Bob Cooley looked around CTU trying to find something to do. He wasn't use to being out in the field so much, and not knowing what was going on inside CTU. He found Kim and Chase working over a computer and asked, "Did you know where your father went to? He said something about going home to help Kate?"

"Kate Warner?" Kim said confused.

"Who is she?" Bob said not knowing.

"His ex-girlfriend why would he be helping her? Is he ok?"

"He's fine. I just needed him for something and he wasn't answering his cell phone. Probably busy. Could you give me the address so I can stop by?"

"Sure." Kim said writing the address down for him on a sheet of paper she had.

"Thanks. Call me if you get anything on the terrorist cell."

"Yes sir." Kim said looking at Chase who had the same look of confusion she had.

Michelle watched Hammond walk out of CTU and she had already assumed where he went. Michelle stood over Tony and Chloe as they worked together on running the fingerprint they got off the dead terrorist. She wanted to yell at them and tell them to cooperate better, if they could just shut up and work and not argue they would have the identification already.

Kim ran down from the office, "We got something Michelle."

Michelle went up to the office that Chase and Kim were working in.

"We think the terrorist group behind the Presidents assignation is the Furry of Allah, a group based out of Palestine. They usually attack Israel. That's the problem we have why would they move onto the U.S?"

"Expanding. The U.S. is one of the major allies of Israel if not the biggest, and they probably want us to stop. If we do God only knows what could happen, Israel is a strong country on their own, but could they take on everyone again and win?" Michelle said. "Good job find out more information on anyone in the group. I'll forward this to Bob, and Hammond."

Michelle went back to her desk and called Hammond first telling him of their progress, than she called Bob, "You find him yet?"

"No. No one was home." He answered.

"We got a lead. The group, Furry of Allah. Kim and Chase are looking for the leader now." Michelle said.

"Try to find any safe houses in the U.S. something we can go at." He said.

"I know we are working on it. You might want to call all the teams and have them ready to go at a seconds notice."

"Already done." Bob answered, "Now I just have to find Jack. Is there any way to track him?"

"His cell phone. I'm sure he has the standard 911 feature that sends a signal off so it can be tracked in case of an emergency and you can't tell them where you are at. I'll check." Michelle said opening the program and putting Jack's cell phone number in, "He has it off because it's not transmitting a signal."

"Sh!t. Does he do this all the time?"

"No this isn't like Jack to just disappeared without calling in on something like this. He works on his own, but he always kept us updated." Michelle said getting worried now.

"I'm going to search a little more than I'm coming in. Call me if you get anything else or if he comes in between now and the time I get back."

Jack parked the SUV. He had followed all of Ricks directions and ignored Rick's tries to get a rise out of him. Jack knew he had to keep his head about him, he couldn't let his emotions get the best of him, or he would get him and Kate killed. Jack looked at the house in front of them. It was a log cabin style house with a second floor. Jack got out of the SUV and walked to the front like he was ordered. They took him around back the gun still pressed against his back.

When Jack got to the back he felt a twinge of something the mountains were off in the horizon and there was a small little pond that was as clear as the oceans around Jamaica. He could actually see the bottom and fish swimming in it.

"Like it Jack? It's my little peace of heaven." Rick said walking in front of him.

Jack stopped his awe look and looked around; they were in the back yard what now?

One of Ricks flunkies walked out of the house and smiled at the sight of Jack, "Everything is set up sir."

"Great. Come on in Jack." Rick said walking onto the big porch on the back of the house. The flunky pointing his gun at Jack pushed Jack forward. Jack followed Rick inside and than down the steep steps into the darkened basement. The ceiling was low at the bottom so Jack had to duck as to not hit his head on the beam. He continued to follow Rick through the dim room into a small tunnel area that Jack knew had not come with the house. He could tell it was built not to long ago. Rick stopped at the end of the tunnel and opened the door. It led into another room that had three other doors off it. The room had a few computers, and a small group of people working on them. "Welcome to my little secret place. Seems that the people I help well the needed a place of operations, and the cabin was lovely enough. Here is where you will be for the time." Rick said stopping at the door on the right. He opened it and the guard pushed Jack inside. Jack walked into the darkened room that had just enough light in it that someone could see a few feet in front of them. Jack saw Kate lying on the floor, her eyes were closed and he was relieved when he saw her chest moving up and down. He turned around, "What did you do to her?" He asked angrily.

"She is just resting. Minor medication so she wouldn't claw my body guard any worse than she already had." Rick said before he shut the door.

Jack walked over to her once the door closed. He knelt down by her he pushed the hair out of her face to see a fresh bruise on her cheek, he felt his anger rise and he quickly tried to push it back down. He sat on the floor next to her.

Kate felt someone gently touch her face and move her hair back she had thought the days events were just a nightmare, with a good dream inside of it, and she would wake up to Rick in the bed next to her ready to console her. She was disappointed when she woke up in the dark room. She looked up to Jack who smiled at her, she thought how could he be smiling at a time like this. There was nothing to smile about, but she smiled back gently, she knew he was just trying to be there for her and try to show her everything was fine even though nothing was.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"My ankle, neck and cheek hurt, but I'll live what about you? Did they hurt you?" She asked noticing a few new marks on him.

"No."

Kate was about ready to ask how he got there when the door opened.

"Ah I see my lovely wife is awake. You two look very comfortable together, but you always were weren't you?" Rick said bitterly.

"Rick what are you doing?" Kate asked angrily.

"Kate you stuck your nose in some business that you never should have and I'm sorry I lost my temper earlier, but than you had to go call lover boy here in and that just screwed everything up."

"Let him go Rick." Kate said. "He has nothing to do with whatever."

"Kate you would like that wouldn't you, so you wouldn't have to see him get hurt or die. You never did stop loving him did you? I knew I could never match him, but you could have made it seem like I was." Rick said angrily.

"I love you Rick. Yes I will always love Jack, but it's not like you think. Jack helped me through a hard time, and has always been there for me, he is a friend nothing more."

Jack sat quietly he wasn't going to get into this, he knew this conversation was not going to lead to anywhere good.

"Sure Kate. Let's just say we're sorry. I'll let him go, and he'll keep his mouth shut right?" Rick said sarcastically. "You were always a rich naive little girl."

Kate glared at him, she knew she couldn't go at him her ankle was still sore and she wouldn't be able to stand on it. So she settled for a glare.

"Oh I'm hurt." He said smiling to her glare. "Ok enough business time. Jack I want you to meet Husam al Din." Rick stepped out of the door way and Jack saw a middle Eastern man standing there. The man was huge in size and Jack could tell it was not fat it was pure muscle.

Husam stepped into the room with two other Middle Eastern men. "Jack Bauer I presume. This is the man that has been giving you so much trouble Rick?" Husam said doubting Jack's strength and ability by looking at the smaller man sitting on the floor. "But than what should I expect from an accountant?"

Husam ordered one of the men, "Grab the girl." He looked at Jack and said, "Stand up."

Jack did as he was told. He helped Kate up for the men to grab her. The men were nicer to her helping her over to the corner of the room where someone had just brought at chair in for her. Jack looked at the Arab man and showed no fear in his eyes. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew it was to big of a coincidence that here he stood in front of an Arab man and there was an Arab terrorist group threating the United States.

Husam walked up to Jack standing inches from here looking for any fear, "Who knows about what Kate found?" He asked Jack.

"What did Kate find?" Jack asked.

Husam hit Jack in the stomach, his strength matching more than his size. Jack fell to the ground gasping for breath. Husam walked over to Kate and asked, "Who did you tell?"

"About what?" Kate asked frantically remember the last time she watched someone get tortured.

"About your fathers accounts."

"No one."

"I don't believe you." Husam said walking back over to Jack who was on all fours pushing himself back to his feet. Husam looked back at Kate, "Does he know?"

"No I never told him." She said frantically trying to get him to believe.

"Is that true Jack?" Husam said looking the man in the eyes, he saw anger this time, but nothing else.

"I don't know what you are talking about. Kate called me earlier told me her arshole husband was hitting her. She asked me to come over. I got her and we haven't really talked about how or why." Jack said through clinched teeth he was still trying to get his breath back.

Husam looked at him, trying to figure out if he was lying. He looked back at Kate he grabbed a fist full of Jacks hair and pulled him closer so Kate could see. Husam smashed Jack's head against his knee.

Jack dropped to the ground, blood gushing out of his nose. One of Husam men pulled him to his knees and Jack sat there wiping the blood from his nose with his arm. Husam pulled a gun out and pushed it against Jack's head, "Kate who did you tell about what you found?"

"No One!" Kate said exteremly frantic she was sure the man would pull the trigger.

"Does he know Kate?" Husam asked again.

"NO I swear."

Husam pulled the trigger of the gun. Jack flinched when he heard the trigger being pulled back. He was sure these were the last moments of his life, he knew he would die one day by the hands of an enemy, but he didn't think it would be that soon.

Husam laughed when the empty gun clicked instead of sent a bullet flying out into Jack's head. "So he doesn't know." Husam said putting the gun back.

Jack took a deep breath and looked at Kate, he hoped she would stay quiet if she had told anyone they would die, and she would die. Once they found out what she knew and told they would have no need for either him or her. He didn't know why they were keeping him around.

"No he doesn't." Kate said relieved that the gun was empty.

Husam pulled Jack to his feet roughly. Jack stood next to him looking at Kate, trying to convey that she had to stay quiet no matter what they did to him.

"Who helped you find the discrepancies?"

"No one." Kate said calmer now that they weren't pointing a gun at Jack's head or hurting him.

Husam hit Jack in the abdomen and kicked once he hit the ground. He kept kicking Jack, each kick was harder and moved Jack farther. It seemed with every cry of pain the power of the kicked increased. Husam finally had Jack against the wall and he kicked him one more time, this time in the groin. He said to Kate, "Think about who you told I won't be so nice next time." He left the room with his flunkies.

Jack lay on the ground he closed his eyes to try to block out the pain he felt. He heard someone walk over to him and felt someone grab his hair pulling his head up, "Hurts don't it Jack?" Rick taunted.

Jack didn't answer him, and it angered Rick he let go of Jack's hair and kicked him twice before he left the room. Kate stood up and limped to Jack, holding back her cries of pain as she put weight on her ankle. She sat on the ground next to him. She grabbed his head gently and said, "I'm sorry."

Jack looked at her, blood pouring out of his nose and cuts in his face, "Don't be Kate. You can't tell them no matter what they'll kill you then." He said through the pain.

Kate looked at him and felt horrible; she had dragged him into this. It was her fault that he was again hurting. She was about ready to apologize more when the door opened again.

Husam walked in with the same two thugs from earlier and Rick behind him. Rick frowned when he saw Kate holding Jack's head in her lap, "No that's not right Kate. You are still my wife." He said glaring at her.

Jack pushed himself up slowly through the pain.

"Change of plan. Bauer come on." Husam said pointing a gun at them.

Jack stood and followed them out. The two thugs kept pushing Jack as he walked. Jack clinched his teeth to block out the pain he felt walking, his body hurt, and he knew it was only for awhile the pain would subside and he'd be able to move around without pain.

Husam stopped Jack by grabbing his shoulder. "Put your hands behind your back palms facing up."

Jack did as he was told knowing they were going to restrain him somehow. One of the thugs put the cold cuffs onto Jack's wrist and than pushed him forward to go through the tunnel to the stairs, out to the car.

Husam and the thugs were the only people coming now. Jack asked, "Where are we going?"

"To visit someone. Shut up" Husam answered.

"What about Kate?" Jack asked.

"She will not be harmed. Allah has a strict rule about hurting women and children even enemy's women and children." Husam said for Jack who he was sure like most Americans was not versed in the Koran, even those Americans who fought his so called terrorist groups. He pushed Jack into the back seat. He sat next to him the gun trained on Jack every step of the way. He knew Jack was not a stupid man and knew that they most likely didn't need him anymore so if he wasn't cooperative he would die, but Husam was always very cautious.