A/N- sorry I haven't updated in a while I had serious writer's block.
Anyway, the first part is from Michelle's POV when she's unconscious, so
it's a little insane.
Oh yeah and to sapphire-kitsune; MEOW! ************************************************************************
I hit the floor hard. I raised my head up to see where I was. The whole place was dark. I could hear voices, calling out, moaning in pain. I stood up. suddenly the lights turned on, blinding me for a second. I was back in the hotel. People were on the floor around me, bleeding, reaching out for me, the only one who wasn't infected. Children were crying in pain. I felt tears come to my eyes. I thought to myself "so, it was all a dream, the last three weeks." I was going to die. I ran as fast as I could away from these people. I slammed into Gael. He was alive.
"Gael, I thought you were dead." He grabbed my arm and started dragging me down a deserted hallway. I screamed. He put his hand over my mouth. I struggled against him. suddenly everything started to blend together, the world was spinning around me. Gael was gone. Instead there was an angry woman chasing me. The woman who's husband I'd killed. I started to run again, hoping that I could outrun her, but she was too fast. I tripped over something and fell into an endless hole. I kept falling, and screaming. ************************************************************************
"Michelle!" I opened my eyes. I was lying on my sister-in law's couch, Tony sitting next to me and holding my hand. It had all been a dream. But it had seemed so real..........
"Michelle, are you okay?"
"I think so." She said weakly. The front door opened and Rachel walked into the living room.
"hi aunt Michelle." She said.
"hi Rachel." Rachel handed the car keys to Tony.
"thanks." She said and ran up the stairs to her room.
"do you guys want to stay over?" Geri asked. Tony nodded. "okay, I'll get the guest room ready." she left the room.
"what happened?" Michelle asked.
"I think you fainted. Why did you scream?"
"I thought I saw Gael, and I got scared."
"we should really get you checked out."
"I'm fine, Tony." He sighed. She definitely was not fine, but he couldn't force her into a psyche evaluation.
"whatever." He said. Rachel ran down the stairs and tripped over her shoelaces. "you okay?" he asked.
"yeah. Wow I am such a klutz." She stood up. Geri came back into the room.
"Rachel, are you okay?" she asked. Rachel nodded and sat in a chair facing Tony and Michelle. "do you guys want something to eat?"
"sure." Tony said.
"okay, I'll order a pizza." She went into the kitchen.
"Pepperoni." Rachel yelled out. Geri came back in.
"by the way, the room's ready."
"thanks." Tony said. Michelle sat up.
"I'm starving." She said. She pulled her scrunchie out of her hair.
"20 minutes" Geri called out, just as Tony's cell phone began to ring.
"Almeida" he answered.
"Almeida, where the hell are you?" Chappelle yelled into the phone.
"I had to take Michelle home."
"you need to stop putting your wife before your job. Ms. Dessler can handle herself. Right now we need you on site."
"Ryan, she's my wife. I care about her a lot."
"yeah, but when you took this job, you knew you had to make sacrifices. Including family." Tony began getting really angry.
"look, Ryan, I knew the risks. And I know that I should care about my job. But this job has cost me too much last time I went into the field I got shot. And my wife almost got killed. If you actually cared about your family you would know how that feels." Tony knew he had taken it too far, but he didn't care.
"you know what Almeida, you're fired." Tony dropped the phone in surprise. Michelle reached down and handed it back to him, but Chappelle had hung up.
"what happened?" she asked.
"he fired me." She wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
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Chappelle walked into Jack's office. Jack was doing something on his computer.
"Jack." he said. Jack looked up.
"yeah?"
"congratulations, you're the new director of CTU."
"what?" he asked, surprised. "what happened to Tony?" Chappelle leaned against his desk.
"I fired him." he said casually, as if he screwed up peoples lives every day.
"look, Ryan, Tony's the best director we've ever had, I mean, look at me, I'm on methadone for christ's sake.give him his job back." He was standing now, and was getting very angry. Chappelle's casual attitude about the whole situation was pissing him off. "why did you fire him in the first place?"
"he was being insolent and he left without telling anybody." Jack's anger was starting to scare him.
"his wife was sick, he had to take her home. What can you expect? I've lost too many good agents already." Chappelle turned around as if to leave, but stayed in the same place.
"I'll think about it." he said, and left.
Oh yeah and to sapphire-kitsune; MEOW! ************************************************************************
I hit the floor hard. I raised my head up to see where I was. The whole place was dark. I could hear voices, calling out, moaning in pain. I stood up. suddenly the lights turned on, blinding me for a second. I was back in the hotel. People were on the floor around me, bleeding, reaching out for me, the only one who wasn't infected. Children were crying in pain. I felt tears come to my eyes. I thought to myself "so, it was all a dream, the last three weeks." I was going to die. I ran as fast as I could away from these people. I slammed into Gael. He was alive.
"Gael, I thought you were dead." He grabbed my arm and started dragging me down a deserted hallway. I screamed. He put his hand over my mouth. I struggled against him. suddenly everything started to blend together, the world was spinning around me. Gael was gone. Instead there was an angry woman chasing me. The woman who's husband I'd killed. I started to run again, hoping that I could outrun her, but she was too fast. I tripped over something and fell into an endless hole. I kept falling, and screaming. ************************************************************************
"Michelle!" I opened my eyes. I was lying on my sister-in law's couch, Tony sitting next to me and holding my hand. It had all been a dream. But it had seemed so real..........
"Michelle, are you okay?"
"I think so." She said weakly. The front door opened and Rachel walked into the living room.
"hi aunt Michelle." She said.
"hi Rachel." Rachel handed the car keys to Tony.
"thanks." She said and ran up the stairs to her room.
"do you guys want to stay over?" Geri asked. Tony nodded. "okay, I'll get the guest room ready." she left the room.
"what happened?" Michelle asked.
"I think you fainted. Why did you scream?"
"I thought I saw Gael, and I got scared."
"we should really get you checked out."
"I'm fine, Tony." He sighed. She definitely was not fine, but he couldn't force her into a psyche evaluation.
"whatever." He said. Rachel ran down the stairs and tripped over her shoelaces. "you okay?" he asked.
"yeah. Wow I am such a klutz." She stood up. Geri came back into the room.
"Rachel, are you okay?" she asked. Rachel nodded and sat in a chair facing Tony and Michelle. "do you guys want something to eat?"
"sure." Tony said.
"okay, I'll order a pizza." She went into the kitchen.
"Pepperoni." Rachel yelled out. Geri came back in.
"by the way, the room's ready."
"thanks." Tony said. Michelle sat up.
"I'm starving." She said. She pulled her scrunchie out of her hair.
"20 minutes" Geri called out, just as Tony's cell phone began to ring.
"Almeida" he answered.
"Almeida, where the hell are you?" Chappelle yelled into the phone.
"I had to take Michelle home."
"you need to stop putting your wife before your job. Ms. Dessler can handle herself. Right now we need you on site."
"Ryan, she's my wife. I care about her a lot."
"yeah, but when you took this job, you knew you had to make sacrifices. Including family." Tony began getting really angry.
"look, Ryan, I knew the risks. And I know that I should care about my job. But this job has cost me too much last time I went into the field I got shot. And my wife almost got killed. If you actually cared about your family you would know how that feels." Tony knew he had taken it too far, but he didn't care.
"you know what Almeida, you're fired." Tony dropped the phone in surprise. Michelle reached down and handed it back to him, but Chappelle had hung up.
"what happened?" she asked.
"he fired me." She wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
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Chappelle walked into Jack's office. Jack was doing something on his computer.
"Jack." he said. Jack looked up.
"yeah?"
"congratulations, you're the new director of CTU."
"what?" he asked, surprised. "what happened to Tony?" Chappelle leaned against his desk.
"I fired him." he said casually, as if he screwed up peoples lives every day.
"look, Ryan, Tony's the best director we've ever had, I mean, look at me, I'm on methadone for christ's sake.give him his job back." He was standing now, and was getting very angry. Chappelle's casual attitude about the whole situation was pissing him off. "why did you fire him in the first place?"
"he was being insolent and he left without telling anybody." Jack's anger was starting to scare him.
"his wife was sick, he had to take her home. What can you expect? I've lost too many good agents already." Chappelle turned around as if to leave, but stayed in the same place.
"I'll think about it." he said, and left.