Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor the song. That's all fox's and Staind. I'm just going to borrow them for a little while with the promise I'll return them. ( BUT I'm LYING I LOVE THEM SO MUCH)
So basically all you need to know is Nina never got killed and season three hasn't happened, therefore naturally Nina is alive duh. I'm only one sandwich short of a picnic basket or one medicine bottle short of a medicine cabinet.
And you, bring me to my knees
Again, all the Times,
I had could beg you please
--in vain
All the time
That I felt insecure
For you and I leave my
Burdens at the door
Looking around as he drove on the familiar roads to CTU everything looked unreal as if nothing had been seen by his eyes before. He wondered if it all had always been like this or if he just didn't take the time to look. It was like the first time a person realized the beauty of nature and at the same time recognized the horridness of life all at once. It was all happening again it repeated over and over in his head, like a broken record. Only this record had pictures to go with it.
The pictures were of him getting back into CTU that night, hugging Kim, his daughter, and noticing Teri, his wife, was missing. He went to search for her, thinking she was resting somewhere because it had been a long day and she had went through a lot. It never even dawned on him that she could have been killed especially by someone he had trusted so openly. CTU was about the safest place he could think of that day. It seemed like it would be a crime if she had died after all they had been through and made it out of that day to die in the last hour of it. It hurt him when he thought about it because if he had only came back to CTU like Nina had told him to after she lied to him telling him Kim was found dead. If he had only come back it never would have happened because Teri would have been with him, not looking around to find out what was happening to him. Ironic in the end everything that caused her to die besides the bullet and the trigger being pulled was his fault. If he had been there, if he had not slept with Nina, if he had not trusted Nina, if he had only. The if only's ate at him every day.
The memory continued on, he walked down the hall, he saw the security guards with the body and it hit him. Sudden fear, his heart raced and his mind screamed for him to find her now something was not right. He ran down the hall checking every room. He opened the door to the room and at first thought it was empty. As he closed the door he saw the crimson blood pooled on the floor and his mind went berserk. He was ready to run away from everything, it could not be Teri his childish side of his mind begged. He walked into the room and saw her in the chair, the blood seeping out of the hole. He knew his child was dead, and hoped that Teri would be alive. He quickly undid her hands and picked her up to run her out to the medics. But his mind knew she was dead, but his heart would not accept it until her head slumped. He could not handle it anymore, how would he go on without her. She had been everything to him. She brought him the happiness he never got to have as a child. They had fought and were still in the deep end, but they were working their way out. So close but not quite the story of his life. He slumped to the floor in defeat. All of the memories rushing back as they did every time he saw Nina or the room where Teri had been killed.
All of this came back to him as he glanced in the eyes of the woman that had caused all of it. All he wanted to do at the moment was rip her apart piece by piece. Letting all of the anger and misery out, getting rid of the burden of guilt he carried with him, he knew killing her would not bring Teri back, but it would make life easier to live . If Nina was dead he would not have to be reminded of his wife every time he saw her. He would not have to be reminded of his love for both women and her betrayal. His wrongs would not be righted, but there would not be that nagging part of his mind to tell him she was still alive. By killing her he would ease his own conscience by relieving it of the pain of her being alive and his still wanting her back the way she use to be.
All of this ran through his head as he drove the car back towards CTU. He had caught her again and would again have to turn her over for the greater good of the world. Sometimes when he was tired of it all and ready to give up he thought about just once saying fck the world and killing her. Why did he always have to sacrifice something for the greater good of the world? Couldn't the good not rely on the bad guy to help them figure out the threat, couldn't they find out on their own.
She could see the gears churning in his head. Every time they got together she always figured it was her last time. He had caught up with her this time. It was stupid of her to take the job in L.A., but it was for the only man she respected, and she never imagined he would be able to catch up with her. She waited for him to make his decision as to whether or not to turn her in again or kill her. He was driving in the direction of CTU, but he could always turn off she thought. Her hands where secured behind her back, but than it dawned on her. Like the death row inmate who doesn't want to die so he claims to have found Jesus at the last moment, she had her cell phone still. He did not search her well because he was trying to sneak her out of the club without any of the other noticing. She watched him as he drove moving her cuffed hands trying to get the cell phone out and dial the number to her savior.
She moved slowly trying not to bring attention to herself. She felt around the phone to get her bearings and dialed the number. She was happy for once that her phone did not make the noise when you pushed the buttons down. She hit send and heard the man answer the phone. She said, "Jack where are you taking me?" Hoping the guy on the other end would hear. "Vachel doesn't get us to CTU?" She knew it would, but she hoped he would believe she didn't.
Jack looked back when he stopped at the red light. Leary of what she was up too. Her face conveyed nothing. He returned his attention back to the front and back to his own thoughts, back to his prison he created in his mind. He waited for the light to change and than took off again. When he reached the next intersection he slammed on his breaks and swerved to try to miss the oncoming SUV that rammed the driver side of the car.
The impact sent Jack flying to the side. He screeched in pain as the car side moved in towards him slamming into him hard, glass flying into his face and cutting him. He sat in the front dazed, blood dripping down his face from the wounds on his head. He moved his left arm and felt immense pain. He groaned in pain. He turned his head and noticed the huge gash in his shoulder. Using his right arm he tried to unbuckle his seat belt but it was stuck. He asked Nina, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." She said looking up towards him.
The SUV reversed allowing the car Jack and Nina were in to fall the inches to the ground. Jack tried not to groan when the car hit the ground. His body screamed out in immense pain running from his arm down to his legs he fought to stay conscious, but the pain and head injury where causing his eyes to droop and he knew that he would pass out soon.
Nina watched as the men got out of the SUV and walked up to the car. They came to her side and opened the door. Another went to the driver side reached in through the broken window and grabbed the keys out of the ignition, asking, "Are you guys ok?"
"Fine. Get him out." Nina said as one of the men unlocked the cuffs she had on.
Jack did not try to fight, it was no use his mind slowly started to go black and before they had him out of the car he was unconscious.
One of the men asked, "What do you want us to do with him?"
"Is there another car coming?"
"Yeah it should be here any moment." The man answered looking down the street as another SUV came speeding down to pick them up.
"Take him with us. We might need him as a hostage to get out of the country." Nina answered.
"Are you sure?" The man asked knowing what Jack was capable of, and the past between the two.
"Yes. Just put him in the back of the SUV." Nina ordered getting into the back of the SUV.
The men got Jack into the back of the new SUV. They did not secure him because they assumed that there was no reason. From the looks of it he was in no shape to fight, but to be safe one of the men rode in back with him. After everyone got in the driver sped off into the night towards the safe house.
When they reached the safe house Nina was greeted she smiled at him and called over, "Rich I owe you again."
"Yes you do, but there is more than enough time to pay. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine. I brought you back a present too."
"You didn't bring him back for me. You brought him back as a hostage." Rich answered knowing she was speaking of Jack Bauer.
Nina laughed, "You know me to well sometimes. We'll need him until we finish. If something goes down we have a hostage to get out of the country with." Nina prodded him she knew how much Jack could bring to the table being a friend of Palmers.
"I'm not so sure Nina. He's about as dangerous as you are, and I really don't want anything to go wrong. And something always goes wrong when he is involved." Rich thought about it for a moment. He looked into the back and noticed how injured the man was and than looked around, "I will pull some of my men off the mission to watch him."
"Thank you, as always I owe you."
"Are you ever going to pay me back?" he jokingly asked.
"I thought I did when I choose to turn and help out." She answered reminding him of what she had done for him.
"You have a point there." Rich said hugging her. She had always been like a daughter to him. He could never say no to her even when he knew it would jeopardize everything. She was not his biological daughter, but if he had to have one he hoped it would be just like her. "You know you really should think about moving past him. He is your Achilles hill." He inferred as he pulled out of the embrace. "Take him to the shed, and make sure he is secured somehow." He order the men who stood outside the SUV unsure of how to proceed.
Two of the men dragged Jack's unconscious body around to the back of the house. The man that carried Jacks arms dropped them on the ground and opened the shed. Inside there was nothing but a dirt floor. The men dragged Jack's limp body inside and laid him on the dirt floor. Grabbing spare rope the man tied Jack's arms behind his back and than secured them to a bench that had been installed into the ground. He checked his handy work and than left the shed locking it from the outside with a padlock.
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"Where in the hell is Jack?" Tony asked Chase who came in through the door of CTU.
"He wanted to be alone after the raid." Chase did not want to tell Tony that he left Jack and Nina alone, therefore, allowing Jack the chance to kill her if he chose to.
"He called in and said he was bringing Nina in. Why didn't you drive with him?" Tony knew why, but he thought he should ask just to cover his own a$$ at the moment. Something he had learned from Ryan Chappelle and had to do increasingly more than he wanted to do now that Jack was back at CTU.
"He said he had her. I rode back with SWAT guys." Chase answered noticing what Tony was trying to do. He wanted to say something about it, but did not.
"Fine. Try calling him and get him in here quickly." Tony answered with anger in his voice. If Jack killed Nina they would have a hard time explaining it to people.
Tony walked up to his office and slumped into his chair. His neck and shoulders hurt. He turned his head to the left than the right in hopes that it would pop. Michelle walked in and noticed her husband who looked extremely tired. She walked up behind him and started to massage his shoulders. She felt him relax under her magic hands. After she finished she went back to the front of the desk and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Jack. He went missing with Nina. I'm not sure if he is finally getting his revenge or if something happened. We just got a new threat in. It's going to another one of those days."
"What was the threat?" Michelle asked ignoring Jack. She deduced that he was getting his revenge. They would have heard something if Nina had escaped. Someone would have found his body or the car.
"A few known terrorist got into the country via Mexico." Tony said in a voice that showed no surprise at the entrance.
"What happened to the Presidents plans to tighten security at the border?"
"Got voted down again because of budget problems. You think after 9-11 and the anthrax incident they would figure they need to tighten security on more than just the airports." Tony paused trying to use his military training to not complain about the damn Republicans that screw everything up. Taking a deep breath he continued, "All we know or what we think we know is that they are in L.A. somewhere and are planning something. Love the information those NSA people can collect."
"I'll have Chloe and Kim start researching the men, we do have their names?" Michelle said looking at her tired husband, thinking he needs a hug. After Tony shook his head yes she continued, "And I'll have Adam check the stoplight camera's on the roads leading from the place Jack and Chase raided to here. See if we cannot find where Jack went off too. And I'll see if Adam can't trace his cell phone. He should have it on since he is out of the field now and transporting the prisoner."
"Thanks Michelle. I'm heading over to division for the weekly briefing with the heads. I should be gone for an hour or two. Call me if anything comes up or if Jack comes in. Another week I'll have to make an excuse up for him for not being there."
Michelle left Tony's office after she kissed him goodbye and walked to the other side of CTU and up to Chloe's desk. "Hey Chloe. How are you today?"
"Fine thanks for asking. How are you?" Chloe lit up. Maybe all of her work wasn't going unnoticed. She loved her job, and her boss when he wasn't in a p$sy mood.
"I need you to help out. I know Jack probably has you on something, but we just got a new threat in and I'm going to have Adam on something else. So I want you with Kim to research the two men. Tony sent you the names over and any basic information NSA already gave us." Michelle saw Chloe's face at the mention of Kim. Most of the people in CTU were not warming up to Kim because they assumed she got the job because of her father. "She's good at what she does Chloe and if she works with you she will learn to be better. You are a great tech person and the right person to pass information on to her." Michelle added stroking Chloe's low ego.
Michelle felt sorry for Chloe at times because she really did not seem to have many friends. Michelle had almost asked her to join Tony and Michelle at diner, but than decided it would be weird. Maybe Michelle would have a party this weekend. She and Tony just moved into a new house and that would call for a house warming party. She could have everyone, or their close friends from CTU over. She smiled at this thought thinking of how she had never really seen most of the people outside of CTU, and could not imagine half of them outside of work.
"Thanks Michelle." Chloe said going back to her computer.
Michelle went to Kim and repeated what she wanted her to work on. After she was finished with Kim she went to Adam who was ready to complain about something, "Adam don't start. I need you to check the streetlight surveillance from here to the place Jack and Chase raided earlier. Jack has gone missing and we need to find him. If that doesn't work see if we had any satellite over the area. Also try to track Jack's cell phone. He should have it on."
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