Michelle walked back to the holding cell they had Jack in. Her heart broke when she looked in. Kim sat on the floor of the other side calling for her father. Jack lay on the ground in too much pain to look up at Kim. Kim had tears coming down her face as she called for her father. It was almost like she was a little girl again.

Michelle knocked on the glass from Jack's side and motioned for Kim to walk around to the back. Michelle knew that Kim did not have the clearance to get in the room, but she would let her in, and hope Tony got in touch with the President.

Before Kim came to the door Michelle knelt down by Jack and felt for a pulse she knew he was breathing but she wanted to check the rate of his heart. She looked around for something to prop his head on, and didn't find anything. When Kim knocked on the door Michelle let her in and let her go to her father. "Tony is trying to get to Palmer now to get help. I'm going out to find some water and something to put his head on. Stay here with him and make sure he doesn't role over onto his back or stomach." Michelle left the room and went to her office where Hammond sat on the phone.

She walked in going to her locker. She pulled out a coat she had and than walked over to her desk grabbing the bottle of water she had bought over an hour ago before Hammond took over her office. She scowled at Hammond the entire time. She went back to the room where Kim had her fathers head resting on her legs she was stroking his damp hair gently. Michelle handed Kim the coat and had her put it under Jack's head. Michelle had never seen Jack this bad, and was worried for him. "Jack I have some water here. Please try to drink some. We are going to get you out of here as soon as possible." Michelle helped Jack prop his head up and she poured the water in his mouth. He tried to drink it, but ended up coughing most of it back up.

Hammond walked into the room angry at both the women inside. "What are you doing? I specifically told you he was to be left alone." Hammond looked down at Jack and had to fight to keep his mouth from falling open. Jack looked horrible.

"He needs help." Michelle said holding the water in her hand still kneeling by Jack.

"The President just called he wants Jack transported to the hospital. Are you happy?" Hammond said referring to the phone call.

"Good I'll drive him over." Michelle said standing up.

"Ambulance is already on its way. Just because he's going to the hospital doesn't mean he's escaping the charges against him."

Michelle looked at him irately. "Fine. Kim and I are leaving. If that means I quit fine. Kim are you coming?" Michelle already knew she would but wanted to make a point.

Kim shook her head still looking at her father with tears in her eyes. She knew everyone was turning their backs on him one by one. He had done so much for everyone yet they forgot and are now working against him. That was human nature she thought.

The ambulance arrived and carried Jack off to the hospital. Michelle and Kim sat in a waiting area nervous, awaiting any information on Jack. Tony joined them shortly and had his cell phone ready to update the president who asked him to keep in contact on Jack's condition.

An older woman walked out she looked around until she saw the girl who had been asking about her father earlier. The woman walked up to Kim and asked, "Are you Jack Bauer's daughter?"

"Yes. Is he ok?"

"He's fine. He's a little sedated to help him rest." The woman did not want to continue further because of patient confidentiality. She did not want to tell this mans daughter he had a drug problem if she didn't already know.

"It's the heroin isn't it?" Kim said concerned.

"He was trying to get off it by the looks of it. He did not check into any clinics that we know of, so he was doing on his own which is not recommended. A person really should be under observation because so much can go wrong." The doctor said feeling she had not divulged any information they didn't already know.

"Can we see him?" Kim asked.

"I don't know. I have to call a Mr. Brad Hammond. He has control over who goes in and out of the room at the moment. It seems, uhm . ." The doctor paused trying to think of the name of the organization there were so many out there it was hard to keep track of the three letter acronyms.

Michelle said, "CTU?" To help the doctor out.

"Yes. It seems they want him for questioning and I was told to call Hammond once we had him stabilized. I will get back to you on visiting him." the doctor left Kim, Tony, and Michelle in the waiting room.

Tony said almost to himself, "Hammond that arshole why can't he just let her in. She's his daughter for Christ sake." Tony stopped himself remember they needed to be there for Kim. "We better call Carol, and Chase." Tony said almost as a question to Kim.

"Uhm yeah. I'll call them" Kim said walking away from Tony and Michelle. She walked outside for fresh air. She was in the emergency bay when an ambulance came in with someone new for the emergency room. She heard the woman ask about a man named Jack.

Kim looked at her suspiciously. She had never meant the woman before nor did she ever hear her father speak of a woman EMT before. Maybe, and more likely there was another man named Jack at the hospital. It wasn't like the name Jack was rare. Kim's hands shook as she called her aunt Carol. She waited for her to answer her phone at work.

"Hello." Carols voice came over the line.

"Hi aunt Carol."

"Kim how are you?" Carol said recognizing the voice automatically.

"Uhm." Kim didn't want to tell her, but she had to, "Dad's in the hospital." Kim began.

Carol interrupted her, "Oh my God is he alive?"

"Yes. He's doing better the doctor said. Could you come down here please." Kim said not wanting to tell her about Jack's problem.

"I will be down there in a few hours. I'm leaving work now. Call me if anything happens between now and than."

"I will." Kim said. When she got off the phone with Carol she called Chase. She mostly wanted him there to help her out. Tony and Michelle were great friends, but Kim needed someone she could easily cry in front of and feel safe around, Chase always made things seem better. Once she filled him in he said he would grab a taxi and he and Angela would be at the hospital within the hour. Chase was still unable to drive because of his arm and was now at home till the doctors cleared him. He had to go to physical therapy to try to get all the functions back in his hand.

Kim walked back in to find Tony and Michelle arguing with the doctor about seeing Jack.

The doctor said, "I'm sorry Mr. Hammond said no one goes in or out unless they are Jack's doctor. Call him and take it up with him." She understood their anger and anguish at not being able to see him, and her heart ached because he had asked after his daughter a few times now that they had help with the nausea and pain, but she had her orders and was not about to interfere with the government and anything to do with terrorism.

Kim saw the woman EMT from before asking again about a Jack at the reception desk. Kim watched her again and her heart ran cold when she heard the woman say her fathers name, "Jack Bauer."

Kim walked over to her looking at her suspiciously. Maybe her father had more of a double life than she expected. Kim never saw the drug addiction coming, so maybe he also had a girlfriend she didn't know about. She walked up to the woman and said, "I'm sorry I heard you asking for Jack Bauer."

"Yes." The woman said confused as to who this woman in front of her was.

"If we are thinking of the same man he's my father. How may I help you?"

A little shocked because she expected Jack to have a much younger daughter Amber said, "Kind of short, blondish brown hair, and blue eyes?"

"That sounds like him." Kim said wondering why the woman was describing him.

"He was at my mothers hotel before CTU, I think it was, came and carted him away. I heard his name over the radio when we were coming in and I wanted to check on him."

"You mothers hotel?" Kim asked confused.

"Last week. He was trying to detox by himself and my mom called me to help out. She wanted to keep his wishes and help him do it alone." Amber said without divulging the real reason why her mother called her.

"Oh." Kim said feeling bad about her suspicion. "The doctors won't let us see him. CTU won't let us. He's fine I guess. They aren't giving out too much information."

"OK. I'm Amber." The woman said sticking her hand out.

Kim shook the woman's hand and said, "I'm Kim."

"I've heard a lot about you. He is so proud of you." Amber said not sure why. She wanted Kim to know she knew things that most strangers would not know, and that she would be able to help.

Kim was surprised her father spoke of her, even if it was with a stranger. Her father was never one to brag about his family. And the thought of him being proud of her almost shocked her. Her father had only told her these things on the rare occasion when he thought he would never see her again, and she always assumed he was just lying to her because he was going to die and he wanted to die in her good grace.

"My shift is almost over. Is it ok if I come back afterwards?" Amber asked not sure if they wanted her there. She wanted to be there for the stranger she barely knew. She wanted him to have someone who went through it before. She didn't want him to be alone like she was, she knew he would need help, and by the looks of things he'd need a lot.

"Yes. Please." Kim said being polite.

Amber said goodbye and left to finish off her shift. Kim went back to the waiting room still dumbfounded by the woman, and her fathers words. She sat in the chair exhausted from all the worrying. She was relieved when she saw Chase walk in with Angela cradled in his good arm. Michelle walked over to him taking Angela from him. "Hi Chase. How is the arm?"

"Getting better. The doctors think I'll get most of the movements back."

"Good. I put the paper work through to get you a desk job." Michelle and he had talked about it after he was discharged from the hospital.

"Great." He walked up to Kim and hugged her. Kim held on to him tightly letting out all of her stress and worries into his chest. He tried to reassure her, "Everything is going to be fine. You know he's too damn stubborn to give up."

Kim let go of Chase and kissed him. They sat in the chairs. Chase held on to Kim's hand with his good hand. Michelle still held on to Angela and Tony watched the little girl in amazement at how innocent she looked. All of them stood when they say Hammond and a group of his people from division walk into the hospital.

"What's going on?" Kim asked confused as to why they would be here so early.

"They are going to question Jack. Even if he isn't in the shape. They want answers." Michelle said flatly.

"Don't worry Kim." Tony said, "The president already knows and is working on getting everything cleared up. This is all just a formality."

Hammond walked into the waiting room where everyone sat. He looked at Tony in disgust the man should have been behind bars not sitting in the waiting room, but Hammond didn't get to make the decision. He said hello to everyone and than went on to Jack's room.

Jack lay in the bed. All the pain was gone for the moment, but he knew it would return once the sedation wore off. He lay his eyes half opened. His mind numb and finally relaxing. He heard the door open and people walk in, but he was so far out of it he didn't bother to look.

Hammond walked to the side of the bed and looked down at Jack who had IV's running into his arm and a machine watching his heart rhythm. The doctors were a little worried about his heart because of the pervious damage done to it. The doctor walked into the room and told Hammond everything he needed to know about Jack's condition and she tried to get the man to come back another day when Jack was in better shape, so he could answer their questions, but Hammond refused to.

His flunky set up the recording machine next to the bed and sat by it as if it had to be monitored. Hammond cleared his throat and said, "Jack it's Brad Hammond we need you to answer a few questions for us."

Jack asked in a groggy voice, "Officially?"

"Yes officially."

Jack could not refuse he could just not answer the questions, but he knew in the end it would make him look even more guilty. So he tried to prop himself up but was gently pushed down by the doctor who sat in the room monitoring Jack. She would stop the interview if it seemed it was stressing Jack to much. She knew the stress was what brought the withdrawal symptoms back on. She, had not told his daughter about how he had been almost successful in beating the drug by himself because in the end it was privileged information.

Hammond had Jack run through the day three times answering different questions each time till Hammond was satisfied he had enough to go on till Jack was better. When he finished the doctor asked him, "Can his family see him yet?"

"No." Hammond said flatly. "It's policy that we have someone isolated when there is an impending investigation they still have not answered all questions to."

"It's his family and friends. Please it will help him out a lot not to mention them."

"Sorry." Hammond said as if it were all out of his hands. When reality he could easily say Jack had answered all the question and he could even clear Jack of all wrong doings because most of the wrong doings were already covered by the President.

A woman walked up to the doctor and Hammond. She was wide eyed when she said, "Uhm the President is here to see Mr. Bauer."

"The President of what?" The doctor said.

"The United States ma'am."

Hammond smiled, they had done it again. He had no choice he could not tell the President of the United State that he couldn't go in to see the man.