Jack picked the phone up, "Jack Bauer?"

"Jack!" He heard Kate's frantic voice.

"Kate what's wrong?" Jack asked in a hushed voice everyone was talking amongst themselves not worrying about what he was doing.

He heard the familiar voice get on the phone, "Jack I heard you've been sticking your nose into others peoples business also. I thought by now you would have learned your lesson, but I guess you never do. What could I expect from a man like yourself?"

"Rick they let you out already?" Jack said clinching his teeth to keep from reacting.

"Yeah seems they didn't have enough evidence. Good thing to know people in high places isn't it Jack?" He taunted.

"Leave her alone."

"Oh don't worry I'm not going to hurt my lovely Kate as long as you do what I tell you."

"What do you want?" Jack said.

"I want you to go to our house. Go inside sit on the couch and wait for us. Make sure you have your gun sitting on the coffee table or what's left of it, and keep your hands visible. Better yet, put your gun on the coffee table and kneel in front of the fire place with your hands on your head."

"How will I know you won't hurt Kate?"

"She's my wife Jack. Just do as your told, and don't let anyone know. I'll find out and than she will pay along with everyone else you care about."

Jack panicked he hadn't seen Kim since he got back. "Fine." Jack said hanging up. "Where is Kim?" He asked as soon as he got off the phone.

"She's working with Chase on getting all information we can and figure out which group is threatening us why?" Michelle answered.

"Nothing. I hadn't seen her that's all." Jack felt relieved she was with Chase, that meant she was about as safe as she could be.

"What was that all about?" Michelle asked.

"Kate. She needs me to go home real quick. I'll be back in a half hour." Jack said getting up from the chair and getting ready to leave.

Bob walked up behind him, "I'll go with you."

"I don't need a chaperon. I'll be back." He said walking.

Michelle called out to Bob, "You probably should stay here and help coordinate with the teams that are going to raid the building you guys were taken too."

Bob stopped and turned around and went back knowing Michelle was right, but he also knew something was up with Bauer. He just wasn't sure what.

Jack drove around for fifteen minutes sure this time no one was following him. He knew it was not as easy as the movies made it to be, you could never be a hundred percent sure, you were lucky if you could get eighty percent. He turned into Kate's neighborhood and looked around for anything to tell him what he was walking into. He parked in the drive way and got out of the car cautiously. He knew he could be walking into his death, but it didn't matter he had promised to help Kate, and he would do just that. He walked into the house stepping over the broken stuff he searched the house for anyone before he went into the living room. He turned the coffee table over and placed his gun on it. He took the clip and ammo out before he set it on the table. He walked over to the fire place and kneeled down as he was told to do, putting his hands on his head. He sat there for about ten minutes before he heard the front door open and people walk in.

Jack turned his slightly when he heard them coming down the hallway and he heard Rick order two men to search the house. He and another walked into the room, "Turn you head back forward Jack." Rick ordered as they walked in.

Jack turned his head so he was looking at the fire place again.

"Check him." Rick order the man that walked in with him as Rick grabbed Jack's gun and the clip off the table. He placed the gun inside the breast pocket of his blazer. He watched as the man had Jack stand up and searched Jack. Every pocket, and everywhere else for anything. Finding nothing he turned to his boss, who was standing by the couch. "he's clean."

"That's a good boy Jack."

Jack turned around and asked, "Where is Kate?"

"She's around."

"The deal was . ."

"No there was no deal. I said if you wanted to see her alive again you would do as I said, I never said I'd let her go. You federal types are really dense."

Jack glared at him, "What now? How do I get you to let her go?"

"You don't she's my wife. She belongs with me."

"She is not an item to possess."

"That's where you are wrong Jack. She is mine not yours. Get over it." Rick said walking up to Jack. He was inches from Jack daring him to do something, anything.

Jack knew if he lashed out he might get himself and Kate killed. "What do you want than?"

"A nice mansion, two lovely children, you dead, and a million dollars. Which I might just get that all." He said smiling at Jack. "Let's go."

Jack walked away from the fireplace the flunky of Ricks following close behind Jack. Jack turned around and felt the gun press against him, "Hey?" Jack said putting his hands up, "I just wanted to know who's care?"

"Yours." Rick said smiling still. He was winning.

Jack walked out to his car and got into the driver side. He waited for them to get in the car before he reached in his pocket to get his keys out. The barrel of the gun pushed in against his rib cage warning him not to try anything. Jack put the keys in the ignition and started the car, "Where to?"

"Drive out of town to the country. I'll give you directions from there."