The nurse walked in to check on her patient. He had been beaten and shot in the abdomen she remembered how close they had come to loosing him while they were in surgery and she was told to keep a close eye on him. She walked into the room and gasped when she saw the bed was empty. She quickly looked in the bathroom knowing in her mind there was no way he could have walked there, he was too drugged up and trying to walk would have reopened the gun shot wound. She ran back out to the main desk and asked, "The patient in 309 was he taken somewhere else?"
The head nurse checked her records, "No."
"He's gone. Not in the room." The young nurse said worried she might loose her job over this.
"I'll call the doctors maybe they forgot to put it down." The head nurse got on the phone and the doctor had told her there was no way they took the patient he had just gotten out of surgery less than an hour ago.
After searching most of the hospital they finally called in the people who had been there earlier to see the man. They had said to call them as soon as he woke up.
"O'Brien." Someone answered on the other line.
The head nurse was quite nervous they had never lost a patient before especially not one that had the federal government looking after it. "I'm over at Methodist hospital. We had a patient here we were suppose to call when he woke up."
"Is he awake?" Chloe said thinking it was way to soon for him to be awake. The personal communication seminars she and most of CTU were being forced to attend were paying off.
"No. He is missing." The nurse said biting her lower lip.
"How?"
"We don't know. We've searched the entire hospital and he's not here."
"We'll send people over." Chloe said hanging the phone up. She called Brad Hammond who had been working at CTU ever since Michelle had left because of Tony's conviction. As soon as he answered the phone Chloe said, "Sir he's been taken from the hospital."
"Are you sure?"
"There was no way he could have walked out of there."
"DAMNIT!" Hammond said angrily. They still didn't know who had shot him. He was on his way to work talking to Hammond about an open case when Hammond heard the gun shots. He called the police on the other line and all he heard on the other end was the man's breathing and a groan in pain. Nothing else, the phone when dead shortly there after, and was not found near where they found him bleeding to death. "Get them to lock the hospital down no one goes out and only patients come in. Get all the security footage and look through it. Find him damn it."
"Yes sir." Chloe said hanging the phone up. She was working on the computer downloading the footage when the bulletin came across:
ATTENTION: Tony Almeida escaped from prison a few hours ago. Be on the look out for Almeida.
Brad came down and asked, "How is the footage coming?"
"I got it downloaded and was just going to look through it. Why are we getting a bulletin that Tony broke out of prison?"
Brad didn't want to share more information than was necessary, "I'm not sure. Let's check the footage out."
They both watched the bad film as it played through. Hammond had her pause when a man came into view moving someone who resembled Jack, but it was hard to tell from the video for sure, in a wheelchair. Who ever was in the wheel chair was clearly unconscious. "I think that's them. Try and see if the face every comes into focus if not blow them up anwyas and pass them around the hospital to see if they can get any information on him. Go to the parking lot camera's. Maybe we can catch the car leaving. They watched the parking garage level by level for twenty minutes after the man appeared to be wheeling out the man that looked like Jack. "There!" Brad said pointing at the screen it had been about nineteen minutes in the second level of the parking garage.
The man wheeled the unconscious man to a car. The picture was not in color and it was hard to tell what color the car was. They both watched helplessly as the man moved the unconscious man out of the chair into the back seat. There was clearly someone in the passenger side of the car but they were out of focus. The wheelchair was loaded into the back of the car and they watched his drive away.
"DAMN IT" Chloe said looking at the back and than the front of the car there weren't any licenses plates on it. Meaning no way to trace back to where it came from. "I'll run the make and model and cross check it with anyone that would have reason to shoot Jack or kidnap him."
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The driver looked back into the back seat as he drove checking on the man he had just grabbed from the hospital. He had only shot him hours ago, and after he reported back of what he had done he had been told the man did not die and was to be brought to the base camp, alive. The driver had thought it was stupid to shot the man than kidnap him, why not kill him in the hospital it would have been so easy to do. But he wasn't the leader and nor would he even attempt to question his boss's ordered he'd only end up worse than the poor ba$tard in the back seat.
Halfway to the building they were using as a base camp he heard a pained cry from the man in back. He looked back to find the man passed out still. He was surprised he was even alive. He had shot the man and than proceeded to beat him till he heard the sirens of the police coming. He had beat the man with a tire iron, sure he had broken a few ribs and he knew he broke the man's arm because it was in a cast. But the man still lived, he hoped he wouldn't get in trouble for the man living he had done as he was told.
The driver pulled up behind the building and called his boss, "We are here."
"I'll send some men down to get him." The man said flatly.
The woman passenger looked at him she was angry with him, he had picked her up before he went and shot the man he didn't know in the back seat. She had not fought him when he appeared at her door, but she didn't take kindly to him. She seemed to care some for the man in the back seat because she screamed at him after he shot the man and than proceeded to beat him. She screamed even worse when he smashed the tire iron into the man's head busting it open. He looked back again and saw gauze over where he had hit the man. He had the mans chart in hand also, he was told to make sure he got that.
Three men appeared from inside of the building. One opened the door for the lady passenger and the other two got the man out of the back seat and carried him inside. The man groaned as they moved him. The driver felt a sudden rush of fear as the man he knew as the boss walked outside. He quickly got out of the car and avoided eye contact with the man it usually had set him off.
"Go ditch the car. Than come back here. Make sure you are not followed."
"Yes sir."
The boss walked back into the building and watched as his men settled Jack on a thin mattress in a room. The woman had in fact been Michelle, and she gave him a dirty look, "He wasn't suppose to get seriously hurt." She said angrily looking at Jack who had clearly been in pain.
"He's alive that's a pleasant surprise, but I'll let him live for now. Excuse me I have work to deal with." The man left her in the room with Jack. She walked over and sat against the wall next to the mattress she looked at Jack and saw him shaking slightly. The room had been cold and Jack barely had anything on. She was thankful the man who had kidnapped him at least put pants on him. She got up and knocked on the locked door.
The guard opened it he was told to take care of them because they were important people, "What?"
"Can I get a blanket for him. He is freezing cold."
"I'll ask."
"Is there anything you can give him for the pain?"
"I'll ask."
"Do you know how to say anything other than I'll ask or what?"
The man gave her a dirty look and closed the door in her face. She walked back over to Jack and took note of all the injuries. She had watched helplessly as the man walked up behind Jack and shot him than proceeded to beat him with the tire iron, she was sure he had to be dead, but Jack always surprised them by his multiple lives. She touched his face where a bruise had formed and felt bad, why had she ever made the deal. Than she began to feel bitter again, she made the deal because they had left her no choice. They took the one thing she cared for away from her and locked him up because he had tried to save her, and Jack did nothing the entire time to help him. She felt angry suddenly at Jack and she felt the urge to hurt him the way she had hurt when she looked down at him she felt like maybe that had not been enough pain inflected on him. He deserved so much more he always got away with stuff. He got away with killing Chappelle. Tony took a witness out of CTU, and than used her to save Michelle and bring Saunders in and he went to prison for it.
The door opened and she moved against the wall as she watched the man throw a blanket on the bed next to Jack, "There. He'll look into getting something for the pain once he gets a chance to talk to him." The man left them again and Michelle looked over at Jack who was paler than usual and she began to worry about him again, it wasn't his fault, he still should have tried to help Tony, but it wasn't his fault in the end. She grabbed the blanket and covered him with it. She continued to watch him making sure he was breathing. She watched him until she saw him coming around, she watched as he opened his eyes, which were full of pain. He tried to focus the drugs where wearing off and the pain was becoming unbearable again as he tried to take shallow breaths as to not cause the maximum amount of pain from his broken ribs. He looked around the room and knew he wasn't in the hospital he wasn't sure where he was, and Michelle watched the confused look register.
She walked over to him and called his name to get his attention. He looked at her his head pounding. "Where are we?" He croaked in a weak voice.
"Some building I'm not sure." She answered him kneeling next to him smiling trying to show how strong she was.
"What's going on?" An even weaker voice.
"I'm not sure." She lied tell him now, I made a deal to get Tony out of prison with someone who dislikes you, and you were in the deal, but you weren't suppose to get hurt just detained for the day, but in reality I knew they would probably kill you. She thought yeah that would go over real well.
Jack closed his eyes again as a wave of pain came over him. She sensed his body tensing and she tried to help, but she didn't know how to. She knocked on the door if they got what they wanted from him maybe they would give him something to take the pain away, but she was sure it would be a bullet to the head. "He's awake."
The man who opened the door smiled closed it again. He went and got his boss who walked down to the room. The door was opened for him and he walked in. In his thick British accent he said, "Jack nice to see you again."
Jack opened his eyes and looked at the man, confusion instantly came over his face he was to tired and in to much pain to hide his feelings.
"Thought I was dead. Nope you know the bad guy never really dies." Saunders said smiling at the weak man that lay before him, he knew he could easily take his life and Jack could do nothing to stop him.
"How?"
"Medical technology today I tell you." Saunders smiled he was in control once again.
"Where is Tony?" Michelle interrupted she was suppose to see Tony sometime soon.
"He's on his way." Saunders turned his attention to her, "So does he know what's happening Michelle? Did you tell good ol Jack her what you two choose to do? No I'd say. I knew when I grabbed you that day you would make things interesting you had a fire about you. Doesn't she Jack?"
Jack closed his eyes he didn't want to let Saudners see him in pain, and he clearly was in pain. Saunders walked over and kneeled next to Jack grabbing the man's throat.
Jack opened his eyes and used his unbroken arm to grab at Saunders arm trying to pull it away from his throat. Saunders squeezed gently at first, but once he felt Jack's hand on his arm trying to pull his hand away he squeezed harder, "Where is Jane?"
Jack's face was red and he was trying to pull Saunders arm away frantically moving and causing himself more pain. He used his arm in the cast and brought it up hard against Saunders head. Jack cried out in pain from what the hit to his arm had done, and Saunders stumbled back stunned. When he came back at Jack he put his foot on the gunshot wound and pressed down gently.
Jack's eyes bulged and he screamed in pain. Michelle went at Saunders but he pulled his gun and aimed it at her. She sat back down and watched as Saunders applied more pressure to the wound. Jack's cry of pain almost shattering Michelle's ear drums.
Saunders pulled his foot off and knelt down again. Jack's eyes were closed and Saunders saw a few tears escape them he smiled as he saw the amount of pain he had inflicted, "Where is Jane Jack?"
Jack croaked barely audible, "I don't know."
"I think you do Jack. Where is she? Or do I have to get your daughter to join us. We both know how easy it is to crack a man when his daughter is at stake."
"I don't know where she is." Jack said in a weak voice full of pain.
Saunders stood up and stared at him, he saw the blood coming through the bandage and smiled, "Fine Jack. We can leave it at that for now." Saunders looked at Jack one more time before he left the room.
Jack waited for the door to close before he asked, "What going on Michelle and don't lie to me?" Jack pushed himself up through the pain, he could feel the wound bleeding, but he wasn't going to lie around and wait for Saunders to come back.
"What are you doing?" Michelle said watching Jack sit up through the pain and than try push himself to a standing position.
He was on his feet for a minute before he fell back down with a growl of pain. He was sweating now even though he still felt cold, it was from the pain. He put his hand over the wound and felt the blood run through his fingers. He felt the wave of exhaustion come over him again, and he closed his eyes unable to keep himself from drifting off again.
Michelle watched this and was worried that maybe he was hurt worse then she had assumed. She watched him sleep until the door opened again and Saunders walked in again this time with Tony behind him.
Tony smiled at Michelle she had explained to him what they would do for Saunders and Saunders would help get Tony out and than help them escape. Tony's smile faded when he saw Jack asleep on the mattress. "What's he doing here?" Tony said somewhat bitter because Jack had gotten away with so much, and he got sent to prison for one little infraction, while Jack got to go to rehab.
"He should know where Jane is." Saunders said looking at him asleep thinking about how to better question him while he waited for someone to grab Kim.
"And he won't tell you?" Tony said noticing the blood coming out of the bandage on his lower torso.
"Stubborn ba$stared." Saunders said remembering just how stubborn Jack could be when he needed to be. "So I want you to get the information from him or fine Jane. If not the deal is off and they both die." Saunders said looking at Tony.
Tony looked at him and said, "I'll get the information from him. Can I let him rest some before I start?"
"You got 24 hours." Saunders said leaving him standing in the door way.
Tony walked back into the room and hugged Michelle. He wasn't sure what he was going to do just yet. "I missed you so much baby." He said kissing her.
"I missed you too." She said enjoying his touch again. Taking a deep breath she smelled his familiar smell she missed so much while he was gone.
Tony got enough anger just by hugging Michelle to do what he had to do. Saunders made it clear it was either Jack gives them the information or Michelle dies with Jack, and Tony could not stand the thought of losing her. He walked over to where Jack was sleeping. He bent down and checked out the different wounds taking note of the ones that would be the most painful. He walked back to the door and opened it. He found Saunders talking on his cell phone.
Saunders smiled when he saw Tony's face, he knew Tony was going to help him. Anger was a great thing to play with in someone else, you could almost always mold their anger to work in your favor. "What can I get you Tony?"
Tony hated how the man smiled at him and now had the control. "I need a different room for Michelle or him. I can't do it with her in there." Tony said knowing even if Michelle had disliked Jack she wouldn't let anyone hurt him in this shape.
"Done." Saunders said rubbing his hands together getting ready for a good show. "Let's move him. I got a better room for this type of stuff."
Michelle was next to Jack again when the door opened. She saw Tony and Saunders walk in. Both men grabbed an arm and pulled Jack off the bed. Michelle watched as they dragged Jack out bewilder by Tony's willingness to help.
The door closed and locked behind them. Michelle sat down and she heard Jack's cry of pain a few minutes later and she sat there regretting what she had done. They were only suppose to hurt Jack get him out of the way, possibly just kill him, not torture him. She just wanted Tony back, she didn't think about what might happen to anyone else.
She sat there rocking back in forth ever so often hearing a pain scream from down the hall, that was defiantly Jack. It stopped as quick as it started and the door opened. Tony stood in the door way blood on his white shirt. Michelle looked and saw his knuckles were bruised. He looked at her his eyes full of anger, she knew it wasn't at her. She looked away from him not able to look at the man that was her husband, she could only guess what he had done.
Tony noticed her face change when he walked in the room and than her turning from him. He walked out of the room slamming the door returning to the room where Jack sat in a chair unconscious. He glared at the man, he was the reason Michelle was acting like she was. He was the reason Tony went to prison. He was the reason why Tony had almost lost Michelle. He was the reason they all were here today. His anger building again he ordered one of the men, "Wake him up."
Saunders looked at Tony satisfied with his work so far but he interrupted the order, "We don't want him dead yet. Let him rest." Saunders said looking at Jack who's face was almost covered in blood and bruised clearly from where Tony had pounded on it.
"If you want the information let me do my job." Tony snapped.
"I don't want him dead." Saunders said keeping his voice level, never fight anger with anger it only got both parties angrier.
After ten minutes finally Saunders walked over and pushed on Jack's gun shot wound. Jack jolted awake groaning in pain. He body aching everywhere, "Hey Jack." Saunders said with a smile.
Jack closed his eyes again he wasn't asleep, but he didn't want to see Saunders gloating.
Tony walked in front of him and grabbed a fist full of hair almost pulling Jack off the chair. Just than Tony noticed how small Jack looked compared to everyone else I the room. Jacks eyes opened as he felt his hair being ripped out. Tony smiled at him and said, "jack where is Jane?"
"I told you already." Jack groaned. At this point in time he wished he knew where Jane Saunders was because he didn't want to live this anymore. He had Tony after him and that hurt worse then the hits he took. He had tried to get Tony free. He called Palmer and Palmer squashed it with a simple no and refused to take anymore of Jack's call after that.
"I don't believe you Jack." Tony said pushing his head back violently letting go of his hair.
Jack had blood dripping out of his mouth he was unable to control it as it was flowing freely from his mouth. He swallowed some and almost gagged at the rustic taste he had never gotten use to. He didn't know what he could do to make Tony believe. He finally spoke before Tony hit him again, "Ask Michelle she'll know. I don't know." Jack said trying to show he wasn't lying.
Tony hit him in the stomach where he had been shot. Jack cried out in pain loudly gasping for breath trying to control himself, but he was starting to panic. Tony didn't care about the information he wanted Jack to suffer, to die. Jack was defenseless to the blows that came his way. Tony continued hitting him in the face, chest, stomach, anywhere he could hit till he was out of breath. Jack sat crumbled in the chair unconscious again. Tony looked at Saunders and said, "I don't think he knows where she is." Tony's hands ached from the beating they were giving. He looked at Jack and just saw a crumbled bloody mess no man there anymore, just a punching bag in the flesh.
"Fine. Take him back to the room. See if Michelle knows. I want my daughter." Saunders screamed walking out of the room. He wasn't going to kill Jack yet, he still might be useful.
The men grabbed Jack's crumble body out of the chair and moved him back to the locked room where Michelle sat. The laid him on the floor, blood seeping out of various wounds. Michelle didn't think he could get beaten worse, but he clearly had. She gasped when they brought him in, and almost started to cry when she saw all the blood on Tony and his hands which had blood on them, not his own but Jacks. Tony looked down at Jack hatred still in his eyes, but also a sorrows. "Michelle do you know where Jane is?"
"No." She said not knowing.
"Does he know?" Tony said kicking Jack onto his back.
"No they didn't want to tell him. He tried to find out, so he could apologize to her, but no one would tell him." She said looking at Jack tears in her eyes she had caused all of this.
"SHIT" Tony said aloud he had to find Jane Saunders. "Do you or he have any leads at to where she was?"
"Not that I know." Michelle said moving over to Jack.
"Don't touch him." Tony said his anger clear he was pissed at Jack he had not known about Jack's attempts to get him free, and he blamed Jack for why he went to prison.
"Tony he needs help. Look at him. He's going to bleed to death if he doesn't die of something else first." Michelle said trying to get Tony to look at Jack.
"He deserves it." Tony said looking over at Jack who was unconscious and bleeding still.
"Tony it wasn't his fault they decided to make an example out of you." Michelle tried.
"he could have helped me. He didn't even speak at my trial Michelle." Tony said his anger rising in him again.
Saunders walked into the room and asked Tony, "Does she know where Jane is?"
"No. Neither does he." Tony said.
"Fine. Michelle get up." Saunders said he had just formed another plan.
"What do you want with her?" Tony said worried that Saunders was going to hurt her.
"She's going to help me get someone who can find out where my daughter is." Saunders answered looking Tony in the eyes challenging him to say anything different.
"How?" Tony said confused.
"She's going to go to CTU. Someone will know there. And she's going to do it because she doesn't want you or Jack to get hurt worse. She'll be kind enough to grab Kim Bauer and bring her back for me won't you Michelle?" Saunders said in a threatening voice.
"Why do you want Kim?" Michelle asked.
"Because if I can't find my daughter than he doesn't need his." Saunders said looking at Jack.
"Leave her out of it. I'll find your daughter for you." Michelle said knowing that Jack wouldn't live, if he survived this without Kim.
"You have two hours to find her than you either get Kim here or Tony dies." Saunders stated.
"Fine." Michelle said walking out of the room.
Saunders closed the door locking Tony in the room with Jack, he thought about it for a minute and decided Tony would probably do his job for him, and from the looks of it Jack wouldn't be much help when he woke up so it didn't matter what happened to him.
Tony looked over at Jack still angry at him, but not willing to push Jack any further he didn't want to kill him, not yet. If something happened to Michelle than Jack would die the most painful death Tony could give him.
Jack groaned aloud while still out he was slowly coming back to consciousness.
Tony heard him groaned and walked over standing over him until he saw Jack open his eyes and blink his face clearly showing the pain he was in. Tony bent down and was going to move Jack when Jack flinched out of the way. Tony couldn't believe he had just seen Jack flinch he had always thought of Jack as this super tough guy you couldn't break, but he had clearly seen Jack flinch away from him in fear of him hitting him. Tony smiled and grabbed Jack off the floor.
Jack groaned loudly in pain and said, "I don't know where she is." Blood coming out of Jack's mouth as he tried to speak, but most of his words unintelligible.
"I know." Tony said laying Jack on the mattress. He looked over the man and saw all the damaged he had done to him. He moved to the other side of the room while Jack lay on the mattress closing his eyes to block the wave of pain out. Everything ached on his body and he wasn't sure if he could take any more of a beating which he was sure Tony was ready to administer. Jack thought about telling him about all he had try to do for him, but he didn't know Tony's reaction.
Tony finally faced Jack and looked at him asking, "Why didn't you try to help me?"
Jack looked at him and saw the pain and anger in his eyes. Jack tried to sit up, but dizziness and pain took over and he ended up slumping back down.
Tony walked over and grabbed a fist full of his hair, "Tell me you son of a bitch."
Jack winced in pain and Tony noticed him stiffen up as if Tony were going to hit him again. Jack spoke still barely understandable, "I tried." Jack swallowed hard a mouth full of blood. "Palmer wouldn't. I called him begged him practically. He stopped taking my calls after awhile. I tried."
"You are lying." Tony said pushing Jack's head back down. Jack's head bouncing off the wall on it's way down.
"I did." Jack said looking Tony directly in the eye never blinking.
"Why didn't you testify as a character witness at my trial?" Tony said not giving in.
"Did you really want a junkie as a character witness?" Jack asked spitting blood out this time onto the floor.
Tony looked at him, "Did you get off the stuff?"
"Yeah. I just got out of rehab a few weeks ago." Jack said not knowing why he was answering.
"What happened to you for killing Nina?"
Jack didn't want to answer he knew it would only anger Tony. "They aren't pressing charges." Jack finally said looking away knowing Tony would be pissed.
"I see you just called in a favor for yourself and forgot to ask about me." Tony said looking at Jack. He knew Jack was a good liar and he was sure Jack was lying why would Palmer deny his pardon, and than help Jack out. Tony's anger over took him again and he walked over to Jack grabbing a fist full of his hair and his neck pulling him off the mattress up to his feet. He was surprised by how light Jack was, and how weak the man was. He glared into Jack's eyes as he squeezed the life out of him. He watched as Jack's eyes glassed over with tears as his life was being taken out of him. He watched as Jack's eyes filled with fear and he tried to fight him off, he smiled a second before Jack passed out. He let Jack go the minute he passed out he wasn't going to kill him, not until Michelle was back safe with him.
Tony sat in the corner of the room watching Jack sleep. He watched as Jack opened his eyes full of pain and looked around the room dazed and confused. When Jack saw Tony he almost groaned. Tony walked over to Jack who crunched up in fear of getting hurt again. Tony enjoyed seeing him move like that.
"Let me look at you." Tony said touching Jack's arm noticing the flinch. He couldn't help but smile to see Jack in such a weak scared state. Jack refused to uncurl sure that Tony would only beat him more, and he couldn't stop him, and Tony knew it. "Jack either turn over or I'll force you too and it won't feel too good to you." Tony said getting angry.
When Jack still refused to move Tony kicked him in the back getting a cry of pain out of Jack, and than grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him onto his back. Jack's abdomen was covered in blood as was his face. Tony had seen the extent of the damage he had done to Jack and wondered how he was still moving. He let go of Jack and walked over to the door knocking on it hoping Saunders was smart enough to post someone outside.
The guard opened the door and said, "What do you want?"
"Can I speak to Saunders."
"Hold on." The guard said closing and locking the door again. A few minutes later Saunders walked into the room smiling.
"Good news Michelle's on her way back with someone and with a possible location on Jane." Saunders smiled at Tony than looked down at Jack who was lying on his back looking at the ceiling the pain evident in his eyes. Saunders walked over to him and bent down gloating over him, "Guess who Michelle has?"
Jack looked at him, his eyes showing how tired he was, "Who?" Jack said not knowing.
"Kimberly." Saunders smiled as he saw the fear cross Jack's eyes. "Don't worry I'm not going to hurt your daughter Jack." Saunders said looking Jack over, "You look pretty bad there. Tony did a good job." Saunders said noticing the new marks on Jack's neck.
"Speaking of that." Tony interrupted. "Is there anyway someone can fix him up some so he doesn't bleed to death in the mean time."
"Oh I'm not sure that matters to much." Saunders said standing.
"What do you want Kim for?" Jack said a new strength in his voice as he tried to push himself to a sitting position, but ended up lying back down with a cry of pain.
"Well I have to get out of the country somehow. So does Tony and Michelle and we need some leverage." Saunders said smiling at Jack. He would kill Kim once they were outside the U.S. he couldn't' let her go free and let everyone know he was still alive, he might even kill Tony and Michelle.
"leave her. I'll go with you." Jack said in a pained voice.
"Jack you can barely move and you'll slow us down." Saunders said looking down at Jack.
Jack moved through all the pain and pushed himself up to a sitting position almost passing out from the pain in the process, "I'll make it. Just leave her alone please." Jack begged getting ready to stand up when Saunders kicked him in the chest sending Jack back down to the ground with a scream of pain.
"NO thanks Jack." Saunders said wiping the blood off his shoe onto Jack's already bloody shirt. "Maybe we won't need her." Saunders said walking out of the room.
Jack spoke the pain evident on his voice, "Tony please don't let him take her. I tried hard to get you off Tony. I know you don't believe me, but I tried to call Palmer multiple times. He did stop taking my calls after awhile. I don't know why he didn't pardon you, and I'm sorry. I tried, maybe I didn't try hard enough, but please don't let Kim suffer because of this. I'll do whatever you want please just don't let him take her." Jack begged now his voice cracking as he spoke.
Tony looked at him on the floor and suddenly felt bad as he believed Jack finally had tried to help him. "I'll do what I can Jack. But we got to sort you out first before you bleed to death." Tony said walking over and moving Jack to the mattress. He took off his shirt and used it to apply pressure to the bullet hole that had been ripped open again. Jack squirmed under the pressure, causing pain. Tony tried to wipe most of the blood off Jack's face, but it didn't really help that more blood was replacing the old blood.
Tony was ready to give up when Michelle and Kim where pushed into the room. Kim ran over to her father who lie on the mattress mangled. She almost gasped when she saw Tony over him with all the blood on him. Michelle looked at Tony and smiled as she saw him trying to help Jack.
Michelle grabbed the blanket from earlier and walked over. She laid it over Jack, there wasn't much they could do for him, but keep him comfortable at the moment, and everyone knew it.
Michelle pulled Tony to the corner and said, "I'm sorry I got us into this. But I found a way to get us all out." She kissed him and frowned. She knew trouble would come there way soon.
Kim sat over Jack trying not to cry she looked at him and he was a mess, and she could only guess who had done it. She glared at Tony noticing all the blood on him, and his bruised knuckles. Tony noticed her glare and did nothing about it.
Saunders walked into the room angry. "How do they know where we are?" He said looking at Michelle who was standing over in the corner.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Michelle said in a calm voice.
Saunders glared at her and went towards her, but Tony stood in the way, and Saunders needed Tony he would be a good weapon. He couldn't hurt Michelle fine. He walked over and push Kim away from Jack. Kim tried to fight to get back to her father, but was only punched hard in the face by Saunders sending her to the ground with a cry.
Jack tried to sit up and go at Saunders but Saunders pushed Jack back down with one hand, and Jack felt pain erupt in his chest. Saunders smiled down as he saw the pain he had caused Jack, just by merely pushing on his chest.
He grabbed Jack by the arm and yanked him off the mattess. Jack barely stood on his own two feet, Saunders supported most of his weight. He pulled out a gun and had it next to Jack's head. "So Michelle how do they know where we are?"
"I haven't a clue what you are talking about." Michelle said hoping she was calling Saunders bluff. Saunders lowered the gun and Jack felt it press against his leg.
Jack's eyes bulged the minute the bullet tore through his leg sending him to the ground crying out in pain. Saunders smiled at Michelle, "Shall we try this again. I figure Jack can go till I get to his hands."
"I haven't a clue." Michelle maintained looking at Jack who lay on the ground breathing heavily through his mouth blood pooling around him.
"Sir we got to go." A man called from the door. "They are almost here."
Saunders frowned he was just starting to have fun. "Let's go." He said grabbing Kim off the floor and motioning for Tony and Michelle to go.
Tony looked at Jack on the floor and said, "What about him?"
Saunders turned around and looked at Jack and smiled. Before anyone could do anything he turned and fired two more shoots into Jack's chest. Kim screamed out and tried to break free to get to her father, but Saunders held her arm tightly and pulled her out of the room.
Michelle looked back sure that Jack was dead, she didn't see him breathing. She was dragged out of the room by some man and Tony followed behind with his head hung. They all got into a black van and drove away from the place. Kim sobbed loudly as they drove away calling for her father. It broke Michelle's heart to hear her, but there was nothing they could do.
The van stopped outside the small airport and Saunders smiled as he saw another car there waiting for them. Jane sat in the passenger seat crying scared of her father. Saunders got out of the van pulling Kim with him. He let her go and one of the other men grabbed her, Kim was sobbing uncontrollably now. Jane noticed this and became more scared of her father.
Saunders opened the car door and waited for his daughter to get out. He was hurt when she didn't get out and he said, "Please get out of the car. We have a plane to catch."
Jane didn't want to get out, but she didn't want to make him mad either. She got out of the car and looked at Kim who was being held up by one of the men. She remembered how nice the girl had to been to her when her father was killed.
"Jane please get on the plane you don't need to see this." Saunders said looking at her his eyes full of an unknown rage.
"Please don't hurt them dad." Jane said looking at him her eyes pleading.
"I'm not now please get on the plane." Saunders said looking at the plane that waited for them to board. Jane walked over to the plane believing her father, he had been so kind at one time. When she was on the plane she heard thee gun shots in a row. She looked outside the plane to see the dead bodies lying on the ground. Her father wiped the blood off his face and boarded the plane. She glared at him angry, yet scared to say anything. She refused to look him in the eye after that.
The swat team walked into the abandoned building that was clearly empty. The continued to search the floors and Chase stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Jack lying on the ground blood all around him. He looked down and saw how pale Jack was. Chase walked over to him and checked for a pulse.
There was a faint pulse, but it was barely noticeable. "Get a medic he's still alive." Chase screamed at the men. He knelt down taking whatever clothing his coat off and using it to apply pressure to the holes in Jack's chest. Jack was so pale that Chase wasn't sure if he could make it this time. Chase continued to apply pressure even as the blood seeped through his black coat onto his hands.
The medics rushed into the room and quickly loaded Jack onto the gurney. The hooked up the machines they needed as they moved him out. Chase watched helplessly as he heard the sound of Jack's heart stopping on the machine. He sat there staring up at them as they tried to revive him. Chase couldn't believe it. He saw them give him CPR than try to shock him back, but Jack refused to come back this time. He refused to cooperate. Chase felt the lump in his throat grow as time passed and finally they called it, "The EMT looked at his watch it's 3:00 on October 2."
"NO!" Chase screamed running over to the gurney pounding on Jack's chest trying to get him to come back, but nothing happened. One of the medics pulled Chase away from the body and held him back. Someone came up with the body bag. Chase collapsed to the ground as he watched his mentor, a man he respected so much moved into the bag and than watched it zip up. They placed the body back on the gurney and moved it outside. The spectators that collected gawking. Reports screaming out questions.
Chase sat on the ground crying to himself. He wiped the tears away he had to find Kim now. He couldn't let Jack down in now. He got up and was walking out of the building collecting himself when his cell phone rang.
"Uhm Chase." Chloe's voice came over.
"What?" Chase said clearly agitated.
"WE found Michelle, Tony, and Kim."
"Where are they?" Chase said.
"They're dead." Chloe said. "Saunders must have killed them before he fled the country."
Chase dropped the phone as his feet gave out from under him he collapsed to the ground. Everyone was gone dead, but him. He had let them all down. Jack, Kim, Michelle, and even Tony all of them were dead. He cried loudly getting the attention of the reporters just outside the place.
Finally after what seemed like only a short time but in fact had been a long time Chase composed himself and walked outside being almost mobbed by the reporters he pushed his way through holding his ever increasing anger back. He drove away quickly to the other scene where he saw Tony, Michelle, and Kim all laid out. All of them with one bullet to the back of their head. Chase kneeled next to Kim and wept again hodling her apologizing to her. Finally he felt a hand on his shoulder it was Buddy Lee a new agent, "come on Chase. Let's get you home."
Chase stood up letting Kim go. He looked back his eyes bloodshot from all of the crying he had done. He slumped into the car defeated not yet angery enough to want to kill someone. The shock of it all resting squarely on his tense shoulders.
The next week was horrible for Chase. He went to all of the funerals each on a different day for some reason. He said goodbye to all of them. At Jack's funeral he felt like crying again besides a few other agents and David Palmer there was no one else. NO one else to say goodbye. He saw Kate there and she was with another man, she had brought her new boyfriend to her exs' funeral. He hated her for it and barely could look at her as she tried to speak to him. He left angrily and went to the bar to drink. He was halfway through a bottle of Jack Daniels when someone sat next to him.
"You look like hell." Brad Hammond said sitting next to Chase.
"Thanks." Chase said downing another shot.
"I'm sorry I know they were all close to you. I'm actually glad I found you. Once you return back to CTU you will be the head of field ops." Hammond said. "About a week?"
Chase couldn't believe it Jack was barely in the ground and they were already replacing him.
"We've already had his stuff cleared out. There will be a new director of CTU we are flying her in tonight." Hammond said motioning for the bartender to give him a drink.
Chase downed another shot and said, "Whatever." And left the bar stumbling back to his apartment. He smelt Kim's perfume when he opened the door and collapsed just inside the apartment weeping again.
ALTERNATE ENDING: ANOTHER ENDING THAT WILL MAKE THIS STORY MUCH LONGER IS COMING ONCE A CERTAIN PERSON UPDATES HER STORY!!! AND SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS