Raise your hand if you were as shocked as I was by Monday's episode! I'm thinking Tony is bitter and wants to punish the government…but with limits.
Anyway, I hope Kim and Tony are together in this season! Be free to e-mail me your thoughts about season seven. Happy reading!
Tony stood in shock, still not believing his eyes. Stokes, the main member of Hodges SWAT team was now Emerson's new second in command.
"Surprised?" Stokes asked with a sneer. "David and I used to serve in the military."
Tony could have hit himself. Now it all made sense. Tony thought back to the shipping yard when he had first met Stokes some hours before.
"Wait, I know you. You're on Emerson's team. You're Almeida, aren't you?
Emerson patted Stokes on the back. "You see, Tony, as soon as I suspected that you were going to betray me, I contacted Stokes and told him where to meet us."
"It doesn't explain how the hell your still alive," Tony insisted. "I shot you and you weren't wearing a bullet proof vest.
Emerson and Stokes looked at each other and laughed as though they were sharing an inside joke. Meyers, still holding his gun on Tony, gave a small chucked trying to give the allusion that he was part of the joke. Of course, Tony knew different.
"You may have been a great agent at one time," Stokes said with a snicker
"But you don't know a damn thing about wounds." Emerson lifted his shirt to show Tony the bandages.
"You did shoot me, Tony, but it wasn't as nearly as fatal as you thought it was. I have Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia."
Tony had heard of that blood disorder. People who have it appear to bleed even when they have a paper cut. Yet the blood is thin so they don't lose as much as it might appear. "Soon after you left," Emerson continued, "Stokes came and stitched right me up."
Emerson walked towards Tony, a wild look in his eye.
"As for Kim and Terri, Meyers had the common sense to trace your last phone call to her yesterday." He smiled at Meyers. "I'm lucky he lost his trust in you much before I did."
Tony's blood started to boil. He should have made sure Emerson was dead before they left the warehouse.
"Don't be too hard on yourself, Tony," Stokes said, smirking as though he was reading Tony's mind. "You were just too distracted to loosing your 'brother' to realize your carelessness." He grabbed his hand gun from his coat pocket and aimed it towards Tony. "My men and I will take over from here," He told Emerson and Meyers. As if on cue, half a dozen armed mercenaries came towards the group.
"You and Emerson need to check on our guests," Stokes added.
Emerson's smile disappeared immediately. Meyers looked just as surprised as lowered his gun. Apparently, Stokes was now in charge of Emerson's crew. .
Emerson's eyes started to narrow hard at Stokes's weapon.
"That isn't what we agreed on."
But Stokes just shook his head. "Things have changed." His eyes narrowed as he stepped towards Emerson. "Our employer wants me to lead now."
Although they were whispering, Tony could hear them loud and clear. In the past hours that Hodges was captured, Stokes and Emerson had apparently gotten a new client. Yet who was their employer, and what did that have to do with his family?
Emerson signaled his men to raise their weapons. In seconds, Stokes's men were armed and ready.
"Now that won't be a problem, right , David?" Stokes asked. Angrily, Emerson stepped back and motioned Meyers to do the same.
"Of course not, Stokes," David mumbled. "No trouble at all."
"Good." Stokes motioned for his men to lower their weapons. "In that case, I want you to separate the girl from her mother. Put her in a more secure location." Tony felt his heart start to race. As if Terri wasn't scared enough, now they were going to take Kim away from her? Why? Just as Emerson started to protest, Stokes raised his own gun towards Emerson.
"Is there something you want to add, David?" For a while, all was silent. Then Emerson once again grumbled, "No, not a thing. We'll get right on it." Emerson took one last look at Tony. Although Emerson's face appeared to be indifferent, Tony could still see the conflict and sorrow in his eyes. Perhaps David Emerson cared more for Terri and Kim than Tony had realized.
"Let's go, David," Meyers hissed. David Emerson turned around and walked away with Meyers
. "I met your daughter and her mother." Stokes said as Meyers and Emerson disappeared. Tony looked at Stokes, with a grim expression on his face. God help him, if Stokes lifted a hand to either of them…."What do you plan to do with my family?" He ordered.
"Careful, Tony," Stokes replied. "You are in no position to threaten me." He got behind Tony and nudged him with the gun. "Come on, I want to see Jack's body before the coyotes get to him." As Tony walked forward, he couldn't help but wonder how his daughter and Kim were holding up.
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Kim glanced outside her small window. Although it was only a tad after four in the morning, she could see the sun start to rise. Kim sighed. How did they get here? Of course, Kim knew the answer to that one: Because she was stupid.
Tony had warned her not to call him unless it was an emergency. Yet when she didn't hear from Tony for over two weeks, Kim felt that she had to call Tony to see if he was all right. All she got was his voice mail. Although she didn't leave a message, Meyers was still able to trace the call to her aunt's summer house in LA. . A few hours later, some of Emerson's men had broken in and had kidnapped Terri and herself. They were flown on a private jet to Washington D.C. Terri's life was in great peril because of her careless.
Come on, Kim, stop feeling so sorry for yourself! Kim thought to herself. She took a deep breath. She needed to be strong. Not just for herself but for her daughter. She glanced at Terri, who was playing with a doll that Emerson had given her when they first entered the cell. Think of a happy thought, her mother used to say. Kim closed her eyes and thought about the happiest thought she had: The night Terri was conceived.
When Tony carried her to his bed that faithful night, Kim made herself forget that she was about to make love to her father's best friend and Michelle's husband. She only wanted someone to fill the empty void in her life and the only one who could do that was someone from her past: Tony Almeida.
Kim had been with many men before, but for some reason being with Tony felt different. Maybe because she had known him for such a long time, or because Tony was more gentle then her past lovers. Either way, Kim had felt electrified from the moment Tony carefully removed her garments.
Afterwards, when Tony cradled her in his arms, Kim felt so safe and content. The night was perfect….until Tony muttered Michelle's name. Kim knew he was asleep, but she also realized what she had done to him….and to her father.
So when dawn was just starting to break, Kim got dressed, wrote Tony a note and left. Kim knew it was a rotten thing to do, but she felt leaving now would be better for them both.
Although Kim knew Tony would never contact her, Kim moved into a different apartment. Tony had been over to her place a few times for coffee, and Kim knew she would never feel comfortable there ever again.
After a while, things were back to normal. Kim enjoyed her new job as a high school teacher, and was making great friends. Then Kim got the most unexpected call of her life from her primary physician: Kim was pregnant.
At first, Kim was in denial. The tests had to be wrong. Yet after she went for an ultrasound and saw that little bundle of life, Kim knew it was real. Tony Almeida's child was growing inside of her. She felt so ashamed. How could she take advantage of Tony? How could she have betrayed her father? Most importantly, what would Michelle think? Although Michel had been gone for a while, Kim couldn't help but feel she had betrayed Tony's late wife as well.
At first, Kim was determine to keep the identify of the baby's father a secrete. That way Tony would never know and never be burden by helping her raise a child he probably never wanted.
Yet Kim herself knew what it was like to grow up without a father. After all, Jack was gone most of the time while she was growing up. She didn't want to deprive her child of the same thing. She owed both Tony and her baby the chance to be part of each other's life.
So Kim swallowed her pride, and went back to Tony's apartment. She still remembered the look on Tony's face when he saw her after three months. Was it happiness or just surprised? Either way, Tony had welcomed her back with open arms, even after Kim told him she was carrying his child.
After Terri was borne, Tony was a devoted father. He tried to spend as much time as possible with his daughter. Despite Tony's alliance to David Emerson, Kim couldn't deny the truth: She was falling in love with him. Yet Kim didn't even try to expect Tony to feel the same way about her. She knew that Tony still considered himself to be married to Michelle.
It wasn't that Kim didn't want Tony to forget about Michelle; she only wished that he could move on. Didn't Kim mean anything to him?
The door opening distracted Kim from her thoughts. Coming in was no other than Emerson and Meyers. Emerson didn't even look at Kim. Instead, his gaze was focused on Terri. He squatted to the ground to the girl's level.
"Come on, sweetie. Uncle David has a surprise room for you," Unlike the past, Terri backed away and went towards her mother. Emerson sighed. This little girl who once loved him like a second father was now afraid of him.
"Come on, sir," Meyers whispered. "Stokes wants them separated." Kim felt her heart stop. They were going to take her little girl away from her?
Before Kim could reach for her daughter, Emerson grabbed Terri by the shoulders. Terri screamed for her mother, throwing the doll towards the wall. Kim started towards her, but was grabbed by Meyers.
"Let me go, you bastard!" Kim elbowed him in the chest and bit his arm, forcing Meyers to let go. He yelped in pain, but before Kim could pass him, Meyers grabbed her again and pushed her against the wall.
Kim felt her head throb as it hit the concrete.
"That's enough, Meyers!" Emerson ordered. With Terri still squirming, Emerson had no choice but to bring his god child to another guard outside of the room.
Now that both Emerson and Terri were gone, Kim was alone with Meyers.
"Not so tough now, are you, bitch?" Meyers snarled, smiling. Again, he pushed her against to the wall. Kim moaned in pain. Kim felt as though her skull would break and gasped in pain.
"I said enough!" Emerson came in and grabbed Meyers by the shoulders, throwing him hard to the back wall. Meyers wailed in pain and he spitted out some blood.
"See how you like it!" Emerson spattered. He pushed Meyers out of the room.
"Now get the hell out of here!"
David turned to see Kim sitting on the floor, shivering, most likely from all the shock. Taking off his over jacket, Emerson went to place it on Kim, but she just shook it away.
"Do you think a jacket is going to make up for all you have done today?" Kim screamed. "How the hell could you do this to Tony, to Terri? They loved you as family!" Emerson just stared at her with a blank expression on his face "Tony betrayed me," Emerson said simply.
"Only because he couldn't stand any more innocent lives being sacrificed!" Kim screamed. "What's your excuse?"
Emerson refused to answer. Instead he picked up his jacket, and locked to door behind him.
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"Here he is," Tony said, as he opened up the back door to his truck. Stokes was about to go forward and lift the sheet when his cell rang. Grumbling, Stokes opened it and checked the text message.
"Well," Stokes said, closing the phone. "It appears there is some business matters I need to attend to." He picked three of his men to come forward to join him. "The rest of you….well you know what to do," Stokes said with a sneer. Then he left, leaving only three other men behind with Tony.
Just as one of the men s moved to uncover the sheet, Jack Bauer jumped up and raised his gun, shooting the first mercenary right in between the eyes. He was about to do the same to another, except his gun jammed.
"Damn it!" Jack muttered as the second mercenary raised his gun at Jack.
Meanwhile, Tony elbowed the third solider, knocking him out cold. Grabbing the mercenary's gun, Tony shot the second mercenary just before he pulled the trigger on Jack. At last, all three were down and out.
"Not bad," Jack said, jumping down from the truck, and throwing his defected gun on the ground. Tony put his gun away, a tad annoyed that a 'not bad' was the only compliment Jack was going to give him for saving his life. On the other hand, Tony thought, Jack did just find out I slept with his daughter, so I guess I shouldn't be too pushy. .
Tony knelt down to grabbed the gun on the third mercenary.
"Where is the rest of our team?" Tony asked, throwing the gun to Jack.
Jack caught it and put it in his hostler.
"Bill and the others ran into some trouble with some of Emerson's men on the other side of the compound," Jack answered.
"There not Emerson's men anymore," Tony said quickly.
Jack raised his eye brows. "What?"
"There are Stokes men now. Stokes was the one who saved Emerson back in that alley. And it appears that they have a new client."
"Great. Just what we need."
"There's more. I heard Stokes tell Emerson to separate Kim from Terri."
Jack muttered a cruse underneath his breath. This mission was becoming more and complicated by the minute.
"Jack…we need to split up," Tony said softly.
Jack sighed. He didn't want to split up, but what choice did they have.
"You're right. You go to the West part of the compound and I will go to East. We'll call each other when we reach either of the girls".
Tony nodded. "Good luck, Jack."
"You to, Tony."
And with that, the men went their separate ways.
. Kim was sitting on the floor, Terri's doll in her hands. What would Emerson do to her little girl? She looked towards the door as the knob started to turn. Kim's heart started to beat. This was it. Emerson was going to kill her, and then Terri. She stood up, franticly searching for something to use as a weapon. When she couldn't find one, she quietly ran behind the door. If nothing else, she could give Emerson the element of surprise. Oh God, please don't let them take my daughter, she prayed.
The door creaked opened. Kim held her breath, waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Kim?"
Relived, Kim let out a sob as she ran from behind the door.
"Dad!" .
Jack Bauer caught her as she collapsed into his arms.
Jack gently stoked his daughter's hair as she sobbed. Despite all that was going on, it was nice to hold his daughter after so many years.
Kim didn't care how Jack found her. All that mattered was he was here. Now all they have to do is get Terri. Kim pulled away.
"Dad, we have to go! We have to…". Kim stopped. It had just dawned on her that her father didn't know about Terri's existence or that Tony was alive. How the hell could she explain to her father that she has a five year old that she conceived with his best friend, who was believed to be dead?
"I know, Kim."
Kim blinked. "What do you know?" She asked nervously.
"I know Tony's alive and that the two of you have a daughter," Jack said, his face grim and voice low. "Tony told me."
Kim gasped. "Tony told you?" Jack nodded.
Kim felt her face flush. When she had thought about telling her father about Tony and Terri, Kim had pictured the she and her father sitting down in her apartment…with Tony no where in sight.
"Don't blame Tony," Kim said quickly. "He didn't force me to do anything; I've made my own choices by my own will." She felt embarrassed telling her father about her love life, but she wanted to make sure her father understood what she was saying.
"I know," Jack grumbled and grabbed his gun from his holster.
"Dad, is there anyone else here?"
"Besides me and Tony? Just Bill, Chloe and an FBI agent."
Kim felt her heart stop. "Tony's here?"
Jack nodded. "He is looking for Terri. Kim, do you have any idea where Emerson would have put her?"
Kim shook her head. Her father might have rescued her, but Terri was still in danger.
Just then, Jack's phone started to ring.
"It's Tony," Jack said as he opened to phone.
"Tony? Yeah, Kim's here. Did you find Terri?…..What?" Jack looked up at Kim with a dark expression on his face. Then he handed the phone to Kim.
"Tony wants to talk to you," Jack said softly.
Kim's heart dropped. Was Terri all right?
Hands shaking, Kim took the phone from her father.
"Tony?"
"Kim. Terri is okay."
Kim let out a relive sob. "Thank god," she whispered.
Behind her, Jack let of a long sigh, thankful that his granddaughter was all right.
"I just wanted to tell you myself," Tony continued. His voice became softer as he continued. "Kim…are you all right? .Did Emerson…hurt you at all?"
"It's okay, Tony. I'm all right" Kim answered softly, knowing what he was implying.
"Thank God," Tony whispered. Then he cleared his throat. "Meet us at the South entrance. I've already contacted Bill so he and the others will meet us there."
"Tony?" Kim said softly.
"Yeah?"
"Be careful…please."
There was a pause.
"You too, Kim,"
Kim heard a click and the line went dead.
Another chapter done! I think I only have a few more the write. The next one is about how Tony rescues his daughter. It is called "Game." You will know why! As always, thanks to those who read and review, I so appreciate it!
