"This is where you left her?" Michelle asked
Chase nodded. "She must have gotten out somehow."
"Well... Obviously." Michelle took her gun suddenly and pointed it to Chase's head. "If this is one of your silly little plans, say it now and I will kill you fast and you'll escape the wrath of my husband and Kim's father."
"No, I'm telling the truth! This is where I left her! You have to believe me!"
Michelle kept her gun pointing at Chase. She wasn't sure what to do. If this was Chase trying to pull something off here, she wasn't buying. She could tie him up and find Lilah before Chappelle would arrive, then call the police and Tony and solve everything. It sounded really desperate plan even to herself. Kim acted like a spooked little rabbit and considering the state she herself was in, she guessed they wouldn't make it.
Kim placed her hand onto Michelle's arm. "I believe him, Michelle."
Michelle was a bit surprised but, after trying to observe the expression on Chase's face and not finding a sign of deceit, she let the gun drop. "Fine. "
Kim looked nervously behind her shoulders. "Do you think Ryan might have picked her up already?" She was not too comfortable knowing that the horrible woman might be somewhere in the same building with her.
"No, we would have heard him arrive, and besides, Lilah said that he would pick her in an hour. It hasn't been an hour yet, has it?" Chase answered. Michelle agreed nodding her head, she had also figured out that much.
The corridors were silent and the whole CTU building was dark and empty.
Kim was moving restlessly. "So she's here somewhere then. I say we run and call my dad outside."
"I say we try to find her before she and Chappelle escape." Chase suggested.
"I agree. They have to pay for what they've done." Michelle muttered quietly.
"Now stand back!" Jack shouted. He had pulled electric wires from the car to the metallic device controlling the gate to the garage. It made a short and sharp bang, the screen went blank and Jack could smell the smoke. He took a step away from the gate and kicked it as hard as he could. It opened creaking. "C'mon now, let's go!"
Kate entered the garage right behind Tony. Jack had no other choice but to watch her join them. He wasn't too happy risking her as he didn't know what was waiting for them inside, but in a weird way, he was glad she was there with him.
"The gate is separated from the main security system, we still have to get through it." Tony pointed out as they arrived to the door leading to CTU.
"I know. I suggest we override the system from the control panel with a little help from our friend electricity." Jack smirked back at Tony.
He laughed, for the first time during the horrible night, Jack noticed. "Let's rock 'n roll then!"
Michelle watched the holding room in horror and backed few steps. She tried to push Kim away so she wouldn't see what she had just witnessed.
"What?" Kim asked curiously wanting to know why she was being pushed away.
"Kim, don't, you don't wanna see this." Chase tried to stop her but Kim shook his hand away. She walked into the room and almost threw up. They were supposed to let the people go, the people Chase and Lilah had locked inside a holding room. It looked as if they were sleeping - clear, clean shots to the head, only a little blood dripping to the floor. They were her co-workers, some she even regarded as friends. She couldn't hold back the tears, Chase turned her around and pulled away from the room. Michelle watched him hold her tightly. She was partly disgusted by the sight, she couldn't understand how Kim could forgive him so easily. The way she was concerned, Chase had betrayed them, he had lied to Tony and Jack, shot Alex and hurt Kim both physically and emotionally. She hold him responsible for what had happened to the people inside the room.
"I wonder where she might be?" Michelle broke the silence.
"She might be waiting Chappelle on the roof?" Chase suggested.
"She could. Maybe if..." Michelle almost couldn't believe what she was going to suggest next, but she acknowledged it would be the most efficient way to handle things. "Maybe if you two go check the roof and I'll stay down here and try to see if there's a sign of her on the security footage."
"I don't think splitting up is the best idea!" Kim wiped her tears. "Why don't we all go and check the footage together?"
"Michelle is right, Kim. We'd we spending too much time on that, what if the chopper arrives while we're going through the tapes? It's best if we split."
Chase turned to notice he was again facing Michelle's gun.
"We'll split, but first you will give your gun to Kim." She demanded.
Chase took a short glimpse of Kim who was still shaking. He gave Michelle a look to indicate his concern about Kim's state.
"I don't trust you." Michelle simply stated. And she didn't. Chase nodded and handed the gun to Kim who took it without questioning.
The panel made a huge crackle and the lights of the garage went off. Jack nodded to the dark hall: "Guess we got more than we bargained for!"
"The cameras are not moving." Tony noticed. "I think it worked. Try the door, Jack."
Jack walked to the door and put his hand on the handle and pulled carefully. The door opened slowly. He gave a victorious smile to Tony and Kate before pulling his gun. Tony followed his example and got his gun too. Jack thought for a second what he should do with Kate, but gave her his extra-gun. "You don't have to use it."
"I know."
"But I feel much safer when you have it." Jack smiled.
"I know." Kate smiled back at him.
"Do we have a plan then?" Tony asked before entering CTU.
"Yeah.." Jack muttered.
"Might wanna tell us too?"
"For all we know, Ryan and Chase might roll this plan on their own, but as for I'm concerned, I don't think that's the whole truth."
"I see where you're going." Tony sounded serious. "So trust no one."
"As always." Jack frowned. "You two take the fire-exit to the office-level, I go check for that chopper."
Tony nodded. Jack looked at Kate, who nodded aswell. "Be careful, Jack." She said.
Michelle walked to the security room where all the monitors and security tapes where at. She couldn't believe she'd just left Kim alone with Chase. She noticed her vision getting a bit blurred, but she shook the thought of not handling things on her own out of her mind. "I don't have time for this." She hissed to herself angrily. She reached over to monitors which were blank to switch them on, but whatever she tried to do, they remained blank.
"Shit!" She swore. "Just what I needed."
Michelle left the security room and was about to head towards the roof but stopped as an idea hit her. What would have Lilah done after killing those people? She turned on her heels and headed to the fire-exit. She was probably making sure that there were no people left telling about her involvement to anyone and Michelle prayed for Alex as she ran to the stairway.
Tony and Kate walked the stairs up not making a sound. Kate tried to breath as quiet as she could. Suddenly Tony turned towards her and lifted a finger on his lips and gestured her to be silent. She stopped moving and automatically tried to hold her breath. Tony leaned on the wall and Kate followed his example. He had his gun ready.
Michelle stopped before a corner. She had definitely heard something, or was it just her imagination playing tricks on her. She wiped sweat from her face and held her gun more tightly. She wasn't left-handed but hoped she'd looked believable trying to hold the gun steadily in her left hand. Her right arm, which was bleeding again she noticed, was hanging loosely on the side. It hurt and she couldn't feel much anything with it.
She walked silently a few steps until she reached the corner. It was now or never. She took a leap round the corner, lifted her gun and was ready to shoot. She found herself standing face to face with a gun barrel, but it wasn't hers. Behind the other gun she found a familiar face.
"Tony?" She sobbed letting the gun drop to the ground.
Chase nodded. "She must have gotten out somehow."
"Well... Obviously." Michelle took her gun suddenly and pointed it to Chase's head. "If this is one of your silly little plans, say it now and I will kill you fast and you'll escape the wrath of my husband and Kim's father."
"No, I'm telling the truth! This is where I left her! You have to believe me!"
Michelle kept her gun pointing at Chase. She wasn't sure what to do. If this was Chase trying to pull something off here, she wasn't buying. She could tie him up and find Lilah before Chappelle would arrive, then call the police and Tony and solve everything. It sounded really desperate plan even to herself. Kim acted like a spooked little rabbit and considering the state she herself was in, she guessed they wouldn't make it.
Kim placed her hand onto Michelle's arm. "I believe him, Michelle."
Michelle was a bit surprised but, after trying to observe the expression on Chase's face and not finding a sign of deceit, she let the gun drop. "Fine. "
Kim looked nervously behind her shoulders. "Do you think Ryan might have picked her up already?" She was not too comfortable knowing that the horrible woman might be somewhere in the same building with her.
"No, we would have heard him arrive, and besides, Lilah said that he would pick her in an hour. It hasn't been an hour yet, has it?" Chase answered. Michelle agreed nodding her head, she had also figured out that much.
The corridors were silent and the whole CTU building was dark and empty.
Kim was moving restlessly. "So she's here somewhere then. I say we run and call my dad outside."
"I say we try to find her before she and Chappelle escape." Chase suggested.
"I agree. They have to pay for what they've done." Michelle muttered quietly.
"Now stand back!" Jack shouted. He had pulled electric wires from the car to the metallic device controlling the gate to the garage. It made a short and sharp bang, the screen went blank and Jack could smell the smoke. He took a step away from the gate and kicked it as hard as he could. It opened creaking. "C'mon now, let's go!"
Kate entered the garage right behind Tony. Jack had no other choice but to watch her join them. He wasn't too happy risking her as he didn't know what was waiting for them inside, but in a weird way, he was glad she was there with him.
"The gate is separated from the main security system, we still have to get through it." Tony pointed out as they arrived to the door leading to CTU.
"I know. I suggest we override the system from the control panel with a little help from our friend electricity." Jack smirked back at Tony.
He laughed, for the first time during the horrible night, Jack noticed. "Let's rock 'n roll then!"
Michelle watched the holding room in horror and backed few steps. She tried to push Kim away so she wouldn't see what she had just witnessed.
"What?" Kim asked curiously wanting to know why she was being pushed away.
"Kim, don't, you don't wanna see this." Chase tried to stop her but Kim shook his hand away. She walked into the room and almost threw up. They were supposed to let the people go, the people Chase and Lilah had locked inside a holding room. It looked as if they were sleeping - clear, clean shots to the head, only a little blood dripping to the floor. They were her co-workers, some she even regarded as friends. She couldn't hold back the tears, Chase turned her around and pulled away from the room. Michelle watched him hold her tightly. She was partly disgusted by the sight, she couldn't understand how Kim could forgive him so easily. The way she was concerned, Chase had betrayed them, he had lied to Tony and Jack, shot Alex and hurt Kim both physically and emotionally. She hold him responsible for what had happened to the people inside the room.
"I wonder where she might be?" Michelle broke the silence.
"She might be waiting Chappelle on the roof?" Chase suggested.
"She could. Maybe if..." Michelle almost couldn't believe what she was going to suggest next, but she acknowledged it would be the most efficient way to handle things. "Maybe if you two go check the roof and I'll stay down here and try to see if there's a sign of her on the security footage."
"I don't think splitting up is the best idea!" Kim wiped her tears. "Why don't we all go and check the footage together?"
"Michelle is right, Kim. We'd we spending too much time on that, what if the chopper arrives while we're going through the tapes? It's best if we split."
Chase turned to notice he was again facing Michelle's gun.
"We'll split, but first you will give your gun to Kim." She demanded.
Chase took a short glimpse of Kim who was still shaking. He gave Michelle a look to indicate his concern about Kim's state.
"I don't trust you." Michelle simply stated. And she didn't. Chase nodded and handed the gun to Kim who took it without questioning.
The panel made a huge crackle and the lights of the garage went off. Jack nodded to the dark hall: "Guess we got more than we bargained for!"
"The cameras are not moving." Tony noticed. "I think it worked. Try the door, Jack."
Jack walked to the door and put his hand on the handle and pulled carefully. The door opened slowly. He gave a victorious smile to Tony and Kate before pulling his gun. Tony followed his example and got his gun too. Jack thought for a second what he should do with Kate, but gave her his extra-gun. "You don't have to use it."
"I know."
"But I feel much safer when you have it." Jack smiled.
"I know." Kate smiled back at him.
"Do we have a plan then?" Tony asked before entering CTU.
"Yeah.." Jack muttered.
"Might wanna tell us too?"
"For all we know, Ryan and Chase might roll this plan on their own, but as for I'm concerned, I don't think that's the whole truth."
"I see where you're going." Tony sounded serious. "So trust no one."
"As always." Jack frowned. "You two take the fire-exit to the office-level, I go check for that chopper."
Tony nodded. Jack looked at Kate, who nodded aswell. "Be careful, Jack." She said.
Michelle walked to the security room where all the monitors and security tapes where at. She couldn't believe she'd just left Kim alone with Chase. She noticed her vision getting a bit blurred, but she shook the thought of not handling things on her own out of her mind. "I don't have time for this." She hissed to herself angrily. She reached over to monitors which were blank to switch them on, but whatever she tried to do, they remained blank.
"Shit!" She swore. "Just what I needed."
Michelle left the security room and was about to head towards the roof but stopped as an idea hit her. What would have Lilah done after killing those people? She turned on her heels and headed to the fire-exit. She was probably making sure that there were no people left telling about her involvement to anyone and Michelle prayed for Alex as she ran to the stairway.
Tony and Kate walked the stairs up not making a sound. Kate tried to breath as quiet as she could. Suddenly Tony turned towards her and lifted a finger on his lips and gestured her to be silent. She stopped moving and automatically tried to hold her breath. Tony leaned on the wall and Kate followed his example. He had his gun ready.
Michelle stopped before a corner. She had definitely heard something, or was it just her imagination playing tricks on her. She wiped sweat from her face and held her gun more tightly. She wasn't left-handed but hoped she'd looked believable trying to hold the gun steadily in her left hand. Her right arm, which was bleeding again she noticed, was hanging loosely on the side. It hurt and she couldn't feel much anything with it.
She walked silently a few steps until she reached the corner. It was now or never. She took a leap round the corner, lifted her gun and was ready to shoot. She found herself standing face to face with a gun barrel, but it wasn't hers. Behind the other gun she found a familiar face.
"Tony?" She sobbed letting the gun drop to the ground.