"We got em." He said, seeing the nervous look on Tony's face since the teams were sent, he knew Tony was worried while he had been waiting for the news of the team that had gone for Jack.
"And Jack?" He asked, dreading the answer, expecting the worse for some reason.
"And Jack." Ryan said, smiling once again as he saw the look of relief sweep over his face.
"How is he, did they say, he was pretty messed up back at the warehouse?"
Chappelle hesitated slightly, then said. "They are taking him straight to the hospital. Medical team says they are already prepping his for surgery of some sorts."
Tony nodded, it made sense. "Where, LA. county?"
"No, the choppers taking him to the closest one in the next city... I'm not sure which one. Its simply a precaution with the bomb, and Ive had President Palmer burning my ear off on the phone since he found out about Jacks situation."
"Okay, I'll go update Kim and Palmer, can you set up the interrogation rooms and bring in double security." He paused, wondering if Ryan would be annoyed that Tony was giving him orders, but his expression would suggest he hadn't really noticed the reversed roles. "If this guy Daniel is anything like Jack then were going to need it!" He said as the two started laughing.
They were both relieved about Jack, but at the same time they also knew he was now the least of their problems, they still had to find a bomb whilst proving C.T.U. was fully operational to Division, which wasn't going to be an easy task.
Tony made to leave when Chappelle perked back up, "Oh Tony, hang on a minute I forgot to tell you something." He paused wondering how to tell Tony the news, he would be annoyed in the very least. "Chloé is back from the clinic, I put her on priority, Kim was getting nowhere."
"What! Isn't spending hours locked in a room with her torture enough! Why hasn't she gone home?" He said, angry.
Chappelle tried to keep a straight face, he didn't like Chloé either, but was finding it funny as Tony would have to deal with her not him. "The nurses stitched and cleaned her wound. It was a grazer Tony, didn't even reach the bone, it was a very small scratch."
Tony was getting aggravated already. "Small! Do you know how many times she nearly got herself killed for complaining about that 'wound'? I thought they would have had to amputate with the way she was complaining! How did you get her to come back, I though she would already be claiming sick and filling out a claims form against the government for putting her in that dangerous position!"
The two laughed at Tony's joke, until Chappelle put an even bigger downer on the Chloé scenario. "Well I told her we will pay her time and half for all of her efforts today. She changed her mind about going home pretty quickly after my offer."
"Great she gets to annoy the hell out of me whilst being paid loads to do it!" He laughed as he left the room, dreading working with her again.
Tony headed across the main hall of C.T.U. noticing the growth of personnel as he did so, the building must have finally been declared safe, 'what a comforting thought,' he said under his breath as he arrived at his terminal, silently thanking God for not making him bump into Chloé.
Pulling him from his thoughts his extension rang, and he answered immediately.
"C.T.U. Almeida?"
"Tony?" He herd Jack say weakly down the line, sounding a little worse for wear.
"Jack, I'm glad you got out okay, Ryan said they were transferring you to the hospital."
"Yeah, listen that's not why I'm calling. My brother Daniel is on his way to C.T.U. yes?"
Tony was about to give Jack a lecture about the whole brother scenario but decided to save it until he got back to C.T.U. "Yeah the teams should be arriving shortly, why?" He asked.
"Ive been thinking, if your going to interrogate him, I think you are better off going down the guilt trip road than anything else."
"What makes you say that Jack?" He asked, wondering if he was simply trying to protect him.
"He held me hostage when the teams arrived and that's the way I played it, he simply couldn't handle the pressure. Look, I know he want's this bomb to go off, but I don't think he can go through with it really."
"Its a weak hunch to go on Jack, I mean, we don't have the time to waste and Ryan's already called in Johnson."
"Just try it Tony!" Jack snapped, before breaking into a hacking cough.
"You okay Jack?" Tony asked, concerned, his voice filled with worry.
"Yes I'm fine, we just arrived, I got to go. Just do it that way, please." He said before ending the conversation with the click of a button.