24: RACE AGAINST TIME
Starring:
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer
Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida
Michael Agostinelli as Ethan Garrett
Nikki Reed as Allie Porter
and James Morrison as Bill Buchanan
This story does not acknowledge the end events of Season Four, including the "death" of Jack Bauer. Pretend these events never existed.
PREQUEL:
Jack Bauer walked into the vacant main floor of CTU, boxes in hand. He looked around, took a deep breath and walked up the stairs to the Head of Field Operations office.
He immediately put down the boxes on the empty desk and pulled out the first thing he saw, a picture of his daughter, Kim. He smiled and a single tear dripped down his face.
"Welcome back," a voice behind him said.
Jack spun around to see Bill Buchanan, Director of CTU, holding a coffee mug in his hand.
"To be honest, I really didn't know how to react when you called me the first time," Jack replied. "But I'm here, aren't I?"
"You were born for this job, Jack. I'm glad to have you back."
"Thanks, Bill."
Buchanan left the office as Jack settled in, taking out another picture and placing it next to Kim's. Except this one was of his girlfriend, Natalie Jameson. They had been dating for three months, but Jack felt like he knew her forever. She was intelligent and beautiful...A rare quality among bankers.
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"This way!" Brad Hammond shouted, his gun leading the way across the warehouse.
"Yes, sir!" One of two groups of field agents followed.
Hammond was investigating a lead that he had received earlier in the form of the phone call. from his office at Division. The contact had said only, "The Cordelia Virus lives." Now, after tracing the call, he was leading a field team into an abandoned warehouse in Studio City.
"Murphy!" Hammond yelled into his radio. "Come in, Murphy!"
Silence. "Murphy!"
"Yeah, Brad, I'm here," Murphy replied into the radio.
"Have you found anything yet? This area looks clean."
Murphy took a deep breath as he stared at the masked man who was holding a knife to his neck. "No, we haven't found anything yet."
"Okay, copy that." Hammond turned off his radio.
The masked man immediately slit Murphy's throat. His body dropped to the ground.
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Audrey Raines looked into her bathroom mirror as she combed her hair for her date.
"So, what restaurant are you thinking?" Audrey shouted into the bedroom. "I'm not in the mood for anything big, maybe just a salad."
"That can be arranged." Audrey's boyfriend snuck up from behind her and began kissing her neck.
"Stop...that tickles," Audrey giggled. "Jonathan..."
"All right. I'll be waiting in the car," Jonathan told Audrey as he walked outside.
He sprinted towards his car and opened up the trunk. Inside was a small suitcase. He unlocked it and gazed at the sniper rifle waiting to be assembled.
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Hammond began picking a locked door in the corner of the warehouse. He opened the door and walked inside what appeared to be a large closet.
"Agent Feldstein, come in here..." Hammond ordered his men. No reply.
He peered outside of the closet and saw four of his men lying on the ground in a pool of blood. "My God..."
He suddenly grabbed his neck in pain. A tranquilizer dart had just struck him. He fell to the floor, unconscious.
Three masked men pulled Hammond's body up and dragged him out of the warehouse.