A/N – Although I consider S2 to be on the best seasons of 24 it's turning out to be just inserting Alex into the day, so I'm going to change things around a bit. The main plot of Day Two will go ahead, but I'm going to make Day Two fit around Alex and not the other way around.
11.00am, CTU Los Angeles
"Alex, that gash looks bad, maybe you should go to the hospital?," a concerned Michelle asked as Alex drank from a bottle of water. They were standing in a desert of rubble and wires that had once been the bullpen. Alex looked at her and decided that it probably looked far worse than it was, but also that it was better to be safe rather than sorry.
"You're probably right. I'll go and see if one of the ambulances can give me a lift," Alex replied. He hoped that the hospital would be able to fix the wound enough for him to return to work.
11.05am, Valley State Women's Prison, Chowchilla, California
Nina was, like all the other prisoners, in the recreation room of the prison. Held in the most secure part of the complex, she was surrounded by other women who had committed horrific crimes, including a couple of serial killers. Nina didn't feel like she belonged with these women, and had not allowed herself to become used to being caged up. The small black and white television in the corner of the room had informed her of the explosion at CTU, much to her delight -although she kept it hidden, as no one there knew that she had once been a federal agent. It told her that it was the day she could be free, the day that Syed Ali's group would try to destroy Los Angeles with a nuke. It wasn't like Nina actually wanted millions of people to be murdered, but she knew that CTU would find a connection between her and Ali. Knowing that she would probably come face to face with Jack once again, she felt apprehensive. The last time they had been together inside CTU, he had almost killed her after learning of her betrayal. After that, they had been in the same room as each other only a few times, in the court room where she was jailed for life without the possibility of parole. There she had gazed at Jack, and he had stared back, knowing that he couldn't get to her and wipe the superior smirk off of her face.
11.10pm, CTU Los Angeles
Alex was fortunate to find an ambulance that could take him to the hospital. He sat down close to the stretcher, where an agent Alex knew as Annie Raines was led. Her blonde hair was streaked with blood and dust, and her face and arms were bloodied and bruised. Looking at her watery eyes, he could tell that she was scared. Taking her hand into his, he looked at her.
"You'll be fine, Annie, I'm sure of it," he told her. He knew little about her, but he could tell that she was a strong person, and that she wouldn't let the bombing affect her more than it had to.
"Thank you, Alex. Do they know who did this?," Annie replied, her voice croaky and weak, but still with a Californian accent. Alex shook his head.
"No, they don't, but it's probably got something to do with the threat," Alex said, careful not to mention the nuke in front of civilians, as there was no barrier between them and the EMTs in the front of the vehicle.
11.15am, Valley State Women's Prison, Chowchilla, California
Having grown bored of watching the news footage of the plume of smoke that now towered over the CTU building, Nina had retreated to the other side of the room, where she sat down on a blue plastic chair. Observing the numerous other prisoners in the room, Nina knew that this was a place where she held no power, where little excitement could be found to make her feel alive – prison was exciting in its own way, but it wasn't the kind that Nina craved. Stuck near the bottom of a hierarchy that had guards and brown nosers at the top, and new prisoners at the bottom, she was already tired of prison life.
"Hey Nina," another inmate spoke as she sat down next to her. Almost the opposite of Nina, she was tall, well-built, blond, tanned and brown-eyed. Her name was Chloe Hope, a middle-aged woman who was in jail for murdering another woman in a drunken bar fight. She was Nina's cellmate, and the pair had formed a loose alliance. Nina looked at her and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Hello Chloe. Heard the news about CTU?," Nina asked her. Chloe was the only one in the prison who knew what Nina had done, and what she had once been.
"Yeah. I'm going to assume you had something to do with it?," Chloe replied, her eyes gazing towards the tiny television, although it was too far away for her to see anything other than a blur.
"In a way I did," Nina spoke. She knew that it was now only a matter of time before they would come for her.
11.20am, St Virgil's Hospital, Los Angeles
Alex walked into the waiting room to wait for a nurse to come and look at his wound. Annie had been taken to the ER, and he made a mental note to check on her before he left the hospital. He had been lucky to receive only minor wounds in the explosion, and he wondered if people could tell that he was a CTU agent. There was a television in the waiting room, quietly informing anyone who was watching of the bombing, and Alex was trying hard to ignore it. The fact that it had killed many of his colleagues and injured far more was bad enough, without him having to relive it via the news.
11.25am, CTU Los Angeles
Michelle Dessler was looking with teary eyes at the blood on her hands as she scrubbed her hands roughly at the sink in the woman's toilets. She had just seen friends, colleagues, injured and even killed, and she knew that she had to keep herself together in order to fight the threat that they faced from the nuke. She didn't notice the door open until she saw Tony's reflection in the mirror. Turning around, she looked at him. Tony took her hands in his own and squeezed them gently.
"We'll get through this, Michelle. We just need to stick together," Tony whispered. He knew that Michelle had not experienced anything quite like this before, and he was deeply concerned for her. With George out of CTU, he was in charge and she was second, which he knew was going to be stressful even without the massive threat.
11.30am, St Virgil's Hospital, Los Angeles
Alex thanked the nurse as she finished cleaning and bandaging the wound on his arm. Asking her for directions to the ER, he decided to head there and find out about Annie. He knew that she was an analyst that had started at CTU after Nina's arrest, so was one of the few agents who knew little of his connection to the woman people knew as Nina, the dangerous terrorist who would kill anyone with no regrets. Entering the ER, he asked a nurse as to the whereabouts of Annie.
"Ms Raines has been taken to surgery, she'll not be back for a few hours, Agent Myers. I'll contact CTU when she's out," the nurse, a short Asian man, informed him.
11.35am, Valley State Women's Prison, Chowchilla, California
Nina was now back in her cell, looking for a document that she had managed to get smuggled into the prison. Locating it under the small wooden table, she opened the envelope and took out the piece of paper and a photograph. She knew that the photo was of one Mamud Faheen. It had been him who had hired her to give the blueprints to Joseph Wald, the leader of the group who were behind the bombs. Having met him quite a few times, she had been amused when she realised that he had some sort of crush on her. She didn't have the heart to tell him that she wasn't interested in a relationship, so had tried to hint that she didn't feel the same way. As for the piece of paper, it gave her details of Second Waves plans for the nuke. Written in Arabic to prevent any prying eyes from reading the document, it told her enough to be sure that she could use it to her advantage, but not enough to give CTU to stop the bomb – Nina knew that no one trusted her fully, and that everyone who knew of her knew that she could easily betray anyone.
11.40am, CTU Los Angeles
The cleaning up of CTU was now well under way, and the place was looking closer to normal, although it was still an obstacle course of rubble and metal. Occasional sparks flew from wires, and tiny creaks could be heard, before louder bangs betrayed the collapse of some unstable structure or pile of rubble. The computer network as back up and running, thanks to Michelle, and they were now able to communicate with other CTU branches and other agencies. Brushing off the pile of debris off of a desk, Tony wondered when George was planning on returning. The older and more senior agent had seemed pre-occupied when he had called, and Tony was wondering if he was keeping something from him.
11.45am, Valley State Women's Prison, Chowchilla, California
Nina had now returned to the recreation room, and sat back down where she had been sitting minutes before. The documents had been left in her cell – she didn't want CTU to find them if she was indeed needed by them – and now she was relaxing as much as she could inside a maximum security prison. Looking over at the television, she could just about tell that the news had finally gotten bored of the explosion at CTU, and was now talking about some other issue that she was sure that she had no interest in.
11.50am, car park, St Virgil's Hospital, Los Angeles
Kim looked around anxiously as she waited for Miguel to get to where she was standing with Megan. Turning around, she jumped as she saw Gary standing behind her. He looked angry, and Kim was beginning to get worried. Moving away from him quickly, with Megan stood behind her, she tried not to let her fear show.
"I'm not letting you anywhere near her until her mother gets here! I know what you've done to them!," Kim spoke, and she could hear someone running towards them. Smirking, Gary looked straight into her eyes.
"I don't think there's much chance of that happening, Kim, now hand over Megan and I'll drop all the charges," Gary spoke, only to be tackled to the ground by Miguel, and a fight erupted between the pair. Watching in horror, Kim tried to shield Megan's eyes from the violent scenes.
As Alex walked out of the hospital, he noticed the scuffle and for a moment, wondered what it was about, until he noticed Kim. Glad that he was still carrying his CTU credentials and gun, he ran towards the fight.
"Hey, break it up! I'm a federal agent!," Alex shouted, pointing his gun to show that he meant it, and as the pair stood up, Gary looked at Alex then at Kim.
"Good timing, then. You might want to arrest this young woman, for kidnapping my daughter!," Gary replied. He didn't know of Kim's connection to any federal agency, and this made it even more satisfactory for Alex.
"The only person I'll be arresting is you. Turn around and kneel down," Alex spoke as he kept the gun pointed at Gary. As Matheson complied, Alex noticed the car keys in his pocket. Grabbing them, much to Gary's protests, he saw a security guard running towards them.
"I'm Agent Alex Myers, CTU. I need you to detain this man until a CTU agent can take him into custody. I'll call and tell them who he is," Alex informed the guard, holding up his CTU badge.
Walking towards Gary's car, Alex knew that he had to get Kim out of Los Angeles. Deciding to phone CTU once they had set off, he felt relieved that he was able to help Kim.
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