A/N: Thanks to all those who reviewed. Sorry it's taken so long to get the next chapter up. Anyway here it is. Please don't forget to review and tell me what you think.
Chapter 2
Jack slowly began to regain consciousness, as his eyes darted around the damp room. Where was he? And then the memories of before came flying back, he remembered getting a phone call from 'Kim', a picture of Audrey came flashing into his head, she must be thinking that he had left her again. Then it all made sense, the agent had been foreign…how could he have been so stupid!? It was one of the most obvious set ups and he, Jack Bauer the man that had taken down the President of the United States, had fallen for it.
He cursed himself internally. The Chinese had come for him; they had yet to get their revenge. Before he could think on the subject any longer, the door opened, revealing the two men that had captured him only moments ago. The man strode up to him, kicking him in the ribs while the other savagely punched his face.
"This way Mr Bauer." the men said, dragging him onto his feet, and literally pulling him down the corridor, through a metal door and into a large room, where his fragile body was dumped on the floor. There he was greeted by the man that had haunted him for the last year and half, Cheng Zhi.
Cheng walked over to the grovelling Jack, curled up at his feet. He stared at Jack with pure hate.
" You surely must beware Mr Bauer" Cheng paused " that China has a long law memory, Only 18 months ago you invaded our territory and killed our council" he stared at the Jack's beaten face "Did you really think we could forget?"
Jack looked up helplessly at his captor, "I know how this works, I need to make one phone call…please." he begged, he needed to speak to Audrey. "Just one phone call.." he pleaded once again. However, Cheng had no sympathy for the man. Knowing that he wasn't going to make the phone call to Audrey, he gave up all hope, there was nothing else to live for. His daughter had abandoned him and all he had was Audrey, and without her life wasn't worth living.
"Kill me…" He whimpered " just kill me"
"Kill you?" Cheng sneered "..You're far too valuable to kill Mr Bauer"
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"Ms Raines there is a call for you from Mr Buchanan"
Audrey took the phone from the Agents' hands. "Bill?"
"Audrey, what the hell is happening there? I just got a call from Division saying that Jack has gone missing?"
Audrey wiped away the tears that threatened to fall. " It's true , I was with him and an agent said that he had a call from his daughter, so he went to take the call and then when I came to check on him he had vanished."
Bill sighed, "Are you sure that he hasn't just disappeared again?"
"I'm positive Bill, he promised me that he'd come right back and you know how much a promise means to Jack."
Bill rubbed his eyes, he had been hoping to go home and catch up on his sleep. "Alright Audrey, come back to CTU, I'll get Chloe to bring up the satellite pictures at the time and we'll need a description of this Agent from you okay?"
Audrey nodded "Yeah I'll leave now." and she hung up the phone.
Bill replaced the receiver into his place and wandered down to Chloe's' station.
"Chloe" he said.
Chloe, as usual looked up from her computer, scowling at that fact that he had disturbed her. "Yes?" she said
"Chloe, Jack has gone missing."
"What do you mean he has gone missing? I thought he was with Audrey at the staging area?"
Bill nodded his head, "He was, but then according to Audrey, an Agent came to tell him that he had a call from Kim and the next thing Audrey knows is that he's gone."
"Oh god. What do you want me to do?"
"I need you to bring up the satellite images from the last ten minutes." Chloe nodded her head, her fingers furiously tapping on the key board.
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Audrey walked into CTU, her mind was still trying to process that Jack had disappeared yet again. She sighed as she cleared security, she had lost him for the last 18 months and when she had finally come to terms with his death, there he was again. Her heart had begun to save and build up hope, that she could now share a future with Jack.
At first she had been shocked when she found out that he'd staged his death, claiming to not have told her for her own protection and she believed him. Audrey finally understood Jack Bauer, she knew what made him tick and she admired him for how loyal he was to his country. However, fate again had worked against them and Jack had been taken from her.
"Audrey" Chloe yelled from her station, distracting her from her thoughts. Audrey looked up and smiled weakly, "I'm sorry about what happened with Jack." Chloe began, never feeling so awkward in her life.
"Thank you." Audrey stated, "Have you found anything from the satellite pictures?"
Chloe's' face wrinkled, "Morris and I have been working on it, but there's something odd."
"What?" Audrey asked,
"The pictures from the time you said he was taken seem to be deleted."
Audrey shook her head, "That's not surprising, and I suppose it was just a shot in the dark anyway. Let me know if you find anything." Chloe nodded her head.
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One day later...
"Audrey" Bill said softly gazing at his watch, "You've haven't slept in over 48 hours. Why don't you go back to your apartment and get some sleep, this is all going to be here for you tomorrow."
Audrey shook her head, "No Bill, I'm fine."
Bill sighed, "Audrey you're not, you look shattered. We've done the best we can today, you've given us the description of the agent. You can't do anything else, this is all going to take time."
"Have you tried to contact Kim?"
Bill nodded "Yes, we left a message to call us. Now Audrey you need to go."
Audrey nodded her head, Bill was right, there was no point in wearing herself out. "Alright Bill I'll go home, but please will you phone me if you hear anything?"
"Of course I will Audrey. Now I'll see you in a couple of days."
Audrey paused, "I'll come in tomorrow" she replied as she packed away her laptop and files.
"No" Bill answered, placing his hands on Audrey's arm, stilling her for the moment. "Rest first, then come in a couple of days okay."
"Okay." she said, there was no point in arguing with him. She looked around CTU once more and then made her way towards her car.
TBC
