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Michelle Dessler: "Sounded like gunshots."
Jack let go of Michelle and took out his gun. He then picked up Michelle and told her to stay behind him. He cautiously approached the room, and called out:
Jack Bauer: "Brad, are you there? Brad answer me."
Jack did not get an answer from Hammond, but he saw all the other women frightened. He told Michelle to stay where she was, while he went to investigate. He went there and told everyone to get down, and saw that the window was broken and then he saw Hammond lying against the wall, gasping for air.
Jack Bauer: "Brad, are you all right?"
Hammond could not answer and Jack took out his cell phone and called 911, asking for an ambulance to come to his address. Then he went back to Hammond, when he saw Michelle running. She was not going very fast and Jack caught up to her. He then dragged her beside Hammond and told her to sit. He then went and grabbed a towel and started applying pressure to Hammond's wound. Five minutes later the ambulance arrived, and took Hammond away. Jack then decided to contact CTU, so he decided it might be best to contact Chloe.
Chloe O'Brian: "CTU, O'Brian."
Jack Bauer: "Hey Chloe this is Jack. I can't talk much, but I need you to tell me how the e-mail decrypting is going."
Chloe O'Brian: "It is not going. Alberta told me to do something else. She assigned me to do some background checks, and to monitor some phone calls."
Jack Bauer: "What? The e-mails are the most important things we have."
Chloe O'Brian: "I know, but she did not give a reason."
Jack Bauer: " Did you find anything while decrypting?"
Chloe O'Brian: "Actually I did. I did not tell Alberta about this. I found the name Second Wave, in the e-mails I was decrypting. I also found the names Max, and Alex. However I do not even know if those people are involved. They used very sophisticated encrypting software. I am going to need at least another four hours to finish."
Jack Bauer: "Dam Chloe. Can't you work any faster?"
Chloe O'Brian: "Well, Alberta said that you are going to be bringing in someone from Division, that can do the job in one to two hours."
Jack Bauer: "Chloe I want you to continue decrypting the e-mails best you can, and I need you to patch me through Alberta."
Chloe O'Brian: "Jack I have orders, from Alberta to sto-"
Jack Bauer: "Chloe, I AM ordering you to continue with the e-mails. I overwrite any order given by Alberta."
Chloe O'Brian: "But, Jack she is my-"
Jack Bauer: "Chloe just do it!"
Chloe O'Brian: "Fine"
Jack Bauer: "I will call you later to receive an update."
Jack decided to go outside and see how Hammond was doing. He saw the paramedics treating him, and went over to them.
Jack Bauer: "How is he?"
Paramedic: "He has a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, and he ahs lost a lot of blood. He is unconscious, but once we get him to the hospital, he should be alright. We have to get him into surgery to remove the bullet. We have an incoming chopper to pick him up and take to Los Angles Memorial Hospital."
Jack Bauer: "How long until he is conscious?"
Paramedic: "Sir, he won't be conscious for a few hours."
Jack Bauer: "Is there a way you can make him conscious right now? I need to know what happened."
Paramedic: "There is, but I do not think that he can help you. We found that he had pepper spray all over his face. He could not see anything going on."
Jack Bauer: "Dam . Keep me posted on his condition."
Paramedic: "Yes, sir."
Jack was puzzled. Why would anyone want to kill Hammond? Unless of course they were not after him. There was a mention that there was a mole in CTU, maybe someone there knew they were bringing Michelle in and wanted to eliminate her. He decided that he should take Michelle and get out of here. Jack went to where he left Michelle and helped her up to her feet, then they made their way to his car.
Michelle Dessler: "What happened?"
Jack Bauer: "Hammond was shot. He was shot because he could not see anything, he could not protect himself. Why did you have to spray him? I did not like him anymore than you did, but he does not deserve to be in the situation you put him in."
Michelle Dessler: "Tony shouldn't be put in the position he was put in, but Hammond put him there. You know what, Jack? I am glad that he got shot, now he can see what Tony went through. Tony was shot and then a couple of hours later he came into CTU to help, and what did he get? He got arrested."
Jack was getting more angry with Michelle for what she was saying. He was not a Hammond fan, but he knew that Hammond as strict as he was he only wanted the best for his country and for his people. And now here was Michelle putting the lives of millions of people that were innocent in jeopardy, because she was upset with Hammond, and CTU. Jack knew how she felt, because at first he did not want to help CTU, but then he realized that he was not helping CTU, but he was helping the innocent people. He knew that he had to make Michelle think the same thing, but he was running out of time, and out of patience."
Jack Bauer: "Just keep walking, and hurry up. We don't have much time."
Jack and Michelle reached his Hummer in the parking lot. Jack helped Michelle in the passenger seat, and put on her seatbelt. Then he got into the driver's seat and drove away.
Michelle Dessler: "I can't believe you are doing this. After all you put me through, you have the nerve to come and ask me for help."
Jack Bauer: "Michelle, I and not asking you for help. You know who is? It is all the students you teach, all the people in this parking lot, and all the people in the mall. If you help us you, help them. I do this job for all those innocent kids that will suffer if the terrorists succeed."
Michelle listened to Jack very well, and she understood, but she was also upset. At that point she had lost it.
Michelle Dessler: "What about my innocent child? Huh Jack? What about him or her growing up without a father? What about them? Why should I help people that I do not know, when I cannot help my husband be able to raise his child?
Jack was stunned he almost froze at the wheel, when he heard that Michelle was pregnant. Michelle started silently crying, when she thought about what she had just told Jack, and that it was actually true. She would have to raise a child by herself. Jack broke the silence.
Jack Bauer: "Uhh, I don't know what to say. Uhh- Congratulations? When did you find out?"
Michelle Dessler: "About a week ago."
Jack Bauer: "Have you told Tony?"
Michelle Dessler: "No. Not yet."
Jack Bauer: "When were you planning on telling him? He needs to know."
Michelle Dessler: "I did not decide yet."
Jack Bauer: "I think you should tell him soon."
Michelle Dessler: "What did you need me to do?"
Jack Bauer: "Do where?"
Michelle Dessler: "At Division."
Jack Bauer: "There are some e-mails that we need you to decrypt. They seem to be from Second Wave. We are hoping that by decrypting them you could give us a location on where the anthrax will be released."
Michelle Dessler: "Anthrax? When? By whom?"
Jack Bauer: "Somewhere in Los Angles. We think that Second Wave is involved."
Michelle Dessler: "The same Second Wave responsible for the bomb?"
Jack Bauer: "Yeah. It appears that they want to finish what they started."
Michelle Dessler: "All right I will help you, but only on one condition."
Jack Bauer: "Michelle, please I know what you are going to ask. I already tried that. The President will not pardon Tony."
Michelle Dessler: "We will see if he is willing to risk millions of lives."
Jack Bauer: "Dam , Michelle. Why do you have to make this harder? He is not going to. We have other people working on this, they will decrypt the message, but it might take too long. Please Michelle."
Michelle Dessler: "I need Tony to help me raise our child. I need him to-"
Jack Bauer: "Michelle I need to know now if you are going to help me or not. I am running out of time."
Michelle Dessler: "I am sorry Jack."
Jack Bauer: "Fine."
Jack had an idea. He turned the car around and drove off. He knew that this will be painful for both Michelle and Tony, but there was no other way, he had to do this. Once they arrived at Jack's intended destination, Michelle was stunned.
Michelle Dessler: "What are we doing here? Jack what are you doing?"
Jack didn't answer her, instead he got out of the car, and went to Michelle's side. He took off her seatbelt, and got her out of the car, he then dragged Michelle into the building. There he was greeted by an officer.
Officer: "Can I help you, sir?"
Jack Bauer: "Yes, my name is Jack Bauer, I am Regional Director, and I need to see a prisoner."
Officer: "Sorry sir, visiting hours are-"
Jack Bauer: " I know, but this is important now bring me prisoner Almeida."
Officer: "All right, sir. I will have him in interview room eight, in six minutes."
Jack Bauer: "Thank you."
Michelle Dessler: "Jack, what are you doing?"
Jack Bauer: "Move."
Jack and Michelle made their way to interrogation room eight, and when they got there Michelle was surprised to see Tony, waiting. He was handcuffed in front. Jack had made that request, knowing that when Tony finds out what Jack wants, he will not hesitate to kill him. Tony on the other hand was startled to see Michelle in cuffs.
Tony Almeida: "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" Tony yelled as he got up and charged towards Michelle and Jack, but he was stopped by a guard.
Jack Bauer: "Tony, I need you to listen to me. Hammond and I need Michelle's help, with something at division, but she has refused to help us. You know what is at stake when I am involved, and you know that I am willing to do anything to stop a threat that could kill millions. Now I need Michelle's help, and if she does not decide to help in the next ten minutes, I will make sure that she spends the next ten years in prison. She has already gotten herself an assault charge. So Tony you better convince her to help me, or else your child will not only grow up without a father, but also without a mother."
Jack hated himself for doing that, but he knew that he had no choice and that if there is one person that can convince Michelle to help them it would be Tony.
Tony Almeida: "Child, what ch-? Is it true Michelle?" Tony asked confused.
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