"What's happening to him?" He asked himself, ignoring Chloé. Chloé took a few steps forward and knelt down by the other side of Jack, keeping her distance from Tony as best she could. She put the back of her hand against his forehead, then gently grabbed his hand, with the empty cuff still around it. Tony watched, wondering what she doing this time.
"He has a fever." She said simply, putting his hand back down against the floor, shrugging her shoulders as though it was the most normal thing in the world.
"How do you know?" Tony asked in a mocking tone, sceptically.
"Tony, I have four younger siblings, all of whom are in my care. They are all pretty prone to illnesses it seems, and they all seem to get fevers on a regular basis." She stopped, not wanting to blow her own trumpet, then decided to continue, wanting to show Tony up. "I could spot one a mile off. Sweating is a main symptom, his hands are shaking which is also a sign. And injuries can trigger them easily."
"Oh. Well... what do we do?" He asked, feeling a little overwhelmed by her knowledge on the matter.
"There's nothing we can do really. We cant cool him down with anything, so we have to leave him be. Its not serious, just an.... just an inconvenience for him." She smiled as she said this; daring Tony to object to what she was saying.
"Okay." Was all he said, as he pushed himself up with the help of the wall, and began looking around the room.
"What are you doing?" She asked, slightly annoyed he wasn't paying any attention to her.
"I am going to find us a way out of here." Was all he could say, before the big heavy door began to slowly open. Two meant with automatic weapons entered first, aiming them at Chloé and Tony and instructing them to the mattress and ordering them to sit on their hands. Once they complied John re-entered the room, a smug look across his face.
"Mr. Almeida, it seems your wife smarter than she looks."
The face that this man had mentioned Michelle enraged Tony, but he said nothing, just stared at him with a deadly glare.
"Yes, she gave the SWAT teams your exact location." He waited, wanting to build up some hope to his captors, so he could just as easily destroy it. "Yes, they searched the entire warehouse, top to bottom, had sniffer dogs and everything. Yet they were still unable to find the entrance to our underground facility, which is where we are now." He broke off again to laugh. "Yes, they believed you were here, but found nothing. There is no possible way for them to find the hidden entrance. And if they did, only two people other than myself know the code... so..... it looks like you are stuck here. They will not find you. They can not find you."
"And you are telling me this because...?" Tony asked.
"I'm not telling you anything, I'm simply informing you of your situation."
Chloé looked at Tony with an 'I told you so face' for his earlier efforts of finding a way out, but thankfully, she chose to say nothing.
"Has their been any progress with Bauer?" He asked. Tony thought that it seemed this man was worried about him.
"Yes. He woke up. But he is in too much pain to stay conscious. You need to give him something for the pain."
"No I do not." The man said simple. Tony tried to call his bluff.
"If he does not he will most certainly die. I don't suppose you attacked CTU, moved him here and gave me a medical kit to fix him, if you didn't need him alive for something. So I suggest you get him something, now."
"Jack Bauer is of no concern to me, he is my associates concern. Therefore I don't really give a damn about his condition ." He broke off, thinking carefully. "However, my associate may comply. You will have to discuss the situation with him when he arrives."
"Thank you." Was all Tony said.
"If you are getting something for Jack, you have to get something for me too. I have been shot. My injury is much more serious than his!" Chloé started whining again.
Tony looked at her aghast, his mind not able to construct a sentence to tell her how selfish she is. But before Tony could say or do anything, John was pointing his gun at her.
"Chloé, I am finding you very annoying, you are playing on my patience. You are not as valuable as either Tony nor Jack, and once this bomb goes off, I have no reservations against disposing of you. I will readily kill you now, however, I am a cautious man, which is why I am going to wait until my mission is complete. If I hear one more word from your mouth I am going to shoot you in your other arm, then both legs; and leave you to bleed to death. Very slowly, very painfully. Do you understand me?"
Chloé nodded, not wanting to agree vocally, incase it made him madder at her. Putting his gun away, John left the room and his guards followed him out.
Chloé remained silent. Tony smiled to himself, happy that for once, that Chloé had learnt her lesson.
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