Twenty Four - Harrier attack

Chapter 1 - 9:00am-10:00am

This is very rough and it might not be very good. Please review. This has nothing to do with the second series, but instead happens after the first. Again, please review and forget the second series.

What you need to know: - After the death of his wife, Jack couldn't face working with the same people. He transferred to the London division of CTU and has been working there for two years. Kim has also moved with him.

The following takes places between 9:00am and 10:00am.

We see a busy motorway (highway). The morning rush-hour is coming to an end. The camera switches to a London street with a lot of people walking along. Someone is perched on a building towering above the street. The man takes a sniper rifle out and points it down. He shoots someone and then runs. The shot person is a young woman who is now dead.

Back on the motorway a blue car stops and a man walks out of it wearing a suit and tie. He waits for a minute and then presses a button on his phone. A huge explosion follows and the motorway is torn in half. Four more men come out of the car and walk towards the wreckage. An armoured van is among the destroyed cars. They pull the door open and pull out a masked man. They take him back to the car and then drive off.

Jack, late for work again gets out of bed. He goes into his bathroom, gets washed and goes down to the kitchen where Kim is having breakfast. Little is said. Jack is about to call in sick when the phone rings instead. It is Paul Washington, head of the British CTU. Its an emergency and he has to come in.

An RAF base is getting ready for a military tattoo starting in a couple of hours. Colonel Flanders, head of the base - named Dukenham - is making sure the security is alright. Part of it must be secured off from visitors because a fully equipped Harrier jump jet is being stored. He gets a report saying that everything is fine.

British CTU. Washington is watching the news about the explosion. Over twenty cars and two lorries were destroyed in the crash and pile ups may have killed even more. Sarah Brent, vice president of CTU walks into his office. She tells him Jack's car hasn't left his house yet and a report is coming in that may help find out the cause of the bombing. Paul tells her to send someone to get Jack.

Kim is about to leave to work when she finds many bottles of whiskey in the bin. She goes to confront Dad when she hears him lock the bedroom door. He swears at him and leaves. Jack is back in bed. He's too depressed. He still misses his wife.

Downing Street. The Prime Minister, Peter Adams has just heard the shooting and the explosion. He immediately suspects that they are connected. He tells May Stevens, his secretary to cancel all appointments today as it might be a terrorist attack. His wife, Jessica leaves to fly to Paris for a shopping trip. She's six months pregnant and wants to get some clothes for the baby. Peter goes upstairs to talk to his son John but he is in the shower. He finds a syringe on the floor.

The report comes through to Paul. It shows that one of the cars was a prison van transporting a prisoner to a new prison. He tells Sarah to find out who the prisoner was. James Riley, 4th in charge of CTU (behind jack) tells Paul that the women shot has a clean record. The shooting was random. The phone rings and Paul picks it up. The mysterious caller tells him that they will be another shooting every hour if instructions aren't met. He tells Paul to get Jack to Cannery Wolf by half ten and then hangs up. He tells riley to make sure Jacks ready.

Manchester. As people start to shop in the town centre, someone else is shot. Once again it is random.