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At CTU Tony Almeida has just finished a call with George Mason, and he begins to brief Michelle Dessler on the development.
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Tony: It seems I was wrong about George, he was meeting with an informant. This informant is certain that a russian scientist named Anatoly Denisov is working on a weaponized influenza virus, and he's here in the U.S. I need you to look up whatever you can about Denisov, in particular any known american contacts in the D.C. area.
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As Tony briefs Michelle, analyst Jamey Farrell comes to them with a suggestion.
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Jamey: I studied chemistry in college, including the influenza virus. If someone were working on it, they would probably be experimenting on pigs first, as literal guinea pigs.
Tony: Okay, you look up any suspicious activity on local pig farms, Michelle will work on Denisov. If either of your findings match, we'll look into it.
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Jack Bauer is uneasy with what he and Vic are about to do. Angel Barberro was too old to know enough about the current game, but he knew someone who was a fairly big player. A man named Raphael, if someone was really bribing the local gangs to agree to a truce, Raphael would know about it. Raphael couldn't be found at the moment, but his girlfriend Maria was in plain sight. Vic approached her.
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Vic: Raphael sent me.
Maria: Is he okay?
Vic: He' fine but the streets are getting a little bit hot, he wants to make sure you're safe. I'll take you to our safehouse, but for security reasons I'm going to have to as you to give me your cellphone.
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Maria handed Vic her cellphone and got into the car with Jack and Vic. Hopefully justusing her cellphone would convince Raphael she was in danger nd draw him out into the open. Jack didn't like endangering a civilian like this, but it seemed the best way right now.
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In Mexico Ishmael, Mary, and Jamal return to the warehouse with Ramon and Hector Salazaar, and their five armed guards.
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Ramon: What do your superiors say?
Ishmael: We split the profits from the drugs, 50/50.
Ramon: My cartel gets 70%, or we don't deal.
Ishmael: Is that your final decision?
Ramon: Yes.
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With that, Ishmael nodded to Mary and Jamal. They immediately opened fire on Ramon and the others. Although Ramon and his men outnumbered the terrorists, they were less alert, and this mistake cost them their lives. Ramon was the first to die, but they made certain to make Hector wounded, but kept him alive. Only one of Salazaar's other men got away alive. During this gunfight Mary saved Ishmael's life by killing the bodyguard who was about to kill him. When it was over, Ishmael went over to a wounded Hector, who was now praying to Santa Maria De Guadalupe to spare him. Promising her whatever she wanted in exchange for him leaving this place alive.
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Ishmael: What was your position in your brother's organization?
Hector: His second in command. I was also an enforcer, collector of debts, negotiated alliances at times.
Ishmael: You seem like a smart guy, smart enough that you'll probably end up running things now. You will consent to our alliance, at 50/50 profits. And business will go on as usual, the drugs, the guns, the bootlegs, and the prostitutes. But no more children. Before the sun goes up you will make a call to social services and get these children some help. My people will be watching. Am I making myself clear?
Hector: Yes, I will do as you say.
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Jamey Farrell discovers something and alerts Tony Almeida.
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Jamey: A local pig farmer in West Virginia, Adam Baldwin, he rented his land three months ago to "Sophia Imports" it's a shell company in Russia. No direct link to Denisov, but Baldwin was due in court for a bankruptcy hearing this week, never showed.
Tony: I guess a man who's about to lose his home wouldn't ask many questions of the people who want to us his farm. God work Jamey, I'll check it out.
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