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find his brother.
    “ Do you know what he looks like?” Joel said.  “Do you remember?”
    “ Sure I do, if you just remind me of your last name, I will page him,” the chick said.
    Joel frowned and looked at the girl again.  She wore a nurse’s outfit, she looked like the same person, it wasn’t making sense, but his eyes didn’t lie did they. Shrugging.  “Brian Lipit is his name.  Big guy with red hair.”
    “ I will get him, let the doctor take care of you,” the nurse said and disappeared. 
    He watched as the ceiling tiles seemed to float above him.  Weird .  He wanted to laugh, he could feel people touching him, asking him questions but suddenly he didn’t hear them.  He didn’t recognize any of them.
    “ NO! Not until my brother is here,” Joel yelled.
    A man walked in with a doctor’s coat, and Joel blinked a few times.  His face was going in and out of focus.  “Brian.”
    Everyone paused and looked at his brother who was frowning.  “Mr. Lipit, can you tell me where you are?”
    Joel laughed and rolled his eyes.  “Dude, again, are we going to keep going through this.”
    Brian frowned.  “No, can you tell me what you did today?”
    Joel nodded.  “ I got up, was hiding in an apartment, couldn’t go home, not safe.  You know.  The dude from the family support called.  Remember, he is the one who was with the Commander when they told me you died.  Man that sucked, bad fuckin' day.  Anyway, went to the café, and ordered coffee, I was early.  I waited, and waited, then finally the dude, uh whatshisname, Mr. Grimm.  I need to sleep for a sec.”
    “ Joel?”  He heard as he drifted off.

Chapter Four
     
     
    “ Finally, something went right.”  Diego laughed.  “Tell me again what happened.”
    “ We were lucky, when we got a hit on the credit card we were only a block away.  The idiot who was taking out the money never saw us.  Once he went into the building, we positioned ourselves in every direction.  So no matter where he went when he came out, we would catch him.  Unfortunately for him, he chose my direction.  I had the Salamander Brandy, went into the diner when I saw where he was going, and when the waitress turned, I poured it in his coffee.  You could see right from the start he had no clue, arrogant American who thinks he is untouchable.  I watched the beginning effects, he began to blink more often.  Then the suit man came in, and I watched with humor as he threw the chair out the window and escaped.  The suit man was panicked.  He ran out the door where he had friends guarding so they could take him in.  I heard them say he was in danger, and they had to find him before he was killed.  I wanted to laugh because he was already a dead man walking.  They will never find the trace of this poison, even when they find him,” his second said as he laughed.
    Diego laughed and slapped the man on the back.  “Good job, at least someone in the group knows how to kill someone.”
    “ Of course, sir.  I am now waiting for next assignment,” the man said.
    “ We are searching for where the cowards are hiding, I sent out an obvious threat, they will come to me.  Which is beside the point, we have one more left.  She is within our grasp, so with the brother, and the next of kin, we will finally show them they aren't untouchable,” Diego said.
    “ I'll await your orders,” his second said and left the room.
    Diego looked out the window of his mother ’s home.  The embassy provided the perfect cover, but trying to accomplish what he needed was like a balance, and his baby brother was not helping.  His spies told him every move he made.  His brother’s whore was going to be sorry the day she betrayed his family.  However, he couldn’t do anything right now—but soon.  He didn’t want to draw attention to himself.  Killing her would be the last thing he did in the country, maybe he would kill his white knight brother as well.  Diego grinned