Chapter 12
Sherry Palmer walked out of the room Jack was in. She pulled out her cell-phone and called David.
In tears she said, "David, it's Sherry."
Automatically worried about her, he had never really seen or heard her cry before, "What's wrong Sherry? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. It's Jack. He's . . .He's . . ."
"He's what, Sherry?" David said knowing what the next word would be, but his mind not wanting to believe it.
"He's dead."
"What happened?"
Sherry went through all that had happened leaving a few things out.
"No this can't be. Damn it. It's all my fault. I have to call and tell his daughter. Oh God. His daughter." David said still in shock and denial.
David hung the phone up and dialed the number to CTU.
"Michelle speaking." A woman's voice answered on the second ring.
"Hello Michelle. It's David Palmer. Is Tony in?" David asked in a sort of a trance.
"Hello Sir. He's down with Chase and Kim. Can I help you?"
"I'm sorry, Michelle. I really need to speak to Tony. Can you get a hold of him right now for me?"
"Yes sir." Michelle said feeling a little jilted that the President didn't want to tell her whatever he was going to tell Tony. She put the President on hold and called Tony's cell-phone. When he answered she told him, "The President would like to speak to you. I'll patch him through."
"Thanks, Michelle." Tony said walking out of the room, in which Darla was in.
When he heard the phone click over Tony said, "Hello Mr. President. I'm sorry I haven't called with a report, but I've been busy interviewing Kim, Chase, and Darla."
"Tony it's fine. Uh. I don't know how to say this. We found Jack."
"That's great, sir, but what's wrong."
"Tony, they killed him. I'm sorry. I never should have allowed this mission. He's dead."
"Are you positive sir?" Tony said chocking back the pain he felt for the lost of a good friend and a great man.
"Yes. Sherry was there. She was trying to make a trade and they shot him through the heart. He died at the hospital." David said with tears coming down his face, but not obvious in his voice.
"I'll tell Kim sir."
"Ton, if you don't mind I would like to tell her."
"Sir, I don't think that will be the best course of action. You probably will have some bad words for you, and she doesn't mean it, but she will be torn. It was not your fault, sir. Jack would have done it if you had asked him, and you did not know it was going to go bad." Tony added feeling he had to relive some of the guilt the President must have had.
"I'm flying into town. I will come to visit all of you when I get there. I still want to tell Kim I'm sorry. And she is more then welcome to yell at me and do whatever she has to do. I have a duty to face his family, and friends." David said, and Tony understood very well. He had visited all of the families of the men he lost on missions when he was in the Army. It was an unwritten rule that was almost always followed.
Tony hung up from the President and stood in the hallway in shock. His cell-phone rang again and he answered it.
Michelle asked, "What was that all about?"
"Jack's dead." Tony said still in a trance.
"What? Are they sure?"
"Yeah. I got to go tell Kim. God Michelle."
"I know Tony. Do you want me to?"
"No. I better do it. Why don't you come down and aid her afterwards."
"Yeah. I'll be there in a moment."
Tony hung up his phone and walked into the room where Kim and Chase were in. He looked at Kim and she could tell from his eyes something was wrong.
"What happened, Tony?" Kim asked scared of the answer.
"Kim I just got notice that your father, we found him."
"But?"
"He's dead Kim. They killed him." Tony said looking down at the ground. Not man enough to look into Kim's eyes. Which he knew were full of tears.
"How?" Chase asked, as hurt as Kim was. Jack was like his mentor and father figure.
"Later." Tony said, not knowing all of the details. "I'm not sure of all the details. The President is coming here and you can ask him then. I'm so sorry Kim." Tony said with tears in his eyes. He walked out of the room and saw Michelle who was in the same state he was in. "I've told her." Is all he said as he passed Michelle and went into the room Darla was in. Pissed off now, he said to Darla, "You better tell me everything you know about the people who took Jack because I'm going to kill them."
"What happened?" She said noticing the pain in Tony's eyes.
"He's dead. And I'm going to kill them all. Tell me everything now or I swear to God you will join him."
Darla answered, "I've told you everything. I'm sure Jim has also told you." She said looking Tony directly in the eyes. She felt a like someone had just ripped her heart out and stomped on it. The thought of Jack Bauer being dead hurt her worse than what she thought it would. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
After making all the preparations she needed Sherry called David back. When he answered she asked, "Is Mike Novick still heading this way?"
"Yes he should be landing soon. I am on my way now." David answered.
"Good. Do you have his cell phone number?"
David gave her his cell phone number and said, "Sherry, you can stop if you want."
"No I can't. I have to find the son of bitches that did this, and make sure they are brought to justice. Jack would have done that for you, we owe him this." She answered back.
She hung up from David and called Mike.
"Mike, where are you at?"
"I'm at the airport in a taxi. I just heard about Jack. It's already on the news. Are we still going after this?"
"Yeah. I need you to go rent an SUV. Drive it to the Wilton Funeral Home. I'll call you back with more information soon."
Mike thought about how weird the request was, but he knew when Sherry was up to something the best thing to do was to follow through with her, and not question her because it all will make sense in the end. "Sure. I'll call you when I have the SUV."
Sherry Palmer walked out of the room Jack was in. She pulled out her cell-phone and called David.
In tears she said, "David, it's Sherry."
Automatically worried about her, he had never really seen or heard her cry before, "What's wrong Sherry? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. It's Jack. He's . . .He's . . ."
"He's what, Sherry?" David said knowing what the next word would be, but his mind not wanting to believe it.
"He's dead."
"What happened?"
Sherry went through all that had happened leaving a few things out.
"No this can't be. Damn it. It's all my fault. I have to call and tell his daughter. Oh God. His daughter." David said still in shock and denial.
David hung the phone up and dialed the number to CTU.
"Michelle speaking." A woman's voice answered on the second ring.
"Hello Michelle. It's David Palmer. Is Tony in?" David asked in a sort of a trance.
"Hello Sir. He's down with Chase and Kim. Can I help you?"
"I'm sorry, Michelle. I really need to speak to Tony. Can you get a hold of him right now for me?"
"Yes sir." Michelle said feeling a little jilted that the President didn't want to tell her whatever he was going to tell Tony. She put the President on hold and called Tony's cell-phone. When he answered she told him, "The President would like to speak to you. I'll patch him through."
"Thanks, Michelle." Tony said walking out of the room, in which Darla was in.
When he heard the phone click over Tony said, "Hello Mr. President. I'm sorry I haven't called with a report, but I've been busy interviewing Kim, Chase, and Darla."
"Tony it's fine. Uh. I don't know how to say this. We found Jack."
"That's great, sir, but what's wrong."
"Tony, they killed him. I'm sorry. I never should have allowed this mission. He's dead."
"Are you positive sir?" Tony said chocking back the pain he felt for the lost of a good friend and a great man.
"Yes. Sherry was there. She was trying to make a trade and they shot him through the heart. He died at the hospital." David said with tears coming down his face, but not obvious in his voice.
"I'll tell Kim sir."
"Ton, if you don't mind I would like to tell her."
"Sir, I don't think that will be the best course of action. You probably will have some bad words for you, and she doesn't mean it, but she will be torn. It was not your fault, sir. Jack would have done it if you had asked him, and you did not know it was going to go bad." Tony added feeling he had to relive some of the guilt the President must have had.
"I'm flying into town. I will come to visit all of you when I get there. I still want to tell Kim I'm sorry. And she is more then welcome to yell at me and do whatever she has to do. I have a duty to face his family, and friends." David said, and Tony understood very well. He had visited all of the families of the men he lost on missions when he was in the Army. It was an unwritten rule that was almost always followed.
Tony hung up from the President and stood in the hallway in shock. His cell-phone rang again and he answered it.
Michelle asked, "What was that all about?"
"Jack's dead." Tony said still in a trance.
"What? Are they sure?"
"Yeah. I got to go tell Kim. God Michelle."
"I know Tony. Do you want me to?"
"No. I better do it. Why don't you come down and aid her afterwards."
"Yeah. I'll be there in a moment."
Tony hung up his phone and walked into the room where Kim and Chase were in. He looked at Kim and she could tell from his eyes something was wrong.
"What happened, Tony?" Kim asked scared of the answer.
"Kim I just got notice that your father, we found him."
"But?"
"He's dead Kim. They killed him." Tony said looking down at the ground. Not man enough to look into Kim's eyes. Which he knew were full of tears.
"How?" Chase asked, as hurt as Kim was. Jack was like his mentor and father figure.
"Later." Tony said, not knowing all of the details. "I'm not sure of all the details. The President is coming here and you can ask him then. I'm so sorry Kim." Tony said with tears in his eyes. He walked out of the room and saw Michelle who was in the same state he was in. "I've told her." Is all he said as he passed Michelle and went into the room Darla was in. Pissed off now, he said to Darla, "You better tell me everything you know about the people who took Jack because I'm going to kill them."
"What happened?" She said noticing the pain in Tony's eyes.
"He's dead. And I'm going to kill them all. Tell me everything now or I swear to God you will join him."
Darla answered, "I've told you everything. I'm sure Jim has also told you." She said looking Tony directly in the eyes. She felt a like someone had just ripped her heart out and stomped on it. The thought of Jack Bauer being dead hurt her worse than what she thought it would. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
After making all the preparations she needed Sherry called David back. When he answered she asked, "Is Mike Novick still heading this way?"
"Yes he should be landing soon. I am on my way now." David answered.
"Good. Do you have his cell phone number?"
David gave her his cell phone number and said, "Sherry, you can stop if you want."
"No I can't. I have to find the son of bitches that did this, and make sure they are brought to justice. Jack would have done that for you, we owe him this." She answered back.
She hung up from David and called Mike.
"Mike, where are you at?"
"I'm at the airport in a taxi. I just heard about Jack. It's already on the news. Are we still going after this?"
"Yeah. I need you to go rent an SUV. Drive it to the Wilton Funeral Home. I'll call you back with more information soon."
Mike thought about how weird the request was, but he knew when Sherry was up to something the best thing to do was to follow through with her, and not question her because it all will make sense in the end. "Sure. I'll call you when I have the SUV."