When he departed from the cemetery, David called his team in Malmo and ordered them to eliminate all NEMESIS members they could find. He emphasized that there was no need to interrogate them in view of the recent events. He added that the world would be a safer place, and a better place, if they were permanently removed. He said that there was no urgency in carrying out the task and the most important thing was to get away safely and without leaving any evidence that Mossad was involved. Next, he called his chief at Mossad headquarters and briefed him that the nuke was out of the Russian Federation and probably in the custody of Israel's dire enemy, Iran. Finally, he called Dr. Eugene Powers and gave him the same information.
David's phone call was received by the Mossad team in Malmo a couple of hours before the special unit were about to start the operation. Edna was relieved that the complicated and dangerous mission of grabbing Le Docteur and Lara for interrogation had been cancelled and was changed to a much simpler order to eliminate the leading NEMESIS members. Haya was a bit disappointed as she was looking forward to the interrogation stage. She wasn't a sadist or psychopath, but she derived great pleasure from seeing the enemies of her country squirming in pain. The other agents just shrugged when they heard the new instructions — for them it was another 'wet job' to use the term favored by the CIA and some other intelligence agencies.
The two hit team members who were sent to Fatima's apartment carried out their job quietly and efficiently. After midnight, when they were sure that the woman was alone in the apartment, one of the agents picked the simple lock without making a sound. The two men entered the bedroom where they found Fatima fast asleep, with an empty wine bottle and a glass on the bedside table. One of the men held a pillow over her face, while the other man held her tightly until she stopped thrashing. They verified that she was dead and gathered all the documents they could find. Then, they took a couple of photos of Fatima's body and left the apartment. They hoped that it would take several days before the body was found and that no one would bother to perform a post-mortem examination on a foreign unidentified woman.
The rest of the Mossad unit team waited for Le Docteur and Lara to return to their apartment after their evening stroll and dinner. A couple of hours later, when they felt confident that the couple were asleep, Haya inserted a thin tube through a crack at the bottom of the apartment door and a cylinder of a powerful anesthetic, developed by Mossad's technological division, was connected to the tube. The gas silently permeated throughout the apartment, seeping into the bedroom through its open door, and inducing a deep, peaceful sleep on the occupants. When the cylinder was empty, Haya and the special operations team entered the apartment without making any noise. She checked the breathing of the two sleeping figures, pulled a syringe out of her bag and injected a lethal dose of potassium chloride solution into Lara's exposed vein. The former F-22 pilot cried out in agony as her heart muscle ceased to work.
She then injected Le Docteur with an anesthetic used in standard surgical procedures, defined as muscle relaxant or neuromuscular blocking agent. A few moments later she injected him with adrenaline and as he regained consciousness, she looked at him trying in vain to move his hands and sit up. When he realized he had no control of his muscles, his eyes widened in fear. She smiled at him, "I have a short message for you from your nemesis, Mossad agent David Avivi, who has long been after your NEMESIS organization. The message is 'Your nuke was discovered in St. Petersburg and removed'. You may think of this on your way to hell, where you'll meet many of your friends." Le Docteur's terrified eyes showed that he heard the message and understood that he had failed. Haya let him agonize with that knowledge for a short moment and then administered the shot of potassium chloride that stopped his heart. Photos of the deceased were taken, and all documents the Mossad team found in the apartment were gathered before the team left the apartment building.
Within an hour, all nine Mossad agents were in Copenhagen after crossing the bridge connecting the two cities. Three members of the special operations unit boarded a flight to Paris, two others flew to London and Haya took a flight to Rome. They all arrived back in Israel on separate flights and were ordered to assemble at the headquarters for debriefing after the weekend.
Edna, Joe and 'The Fish' drove to Rodby in southern Denmark and took the ferry to Puttgarden in Germany. From there they continued to Hamburg and boarded a flight back to Israel, via Frankfurt.
The debriefing session was attended by Mossad Chief Haim Shimony. First, he congratulated the team on a well-executed mission and added that the Swedish authorities had not filed a protest to Israel for carrying out an unauthorized operation on Swedish soil. He added that they suspected Mossad's involvement because of the request for cooperation received via the American intelligence services, but as no Swedish citizens were hurt and the media didn't get the story, there was no need to make a fuss. He said that he received an off-the-record call from the head of the Sakerhetspolisen congratulating him for getting rid of the arch-terrorist and his woman.
This was followed by a formal debriefing in which each participant reviewed the team's actions, pointing out the mistakes and worthy actions, and drawing conclusions for future operations. After hearing everyone else, David summarized, "Friends, we did what we had to do, but let's not forget that the nuke is probably on its way to Iran. With our help, the nuke that had been missing for over four decades was located. Thanks to our warning, President Putin cut short his visit to St. Petersburg and this has resulted in postponing the terrorist nuclear attack on the city and Putin's assassination." He looked around the room and saw that some of the participants were cynically commenting that this was not a great achievement. He continued, "Don't look so disappointed, the attack on Russian soil with a nuke that was manufactured with American fissile materials could have led to a nuclear war between the two superpowers and their allies. And you know who would benefit the most from this? The countries that were not involved, like the Chinese, the Muslims and other countries that are not our friends. I am not sure if Israel would have been left out of such a global war, so perhaps we saved our country from a nuclear disaster." He waited for the people to grasp the importance of what he had just said, and then continued, "In addition, we have finally rid the Western world, and for that matter the Russian Federation as well, of the most dangerous menace it had faced since the end of the Cold War — the arch-terrorist known as Le Docteur. A man who almost single handedly carried out numerous acts of terror — by conventional explosives and unconventional means — and destroyed not only several symbolic cultural treasures but also managed to undermine the way of life of citizens in the West." He finished his presentation by saying, "Our task now is to make sure that this bomb doesn't turn up here."
Karim received a hero's welcome when he arrived at the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and reported that the 'liberated' nuke was on its way by ship to Iran. He was honored by a personal meeting with the Supreme Leader who congratulated him on his great achievement. However, when he told the full story and described how he had stolen the nuke from its burial place in St. Petersburg, the attitude of the Supreme Leader changed. "Karim, you have acted like a stupid baboon, without thinking out the consequences of your action. You have caused what could be irreparable damage to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Firstly, now the world knows that we need to steal primitive nukes because we cannot manufacture them. Furthermore, they'll conclude, rightly, I fear, that we only have one nuke and therefore have very limited nuclear capabilities. This will diminish our image as a regional superpower, much to the delight of our dire enemies. Secondly, by preventing the bomb from going off in St. Petersburg you have done even more damage. You have eliminated the chance of a global nuclear confrontation, or at least a nuclear exchange, between the Russian Federation and the Big Satan, the United States. The Russian response to a nuke made with American fissile materials, would have been beneficial for us. The fact that it was planted there by Sunni Muslims would divert the rage of the Communists and Western World away from us, the Shiite Muslims. They would focus their retaliation on the so-called 'moderate Sunni states' and not mess with Iran. Thirdly, you have given the hated Mossad, the intelligence service of the Little Satan, a victory. They'll be credited for eliminating the arch-terrorist and his gang."