Hes Gone
...Palmer calls Jack to thank him for what he did for the
country.
However, Bern's confession gave the Chinese proof that
Jack
led the raid on the Consulate. Palmer believes the Chinese
really want Jack to implicate the American government once he
is
imprisoned. Jack swears he would never do such a thing.
Palmer
thinks this is unfair and he is ashamed for his part in it.
He
promises to make it his life's purpose to bring Jack back to
U.S.
soil. A Secret Service agent is on his way to CTU to arrest
Jack.
Cummings speaks to Secret Service Agent Dale Spaulding,
who
heads to CTU. Cummings explains that, with Jack's high
ranking,
he could leak a wealth of information about national
security if
the Chinese torture him. Spaulding understands the
insinuation,
and Cummings confirms that this is not coming on
order from the
President. Any investigation into Jack's death will
be brief
and superficial. Cummings does not notice that Novick
has
overheard his entire conversation.
Palmer is troubled by what
Novick tells him. He doesn't believe
that Cummings would go
against the President's orders to not
murder Jack. Novick knows
that Cummings has been doing
Logan's dirty work and Logan
always looks the other way.
Novick implores Palmer to intervene.
President Logan gloats in his victory. "You played a role,"
he
offers Palmer, who ignores that this is an insulting
understatement. Palmer informs him that Cummings plans to kill
Jack, but Logan dismisses this. Logan makes a crack about the
Palmer administration being plagued by paranoia and scandal,
which he hopes to avoid. Palmer realizes that his allegations
are falling on deaf ears.
In the CTU locker room, Tony
acknowledges to Jack that it isn't
fair for him to be forced to
take the fall for the Chinese
Consulate mission. Palmer calls
Jack's cell and warns him not
to turn himself in because the
man sent to take him into custody
has orders to kill him. "Get
out of there now," Palmer urges.
Buchanan refuses to turn
Jack over to Agent Spaulding until he
is debriefed. Buchanan
calls Jack a hero, but Spaulding says he
is only following
orders. Suddenly, an alarm sounds.
Tony calls Buchanan with
news that Jack broke away from him
and escaped. Tony ordered a
lockdown and explains that Jack
is somewhere in Section C.
Michelle briefs the team that Jack has disabled all the
security
cameras. Chloe confirms that Jack is still in Section C.
Tony
explains that Jack received a phone call and then
cold-cocked
him in order to escape. Spaulding is frustrated, and
wants to go
after Jack himself. Buchanan orders Spaulding to take
Tony
with him to find Jack.
Tony and Spaulding enter
Section C, and Jack fires at them.
Tony calls out to Jack, who
hides. Tony tells Spaulding that he
is going to try to bring Jack
out on his own, daring Spaulding to
shoot him in the back if he
tries to stop him. Tony puts his
weapon down and approaches. Yet
Jack is lying on the ground
with a pool of blood at his head.
Spaulding checks Jack's pulse
and confirms that Jack is dead.
Tony accuses Spaulding of
killing him without cause. Buchanan,
Michelle and Chloe come
in and are shocked. Tony lashes out at
Spaulding in anger.
Buchanan follows Spaulding out.
Michelle
gives a syringe of epinephrine to Tony, who injects it
into
Jack's heart. Chloe comments that Jack really looks dead.
When
Jack doesn't respond to the shot, Tony panics. He starts
pumping
furiously at Jack's chest.
"Come on Jack!" He
hissed through his teeth still pushing on Jacks'
chest to try and
bring him back, but it wasnt working.
"Tony..."
Michelle started, tears running down her face.
She knew he was
gone, and she thought Tony propably did too,
but he wasnt
responding to her, he kept furiously trying to revive Jack.
"Tony..." Michelle said again, Chlo'e had also said
his name too. Tony
was not listening to them.
"Jack Please!" He continued to try and revive him. After a few minutes,
Michelle slowly approached him and set her hand on his shoulder.
"Hes gone" She whispered. He stopped.
He jerked backwards holding
his hand over his mouth. He had
started crying.
"No...No...He cant be..." Tony
muttered aloud, and went to try again, but
Michelle held him back
gently. She knelt down next to him, as he collapsed
into her
arms, hugging her tightly.
"Hes gone Tony" She said again in his arms.
"I could have been faster...I could
have saved him" Tony muttered through his
sobs.
THE END
