WARNING: Yet again I finish a story and I must make amends with my
conscience snake. THIS LAST PART IS the CHEESEST CHEESE BALL that ever
existed.
A Few Months Later
Jack had been at the cabin in the mountain for what seemed like only a few weeks, but it had actually been a few months. He was enjoying the peacefulness of the mountains. His nearest neighbor was a mile or so away and there were no phones or TV for that matter. Kim and his sister came to visit a few times to make sure he was still alive. He kept his cell phone off most of the time only turning it on once a day to check his voice mail and call whoever called. Most nights, it was just Kim, and a few times Tony, Michelle, or Chase. Jack would call them back within a week of receiving the call. He was in no real hurry to move things along. This was the first time in awhile he felt at peace with himself. Amber called once to thank him and told him she would still be next door, and not to worry. All grudges were forgotten.
Jack was healed for the most part. His shoulder still gave him pains from time to time, but the holes where mended and so was his psyche. He no longer had the periods of depression or anxiety he could not explain. Everything was at his pace and he had all the time in the world.
He returned from his daily walk down the road to the mail box and around the woods for about an hour. He walked into the house putting a letter from Kim on the table and went to take a shower. After his shower, he walked down in just his boxer shorts and a wife beater. He was tired from waking up to early that morning so he laid down on the couch and fell asleep.
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She had watched him for months. She started off first living in her car down the road from his house and then later she rented the house down the road from him. She felt like she had to know he was fine. She knew that the people were still out there and pissed that he had won again. She watched him slowly heal. Many nights, she would walk up to his house and stand outside the door thinking about knocking, but never getting enough courage to do so.
She had sat not too far from the house in the woods listening to him play his guitar, something she never knew about him. She enjoyed hearing the music and his voice soothed her. She was his guardian angel, only she had brought him pain as well as safety many of times. She had told herself as she walked to the house that she would go in this time and see him, let him know she was around. What could he do, kill her again? She had to get everything off her chest. In order to start a new life you have to atone for everything and everyone you hurt in the past, and that was what she was going to do. She reached the door. She noticed through the window he was asleep on the couch. She tried the handle and it was unlocked. Surprising her that he had not locked it, but again this was the country and he believed he had been alone. She expected him to sit up fully alert when she walked in as he had so many times before when they were together. She left the room and came back. He always was awake and noticed it. She knew him as a light sleeper and that seemed to have changed because she was inside the house and contemplating whether or not she would wake him up.
His shirt had slipped up in his sleep and she could see all of the scars on his midsection. She noticed new ones from the last time they had been together in her apartment. She knew some of their origins and others she could only guess. How should she play this out? she wondered. Should she walk up and be the old Nina, the coldhearted Nina, should she be the partner Nina he knew, or the new Nina? Who was the new Nina anyway? She was not sure who she was. She wanted out of the life she had lived since she made that epic choice many years ago. Funny how as a teenager everything seemed so simple and she made the life altering choice without thinking about it. She walked up and was standing over him looking down at him sleeping. He looked so good asleep. She missed him and wanted him again.
Jack felt someone's eyes on him as he was in a shallow state of sleep. He thought he heard the door opened, but he did not feel like sitting up to find no one there, but now he felt eyes on him. It was like the sixth sense, you could just tell when someone was staring at you. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times before everything came into focus. His mouth dropped in shock at the sight of her. He jumped up from the couch getting ready to fight whoever she brought with her. She must have changed her mind or was going to use him to save herself. He looked around the room to see it was just them.
"Jack, it's just us. I'm not here to fight with you." Nina said knowing he was expecting something different.
"What the hell Nina?" Jack said confused as to why she was here.
"I wanted to talk to you. I need to talk to you." Nina said looking in his eyes.
As she looked in his eyes he noticed something different about her he was not sure what it was, but she was not the same Nina from years ago. "What is it?"
"Why don't you go get dressed, and I'll get something to drink?" Nina said looking down at Jack's boxer shorts that had smiley faces on them. "Nice boxers." Nina said reverting back to the old Nina.
Jack looked down and felt embarrassed by his boxers, "Kim bought them as a gag gift." Jack answered trying to keep some of his dignity. He left the room to change and to grab the gun he kept read incase anything went down.
He returned back down stairs in a black satin shirt that hid the gun and black jeans. Nina had two beers sitting on the table and she sat on the chair waiting for him.
Jack sat on the couch and asked, "So why the visit?"
"I came to say good-bye. I'm leaving the life and I wanted to make sure that you understood I was leaving for good."
"Fine, why do I care?" Jack said with bitterness he had not felt in a while.
"You aren't going to make this easy are you?" Nina said catching his eye. Her eyes pleading with him to be kind. "I always wanted to apologize for everything. I know I caused you a lot of pain by killing your wife, betraying you, and all of the things I did. It was my job and I am sorry I did it. I regret killing Teri. I never wanted to."
"Then why did you?" Jack said anger seething through him. Maybe he was not healed over as he thought.
"No matter what excuse I give you, it would not be good enough. But in the end I was like you. I didn't choose this life, it chose me. It is no excuse, but my childhood was far from good or normal. My father was an asshole alcoholic who cheated and beat my mom. My mom left me with him and then he died a few years later. I lived with my aunt and uncle but they could never get through to me. I ran with the wrong crowd and got into my life. When I met you at CTU, I was ready to give it all up, but they would not let me. I stayed on and then they asked me to try to get to you. I could not at first because you and Teri were together. When you left for your mission, I was so worried about you, and when you returned, I knew what you went through and I wanted to be there for you. After you and Teri broke up. I had a chance to. I never meant to use you. I really wanted to be with you, but I couldn't escape the life. You know what it is like to be stuck in a life and not able to escape it. I'm not sure if I can even escape now. I just wanted to apologize for it all." Nina held back tears, she was not one to cry, but she was so tired of this life. After she had supposedly died, it gave her time to reexamine her life and everyone she had ever loved she hurt, and it hurt her. She changed and she needed him to see that because she still loved him. She had never told anyone about the full details of her childhood, but him now. Kit only heard part of her past and understood why she took the current path, but he's dead now.
Jack looked to the floor. He was angry, but at the same time all the doubts and pains came back. He looked up and saw the slight change in Nina's face that showed the pain and tears she was holding back. "I'm not sure if I can forgive you Nina. You took two people that I loved and trusted from me."
Nina heard what he said and started to think two. She only killed Teri. Other than that, she had not taken anyone else away. Then it dawned on her. She felt stupid. He meant her also. "I am so sorry Jack. I never meant to hurt you." The tears she fought hard to keep back all those years came down her face. She hated herself at the moment and believed she did not deserve the chance to start over.
There was a knock on the door that pulled the two out of their moment. Jack's heart raced as he feared that this was all a ploy and he just put himself out there, or even worse that Kim came to visit. Jack got up and looked out the door. He saw his sister Carol. He sighed with relief. Carol had never seen Nina before so she wouldn't know who she was. He opened the door and smiled at her, "You didn't have to knock. This is your place after all."
"No, it's your place. Dad left it to you. You were just too pig- headed to take it at the time." Carol said brushing past her younger brother, bags of groceries and food in hand. When she saw the woman sitting on the couch, she blushed and asked, "Did I interrupt something?"
"No." Jack said trying to think of a good excuse for Nina.
"I'm your neighbor. I live down the road."
"Oh. How long have you lived down there?"
"I've been renting it for the past few months. I'm Nicky." Nina said smiling at Jack's sister.
"I'm Carol, Jack's older sister. It's nice to meet you. Will you please join us for dinner? I brought up some food. I figured if I never fed him he would eat crappy meals all the time."
Nina almost said, I know what you mean. But knowing what she meant would mean she had prior knowledge of Jack. Nina looked at Jack for an answer and he did not give her one. "I don't want to be a hassle." Nina answered.
"No you wouldn't be. Would she, Jack?" Carol said looking at her little brother.
Jack answered immediately, "No, not at all." He didn't know if she was going to be a bother or not, but saying yes would have pulled more attention to the situation. And truthfully, he did not want her to leave yet. He wanted her around. He began to wonder just how much she had been around. She said she had rented the house for a few months he wondered if that was the truth. "What are we having anyway?" Jack said taking the bags of groceries away from her.
"Lasagna. How's the shoulder?"
"Fine. Still have some minor pains, but its better."
They had dinner together. Carol was good at one thing knowing when not to pry for information from people, and she had sensed it when she walked into the cabin that there was more to the story and it was none of her business. In time she would find out or she wouldn't. Either way, it didn't matter. Her brother looked better and seemed better. She left the two who were doing the dishes and drinking wine together. "Jack I'll see you in a few weeks. Tony called me because you never call him back he wants to know if you are going to go back to work for CTU? Chappelle wants you, too."
"Thanks Carol. I'll make sure to call them." Jack said as his sister left. He breathed a little after she left. He had fun and enjoyed both women's company at dinner, but the entire time, he was afraid Carol would recognize who she was really eating with.
"That was a little awkward." Nina said after she left smiling. It was the first time she had met anyone in Jack's family other than Kim and Teri.
"It was." Jack said collapsing into the couch.
"I probably should have made some excuse not to be here. You probably didn't want me here."
Not thinking about it, he answered, "No, it was nice."
There was the awkward silence between them. Nina asked to break the awkward silence, "So your father left you this place?"
"Yeah."
"You never told me about him. Why were you too pig-headed?" Nina asked prying into his past.
Jack felt uncomfortable talking about his past and squirmed under the questions, "He wasn't the best guy in the world, and I didn't want anything he gave me at the time."
"He was the reason why you joined the Army out of high school?"
"Yeah. I wanted to get away from him." Jack answered walking over to the CD player. He pushed play and let the CD play quietly in the background.
I wanted you to know that I loved the way you laugh
I want to hold you high and still your pain away
I keep your photograph, and I know it severs me well
I want to hold you high and still your pain
Cuz I'm broken, when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You're gone away
You don't feel here anymore
"Wait a second. This isn't Jack Bauer music. Maybe Kim, but not Jack Bauer music." Nina had noticed the slight addition to his musical choice.
"I know. it's actually not that bad. Kim made me the CD for something. She tried and at first I didn't want to hurt her by not listening to it and then I started to like it."
The worse is over now
And we can breath again
I want hold you high and still my pain away
There's so much left to learn
And no one left to fight
I want to hold you high and still your pain
Cuz I'm broken And I'm open
And I don't' feel like I'm strong enough
Cuz I'm broken, when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when your gone away
"Not too bad. I heard you playing it." Nina let the fact slip out before she said it.
"So you were watching me before?" Jack asked his eyebrows arching in interest.
"Yeah. I wanted to make sure you were okay. One thing about starting a new life is you have to atone for all the wrong you did in your previous life, and I wanted to do so. That is why I'm here. I needed to let you know I was truly sorry and am truly sorry for all the pain I ever caused you."
Cuz I'm broken I'm open
I don't feel like I'm strong open
Cuz I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't' fell right when your gone away
Cuz I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when your gone away
You've gone away
You don't feel me here anymore
"I understand." Jack said walking up to her. Smelling lavender shampoo in her hair, he wanted her at the moment, but his mind told him it was not right. This was the woman who killed your wife, and hurt you.
Stepping back for a moment Nina asked, "How did it feel when you killed the woman who looked like me last year?"
The question was almost sobering. Jack had never told anyone what it made him feel. They all assumed he felt better, but he didn't. He felt worse. He lost another person he loved again. "It didn't help. I was still the same person. Teri was dead and so was the only other person I had ever loved. Fucked up, isn't it? How I can care for the woman who killed my wife?" Jack turned around trying to hide the mixture of feeling running through him.
"We are some fucked up people Jack. That's what makes us what we are. God knows we both have some serious problems. Are you going to work for CTU again?"
Jack thought about it, "I'm not sure. I like the job, but at the same time, I hate it."
"You should. You are too young to retire and the world needs people like you to keep it safe from people like me." Nina walked up to him, only inches away from him. She looked him in the eyes and said, "Jack you are a good man. Even with what you have done in your life, you are a great man. You have made this a better world, and have sacrificed so much at the same time." Nina kissed him. She was not sure why she had, but it felt right at the moment. To her surprise, he returned the kiss and unlike in Mexico it had feeling behind it.
When Nina finally pulled away Jack asked in a hushed voice, "So now are we going to act as if nothing ever happened? As if we have no past?"
"It would be nice, wouldn't it? Why can't we? Don't we deserve one night with a normal life, forgetting about the past, and future and just live now? Live for one night of joy and happiness we both have never really had?" how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where i've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
now that i know what i'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
bring me to life
frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life
among the dead
all this time i can't believe i couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life
(FOR MY CONSCIENCE Snake) The Ninja smiled giving them two thumbs up before he threw the smoke bomb down and disappeared into thin air.
A Few Months Later
Jack had been at the cabin in the mountain for what seemed like only a few weeks, but it had actually been a few months. He was enjoying the peacefulness of the mountains. His nearest neighbor was a mile or so away and there were no phones or TV for that matter. Kim and his sister came to visit a few times to make sure he was still alive. He kept his cell phone off most of the time only turning it on once a day to check his voice mail and call whoever called. Most nights, it was just Kim, and a few times Tony, Michelle, or Chase. Jack would call them back within a week of receiving the call. He was in no real hurry to move things along. This was the first time in awhile he felt at peace with himself. Amber called once to thank him and told him she would still be next door, and not to worry. All grudges were forgotten.
Jack was healed for the most part. His shoulder still gave him pains from time to time, but the holes where mended and so was his psyche. He no longer had the periods of depression or anxiety he could not explain. Everything was at his pace and he had all the time in the world.
He returned from his daily walk down the road to the mail box and around the woods for about an hour. He walked into the house putting a letter from Kim on the table and went to take a shower. After his shower, he walked down in just his boxer shorts and a wife beater. He was tired from waking up to early that morning so he laid down on the couch and fell asleep.
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She had watched him for months. She started off first living in her car down the road from his house and then later she rented the house down the road from him. She felt like she had to know he was fine. She knew that the people were still out there and pissed that he had won again. She watched him slowly heal. Many nights, she would walk up to his house and stand outside the door thinking about knocking, but never getting enough courage to do so.
She had sat not too far from the house in the woods listening to him play his guitar, something she never knew about him. She enjoyed hearing the music and his voice soothed her. She was his guardian angel, only she had brought him pain as well as safety many of times. She had told herself as she walked to the house that she would go in this time and see him, let him know she was around. What could he do, kill her again? She had to get everything off her chest. In order to start a new life you have to atone for everything and everyone you hurt in the past, and that was what she was going to do. She reached the door. She noticed through the window he was asleep on the couch. She tried the handle and it was unlocked. Surprising her that he had not locked it, but again this was the country and he believed he had been alone. She expected him to sit up fully alert when she walked in as he had so many times before when they were together. She left the room and came back. He always was awake and noticed it. She knew him as a light sleeper and that seemed to have changed because she was inside the house and contemplating whether or not she would wake him up.
His shirt had slipped up in his sleep and she could see all of the scars on his midsection. She noticed new ones from the last time they had been together in her apartment. She knew some of their origins and others she could only guess. How should she play this out? she wondered. Should she walk up and be the old Nina, the coldhearted Nina, should she be the partner Nina he knew, or the new Nina? Who was the new Nina anyway? She was not sure who she was. She wanted out of the life she had lived since she made that epic choice many years ago. Funny how as a teenager everything seemed so simple and she made the life altering choice without thinking about it. She walked up and was standing over him looking down at him sleeping. He looked so good asleep. She missed him and wanted him again.
Jack felt someone's eyes on him as he was in a shallow state of sleep. He thought he heard the door opened, but he did not feel like sitting up to find no one there, but now he felt eyes on him. It was like the sixth sense, you could just tell when someone was staring at you. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times before everything came into focus. His mouth dropped in shock at the sight of her. He jumped up from the couch getting ready to fight whoever she brought with her. She must have changed her mind or was going to use him to save herself. He looked around the room to see it was just them.
"Jack, it's just us. I'm not here to fight with you." Nina said knowing he was expecting something different.
"What the hell Nina?" Jack said confused as to why she was here.
"I wanted to talk to you. I need to talk to you." Nina said looking in his eyes.
As she looked in his eyes he noticed something different about her he was not sure what it was, but she was not the same Nina from years ago. "What is it?"
"Why don't you go get dressed, and I'll get something to drink?" Nina said looking down at Jack's boxer shorts that had smiley faces on them. "Nice boxers." Nina said reverting back to the old Nina.
Jack looked down and felt embarrassed by his boxers, "Kim bought them as a gag gift." Jack answered trying to keep some of his dignity. He left the room to change and to grab the gun he kept read incase anything went down.
He returned back down stairs in a black satin shirt that hid the gun and black jeans. Nina had two beers sitting on the table and she sat on the chair waiting for him.
Jack sat on the couch and asked, "So why the visit?"
"I came to say good-bye. I'm leaving the life and I wanted to make sure that you understood I was leaving for good."
"Fine, why do I care?" Jack said with bitterness he had not felt in a while.
"You aren't going to make this easy are you?" Nina said catching his eye. Her eyes pleading with him to be kind. "I always wanted to apologize for everything. I know I caused you a lot of pain by killing your wife, betraying you, and all of the things I did. It was my job and I am sorry I did it. I regret killing Teri. I never wanted to."
"Then why did you?" Jack said anger seething through him. Maybe he was not healed over as he thought.
"No matter what excuse I give you, it would not be good enough. But in the end I was like you. I didn't choose this life, it chose me. It is no excuse, but my childhood was far from good or normal. My father was an asshole alcoholic who cheated and beat my mom. My mom left me with him and then he died a few years later. I lived with my aunt and uncle but they could never get through to me. I ran with the wrong crowd and got into my life. When I met you at CTU, I was ready to give it all up, but they would not let me. I stayed on and then they asked me to try to get to you. I could not at first because you and Teri were together. When you left for your mission, I was so worried about you, and when you returned, I knew what you went through and I wanted to be there for you. After you and Teri broke up. I had a chance to. I never meant to use you. I really wanted to be with you, but I couldn't escape the life. You know what it is like to be stuck in a life and not able to escape it. I'm not sure if I can even escape now. I just wanted to apologize for it all." Nina held back tears, she was not one to cry, but she was so tired of this life. After she had supposedly died, it gave her time to reexamine her life and everyone she had ever loved she hurt, and it hurt her. She changed and she needed him to see that because she still loved him. She had never told anyone about the full details of her childhood, but him now. Kit only heard part of her past and understood why she took the current path, but he's dead now.
Jack looked to the floor. He was angry, but at the same time all the doubts and pains came back. He looked up and saw the slight change in Nina's face that showed the pain and tears she was holding back. "I'm not sure if I can forgive you Nina. You took two people that I loved and trusted from me."
Nina heard what he said and started to think two. She only killed Teri. Other than that, she had not taken anyone else away. Then it dawned on her. She felt stupid. He meant her also. "I am so sorry Jack. I never meant to hurt you." The tears she fought hard to keep back all those years came down her face. She hated herself at the moment and believed she did not deserve the chance to start over.
There was a knock on the door that pulled the two out of their moment. Jack's heart raced as he feared that this was all a ploy and he just put himself out there, or even worse that Kim came to visit. Jack got up and looked out the door. He saw his sister Carol. He sighed with relief. Carol had never seen Nina before so she wouldn't know who she was. He opened the door and smiled at her, "You didn't have to knock. This is your place after all."
"No, it's your place. Dad left it to you. You were just too pig- headed to take it at the time." Carol said brushing past her younger brother, bags of groceries and food in hand. When she saw the woman sitting on the couch, she blushed and asked, "Did I interrupt something?"
"No." Jack said trying to think of a good excuse for Nina.
"I'm your neighbor. I live down the road."
"Oh. How long have you lived down there?"
"I've been renting it for the past few months. I'm Nicky." Nina said smiling at Jack's sister.
"I'm Carol, Jack's older sister. It's nice to meet you. Will you please join us for dinner? I brought up some food. I figured if I never fed him he would eat crappy meals all the time."
Nina almost said, I know what you mean. But knowing what she meant would mean she had prior knowledge of Jack. Nina looked at Jack for an answer and he did not give her one. "I don't want to be a hassle." Nina answered.
"No you wouldn't be. Would she, Jack?" Carol said looking at her little brother.
Jack answered immediately, "No, not at all." He didn't know if she was going to be a bother or not, but saying yes would have pulled more attention to the situation. And truthfully, he did not want her to leave yet. He wanted her around. He began to wonder just how much she had been around. She said she had rented the house for a few months he wondered if that was the truth. "What are we having anyway?" Jack said taking the bags of groceries away from her.
"Lasagna. How's the shoulder?"
"Fine. Still have some minor pains, but its better."
They had dinner together. Carol was good at one thing knowing when not to pry for information from people, and she had sensed it when she walked into the cabin that there was more to the story and it was none of her business. In time she would find out or she wouldn't. Either way, it didn't matter. Her brother looked better and seemed better. She left the two who were doing the dishes and drinking wine together. "Jack I'll see you in a few weeks. Tony called me because you never call him back he wants to know if you are going to go back to work for CTU? Chappelle wants you, too."
"Thanks Carol. I'll make sure to call them." Jack said as his sister left. He breathed a little after she left. He had fun and enjoyed both women's company at dinner, but the entire time, he was afraid Carol would recognize who she was really eating with.
"That was a little awkward." Nina said after she left smiling. It was the first time she had met anyone in Jack's family other than Kim and Teri.
"It was." Jack said collapsing into the couch.
"I probably should have made some excuse not to be here. You probably didn't want me here."
Not thinking about it, he answered, "No, it was nice."
There was the awkward silence between them. Nina asked to break the awkward silence, "So your father left you this place?"
"Yeah."
"You never told me about him. Why were you too pig-headed?" Nina asked prying into his past.
Jack felt uncomfortable talking about his past and squirmed under the questions, "He wasn't the best guy in the world, and I didn't want anything he gave me at the time."
"He was the reason why you joined the Army out of high school?"
"Yeah. I wanted to get away from him." Jack answered walking over to the CD player. He pushed play and let the CD play quietly in the background.
I wanted you to know that I loved the way you laugh
I want to hold you high and still your pain away
I keep your photograph, and I know it severs me well
I want to hold you high and still your pain
Cuz I'm broken, when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You're gone away
You don't feel here anymore
"Wait a second. This isn't Jack Bauer music. Maybe Kim, but not Jack Bauer music." Nina had noticed the slight addition to his musical choice.
"I know. it's actually not that bad. Kim made me the CD for something. She tried and at first I didn't want to hurt her by not listening to it and then I started to like it."
The worse is over now
And we can breath again
I want hold you high and still my pain away
There's so much left to learn
And no one left to fight
I want to hold you high and still your pain
Cuz I'm broken And I'm open
And I don't' feel like I'm strong enough
Cuz I'm broken, when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when your gone away
"Not too bad. I heard you playing it." Nina let the fact slip out before she said it.
"So you were watching me before?" Jack asked his eyebrows arching in interest.
"Yeah. I wanted to make sure you were okay. One thing about starting a new life is you have to atone for all the wrong you did in your previous life, and I wanted to do so. That is why I'm here. I needed to let you know I was truly sorry and am truly sorry for all the pain I ever caused you."
Cuz I'm broken I'm open
I don't feel like I'm strong open
Cuz I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't' fell right when your gone away
Cuz I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when your gone away
You've gone away
You don't feel me here anymore
"I understand." Jack said walking up to her. Smelling lavender shampoo in her hair, he wanted her at the moment, but his mind told him it was not right. This was the woman who killed your wife, and hurt you.
Stepping back for a moment Nina asked, "How did it feel when you killed the woman who looked like me last year?"
The question was almost sobering. Jack had never told anyone what it made him feel. They all assumed he felt better, but he didn't. He felt worse. He lost another person he loved again. "It didn't help. I was still the same person. Teri was dead and so was the only other person I had ever loved. Fucked up, isn't it? How I can care for the woman who killed my wife?" Jack turned around trying to hide the mixture of feeling running through him.
"We are some fucked up people Jack. That's what makes us what we are. God knows we both have some serious problems. Are you going to work for CTU again?"
Jack thought about it, "I'm not sure. I like the job, but at the same time, I hate it."
"You should. You are too young to retire and the world needs people like you to keep it safe from people like me." Nina walked up to him, only inches away from him. She looked him in the eyes and said, "Jack you are a good man. Even with what you have done in your life, you are a great man. You have made this a better world, and have sacrificed so much at the same time." Nina kissed him. She was not sure why she had, but it felt right at the moment. To her surprise, he returned the kiss and unlike in Mexico it had feeling behind it.
When Nina finally pulled away Jack asked in a hushed voice, "So now are we going to act as if nothing ever happened? As if we have no past?"
"It would be nice, wouldn't it? Why can't we? Don't we deserve one night with a normal life, forgetting about the past, and future and just live now? Live for one night of joy and happiness we both have never really had?" how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where i've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
now that i know what i'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
bring me to life
frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life
among the dead
all this time i can't believe i couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life
(FOR MY CONSCIENCE Snake) The Ninja smiled giving them two thumbs up before he threw the smoke bomb down and disappeared into thin air.