Jack waited a few more minutes before he opened the door and let himself in, "Sir?" Jack called out uncomfortable calling Palmer Mr. Palmer, David, and Mr. President was out of it so he settled for sir. Jack walked through the foyer of the mansion. He called out again, "Sir it's Jack. Is everything ok?" Jack became alert something was wrong someone would have answered by now.
Jack was alert but when he heard a noise coming from what he assumed was a living room of sorts he almost jumped out of his skin. He cautiously walked into the room keeping his hand ready to pull his gun if need be. He didn't want to pull it now in fear of walking around the corner to find a secret service agent who would deem him a threat and shoot at him. Jack turned the corner and saw Palmer standing in the living room staring at the empty fire place. "Sir are you ok?" Jack asked dropping his guard a little.
"Yeah. Sorry I was deep in thought." Palmer said putting his game face on he turned around and saw Jack, who was much shorter than him standing at him studying him. "Would you like something to drink? I could use something stiff about right now." Palmer said walking past Jack to the tray with scotch and ice on it. He grabbed the bottle of scotch and poured himself a drink, "Would you like one Jack?" Palmer asked.
"No thanks sir."
"Call me David please no more formalities. We both our out of our past fields." David said gulping down his drink hoping to calm his nerves.
"Ok sir. David what did you need to see me about?"
"A situation that occurred this morning. Let me go grab the papper have a seat." David was not sure what to do next, he wasn't going to drink. What else could he do. He walked out of the room into his study.
The man stood there smiling an evil smile. "Why isn't he out yet?"
"He won't drink."
"Than find another way or you won't see Nicole ever again. You know what I'm capable of."
"I'm trying my hardest damn it." Palmer screeched in a low voice so Jack wouldn't hear. He left the room he quietly walked back into the living room. Jack was sitting on a couch and didn't bother to look back as he heard Palmer approaching. He was getting sloppy Palmer thought to himself. Palmer walked up behind him and quickly put his big arms around Jack's throat squeezing tightly.
Jack was shocked when he felt the arm go around his neck. He tried to fight Palmer off, but his arms were strong and he was two times Jack's size. Palmer had Jack off the couch, and Jacks feet couldn't even touch the ground. He fought and kicked at Palmer as his vision became blurred from the tears in his eyes from lack of oxygen he wasn't sure why this was happening he tried to fight as the last of his body gave out from lack of oxygen. Palmer held Jack up a few minutes after his body slumped he wanted to make sure Jack was out and not faking. He knew Jack was really good at what he did, and wasn't going to chance it. After he was satisfied that Jack was asleep he laid his friends unconscious body on the ground.
He yelled through the house, "He's unconscious." Palmer looked down angry at himself for doing it, but they had Nicole and they were going to hurt her if he hadn't helped them. He felt bad, but at the same time it would have been worse if he had not done it.
The man walked into the room and looked at Jack, "Good job David. Secure him." The man threw a pair of handcuffs at David, "This is almost over." He smiled at David.
"What is this all about? Why do you want Jack? He doesn't even work for CTU anymore. He's retired."
"I know that this has nothing to do with CTU." The man said silencing Palmer, "Just do as I say."
"I want to talk to Nicole."
"All things come to those who wait. Now do it." The man snapped.
Palmer rolled Jack onto his back and cuffed his hands together. He stood up and looked at the man, "What now?"
"Get him up were moving." The man said as if Palmer was stupid and couldn't figure that out himself.
"What about Nicole?"
"You'll see her once we get to our destination."
Palmer grabbed Jack off the ground he was heavier than what Palmer remembered him being from earlier. He carried Jack out of the house to the SUV. He put Jack in the back as the unknown man had ordered. "Get in the front and listen to my directions." The man ordered as he got into the back with Jack. He started to go through Jack's pockets and coat to find anything. He found a knife, a gun, a few extra clips of ammo, and Jack's wallet. He looked through Jack's wallet. He noticed the picture of Kim, Jack and Teri. He than went through and saw that Jack had moved since last time they had meant.
Bob watched as the SUV pulled out of the drive way. He slumped in his seat so that they wouldn't see him. He wondered what was going on, more than he wanted to get involved in on a day with a threat to L.A. He followed the SUV slowly as to not attract attention to himself, something was going on and in his gut he felt it had to do with the attack on the U.S.
Jack slowly regain consciousness he felt the weird sensation that he was floating. When he opened his eyes he looked around he was in an SUV. How did he get there? He tried to move his arms but they were cuffed behind him. He looked at the man sitting next to him and turned white.
"oh it's nice to see your awake now Jack." The man looked at him.
"What in the hell is going on?" Jack said angrily.
"Oh nothing really a little revenge with a little work that's all."
"I didn't do anything to you." Jack said still sticking to his original belife, "you brought it all on yourself."
"My wife killed herself Jack. She hung herself. My little girl she found her mother. I haven't seen my children since the day I was carted off to jail for stealing money from some low-life terrorist, but that didn't matter did it. Cuz you have killed how many innocent people and you are still on the street. I take a little money and I go to jail." Seth Campbell said angrily. He hit Jack in the stomach hard, winding Jack, "You have worse coming to you."
Jack glared at him in pain from the punch. "I didn't kill your wife you did when you broke the law and put yourself in the position to go to jail. It wasn't my fault you went to jail. I wasn't the one who told you to take the bribe." Jack said angrily he knew opening his mouth was stupid, but he wasn't going to sit back and take it.
Seth pushed his gun into Jack's temple hard, "SHUT Up OR I WILL KILL YOU NOW."
Jack closed his eyes he couldn't shut up, "What is the truth bothering you." Jack said angry he didn't' want to sit there and take the blame any longer.
With a quick movement Seth thrust the butt of the glock onto the back of Jack's head causing Jack to fall forward and blood to drip out of the fresh wound on the back of his head. "NOW SHUT UP."
Jack listened this time he was far to dazed to say anything.
"Turn off here." Seth yelled at Palmer. He was angry and all he wanted to do at the moment was kill Jack, but he couldn't he had a job to do before hand.
Palmer turned into the small subdivision. He was not sure where they were at he was still unfamiliar with the roads in L.A.
"Go down two more streets than turn into the driveway on the house on the corner. The garage door will open drive in and turn the car off." Seth ordered.
Jack looked around and noticed it was the neighborhood that Seth's house use to be in. Jack looked around hoping to get the address so that he could somehow get in touch with CTU and tell them where they were at or at least escape.
Palmer pulled into the drive way and a few seconds later the garage door opened. Palmer drove in and turn the car off, "Where's Nicole?"
"You'll see her soon enough." Seth said from the back seat. He got out and said "Hello to Teddy."
"I see you got the package." Teddy said smiling at his older partner. After the incident on Super Tuesday Teddy had been suspend for his hand in the electric man's death, and later was fired for it. He became even more bitter towards Jack and CTU after he found out that Jack was not brought up on formal charges for that day. After Seth got out with a little persuasion Seth got him to side with him and go on this little mission.
"Yeah. Can you finish restraining him then put him in the trunk of the Contour?"
"Sure be my pleasure." Teddy walked over to the passenger side rear door and opened it. He roughly pulled Jack out saying, "Hey Jack nice to see you again. Maybe this time we can shoot the breeze without your little girlfriend calling for help." Teddy smiled at him grabbing a roll of duct tape off a bench in the garage.
Before Teddy could do anything with the duct tape Jack tried to fight him off. Jack had only his head, and feet, but he wasn't going to go down easily.
"Come on Jack don't make this hard." Teddy said getting angry. Jack tried to head butt him but he ended up punching Jack in his open abdomen area. Jack fell to the ground the wind knocked out of him.
"That's better." Teddy called to Seth who went into the house, "Do you have anything to sedate him, he's being one feisty co(k sucker."
Seth walked out with a needle and a vile of an opaque liquid. "This should do the trick I heard it use to be candy for Jack. Is that true Jack, where you a junkie?"
Jack looked up from his position on the ground and saw the needle. His mind quickly said, "SH!T" to itself. He knew what it was and he didn't want it near him. He tried to roll over onto his back so that he might be able to fight more, but he couldn't get himself to move.
Seth laughed as he watched Jack struggle on the ground. Palmer stepped in front of Seth who was approaching Jack with the needle, Palmer also knew what was in it, "Don't please." He said putting his arm out to stop the man.
Seth looked at Palmer with disgust. "Don't touch me ever again." Seth punched him in the stomach hard causing Palmer to double over in pain.
"Don't you don't need to. I'll take any responsibility for any trouble he causes you." Palmer said in pain.
"To late." Seth kneeled next to Jack who was struggling against him.
"Maybe you shouldn't" Teddy intervened finally thinking.
"Why not?" Seth asked.
"Because they wanted him coherent when we got him back to the staging area. And that might keep him out for awhile, and they might not be to happy."
"I knew there was a reason I brought you along." Seth smiled at him. "Only if he stops struggling. Get him fully restrained." Seth said pointing at Teddy.
Teddy threw the roll of duct tape to Palmer, "Restrain him. Your responsible now."
Palmer walked over to Jack and began to restrain Jack's legs. He whispered to Jack in hopes that neither of the men would hear him, "I'm sorry I got you into this. They have Nicole I didn't know what to do."
Jack didn't have a chance to answer him before Seth was on them, "What were you talking about there is no need to talk." He looked at Palmer who half a$$ed restraining Jack's legs with the tape. He ordered Palmer, "Get in the car now."
Palmer listened and walked over to the Controur and got in the back seat. He looked back and saw Seth kick Jack violently two times in the side, Palmer had not known the two's past, but he sure it wasn't all that good.
Seth taped Jack's legs together and than Jack's mouth and eyes. For both the mouth and eyes he ran the tape around Jack's entire head three times to make sure there was no way to get it off. He than ordered, "Bend your legs back."
Jack complied with the order, he did not want the drug in his system he had fought to hard to get it out for it to come right back in. He knew just a small dose could be enough to send him back into the addiction. He winced as Seth pushed his legs back further than what they were willing to go, his muscles stretching to become to taunt that his legs screamed out in pain. The heel of his shoes touched his butt. Seth with the help of Teddy tapped Jack's legs in that position. "There that should hold him. Let's get him into the trunk."
Jack heard the trunk pop open and than felt a set of hands under his shoulders than under his knees. He felt himself being lifted off the ground and than thrown into the trunk where his head bounced of the side of the trunk as he flew inside. He groaned slightly in pain as he felt the warm blood trickling down the side of his head.
