Authors' Note: hey i managed to type up another chapter, or have the time too, YEA FOR ME...lol...anyways...enjoy enjoy the new chapter, after this brief thing of review answering...
Mav32: no needs to return favs, i like your story alot, ALOT, very addicting story...lol anyways glad you like it, just a lil more jack bashing in this chapter then it will all be recovering, or trying to, lol, havent decided yet to put jack threw more hell or not...lol
Bobdabuilder0804: im hurrying as fast as i cannnn...
Jack-rocks: yea i was watching those 2 shows, thinking, what if he hadnt escaped, what if CTU found him, what if what if...dam im full off what if questions...anyways thanks,
Chapter 2: The Back Up
"So Jack, Care to change your answer?" O'Hara said with a threatening look in his eye. He was holding a vile of clear liquid. Jack did not know what it was, but it was propably going to be painful. very painful. Jack stayed silent.
"You know what this is, Jack? Its an acid, an acid that will burn away flesh at the mere touch, very painful i can only assume" O'Hara explained removing the lid of the vile. Jack inhaled as much as he could until it hurt, well it hurt anyways, but before it had hurt to the point he couldnt handle it. O'Hara saw that he was preparing himself for the pain, assuming that was a 'im not telling you anything' response. He decided to be overly cruel with it though, he hovered the vile over Jacks' left eye, and in almost slow motion he poured the acid slowly all over that 1/4 of his face, mainly his eye. Jack shreaked in pain turning his head away, only in succeeding in making the acid cover more of the left side of his face. The burning sensation was unbearable, he thought he should be seeing smoke rising from his face, from such a burning sensation but nothing. Though he did hear the searing. It was melting his skin away and down to the bone itself. It was causing his whole body to go into a seizure like movement.
Suddenly there was some gun shots in the air, at least thats what Jack heard. First he heard the door fling open, then some gun shots. He kept his eyes closed tightly, slightly wondering if he could even open his left eye again, but more curiously wondering about what was happening. After a few minutes of blazing gun fire all went quiet. Jack managed to open his right eye a little, everything was blurry. He slowly moved his head around, careful not to have his left side of his face touch anything, fearing it would only hurt more, He saw his captors, all laying down, dead persumably. He then saw 3 new figures in the room, one was moving towards him, at a rather fast rate as the others stood at the door.
"Jack...Can You hear me?" A fimilar voice spoke to him in a very concerned tone, the face was starting to clear through his fogged vision. The figure had placed their hands securely on his arms to stop him from shaking, then he realized who it was. It was Michelle. She got the messenge.
"Michelle..." Jack slurred in almost uncomprehendable voice.
'If i look half as bad as i feel...' His mind started to wander slightly.
"Jack...Wheres the Chip?" Michelle asked, knowing Jack would fall unconcious soon by the way he was looking, and she needed the information from him before they took him for medical care.
"With...Yusuf...and...Kate...They...should...be..on...their...way...to CTU...by now..." Jack continued to slur, Michelle could just barely comprehend what he was saying. He then finally lost the battle with consciousness. The doctor that had been cowering in the corner finally stood up, shakely making his way over to Jack.
"Will you take care of him?" Michelle looked up and asked after seeing the doctor in her view.
"Of course...Im sorry, i could have intervined earlier, when he asked me to loosen his bonds, hell even when they brought me in to revive him, i should have intervined them,but...i refused, i was scared, im sorry" The doctor was very remorseful, feeling very guilty for letting that torture go on.
"Just take care of him..." Michelle sighed heavily.
When Tony first told her to go with the back up and get Jack, she didnt actually think they would have found him in the same facinity. But she was wrong, dead wrong. She had just gotten to the area, just started searching for Jack, when she heard the scream. A scream she swore she would never forget. First she hadnt known it was Jack, but once they broke into the room and found Jack on the table, shaking violently. He was completely stripped of his cloths, bleeding from nearly everywhere from the waist up at least. His breathing was very ragged and shallow. His hands bonded resting on his chest. The severe burns along his face on the left side, centerally around his eye, also bleeding profusely. His skin was going deadly pale. One sight that would also propably haunt Michelle forever.
She backed up as a herd of nurses and doctors pushed Jack into the nearest trauma room and began to work on him. She decided she should call Tony then. She pulled her phone out and dialed CTU.
"Almeida." Tony answered, sounding slightly preoccupied.
"Hey Tony, Its Michelle." Michelle sighed, very worried for Jack, also horrified in the state she found him in, which was all too evident in her shaky voice.
"Did you find Jack?" Tony asked, wondering why she was sounding like that.
"Yes...The people who had him...wanted the chip, they were torturing him, but he did not have it on him..." Michelle explained.
"Where is the chip then?" Tony asked.
"Jack said he had given it to Yusuf and Kate to take to CTU, that was just before he fell unconscious" Michelle wiped the tears from her eyes, obviously disturbed by what she had just witnessed.
"How is Jack?" Tony asked finally.
"Not good." Michelle answered walking out into the waiting room.
"Will he live?" Tony asked the tough question, one he really didnt want to ask but he had to know.
"I dont know...i was told that his heart had stopped earlier, but they were able to bring him back...hes not fairing too well..." Michelle sighed heavily, plopping into one of the waiting chairs.
"Alright...You stay there with Jack, Ill have the back up go and search for Yusuf and Kate." Tony sighed heavily. He too was worried about Jack now, but he was the director of CTU at the moment and he had to do a job. He figured Michelle wouldnt have been able to keep her focus anyways without knowing Jack would be ok.
Michelle waited nervously as the doctors worked on Jack for the next hour. Also during that time Tony had dispatched the back up team out of the area, leaving Michelle alone, to contemplate her thoughts. Tony made the back up team start searching the area for Yusuf and Kate.
A doctor came out finally and went to Michelle. Michelle was instantly on her feet.
"How is he?" She asked faster then the doctor could start talking.
"Hes in pretty bad shape, we moved him to the ICU area, he is stable right now, but we had to put a tube down his throat to help him breathe, one of his lungs had collapsed, as it would seem, we were able to repair it, but it will take some time for him to be able to breathe fully on his own, the other big concern is his face, he had received some major acid burns to the left side of his face, we were able to stop the bleeding, but the damage to his left eye was far to great, im afraid he wont be able to use it anymore..." The doctor explained.
Michelle was on the verge of crying, just listening to this explanation. She kept thinking if they would have found out earlier, Jack would have been able to come out of this without any lasting injuries.
"Here i will show you to his room" The doctor lead Michelle upstairs into the ICU area.
Jack was placed in a private room. Michelle hesitated before entering the room, slightly preparing herself to see Jack in such a weak state, a state of Jack in which was usually not seen by many at least. She entered the room slowly, her eyes moved to the seemingly resting Jack, gasping slightly by the sight. His chest and mid section were neatly bandaged up, and some hostipal baggy light blue pants were put on him. His hands rest on each of his sides, marks of where his bonds were, were evident. The bonds had caused some minor bruising. On his left arm there was an IV hooked up to him, feeding fluids into his weak body, and on his right wrist, just below the bruising from the bonds was a bracelet, a hostipal id bracelet, stating Jacks' full name and whatnot. Just over half of his face, the left side of his face was covered in heavy bandaging. There was a tube sticking out from his mouth that was taped down to his face. There was also various machines hooked up to him, stating his vitals.
Michelle hadnt noticed the doctor had left the room, she concentrated fully on Jacks' sleeping form. She moved over to his right side pulling up a chair and sitting down next to the bed.