Waverly had cleared them to be allowed into Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia that is located just above the Arctic Circle. This city was the next stop on Gibson escape.
They were sitting on the freezing ground in an abandoned ore mine shift waiting for rescue. "You had to wish for colder weather, didn't you? Couldn't leave well enough alone, could you? We had to arrive on a day with a record-breaking low of 49 degrees and raining." Napoleon's teeth were chattering and rubbing his chest as he complained to Illya.
His Italian leather shoes and light coat was soaked. This resulted in him being cold and wet through and through having been caught in the rain searching outside the mine while Illya entered the mine to check for Gibson. The Russian had called Napoleon to join him when he had confirmed that Gibson was indeed in the mine.
As they had advanced on his hiding place, the Thrush man shot his gun into the wood above their head causing the mine to collapse trapping them inside. Illya had to remove a boulder from Napoleon's chest while listing to the Thrush man laughing as he ran further away.
"I told you to wear a heavier coat and boot, but no you have to be a fashion statement even in the frozen north," Illya irritation and concern for his partner thick in the frosty air.
The men sat in silence as they could hear the digging on the other side of the barrier caused by the cave in. "Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" Napoleon buried his head in his arms that were resting on his raised knees.
"Let me feel your forehead," Illya ordered.
"Why we both know where this is going? Pneumonia once again. Just let me die now before Waverly assigns me to desk duty for a year. Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" As he lifted his head as Illya had asked, Illya could see how sick his friend was becoming. Napoleon's face was red with sweat was pouring down his face, and he was shivering.
Illya removed Napoleon's soaked coat and shirt before removing his parka wrapping it around Napoleon then pulling the freezing agent into his arms.
"Don't you'll get sick also," Napoleon argued weakly.
"You forget my friend I grew up in this weather. Many times, I had neither a coat or boots. Now just shh and rest. They should be through in a few hours," Seeing his partner's eyes drooping, he said. "Do not fall asleep, Napoleon. Why don't you tell me about your childhood in the winter."
Napoleon feverous voice started strong but with the coughing and fever within an hour was barely a whisper. Just as he fell asleep, a small hole in the blockage around them appeared. Within a few minutes, the cleaning rest of the impasse.
The rescuer helped the men from the mine and took them to a small medical center in town before being helicopter lifted to the nearest hospital.
It wasn't until two weeks later the released from the hospital of Napoleon allowing both mean to get some rest that they heard Thrush had sent an assassin to kill Gibson and retrieve the list. The race was on as an UNCLE agent thought he had spotted Gibson in another city, and the men were after him once more.
