The following occurs between the hours of 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.
7:00
Chase had returned to CTU, unharmed and ready to leave to comfort his wife. He was sitting with Michelle who was telling him about Jack's condition and everything. Chase filled her in on what had just occurred on the plane and how the cops failed to keep others from coming in. He wasn't sure if they were paid off or what, but it seemed like more and more of Treadstones people were joining the fight.
"I'm not so sure that kidnapping the President was their goal." He said out of the blue.
"Why do you think that?" Michelle asked.
"They f@@@ed it when they grabbed Jack, Nina, and Kate. They need Jack and Nina together for something. I don't know what, but they want those two together."
"I'm not sure I understand your reasoning. Why the bother with the President than?"
"Maybe he's in the equation also. I mean they had the President. Why did they want Jack and Nina? On top of that how could they allow Jack to drive the van seeing where they were being held, and knowing that we could trace them with a satellite? It just doesn't make sense. I know usually the simplest thing is correct, but they have never failed before today. Maybe they want us to think that they failed, so we'll let our guard down and than they can sneak in with their plan. They need those three though. What do they have in common?" Chase tried to explain. It made sense to him, but maybe he was just trying to see more where there wasn't anything else.
7:10
Nina wheeled Jack out of the room. Everyone looked at her and they all had this I told you so look on their face. Nina ordered, "Stay back or I'll kill him."
Jack sat stupidly in the wheelchair allowing her to wheel him out of there. He couldn't do anything about it. The drugs were kicking in and his mind would not focus. Damn those doctors for giving him pain killers, yet it felt as good as when he was high on heroin.
Nina pushed Jack out of the hospital. She walked over to a person getting out of their car. She took the gun off Jack and ordered, "Give me your keys."
The woman handed Nina her keys and backed away. Nina opened the back door and laid Jack across the back seat. Jack groaned when she moved him because she grabbed his hurt shoulder.
Nina knowing what she did apologized, "I'm sorry. Hopefully everything will work. We have to go somewhere safe though. Till I can figure out what is going on."
Jack laid in the back seat curled up the best he could without causing pain. When Nina looked back she saw a different side of Jack that she hadn't seen before, he was vulnerable and open. Normally he would have this hard side, but now he was like an innocent child. She felt more compelled to protect him. To protect this defenseless child, to do what others had not done for her as a child.
She drove off into the night. She looked behind her occasionally and tried to find a tail or something. She drove to the back roads and than towards the outside of L.A. She wanted to go somewhere quiet.
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Tony stood in semi-shock. He didn't know what to do or say. Kim just stared at the empty bed of her father. She was worried about her father, and she wanted to kill Nina. The phone to Jack's room rang. Tony walked over and answered it, "Almeida?"
"Tony I just want you to know I'm not going to hurt him. He's in danger there. They ordered me to kill him, but I don't think I'm going to do it. But I had to get him out of there. I'm sorry." Nina said as she hung up the phone.
Tony hung up the phone and scratched his head in confusion, "That was Nina. She said she wasn't going to hurt Jack, but actually that she was trying to protect him. Something about someone wanting her to kill him."
"What?" Kim said in confusion.
"That's what she said."
Tony took out his cell phone and called Michelle he filled her in on the details of what just had happened.
"It makes no sense." Michelle said, "I know it doesn't matter too much, but tell Kim Chase is back here."
Tony looked at Kim and told her what Michelle asked her too. Tony said into the phone, "Maybe she'll call back to CTU."
"Tony, Chase has a theory. He thinks there is more to this than what we are seeing. Something to do with Jack, Nina, and the President. We don't know what, but he is making sense." Michelle went through the explanation Chase went through with her and Tony concurred with her.
"I'm going to bring the President and everyone else to CTU. Get some room ready for everyone."
Tony looked at the President and told him about everything. The president agreed to come with them and they were all off to CTU. Tony, Kim, Kate, Palmer, and the secret service.
7:25
Keller sat in his mansion contemplating Plan C. He wasn't sure what to do. Nina was refusing to kill Jack, and the President was under heavy guard as was Tony, Jack, and Nina. His phone rang and he waited as his assistant answered it.
His assistant looked at him and said, "Sir it is Mr. Dante he wants to get the heads together in a meeting. He has Mr. Prescott, and Mrs. Mellon already on there way here."
"Well than I don't have much of a choice. Tell him I'll be ready. We'll he be joining us in person or via phone?"
The assistant repeated what Keller had said, "He will be here. He's pulling in now sir."
"Good I'll meet him in the barn." Keller said as he got up and walked out of the room towards the basement of the barn; his secret bunker.
7:30
Nina and Jack were outside of L.A. and Nina had no idea where to go. She drove hopping for the best. Than it occurred to her that her uncle had a house out in the country. If she begged him he might let her camp out there for an hour or so. She turned off on the correct exit and drove down the long road. Outside of L.A. was so different especially where he Uncle lived. You wouldn't think you were in California anymore. She turned down his long driveway and drove towards the big old style home. When she reached the end of the driveway her Uncle and Aunt were sitting on the porch as they usually did on nice nights.
When Nina got out of the car she could see the anger in her Uncles eyes. He was a retired Major from the Army and when he found out Nina was a traitor he disowned her.
"Please listen to me." She said when she got out of the car. "I have no excuse for what I have done in my life. None that will justify it, but I have a friend. He's hurt and we're both in danger. I need a place to camp for an hour and get my mind together so I can protect both of us. You know my friend, Jack Bauer. I told you about him before, and you probably heard about him in the news."
"The man who's wife you killed?" He Uncle said angrily not believing her.
"Yes. But there is more to it. I got him into some trouble earlier today and I can't stop it now. He got hurt badly saving the President earlier."
"The President was fine earlier besides the accident that occurred when he flew to L.A." Her uncle recited from the news broadcast he had seen on President Palmer's incident earlier. The public was not informed of how Palmer was injured or what his injuries were. They were told that he had a trip to the hospital, but was fine and in great health.
"The President was kidnapped earlier today. They aren't letting the public know because he was taken right outside of the White House."
"There is no way that could happen." Her Uncle said not believing her.
"Don't believe me, but you can see that this man in the back seat is hurt. Please let me have an hour to sit down and think. I'll leave than and never come back."
"Let me see this gentlemen and talk to him."
"He shouldn't speak. You'll see why."
He uncle walked up to the car and looked inside. He saw Jack curled up and eyes glazed from the drugs. He also saw the wad of gaze on his neck and some gaze that appeared on his shoulder.
"What did you do to him?" He said believing that Nina had done it.
"Nothing." She grabbed a sheet of paper in her pocket and asked, "Do you have a pen?"
He uncle reluctantly handed her a pen.
Nina shook Jack lightly, "Jack I need your help. Please tell him that I did not hurt you. Jack can you hear me." Jack didn't respond to her. His mind was in the place that heroin use to take him too, and once there his mind went on vacation.
Nina pleaded, "Please. I promise you I do not mean to hurt him. If I wanted to why would I bring him here? You don't care for me anymore so you would just call the police. If I don't find a spot to think for an hour we both will be dead."
"Fine you have one hour. For him I'm allowing this. Help me get him inside. He should be in a hospital or something." They both carried Jack inside. Jacks legs barely worked. When they got him on the bed Jack barely said, "Thank you."
Nina's Aunt came in with a cup of a warm brown liquid. "It's tea. It will help the swelling in his throat." Nina's aunt believed in healing the Chinese was and had always been correct. Nina helped Jack drink some of the tea. Nina's aunt said, "He has to drink it all." So Nina continued to help Jack as he slowly drank the brown liquid. It hurt going down, but he continued to do so. He was the little child obeying his mother. After he was done drinking Jack closed his eyes and let the drugs overrun his body and he fell asleep.
Nina sat at the end of the bed watching Jack's chest slowly rise and fall. Watching him sleep made her tired so she took her thoughts to what was important; keeping them alive. Nina began to think that maybe she should leave Jack and take off. Forget him, who was she to try to protect him. If the situation was in reverse he'd of left her for death, but he had a reason to. How could she love her enemy? How could she love anyone? Everyone she loved had hurt her. She was walking towards the door to leave Jack when she looked back she saw the innocent child feature on his face and turned back. She cursed herself for allowing her feelings to interfere with what she had to do.
7:50
The group was assembled in the bunker under the barn.
"It is my understanding that Nina Myers has just kidnapped and escaped with Bauer. We don't know what her intentions are." Prescott said.
Keller grabbed his cell phone and called his close friend Richard. When Richard answer Keller went into the explanation of what he wanted to know, "Did you tell Nina to kill Bauer?"
"Yeah Like you asked me too. She said she wouldn't even after I threaten that she would be killed if he wasn't."
"She still wouldn't kill him?"
"Nope. I don't know where she is now she left the hospital with Bauer. She really pissed some people off with that."
"Thanks. If she contacts you; you know to get a hold of me."
"Like always sir."
"Thanks." Keller said. He told the others of what occurred.
"Nina's protecting them both?" Prescott asked shocked at the revelation.
"It seems our Nina has either grown a conscious or something to that matter." Keller replied.
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7:00
Chase had returned to CTU, unharmed and ready to leave to comfort his wife. He was sitting with Michelle who was telling him about Jack's condition and everything. Chase filled her in on what had just occurred on the plane and how the cops failed to keep others from coming in. He wasn't sure if they were paid off or what, but it seemed like more and more of Treadstones people were joining the fight.
"I'm not so sure that kidnapping the President was their goal." He said out of the blue.
"Why do you think that?" Michelle asked.
"They f@@@ed it when they grabbed Jack, Nina, and Kate. They need Jack and Nina together for something. I don't know what, but they want those two together."
"I'm not sure I understand your reasoning. Why the bother with the President than?"
"Maybe he's in the equation also. I mean they had the President. Why did they want Jack and Nina? On top of that how could they allow Jack to drive the van seeing where they were being held, and knowing that we could trace them with a satellite? It just doesn't make sense. I know usually the simplest thing is correct, but they have never failed before today. Maybe they want us to think that they failed, so we'll let our guard down and than they can sneak in with their plan. They need those three though. What do they have in common?" Chase tried to explain. It made sense to him, but maybe he was just trying to see more where there wasn't anything else.
7:10
Nina wheeled Jack out of the room. Everyone looked at her and they all had this I told you so look on their face. Nina ordered, "Stay back or I'll kill him."
Jack sat stupidly in the wheelchair allowing her to wheel him out of there. He couldn't do anything about it. The drugs were kicking in and his mind would not focus. Damn those doctors for giving him pain killers, yet it felt as good as when he was high on heroin.
Nina pushed Jack out of the hospital. She walked over to a person getting out of their car. She took the gun off Jack and ordered, "Give me your keys."
The woman handed Nina her keys and backed away. Nina opened the back door and laid Jack across the back seat. Jack groaned when she moved him because she grabbed his hurt shoulder.
Nina knowing what she did apologized, "I'm sorry. Hopefully everything will work. We have to go somewhere safe though. Till I can figure out what is going on."
Jack laid in the back seat curled up the best he could without causing pain. When Nina looked back she saw a different side of Jack that she hadn't seen before, he was vulnerable and open. Normally he would have this hard side, but now he was like an innocent child. She felt more compelled to protect him. To protect this defenseless child, to do what others had not done for her as a child.
She drove off into the night. She looked behind her occasionally and tried to find a tail or something. She drove to the back roads and than towards the outside of L.A. She wanted to go somewhere quiet.
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Tony stood in semi-shock. He didn't know what to do or say. Kim just stared at the empty bed of her father. She was worried about her father, and she wanted to kill Nina. The phone to Jack's room rang. Tony walked over and answered it, "Almeida?"
"Tony I just want you to know I'm not going to hurt him. He's in danger there. They ordered me to kill him, but I don't think I'm going to do it. But I had to get him out of there. I'm sorry." Nina said as she hung up the phone.
Tony hung up the phone and scratched his head in confusion, "That was Nina. She said she wasn't going to hurt Jack, but actually that she was trying to protect him. Something about someone wanting her to kill him."
"What?" Kim said in confusion.
"That's what she said."
Tony took out his cell phone and called Michelle he filled her in on the details of what just had happened.
"It makes no sense." Michelle said, "I know it doesn't matter too much, but tell Kim Chase is back here."
Tony looked at Kim and told her what Michelle asked her too. Tony said into the phone, "Maybe she'll call back to CTU."
"Tony, Chase has a theory. He thinks there is more to this than what we are seeing. Something to do with Jack, Nina, and the President. We don't know what, but he is making sense." Michelle went through the explanation Chase went through with her and Tony concurred with her.
"I'm going to bring the President and everyone else to CTU. Get some room ready for everyone."
Tony looked at the President and told him about everything. The president agreed to come with them and they were all off to CTU. Tony, Kim, Kate, Palmer, and the secret service.
7:25
Keller sat in his mansion contemplating Plan C. He wasn't sure what to do. Nina was refusing to kill Jack, and the President was under heavy guard as was Tony, Jack, and Nina. His phone rang and he waited as his assistant answered it.
His assistant looked at him and said, "Sir it is Mr. Dante he wants to get the heads together in a meeting. He has Mr. Prescott, and Mrs. Mellon already on there way here."
"Well than I don't have much of a choice. Tell him I'll be ready. We'll he be joining us in person or via phone?"
The assistant repeated what Keller had said, "He will be here. He's pulling in now sir."
"Good I'll meet him in the barn." Keller said as he got up and walked out of the room towards the basement of the barn; his secret bunker.
7:30
Nina and Jack were outside of L.A. and Nina had no idea where to go. She drove hopping for the best. Than it occurred to her that her uncle had a house out in the country. If she begged him he might let her camp out there for an hour or so. She turned off on the correct exit and drove down the long road. Outside of L.A. was so different especially where he Uncle lived. You wouldn't think you were in California anymore. She turned down his long driveway and drove towards the big old style home. When she reached the end of the driveway her Uncle and Aunt were sitting on the porch as they usually did on nice nights.
When Nina got out of the car she could see the anger in her Uncles eyes. He was a retired Major from the Army and when he found out Nina was a traitor he disowned her.
"Please listen to me." She said when she got out of the car. "I have no excuse for what I have done in my life. None that will justify it, but I have a friend. He's hurt and we're both in danger. I need a place to camp for an hour and get my mind together so I can protect both of us. You know my friend, Jack Bauer. I told you about him before, and you probably heard about him in the news."
"The man who's wife you killed?" He Uncle said angrily not believing her.
"Yes. But there is more to it. I got him into some trouble earlier today and I can't stop it now. He got hurt badly saving the President earlier."
"The President was fine earlier besides the accident that occurred when he flew to L.A." Her uncle recited from the news broadcast he had seen on President Palmer's incident earlier. The public was not informed of how Palmer was injured or what his injuries were. They were told that he had a trip to the hospital, but was fine and in great health.
"The President was kidnapped earlier today. They aren't letting the public know because he was taken right outside of the White House."
"There is no way that could happen." Her Uncle said not believing her.
"Don't believe me, but you can see that this man in the back seat is hurt. Please let me have an hour to sit down and think. I'll leave than and never come back."
"Let me see this gentlemen and talk to him."
"He shouldn't speak. You'll see why."
He uncle walked up to the car and looked inside. He saw Jack curled up and eyes glazed from the drugs. He also saw the wad of gaze on his neck and some gaze that appeared on his shoulder.
"What did you do to him?" He said believing that Nina had done it.
"Nothing." She grabbed a sheet of paper in her pocket and asked, "Do you have a pen?"
He uncle reluctantly handed her a pen.
Nina shook Jack lightly, "Jack I need your help. Please tell him that I did not hurt you. Jack can you hear me." Jack didn't respond to her. His mind was in the place that heroin use to take him too, and once there his mind went on vacation.
Nina pleaded, "Please. I promise you I do not mean to hurt him. If I wanted to why would I bring him here? You don't care for me anymore so you would just call the police. If I don't find a spot to think for an hour we both will be dead."
"Fine you have one hour. For him I'm allowing this. Help me get him inside. He should be in a hospital or something." They both carried Jack inside. Jacks legs barely worked. When they got him on the bed Jack barely said, "Thank you."
Nina's Aunt came in with a cup of a warm brown liquid. "It's tea. It will help the swelling in his throat." Nina's aunt believed in healing the Chinese was and had always been correct. Nina helped Jack drink some of the tea. Nina's aunt said, "He has to drink it all." So Nina continued to help Jack as he slowly drank the brown liquid. It hurt going down, but he continued to do so. He was the little child obeying his mother. After he was done drinking Jack closed his eyes and let the drugs overrun his body and he fell asleep.
Nina sat at the end of the bed watching Jack's chest slowly rise and fall. Watching him sleep made her tired so she took her thoughts to what was important; keeping them alive. Nina began to think that maybe she should leave Jack and take off. Forget him, who was she to try to protect him. If the situation was in reverse he'd of left her for death, but he had a reason to. How could she love her enemy? How could she love anyone? Everyone she loved had hurt her. She was walking towards the door to leave Jack when she looked back she saw the innocent child feature on his face and turned back. She cursed herself for allowing her feelings to interfere with what she had to do.
7:50
The group was assembled in the bunker under the barn.
"It is my understanding that Nina Myers has just kidnapped and escaped with Bauer. We don't know what her intentions are." Prescott said.
Keller grabbed his cell phone and called his close friend Richard. When Richard answer Keller went into the explanation of what he wanted to know, "Did you tell Nina to kill Bauer?"
"Yeah Like you asked me too. She said she wouldn't even after I threaten that she would be killed if he wasn't."
"She still wouldn't kill him?"
"Nope. I don't know where she is now she left the hospital with Bauer. She really pissed some people off with that."
"Thanks. If she contacts you; you know to get a hold of me."
"Like always sir."
"Thanks." Keller said. He told the others of what occurred.
"Nina's protecting them both?" Prescott asked shocked at the revelation.
"It seems our Nina has either grown a conscious or something to that matter." Keller replied.
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