A/N – Takes place around 2 months after Day Two. All characters except for my OCs are property of Fox. The US airbase in Tunisia is fictional, and the town of Nefta in south western Tunisia is real.
Alex saw the look on Jack's face, and he could tell immediately that Jack would be stubborn all week.
'I can't tell you where she is, Jack. I don't even know myself until I get there," Alex spoke as he and Jack walked into the main bullpen of CTU. With Division's help, Alex had been able to sort out a visit to where Nina was now living in exile after her presidential pardon. They had made it quite clear to him that Jack was not to know of the visit, but Jack has been told some days later by a friend of his who worked at Division. Alex mainly suspected Alberta Green to be the leak, but had decided that dwelling on it would be pointless. Enough people inside CTU hated Nina enough to leak the information to Jack anyway, which was why Nina's exact location was known only to a few people.
"Why do you even want to visit her anyway, Alex?," Jack enquired. Even if Nina was his sister, Alex had considered her pretty much dead and forgotten about since her arrest.
"Because I want to know why, Jack. Why she got involved with terrorists, why she betrayed her friends, her country, me. Why she had to kill Jamey and Teri," Alex replied as he sat down at his station. A few minutes passed, and he realised that Jack was still standing around near him, and wondered what he could say to placate Jack. It wasn't as if Jack could just come along, and Alex wouldn't be able to record anything, as all electronic equipment was banned for nob-military personnel on the base in Nefta, in south western Tunisia.
"Nothing will convince Nina to talk unless it is in her interests, Alex," Jack replied, remembering the day of the nuke. His plan to terrify Nina into compliance had almost backfired when she had managed to take him hostage. Deciding not to dwell on the matter any more, Jack turned and was about to walk to his office, when he sopped and looked around at Alex once more.
"Just don't expect anything, Alex," Jack advised, and Alex nodded. He wasn't deluded, he knew that the trip was almost certainly going to be a waste of time and effort, but he didn't want to just ignore the possibility.
Later that day, as Alex drove out of CTU, his mind returned to Nina. He would be in Tunisia for a week, spending as much time as he liked with Nina. Her life was restricted, but as long as she obeyed the law and the numerous conditions of her pardon, she was basically allowed to do anything she wanted. Each week her house would be searched for anything she wasn't expected to have, and the list was huge – weapons and cell phones were obviously forbidden, along with other items such as drugs, excess amounts of money, electronic equipment (although she was allowed a small television and a radio) and almost anything that she could use as a weapon or to escape. If she was found to have any such contraband,. Her life would get even more restricted, until she ended up in house arrest and if she dared break any of the conditions of her pardon, she would be on the first plane back to Los Angeles and a cell in a maximum security prison to await execution.
Jack was nursing a beer as he sat in a bar close to CTU. Drinking alone, his mind was stuck on Nina, which was the reason why he had cancelled a date with Kate, which he had hated doing. He had met her in extreme circumstances, and had become attracted to her almost immediately. They had had a few casual dates, nothing serious, so it wasn't like Kate was all that bothered. A familiar voice broke him from his reverie and, as Kate sat down next to him, she smiled at the shock on his face.
"Tony said you might be here, Jack. Are you OK?," Kate asked. He had sounded preoccupied on the phone when he had called to cancel, and there was something in his voice that Kate had heard many times before from her father and sister – depression.
"I'm just thinking of bad memories, that's all," Jack replied, before taking a swig of his drink.
"Can you tell me? Sometimes it helps if you talk about these memories," Kate asked. She was as attracted to him as he was to her, and she knew that he was a complex person with a lot of scars both physically and mentally. Jack considered her question for a moment, then began to tell her the story of Nina Myers.
Alex was sat on his bed, holding the documents that Division had given him in regards to the trip. He had had to sign a load of papers, promising not to tell people of Nina's whereabouts, promising not to help Nina escape in any way, promising not to pass on anything from any of Nina's former terrorist colleagues, which Alex thought was a bit over the top, as he wasn't in contact with any terrorists. Lying down, he remembered the last time he had been in the same room as his sister. It had been on the day of the nuke, when she was in custody before her transportation to North Africa. Unlike the previous meeting, in which she had been cold, emotionless and unresponsive, she had been somewhat talkative that time, and Alex almost recognised his sister. The meeting then had only lasted a few minutes, and Alex had not asked Nina any questions, but Alex hoped that she would be the same way again in Tunisia.
Jack and Kate were now slightly tipsy, and the conversation had gone from Nina to more lighter topics. Enjoying himself, Jack savoured this rare feeling of happiness, and Nina was almost forgotten.