead and she had given orders to kill on sight. Mac's team was told until after he was dead and it had been confirmed, an autopsy preformed to make sure it was him, and his web had been dismantled. Matty wanted to be absolutely and positively sure that it was done and properly taken care of, mostly because she didn't ever want to have to say, "Murdoc is alive." and see the pain it would bring her team.

Matty had borrowed G Callen, Steve Mcgarett, Sam Hanna, Gibbs, and several other military men and former members of the agency. All of them had expertise in investigating, undercover work, as well as military backgrounds. Together, the team found Murdoc, and got him before he ever saw it coming. It was a long time coming though. Mcgarett was the man to pull the trigger and place a bullet between the psychopath's eyes. The gun was a semi- automatic assault rifle with a suppressor, making sure it made no noise. It was similar to the one that the military used, only difference was that it was easier to take apart and throw into a bag than a standard one. Once it was fired, he was taking it apart- using gloved to dismantle it because it was still very hot from being fired. It was in a bag and packed away discreetly, no one would be able to tell that the weapon was there. Mcgarett went as far as picking up his shell casings and fixing the spot where he'd been laying down to make it look like it hadn't been disturbed.

The team, composed of seven Military background men, who worked for the government currently were recruited. With lots of hunting and flushing out, they managed to locate Murdoc in Yemen. It was a difficult mission, only 5 of the Seven went to the country, and only three preformed the hit. The man to pull the trigger was Mcgarett. Sam and G drew Murdoc out and got him in the cross hairs. Both men understood how dangerous and crazy he was, and they proceeded with caution.

Once the trigger had been pulled, Sam and G were moving the body into a bag, not caring that there was a chance that Murdoc wasn't completely dead yet. Once he was in a bag, shoved in a crate, he was loaded on the back of a truck and they all proceeded as if they were apart of some truck company traveling with cargo. Once out of the country, they went to a US military base, where the autopsy was preformed, the bullet extracted, and Murdoc's organs removed. Once it was confirmed to be Murdoc, the military threw his body into a furnace and burned him. With nothing left, he was thrown out in the trash, like the piece of garbage and scum of the Earth he was.

The three men then boarded a plane to the states and went to their respective places, G and Sam headed to LA and Steve headed for Hawaii. Matty was glad that her hunting trip had ended, it was costly, and highly top secret. The team she had assembled were temporarily cut from their organizations- on "vacation time", and operated under orders from Phoenix. It was a bunch of top secret, Need -to -Know files, that once taken care of, were destroyed. No one would ever know who fulfilled the hit. Every operative in the mission had code names, never once referenced to their real name. For example, Gibbs was known as the coffee man, Sam was referred to as the gym instructor, Mcgarett was known as the chef, and Callen was the movie actor. It was to protect all of their identities.

The file with the report, all it said was, "The chef fulfilled the order for the actor, gym instructor, coffee man and movie actor. The meal was served on 11/15, 3:54 local time." It was very vague and read weirdly, but anyone who went digging would be more confused than anything else. There was no records of anything, all the cover IDs had been burned and destroyed, never to be traced back to Phoenix or the hit squad.

Matty then made sure to dismantle the web Murdoc had spun, and made sure nothing would ever come from it again. It was over and done with. She made sure to wait, so that nothing would pop up, but after a few months, nothing came up, and the people she had set aside to watch were all killed in traffic accidents and hits from rivals, she had won. She kept an eye on those regions and people for years to come. If something looked off, or not of normal nature, she had boots on the ground investigating it within 24 hours, and would have it taken care of within 72 hours. Murdoc's web was destroyed, and any and every chance it tried to come back and regrow, it was destroyed.

The news of Murdoc's assassination eventually came to Mac and his team, and they were thankful that it was over. Mac still had nightmares, but knowing Murdoc was dead, and couldn't get to him eased his worries. Over time, the nightmares faded through therapy and dealing with the PTSD. There were days where being in the sewer (never knew what you'd have to do for a case), would bring him anxiety. But Jack was there every step of the way, helping Mac stay sane and balanced. Then there were days where he needed medical support, whether he wanted it or not, every injury had to be assessed and treated, and one thing that forever had him squeamish was an IV. He eventually refused all painkillers that were stronger than Ibuprofen, morphine did a number on him and he couldn't handle the similarity of the lack of control, and spaced out feeling.

A/n: This is the very end. I wanted to wrap it up nicely in the previous chapter, but show how Murdoc was gotten, so that everything was wrapped up, no mystery to how it happened. It took me awhile to finish this I'll admit. I couldn't find the words to put the feelings on the document. Hope you like it, and thank you all for following the story and favoriting. Much Love! Happy Holidays!