Tony watched as Jack fell asleep, "Are you going to let him sleep some this time?"

"We can't." Kate answered in a low voice, this to was bothering her she had once loved Jack. "We need his mind to stay unfocused and frayed. Sleep help focus the mind."

"Why did you let him go through all of this if you knew where he was at?"

"I wasn't a part of that, but I'm sure it was all for the greater good. We may not like seeing him like this, but than again a lot of people were betting that Jack Bauer would never turn."

"Everybody has a breaking point." Tony said angrily. He had taken not of her using the we. He had not seen one cross emotion on her face since the hole ordeal began.

"They knew that, but they overestimated Jacks."

"Could you blame him? He saw his daughter, his own flesh and blood, the only thing he had left of Teri die in front of him. He had her brains on him." Tony almost screamed he was pissed and someone was going to hear it. "Than the woman who killed his wife gets him somehow. And you all know where he was at, and what he was going through. I'm positive that they rubbed that in his face, I'm sure Nina gloated to him multiple times about the country that turned their back on him. What do you expect him to do? I would have come back and done much worse." Tony admitted he know understand Stephen Saunders, and while he hated the man he had a new found understanding of him, almost respect.

"I understand what you mean Tony. There is nothing we can do to take that back. WE have to work towards getting Jack back."

"You'll never have Jack back. A piece of him died with Teri, another with Kim, and finally the ultimate betrayal killed him. He's gone." Tony said sadly looking at the man he once knew being woken up again by the man that had sent regular beating his way.

"We can only hope for the best." Kate said looking back at the room.

Jack had just gotten to sleep, he was almost having a dream when he felt someone shaking him awake. Pain was the first thing his mind registered. He opened his eyes to see the man he had only known as the stupid arshole that was successfully beating the crap out of him.

"Wakie wakie."

Jack joked, "But mom I don't want to go to school today."

"I see someone got their sense of humor back."

Jack quipped, "I'm sure it'll go away soon."

"I want to know the entire story of what happened while you were away. Everyone you meant, everything you said or did."

"Do you." Jack asked sarcastically. "I'm not sure I can give you all the details I'm sure I'll forget or have forgotten all the piss breaks I took."

"Funny." The man yanked Jack out of the chair. Holding him suspened in the air by his neck he watched as Jack struggled against his strong hand squeezing the life out of him. "Shall we try this again?"

Jack shook his head no. He was going to fight till he couldn't find anymore all thirty minutes of it he thought to himself almost laughing.

"What's so funny?" The man asked noticing Jack's eyes light up and a smile come on his face. As Jack's face turned redder the man decided to let Jack's necks go before he killed him.

Jack fell to the ground smacking his head on the chair. He groaned as he hit the ground and said out loud, even though he didn't mean too, "Here we go again."

And so the beating began again. (GETTING TIRED YET CUZ I SURE AM). When the man left Jack was curled up in a corner silently crying to himself, the pain was to unbearable, and he knew he couldn't take anymore.

Tony noticed the tears coming out of his eyes. He couldn't take it any longer he left his room and went to Jack's. He swiped his card and put his pin in and nothing happened. Kate was outside with him, "You can't get in Tony."

"You can't keep doing this your going to kill him." Tony screamed his face red with anger.

"No we won't."

"You're killing him now." Tony screamed at him.

Kate kept a firm, but non-confrontational voice, "You already said the Jack Bauer you knew was dead, so why is it bothering you so much?"

"Because I should have known something was going on, and I should have attempted to find him, I should of spent the last three years looking for him, not doing my job. He would have done the same for any of us. And I'm tried of seeing all the people he called friends turning their back on him. He's had enough pain for one life without his government adding to it."

David Palmer showed up with the big man that had been visiting Jack outside the room. He watched the argument between Kate and Tony and he felt nothing. "What is this?"

"We are just talking." Kate answered.

"You were arguing. Tony we are trying to help Jack, it's just a hard way of helping. We all have is best interest at hand."

"No you don't your killing him." Tony answered pointing at the room.

"Tony why don't you go back to your room and rest."

"Why so your thug can go back in and finish off the job?"

"We will leave him alone for a few hours." David said straight faced even if he was lying.

Tony walked back to his room and closed the door behind him. Jack still had not moved from the corner he was curled up in. Tony put his head against the glass and started to cry silently to himself for his friend. When he opened his eyes he saw the big man enter Jack's room again. Tony went to his door and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. He started banging on it screaming, "Palmer you arshole your going to kill him."

Tony stopped once he felt the blood dripping from his hurt hand he had broken the skin open hitting the door so hard. Tony sat in a chair and watched helplessly as the man went up to Jack who curled up tighter in a ball putting his had against the wall, and trying his best to cover his ribs. He hoped his back would take most of the beating this time because everything else couldn't take anymore.

The big man stood over Jack just taunting him, waiting for him to move slightly. "So you want to tell me the story now?"

Jack didn't answer he didn't move. He prayed the man would just go away, but he knew he wouldn't. The man began to kick Jack in the back, and kicked harder with every cry he heard coming from Jack. Nothing stopped him he continued on and on, no matter how many cries of pain came from Jack, or real life tears that poured down Jack's face. When he finally stopped, it had seemed like an eternity Jack was crying in pain.

"How about that story now?" The man asked grabbing Jack's hair and pulling his head away from the protection of his hands and the wall.

He saw the tears stream downs Jack face and he laughed, "God you're a pu$$y. Look your crying like a little b!tch."

Jack closed his eyes he had nothing to come back with, he just didn't have the energy or will to say something he knew would only bring on more of the beating.

"What you have nothing to say in return?" The man dropped Jack's head and said to him as he left the room, "I'm going to give you an hour collect your thoughts when I get back you better be ready to tell me a story."

The man left the room and saw David and Kate waiting for him. "I think he's starting to crack up."

"We were just debating that ourselves. We need to send someone in to care for him, someone he'll trust."

"Tony?" The big man asked.

"I'm not sure Mr. Almedia will want to help." Palmer said glancing at the door.

Kate looked at Palmer and said, "We can try."

Tony sat in his room watching Jack. He had seen the defeat look on Jack's face. As he watched he started to see Jack shake slightly and than violently. Tony got out of the chair and went to the door and started banging on it, "SOMEONE CHECK HIM DAMNIT. I think There's SOMETHING WRONG"

Palmer heard the bangs coming from Tony's door, but didn't hear the words. "Kate why don't you go talk to him."

"I don't know if he really trust me. I don't think he trust anyone."

Tony continued to bang on the door glancing back into Jack's room he saw Jack had stopped shacking but was vomiting now. He began to bang more frantically. Till the door finally opened and Kate stood there staring at him. Palmer was behind her.

Tony wasted not time, "There's something wrong with him he was just going into convulsions and now he's vomiting."

Kate ran into the room and looked through the window and she saw what Tony had seen. "Open the door." She screamed as she ran out of the room to Jack's door. Palmer opened the door for her and let her in. She went into the room and looked at Jack who looked beaten and horribly pale. She gently lifted his head, his eyes were closed out of pain, and he had finally stop vomiting. She opened his eyes with her finger tips and looked at them to see anything that might have caused his convolutions. She checked his pulse and found on irregular but there. "I think he needs a doctor something's wrong with him."

"I got one coming." Palmer said standing in the door way.

Tony walked into the room and kneeled next to Jack who had started convulsing again. "What did you do to him?"

"I don't know what's wrong." Kate said almost in tears she was scared and she couldn't hold her emotions back any longer.

The in-house medical personal got there a few seconds later. One kneeled over Jack checking his vitals and looking Jack over. He stood up and looked at Palmer he knew as the head, "I think he was poisoned sir."

"Poisoned?" Palmer asked sounding shocked.

"Yes sir. It was a mild poison and he'll have stomach pains, vomiting and some convulsions for the next few hours, but than it'll wear off. I can give him something for the pain and convulsions if you want?"

"No." Palmer said to Tony's dismay.

"Yes sir. I'm going to take a blood sample just to be sure." The medic said grabbing a needle out of the medical bag he carried in with him. He drew some of Jack's blood and left the room.

"Who?" Tony said looking between Kate and Palmer, someone had poisoned Jack, this was not part of the plan he heard.

"We'll find out." Kate answered looking at Palmer, she was almost sure he had given the go ahead. She was shocked when she heard they had let him eat and drink, but now she understood why.

"Can I stay in here with him for awhile?" Tony asked looking at Palmer.

"You have an hour. That's all." Palmer said leaving the room. Kate followed him.

Tony knelt next to Jack who's eyes were still closed. He knew Jack was awake. He sat next to his friend and said to Jack quietly so that no one listening could hear, "I'm so sorry. I should have done so much more."