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Finished with her debriefing Kate Warner wandered into the main bullpen looking for
a familiar face.
Not seeing anyone she recognized Kate was about to head back to the small
conference room when she spotted a teenage girl sitting at one of the desks.
As Kate approached the teen she noticed that the visitor's tag she was wearing
identified her as Kim Bauer.
"Excuse me."Kate called causing the young woman to look up from her half eaten
cheeseburger and fries. "Are you related to a Jack Bauer?"
Kim nodded. "Yes, he's my father. Are you a friend of his?"
Kate sat down on the corner of the desk across from Kim as she said. "My name's
Kate Warner and no I'm not a friend of your father's though I'd like to be. He saved
my life earlier today."
Kim smiled. "It's nice to meet you. Are you hungry?"
Kate nodded. "I think the last solid food I had was breakfast yesterday."
Kim moved the fast food wrapper closer to the edge of the desk so the fries were
toward the older woman. "Feel free to have some of the fries. They're luke warm but
still edible."
"Thank you."Kate replied as she reached over and took a handful of fries.
**********
The ringing of Tony's cell phone broke the silence causing Jack to turn his attention
away from the house.
"Almedia."Tony greeted as he answered the call. He assumed it was Carrie saying
they had Palmer on the line he was surprised to hear Chappelle's voice.
"This is Chappelle. I want Bauer back here."
Tony blinked. "The time limit you gave me isn't up yet. We're close to getting Michelle
out."
"I don't care about Dessler."Chappelle snapped. "Second Wave has made a new
threat against this country and I want every available person working on it."
Tony glanced at Jack. "What kind of threat?"
"Biological weapons but we don't know the target."
Tony shook his head. "I'm not pulling man power off of Michelle's case. We're close
to making a deal with Auda. I'm not risking her safety. Why don't you pull people
from District?"
"We're short handed over there too."Chappelle replied his voice starting to rise. "I
want Bauer back here within the hour."
"I'm sorry, Sir you must be in a bad cell you're breaking up."Tony said knowing he
was lying through his teeth but he had no other choice."I'll call soon and update you on
this situation."
"Chappelle's recalling me?"Jack guessed at the angry expression on Tony's face as
Almedia set the phone on the roof of the SUV.
"He tried to."Tony replied. "He said Second Wave had made a new threat but they
didn't know what the target was."
Jack's eyes narrowed. "What kind of threat?"
"Biological weapons."Tony replied. "Look, Jack I just disobeyed a direct order from
District. I need you here to get Michelle out of this. But I'm giving you an out. If you
want to go back to CTU and work on the biological threat it's fine."
Jack grinned. "Since when have I followed the rules? I'm sure Chappelle has more
than enough people working on the new threat. Michelle's gone to the bat for me a
number of times. I'm staying here."
Tony nodded. "Thanks."he said gratefully.
Almedia turned and retrieved his phone from the top of the car. He used the bottom of
his jacket and dried the phone off as best he could.
"I'm going to call Carrie and see what the progress is with Palmer."Tony stated as he
dialed the familiar number of CTU.
********
"Can you untie me please?"Michelle asked her voice strained and tired.
Yusuf looked up from the wall he was leaning against and shook his head. He held the
gun loosely in his right hand. "I'm sorry but I can't untie you."
Michelle met his gaze. "I promise I won't try to escape. The ropes are cutting off my
circulation and that combined with my shoulder is making my whole left side go numb.
If I can just stand of a minute and get the blood moving again."
Auda looked at the younger woman for a long moment before he nodded and walked
over to her. He set the gun on the floor and knelt behind the post and began to untie
the knots that bound Michelle.
"Thank you."Michelle whispered. "I'll let Tony know how good you were to me."
"It won't make a difference if you do tell him."Auda replied curtly as the first knot
came loose. "None of this is going to work. They're going to kill me and your
President is going to bomb my country."
Michelle shook her head. "Don't give up now, Yusuf. Call Tony give him something to
work with. He'll do everything he can to help you."
Yusuf started to work on the second knot. "If that's true why hasn't he set up the
phone call with President Palmer yet?"
"It takes time to set those up."Michelle assured him. "And you shooting the wall didn't
help matters. I'm sure Tony had to secure the situation here before he made any
contact with the President."
"For your sake I hope Mr. Almedia is the man you say he is."Yusuf replied quietly as
he freed the second knot and Michelle felt the ropes loosen.
"He is."Michelle said softly.
Finished with her debriefing Kate Warner wandered into the main bullpen looking for
a familiar face.
Not seeing anyone she recognized Kate was about to head back to the small
conference room when she spotted a teenage girl sitting at one of the desks.
As Kate approached the teen she noticed that the visitor's tag she was wearing
identified her as Kim Bauer.
"Excuse me."Kate called causing the young woman to look up from her half eaten
cheeseburger and fries. "Are you related to a Jack Bauer?"
Kim nodded. "Yes, he's my father. Are you a friend of his?"
Kate sat down on the corner of the desk across from Kim as she said. "My name's
Kate Warner and no I'm not a friend of your father's though I'd like to be. He saved
my life earlier today."
Kim smiled. "It's nice to meet you. Are you hungry?"
Kate nodded. "I think the last solid food I had was breakfast yesterday."
Kim moved the fast food wrapper closer to the edge of the desk so the fries were
toward the older woman. "Feel free to have some of the fries. They're luke warm but
still edible."
"Thank you."Kate replied as she reached over and took a handful of fries.
**********
The ringing of Tony's cell phone broke the silence causing Jack to turn his attention
away from the house.
"Almedia."Tony greeted as he answered the call. He assumed it was Carrie saying
they had Palmer on the line he was surprised to hear Chappelle's voice.
"This is Chappelle. I want Bauer back here."
Tony blinked. "The time limit you gave me isn't up yet. We're close to getting Michelle
out."
"I don't care about Dessler."Chappelle snapped. "Second Wave has made a new
threat against this country and I want every available person working on it."
Tony glanced at Jack. "What kind of threat?"
"Biological weapons but we don't know the target."
Tony shook his head. "I'm not pulling man power off of Michelle's case. We're close
to making a deal with Auda. I'm not risking her safety. Why don't you pull people
from District?"
"We're short handed over there too."Chappelle replied his voice starting to rise. "I
want Bauer back here within the hour."
"I'm sorry, Sir you must be in a bad cell you're breaking up."Tony said knowing he
was lying through his teeth but he had no other choice."I'll call soon and update you on
this situation."
"Chappelle's recalling me?"Jack guessed at the angry expression on Tony's face as
Almedia set the phone on the roof of the SUV.
"He tried to."Tony replied. "He said Second Wave had made a new threat but they
didn't know what the target was."
Jack's eyes narrowed. "What kind of threat?"
"Biological weapons."Tony replied. "Look, Jack I just disobeyed a direct order from
District. I need you here to get Michelle out of this. But I'm giving you an out. If you
want to go back to CTU and work on the biological threat it's fine."
Jack grinned. "Since when have I followed the rules? I'm sure Chappelle has more
than enough people working on the new threat. Michelle's gone to the bat for me a
number of times. I'm staying here."
Tony nodded. "Thanks."he said gratefully.
Almedia turned and retrieved his phone from the top of the car. He used the bottom of
his jacket and dried the phone off as best he could.
"I'm going to call Carrie and see what the progress is with Palmer."Tony stated as he
dialed the familiar number of CTU.
********
"Can you untie me please?"Michelle asked her voice strained and tired.
Yusuf looked up from the wall he was leaning against and shook his head. He held the
gun loosely in his right hand. "I'm sorry but I can't untie you."
Michelle met his gaze. "I promise I won't try to escape. The ropes are cutting off my
circulation and that combined with my shoulder is making my whole left side go numb.
If I can just stand of a minute and get the blood moving again."
Auda looked at the younger woman for a long moment before he nodded and walked
over to her. He set the gun on the floor and knelt behind the post and began to untie
the knots that bound Michelle.
"Thank you."Michelle whispered. "I'll let Tony know how good you were to me."
"It won't make a difference if you do tell him."Auda replied curtly as the first knot
came loose. "None of this is going to work. They're going to kill me and your
President is going to bomb my country."
Michelle shook her head. "Don't give up now, Yusuf. Call Tony give him something to
work with. He'll do everything he can to help you."
Yusuf started to work on the second knot. "If that's true why hasn't he set up the
phone call with President Palmer yet?"
"It takes time to set those up."Michelle assured him. "And you shooting the wall didn't
help matters. I'm sure Tony had to secure the situation here before he made any
contact with the President."
"For your sake I hope Mr. Almedia is the man you say he is."Yusuf replied quietly as
he freed the second knot and Michelle felt the ropes loosen.
"He is."Michelle said softly.
