The following occurs between he hours of 9:00 and 10:00 pm
9:00
Jack lay upside down in the car. He tried to free himself from the seatbelt, but it was stuck. He looked over at Nina. Blood was pouring from her head. He reached for the cigarette lighter. He pushed it in and waited for it to pop out. When it popped out he used it to burn the seat belt away. Once he got the lap strap free he fell forward. Freeing himself from the shoulder strap he looked over at Nina. He took her seat belt off and tried to grab her with both his good and bad arm before she hit the bottom of the top of the car. Pulling her out of the car, he carried her about ten yards from the car before he sat down and tried to catch his breath and block out the pain in his shoulder, and head. Two men came running up with guns drawn. Jack just sat on the ground trying to focus past the pain and catch his breath. The men had their gun pointed at him.
"Grab both of them. I'm not sure what he wants done with them." Someone from the other side of the car ordered.
One of the men walked up to Jack. Helped him up than put a black bag over his head. Jack followed where the hands pushed him. He was in no mood to fight nor able to, and he knew it. He figured if they wanted them dead they would both already be dead. Jack got into the van and sat. He could see Nina on the floor at his feet when he looked down. She was still out, but her chest was moving so she was breathing.
9:10
"Tony it was a hit on the car. I saw someone get out and carry a woman out of the car. I figure it is Jack and Nina. Some people grabbed them and put them in the back of a van. I'm following them now." Chloe said trying to stay calm. She hated when Jack put himself in danger, and knowing his current condition he was in no shape to deal with the problem.
Kim walked up to Tony, "Do you think they are going to kill them?"
"Kim if they wanted both of them dead they would have killed them by now. I figure they want something from both of them. What it is I don't know, but they must want something."
Tony called Chase, "How far are you guys out?"
"Ten minutes from the vineyard and fifteen from the spot the car was hit. Which do we go to?"
"Go past the spot the car was hit and call me. I'll give you directions to where the van last was. Hopefully we can continue to follow them hopefully they don't shut of their lights because the satellite we have isn't equipped for night vision. We're barrowing it from the weather channel."
9:15
The phone rang in the bunker. Keller answered it, "What?"
"Sir we have Nina and Jack. We are on our way back with them. What should we do with them when we get there?"
"Put Jack in a room by himself. Make sure he can't see anything. Bring Nina to the conference room. I have some people who want to question her."
"Yes sir. Our ETA is five minutes."
Keller rubbed his hands together. He didn't want Jack, but he could use him. Jack and the President were good friends, maybe he could use that. ************************************************************************
Jack began to cough uncontrollably in the van. He was struggling to breathe. One of the men came up to him and asked, "What's wrong? You better not be faking." The man said as he pulled the black cloak off Jacks head. Jacks face was beat red. He was still coughing something was caught in his throat. The man grabbed a water canteen and said, "Drink this.'
Jack took a gulp and tried to focus his watering eyes. The man gently pushed Jacks head up and examined the bullet wound in his neck, "Well it's still intact so it's not that. Can you breathe now?"
Jack shook his head and in a scratchy voice said, "Yes."
"Good." The man put the black cloak back over Jacks head.
The van stopped and Jack was escorted out by the man who helped him earlier. Jack walked down a flight of steps. He knew he was on a cement floor by the sound of his feet hitting it. He was escorted down a hallway, and than they turned left. The man said, "Stop." Jack heard him fumbling with keys and unlocking a door. The man walked Jack into the room. "Sit." The man said guiding Jack to a wooden chair in the room. The man secured both of Jacks hands behind his back on the outside of the back of the chair. "Don't remove the bag from over your head." The man said.
Jack heard him walk out of the room and lock the door again. Jack tried to get his other senses to work. He hated when he was blinded because he didn't know where he was or what was going on around him. Someone could be sitting behind him quietly and he wouldn't notice unless they breathed heavily.
9:35
Nina awoke on a hard cement floor. When she opened her eyes she noticed focus. She noticed the four people sitting in the room. She recognized two of the four. One was VP Prescott and the other was the director of the CIA Dante. The other two she did not notice.
"Hello Nina. So nice of you to join us?" Keller said.
"Not like I really had a choice." Nina replied lifting herself into a sitting position.
"Have you told anyone about us?" Dante asked.
"I don't know who us is."
"Who do you work for?"
"You know that already. I work for Dante over there. He recruited me to do his dirty work. The work the CIA just couldn't legally do. Than he pimped me to others like the Drazens and Asaid."
"Who have you told?"
"No one."
"Are you sure, cuz I don't want to have to disturb Mr. Bauer about this. He has enough problems as is."
"I haven't told anyone. Where is Jack?"
"He's around. Don't worry about that."
"Why did you want me to kill him earlier? He is one of you." Nina asked Dante.
"No he's not. He is working for another government. He is a mole."
"Yeah right and I'm Joan of Ark." Nina said.
"He is. Why do you think I allowed you to kill his wife?"
"No he's not. If he was a mole he would not have gone through so much the past few years to save this country. You are the traitor not him."
"No Nina you are sadly mistaken. The reason Bauer went through so much the past few years is because the country he works for is an ally of ours. They would hate to see bad things happen to us, until they do it."
"Yeah right. Let me guess that country happens to be um Canada?"
"No. I don't like the tone you're having."
"Sorry, but I know Jack is not a mole. There is no way possible he is too clean to be a mole."
"He is a mole Nina. He has been working with Russia for a long time. The only reason why he stopped the nuclear bomb was because the countries we were going to attack have a secret alliance with Russia. Because good old Mother Russia is trying to become the USSR again. The virus last year. Did you actually see it blown up? Yeah there was an explosion, but was that the virus? No he smuggled it to Russia were they are making more of it. Stopping Palmers assignation plot was to allow a sympathizer to world problems into office. If the other President got re-elected he was going to cut funding to Russia because they are not dismantling their nuclear weapons. Everything he has done has a reason to it." Dante explained.
9:45
Chase and Richardson had just passed the wreck and Chase was dialing the number to Tony's office.
Tony picked up on the first ring and said, "Chase keep going down this road for another ten minutes and than turn off on the right. Follow the road down about half a mile and than ditch the van. They are in the barn." Tony directed.
"Do we have back up coming?" Chase asked.
"They are about twenty minutes out. They will arrive about the same time as you do. They are coming in by a black hawk. They'll land about two miles from the house and run in. We are hoping that is enough to not create suspicion because that neighbor has a helicopter landing sight for his chopper. He works for one of the local radio stations for road traffic and other things."
"Good we'll wait at the truck for them." Chase said. He hung up his phone and relayed the information to Richardson. They both sat quietly anticipating the action a head of them.
9:50
The helicopter landed and the team jumped off with their gear. Once they cleared the helicopter they took off running at a good pace so that they would reach their mark within the ETA. They had a mission to do and they were going to do it. Every man ran at double time and none of them were out of breath when they reached the mile marker in their trip.
9:57 9:58 9:59 ************************************************************************
9:00
Jack lay upside down in the car. He tried to free himself from the seatbelt, but it was stuck. He looked over at Nina. Blood was pouring from her head. He reached for the cigarette lighter. He pushed it in and waited for it to pop out. When it popped out he used it to burn the seat belt away. Once he got the lap strap free he fell forward. Freeing himself from the shoulder strap he looked over at Nina. He took her seat belt off and tried to grab her with both his good and bad arm before she hit the bottom of the top of the car. Pulling her out of the car, he carried her about ten yards from the car before he sat down and tried to catch his breath and block out the pain in his shoulder, and head. Two men came running up with guns drawn. Jack just sat on the ground trying to focus past the pain and catch his breath. The men had their gun pointed at him.
"Grab both of them. I'm not sure what he wants done with them." Someone from the other side of the car ordered.
One of the men walked up to Jack. Helped him up than put a black bag over his head. Jack followed where the hands pushed him. He was in no mood to fight nor able to, and he knew it. He figured if they wanted them dead they would both already be dead. Jack got into the van and sat. He could see Nina on the floor at his feet when he looked down. She was still out, but her chest was moving so she was breathing.
9:10
"Tony it was a hit on the car. I saw someone get out and carry a woman out of the car. I figure it is Jack and Nina. Some people grabbed them and put them in the back of a van. I'm following them now." Chloe said trying to stay calm. She hated when Jack put himself in danger, and knowing his current condition he was in no shape to deal with the problem.
Kim walked up to Tony, "Do you think they are going to kill them?"
"Kim if they wanted both of them dead they would have killed them by now. I figure they want something from both of them. What it is I don't know, but they must want something."
Tony called Chase, "How far are you guys out?"
"Ten minutes from the vineyard and fifteen from the spot the car was hit. Which do we go to?"
"Go past the spot the car was hit and call me. I'll give you directions to where the van last was. Hopefully we can continue to follow them hopefully they don't shut of their lights because the satellite we have isn't equipped for night vision. We're barrowing it from the weather channel."
9:15
The phone rang in the bunker. Keller answered it, "What?"
"Sir we have Nina and Jack. We are on our way back with them. What should we do with them when we get there?"
"Put Jack in a room by himself. Make sure he can't see anything. Bring Nina to the conference room. I have some people who want to question her."
"Yes sir. Our ETA is five minutes."
Keller rubbed his hands together. He didn't want Jack, but he could use him. Jack and the President were good friends, maybe he could use that. ************************************************************************
Jack began to cough uncontrollably in the van. He was struggling to breathe. One of the men came up to him and asked, "What's wrong? You better not be faking." The man said as he pulled the black cloak off Jacks head. Jacks face was beat red. He was still coughing something was caught in his throat. The man grabbed a water canteen and said, "Drink this.'
Jack took a gulp and tried to focus his watering eyes. The man gently pushed Jacks head up and examined the bullet wound in his neck, "Well it's still intact so it's not that. Can you breathe now?"
Jack shook his head and in a scratchy voice said, "Yes."
"Good." The man put the black cloak back over Jacks head.
The van stopped and Jack was escorted out by the man who helped him earlier. Jack walked down a flight of steps. He knew he was on a cement floor by the sound of his feet hitting it. He was escorted down a hallway, and than they turned left. The man said, "Stop." Jack heard him fumbling with keys and unlocking a door. The man walked Jack into the room. "Sit." The man said guiding Jack to a wooden chair in the room. The man secured both of Jacks hands behind his back on the outside of the back of the chair. "Don't remove the bag from over your head." The man said.
Jack heard him walk out of the room and lock the door again. Jack tried to get his other senses to work. He hated when he was blinded because he didn't know where he was or what was going on around him. Someone could be sitting behind him quietly and he wouldn't notice unless they breathed heavily.
9:35
Nina awoke on a hard cement floor. When she opened her eyes she noticed focus. She noticed the four people sitting in the room. She recognized two of the four. One was VP Prescott and the other was the director of the CIA Dante. The other two she did not notice.
"Hello Nina. So nice of you to join us?" Keller said.
"Not like I really had a choice." Nina replied lifting herself into a sitting position.
"Have you told anyone about us?" Dante asked.
"I don't know who us is."
"Who do you work for?"
"You know that already. I work for Dante over there. He recruited me to do his dirty work. The work the CIA just couldn't legally do. Than he pimped me to others like the Drazens and Asaid."
"Who have you told?"
"No one."
"Are you sure, cuz I don't want to have to disturb Mr. Bauer about this. He has enough problems as is."
"I haven't told anyone. Where is Jack?"
"He's around. Don't worry about that."
"Why did you want me to kill him earlier? He is one of you." Nina asked Dante.
"No he's not. He is working for another government. He is a mole."
"Yeah right and I'm Joan of Ark." Nina said.
"He is. Why do you think I allowed you to kill his wife?"
"No he's not. If he was a mole he would not have gone through so much the past few years to save this country. You are the traitor not him."
"No Nina you are sadly mistaken. The reason Bauer went through so much the past few years is because the country he works for is an ally of ours. They would hate to see bad things happen to us, until they do it."
"Yeah right. Let me guess that country happens to be um Canada?"
"No. I don't like the tone you're having."
"Sorry, but I know Jack is not a mole. There is no way possible he is too clean to be a mole."
"He is a mole Nina. He has been working with Russia for a long time. The only reason why he stopped the nuclear bomb was because the countries we were going to attack have a secret alliance with Russia. Because good old Mother Russia is trying to become the USSR again. The virus last year. Did you actually see it blown up? Yeah there was an explosion, but was that the virus? No he smuggled it to Russia were they are making more of it. Stopping Palmers assignation plot was to allow a sympathizer to world problems into office. If the other President got re-elected he was going to cut funding to Russia because they are not dismantling their nuclear weapons. Everything he has done has a reason to it." Dante explained.
9:45
Chase and Richardson had just passed the wreck and Chase was dialing the number to Tony's office.
Tony picked up on the first ring and said, "Chase keep going down this road for another ten minutes and than turn off on the right. Follow the road down about half a mile and than ditch the van. They are in the barn." Tony directed.
"Do we have back up coming?" Chase asked.
"They are about twenty minutes out. They will arrive about the same time as you do. They are coming in by a black hawk. They'll land about two miles from the house and run in. We are hoping that is enough to not create suspicion because that neighbor has a helicopter landing sight for his chopper. He works for one of the local radio stations for road traffic and other things."
"Good we'll wait at the truck for them." Chase said. He hung up his phone and relayed the information to Richardson. They both sat quietly anticipating the action a head of them.
9:50
The helicopter landed and the team jumped off with their gear. Once they cleared the helicopter they took off running at a good pace so that they would reach their mark within the ETA. They had a mission to do and they were going to do it. Every man ran at double time and none of them were out of breath when they reached the mile marker in their trip.
9:57 9:58 9:59 ************************************************************************
