Kate was wiping her tears while sitting on the ground. Jack reached his
hand to help her up.
Tony was watching them from a distance. He wasn't sure if he should interrupt their moment so he decided to give them a second before he'd cut in.
"Jack?" He said carefully.
Jack jerked his head towards him. "What?"
"There's a truck parked in the back. I'm guessing someone's gonna miss his cargo soon." He pointed at the bodies lying on the ground shot and bloody.
"I see where you're going..." Jack nodded worrying about Kate. "I'll contact CTU, inform about... All this and Ryan, they can send a team here and we can ambush him when he gets back and send him to prison for the rest of his sorry life." He walked to pick up his cell phone which was still lying where he'd kicked it earlier.
"Jack?!" Tony asked louder.
"Yeah? What?!" Jack snapped.
"You left Chase in charge, didn't you? Is it wise to call CTU?"
"Shit.." Jack realized. How could have he forgotten? It has just slipped his mind. But then again, something else had slipped his mind too. What was had Ryan said again? It was about Kim.
Jack dialed his daughter's number. "Answer, for god's sake!" He waited and hung up and tried to reach Kim's work phone. Finally he put the phone away. "Kim's not answering. She's not answering her cell and I can't get through to CTU!"
"I'm sorry." Tony tried knowing what Ryan Chappelle had said about Kim. That she was a casualty, just like Chloe and Michelle. Tony didn't feel much sympathy for Chloe, but he was sorry for Kim because of Jack.
"There's nothing to be sorry for. She's probably stuck in traffic somewhere after picking up Chloe." He convinced himself but not believing a word he was saying. He sighed. "I won't believe it until I see it."
Tony nodded. "Ok. Call LAPD then?"
"Yeah."
Both Michelle and Kim were sitting on the floor. They had been quiet for a while, both trying to find a way out but both unable to come up with a plan or alike. The lock clicked and the door opened slowly. Chase walked in.
"Kim, you come with me." He stated holding the gun and pointing it to Kim gesturing her to stand up.
"What, why?" Her voice was shivering a bit. She was nervous and afraid.
"Chase, be reasonable. What are you hoping to accomplish with this?" Michelle shouted but then lowered her voice. "Alex needs a doctor, if he doesn't make it, I'll hold you responsible and make you tell his kids what happened to their daddy!"
Chase looked at Alex but he didn't respond to what Michelle had just said.
"Kim, I won't ask you again." He said looking straigt at her eyes and ignoring Michelle. He couldn't help feeling guilty, but that was just what he was – guilty.
Kim stood up reluctantly. She gave Michelle a pleading look as if to beg her to stop Chase and make things better again. Michelle watched her walk out the room. There was nothing she could do to help her.
Kim walked up the stairs Chase following her. She didn't dare to say a word and she didn't have a clue where she was going. They walked to the upper level where Kim's workstation alongside with Chloe's was. The office was empty and dark and it made the place look even more eerie than it usually was.
"I want you to delete whatever security footage there is from the past 12 hours from the system." Chase nodded at Kim's computer.
"You know how to do that yourself." Kim pointed out.
"Obviously not good enough." He smirked bitterly. "And I want you to do it." He added.
Kim sat at her desk. "Why?"
"It's your job, you know all this computer stuff better than I do."
"No, I mean..." Kim turned her head so she could see Chase face to face. "Why all this? What happened to you?"
Chase wanted to turn his head away but forced himself to look at Kim. There was a long silence between them until he spoke: "You deserve to know, don't you?"
"Yes, I think I do." Kim said in a firm voice. Chase had lowered his gun and he wasn't pointing at Kim anymore. The atmosphere was far less tence than it had been just moments ago.
"Partly because of the money. There's rent to pay and Angela is growing up..."
"It cannot be just because of the money, Chase? Think what we had, think what you threw away!"
Chase was trying to put his feelings into words. "Don't tell me what we had! I know! Damn, Kim... If you just, once in your life, tried to put yourself into someone else's shoes, maybe, in some level you'd understand.."
Kim couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Put myself into your shoes!? So I'd understand, what's there to understand? They'll charge you for treason for god's sake! A treason is not very understandable!"
"That's not what I mean!" Chase took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. "Kim... Why do you work in CTU?"
"What? Because I want to serve my country..."
"No, I mean, why did they pick you for your job. There were several other more competent and experienced people applying for your position. Why you?"
Kim didn't answer, although she knew where Chase was headed.
"Because of Jack and you know it." Chase answered to the question. "Tell me, have you ever really worked in your life? And I don't mean babysitting or anything like that, I mean, really worked? Risked your life every single day and get nothing in return? Tried to meet the expectations of others, of Jack, every day?"
"You can't be seriously saying this is my dad's fault. And who are you to talk about expectations? I'm his daughter they expect me to..."
"...Sit behind your desk and smile pretty. You're his daughter, you could probably do anything and no one would even try to come against you." Chase finished Kim's sentence.
"That's not true." Kim managed to say.
"You know what bugs me? I can never be what Jack wants me to be, and I can never be as good as he is."
Kim sat quietly. She'd never heard Chase to open up like that. She had no idea what had been going on in his mind.
"And I don't think that you even notice it yourself, but I can't be the guy you're looking for, Kim. You want me to be so different from your father but at the same time, you expect to find the best of him in me." he continued.
Chase looked heart broken and beaten. Moved by what he had just said, Kim stood up and without thinking much further she wrapped her arms aroung him and hugged tightly. And Chase hugged her back.
Ryan Chappelle stood nervously next to his car. The buyer was waiting but the men he had left to deal with Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida had not returned with the cargo yet. Things couldn't have gone wrong, he kept saying. Jack Bauer couldn't have gotten away this time. No, this was his time to get even with Jack Bauer. Although killing him was not the plan, but he didn't mind the way the plan was working. Where he was concerned Jack should have been put to prison for treason alongside with his friend Tony for attempted murder a very long time ago. But obviously being friends with the president helped a great deal. I voted for the other guy, he snarled.
Tony was watching them from a distance. He wasn't sure if he should interrupt their moment so he decided to give them a second before he'd cut in.
"Jack?" He said carefully.
Jack jerked his head towards him. "What?"
"There's a truck parked in the back. I'm guessing someone's gonna miss his cargo soon." He pointed at the bodies lying on the ground shot and bloody.
"I see where you're going..." Jack nodded worrying about Kate. "I'll contact CTU, inform about... All this and Ryan, they can send a team here and we can ambush him when he gets back and send him to prison for the rest of his sorry life." He walked to pick up his cell phone which was still lying where he'd kicked it earlier.
"Jack?!" Tony asked louder.
"Yeah? What?!" Jack snapped.
"You left Chase in charge, didn't you? Is it wise to call CTU?"
"Shit.." Jack realized. How could have he forgotten? It has just slipped his mind. But then again, something else had slipped his mind too. What was had Ryan said again? It was about Kim.
Jack dialed his daughter's number. "Answer, for god's sake!" He waited and hung up and tried to reach Kim's work phone. Finally he put the phone away. "Kim's not answering. She's not answering her cell and I can't get through to CTU!"
"I'm sorry." Tony tried knowing what Ryan Chappelle had said about Kim. That she was a casualty, just like Chloe and Michelle. Tony didn't feel much sympathy for Chloe, but he was sorry for Kim because of Jack.
"There's nothing to be sorry for. She's probably stuck in traffic somewhere after picking up Chloe." He convinced himself but not believing a word he was saying. He sighed. "I won't believe it until I see it."
Tony nodded. "Ok. Call LAPD then?"
"Yeah."
Both Michelle and Kim were sitting on the floor. They had been quiet for a while, both trying to find a way out but both unable to come up with a plan or alike. The lock clicked and the door opened slowly. Chase walked in.
"Kim, you come with me." He stated holding the gun and pointing it to Kim gesturing her to stand up.
"What, why?" Her voice was shivering a bit. She was nervous and afraid.
"Chase, be reasonable. What are you hoping to accomplish with this?" Michelle shouted but then lowered her voice. "Alex needs a doctor, if he doesn't make it, I'll hold you responsible and make you tell his kids what happened to their daddy!"
Chase looked at Alex but he didn't respond to what Michelle had just said.
"Kim, I won't ask you again." He said looking straigt at her eyes and ignoring Michelle. He couldn't help feeling guilty, but that was just what he was – guilty.
Kim stood up reluctantly. She gave Michelle a pleading look as if to beg her to stop Chase and make things better again. Michelle watched her walk out the room. There was nothing she could do to help her.
Kim walked up the stairs Chase following her. She didn't dare to say a word and she didn't have a clue where she was going. They walked to the upper level where Kim's workstation alongside with Chloe's was. The office was empty and dark and it made the place look even more eerie than it usually was.
"I want you to delete whatever security footage there is from the past 12 hours from the system." Chase nodded at Kim's computer.
"You know how to do that yourself." Kim pointed out.
"Obviously not good enough." He smirked bitterly. "And I want you to do it." He added.
Kim sat at her desk. "Why?"
"It's your job, you know all this computer stuff better than I do."
"No, I mean..." Kim turned her head so she could see Chase face to face. "Why all this? What happened to you?"
Chase wanted to turn his head away but forced himself to look at Kim. There was a long silence between them until he spoke: "You deserve to know, don't you?"
"Yes, I think I do." Kim said in a firm voice. Chase had lowered his gun and he wasn't pointing at Kim anymore. The atmosphere was far less tence than it had been just moments ago.
"Partly because of the money. There's rent to pay and Angela is growing up..."
"It cannot be just because of the money, Chase? Think what we had, think what you threw away!"
Chase was trying to put his feelings into words. "Don't tell me what we had! I know! Damn, Kim... If you just, once in your life, tried to put yourself into someone else's shoes, maybe, in some level you'd understand.."
Kim couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Put myself into your shoes!? So I'd understand, what's there to understand? They'll charge you for treason for god's sake! A treason is not very understandable!"
"That's not what I mean!" Chase took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. "Kim... Why do you work in CTU?"
"What? Because I want to serve my country..."
"No, I mean, why did they pick you for your job. There were several other more competent and experienced people applying for your position. Why you?"
Kim didn't answer, although she knew where Chase was headed.
"Because of Jack and you know it." Chase answered to the question. "Tell me, have you ever really worked in your life? And I don't mean babysitting or anything like that, I mean, really worked? Risked your life every single day and get nothing in return? Tried to meet the expectations of others, of Jack, every day?"
"You can't be seriously saying this is my dad's fault. And who are you to talk about expectations? I'm his daughter they expect me to..."
"...Sit behind your desk and smile pretty. You're his daughter, you could probably do anything and no one would even try to come against you." Chase finished Kim's sentence.
"That's not true." Kim managed to say.
"You know what bugs me? I can never be what Jack wants me to be, and I can never be as good as he is."
Kim sat quietly. She'd never heard Chase to open up like that. She had no idea what had been going on in his mind.
"And I don't think that you even notice it yourself, but I can't be the guy you're looking for, Kim. You want me to be so different from your father but at the same time, you expect to find the best of him in me." he continued.
Chase looked heart broken and beaten. Moved by what he had just said, Kim stood up and without thinking much further she wrapped her arms aroung him and hugged tightly. And Chase hugged her back.
Ryan Chappelle stood nervously next to his car. The buyer was waiting but the men he had left to deal with Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida had not returned with the cargo yet. Things couldn't have gone wrong, he kept saying. Jack Bauer couldn't have gotten away this time. No, this was his time to get even with Jack Bauer. Although killing him was not the plan, but he didn't mind the way the plan was working. Where he was concerned Jack should have been put to prison for treason alongside with his friend Tony for attempted murder a very long time ago. But obviously being friends with the president helped a great deal. I voted for the other guy, he snarled.