"Ms. Palmer, I don't understand..."
"Listen to me okay, forget about David, you work for me. I want at least 4 mean on guard of this
house."
"But why?"
"Just incase David has plans, that's all. If he really is stupid enough to phone Bauer...."
"But why shouldn't he phone this man?"
"If David tells Jack what really happened, firstly, I wouldn't put it past Jack killing him....and if
we do survive that, David has lost his presidency, and if he loses his presidency, I loose the power I have. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Yes, so your saying the problem is....David?"
"Not exactly, the problem is Jack. We need to either convince him not to take action on what he hears, if David tells him, or simply eliminate him."
"But Sherry..."
"Listen, that is not our game plan, that's our Plan B, our insurance. We need to make sure Jack doesn't get to David."
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Tony drove down the busy highway and turned off into the town centre. He knew what he was doing could be dangerous, but he didn't care, he had to get to the bottom of this. His conscience was nagging at him to tell Jack what really happened with the president while they were with TEARBACK, but he just couldn't take that risk. He knew Jack was a liability, he just hoped he had gone home like he'd asked. He tried to keep this positive attitude that Jack would not be involved, but with everything that had happened today, it always seemed that one way or another, Jack was one step ahead.
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Jack pulled up his car and stepped out, looked around the area as he did so. He had parked the car a block away, just incase somebody was expecting him, after everything that had happened today he wasn't taking any chances. He opened the boot and pulled out 2 glocks with clips for them, and a knife he slotted into an ankle holster before fixing it around his leg. He set himself up and prepared himself to go in, he had no idea what the president was going to tell him, but he was going to be careful. He pulled out his mobile and rang his home, smiling when he herd the answer machine, he pushed the phone back into his pocket, it would record everything Palmer told him. He began jogging to the address and after a few minutes he could see the large house see in plain view. He stepped over the road and began heading towards it trying to look as ordinary as possible. He was standing directly outside the house now and he walked down the driveway, hoping not to draw any attention to himself. He tried the back door and to his surprise, found it open. He stepped in silently, and found himself in a porch way. He drew his gun, cocked it and entered the house, gun first. He didn't know where to go, he just knew he needed to find Kim and speak to Palmer.
He stepped quietly through the long hallway, seeing rooms either side of him. Left or right, he thought. Before he could decide someone began to turn the handle of the white door at the end of the hallway. Jack tensed and braced himself, holding the gun steady. The door opened and Sherry Palmer entered the hallway, she looked shocked to see Jack, but quickly made it appear as though she had been expecting him. David has made a grave mistake, she thought to herself.
"Jack?" Sherry asked, braking the silence between them.
"Ms. Palmer how did you get here, when we were attacked you were nowhere to be found?"
"David will explain everything to you. Did he say he had something to tell you?" She asked, knowing the answer, Jack nodded his head. "Well he is through here down in the basement, he is waiting for you."
Jack looked unsure of how to proceed, then said, "I want to see Kim first, before I speak to the president."
Sherry didn't like the thought of this, but she had to play along. "Sure Jack she is down here too. Its safer here, were being very cautious." She said as she turned and headed back through the door, down the cement steps. Jack had no choice but to follow.
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Harry Dean held his phone impatiently, he perked up when it was answered.
"Status report." Was all he said.
"Were on our way, we will be fifteen minutes, tops."
"Good." He hung up pulling the phone away from his ear. Thankful they were about to solve this whole mess.
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Tony continued to drive, and glanced at his watch, he guessed he would be there in 10 minutes.
His phone rang, and he answered it, thinking it would be Jack.
"Almeida."
"Tony its Michelle, listen, I can't talk for long but Chappelle managed to get the address your heading to from Milo. He has sent an assault team there to recover whoever they find, and arrest you and Jack. The teams will be there in about twenty."
"Shit! Em, okay... thanks honey, I love you."
"Be careful."
Tony slammed his phone down on the empty passenger seat, angry that Chappelle was onto him as well.
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Jack was halfway down the staircase when something hit him, Sherry hadn't seem even remotely concerned that he had his gun drawn at her, nor did she protest he point it away from her, it was almost as if she expected him to be wary. He began to think about this when he reached the bottom of the stairs, he looked around the dark room, the only light coming from an broken window. He herd a door slam and looked up to see two men coming down them. Sherry seemed to notice his curiosity immediately, and said,
"There my bodyguards."
Jack knew something was wrong. "Where is Palmer and Kim."
"Calm down Jack, I'm sorry I lied to you, but I have to protect David, and I have to protect myself."
"What do you mean. Where is Palmer?"
"He is upstairs Jack, so is Kim."
Jack realised what was happening and didn't like it. He regretted putting his weapon away, but he reached into his holster and reached for his gun. Before he could even touch the steel one of the men landed his gun on the back of Jack's head. He cried out in pain as he fell to the floor, the wound on his head now agonising. He tried to ignore the pain and get back up but he could feel someone holding his arms back, preventing him from reaching his weapon. The first man approached him and pulled out his glock, then together the two pushed Jack onto the floor where they patted him down, finding the second gun that was poorly concealed in his waistband.
Suddenly, the basement door opened, much to everyone's surprise. Seeing it was her Jack called out Kim's name, and tried to fight off the two men. Realising what was happening she ran down the stairs in a panic to her Dad. One of the men let go of Jack to get Kim. This was the chance Jack needed, as he managed to free one of his arms from the Jones grasp, and threw and elbow into his throat sending him to the floor. Jack got up to see Sherry slap Kim to the floor, which enraged him, he ran at Sherry and swung as hard as he could, his fist connecting with her nose, blood spraying in all directions as she fell to the floor. This was all the remaining man needed to provoke him, he had a job to protect Sherry. He pulled out his silver gun aiming it at Jack, it didn't stop him as he headed towards Kim. The man held his aim, pulled the trigger.
Jack felt the bullet before he herd the bang. He could feel an incredible pain shoot into his shoulder as he stumbled from the pain, landing on a terrified Kim. She managed to manoeuvre herself from under his weight and turned him onto his back, praying he was still alive. She looked relieved when she saw it was only a shoulder, but that look soon disappeared when she saw there was no exit wound. She began screaming at Sherry who was being helped up by the two men.
Jack lied on his back, trying to focus on the room. He didn't know what was happening, but he knew he had been shot. His entire left shoulder was numb from pain and he could feel the blood quickly soak through his shirt. He closed his eyes and opened them again, hoping it to have gone away. It hadn't. He knew he had to get Kim away from this, he had to save her. Surprising Kim he pushed himself up on his right arm he tried to sit up. This effort was soon destroyed when Jones heavily stomped on his injured shoulder, causing him to fall back to the floor in a heap, now passed out from the pain.
Kim could feel the tears streaming down her face as she held onto her fathers shoulder wound tightly, willing the blood to stop pouring out. She was sure this was the most scary experience of her life, she prayed there would be a way out.
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