Chapter 5, more allies
Two hours later Jack and Chloe hadn't really gotten anywhere. It was almost midnight and they were running out of time. The men who had kidnapped Michelle were wearing masks when they weren't inside some place that the surveillance equipment could see in which Chloe had been able to hack into. They were scattered all over the city. Jack, accurately, had guessed that that had been done on purpose so that if someone tried to track Michelle, they wouldn't be able to find her.
"Jack," Chloe said. "I think I found something."
Just then Jack's cell phone rang, "Hello?"
"Jack, it's Michelle."
"Michelle, where the hell are you?"
"In a plane-a helicopter actually. Jack, everyone on board is dead—I didn't have a choice. I don't know how to fly this thing."
"You in the pilot's seat?"
"Yes."
"I'll talk you through it."
"Hold on a sec," Michelle said strapping herself in then the line went dead.
"Shit!" Jack turned to Chloe. "Chloe-,"
"I'm already on it."
Jack leaned in as the doorbell rang. "I'll stall whoever it is. Find out as much as you can."
"Will do."
Jack went to the door to find Audrey, Bill, and Hammond. "What's going on?"
"What are you up to Jack?" Hammond demanded, trying to force his way in.
"What do you mean?"
"Chloe's car is out front. What is she doing here?" Audrey asked.
"Jack!" Chloe shouted from inside. "I have control of the helicopter!"
Jack ran into his living room, followed by the others.
"What's going on here?" Bill demanded.
"Michelle's been kidnapped. She managed to kill her captors; however, now she's the only one who's on the helicopter, she doesn't know how to fly it and we lost contact. Where are you going to land her Chloe?"
"LAX."
Jack grabbed his stuff and started to leave.
"Jack-," Hammond started.
"I'm not on the clock right now Brian. Michelle knows who set Tony up. The only reason he signed that phony confession is because they had Michelle."
"How do you know that?" Bill demanded.
"Because Michelle told me. And there's someone at CTU who's involved."
"When did Michelle tell you?" Audrey asked.
"When I was on the phone with her being monitored." Hammond and Buchanan both looked at each other and said shit at the same time.
"What do you want us to do Jack?" Hammond straightened. If Jack was right, which he always was, then he didn't want Tony or Michelle's deaths on his hands.
"Nothing. There's still a couple of teams out there and whoever's running the show has to think that he still has Michelle. He did get someone into Tony, after all. Besides, we also need proof that Tony was set up. We do anything now, we'll tip off whoever is in charge and evidence could be destroyed. We don't have an option other than Michelle. That's why I need to go to LAX alone. Chloe, give me the coordinates so I can find Michelle."
A moment later, Jack was out the door, praying that Michelle was O.K.