10:00am
BOX CUTS: PRISON ROOF, DAVIES FELLED, TERRORISTS ESCAPING in
HELICOPTER, KIM, DEBORAH, peering into DEEP DARK CHASM
in BOX CAR, SENATOR KEELER'S BODY being extracted from PRESIDENTIAL LIMO
FULL ON PRISON ROOF
JACK BAUER stumbles from the STAIRWELL, kneeling and
leaning over DIRECTOR GARLAND DAVIES
JACK
Director Davies?
What are you doing here?!
Garland, can you hear me?
DAVIES moans, groans
JACK examines DAVIES, checking him for wounds
WIDE ON PRISON ROOFTOP
TAC-TEAM B, led by CHASE EDMUNDS, erupts onto ROOF
2 TAC-TEAM COMMANDOS carry RICK, who is WOUNDED but still alive, able to walk
4 TAC-TEAM COMMANDOS move in, surround JACK,
WEAPONS AT READY
CHASE steps up, KICKS HANDGUN away from near JACK and
DAVIES position
DAVIES EYES flash open, fluttering
DAVIES glares at JACK
DAVIES
Bauer.. What are you—
DAVIES notices CHASE and TAC-TEAM
DAVIES
Edmunds! Get him away from me!
Jack Bauer just tried to kill me!
He's working with the terrorists!
Arrest him!
CHASE gapes, stares at JACK
JACK glares at DAVIES, shocked, looks to CHASE
CHASE steps to the EDGE OF THE ROOF, glancing across
toward the TAC-COMM VAN at the PERIMETER WALL
.. CONTACTS the TAC-COM VAN
CHASE
Tac-Com, this is Groundling..
Chloe, can you confirm Jack's
whereabouts from the video-feed
playback? Check all surveillance
footage, and get back to me ASAP..
BOX CUT, CHASE, of PRISON ROOF vs CHLOE in TAC-COM VAN
TAC-COM CHLOE checks back instantly
CHLOE
I.. I don't know how to tell you
this, Chase.. I wouldn't believe it
if I hadn't been monitoring the
events with my own eyes..
I just.. I can't believe it!
CHASE, frustrated, snaps
CHASE
Chloe! Focus!
Tell me what you know!
CHLOE
Jack attacked the TAC-COM commandos!
He killed a terrorist who was not a
threat, and he shot Director Davies
point-blank!
CHASE is stunned, dumbfounded, glancing between
JACK and DAVIES
PAN BACK TO WIDE on PRISON ROOF
BOX CUT: WIDE on ROOF, as DAVIES stands, JACK steps back
MEDIUM on JACK and CHASE facing off, CHASE looking to
DAVIES, then to TAC-COM COMMANDOS, CHLOE listening in
in TAC-COM VAN
CHASE
Sorry, Jack..
Secure the area!
Take Jack into custody..
DAVIES steps to the HANDGUN on ROOFTOP, collecting the weapon with a HANDKERCHIEF
JACK arrested, TAC-TEAM PREPS TO EXIT ROOF
CHLOE taps some on her KEYBOARD, SURVEILLANCE CAMS
seem to actually follow her command, scanning through
RANDOM CAMS from INTERIOR OF PRISON
TAC-COM SQUADS have taken control, GASSING THE COMPLEX
CHLOE calls to CHASE on TAC-COMM RADIO
CHLOE
Hold on, Chase!
Tactical teams have released
tear gas inside the prison..
The riot is still being contained
and controlled.. and, as per usual
with you gung-ho foot soldier field
agent types, you run into a situation without being fully prepared to face the consequences, so, of course, you don't have the required protective gear, gas mask, gloves, military-spec MOPP suit..
It might be a few more minutes
before corridors clear of the gas..
CHASE grits his teeth and glances at JACK
CHASE is fighting off the onset of another siezure
JACK stares coldly past CHASE, to DAVIES, who is
giving orders to the COMMANDOS
CHASE steps to JACK, scowling, and cringing
CHASE
What the Hell happened here, Jack?!
JACK looks away, to the horizon, where the TERRORIST
HELICOPTER flies away
JACK
None of this is right, Chase!
DAVIES barks at the COMMANDOS, glaring at CHASE, JACK
DAVIES
Contain the prisoner!
No contact until we are secure!
Edmunds, you know better!
Don't let Buccaneer Bauer,
renegade rogue get to you..
TAC-COM COMMANDOS separate JACK from CHASE
JACK will not be silenced so easily, though,
and he sounds off, shouting loudly as the
STORM BLOWS IN
JACK
I was no where near Davies or
the Tactical Team when they were
attacked! I was on my own!
I got ambushed when the gas came in,
next thing I know, I was in Holding,
and made my way out to the nearest
Exit, which was Roof Access..
I didn't do this, Chase!
STORM WINDS and RAINS BLOW IN and POUND DOWN UPON PRISON
10:06am
BOX CUTS: DAVIES, TAC-TEAM segregating JACK from CHASE,
ANGELA fallen into crevice under BOX CAR bonding KIM
and DEBORAH, CARL razing CAPTIVE DAVID, CHLOE in TAC-
COMM VAN, reporting in to MILO, CTU OPS COMM CENTER
FULL ON INT. BOX CAR
KIM and DEB struggle to see anything in the dim HOLE
KATE and CARLOS stand back from the HOLE, supervising
KIM
Angela?! Baby, can you hear me?
It's Mommy! Please, baby, say Mommy!
DEB
I can't see her!
I can't see anything!
CARLOS glances at the GIRLS, then to KATE, the
MERCEDES KEYS still jingling in his hand
KATE surveys the situation and thinks a moment
KATE
I think I have a flashlight
in the trunk of my car..
KATE looks to CARLOS, who looks back smirking cockily
CARLOS
You mean MY car!
CARLOS points the KEY CHAIN REMOTE CONTROL out the
ENTRANCE to the BOX CAR, and PUSHES A BUTTON
EXT. BOX CAR
KATE'S MERCEDES BENZ'S TRUNK POPS OPEN
KATE steps out of the BOX CAR and jogs through the
DOWNPOURING RAIN, to the CAR
SOUNDS OF POICE SIRENS approaching outside
CARLOS spins toward the ENTRANCE, listens a moment,
and panics at the sounds of POLICE PRESENCE
DEB
Angi, baby, please!
We need.. we need HELP!
Chico, please!
My baby..
CARLOS
Sorry, baby! Not my baby!
I got bigger problems!
CARLOS breaks for the EXIT, leaving KIM, DEB
DEB
What an asshole!
Guess I picked a real winner..
KIM kneels up away from the HOLE, glancing at DEB
KIM
We all have had our share of loser
boyfriends.. on that, I CAN relate!
DEB looks at KIM, and almost smiles
would be a real genuine bonding moment between the
girls, except for the trouble ANGELA is in
KIM
Maybe I can find a rope or
a light or.. something..
KIM stands and moves away from the HOLE, pacing the
BOX CAR, searching, then stepping to the ENTRANCE to
go check the TRUNK of KATE'S CAR
CARLOS is arguing with KATE, KATE has a ROPE and a FLASHLIGHT in hand
CARLOS pushes KATE away, grabs the LAPTOP from KATE, and jumps into MERCEDES DRIVERS' SEAT, slamming the DOOR and revving the engine to life
KATE stumbles to her feet and glares at CARLOS, as
CARLOS peels out in reverse, spins the car around the slick, wet gravel-covered road, and drives away
KIM rushes out to help KATE up, and back into BOX CAR
SOUND OF WOOD CRACKING, SHIFTING, BREAKING
DEB SCREAMS from inside BOX CAR
KIM, KATE jog back into BOX CAR..
.. no sign of DEB!! HOLE in BOX CAR FLOOR has GROWN!!
KIM
Sarah?
KIM and KATE approach HOLE carefully, cautiously
KATE
Deborah?
KATE flicks FLASHLIGHT 'ON' and flashes LIGHT in HOLE
OVERHEAD in BOX CAR, MED. ON HOLE, KIM, KATE
LIGHT ILLUMINATES HOLE, reveal DEB and ANGELA some
distance (20 feet) below the surface
TODDLER ANGELA reacts to the LIGHT, blinking, crying
KIM cries and laughs at the same time, at ANGELA'S response
KIM
She.. she's OK!
KATE focuses LIGHT from ANGELA, to DEBORAH
DEBORAH is not moving, BLOOD trickling over her FACE,
from a gash in her FOREHEAD
KATE
We've got to get her out!
KATE unfurls the ROPE, shuffles across the BOX CAR,
ties ROPE off around CORNER BEAM
KIM lowers END OF ROPE into HOLE, begins to climb down
KATE
Be careful, Kim..
KIM descends into dark hole, KATE returns to FLASHLIGHT duty
INT. HOLE
KIM reaches BOTTTOM OF HOLE, kneels down, scooping up
ANGELA
KIM
Oh, baby! Are you OK?
ANGELA seems OK, frightened
KIM
OK, Angi, you have to hold on
to Mommy's neck, real tight, OK?
Don't let go!
KIM puts ANGELA on her BACK ANGELA HOLDS ON tight
KIM leans to examine DEBORAH
KIM
(shouting)
She's breathing..
she has a strong pulse..
She's just knocked out!
KIM shakes DEB slightly, DEB stirs
CUT TO EXT. BOX CAR
WINDS and RAIN POUND BOX CAR FRAME, and LARGE TREE near BOX CAR sways and buckles violently
TREE CRACKLES and GROANS, becoming UPROOTED
TREE FALLS, SLAMMING INTO SIDE OF BOX CAR hard!
INT. BOX CAR
BOX CAR SHIFTS from its place on the ground,
KATE stumbles and falls to her knees,
DUST and DIRT and ROCK loosed from SIDES OF HOLE,
falls down around KIM, DEB, ANGELA
DEB stirs slightly, coughing, regaining consciousness
KIM fails to notice DEB waking, KIM climbs ROPE
KIM
OK, here we go, sweetheart.
Hang on real tight, OK?
ANGELA holds KIM close and tight, sobbing heavily
KIM climbs up to the BOX CAR
KATE grabs ANGELA, KIM struggles to clear herself from
the HOLE
EXT. BOX CAR
HUGE TREE collapses further, pushing the BOX CAR away
NOTE CREVICE under BOX CAR widening as weight of BOX CAR
wears away EDGE OF ROCKY CLIFF
INT. BOX CAR
GROUND SHIFTS UNDER FLOORBOARDS, revealing CREVICE
KATE screams
KATE
Oh my God! Kim!
The ground is giving way!
We've got to get out of here!
KIM glances into the HOLE, flashing the FLASHLIGHT
DEB gazes up from the HOLE, squinting into the LIGHT
KIM
Deb? Can you hear me?
Grab the rope, Deb!
Grab it and I'll pull you up!
BOX CAR shifts again, the TREE forcing the CAR to the
EDGE OF THE CLIFF
ANGELA SCREAMING, crying, KATE backs away, to the EXIT
BEAMS fall from ROOF of BOX CAR, as BOX CAR shifts and
twists under strain of TREE collapsed against it
KATE
KIM! We can't stay here!
This place is falling apart!
KATE screams again, as BOX CAR shifts once more
NOTE crevice has grown, cracking and spreading
all along the length of the BOX CAR
INT. HOLE UNDER BOX CAR
DEBORAH strains to grab the ROPE, wrapping her ARM and HAND with the ROPE
..she tries to stand, but the shifting, cracking ground beneath her feet gives way, as the EDGE SEGMENT OF EARTH AND ROCK SEPARATES from the FACE OF THE CLIFF
DEB SCREAMS, clambering for footing, but only succeeds
in forcing the WALL OF EARTH further away from the CLIFF FACE
DEB leaps with what little strength she can muster, lunging and climbing weakly up the ROPE, bracing against the CLIFF, while the CREVICE grows, the ROCK WALL falling away behind her
KIM gasps in shock as the GAP opens all around DEB
..a moment later, SUNLIGHT streams in and engulfs DEB
deep in the hole, as the ROCK WALL falls free from the CLIFF FACE
.. the BOX CAR teeters dangerously half-over the CLIFF
KATE cries out to KIM one last time, before charging from the BOX CAR into the rain
KIM glances to KATE, then back to DEB, as DEB struggles desperately against the CLIFF FACE
KIM reaches out, but is nowhere near close enough to grasp DEB'S HAND or ARM
DEB looks up at KIM, solemn, grim
DEB
Take care of my little girl..
KIM cries, the BOX CAR shifting and sliding slowly, but steadily now, not stopping
KIM screams, hobbles away from the HOLE, staggering from the BOX CAR EXIT moments before..
..the BOX CAR slips completely over the EDGE OF THE CLIFF, crashing into the RAVINE below, CRUSHING DEBORAH RAMSEY TO DEATH!
10:13am
BOX CUT: KIM and KATE on the HILL in the RAIN,
JACK, CHASE, DAVIES and TAC-TEAM on PRISON ROOF in the RAIN,
DAVIES
(into RADIO)
OK, Harley, Chloe,
the gas has cleared,
the riot has been contained..
We're bringing Bauer down now.
Tac-Team Bravo maintain the
perimeter, Alpha continue to
secure the interior, until
state and local authorities arrive..
CHLOE looks on as HARLEY makes way from her COMPUTER
CONSOLE, to the FRONT OF THE VAN, taking position in
the DRIVER'S SEAT, starting the engine
CHLOE taps some KEYS, running some checks, swapping
out some data, shifting things from LOCAL to SECURE CTU SERVERS, and other technical stuff yet to be revealed..
FULL ON ROOF OF PRISON
TAC-TEAM leads RICK, JACK from ROOF, to PRISON COMPLEX
CHASE steps up, KEYS ACCESS CODE to SECURE CORRIDOR
3 TAC-TEAM COMMANDOS, guarding RICK, enter SECURE CORRIDOR, gagging slightly, rubbing their eyes, distracted by lingering TEAR GAS FUMES
DAVIES enters SECURE CORRIDOR, coughing once
CHASE coughs too, from safe outside the CORRIDOR,
JACK glances to CHASE, still held fast by 1 COMMANDO
CHASE pauses, noticeably, glancing sideways at JACK, who picks up on the diversion tactic CHASE has initiated
JACK ELBOWS TAC-TEAM COMMANDO in GUT, cracks him
across the NECK with an open hand chop, then KICKS the COMMANDO through the OPEN DOOR to the SECURE CORRIDOR
COMMANDO stumbles to DAVIES, DAVIES spins on his heel
JACK grabs CHASE'S LEFT ARM, twisting his scarred LEFT WRIST, and spinning his ARM behind his back
JACK forces CHASE against the WALL hard, CHASE groans,
JACK slams CHASE against the DOOR CONSOLE PAD..
..CHASE SEALS SECURE DOOR, trapping DAVIES, TAC-TEAM in CORRIDOR
JACK releases CHASE gruffly, shoves him to the DOOR
DAVIES glares through GLASS in SECURE DOOR, at JACK, CHASE
CHASE turns on JACK, blocking DAVIES view from CORRIDOR
CHASE
I hope you know what you're doing, Jack!
JACK
Me too.. Trust me, Chase.
I didn't do this!
I'll be in touch..
CHASE leans in, JACK PUNCHES CHASE square on the chin
JACK charges back up STAIRCASE, to ROOF ACCESS
CHASE recovers quickly from JACK'S PUNCH..
..turns, to ACCESS PANEL for SECURE DOOR
CHASE has another SIEZURE, his LEFT ARM SPASMS wildly,
out of control, his CHEST heaving and tensing, as pain wracks his entire body
CHASE collapses to the FLOOR, gagging, choking, convulsing violently
DAVIES, TAC-TEAM charge through SECURE DOOR,
..a few COMMANDOS carry RICK, wounded, but not dead
..a few more COMMANDOS stop, to assist CHASE
DAVIES and 3 MORE COMMANDOS, charge up STAIRS in pursuit of JACK
EXT. PRISON COMPLEX, ROOF
JACK rushes to the ROOF EDGE, to where TAC-TEAM had
prepped GRAPPEL ROPES to GROUND LEVEL
JACK rappels from PRISON ROOF, races across PRISON GROUNDS to BREACH in PRISON WALL
JACK ducks and rolls against TAC-COMM VAN, spins round
BACK SIDE of VAN and acquires ASSAULT RIFLE
CHLOE gasps, as JACK leaps and bounds into VAN
JACK overlooks CHLOE, storms to front of VAN, thrusting RIFLE against HARLEY'S RIB CAGE
JACK
Get this thing moving or get out!
HARLEY COOPER revs the VAN ENGINE, and rolls out, in reverse
DAVIES VOICE
(on RADIO)
Alert! Bauer has escaped custody!
Be on the alert! He may be armed!
Use extreme caut—
CHLOE switches TAC-COMM RADIO 'OFF'
JACK glances to CHLOE, CHLOE manages a half-nod
JACK
Thanks, Chloe..
But, don't help me if you want to
keep your job!
CHLOE
It's not as much fun since you left
any ways, Jack.. I'll help!
JACK smirks slightly
JACK
I appreciate that, Chloe,
but only one person can help us now.
I just hope he's still alive!
JACK turns attention back to HARLEY and the ROAD ahead
JACK
I don't want to hurt you..
Just get us out of here and I
promise I will let you go, Miss—
what's you're name?
HARLEY
Why are you doing this?
Where are we going?
JACK
Whiteman Airfield..
HARLEY pales, swallows hard, her eyes wide
10:17am
BOX CUTS: TAC-COMM VAN cruising from STATE PRISON,
CHASE RECOVERING from SIEZURE, CTU HELICOPTER hovering over PRISON, collecting DAVIES, CHASE, RICK, and TAC-TEAM COMMANDOS, MILO and ADAM working at CTU OPS COMM
FULL ON CTU OPS COMM, WORK STATIONS
MILO running checks on INTEL FOR JACK
ADAM also running checks
SOUND OF CTU PHONE RINGING
..at MILO'S WORKSTATION
MILO answers PHONE
MILO
CTU Ops, Pressman..
MALE VOICE
(on PHONE)
Milo, this is Brad Hammond,
at Division. I've been trying to
reach Director Davies for the last hour, with no luck..
What's going on over there, Pressman? Who's in charge?
MILO
Uh, well, gee, Sir..
I guess that would be me..
What do you need, Mister Hammond?
HAMMOND
An update on the LAX plane crash, for starters.. We know it wasn't
Air Force One that went down at LAX,
that Palmer was shunted to Whiteman Airfield, but that is the last intel we have received.. President Palmer was due to make an appearance at the State Penitentiary at 10, but we haven't had any contact from the prison as to his arrival or the status of his day-trip since..
So, I'll ask again, what's going on
over there today, Milo?
MILO panics, runs his fingers through his hair and
huffs a heavy breath, hyperventilating a bit
MILO
Well, Sir.. This is what we know..
For the last 2 hours or so, Director
Davies and Chloe O'Brien and a Tac-
Team of Delta Force commandos have
been investigating a thread that
might connect an inmate at the state
penitentiary with the device that
brought down the plane at LAX..
If they can make that connec—
HAMMOND
Stop right there, Milo!
You have been on your own, with
no contact from field ops for over an hour, and Director Davies is
running that field op?!
I'm bringing a team over NOW,
to lock CTU down!
MILO
Wait, Sir! We have been in contact
with field operatives! We have been
following protocol and procedures to the letter, reporting up the chain of command and receiving further instruction..
HAMMOND
How's that Milo?
You said Davies has been out of touch! Who have you been trading intel with in order to receive further instruction, according to
COC protocols?
MILO
Uh, Agent Chase Edmunds, and, well,
Agent Jack Bauer, Sir!
HAMMOND
Edmunds is on Medical and Personal Leave! and Bauer?! Bauer hasn't officially worked for CTU for nearly 4 years, Milo!
This is outrageous! My team will be there within the hour, to lock you down and fully debrief..
Get me Bauer and Edmunds! And, get in touch with Director Davies!
HAMMOND HANGS UP
ADAM rounds the corner, to MILO'S STATION
MILO is stressed, ADAM is anxious
ADAM
I ran that set of prints and the
retinal scan Jack sent in from the
field.. I need to verify my
findings, because one seems impossible, and the other just doesn't make any sense at all..
MILO considers bringing ADAM in on the HAMMOND PHONE
CALL, but he changes his mind, focusing on the INTEL
MILO
Show me.
ADAM punches some keys on MILO'S SYSTEM, opening a
SHARED VOLUME of INFORMATION, FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS and RETINAL SCAN
MILO
What is this?
This can't be right..
Can it?
ADAM
I ran it twice, and it's triple sourced.. I don't know how, but
those fingerprints belong to Teri Bauer..
PAN TO STATION COMPUTER SCREEN
NOTE: FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS GRAPHIC and NOTES,
determining 98.3% probability that the prints
match TERI BAUER
MILO stares at SCREEN, gaping, along with ADAM
MILO
OK, OK, think this through..
We got Teri Bauer's prints when Jack
was assigned here 8 years ago, to
confirm and verify her identity, to run background on her..
The files were updated when Teri and Kim were brought in the night of the Presidential primaries, when the Drazen's came gunning for Jack and his family..
ADAM
Right, and she's been printed once by LAPD.. the triple source.
Those prints Jack lifted WERE Teri's!
MILO is still stunned, but willing to suspend disbelief to get to the other data
MILO
Ok, if that's the 'impossible'
what doesn't make sense?
ADAM nods, tapping the KEYBOARD
a beat
ADAM
This! The retinal scan..
Now, assuming this is a scan of the
same person-- the mugging victim Jack was concerned about-- this scan
should also turn up as a VALID MATCH
for Teri Bauer..
But, it doesn't.. INCONCLUSIVE..
We have Teri Bauer's retinal scan in archives, along with her other data, so I ran a comparison check, just to be certain.. and it's not a match.
Pigment is same, dimensions are negligible, but the computer doesn't recognize this scan as a match to the ones we have on record..
How can prints match, but a retinal scan be inconclusive?
MILO
That just..
ADAM
..doesn't make sense, I know!
So, do you want to call Jack?
MILO
And tell him what?
That his dead wife might be back
but she got her eyes done?
No. We need to get more answers,
and not just more questions before
we bring this to Jack..
ANOTHER CTU TECH steps up, interrupting
CTU TECH
Milo, we have movement on Michelle's
distress call.
MILO glances at the TECH, curious
MILO
Movement? Michelle's leaving the
prison? Did you try to contact her
on that cell number?
TECH
The number is blocked due to the
distress code signal.. no connection.
ADAM
That's not exactly true, either..
MILO and the TECH turn their gaping gawks to ADAM
ADAM
The field-issue cell phones are
equipped with one-to-one radio back-
up receivers. All we need to do is
plug the freq from Michelle's phone
into one of our transmitters, and we
should be able to pick up
vocalizations on her end, even if
she's not able to talk. It should
be completely secure between the 2
comm-units too.. untraceable.
The transmitters are up in Jac— I
mean Davies' office..
MILO moves from WORK STATIONS toward STAIRS to DAVIES OFFICE
MILO
Let's do this!
ADAM glances around at other CTU techs and operatives,
then gladly follows MILO up to DAVIES OFFICE
10:24am
BOX CUTS: MILO, ADAM at CTU OPS COMM,
DAVIES, CHASE and RICK boarding HELICOPTER at PRISON,
KIM, KATE, ANGELA crying in the rain at the BOX CAR
CLOSE ON KIM, KATE, ANGELA at BOX CAR
KIM holds ANGELA close, tucking CELL PHONE to her ear
with her free hand
SOUNDS OF CELL PHONE RINGING
CUT TO CTU OPS, DAVIES OFFICE
MILO and ADAM arrive, cross to the TECH-STORAGE SHELF,
to recover the TRANSMITTER
ADAM glances around as CELL PHONE RINGS
MILO takes TRANSMITTER from STORAGE SHELF
ADAM moves to DAVIES DESK, opens DRAWER
..finds CHASE'S CELL PHONE, ANSWERS CALL
ADAM
Uh, hello?
BOX CUT: KIM vs ADAM
KIM
Chase? Who is this?
ADAM
No, this is Adam..
Who is THIS?
KIM
It's Kim Bauer.
I thought I dialed Chase's phone.
Where is he?
ADAM
Sorry, Kim.
I haven't seen Chase in a couple of
hours, since he left to investigate
the crash at LAX..
Then, he met up with your father
and—
KIM
What? My Dad's back to work for CTU?
I just talked to him this morning!
He didn't say anything about it..
This is weird.
Any way, I need Chase, or my dad!
It's urgent! We're stuck out in the foothills, and its really starting to storm, and there's this gang of creeps harassing us..
ADAM
Wait, wait..
Isn't today supposed to be your wedding day?! Chloe was all bummed about not being included or invited..
KIM
Listen, Adam, this is not the time or place to be arguing about this..
Can you find my dad, or contact Chase some how? Or send a car?
We have no transportation, and Angela is hurt!
Send an ambulance and rescue party..
ADAM
Rescue party? For who?
KIM
There's this girl, Deb,
she's an old friend of Chase,
she had an accident, and she may be
hurt bad!
ADAM
You mean Deborah? Ramsey?
She's Chase's ex, more than a friend, less than a wife..
KIM
Right, Adam! OK! She's in trouble!
I can't get to her, she fell off a cliff. She tried to take my baby from me, and got us mixed up with this gang..
So, can you send some help or not?
ADAM
OK, sure Kim.
Where are you exactly?
KIM
We're across the railroad tracks,
at Station and Hill near an old abandoned box car at the switching station.. Buses don't run out this way, and it's really nasty out here!
ADAM
Got it, Kim.
That switching station is on GPS,
so just take cover there until the
ambulance arrives. ETA, 25 to 30 minutes.
KIM
Thank you, Adam.
If you hear from Chase or my dad,
let them know what's going on.
ADAM
Will do, Kim.
Good luck, and congratulations.
FULL ON CTU OPS COMM
ADAM disconnects, and EXITS DAVIES OFFICE, catching up
with MILO back DOWNSTAIRS AT STATIONS
ADAM motions to a TECH
ADAM
I need to dispatch a car, ambulance
and rescue helicopter to Station Street and Hill Avenue, in the Valley.. to pick up Kim Bauer..
MILO
What's Kim Bauer doing calling Director Davies?
ADAM shrugs
ADAM
Dunno.. she thought she was
calling Chase.
MILO ponders for a moment, still tinkering with the
TRANSMITTER
MILO
OK, all set here.
Now, just set the frequency,
match to that of Michelle's mobile
unit, and..
ADAM makes some adjustments to the TRANSMITTER
MILO
.. we're in business!
ADAM turns up the volume on the speaker and stands from the WORK STATION, nodding to MILO
MILO
Monitor the transmission, and let me see that phone from
Davies' office..
ADAM
Why? What are you thinking?
MILO
Director Davies was acting strang all morning, made me recompress like 10 minutes after I got here, less than 15 minutes after end-of-shift, when the database was compressed on schedule, according to the logs..
Because of that breach of protocol, we missed the initial action at LAX, and response time has been suffering ever since!
I've been getting a bad vibe from him since.. he had this real loud and animated phone conversation in his office earlier, supposedly chewing Jack out for something..
Only the internal line-feed logs don't show any calls coming in or going out of that office in that time frame..
MILO takes the CELL PHONE from ADAM, checking something on its base, then typing at the WORK STATION KEYBOARD
ADAM shrugs, still tuning the TRANSMITTER frequencies
ADAM
Not much to go on, Milo.
It's been a wild morning..
MILO
AND THEN he hand-picked Chloe out of all of us, to lead a tech-team mission in the field, to some mystery location connected to the LAX crash, the EMP pinch and all..
And we hadn't even finished the trace on the pinch ourselves at that point..
ADAM nods, finally agreeing
ADAM
OK, you're right..
You and I both have seniority over
Chloe. That's just wrong..
TRANSMITTER CRACKLES with STATIC, and MORE
TRANSMITTER COMM
(MICHELLE'S voice)
Where are you taking us?
Why are you doing this?
BOX CUT: MILO, ADAM at CTU vs TERRORISTS, HOSTAGES on
HELICOPTER in flight
MICHELLE
If you hurt any of us, you have to
know, you will regret it. I have
plans this afternoon.. I will be
missed, if I don't check in soon!
You know you won't get away with this!
MANDY
We have your baby, Miss Almeida..
And we have you, and your husband.
The US government owes CTU and you people quite a debt of gratitude for all you have done in the name of liberty and justice for the Palmer campaign over the years..
But, the reality is, you are all expendable assets to the people in power in the government, those people you will die to protect..
people like Jack Bauer and David Palmer..
You deserve better than to die
in service to those people..
TONY
Michelle is right! This is insane!
What I can't understand is your role in all this? What are you doing here, Jack?
ADAM and MILO share shocked stares
MILO
No way! Jack?!
JACK
You wouldn't understand, Tony..
TONY
Traitor to your country, trying to
find an angle to make it work for you, what's best for your family, over the good of the country.. tell me, Jack, which part of any of that do you think I wouldn't understand?
I'm the one in prison orange here, remember?
JACK
Yeah, Tony, and now, you're free.
More of the same CTU gratitude,
shining through from you, as always.
TONY
I put my neck out for you a hundred times against Division, Jack! Maybe I asked, but never expected full truth, but at least some gratitude or respect for Chain of Command and protocol would have been nice!
Now this? What is this?
Help us to understand!
JACK
Understand?
You'll never understand..
Understand this!!
JACK leans forward in his seat, slides the SLIDING DOOR of the HELICOPTER open, and shoves MICHELLE from the HELICOPTER!!
MICHELLE SCREAMS, flailing and falling from the HELICOPTER
TONY leaps from his seat, screaming after MICHELLE
..lunges at JACK, his hands at JACK'S THROAT, strangling JACK
JACK smirks, struggles, and glances past TONY, to MANDY
MANDY dangles BABY MIGUEL away from her, near the OPEN DOOR, wind and rain blowing up and into the PASSNEGER COMPARTMENT
TONY looks to MANDY, and freezes, loosing his grip on JACK'S NECK
TONY
You're a real son of a bitch, Jack!
JACK
Maybe.. But, now, you're a single
father too, Tony. Maybe now you'll start to understand some things more clearly. Now, sit down, and shut up until we land!
JACK turns his head and strokes his throat gently, sneering at TONY, before reaching over and slamming the SLIDING DOOR shut again
MANDY glares at JACK
MANDY
That was not smart!
We need these hostages!
JACK scowls and shrugs off MANDY'S cold stare
JACK
I got what I came for..
JACK glances at ZEPHRAM DELPY
DELPY remains still and quiet all the while
TONY stares out the window, trying to look back and down, hoping against hope for a miracle of some sort..
CUT TO CTU OPS COMM
MILO and ADAM sit at STATIONS, riveted by the RADIO TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ends abruptly, goes to STATIC
MILO and ADAM share the look of lost shock and confusion
ADAM
Whoa.. I mean, who—
What are we supposed to do now?
MILO takes charge again, takes a seat at his WORK STATION, and taps some keys
MILO
I knew it!
ADAM spins in his seat, facing MILO, waiting
MILO glances to ADAM, then picks up CHASE'S CELL PHONE
10:37am
SOUNDS OF CELL PHONE RINGING
BOX CUT: MILO at CTU OPS COMM vs JACK in the GET-AWAY VAN
JACK answers the CELL PHONE
JACK
Yeah?
MILO
Jack, it's Milo..
We have a situation to report.
JACK
Milo, I'm kind of in the middle of a
situation here myself.
What is it?
MILO
I know, I know, Jack.
We're monitoring your cell transmission, you're traveling
East-North-East on Whitefield Road,
at about 67 miles per hour..
That's part of the problem, Jack..
JACK
What are you talking about, Milo?
Are you tracking any police traffic
trailing us?
MILO
No, nothing like that.
See, we just tracked a similar signal piggy-backing in on the distress signal from Michelle's mobile phone..
JACK interrupts, distracting MILO from his original point, with more data and intel than MILO can process
in the limited time
JACK
Listen Milo! There was a hit at the prison, a riot and a break-out! They got Michelle and Tony and another pair of prisoners, Marie Warner and Zephram Delpy..
Chase and I were there, we tried to intervene, but things went south, Davies and the Tac-Team turned on me, so now I'm a fugitive!
What about Michelle and Tony, Milo?
MILO
We don't know details, exactly, it was only voice-comm one-way, but it appears as if Michelle was taken out, to get to Tony..
I think they dumped her body, Jack!
We lost audio, but the carrier signal is still being sent.. it's no longer moving! The line's been open for a few hours now, so the signal strength is fading, but we can lock it down..
JACK
Good! Do that! Send a search and rescue team to that location!
What's that got to do with me?
Again, JACK'S confusion and question keep MILO from
informing JACK about.. JACK.. on the HELICOPTER
MILO
Search and rescue.. shoot, Kim!
I almost forgot..
JACK
What? What about Kim, Milo?!
MILO
She's stuck out in the hills, in the storm, and she's in trouble. Adam has dispatched a crew to pick her up and tend to her injuries..
JACK
She's hurt? What about the baby?
Where is Angela? You're not making sense, Milo! Where's my daughter?
MILO
I don't know about Kim, Jack! Just had news about Michelle and Tony on a helicopter traveling North, with you.. Station and Hill, I think she said, the old train depot? You want me to conference Adam in on this?
He sent the teams to track down Kim.
JACK
No, Milo. Thanks, that won't be necessary. What's the latest on President Palmer's situation?
JACK scans the skies outside, NOTES a HELICOPTER approaching from the PRISON AREA
MILO
There's no news, Jack.
No movement at all on any of those threads.. Palmer and the governor were due to have some face time at the prison at 10 o'clock.. Obviously, you know that didn't happen since you were there!
Palmer's a ghost.. uhh, I mean, he's gone off the radar.. let me just check..
MILO works the KEYBOARD at his WORK STATION some more
MILO
Oh wait! There's been a dispatch from Division and Secret Service, Palmer's motorcade WAS hit! Seven fatalities.. details are still coming in.. That must be why Hammond was having a snit-fit!
What do you want me to do next, Jack?
JACK
Just get to Michelle, and keep working up the data I sent you..
MILO
Right Jack! We got some news on that—
JACK disconnects, but immediately redials
PHONE
The cellular customer you are trying
to reach is unavailable..
JACK
Dammit! Kate..
JACK looks back from the FRONT of the VAN, to CHLOE
CHLOE looks at JACK, worried
JACK tosses CHLOE his CELL PHONE
JACK
I need you to contact Kate Warner,
Chloe.. send her to the old train
depot on Station and Hill Street, to
pick up Kim..
BOX CUT: JACK, CHLOE and HARLEY in VAN vs MILO at CTU
MILO attempts to call JACK back
JACK'S VOICE
(on cell phone)
This is Jack Bauer..
Leave a message..
MILO scowls
MILO
Dammit!
Jack, it's Milo again.
Listen, I forgot to tell you,
there's something fishy going down
on the helicopter with Tony and the
other hostages and terrorists from
the prison break..
YOU are there with them, Jack!
Do you get that? Tony and Michelle
were having a conversation with the terrorists, and You were part of the
conversation, before we lost comm!
Now, we both know that's impossible
considering that you are in a van on Whiteman Airfield Road, heading East-Northeast, while the helicopter carrying the prison escapees is heading due North..
MILO
Also, we have intel from Whiteman.
Palmer as not in the limo that was wrecked, but Senator John Keeler was.. and he's dead, Jack.
And, those data scans you sent from Mercy Clinic? They sorta match up to
your wife, Jack! Well, the fingerprints belong to Teri, but the retinal scan was inconclusive..
Weird..
Any way, that's all I got, I think.
Get back to me ASAP if you need more
details..
FULL ON VAN
CHLOE tries and tries to contact KATE WARNER,
JACK turns back to HARLEY in the DRIVER'S SEAT
JACK
Get off the freeway!
We need to dump this van..
CTU will have the authorities all
over us in no time!
HARLEY glances to JACK
HARLEY
So, does this mean we're not going
to Whiteman Airfield? Giving up on finding President—
HARLEY pauses, having said too much
JACK being JACK, picks up on the hesitation
JACK glares at HARLEY
JACK
What do you know about President
Palmer and Whiteman Airfield?
HARLEY goes blank, staring at the road ahead
HARLEY
I don't know anything, luv..
Nothing more than what I've
overheard from you, just now,
on that phone call..
JACK leans in close to HARLEY, snarling
JACK
The thing is, I didn't mention
Palmer and Whiteman Airfield
together since we left the prison,
luv.. Now, who are you and what do you know about the threat against President Palmer??
HARLEY pales, gulps, grips the steering wheel with white-knuckles
JACK doesn't waver, still glaring, staring, breathing hot and heavy on HARLEY'S CHEEK
JACK jabs the ASSAULT RIFLE against HARLEY'S SIDE, and pulls the CHARGING HANDLE, chambering a round
JACK
Pull over, NOW!
SOUNDS OF HELICOPTER on approach, closing fast
JACK
Son of a bitch!
10:45am
BOX CUTS: JACK'S ESCAPE VAN, being targeted by HELICOPTER,
SILVER MERCEDES BENZ cruising, GHETTO MUSIC BLASTING,
SENATOR KEELER'S IMAGE broadcast on TV NEWS, for
DAVID PALMER to see
JACK and ESCAPE VAN pull up and STOP under a FREEWAY OVERPASS
SILVER MERCEDES cruises along HILL STREET
FULL ON PALMER, in captivity
PALMER is shocked, can't believe the TV NEWS FOOTAGE
DAVID
I don't understand..
Carl? You arrange all of this,
distract CTU, LAPD, and Secret Service, crash a plane, ambush the motorcade, abduct me and Wayne, and plant the body of my successor in the wreckage? Why?
CARL
Greasing the wheels, David,
that's all..
There's someone here who's
absolutely dying to meet you..
DAVID
Oh my God, Carl! Who?
Keeler? Prescott?
Did you stage their deaths too?!
Is this all some sort of sick game
to you people?
CARL stands, walks to the DOOR, unlocks and OPENS DOOR
Into the small, dark and quiet room ENTERS..
..DAVID PALMER!!
CARL
No games, David..
This is serious as it gets.
I told you now it gets personal..
PALMER is absolutely shocked and stunned by his
DOPPLEGANGER
CUT TO INT. SILVER MERCEDES BENZ
CARLOS drives, grabs KATE'S LAPTOP on the SEAT next to him, flips LAPTOP OPEN
CARLOS taps some keys on the LAPTOP, CD ROM WHIRS and RUNS
CARLOS SLOWS MERCEDES, STOPS
CLOSE ON CARLOS, SMILING, waiting to watch VIDEO FEED
PAN TO LAPTOP SCREEN, as MEDIA PLAYER PROGRAM STARTS
.. and CLASSICAL MUSIC AUDIO FILE PLAYS!
CARLOS snarls, punching keys angrily
.. more other VARIOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC FILES POP-UP
.. NO PORN, NO MOVIE FILES.. this is the WRONG CD!!
CARLOS slams the LAPTOP shut, revs the MERCEDES
ENGINE, spinning out and turning around, heading back down HILL STREET the way he came
SOUNDS OF CELL PHONE SPEED DIAL
CARLOS
Yo, it's Chico.. We been had!
Yeah, Deb and the rich chicks trying'
to play me for a fool!
Get the boys and the guns and meet
back up at the depot..
Make it fast! Ten minutes!
SILVER MERCEDES cruises along HILL STREET
CUT TO FREEWAY OVERPASS, NEAR WHITEMAN AIRFIELD
INT. WHITE TERRORIST ESCAPE VAN
JACK holds HARLEY at bay, still threatening
JACK
Now, are you going to tell me who you are and what is your involvement
with what's happening in LA today,
or are you going to make me hurt you?
HARLEY remains still, quiet, glaring at JACK out of the corner of her eye, goading him
JACK PUNCHES HARLEY HARD, square on the CHEEK!
JACK
I have no patience for this,
Little Girl! Maybe They thought
I'd go easy on a woman? They
obviously don't remember what I
did to Nina Myers after she threatened my daughter and killed my wife..
JACK slams the BUTT OF THE ASSAULT RIFLE down on
HARLEY'S WHITE KNUCKLES as they grip the steering wheel nervously
HARLEY SCREAM, her KNUCKLES BROKEN
CHLOE speaks up from the BACK TACTICAL AREA
CHLOE
Her name is Harley Cooper, Jack!
She was brought in by Davies to help
manage the prison riot and asault..
She's just another tech, like me..
HARLEY turns to glare at CHLOE, tears flowing down her cheeks, as she spits and speaks GERMAN curses
HARLEY
(in GERMAN)
Like you? I am nothing like you!
You are pathetic and weak!
You are a stupid little sheep!
CHLOE pouts a moment, then responds in GERMAN
CHLOE
Maybe not so stupid..
JACK smiles at CHLOE
JACK
Run a check on her through CTU, the Feds, and INTERPOL..
JACK leans in close to HARLEY once more, almost
whispering
JACK
(in GERMAN also)
Talk to me, or I will kill you!
CHLOE goes to work, running checks on HARLEY COOPER
HARLEY continues to spout rhetoric and hate in German
gibberish mutters under her breath
CHLOE
Got it, Jack!
JACK smirks at HARLEY, turns back toward CHLOE
HARLEY seizes the opportunity, guns the VAN ENGINE
EXT. VAN PARKED UNDER OVERPASS
THE VAN lurches forward quickly, rolling out from the
OVERPASS, into plain sight by the HELICOPTER overhead
JACK stumbles back to HARLEY, demanding
JACK
Stop this right now!
HARLEY speeds up, crashing into a CAR on the ROAD
THE VAN careens off the CAR, tires squealing and screeching on the rain-soaked road
HARLEY tries to recover, but cannot manage the shift of weight in the heavily-loaded VAN..
..the VAN weaves and teeters back and forth on two-wheels, skittering along the freeway wrecklessly..
JACK, HARLEY and CHLOE are tossed around the INTERIOR,
as the van cruises out of control..
INT. VAN
HARLEY falls over the STEERING WHEEL, trying to hold on to something, anything, she jerks the wheel sharply to the left..
..THE FRONT AXLE cannot handle the stress of a high-speed turn, and SNAPS, the WHEELS jarring up against the under-carriage, the VAN CARTWHEELS END-OVER-END, the tumbles and rolls from the FREEWAY into the RUN-OFF WASH on the side of the road
10:51am
CUT TO OLD TRAIN STATION, DEPOT, near the BOX CAR CLIFF
KIM, KATE, and ANGELA wander into the DEPOT, out of
the rain
INT. OLD TRAIN STATION DEPOT
KIM shivers, rubbing her hands up and down ANGELA'S
BODY gently
ANGELA cries and screams, still shaken up and scared
by the events at the BOX CAR
KATE examines and explores the DEPOT cautiously,
testing her every step on the old creaky floorboards
KATE
It seems safe enough..
At least we're out of the weather.
KIM frowns, concerned for ANGELA
KIM
I think she might be hurt, Kate.
We should get her to the hospital!
KATE
I thought she was OK, Kim?
Just frightened, that's all.
The car from CTU should be here soon
right? We'll be safe then, and can
get her checked out at CTU Medical..
KIM nods, and sighs, shivering but grateful for KATE'S comforting words and thoughts
SOUND OF SHUFFLING and CREAKING from elsewhere in the DEPOT
KATE, KIM glance toward the NOISE, panicked and afraid
KATE
Who's there?
SHUFFLING and CREAKING continues, closer, closer..
.. an OLD MAN ENTERS from across the DEPOT, he carries
a SHORT BOARD with RUSTY NAILS in the end
OLD MAN
You're in my home!
Get out of my house!!
KIM, ANGELA cower, shrink away from scary OLD MAN
KATE approaches OLD MAN, smiling slightly, shaking
KATE
Please, sir. We mean no harm.
We're just trying to stay warm
and dry until the storm passes,
then we'll be on our way..
OLD MAN still approaches, muttering
OLD MAN
Out of my house!
Leave NOW!
OLD MAN swipes at KATE with the BOARD,
KATE raises her ARM to BLOCK
NAILS pierce KATE'S SWEATER and poker her ARM
KIM, KATE SCREAM
OLD MAN strikes KATE repeatedly with NAILED BOARD
KATE screams and cries, trying to fight back, but finally, she gives up and runs from the DEPOT
KIM steps back and back away from the scene, watches KATE take a beating, then rushes after KATE when KATE EXITS DEPOT
10:55am
EXT. OLD TRAINSTATION DEPOT
KIM runs to KATE, huddling with her, checking her wounds on her face, arms and torso
KATE looks past KIM, as SILVER MERCEDES APPROACHES!
KATE
Oh no! It's Carlos, he's come back!
KIM looks back, sees MERCEDES on approach
KIM
He must have found out about the
disc.. We've got to go now, Kate!
He's going to kill us all!
KATE, KIM run away from DEPOT, as MERCEDES pulls up
MERCEDES follows girls as they flee, until KATE moves
off the PATH, stumbles and slides down the wet, muddy
SLOPING HILL
KIM follows KATE, slower, steadier, trying to hold and
control ANGELA
KIM
Kate! Hold on!
MERCEDES stops SLOPE-SIDE
A VOICE cries out from the MERCEDES
VOICE
Kate! Kim!
Wait! STOP!
KATE stops herself mid-slide, along the slope
KIM stumbles up beside KATE
BOTH look back, up the SLOPE..
BOB WARNER EXITS MERCEDES, looking down at KATE, KIM
KATE
Daddy? How did you find us?
KATE struggles back up the slick, muddy slope
BOB leans over, helps KATE up the SLOPE
BOB
You told me you were coming out here
to make the exchange..
BOB and KATE help KIM up the SLOPE together
BOB
I thought I would come and try to
negotiate a deal with these
fellows..
KATE
Felons, Daddy!
Those guys were common criminals!
They want to kill us over a CD!
BOB
I see you got your baby back, Kim.
So, this disc, this CD, it's been
returned? And all is well?
KATE nods, but KIM shrugs and looks away
KIM
Well, not exactly..
KIM hefts ANGELA with one arm, and reaches around behind herself with her free hand..
..reveals the CD from behind her back!
KATE, BOB share concerned, curious glances at KIM
KIM
I switched the discs!
That's why we ran from you,
Mister Warner..
I've seen what's on this disc,
and I know why Carlos wants it back
so badly.. I switched it in case he
didn't give up Angela..
BOB nods
BOB
Only now, you think he'll
come back after his property,
him being the common thug he is?
KATE
Right, Daddy.
You don't know these people!
They'll do just about anything for
money! They have no scruples or morals whatsoever, and they will
kill us all for deceiving them like this.. it's gang-mentality, like in prison, only these guys are on the streets.
We should get out of here, now!
BOB, KIM both nod in agreement
BOX CUTS: KIM, KATE, ANGELA and BOB WARNER, at DEPOT,
all boarding WARNER'S MERCEDES, PRISON VAN steams and smokes, upended and overturned in the WASH, DAVID PALMER grits his teeth and seethes, in captivity
CLOSE ON PALMER
DAVID shouts loud though he is alone in the room
DAVID
You'll never get away with
this, Carl! The people will know that your impostor is not me! What are you going to do, replace Wayne, my own brother, my Chief of Staff too? Along with my entire family, and Cabinet—
DOOR OPENS and a FIGURE steps in, a MAN, BALD, BLACK
MAN'S VOICE
No David.. They don't have to
go through all that trouble..
MAN steps into the dim light of the room..
.. it is WAYNE PALMER!!
WAYNE is cut and bleeding from his FOREHEAD, and has blood and dirt on his clothing, after being pulled from the LIMO, but it is obvious, this IS WAYNE!
DAVID PALMER gasps in awe at his brother's arrival
DAVID
No, Wayne.. not you too!
WAYNE
I'm sorry, David.
DAVID snarls and spits, angry, betrayed
CUT TO OLD TRAIN STATION, DEPOT
WARNER MERCEDES back up and turns back down HILL
STREET
SECOND SILVER MERCEDES approaches TRAIN DEPOT
KATE
There's Carlos!
Let's go, Daddy!
BOB WARNER revs the MERCEDES ENGINE, glances to KATE,
then to REAR-VIEW MIRROR, at KIM
BOB
You shouldn't have looked at
that CD, Kim..
BOB turns, pulls a SILVER 45-CALIBER PISTOL from inside his SUIT COAT, aims over the seat at KIM
KATE blanches, gasps
KATE
Daddy?! What are you doing?!
EXT. WIDE ON TRAIN STATION
SOUND OF GUNSHOT RINGS OUT
10:59:56..57..58..59..