3.00am, Kim's house, Valencia

"Nina!," Kim shouted, before sitting up abruptly in bed. Checking the clock, even though she knew what time it was, she groaned. Every night since Nina had died, the dream had occurred, and it showed no sign of going away.

"The dream again, Kim?," Chase asked sympathetically, still half-asleep. He had been worried about this nightmare just as much as Kim had, and had asked her to go and see a counsellor, but she had told him that she was sure it was going to go away with time. Hearing Angela begin to cry, Chase sighed, before getting out of bed. The dream always ended with Kim screaming, and it always woke Angela up. As he passed by the guest bedroom, the door creaked open, and he saw Joseph standing there, rubbing one of hie eyes.

"Who's Nina?," Joseph asked, and Chase knew that he couldn't tell him the truth.

"It's someone Kim knew a long time ago, Joe. She sometimes has upsetting dreams about her friends, but it's OK now. Go back to bed and try and go to sleep again, OK?," Chase spoke softly, and the kid nodded, before closing the door again.

3.10am, van, Nipomo, California

Xander breathed deeply as the cop car passed without noticing them. As soon as he could, he turned a corner and stopped the car. George looked confused.

"What's the matter?," George asked. He had never seen Xander so anxious, especially as Xander always seemed to be the most laid-back person he knew.

"We need a new vehicle. How about that one?," Xander replied, pointing at a green car parked on the other side of the road. It was a fairly quiet road, with no one else around, and as Xander got out and walked towards the car, George grabbed the box of vials and went after him.

"Xander, we can get a new vehicle in less than 25 minutes, when we get to Cassar's house," George asked as he watched Xander look for something to smash the window with.

"That might be too long for us to last, there's cops everywhere! It's best if we dump the van and continue with a car they aren't looking for!," Xander replied, before picking up a rock and smashing it into the driver's window.

3.15am, Kim's house, Valencia

As Angela fell back asleep, an exhausted Chase went back to his room, only to find Kim dialling a phone number.

"Who are you calling at this hour?," Chase asked, although he had a good idea who.

"CTU, they haven't called yet so I'm going to call them," Kim asked, until a very tired Chloe picked up.

"Chloe, it's Kim, is there any news on my dad and Alex?," Kim asked.

"I'm sorry, I should have called earlier. Yeah, your dad and Alex are safe and they're still on a mission. Look, Kim, it's going to be OK. There's almost no danger involved in what they're doing, and they should be done in a few hours," Chloe told her, hoping that it would be enough. Relieved, Kim thanked her.

3.20am, Cassar's house

Two very bored CTU agents had been posted at the house for the last few hours, just in case anyone turned up. They had been sat inside the kitchen, playing with a pack of cards that they had found in one of the drawers.

"I don't think anyone's coming, Kevin," one of the agents, a short man with red head and green eyes said as he finished off a cup of coffee. Kevin, a much taller man with brown hair and brown eyes, looked at his partner with weary eyes.

"I think so, too, but if we leave now and someone does, you know how Mason will react," Kevin replied. The other agent, James, nodded. Suddenly, a car pulled up outside, and the two agents pulled out their guns.

Xander was sure that he had seen a light quickly go off inside, but assumed that he was seeing things. George, carrying the vials, entered the house first, only to be grabbed by Kevin, who took him straight back outside. Xander began to run around the corner of the house, only to be greeted by James.

"How about that? These guys are like buses, you wait hours for one, and two turn up at once!," Kevin quipped as James handcuffed Xander.

"We need to get those vials to Watsonville as soon as possible. Call CTU and tell them to get a chopper ready," James spoke as he took the vials off of George, who was then cuffed by Kevin.

3.30am, Al-Sufi safe house, Watsonville

Naseem and his other man, Behrooz, were getting ready for the meeting. They would set off at 4, before spending some time casing the airport for any signs of the authorities or extra men of Cassar's. As it was late in the year, the night was long, and due to the meeting being much earlier, they now had the advantage of darkness.

"Have you heard from Sabir in the past few hours?," Naseem enquired.

"No, last I spoke to him was before you sent him to the airport," Behrooz replied, and Naseem was worried for his friend, and anxious that he had been caught. He knew that no matter what, the strange disappearance of Sabir meant that they had to be even more careful than usual.

3.40am, Hangar 24, Watsonville Municipal Airport

Apart from Alex and Jack, all the CTU agents had moved out of the hangar, and were now hidden around the airport, awaiting the meeting which was to take place at 5am. Alex, who was stood close to Cassar, was looking at the plane that he had been held in earlier that night.

"We would have got you to my camp in Mexico by dawn if I had been successful," Cassar spoke, himself looking at the plane.

"Do you know that she died at 3am, Cassar? 40 minutes ago, it was 28 days exactly since she died," Alex replied, not really paying attention to Cassar.

"I'm sorry, Alex," Cassar said, but Alex simply scoffed.

"No, you're not. You couldn't care less about me, and you certainly couldn't care less about Nina. You just used her like every other terrorist she worked for did," Alex replied, his voice bitter and angry,

"She made the choice, Alex. I know that I used her, but she didn't have to become a terrorist," Cassar said, and Alex nodded.

"If you're so upset about that, why try and force me to become like her?," Alex spoke, and by now he had turned around and was stood right in front of the table Cassar was sat at.

"Because deep down, I know you want revenge on Jack. I know that there's a dark part of you that feels angry at him for killing your sister and wants to act on those feelings," Cassar spoke, only for Alex to backhand him hard. Jack, who was listening in, had moved closer. He knew that Alex understood why he had to kill Nina, even if he had told Jack that he would never forgive him.

"I don't, Cassar. Revenge is what caused my sister's death, and I won't perpetuate some sick cycle of vengeance," Alex spoke, his voice loud and angry.

3.50am, CTU helicopter heading for WMA

Kevin and James were accompanying the pilot on the journey to Watsonville with the other 25 vials. They were scheduled to arrive at 4.30pm, which would give them plenty of time to place all of the vials together in time for the meeting. CTU had already contacted Alex and Jack, who were awaiting the last half of the vials.

"When we get there, we got to give them the vials then get out of there quick. We can't have agents running around when the other party gets there for the meeting," Kevin told James.

3.55am, Hangar 24, WMA

Alex and Jack had left Cassar handcuffed to his wheelchair and had retreated to a corner of the hangar away from him, in order to have a private discussion.

"Is that true, what you said back there? You don't harbour any need for revenge?," Jack asked. He knew that Alex certainly wasn't the type to seek revenge, and saw the death of Amador as an extraordinary anomaly caused by extraordinary events. Alex looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah, it's true. Jack, I don't want to take revenge against you or Kim or anyone. Ever since Teri died, I've tried to be a friend to you and Kim. Sometimes, that's caused one or both of us pain, and sometimes it's been a friendship that did a lot of good. I understand why you killed her, just like I understood your anger at being betrayed by her," Alex replied.

"I just wish things had been different. If I had known early on that she had been cooperating with terrorists, I would have risked my career to help her, to get her away from them, because at one time, we were the best of friends, and a great team. I suppose that's why it hurt so much when I realised that she had betrayed us all, and when I found my wife dead because of her, I couldn't comprehend anything, as if the Nina I knew had just been replaced, in every single way, with some creature, some monster that looked human but wasn't," Jack said, his voice melancholic.

"So do I, Jack," Alex replied.