Well I got the reviews and enjoyed them all so I felt compelled to right another chapter.
As the lock turned, Jack remained silent as he hid against the wall near the door, drawing his gun cautiously. He could just make out the shape of what looked to be a thinner woman about his height.
She closed the door and just barely walked past him before stopping in her tracks. Jack could see her look around the room before pulling the cell phone from her purse.
"Drop the phone!" Jack yelled raising his gun.
The woman jumped and spun around. She started to back away from him, when she stopped half way across the room.
"Jack?"
Jack immediately lowered his gun and took a hesitant towards her.
Renee found the light switch and turned it on. "What's going on here? Jack do you know her?"
Jack didn't hear her as he took in the person standing in front of him. It was as if the rest of the world had fallen away and they were the only two people in the world.
"Audrey?"
She looked just as she had before China, and for a minute Jack thought he was staring at a ghost. He was more than surprised she knew who he was. He was sure Heller would have tried to erase him completely from Audrey's life. He was glad to see that it hadn't worked.
Renee kept her gun on the blonde woman. She didn't know how Jack knew her but she didn't care. She was still a suspect.
Jack wanted nothing more than to pull her into his arms and tell her that he still loved her, and missed her and never should have left her. He regretted every day, the decision he made to leave her in the care of her father. And now here she was standing in front of him.
Audrey too had conflicting emotions. She was confused by why he was here after almost four years without even a phone call. She was mad that he never stayed, or even left a note saying where he had gone or even why. Most of all though she wanted to run to him, and kiss him with all the passion she still felt. Not even she could figure out why after all these years she still loved him the way she did.
Jack's phone went off again and he answered it, never taking his eyes off of her. "Yeah Chloe"
"Jack I'm so sorry I realized who's house it was right after you had gone in."
"Its fine, is there any word on Dabaku's condition?"
"No he's still in surgery"
"All right call me back if you hear anything"
Jack hung up the phone and noticed that Audrey had diverted her gaze now to Renee who still had her gun out. Audrey stared at the gun and Jack could see the fear in her eyes.
"Agent Walker your gun won't be needed"
Renee put the gun back in its holster.
"Fine but would someone care to tell me what's going on here?"
Audrey ignored her again and stared at Jack. "What are you doing here?"
Jack looked down at his shoes unable to look her in the eyes anymore. He could hear the anger in her voice, and felt that she had every right to be angry.
Renee answered for him stepping forward. "We're here to bring you in for charges involving conspiracy with a known terrorist."
"What? That's crazy; what's going on?"
"We managed to get a computer chip off of a man named Dabaku who is responsible for the attacks today. This chip lists all of his people working inside the government." Jack said looking back up at Audrey.
"And my name was on the list?"
"Well no. At the bottom of the list was this address. We couldn't trace it to anyone so we had to come here ourselves." Said Jack.
"Ms.."
"Raines"
"You do live here right?"
"Yes but I have no idea why my address would be on that chip. It's not supposed to show up anywhere."
Renee walked towards the both of them irritated. "Well it did. Are you working for a man named Dabaku?"
"No I've never heard of him"
"I find it very unlikely that your address just happened to make its way onto a list with people who have been working for Dabaku inside the government.
"I don't care how unlikely it is, but I'm not working for Dabaku"
Renee glanced at Jack who had stayed quiet throughout the argument, not even bothering to look up.
"Jack your help here would be appreciated" Renee said angrily
Jack looked up, and looked between Audrey and Renee. He had made this mistake once before, he was not going to do it again.
"I'm not helping you"
Renee looked shocked for a second but regained her composure.
"And why the hell is that? This morning you were more than willing to interrogate someone without even a second thought."
Out of the corner of his eye Jack noticed Audrey grab her wrist and begin to rub it softly. He could see the scars there, a constant reminder of her time in china. He made a promise to himself after China that he would do anything to protect her, no matter what the cost. He owed it to her, who knows where he'd be if she hadn't figured out where he was in China.
"Because she's innocent and I'm not going to interrogate her."
"You believe her word over this address being on the chip?"
Jack locked eyes with Audrey and tried to tell her with just a look that he would never hurt her, and she seemed to understand as she relaxed slightly dropping her wrist.
"Yes"
"Well I don't."
Renee stepped towards Audrey and Jack quickly stood in her way.
"Until we find out why her address was on that list, I'm taking her into federal custody."
"You've trusted me this far, why not now?"
"Because you just let that girl walk straight into her death, after you promised we'd protect her."
"She made the decision to go with Dabaku, and she was the one that decided not to let him go free. I never forced her to do anything, she made her own decisions."
"She thought we'd protect her."
"We tried. But I'm not taking the blame for this simply because you don't want to feel guilty."
Audrey didn't know what had happened, but she could see now how tired Jack looked. Whether it was the trial, the day's events, or seeing her again, she didn't know. But she wouldn't have been surprised if he collapsed right here in front of her.
The door opened and all three heads turned towards the door.
"Audrey we have to leave now" Said Tony shutting the door behind him.
"Now what?" Audrey said tiredly
"You're not safe here; I need you to come with me."
"You're not going anywhere Tony until you tell me what the hell is going on" said Jack getting frustrated.
Tony paused, he knew Jack would be mad and could tell he was in no mood to hear this.
"Audrey's address isn't on there by chance Jack."
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