Jack sat in the room alone. Tony and Darren had left for a few minutes to regroup. Jack was tired but he still held on to the anger that fueled him not to tell them what they wanted to know.
Tony and Darren entered the room with a new plan. "Jack where's Nina?"
Jack looked at him as if he were ready to break, he could see the anticipation in Tony's eyes. "I'll . ." Jack paused as if he were having trouble to talk, "She's . . "
Tony leaned in he was going to tell them. This had been easier than he thought, "Where is she Jack? Come on." Could Jack really be back.
"She's with your son." Jack said smiling. "They are having a great time playing who can swim with the most weight on them. I think Tony Jr. made it till she threw him in a bag and threw it in the water."
Tony couldn't help it he let loose. He kept hitting Jack in the face over and over connecting each punch getting harder. If the chair had no been screwed into the ground it would have toppled over.
Darren finally was able to get Tony off Jack who was laughing, "Did I hit a nerve?" Jack egged him on.
"TONY!!" Darren yelled pulling him out of the room by his arms. When they got outside Michelle was outside the other room saying, "I called Jared is safe with your mother. I sent a few cars over to watch them. You don't think they'd go after him do you?"
"No." Tony said not so sure himself but he didn't want to worry Michelle. "But it's better to have people watching just in . ." Tony stopped in the middle of his sentence as the power went out. He knew it would take a minute for the back up generators to click on, but instead of clicking on he heard a loud explosion. "Get back in the room Michelle. Call district were under attack." Tony walked back into the room where Jack sat bleeding in the chair, "Is that them coming for you Jack? You know once they get in here the people you use to work with, your friends are going to die. What for Jack, why?"
Jack didn't answer him nor did it seem to affect him the thought of his once co-workers dying. He smiled at Tony, a sadistic smile Tony had never seen from him, than in there Tony knew there was no way to save him to bring the old Jack back, he was gone.
"What did they do to you?" He asked in desperation of hoping somehow Jack would come back.
"Opened my eyes." Jack said flatly. He didn't believe it, but it was what they wanted to hear.
Tony heard gunfire coming from the hallway. He looked at Jack and than at the door. He pulled his gun out and pointed it at Jack, they were here to get him, so either way they weren't going to get him. Tony stood behind Jack the gun placed against Jack's head.
"Tony they are going to kill you." Jack said flatly.
"Well than I'm taking you with me."
"Fine with me." Jack answered flatly.
Tony wondered how could you break a man who had nothing worth living for. He couldn't' get Jack back because that Jack had nothing left, death was better than any fate he could comprehend.
The door burst open two men came into the room with their guns drawn, "Drop it."
"You first." Tony answered back.
Tony turned white when he saw Nina walk up to the door with her gun placed against Michelle's head, "Drop it Tony. We can make a nice little trade. Jack's life for your wives life."
"You are going to kill us anyways. I minds as well take him out before hand."
"No we don't want you dead, we just want Jack back."
"No deal."
"Than she dies." Nina began to pull on the trigger.
Tony saw her finger move back on the trigger. He dropped his gun quickly. "My guns down."
"Good boy." Nina said stopping on pulling the trigger. "Secure them." She said pushing Michelle into the room. Nina said into the radio she had just pulled out of her pocket, "Is the building secure yet?"
"Almost ma'am a few people left. Where do you want the hostages?"
"Put them in one of the corners of the bull pen. We'll be there in a minute." Nina said walking into the room. She looked at Jack, "You alive?"
"Barely." He croaked as he spit blood out of his mouth.
"Good." She said, "Where are the keys at Tony?"
"In my pocket." He said looking at Nina.
Nina walked up to him and put her hand in his pocket getting a dirty look from Michelle, "Oh honey it's nothing I haven't touched before. Isn't that right Tony?" Nina came back out with the keys. She walked over to Jack and uncuffed him. She helped him stand up and said, "Your show now Jack."
Jack asked, "You go work on downloading the files. I keep the place secured."
