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Murdoc stumbled towards the familiar door he was hurting all over pretty much and he felt dizzy. He could hear voices on the other side of the door. He debated coming back once he knew there wouldn’t be company so his very sudden arrival wouldn’t cause a scene. Starting to step back his body unfortunately betrayed him causing him to fall which definitely caused him to hurt more than he already did. He quickly started to pick himself up hearing multiple footsteps heading towards the door. Immediately the door swung open and there stood MacGyver looking him up and down like he’s staring at a ghost and he had a look that Murdoc had started to associate with him bleeding somewhere. Was he bleeding? He couldn't feel it if he was he looked at the others inside the house realizing there were two people he didn’t recognize. “Murdoc..what the hell happened?”
the blonde asked while grabbing both of Murdoc’s shoulders.
Murdoc hissed at how much a simple touch hurt causing Mac to quickly remove his hands.
“I..don’t know Boy scout, just woke up in the middle of some alleyway feeling like I’ve been hit by the semi truck Nick got hit with in final destination four.”
He chuckled hearing MacGyver sigh and urging the others to move before he helped Murdoc into the house and laid him onto the couch. He watched Mac leave, most likely going to look for medical supplies. “Soo..who’s the black haired and the guy who looks like he’d steal somebody’s wallet.”
He hummed watching the offense appear on their faces while Jack introduced them as Desi and Russ Taylor. Murdoc kept staring at Desi, she looked so..familiar but he couldn’t remember why or from where, thankfully MacGyver came back with the medical supplies he had in the house before his brain fixated on figuring that whole can of worms out..he slowly started drifting off while he was being patched up.
Murdoc woke up not at all surprised about the fact he was still in some pain. He looked at himself realizing he no longer had his shirt and jacket on, Mac must’ve taken it off while he was asleep. He looked around, noticing that it was dark outside; it also didn’t take long for him to notice Desi staring at him; he looked over towards the woman and grinned.
“You know it’s weird to watch people sleep, recovering or not, Desi.”
He watched her narrow her eyes and get closer to him like she was trying to figure out something which she did for approximately 3 seconds.
“Dennis..didn’t think I’d see you again let alone see you be an assassin.”
Murdoc tilted his head processing what Desi actually said and once it did panic and the urge to get the hell out of the house immediately kicked in because no way nope it’s not her this is a dream nope. He backed up which resulted in him falling off the couch reminding him that this was in fact not a dream and that this is unfortunately real on his behalf he really didn’t want to associate with his family anymore.
He heard a pair of footsteps running his way. They were definitely Jack and MacGyver. He felt Mac helping him up while Jack started at Desi.
“What did you say to him, Desi?”
she simply shrugged while he was taken into Mac’s room all he could faintly hear was Desi and Jack talking to each other. He hummed after being put into Mac’s bed. It was much more comfortable than the couch he stared at Mac while he sighed and started to relax.
“Murdoc before you ask no I’m not cuddling you that’ll only hurt, you have gashes and bruises everywhere.”
Murdoc pouted and giggled while Mac climbed into the bed and got comfortable and made sure Murdoc was as well. He stared at the ceiling listening to MacGyver’s breathing until he slowly drifted off feeling slightly more safe with his boyfriend next to him. The next day he was rudely woken up having his wounds checked and per Mac’s request took a shower(being closely watched of course) he realized he didn’t have his normal attire here so he was thankful for Mac giving him an old black hoodie and jeans.
“Do I really have to go to Phoenix with you? I’m sure I’ll be fine here, MacGyver.” He stared at the blonde who kept insisting on him going even though Murdoc knew good and well he didn’t have a choice he was always forced to go there whenever he was badly injured or kidnapped. It always confused him but he stopped questioning it a while ago. He finally got up after Mac “calmly” threw his boots towards him so he’d get them on quickly and which he did since he really didn’t feel like dealing with Mac’s wrath this morning. He got into the back seat of the car since Mac was in the passenger seat and Jack was driving. He laid down for the sake of them not being questioned as to why they have an assassin in the back seat but to also relieve his pain a little bit. He whistled a good chunk of the way to phoenix until Jack told him to stop. He resorted to staring at the ceiling of the car while also listening to cars passing by and the muffled noises outside of said car. Admittedly he didn’t even realize the car was empty let alone at their destination until he finally heard Jack knocking on the window so he quickly sat up which he immediately regretted because goddamn that hurt and made him dizzy. He cautiously got out of the car. He looked around making sure to keep his balance so he didn’t look like a child who just got off a merry-go-round while entering the building and walking into the war room.
Sitting down the moment he got into the room followed by MacGyver sitting right next to him who very obviously was checking his wounds again considering he felt the blonde pulling on the hoodie. Matty was discussing some mission that Murdoc was not listening to in the slightest he looked around seeing who was actually in the room..Riley, Russ, Jack, MacGyver, Matilda and Bozer huh Desi must not be here today.
“Right now on the topic of Murdoc we suspect Helman was involved since he escaped around the time Mac pointed out that he hadn’t seen Murdoc in a hot minute.”
Murdoc had to keep his giggle in at that sentence but she definitely had a point considering most of his wounds seem to match up with one’s he had gotten around high school.
“Well if that’s the case why don’t you guys come up with some sort of..tracking device then put it on me and send me to wherever you think he might be since he you know wants me way more than 6 feet under.” In all honesty he had to hide the genuine fear he felt the moment Mac stared at him because it definitely looked like he would’ve killed him on the spot if he was not dating him.
“That’s definitely out of the question..”
He grinned seeing Mac focusing on Matty meaning he was safe from a lecture for now at least. He stopped listening to Matty after a minute or two of her discussing ideas of who could’ve done it and how since the whole memory block. Murdoc laid his head onto Mac’s shoulder to ignore the headache that was slowly getting worse by the second.
“Sorry to interrupt everything but can we hurry perhaps? my head has decided it’s time to disagree with the rest of my body.”
He watched as everyone suddenly turned around towards him with mostly unreadable looks other than MacGyver of course looking the most concerned out of everyone.
“What? and Angus you have that look on your face, do I really look that bad sweetheart?” He giggled, meaning it as a joke at first. “Murdoc..you look like you’re getting worse by the second and the reason Mac looks horrified is that you’re bleeding..again.”
Murdoc looked at Riley confused,he wasn't bleeding or he didn’t think he was. He wiped his mouth not expecting to even see anything but no she was right he was bleeding and not just a tiny bit he could play off as him accidentally opening a scar on his lip it was a concerning amount in Mac’s words. His head started hurting worse than it already was and he was starting to feel dizzy once more he went to say something but he quickly realized he couldn't, which was worrying of course but not as worrying as Jack of all people rushing towards him saying who knows what. He couldn’t hear anything, it didn't dawn on him until Jack was very much in front of him while shaking his body yelling right at his face. The whole ordeal didn’t last long as everything started to get blurry and mushed together. He attempted to say something back but the attempt failed due to everything going black.
He slowly regained consciousness after who knows how long he looked around the room noticing how it must’ve been a hospital room by the color of the walls. He also noticed two figures in the room he couldn’t properly determine until his vision cleared up.
“Desi?..Mac? What happened? also Desi why are you even here.”
He noted how the two looked at each other then towards him neither spoke for a minute but Mac eventually caved.
“Well for one I think we’ve figured out who kidnapped you and what caused the memory blockage.”
Murdoc hummed while nodding as a way to show he was listening.
“And I’m only here because we’re related, you dummy so it just feels right to watch over you for some weird reason.”
He looked over to Desi. He felt like he couldn’t trust her words but he did have a sister at one point so it’s possible that they could be related and either way he couldn’t fight in his current state even if he tried.
“Right back to the original topic we don’t think it’s Helman it could potentially be someone in Phoenix and I say that because we questioned Helman and he knew nothing in all honesty he thought you were dead and complained about not being the one to kill or injure you.” He sat up slowly and stared down the blonde. He ignored the pain that caused but if they were going to have a conversation like this he might as well. “What are you suggesting? with the wounds and the placements whoever this is would be around my old man’s age at best and they would’ve had to know him unless they somehow found a file on..me.”
He watched Mac sigh and Desi back away from the bed which was confusing scratch that, very confusing.
“Both answers are possible actually because there was a file about you, I never realized it until you had admitted a few months ago that we were in high school together that went missing around the time you did and the reason I say both is because my father is the main suspect because as you know they did know each other before he you know left.”
Murdoc tried to control the laughter that came out of him but it only grew more manic the more he laughed. It wasn't because it was funny, it was because it made sense he should’ve thought of it sooner honestly.
“Boy scout! please tell me you know the reason ooo no let me guess is he upset we’re dating? could explain what happened in the war room. Speaking of that, I'm guessing it was poison.” He watched as the blonde nodded to his miniature rant he started giggling which didn’t last long due to the power going out. Panic immediately followed while Desi said she’d leave to go see what the hell happened while Mac practically put himself against the door after she left. Murdoc had a bad feeling, a really bad feeling about this he slowly got up as best as he could and stood in front of Mac.
He and the blonde locked eyes before he got closer and kissed Mac he had a feeling he wasn’t making it out of this even with MacGyver in the room. They both jumped hearing a gun go off which wasn’t good because last he checked nobody had a gun so it definitely wasn’t Jack nor Desi. He stood up straight and sighed as he heard footsteps approaching the door he grabbed MacGyver and pulled him into a hug and kissed his head he felt Mac trying to escape his grip most likely to be ready to protect him if necessary but Murdoc didn’t want that because he knew it’d put Mac in danger. “I love you, Angus.” He hummed as he heard the door open he stared at the other man and grinned before a gunshot went off and everything went black once more.