"Hi its me." He said quietly as he herd her familiar voice answer, as she sat at the other end of C.T.U.
"Uh... hi." She said, trying to compose herself quickly, she had been crying at her workstation.
"Listen, I want you to know you did a brilliant job in the room with Daniel." He spoke sincerely, he meant every word of it.
"Thanks." She replied sheepishly.
"Anyway, Michelle's checking satellites, and may have a spot on this Joel person, as we've sent out his vitals to the LAPD. Chloé is getting through the encrypted e mails on Daniel's computer, and Adam and Scott are checking through the names related to Daniel and your father in the police reports. Oh, and Chappelle is still in my office twiddling his thumbs." H couldn't resist adding it on the end, and was glad to hear a small laugh from Kim, so he continued. "Anyway, I have requisitioned a chopper for you, it's waiting on the roof. It will take you straight to your Dad."
Tony herd Kim try to reply, but as he suspected, she was lost for words.
"Its okay Kim. I'm going to deal with Ryan, but you should go be with your dad, both of you have done enough today."
"Tony, thank you so much, but are you sure, what about the threat?" She asked, hoping he wouldn't change his mind, she knew he wouldn't.
"Don't worry about it, everything is taken care of. Anyway, I'm going to feel a whole lot better knowing you are out of the threat zone."
His words touching her, she replied, "Thanks Tony; for everything."
"Don't worry about it, just get going!" He said, laughing, trying to lighten the mood.
The two said their good-byes and then she got up and headed to the end of C.T.U. He watched her leave through the door, not even bothering to sign out, she was eager to leave. The faster she was on the chopper, the sooner she was going to see her father.
She sat in the back of the helicopter and looked out on the L.A. skyline as they ascended. She watched as the sun shone down on the city and smiled, she couldn't wait to be with her father again, when everything would finally be alright.
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Tony jogged up to his office after he herd Chappelle throwing a fit and calling his name. As he approached the room he silently began to regret sending Kim away, this was why Chappelle was so mad, he thought.
"Where have you been?" He yelled, he sounded worried, shocked; as well as angry.
"What? Ive been at my station the entire time since the interrogation." He said, confused.
"Who has had access to the holding room?" He blurted. He wanted answers, and fast.
"What's going on Ryan? Only me and you have access to the room, unless you granted it to someone else?"
"I have just gone into that room, Tony. The guards were still outside as we left them, but the room was empty."
"What? Where is Daniel then?"
"I don't know Tony, that's the problem."
"Well, the guards will know, whoever it was, they let inside that room."
"That's the problem Tony, they claim nobody had entered since you and Kim left."
Tony stood in silence for a moment, shocked, as he tried to think about what this meant.
"Well we need to find Daniel!" He said. "The guards must be lying Ryan, its the only plausible explanation. Their is no way to leave the room without going by them."
" I'll move them to interrogation and have Hammond send some people over from Division to deal with them, I'll keep the alone until they get over, but I need you to find Daniel."
"How are we going to do that? All our personnel is busy and we can't bring more people in, or the fire Marshall will shut us down. We have only just got rid of the barrier that was blocking our communications, our communications are still a little weak, we probably can't pull up sufficient surveillance of the area."
Chappelle sighed. "So what should we do Tony, everything is going to pieces."
Tony watched him as he raked a hand over his almost bald head, he seemed genuinely concerned. "We give out Daniel's vitals, check radios and scanners, basically keep an eye out for him. But he isn't the main importance here, we need to keep going at the data, the encrypted messages, and find Joel. The sooner we do that the sooner we get this bomb. I hate to say this, but Daniel isn't the main priority."
"But what if he contacts the person responsible for the bomb, they could simply move its location or detonate it right away." Ryan asked.
"We've got to take the chance that they wont."
"That's a hell of a risk Tony, I don't know if I feel comfortable leaving it to chance."
"What other choice do we have? And I'm willing to bet that Daniel doesn't go to the people responsible, they will kill him if they know he gave up information. He's not stupid, he knows he wont live through it. I bet he simply leaves L.A and lies low."
"Okay Tony, we'll do it your way; I just hope your right." He paused as confirmation this was indeed what they were going to do. "You had better get back to work, we need to find these people, and fast."
"Yes sir." Tony left the office and headed back over to his temporary terminal. Over the room he could see the two security guards being led into separated holding rooms. He sighed and wondered just how Daniel had escaped.
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Daniel sat in the back of the black sedan, his handcuffs still binding his wrists together tightly. He wondered where they were taking him now. The man in C.T.U had said they were taking him for further questioning, but they had been driving for a while now, and neither the driver, nor the large man seated next to him had spoken a word throughout the journey. Still, they were wearing black suits, and looked like government agents, so he guessed they were official.
He thought about Jack, and wondered where he was. When he had been arrested he had seen him being helped into a different helicopter from his own, and had no idea where he was now. He guessed they had taken him to the hospital, or hoped so at least. But he remembered how stubborn Jack was when he was younger, and decided that maybe he hadn't gone their after all. He had no idea what was going on with him, but he hoped he was okay. He thought about his niece, Kim. She had a hint of resemblance to her father, but their wasn't much. He couldn't remember what Terri had looked like, he had only seen a few photos of her before she was murdered, and that had been a long time ago.
He kept his head looking out of the window and noticed they were still on the motor way. Where are they taking me, he questioned silently? The signs they were passing indicated to him that they were no longer in L.A, were they taking him away form the blast zone? It didn't make sense, he assumed they would have left him to sweat it out inside L.A. He hoped they would have let him die in the bomb, but he couldn't even get that right. He decided to try and get some information out for the two silent men.
"Where are we going?" He asked, his voice determined, putting up the front that he didn't care where they took him; even though inside he did.
"We wil be there soon." The driver said while glancing at him through the mirror.
"Where is there?" He asked.
"Enough talking." The man next to him said, whilst issuing him a menacing glare. Daniel said no more, he wasn't interested in irritating them, just curious.
The car pulled off from the motor way onto a dirt road. After another ten minutes down the windy roads they pulled up besides a large, but abandoned type house.
"What's this?" Daniel asked, wondering why they were here and not in a federal building. It was then it hit him, they weren't agents at all. "Who are you, what do you want?" He asked, his voice portraying a small amount of panic, although his mind was going in overdrive.
"Shut up." The man next to him said, before slamming his fist into Daniel's stomach, winding him. As Daniel leant over gasping for breath the big man, accompanied by the driver pulled him out of the car and dragged him up to the house. They pulled him inside, and he was surprised to see it was fully furnished. It appeared to be abandoned on the outside, but the inside was far from it.
He was dragged down one of the hallways, and tossed into a large dark room, where a man stood, facing a small rectangular window, looking outside.
Daniel stayed put on the wooden floor, on his knees. He waited patiently, to see who it was. The man slowly turned around, and snarled.
"I told you he would get us into trouble."
Daniel instantly knew who he was referring to, Jack.
"Joel...." Daniel said quietly, he knew he was in for it now. Joel would not be doing this on his own, his contact would have made him, he thought; which made his situation a whole lot worse.
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Kim had been in the air for over half an hour, and was certainly enjoying the view, she didn't get to fly in a chopper too often. The hospital came into sight and they began their descent onto the heli-pad, on the hospitals roof. As she got out she was escorted inside by a woman who she presumed was a nurse.
"Just this way Miss. Bauer, I'll take you directly to your fathers room."
Kim was enjoying this special treatment, it made her feel important. Tony certainly had pulled a few strings. She followed the woman down a few stairs and soon enough they were outside a plain white door.
"Here we are, I'll leave you here. He has been sedated, so I'm not sure when he will wake."
"Thank you." Kim said sincerely before the nurse left her alone.
Kim opened the door slowly, as she prepared herself for the sight that awaited her. The door made no sound as it opened and she saw Kate sat close by her dad, gently rubbing his arm, whispering to him.
She watched for a moment and felt happy, it seemed Kate really cared about him, she just wondered it her dad felt the same way. After a few seconds had passed she began to feel as though she was trespassing, so she cleared her throat to let Kate know she was here.
"Kim!" Kate looked up surprised, before running over and pulling her into an embrace. "I'm so glad you made it, I was so worried about you back in L.A, with the threat and all."
Kim smiled, thankful of her concern. "Thanks .Tony pulled a few strings, so here I am." She smiled weakly, but then her eyes moved across the room to Jack. She walked over, now unaware of Kate's presence, and stood over him, looking down. She saw how pale he was, and watched him closely for a few moments, taking in every detail. From the heavy bandaging around his arm and leg, to the small line of stitches above his ear. She noticed their was some kind of dressing poking out from beneath the gown covering his chest, and just how still he was.
"What happened?" She asked quietly, holding her arms tightly around herself, suddenly feeling very scared about her fathers present state.
"They think he was in some kind of an explosion. They said they've repaired most of the tissue damage, its just the recovery." She paused as she walked over to Kim and put a protective arm around her. "He is going to get better Kim, the doctor made that clear to me. Its just a matter of time and perseverance."
Kim nodded and slowly sat down, letting the news sink in.
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