I was totally heartbroken over how Season 6 ended but then i realized that perhaps its not over for Jack and Audrey so I decided to write my version of Day 7, also including one of the "spoiler" endings that were rumored for the finale. Hope you enjoy, and all reviews are welcome:)
24 Day 7:Never Let Go
Prequel
Jack walked out of Heller's house and down the steps to the edge of the yard overlooking the cliff. He looked down and stared at the ocean water pounding the rocks below, and for a split second contemplated ending it all. It's not like I'll be missed, Kim never wants to see me again, and Audrey is the one part of my life I have to live without, might as well be dead. His cell rang and he looked down at the Caller ID. Jack reluctantly answered.
"Yea, this is Bauer"
"Jack Where are you? Buchanan said you didn't want to be found."
"That's the point Chloe, I don't."
Chloe is silent for a moment. It's almost as if she can read Jack's thoughts.
"So, this time you disappear for good?"
"Don't let this job ruin your life Chloe. You're better than that."
And with that he clicked the phone shut and stuffed it back into his pocket. The familiar ringing returned seconds later and Jack knew without looking who was on the other end of the line.
At CTU, Chloe made her way out of Medical and back towards her station, cell phone in hand. She walked past Morris who looked at her in surprise that she was back so soon after passing out an hour earlier.
"I thought you were down in Medical darling?" he asked with a concerned tone. "Aren't you supposed to be taking it easy?"
Chloe scowled at him as she sat down at her station and began trying to track Jack using his cell locator.
"I'm pregnant Morris, not dead." she whispered harshly. "Now either help me or shut up."
"Help with what?"
"Help me find Jack."
Morris knew there was no sense in arguing with Chloe about what she was trying to do so he might as well help. Chloe stared at the computer screen in front of her pissed off typing frantically trying to find Jack.
Jack took the battery out his cell and tossed it down onto the sand below. He heard footsteps behind him. Jack assumed it was Heller, but he tightened his grip on his gun anyways.
"I'm walking away SIr. It's the only way that she will be safe."
"Walking away doesn't guarantee anyone's safety Jack. Least of all the woman that you love more than life itself."
Jack turned around slowly in absolute disbelief, certain that this had to be a dream. A hallucination, after effects of being tortured all those months in China, just something other that what he was seeing right in front of his face.
"What the...? Tony??" Jack said quietly.
Yea Jack. We gotta get out of her alright? I can't risk anyone seeing me."
"Tony, what the hell is going on?!"
A helicopter appeared over the sunrise and landed on the beach below. Jack aimed his gun towards the copter. Tony began to yell over the noise.
"It's okay Jack. They are here for me not you." Jack lowered his gun slowly. Tony continued talking. "Two years ago I lost everything that ever mattered to me in life.Michelle, my career, gone in an instant. I made a deal with the same government that was prepared to sacrifice you today, but then they took her from me Jack and I'll never forgive that. I tried to tell you when I was brought into CTU after the car bombing what the plan was, but then the nerve gas attack happened and the next thing I remember was waking up in an abandoned warehouse."
Tony walked down the steps taking the same path Jack had taken earlier up to the house. Jack, still in shock followed.
"Where are you going? This makes no sense, damnit!"
"There's only one place that it is safe for people like us, people who have sacrificed everything for the country and gained nothing. Get in Jack!" he yelled as he got in the copter. Jack shook his head.
"I'm out Tony. It's over."
Tony threw a bag out the door in front of Jack's feet.
"It's never over! You'll see."
The doors closed and the helicopter took off. Jack backed up and sat down on the sand in exhaustion beside the bag and looked inside it. He saw a passport with his picture under the name Daniel Strickland, a cellphone beeping, envelope of money, and a plane ticket to any location in the world. Jack opened the cell and read the text.
You in or Out?
In what exactly? he texted back.
To finally end this once and for all
The helicopter reappeared as Jack put the items into his bag and looked over his shoulder quickly back at Heller's house and whispered.
"I'll be back for you Audrey. When this is all over, I'll be back I promise."
The doors open, Tony waved Jack into the seat beside him. The helicopter took off to parts unknown as the sun began to rise over the ocean in Southern California.
