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Farid looked at his deceased wife with shock. Why had she so suddenly died of birth? She was a very healthy woman but why would she have died so suddenly. He was angry! He wanted to scream to let out his anger!

"Faird," Jack said as he reached out and touched him by the shoulder. "I am truly sorru about your wife."

Farid looked up at Jack through his teary eyes. "How could they do this?" he suddenly said as he realized something that had been going on when he was a "terrorist."

"What do you mean?" Jack asked him.

Farid looked as the doctors slowly threw a white sheet of blanket on Sarah. The only thing that he saw right now was the shape of her head, body, and her hands that were hanging out to the sides of the bed. Jack got up from the chair and motioned for Farid to follow him. Farid could not move, all he could do was look over to his dead wife. Jack walked over and gently grabbed his arm. That snapped him out of his trance. Farid got up from the chair and followed Jack out of the medical room.

"What did you mean? And who are 'they?'" Jack asked him once more.

Farid looked at Jack straight in the eyes. "They are making a radiological bomb," he began, "that when it explodes, the people from downtown LA would be infected and die from the infection in less than a day."

"Oh my God," Jack said. He had been through these types of events from the reminder of his life right now.

Farid looked over to the medical room as a doctor walked outside. "Sir," he said as he walked over to Farid and confronted him about something.

Jack could not make out what the doctor was saying to him. When the doctor left, Farid could not control his tears. He just let them flow his eyes as he tried to wipe them away. He could not make them stop. One life was gone but so was the other. "Are you okay?" Jack asked.

Farid only shook his head and did not answer. He was too shocked to answer anything right now. He felt Jack's strong arms grabbing his and shaking him. "What is wrong?" Jack asked as he shook him.

Farid shook free. "I gave you the information, why should I tell you what is wrong with me?" he yelled at Jack.

"Did the doctor tell you what was the cause of your wife's death?" Jack asked him. There was something that connected between Farid's wife dying and the bomb.

"He told me that my baby girl died also!" Faird yelled.

Jack froze. The child had looked so healthy to him when she was born. He shook his head as he tried to concentrate on what Farid was trying to say to him. "Are you telling me that there is a disease inside the bomb that is going to kill everyone in less than a day?" Jack asked him.

"Yes," Farid sobbed, "they must've given the infection to my wife today to see how it would affect her. Now her and my baby are...gone," he said as he looked down at the floor. He was a brave man but he had soft-hearted about things.

Jack didn't know how to handle this. He called over an agent and told him to take of Farid and the rest of his family. He only hoped that the terrorists hadn't infected Farid's children also. The agent came over and took care of Farid. Jack watched as Farid walked away with the agent. He then walked back to CTU where he came in contact with Tony. "What did you get from him?" Jack asked Tony.

"He said that Salazar and the remainder of the terrorists are going to bomb downtown Los Angles within the hour," Tony told him.

"That's what Farid told me also," Jack quickly said as he had a look of sad expression on his face.

"What happened there Jack?" Tony asked as he noticed that something was amiss with Jack.

As Jack was about to speak, Michelle joined them. "Anything new from them?" Michelle asked as she looked at both Jack and Tony.

"Jack said that Farid told him that the terrorists were going to bomb downtown LA within the hour. That's what the terrorist told me also," Tony filled her in.

"He also told me that the bomb is carrying a disease that would kill any civillian in less than a day," Jack added. "His wife and new born child died because of that. He told me that Salazar and the rest of the terrorists must've given her the infection as an experiment."

Michelle put her hand on her mouth. How could someone do something so awful to an innocent family? Not to mention, a pregnant woman. "Are his two children fine?" she asked.

"I believe so, if they weren't they would probably be dead right now," Jack told her. He couldn't think of a child dying. It was too horrible. "We have to immadietly stop this bomb right now before millions of people are infected and die."

Tony nodded. He looked over at Michelle. "Tell Chloe to set up a coordinate grid and call the S.W.A.T. and tell them to get ready. We're moving in less than five minutes."

"Okay," Michelle said as she turned around and walked to Chloe's station, who was busy looking at her computer. She felt a tug on her arm and she turned around, only to see Tony holding her by the arm.

"How is Chris?" he asked her.

"He is doing fine," Michelle said, "he is in a room with Farid's children."

Tony nodded. He was so happy that his son was safe and sound right now. The thing that made him more happier was that he was with his mother. He liked that Michelle was a wonderful parent towards Chris. Not that she wasn't wonderful and all. She was a great mother and he was a great father.

"Just don't tell the children about their mother," Jack told her.

"I won't," Michelle said as he walked back to Chloe. She filled Chloe on the information that she had recieved from both Jack and Tony. Chloe was bewildered at this news but she kept her calm. She set up a coordinate grid of downtown LA. She walked over to another CTU worker and told him to get the S.W.A.T. team ready for another duty.

When that was over, Michelle took a deep breath and walked to the room to check up on her son. She opened the door and saw Chris sitting with Farid's younger son and daughter. The two little children were laughing at something Chris had told him. He had a great sense of humor. "Hi sweetie," Michelle said.

Chris turned around and looked at his mother. "Mommy!" he said as he jumped off of his seat and hugged his mother. "How are you?"

"Tired," she truthfully answered, "but I'm happy that you're okay."

"How is Mr. Faird and his wife?" Chris asked her. Farid had left a wonderful mark on him. To him, Farid was a hero.

Michelle smiled at her son. "They are both fine," Michelle lied to him. She hated lying to her son but she could see that Farid's children were looking at her with any news about her parents. They seemed relieved to hear that both their parents were fine. "How are you doing?"

"Really sleepy," Chris answered as his eyes slowly began to droop.

"Well get some sleep," Michelle said as she pushed back Chris' hair.

"I will," Chris smiled at her, "when you and daddy come home."

You and Daddy Michelle thought when Chris said that. She could feel a lump buliding up inside her throat as she gave Chris a smile. "I have to get back to work now sweetie, but I'll be back soon," she said.

"Okay mommy," Chris said, "Ted and Kayla are having fun with me," he said as he walked back to the table and began to entertain Farid's children.

Michelle walked out of the room and rested her back against the wall, far away from the room where Chris was syating. She began to cry. She hated this day! She could not bear of thinking Farid's children crying over the loss of their mother and their new born sister. She felt bad for the whole family. She felt bad for Farid but also for his children who would one day cry over their loss. She had suffered a loss in her life. The loss of her husband, the one at CTU. She had lost him over the bottle of alcohol that had touched his lips. He had changed now. She was going to take him back, if he survived this day.