AN: Well, this is my first fic for NCIS LA (and I suppose it's for Hawaii Five 0 too, technically), but I figured I may as well get it up before the next episode comes out tonight. It's not perfect and I'm not totally happy with it, but well, I thought I'd post it before the next episode anyways.

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS LA. (Although it'd be awesome if I did)

Finality

.o.

How does that feel?

The dead shell of your enemy

Lying before you

With your bullet through his heart

Because you don't look so good

Maybe it's because this has been your goal for so long,

And now that it's achieved you have no purpose

{and that's a wince-worthy thought}

You were always so stoic about your blood feud

So unflinching

And now it's pretty much over

And you think it should feel good,

But you don't feel good, not really

You're just sort of shocked

Weird, isn't it?

You were so caught up in the chase,

That you didn't really give thought to shooting him

{killing him}

And now that you have,

You're not really sure what to think.

It's sort of weird, isn't it?

{I mean, you've killed before but this is weird… you were set on bringing him to justice}

You were so focused on your job, that you forgot what this really was

A blood feud

{weird}

And now it's over

{and that's weirder}