He yelled over his shoulder to the corner of the room, "Did you get all that on tape, Temple?"

Both Gibson and Chris searched the room with their eyes, confused, when Temple, who had been hidden behind the crates in the corner, yelled back, "Yeah, every word."

Chris shouted, "Gibson, take care of Temple and get that tape." Then Chris aimed at Jack. She spit with anger, "You son of a bitch, you set us up!"

"That's right, but you set me up first. I'm just better at it than you."

Jack looked quickly over at Sam to make sure she was ok. Chris again caught the look and was distracted for just long enough. Jack shouted at Sam as he pushed her to the side, "Now, Sam!"

Sam dove to the ground just as a bullet whizzed by her. She scrambled across the floor on her stomach for the gun she had kicked away earlier, found it and slid it across the floor to Jack. Jack picked it up and shot at Chris, just as the room filled with CTU and FBI agents in full SWAT type gear, disorienting her. Jack's shot hit Chris in the chest, who fell back. Gibson was surrounded and gave up without a fight.

Agents completely surrounded Sam and Jack and yelled at him to drop his weapon. He complied and looked over at Sam, "Are you okay?" Sam just nodded, still trying to catch her breath and make sense of all that had happened in the span of only a couple of moments.

There was chaos inside the warehouse now, as many of the agents were unclear of what was happening. Most knew either Chris Henry or Walter Gibson as senior officers, so they were unsure of whose side everyone was on, it was hard to believe one of their own could work against them. The agents picked Jack up and were about to cuff him, when Hammond strode over, "No, he's ok, let him go." He looked down at Chris, bleeding on the ground and yelled to the closest agent, "Get an ambulance here, now."

The agents released Jack, who walked over to Sam brushed some hair behind her ear, then hugged her. "You ok?"

She hugged him back tightly. "Yeah, thanks for pushing me away from that bullet. I guess we're even now. You had me worried there for a minute, Bauer." She could see Chris lying on the floor over Jack's shoulder and still couldn't get over the resemblance. "Jack, she looks so much like Teri, except for the hair color, I would say they were sisters."

Jack broke the embrace and looked her in the eyes, "How do you know what Teri looked like?"

A guilty look crossed her face, "I found a picture in your apartment when you were showering."

Jack smiled at Sam, then looked over his shoulder at the fallen agent, "It threw me at first and I couldn't place my finger on it. Then I realized the resemblance was too great to be a coincidence. She was using it to gain my trust, I just had to figure out who she was working with."

Sam grimaced as she looked at Chris again, "Are you sure you're ok with this, I mean, shooting her?"

Jack nodded, "Yeah, I think so." He hugged her again and stroked her back with his hand. "Everything's going to be ok now." Sam felt so safe in his arms, she almost believed him.

Hammond walked up to them, "I don't know how you knew Bauer, but she sure had me fooled. Good work." Jack released Sam and shook Hammond's hand, "Thanks for coming, Brad. When I had Temple call you, I wasn't sure if you'd believe it."

Hammond just shook his head, "If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I don't think I would have. I'm going to need you both to debrief at division, but it can wait till tomorrow."

Temple heard his name and walked over to them with a camcorder in one hand and the tape in the other. He handed the tape to Hammond, "This will have everything you need on it."

Jack put his hand on Temple's shoulder, "Thanks kid, you really came through. It looks like you are agent material after all."

Temple beamed at them, "So does this mean that I am partners with you guys now?"

Jack and Sam both answered at the same time, "No."

Sam sighed, "I'm glad this is finally over."

Jack shook his head, "But it's not. Salazar is still after us."


I'm updating so fast because I have already written these parts...look forward to some more action and maybe a different type of "action" between Jack and Sam. This story has gotten really long, I hope you stay with me till the end. Thanks again for reading!