Kim waked up to Michelle, not knowing what her father was really doing at the moment. "Where is my father Michelle?"
"Kim why don't you go up to field ops and see if Chloe needs any help." Michelle was not sure if she should tell Kim about her father yet. They still needed her to work, with Jack, Tony, Chappelle, and Adam out of it there was a need for more people to work. Some of the best people were gone, and that meant more had to work harder.
"Ok. But if you talk to him tell him I need to speak with him." Kim answered wondering why Michelle had not answered her question.
When Kim got up to field op's chase was on the phone with a strike team, and Chloe was typing away at something. Kim asked Chase once he was off the phone, "Do you know what my father is up too? He said he was going to take Jane home about an hour ago and has not been back since. Plus Saunders is gone, on the Presidents order." It hit Kim then. Her father was doing it again, just like the day of the nuclear bomb. He was going to try to sacrifice himself for the U.S. again. Not many people could say that, and Kim wished she were one of them. "Why didn't you try to stop him?" She asked.
"I didn't know he was going to do it Kim." Chase answered. Michelle had clued him in earlier at the moment only they, the President, and security knew what was really happening.
"You have to stop him. Do something." Kim said desperate. She did not want to lose her father, she was not ready to let go. She needed him now more than ever, and she did not want to leave with all the things they still had to say. There were wounds that still had to heal. She took out her cell phone and dialed his number. She knew there was no way to stop him, but she could at least tell him what was on her mind before he tried to quit again.
As Saunders dragged Jack's unconscious body out to the SUV he heard the phone ring in his pocket. He dropped Jack's heavy shoulders to the floor and answered the phone.
"Yeah" He said wondering who would be calling Jack at this time. Probably someone from CTU trying to give him the confirmation.
"Can I speak to Jack please?" Kim asked knowing it was not her father who answered the phone.
"This must be Kim. Sorry we had to meet this way. Your father is detained at the moment doing something else, but I would be happy to pass a message along to him." Saunders said in a sarcastic voice.
"Listen to me if you hurt him I will track you down and kill you. Whatever happened to you I am sorry, but he did not do it. He felt horrible after he came back, that is what caused him and my mother to separate."
"Kim I'd love to talk to you longer, but I must run. I have work to get done." Saunders hung the phone up and turned it off. He did not want to talk to anyone else.
Picking Jack's shoulders back up again Saunders continued to drag him out to the SUV. He had Jane locked in a room so that she could not escape. He knew he had to work with her to get their relationship back. Why couldn't she understand why he did it? It made since to him, she is his daughter she should support him in anything he does.
He had Jack at the top of the steps and was out of breath. Bauer was heavier than he expected, and dragging him around town was not something Saunders wanted to do. He looked outside to see if there was anyone out that would notice him dragging an unconscious man to the SUV. Children played down the street, but Saunders figured they would not bother to notice him. He caught his breath and than quickly moved Jack to the SUV. He opened the back and struggled with Jack's dead weight picking him up and putting him in the back seat of the SUV.
He quickly ran back down and grabbed Jane out of the room he had locked her in, so that she could not escape while he was carrying Jack out to the car. Yanking her gently as he could to the car he said, "Jane it is all for your own good. You cannot stay in L.A. and I swear I will not harm you. I am sorry if what I have done seems wrong to you, but you do not understand yet. You will one day."
He pushed her into the back of the SUV where Jack laid on the floor in a very uncomfortable looking position. Jane wanted to reach down and check for a pulse, but she was afraid of her father's reaction. She was relieved when she saw Jack start to slowly move and regain consciousness.
When he finally looked up at her she lowered her head and mouthed, "Are you ok?" She had been scared of him earlier, but in ironicness of life she was more scared of her father than the man who threatened her life earlier.
Saunders noticed the movement of his daughter and than Jack's slowly moving around he said, "Nice to see you are with us Jack. Do not worry we are almost to the plane. Kim called by the way. She didn't sound too happy with you."
Jack felt anger run through him as Saunders talked about Kim. He had thought of her and it made what he was doing seem even worse in the end. In a gruff voice Jack asked, "Where are we going?"
"Airport. You are going to help me get out of the country. Get your confirmation that all of the vials have been turned in, and than you will meet your maker." Saunders answered.
Jane watched Jack and noticed that the fact of his own death did not bother him. She wondered how much a person had to go through to reach the point where they were willing to die for their country and others, and if someone who was willing to do all of this for his country and complete strangers was capable of the things her father had told her about.
"Sounds like fun." Jack said from the back. "You don't mind if I sit up now do you?" Jack asked trying not to convey the nerves that were acting up in him.
"Minds as well. I doubt they are just going to let us fly out. Maybe I should call your girlfriend and see if she would be willing to charter a plane for us." Saunders said tauntingly. He wanted Jack to know he knew all about him and his life.
"Let's leave her out of this, as well as my family." Jack said with anger in his voice.
"Why you didn't leave mine out of it." Saunders said looking back in the mirror as he saw his daughter help Jack set up on the seat.
"You were trying to kill millions of innocent people."
"Your country has killed millions of innocent people, and you have helped in that task multiple times. Do you even know the number of people you have killed anymore? Or did you loose count at 1000. Do they give you a nice little plaque when you reach a certain number Jack?" Saunders quipped in a thick British accent.
