A/N - This story is set five months after 'Correcting A Million Mistakes', in April 2028. All characters except for Joseph Myers and other OCs belong to Fox.
St John's Episcopalian Church, Los Angeles - 3.00pm, Thursday April 13th, 2028
Joseph looked at the grave with a solemn look on his face. The gravestone, white with black lettering, was over 20 years old and it showed. Placing a bunch of flowers on the exposed soil in front of the stone, he wiped away a solitary tear. He had been encouraged by Jack to come here and visit the last resting place of his mother. Tracing his finger around the weathered letters on the stone, he looked at the dates and saw just young she had been. Too young to die, but too dangerous to live.
Marilyn Bauer's residence, Los Angeles - 3.45pm
Marilyn Bauer was engrossed in a book, something she was often found doing nowadays. Her husband had been dead for several years, murdered by his own father, and her son occasionally visited her with his wife, but it seemed almost as if he only did it as a duty rather than out of want or love. As the door bell rang, she looked at the nearby clock and tried to think of who the unexpected visitor might be. Her son and his wife both worked full time jobs, and most of the rest of her small family lived several miles away. Walking towards the door and peering through the spyhole, she didn't recognise the young man standing there. Deciding that he looked safe, she opened the door. She didn't have time to regret that decision as the bullet tore into her forehead, killing her instantly.
Outside CTULA, Los Angeles - 4.00pm
As Joseph paid the cab driver, he stared at the massive building that housed the Los Angeles branch of the CTU. It had undergone a lot of changes and renovations over the years, and he was sure that almost nothing of the original building that his mother worked in remained. Walking towards the entrance, he wondered if anyone there even remembered Nina Myers.
Jack Bauer and Renee Walker's residence, New York - 4.10pm (Pacific Time)
Jack was just returning home when the phone rang, but decided to let the machine answer it. The sound of his nephew's distraught voice worried him and he grabbed the phone.
"Josh? What is it?," Jack asked. He hadn't heard Josh sound so upset since the day his father and grandfather had died.
"They found my mom dead. She was shot at the front door," Josh spoke in between sobs. Jack's face went white and he slumped into the nearest chair.
"Do they have any clues to who did it, Josh?," Jack asked, and a part of him thought of someone he hoped, really hoped, didn't have anything to do with it.
"Not really. The neighbours, they said they saw a young man," Josh replied. He had no idea why his mother had been targeted in this way. She was just a normal middle-aged woman who lived alone with a cat.
CTULA, Los Angeles - 4.20pm
Joseph had been deep in conversation with the current Special Agent In Charge of CTULA, Nicole Palmer, the daughter of former President Palmer. She had become a CTU agent after learning about how much CTU had done for her father, and hadn't regretted that decision at all. Her brother, meanwhile, had followed his father into politics and was the Senator for Maryland much like their father had been before he had become President.
"I've only met Jack Bauer a few times, how is he nowadays?," Nicole asked.
"He's happier than he has been, but still suffers from the effects of CJD. He has a girlfriend, as well as a couple of grandchildren," Joseph replied. Suddenly, two guards came up to them.
"Mr Myers, I'm going to have to ask you to come with us," one of the men asked, much to the confusion of both Joseph and Nicole.
"OK, but what's the matter?," Joseph asked as the two guards led him towards the holding rooms.
"It'll all be explained soon," the guard replied. Joseph was worried, and tried to think of anything he had done wrong.