"Chloe, did you follow him?"

Chloe never took her eyes off the screen, "Don't talk to me Chase or I'll lose him. I think he's in the one on the right, now the left."

"Temple, two of them are turning right, they're splitting up."

"Copy, which one should we follow?"

"Just a minute Temple." He turned to Chloe and asked urgently, "Which one is he in?"

Chloe bit her nail. "Chase, don't pressure me. I'm trying to follow them."

"Which one!"

She pointed to the screen, "That one, he's turning left onto Sunset."

"Temple, he's turning left onto Sunset."

"Yeah, we're on it. I've got a visual, two blocks ahead."

"Remember to stay out of sight, they'll be looking for a tail."

"Not a problem. There's construction for the next couple of blocks, so the traffic is pretty thick right now. Are you sure that Jack's in that car?"

Chase sighed and looked over at Chloe, "I hope so."

"Any word on Murphy yet?"

"Hang on, let me check with Chloe." He yelled over to her, "How are we coming with that trace on Agent Murphy?"

Chloe tapped on her keyboard for a minute, "I've got it narrowed down to a three block radius, she's somewhere in Canoga Park. Give me another few minutes to get an exact address."

"Thanks Chloe. Forward that location to Baker's team. Temple, Sam's somewhere in Canoga Park."

Temple stared at the silver BMW in the distance ahead of them, "I think that's where this one must be headed. He keeps going in circles, though."

Jack sat in silence given that none of his questions to the driver, Roberto, had been answered. Instead, he concentrated on following where they were going, but so far they were only going in large circles. He hoped that Chase hadn't lost him when they brought in the decoy Beamers. Since he didn't know if they were bringing him to the same place as Sam, the satellite coverage was the only way that they would be able to find him.

The car suddenly swerved into a McDonald's parking lot and the driver put the car in park. He took out a red handkerchief, "Turn your head." Jack didn't see an alternative, so he turned his head and allowed the man to blindfold him. Now he was literally going in blind, he put his trust in Chase and Temple, hoping they would come through for him.

"Get in there, bitch!" The man whose pistol had left an indention in the side of her head pushed her roughly into a small room. Sam clutched at her chest as the pain radiated out through her body. He walked over to her and ran the muzzle of his gun down her chest, eying her breasts. "I'll be back for you later." He winked at her and then engaged the deadbolt lock behind him.

The dingy room only held a bare mattress on the floor and a narrow door along one wall. She opened it to reveal a small, empty closet. An undersized square window set high up in the wall was boarded up, allowing only a slice of light through around the edges. Sam gingerly sat down on the mattress and tried not to succumb to despair and act like a victim. Although she was a trained agent and had never considered herself very girly, the female urge to cry had never been greater than it was now.

Sam looked at her watch. It was now almost 10:45, she had been sitting in here for over half an hour. She wondered how long she had left to live. Sam unwrapped her bandage and took out the knife, squeezing it in her hand for strength, when she heard the lock tumble. She quickly lay back on the bed and pretended to be asleep or unconscious.

"Ok, open the door and get out, slowly."

Jack reached out blindly and found the door handle. He opened the door and stood up. Roberto grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the house. "Where are we?"

"Shut up." He pushed Jack hard in the back, "Move." Jack stumbled over a curb and fell onto his hands and knees. The man pulled him up by the back of the shirt, "Get up. Keep walking."

Sam could feel the man cross the room and then stand over her. She concentrated on keeping her breathing even and her heart rate normal. The knife was gripped tightly in her palm, hidden by her other arm. She flinched as he pushed her onto her back and put his hands on her breasts. His face was inches from hers when he whispered, "I know you're awake, bitch. Don't fight me too much, or I'll have to hurt you." He began to unbutton his pants.

"Fuck you." Sam brought the knife up and plunged it into his chest, piercing his heart. She quickly scooted out from under him before he fell on the bed, gasping for air. "You're right, I was awake." Sam froze as she listened and waited for others to rush in, but after a moment when no one came, she formulated a plan. The man was probably twice her size, but she managed to scoot him off the bed and drag him over to the closet. She felt for a pulse, it was weak and thready and his shirt was already soaked in blood. Despite her pain, she pulled the knife out of his chest and pushed his unconscious body into the closet and closed the door.

She turned around and surveyed the room. There was a trail of blood from the bloodstained mattress to the closet, she fought back the nausea that turned her stomach. Sam was running on pure adrenaline now, the pain from her chest was almost forgotten. She turned the mattress over and aligned it so it covered the blood trail, otherwise, the room looked fine.

The door was unlocked now, so Sam cracked it and peeked out. She found herself at the end of a narrow hallway with no one else around. She stepped out of the room and snuck down the hall, her knuckles white from her grip on the knife. She looked around the corner, but didn't see anyone either. As a matter of fact, she hadn't seen or heard anyone in a while, since the phone call Jose made to Jack. Sam found herself only steps away from a door leading outside.

Roberto pushed Jack into the house, "Stand over there." He lifted the blindfold off his head, and Jack came face to face with Jose Salazar once again.

Jose smiled widely at Jack, "Hola, Bauer. I told you I always get my way."

"Where is Agent Murphy?"

"Oh, she is being taken care of, I promise you that."

"What are you going to do with us?"

"We'll get to that. First things first, what did Gibson tell you?"

"Enough."

Jose walked over to Jack and punched him in the stomach, "Someone should teach you some manners Bauer. Ramone put up with your shit, I don't have to."

"Tell me where she is, and I'll tell you what Gibson told me."

This earned Jack a backhand across the cheek. "I don't take orders from you."

Jack was losing his patience. He spit some blood at Jose's boots and screamed, "Where is she?"

Sam paused in the middle of sliding the door open when she heard yelling. That sounded like Jack. Oh god, he did it, he gave himself up for her. She had to do something, so she closed the door and snuck along the wall towards the front room to take a look. She carefully peeked around the corner and saw Jack in handcuffs, his face angry. Jose had his back to her. She recognized the one guard standing near Jack and another on the other side of the room.

Jack looked up and surprise flashed over his face when he saw Sam, then quickly hid it before he gave her away. He checked on Jose, who had taken a call on his cell phone, and waved his fingers slightly at Sam, to tell her to run away. She shook her head, but Jack eyes were insistent. She couldn't leave him, she had to think of something. She looked around for something to fight them with, when she felt cold steel on the back of her neck.

"Going somewhere?" Sam dropped the knife into her pocket and raised her hands and stood up. The guard pushed her forward and yelled over to Jose, "Hey, look who I found wandering the halls."

Jose closed his phone and turned to Sam and the guard, "How did she get out? Where's Tino?" The guard just shrugged his shoulders. Jose roared at him, "Well, go find him!" He ran off down the hall.

Sam mouthed, "I'm sorry" to Jack, who just closed his eyes and put his head down. Then he lifted it and smiled at her. If this was it, he wanted her to die knowing that she wasn't alone in this.

A scream came from down the hall, "Jose, we're surrounded!" The guard sent to check on Tino came running back into the room. "I saw them on the roof next door and there's SWAT guys outside all the windows."

Jose looked panicked. He grabbed Sam and used her body as a shield, putting his gun up to her temple. "Who did you call, bitch?" Sam was getting really tired of having guns up to her head. She slipped her hand into her pocket and tightened her fist around the knife as he pulled them back against the wall. He ordered the others to check the windows and corroborate the story. Jack's guard also pulled him close in an attempt to claim him as a hostage.

Temple sat at the perimeter with a marksman from the LA SWAT unit with a scope. When he saw the guard come to the window and look out, he motioned for him to fire. The bullet spun out of the rifle and broke through the window, killing the man instantly before he even heard the report. CTU and SWAT heard the signal and stormed the house.

Jose's eyes widened when he saw the guard fall to the floor, dead. Sam took the opportunity and reached back and stabbed him in the stomach. He let go of her and clutched his belly as police officers held him at gunpoint. Sam fell to the ground and covered her head.

Jack seized the chaotic moment and spun out of the guard's grasp and threw his arms over his head and began to choke him with the chain of the handcuffs. The guard dropped his weapon and pulled at the chain around his neck. Several CTU field agents covered the man while Temple ran over to him, "Jack, let go, we got him." The rest of Salazar's henchmen had already given up, as they knew they were completely outgunned.

Jack released his grip on the man and put his hands up. Temple walked up to him and put his arm around Jack's shoulders, "See, I told you, nothing to worry about." Temple unlocked Jack's hands as he looked around for Sam.

Jack frantically searched the room filled with police and CTU personnel. "Where is she? Sam?"

Sam called out from her position on the floor, "Down here."

Jack ran to her and kneeled down next to her, "Sweetheart, are you ok?"

She smiled up at him and put her hand on her head, "Yeah, just a little dizzy." He leaned over and kissed her deeply and brushed her hair back from her face. "I told you to run."

"Yeah, well, I wasn't going to leave you." Jack kissed her again.

Temple walked over and grinned down at them, "Oh, would you guys just get a room."