24: Dangerous Times
(Ch. 1)
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The Following Takes Place Between 2pm and 3pm
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Sydney Australia-8am
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The sun was just rising over the trees of the compound. A single man stepped out of the building and took out his cell. He dialed in the number of his boss in the USA and started talking.
"We are ready," he said, "shall we begin mate?"
"Yes," said a distorted voice, "begin" the voice hangs up.
The man calls a henchman inside, "Begin"
"Yes sir, right away Scott." Scott hears machines starting up inside the compound and calls one of his henchman in Los Angeles.
"Start, right away Jeb," Scott said.
"Right away, matey, It will be done in 50 minutes," Jeb said.
This will be a day to remember, thought Scott.
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Los Angeles-2:11:34pm
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Franklin College
School was just getting out for Greg, who was a science wiz and knew everything about computers. He got high grades but he had little friends so in his free time he worked on codes for his computer and read. He was going to take a day off from all that and go to the Science Rally Dance. This is where they raised money for a trip to go to a very special place. There was a sign that said, "Science Rally Dance: $5. 4:00pm, Raising Money to go to a very special place." He couldn't wait to go because he liked dances and could dance really well, but he was not very popular with the ladies.
Greg went to the computer room to do some research for a project before the dance. As he started he got a warning sign that said, "Warning! Low Power! Please report the problem to the administrator." Hmm…this is strange, I'll try to see what is wrong, Greg thought. He started to get to work on the problem.
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CTU-2:28:12pm
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"Curtis! Did you see what happened?" Chloe asked. "All the power in all of the computers went low."
"Well what do you think I can do, I am a field agent, not a computer person. Try and trace it, I'll go tell Bill," Curtis replied.
"Field agents," Chloe sighed. If only Andrew Paige was here or even Morris. Andrew was on vacation somewhere and Morris was back selling woman's shoes someplace out of state. Chloe started to work on the computer problem.
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Bill Buchanan's office-2:35:52pm
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"Mr. President," Bill said, "We received two disturbing pieces of news. One: is that someone is draining the power to all the computers. The power people have been getting reports all hour about it. Two: we received small reports of news that said, 'Kidnapping…Secretary…15:00…LA.'"
"Well what are you people doing about it?" Asked President Luke Muster.
"Well, we are bringing in our best agent right now, Jack Bauer. We know that Secretary Heller is in LA right now, so we are putting a heavy guard on him. We also have experts working on the power problem. We also want you to delay your speech right now to save energy."
"All right, I will," Muster replied, "Call me back when you get results."
"Will do" Bill hangs up. "Now—"
"Mr. Buchanan!" Chloe interrupted, "I have traced a link. Someone is using the code on the street 1138 Lucas St."
"All right, I'll send someone over there right now, you will work comm. for them…"
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Terrorist Compound-2:50:32pm
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A henchman frowned at what his computer read and looked over the information he had. This was not good, he thought. He hurried to the other side of the compound and yelled, "JEB!"
"What?" Jeb asked irritability.
"We have a problem!" The henchman tells Jeb the problem.
"Hmm…that is a problem; I will take care of it immediately. Go back to your station." Jeb takes out his cell and dials a number and speaks into it, "Roamer, take care of this problem for me…"
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Heller Camp-2:57:02pm
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Secretary Heller and his Agents are being escorted into a safe room.
Heller: Are you sure this place is safe?
Agent: It is much safer than your sons' house and nobody can break into this room, it has top security.
Heller: I hope you are right
Heller and the agents sit back and wait.
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Franklin College Computer Lab-2:58:44pm
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Greg is still working on the computer when a teacher comes in. The teacher asks, "What are you doing?"
"There is a problem with the computers, I am trying to fix or find the problem," Greg replied.
"Oh, ok, then do the best you can…I have to do some stuff on the computers later," the teacher leaves.
Hmm…there was something strange about that teacher, Greg thinks. He then continues to work on the problem.
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On Everett Street-2:59:20pm
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Jack Bauer is driving down the road from his house to CTU. I bet they want me to save the world again. Who is that behind me, they have been following me ever since I made my first turn. Then Jack sees something unusual in his mirror, people with masks on. This is not good, he thought.
"Dmn it!" Jack swears.
Suddenly a car pulls out of a side street and smashes into Jacks car making the car slam into the center rail. Jack hit his head hard, he was falling into unconsciousness and he saw the henchmen coming toward him. The last thing Jack did before falling unconscious was stick a needle in himself and pressed a switch on the dashboard. Then everything goes black.
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