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Chapter 7: I owe you big.

Abandoned Parking Garage

Tony left, and Jack was left with Anne.

"I am sorry about bringing Sean into this, but you gave me no choice. You are holding back information which could save millions of people." Jack apologizes.

"Forget it Jack. I will never forgive you for this. I trusted you with my life, and with more. I took a bullet for you Jack. And now this is what you do?"

"I know what you did Anne. I know. That's why after you disappeared I was the only one that didn't believe that you would turn on this country. I looked for you. I looked for you for months. In this case you didn't give me any choice. I have a job to do."

"A job, Jack? That is what you think you are doing? Your job? What wouldn't you do for your job? You killed Victor, you almost killed Nina, you killed Koffel, and many others. I thought that your job was to save people, not kill them. Except that you can break the rules of your job only when it suits you. Christopher warned us about this. He told us that one day we will break the rules, and then get used to it. Then it will be easier every time. That's what you are doing. Why didn't you take me into CTU? That would be protocol right? But you wanted the glory of finding out wh-"

Anne is interrupted by Jack's laughter.

"You think that I didn't bring you into CTU so I can get the glory of finding out the information? If you really believe that, then you do miss your training. Come on. You know me well enough. You want to know the real reason Anne? I wanted to make it easier on you. I d-"

"By threatening my son Jack?"

"Let me finish. I didn't want to put you through the pain of the interrogations. I didn't want to parade you into CTU like a criminal, because I know that you loved this country, and that you too have made many sacrifices for this country. Like Sean. How long has it been since you have seen him? He doesn't even know you. He thinks his mother is somewhere out there but doesn't care for him. That's what you told Ryan to tell him isn't it? Yet you send them money every month."

Anne looks at Jack surprised that he knew.

"I made those accounts disappear from CTU's intel. I also know that you have not yet missed a birthday party. I saw you every year on the same day you go, and you watch from your car. You tear up, when you see him. You want to go back to him, but you know that if you do that he will either visit you in jail, or at the cemetery. You also know that if you go back, you put him in danger."

"How did you know about the birthday parties?" She asks quietly, with a tear streaming down her face.

"I go there every year, to ensure he is safe, and to ensure that you are safe. I saw you from the first time you were there."

"Why didn't you turn me in?"

"Because I owe you Anne. I owe you big. You were there when I needed someone, and now I am here. I want you to know that I am here and that I want to help you, but you have to give me something to work with here. I can't go to my bosses and tell them to let you go, unless you give me something."

"Jack, I have nothing left. You don't understand. My son thinks I left him and hates me for it. My husband will never speak to me again for leaving him. There is nothing for me to go back to. If I go into Sean's life now it will devastate him. I have not turned myself in, because I gain nothing from it. Yes I might see my son, but he will now find out that his mother is a traitor."

At this point Anne is crying hard.

CTU

Tony arrived at CTU and decided to ask Milo for a favor.

"Hey Milo. I need you to do something for me. I need you to run a full background check on a Michelle Dessler."

"I don't have the clearance for those types of searches. Only Jack does for CTU."

"Can you hack and find Jack's clearance? If you can do this, you will have a partner to work with today."

"All right, Tony. But if I get caught you take the blame."

"Deal. Call me when you finish."

Tony then went at his desk and searched for the name of the school that Sean Greenway was attending. He found out that it was Silvercreek Private School, got the phone number and called a team to get him. Before going back to Jack with the first aid kit, he decided to call the school and make sure that the boy was there today. He didn't want his agents to travel 25 miles for no reason.

"Hello there my name is Tony Almeida. I need to speak to the principal."

"Please hold."

"Mr. Sanchez speaking."

"Hello there my name is Tony Almeida with CTU. I am calling regarding one of your students. Sean Greenway. I need to know if he is at school today."

"CTU, that is a government agency right?"

"Yes, sir, it is. If you want I could give you my badge numbe-"

"I don't need to check that you are a Fed. It is just that I thought that these agencies would communicate with each other."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, three FBI agents came by about an hour ago, and picked up Sean Greenway, citing that he was in danger."

"What? Are you sure they were FBI?"

"They had badges."

"Okay thank you sir. If I need to talk to you I will contact you again."

"Goodbye Mr. Almeida."

Tony was a little surprised that the FBI would want Sean, so he decided to call and make sure that they had him. He was lucky because the boss there had been an old pal, so he had a direct line.

"Michaels."

"Hey John. It's me Tony Almeida."

"Hey Tony. How have you been my man? Been a long time."

"Yeah. I have been doing well. Look I am sorry, but I am not calling you on a social note. I need to know the activity of some of your agents."

"Yeah I know it is not a social call, if it were, you would have come here. What do you need to know, Tony?"

"I need to know if any of your agents had orders to pick up a Sean Greenway today."

"Hold on let me check. That is g-r-e-e-n-w-a-y. Right?"

"Yes."

"Okay. I got it. No Tony. None of my agents had such orders."

"Shit."

"Is everything all right?"

"No. Look I have to go."

"Okay! Bye!"

Abandoned Parking Garage

"I know, but if you help me, I promise that I will do everything that I can to make sure that you don't go to jail. But you need to help me." Jack says as he wipes tears from her face.

"I can't Jack. If they find out I am helping you, they will kill him. I would rather die, than see anything happen to him. You have to understand. You don't cross these people. The contacts they have, they will get to you. The only way that you can help me Jack, is by letting me go."

"NO. I can't do that Anne. I can't let you go back to doing what you have been doing. I thought that you would have left because of the job, but I didn't believe that you would actually get involved with these people. Now you have become a terrorist. Someone who is willing to kill millions of innocent people. Tell me what I need to know and I promise that I will take care of you and your family. I will make sure you are safe."

As Anne was about to respond, Tony drives up. He gets out of the car with the first aid kit, and gives it to Jack.

"Look Jack, I need to talk to you in private." Tony says urgently.

Jack nods, and moves away from Anne closer to Tony's car, but keeps his eye on Anne, to make sure she doesn't try to escape.

"Someone else got to Sean. They pretended to be FBI agents. They took him from school."

"WHAT? Are you sure they we-"

"They were not real Feds. I called the FBI and they had no orders about Sean Greenway."

"Okay. So someone knows that we have Anne in custody. We have to let her go."

"Jack, if they took her son, she must know a lot more than she is letting on. I think we should push her harder."

"No. No. We can't. She won't gives us what we need. She needs to know that her son is safe. When she finds out they took him, she will completely shut down. Send a team to the school, and get all the information you can about the FBI agents that picked him up."

"Are you going to tell her? I think she should know Jack."

"I don't know. I have to think about it. Any word on when Nina will get here?"

"No, but I will call Division when I get back, and see what is taking so long."

"All right. I have to see what we are going to do. I have to find a way to convince Anne to help us."

"Why not tell her that if she helps us, we will help her save her son?"

"I have tried that, but it hasn't worked. But he wasn't missing then. I will try again."

"All right. As soon as I get an update, I will call you."

Tony leaves while Jack and Anne stay behind.

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