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This chapter will pick up three months later. There is some Russian in these coming chapters. No I don't speak Russian so I kinda used google translate as well as a Russian dictionary. So I apologize in advance.

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Nearly three moths later

Joey was exhausted. Between his injuries and this undercover stint, he hadn't had much time to recuperate. He was finally back into his hotel room. He was finally able to establish contact with their subject. He toed off his shoes and sat down on the bed. He hadn't had much contact with anyone in the past weeks. All of his time and energy were spend at making Vasili Zhukov trust him. But the man was careful and suspicious of everyone. So his only means of communication with the team was through the room itself. Kono was undercover as a maid. He had to leave messages in the trash bin or under the sheets for the team to find. It was the safest way. The Russians didn't trust him, yet. He had made enough progress with them but it was taking a lot of time. He had managed to sell his cover as ex-con with a container of weapons. It still felt weird using his alias again. He hadn't been Arkady Chirkoff for ten years. Joey laid down on the bed and closed his eyes. He finally dozed off only to be awaken by a pounding on a door. He reached for the gun and slowly got up. He opened the door and saw Danny. Disguised as a pizza delivery guy with a pizza in his hand.

"One pepperoni pizza, that'll be $9.99." He said.

"Yeah, let me get my wallet." Joey said. He reached for his wallet and took out a twenty-dollar bill. "You got change?"

"No, sorry man. I don't have any change." Danny said smirking.

"I am so going to make you pay for this, Danny." Joey muttered under his breath. He flashed him a smile.

"Keep the change, kid." Joey said emphasizing the word kid. He took the pizza and closed the door. He could smell the pepperoni and his stomach growled. He put the pizza on the bed. He glanced at his medicine bottles. He made a mental note to take them before going out. He opened the box and took out a slice. He then noticed the note inside the box.

He read the note; "meet us at Diamond Head crater hike in thirty". He ate the slice and took another one before putting his shoes on. He grabbed a bottle of water and left. He turned around a little too quickly and bumped into the doorframe. Hitting both his head and hand on the frame. He cursed himself for his clumsiness. He made his way to his car and had to pull himself together before he started the car. He could feel the headache building behind his eyes as well as the nausea that made its presence known. He swallowed a couple of times before finally starting the car and driving off. He glanced in his rearview mirror to make sure he wasn't being followed. But the lights from the other cars weren't working in his advantage. He cringed at every light and hoped he could stave it off long enough to get home. He parked his car in front of Leahike Hospital and walked to Kilauea Ave, where his other car was parked. Every time they would meet near Diamond head, Joey's car was parked somewhere near Kilauea Ave. He switched cars and drove to Diamond Head, glancing in his rearview mirror making sure he wasn't being followed. He parked the car near the entrance. He could already hear Danny ranting in his head. He wasn't looking forward to it. He had not been ready for this assignment and this recent event just proved it. He got out of the car and had to steady himself against the car when the vertigo hit him. According to the doctor the vertigo would disappear if he would just rest and let his head heal. The vertigo was a remnant of the concussion he suffered. He took a deep breath and walked toward the meeting point. Steve, Danny, Chin and Kono were all present.

"Howzit Joey?" Chin asked him.

"Yeah, I'm good. The case is also going well. They almost trust me enough to start talking business. But Zhukov is being extremely careful." Joey said.

Steve was looking at Joey and something seemed off. Apparently Danny noticed something too because, Danny being Danny, lacked the subtlety as he brought it up.

"So what's up with your head?" Danny asked. Joey was swallowing convulsively now. The headache was really messing him up right now.

"Nothing" He finally answered. Danny just looked at him.

"Really, I never knew you were cross-eyed." And that was it. Those words acted as an off switch. His eyes rolled in the back of his eyes and he fell backwards, his body twisting mid air so he landed on his side.

Everyone saw it happen and Chin and Steve rushed to Joey's side. They checked his pulse and breathing. Everything seemed fine but Joey was still unconscious. Chin put Joey's head in his lap and both Danny and Kono were wondering what they could do.

"You want me to call an ambulance, boss?" Kono asked Steve.

"No, give him a sec." Steve focused his attention on the downed man again. He took out a flashlight and shone it on Joey's face. Joey's eyelids were starting to flutter. He gave the flashlight to Chin.

"Come on, Joey. Open your eyes." Steve tried to coaxed the young man back to consciousness. Joey opened his eyes and groaned at the light that was attacking head. He tried to escape the light. Chin caught on and turned the flashlight off.

"Sorry but you passed out on us." Chin said.

"I did not pass out. I was tired and decided to go for a nap here." Joey said, the words a bit slurred. Chin smiled.

"Sure you did, brah." Chin said. Joey looked at Steve. Steve had that look.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Joey asked.

"Why didn't you take your meds? Better yet why didn't you go to the hospital." Steve asked.

"Don't need a hospital. I'm fine." Joey said. His speech still messed up. So it sounded more like; Dn't 'eed hospit'l. Mfin. And the headache just as relentless. He was still in Chin's lap and frankly he was afraid to move. Steve wanted to say something but was cut off by Danny.

"You're fine? Really is that why you sound like you drank a liquor store." Joey wanted to laugh but decided that it wasn't a good idea. It would only make Danny angrier than he was and he was sure that his headache would only get worse. Steve handed him a bottle of water. Steve and Chin helped him into a more sitting position.

"Small sips." Steve said and Joey did what he was told. Only managing two sips when he started feeling queasy again.

"You need to get checked out, Joey." Kono said as she looked at him worriedly.

"I'm fine. I just need to sleep it off." Joey said as he tried to brush them off. Still slurring his words just nod as bad as before.

"Not going to happen, babe. You need to get that head of yours checked out." Danny said.

Joey was about ready to protest when he saw Steve's determined look. This was one battle he wasn't going to win today.

"Fine, but how am I going to sell it to Zhukov? The man hardly trusts me. If I don't sell it right, I might as well start packing." Joey said. His speech a bit better than five minutes earlier. He wanted to say casket shopping but decided that everyone knew what it meant.

"Won't be a problem. You got mugged when you exited the hotel and drove yourself to the hospital. You call them from the hospital, exaggerate your injuries a bit." Joey wasn't sure if that would work. At least not like this. He got an idea.

"Fine. Steve give me your knife." Joey said. Steve looked at him suspiciously.

"Why?" Steve asked him. Eyeing him carefully. Maybe he hit his head when he passed out, Steve thought.

"Come on, Steve. Now is not the time to be all possessive." Joey said. Although he tried to keep it light, his voice still had that edge. Steve pulled the knife from the sheath and handed it to Joey.

"What are you going to do?" Danny asked.

"I have to make it look real. Zhukov is a smart guy." Steve thought about what Joey said and it made sense but he was still curious what Joey was going to do with the knife.

"So what are you going to do with the knife?" Steve asked him again.

"The best way to sell an injury is to make it look real." Joey said. All four of them were looking at him as if he's just lost it. Joey took a few deep breaths and steeled himself for what he was going to do. He made a cut near his hairline. Kono gasped and Danny started off ranting. The blood was making its way down Joey's face.

"Ah, what the fuck is wrong with you? I swear you need help. I will pay for it. What, why? You are not normal. You are worse than Steve." Danny was going on about how sick he was. Chin and Steve both looked confused. The cut was bleeding steadily. Joey handed the knife back to Steve.

Steve took the knife and couldn't contain the small smile on his face. This kid was something else, he thought to himself.

"Why are you smiling, Steven? You two are barbarians." Danny ranted. Steve rolled his eyes. Leave it to Danny to be the drama queen.

Joey started laughing. His head hurt, he felt like crap but leave it to Danny to make him feel slightly better. Even if he was pissed off. Steve recognized it and started laughing too.

"Brah, I can't believe you just did that." Kono said. Joey just looked at her. There was more than 1 Kono. Weird, he thought.

"Help me up." Joey said. Chin and Steve helped him up. He was swaying badly but shrugged both Chin and Steve off.

"You do realize that you are in no condition to drive." Danny stated.

"Yeah, I know. Kono is going to take me to the hospital." He slowly made his way over to his car and got in. The pounding in his head was bad. For a second he thought he was going to lose his meager dinner contents.

"Kono, keep an eye on him. And call us when you leave." Steve said.

"Yes boss." Kono replied as she made her way over to the car.

Kono and Joey drove off leaving Chin, Danny and Steve.

"This is not good, Steve." Chin said.

"I know but we can't pull him out of there right now." Steve said.

"He looks bad, Steve." Danny said.

"Yeah he does, doesn't he?" Steve said. Joey's pale pallor wasn't working for him; neither did the dark circles under his eyes. "Listen, Chin and I are going to inform the CIA. Why don't you keep an eye on the hotel?" Steve said to Danny.