The next morning Danny and Chin interrogated Parson. He spilled the beans after the slightest amount of pressure and he would be extradited to Washington.
Zhukov wasn't so forthcoming. The bastard kept smiling. His smile only faltered when they told him that Joey was alive and an undercover agent. But he still kept his mouth shut. Danny told him that he would be going away for a long time since they had the attempted murder on tape and they also had Parson's confession.
Danny was sitting in his office when the governor came by.
"Detective."
"Governor, I didn't know you were coming." Danny said.
"I know. I just wanted to know how the case was going?"
"We've managed to get a confession from agent Parson. Zhukov is still not talking." Danny told the governor.
"Well, that was to be expected."
"With what we have on camera and Joey's reports, Zhukov is going away for a long time."
"I ran into Agent Dawson this morning." Danny gulped.
"Really? Did he say anything?" Danny asked.
"No, apparently he broke his jaw and had surgery last night. They wired his jaw shut."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Governor Denning looked at Danny.
"You know detective, I'm pretty sure that you are responsible for that injury but agent Dawson isn't talking. Consider yourself lucky. If it was up to me, you'd be suspended without pay for two months and I'd recommend anger management." Danny swallowed loudly.
"Yes sir."
"You've been hanging with McGarrett too long and not for the best, detective."
"I'll be sure to pass that along, sir."
"Don't worry. I'll tell the commander himself. I understand he's being released later today?"
"Yes, he called and asked me if I could pick him up."
"Tell him, I don't want to see him for at least a week. What about detective Ryan?"
"He's on heavy pain medication. The bruised organs are causing a lot of pain. And since he won't be honest about the pain, Dr. Lee put him on the heavier ones."
"Stubborn man. So, no one called his mother?" Sam asked Danny.
"Euh, no sir. Unless you want to call her." Danny thought back to when Joey was critically injured. His mother and brother came to Hawaii to make the medical decisions on his behalf. Cassie Ryan sure was a tough cookie.
"No, no I-ehm figured that, since it's not critical or anything that Joey wouldn't appreciate it if we called her." Danny was sure that if the man could blush, he would be able to see it right now. It was almost funny. Almost, being operative word here. It would be funny if Sam Denning was anyone except his boss.
"I agree with you on that, sir. Last time, I thought Joey was going to kill someone."
"Well, his mother can be…well she can be very persistent." Danny really had to try not to laugh. He'd never seen the governor like this before and he wondered what happened between the two of them. He knew that they went for a drink together.
"I take it the CIA wants to deal with Parson personally?" Danny asked.
"Actually since Parson still belongs to the NSA, they want them to deal with him. And Zhukov. Though I'm pretty sure that NSA wouldn't mind having CIA clean this up."
"When will they be extradited to the mainland?" Danny asked.
"I heard that he paperwork is being signed as we speak. I will let you know if anything comes up. You might be called up for protection detail." Danny nodded. The governor left and Danny shook his head. He just wanted to spend a few hours with Grace. Chin knocked on the glass window.
"Everything alright?" Chin asked.
"Yeah. We might have to protection detail for Zhukov or Parson."
"Without Steve and Kono? Has he lost his mind?" Chin asked incredulously.
"You're asking me? I have no idea. I think he forgot about Kono being out of the running as well. He was kind of pissed at me for breaking Dawson's jaw. Remind me to thank that jackass when we see him again." Danny said.
"I'd rather have it, we'll never see him again." Chin said.
"I hear you buddy."
"What time will be picking up Steve?"
"Three. Mai said something about a few more tests. And the fact that he had a rough night. She wasn't really sure if she was going to let him go but we know Steve. He'll never voluntarily stay another night." Chin laughed.
"Let's just finish the paperwork and get the hell out of here."
"We still need Joey's statement." Danny commented.
"We can go to the hospital and see how they're doing and if someone asks, we can say that we needed Joey's statement." Danny laughed.
"Sure Chin, let's go."
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Joey was still on heavy pain medication but without the side-effects. He'd been awake since 7 a.m. but moving still hurt. He couldn't even breathe normal without hurting. Steve had been giving something for the headache, unfortunately it knocked him out. So Joey had been lying around, bored out of his skull for the past three hours. Still, Joey was Joey and he desperately wanted to talk to his boys. He hadn't spoken to them in the three months he's been undercover. He knows that the team kept his brother updated but it was different. Danny had brought him the phone yesterday evening. Way past visiting hours. When Joey was a bit more lucid. He carefully grabbed the phone from the table and dialed Luke's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Luke, it's me."
"Joe, are you okay? Is the op finally over?"
"Yeah it's finally over. I've been better. Right now I just want to talk to my boys."
"They've been really worried about you. I couldn't even get them to bed yesterday."
"Well, I got shot in the vest."
"What? Are you serious? How bad?"
"Calm down, Luke. Just bruised. Badly bruised on the inside but nothing serious."
"Bruised?"
"Yes Luke, if you want I can call the doctor and have her explain it to you."
"No, I believe you but what did you bruise?"
"Ehm, kidneys, spleen and liver. Bruised ribs and a contusion on my lung."
"Jesus, you don't do anything halfway, do you?" Luke commented.
"I'll live." Joey muttered.
"Yeah, but it hurts like a bitch."
"Don't I know it. But are my boys around?"
"Yeah, they're eating their breakfast. Hold on." Joey could hear his boys on the background. God, he missed them.
"Dad, are you okay. We thought something bad happened to you. And then uncle Luke said that he would know but how would he know?" Joey smiled. He missed this.
"I'm fine Jared. I promise you. Just a little bit bruised."
"When are you coming home, dad?" Jamie asked.
"Well, I was wondering if you guys would like to come here."
"To live?" They asked in unison.
"Let's start with a holiday first."
"Yeah, that would be so cool." Jared said.
"Yeah, you boys like that idea."
"Yesss! Dad, if we like it there can we stay with you?" And there it was.
"Yes dad, can we stay with you then?" Jamie repeated.
"What about your friends?"
"That's okay dad. We'll make new friends. We just want to be with you, dad." Jared said.
"Alright. We'll see. Okay, let me just talk to your uncle. I love you boys."
"We love you too, dad."
Joey smiled and talked about his brother about the boys coming over for well-deserved vacation. Luke agreed and they would shop for tickets. Joey told Luke that he would let him know when he was released from the hospital.
Chin and Danny dropped by after lunch and Steve was bitching about wanting to leave. Joey was thankful for the distraction. They kept his mind of his injuries and hearing Danny and Steve bicker was the highlight of his day. He let himself drift off.
"How's he doing?" Danny asked Steve.
"Bored already. He can't move without being in pain. I think he spoke to his kids. I think."
"You think?"
"They gave me something for the headache. I wasn't all there." Steve said. Danny laughed.
"She got you again, didn't she?" Steve just glared at him.
"Do you think he'll be fine?" Danny asked.
"Eventually. He really needs to rest and heal up. He's been muddling through since he got injured. The doc thinks some of it is psychosomatic. So she wants him to stay at least three days."
"Ouch. Three days. I don't want to be there when she tells him. She already did and he wasn't happy about it."
"Maybe we can get Kono to babysit him." Chin opted.
"Ha, do you want them to go on a wreck-all spree?" Danny said.
"Danny's right. Those two together is not going to end well."
"And who's fault is that, Steven?"
"What did I do?"
"You taught her all the crazy stuff."
"I did no such thing, Daniel."
"I have to agree with Danny, Steve. You do have a bad influence on the kid." And right at that moment Kono hobbled in.
"Hey guys, having a party without me?" Kono said as she nudged Chin.
"Yeah, we were actually talking about replacing you." Danny joked.
"You guys love me too much." Kono said as she hit Danny with her crutch. "Now, let me sit." Steve smiled.
They stayed until Steve was released after that Dr. Lee threw them out. Although they were reluctant to leave Joey by himself, Dr. Lee said that he would be asleep for a little bit longer, thanks to the wonderful cocktail she gave him.
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Zhukov were extradited a few days later as well as Parson. He was telling the truth about being blackmailed by Zhukov. Parson provided them with everything he knew about Zhukov's operation and even gave them a list with names. Zhukov even had a few companies they didn't even know about. CIA was happy, the governor was happy and team was happy that this op was finally over.
Now they were just keeping Joey company in the hospital. He'd significantly improved and the bruises were healing pretty well. Moving didn't hurt as much and he was close to being released.
He had called his brother and his sons would be coming to Hawaii the next week. Joey was thinking about what to do. He really loved it in Hawaii but he didn't want to just move here and become some unemployed shmuck. So decisions had to be made and he really had to talk it over with his brother.
He couldn't wait to get out of the hospital and move on with his life.
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This was really a difficult chapter to write because, you're working towards the ending of a story and you want to give enough information as to not leave too many questions unanswered. So I apologize if this chapter sucks.
I'd still like to hear it if it sucked, so leave a review!
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