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Chapter 2

Audrey left shortly after Jack to visit her father in the hospital.

"Hi sweetheart." Secretary of Defense James Heller said.

"Hi dad. I'm so glad you're alright." Audrey replied.

"Where's Jack?" He asked knowing that he had to apologize for not listening to him yesterday.

"He's being debriefed at CTU." Audrey said sadly.

"Do you think they're going to let him stay?"

"I don't know."

James hugged his daughter knowing how sad she'd be if Jack had to leave again. She'd been so upset after she was told that he was dead. It had been awkward for him because he had only just found out they were dating.

At CTU, Jack walked slowly up to the conference room where Bill Buchanan would be waiting for him. He was in no rush to get there. When he finally got there, Bill greeted him.

"Hi Jack. President Gardner is going to call us in a couple minutes with his decision." Bill said. Jack didn't respond. He sat quietly waiting for the call.

At the end of the meeting, he knew he had to call Audrey.

"Hey Audrey." Jack said.

"Hey." Audrey continued, "So, what's the verdict?"

"Well, the Chinese want revenge for what happened."

"Oh." Audrey said, disappointed.

"Which is why Gardner is giving them Logan."

"So you're staying." Audrey said excitedly.

"Yeah baby. I'm staying." Jack said. He was smiling. "I'll meet you back at the hotel in a little while."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too."

They hung up and Audrey told her father the news. He seemed to be happy for them, but like any father he was worried about his daughter getting hurt again.

Audrey and Jack headed for the hotel. When Audrey got there, the room was empty. Audrey waited for Jack and assumed he got stuck in traffic. An hour later, Jack still wasn't back and Audrey started to worry. She called his cell phone but it went straight to voicemail. She decided that maybe he hadn't left CTU yet. So, she called CTU.

"CTU, O'Brian."

"Hey Chloe. It's Audrey."

"Hi Audrey. Is everything okay?"

"As long as you tell me that Jack is still at CTU."

"No, he left a little more than an hour ago. Why?"

"Because he called me about an hour ago saying he would see me in a little while and even in traffic it doesn't take an hour to get to the hotel."

"Well, maybe he stopped somewhere. The store or something like that."

"Maybe you're right. Thanks Chloe." Audrey said optimistically. Audrey called his phone again and again. Now it had been two hours since he'd called. After three hours of Audrey trying to convince herself that he was at the store, her phone rang.

"Hello?" Audrey said.

"Ms. Raines?" Said a woman on the other line.

"Yes. Who is this?"

"My name is Doctor Moore. I have a patient named Jack Bauer who wants to talk to you."

"Okay." Audrey wasn't sure whether to be worried or relieved. Worried because Jack is a patient or relieved because he can talk to her.

"Audrey," Jack said.

"Hey Jack. What's going on?" She replied.

"Nothing baby. I just got into a little bit of a car accident."

"A little bit?" Audrey said, "You've been gone for hours and you're calling from a hospital. I think it's more than just a little bit."

After their conversation Audrey grabbed her keys and drove to the hospital she'd just left. She walked to Jack's room where she found Jack sitting up slightly in his bed. He smiled at her as she walked in.

"Hey beautiful." Jack said.

"I was so worried about you." Audrey replied while sitting down on the bed.

"I'm fine." Jack replied. He got a concerned look from Audrey. "Really baby. Just a few broken bones."

"What happened?" Audrey asked.

"Some idiot ran a red light." He reached up and touched Audrey's face. Audrey leaned down and kissed him being sure not to lean on his broken ribs. His left arm was broken as well.

"What happened to the person in the other car?" Audrey asked.

"He got away."

"What do you mean? How could he have gotten away? He was probably just as hurt as you are."

"I don't know. All I know is that the police couldn't find him. The car was there so he must've got out and ran away."

"And nobody saw him?"

"To be honest there weren't any cars in the intersection or at least I don't remember any."

Audrey was curious despite Jack being so calm. How could the guy have gotten out of the car if he was hurt? Ten minutes later, Jack fell asleep despite his efforts to stay awake. Audrey left and went to CTU.

Audrey immediately went to Chloe's station. Audrey explained the accident to Chloe.

"Well, if I look at the police report it should say what intersection the accident was at. And, then we can hope that we find something on the tape from that street light camera. But, to be honest Audrey, I don't think we're going to find anything unusual."

Chloe found the street that the accident was on and tapped into the footage from the camera.

"Jack left CTU at 10:15 so he would have gotten to this intersection at about 10:25." Audrey said.

"Alright we'll start watching at 10:20." Chloe said starting the tape. For three minutes everything looked normal. At 10:23, two black SUV's pulled to the side of the road. Nobody got out, instead they just sat there. At 10:25, Jack's car came up to the intersection. He stopped for the red light. The driver of first SUV started the engine and waited for Jack's light to turn green. As his light was turning red, the driver pushed hard on the gas pedal passing through the intersection and collided with Jack's car. Audrey and Chloe watched in amazement as they saw that the accident was definitely not an accident.

The second SUV approached the two cars that were completely damaged. The man exited the car and opened the door of the first SUV and pulled the man out of it. The second driver put the first driver into the back of the car and drove away.

"Is there any way to identify those guys?" Audrey asked.

"I'll look into it. I want you to go tell Bill what we just saw and have him send a security team to Jack's room at the hospital." Chloe replied.

Audrey did as she was told and rushed back to the hospital to tell Jack what they had discovered.