The following takes place between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.

06:00:02 --- 06:00:03 --- 06:00:04 --- 06:00:05

CTU
Michelle hangs up and looks around the office. Everybody knows the meaning of the decision that has just been made. All are silent and motionless for a moment, but as Tony grabs the headset from the desk and goes back to work, so do the rest of the staff.

Tony sends orders to the back up team to head out. "Andre will be directing you," he tells the leader, "Be careful out there. We don't have current sat feeds available and there's no telling who or what is around the cannery. Also, you'll need to land at least 100 yards outside of Jack's landing site. Taylor's men will be watching that area so we don't want to give anything away just yet."

George walks up to her. "Michelle, I can't stall any longer. I've got to call Taylor or he'll know something's wrong."

George regretfully places the call, not knowing he is preventing Taylor from heading down the flooded hallway.

Cannery
"Is it done?" Taylor sits back down, resting his head against a leather chair in the only furnished room in the cannery.

"It's done," George lies, "We need to make arrangements to transfer Bauer and Elliott."

"We'll see..." Taylor smirks, "Upload the file to the following ISP."

As George copies the numbers, he passes it to Michelle. "I'll call you when it's completed."

"Oh, it shouldn't take long if you've already gotten word from the President. We'll speak soon, Mr. Mason."

CTU
"I need someone who can do this now.", George announces.

Michelle's too busy, Tony can't work on it, Andre's with the back up team...

"Mr. Mason!"

George gives the ISP to Jennie, "I need you to do a mock up of a Presidential order reversing a dishonorable discharge to honorable for Pat Taylor. The file is on Michelle's current directory. How long will this take before you can send it?"

"Um..." Jennie pulls up the file quickly, "Ten minutes?"

"Okay, see if you can do it any faster."

Cannery
Jack is cautiously progressing down the hallway, repeatedly looking over his shoulder, to make absolutely sure no-one is following. He tries the doors to the rooms that he passes. All are open and he takes a quick glance, gun ready, in each of them before he continues moving.

CTU
Michelle grabs a headset. "Baker! I got them. Military jeep, heading North, they're almost at the main gate now. Four miles ahead. Get moving immediately!"

"Okay. Thanks. Keep talking to us, Michelle, don't let them get away."

Baker and several of the CTU agents jump onto a truck parked outside the port and take the road towards the gate. Baker takes out the radio and contacts the Navy team leader, giving him the information he just received. Nielson lets him know that they are close to there and they're going after them. "Okay. Get them! We're coming behind you. Over."

"Tony, Erickson's team is within range of the cannery." Andre has been directing the team and now the update is given. "They want to know if they have the okay to begin landing procedures?"

Tony nods in Andre's direction then turns to George, "They're landing."

"Get me on the channel. I want to hear everything!" George races to his office and shuts the door. Taking a deep breath before hitting the speaker button, he prepares himself to hear the mission and to not be able to do anything about its outcome.

Cannery
Jack tries yet another door. It is locked. That must be it, he's thinking. He looks around, no-one there. The only thing he can do is try to smash it with the metal window frame piece or break it out. It's the far end of the hallway, Jack is hoping the sound won't travel far. One decisive blow and the rusty door handle comes right off. Jack catches it before it hits the ground, then remains silent for a moment and listens. All quiet.

His heart pounding, Jack opens the door slowly. He can see something in the center of the room. In the faint daylight coming through the small window, he instantly recognizes the body as Kim. Letting the door close behind him, he steps over to her, the sight of her sprawled on the floor like this is unbearable. But he's thankful to have found her. At least he can say goodbye.

But as he approaches her, she moves. "Kim!" Jack is startled, but immediately lifts her head up and removes the gag from her mouth. "Kim, sweetheart, are you okay?"

He can't believe the turn this situation has taken. And finally, it's a good turn.

"Daddy!" Kim can't yet put her arms around him because they're still bound but Jack quickly remedies that situation. "Where did you come from? How?" She leans back to take a look at him. He is bloody and bruises are already showing up. It's clear he's been through hell but she doesn't care. He's here and he's alive.

"I'm okay. My ankle..." She moves it a little as a test, "It doesn't matter." Kim hugs him tightly as if she'll never let go. "I'm so sorry, Daddy, I love you."

Jack buries his head in Kim's hair as he holds her, hardly able to prevent himself from crying while tears are flowing freely down her face now. "I love you, Kim. I love you so much..." he whispers to her. "Honey I'm so sorry I brought you into this." Although he doesn't want to let go, he knows they don't have much time before they're discovered.

Jack pulls back and kisses her forehead. "Kim, I know this is hard, but we have to try and get out of here immediately. They'll be looking for us soon." He glances around. "Do you know where Lisa is?" Through her sobs, Kim shakes her head no. "Alright, listen, I want you to stay right here. I'm not going anywhere, ok?" Jack gets up. "I'm right here..."

He takes a good look in every corner of the room, yet there is no sign of Lisa. But suddenly, a drop of blood catches his eye. He dips his finger in it, it's fresh. There's another drop not too far from the first and yet another after that.

Jack follows the blood trail to a closed, casket-like wooden box at the far end of the room. "No..." he voices softly and forcefully rips the lid off it, dread surfacing in his mind. "Lisa!"

Jack lifts her lifeless body out and places her flat on the floor. He bends over her to check her breathing. Nothing. "Don't die on me! Don't!", he utters as he closes his lips on hers and begins to give her mouth to mouth.

"Dad?" Kim ignores his order to stay put but when she sees what is happening, she wishes she hadn't. Her dad, leaning over Lisa, who has a gash in her head... it's too familiar a scene. Kim muffles a cry as she slides into a space between two crates and literally covers her eyes. Why now? Why this? They were almost out!

truck outside Miramar / cannery
Nick pulls out a cell phone, while Mick is driving the jeep.
"Taylor! What's going on there? We got set up! Dammit, you were supposed to make sure our back was covered!"

Taylor sits up straight, "What do you mean you got... Hold on." He swiftly checks the ISP number to find - nothing. The file has yet to be uploaded. "Petrov, get out of there. I've got Bauer and can take care of my end of the bargain. You're on your own. Good luck!"

He slams down the phone and decides time is up. Taylor secures the disc in his jacket and the clip in his gun - and a couple extra for good measure. "It's time, Bauer."

Cannery

Suddenly a heaving gasp comes from out of nowhere. Lisa coughs and gasps, unsure of what has happened. "J... Jack?"

"Lisa!" Jack breathes a sigh of relief. She's alive. She's okay. "Thank God..." He lifts her head up a little, so she can breathe easier. "Lisa, I thought... I'm sorry about everything. I never should have let you go out after them alone. This is all my fault." In case they never get out, she should at least know how he feels.

As Jack watches her lying on the ground, so weak and helpless, he clearly pictures Teri before his eyes. At least this time, he wasn't too late.

Lisa's breathing slowly begins to normalize. "Hey.. We gotta get out of here fast. Think you can make it?", Jack asks her.

"I can make it," With Jack's help, Lisa is able to get up quickly. "Kim?"

Kim joins both of them, "Let's get out of here." She takes shelter behind Lisa and Jack.

"There's a main entrance we were brought through but they probably have that watched. I never saw anything else." Lisa holds onto Jack's arm. He doesn't need to be sorry for anything. She'll tell him that eventually but right now they have to focus - be pros. "Jack..." Lisa takes just a moment to glance up at him, bruised and worn. He's beautiful in the small light that filters through the dark cannery and yet the words she wants to say won't come out. "Maybe this way..."

"The only way right now is through there." Jack points in the direction he came from and they start walking carefully. "There should be a tunnel underneath the cannery, built as an old escape route in case of an incident within the factory. I remember seeing that on a layout Andre sent me. All we need to do is find the entrance." He speaks as if it was the easiest thing in the world, like he was convinced of his words. The truth is, he doesn't even know if it still exists. But he wants to give them hope.

"Wait..." Jack notices the bodies of Tom and Bill stashed in the corner. He goes over to them swiftly and takes their guns and clips off them, quickly checks if they're loaded, then gives one gun to Lisa and keeps the other to himself as backup. "Come on." he motions to Lisa.

Kim's eyes are filled with fear. "Kim, we'll get through this. Trust me. Just stay close behind.", he tells her.

The three move forward in search of an exit.

CTU
"Tony, the team is waiting for the go ahead. They're in position."

Tony calls George, "Have you heard from Taylor?"

"Negative. I can't get through. He either knows the file is a forgery or something has happened."

"Andre, tell the team to prepare to count down. Give them the five minute warning."

Cannery
Taylor spies the broken door before his useless lookouts can make their way through the front hall. "You fools! If I didn't need your help, I'd shoot you right now! Find them! And don't mind turning back, they obviously didn't go the way you just came in!"

On the run

Gun. Lisa has to be a real agent again. She takes the safety off but holds the weapon at her side as they creep forward.

"Dad..." Kim starts to say something but Lisa indicates she needs to be quiet. There's movement somewhere.

"Bauer!"

All three stop upon hearing the shout echo around them. "Jack, they're behind us!" Lisa pushes Kim infront of her and they start to run.

"GO! GO! GO!", Jack shouts while Kim and Lisa run. He can't quite make out the silhouette of the man in the darkened hall, but the sound of the footsteps reveals his location. Jack fires two shots in the direction of the voice, before catching up with Kim and Lisa again. "RUN!" He grabs Kim's arm and pulls her along. Jack is visualizing the floor layout he saw earlier. There should be another corridor soon. "Left!" he shouts as it appears ahead of them.

More footsteps sound behind them. Jack stops at the corner. "Lisa, get Kim out of here. The tunnel should be at the end of this hallway. Whatever happens, don't turn around! GO!" Lisa reaches for Kim but Kim is hesitating. Jack loads a fresh clip into the gun and gets in position. "Don't argue with me now Kim. I'll catch up. Go!"

"Jack, if anything happens to you..." Instinct overtakes. Lisa quickly kisses him before leaving with a look that tells him he had better honor his word. It's time to go, no more holding back. She grabs Kim's arm and pulls her forward.

Jack watches them run and flattens himself against the wall, waiting behind the corner as the footsteps keep coming closer.

"Lisa! We can't just leave him back there!" Kim hasn't processed everything that just happened but she has just gotten her father back and she is not about to let him die now. "We have to stay with him!"

"He'll come." Lisa speaks the words to reassure herself, too. Of course Jack would come, he always did.

Jack watches as Lisa and Kim dash off towards the end of the hall, then focuses on taking out the bad guys behind him.

Cannery tunnel

"Jack's a bad boy," Taylor whispers over and over as he begins to descend the stairs into the tunnel exit, "Jack's a bad boy. Okay, girls. Come out, come out, wherever you are!" He shines a torch into the darkness. They must not be close to the end of the tunnel yet. Good, he'll corner them and dump their bodies into the sewer. Easy.

Taylor trudges forward. "Jack! Are you ready to see your daughter die? How 'bout Ms. Elliott? Come on, let's not waste any more time."

CTU
"The team has entered the cannery." Andre begins the reporting. Tony, Michelle, and George huddle around their phones and headsets. "Two dead, not Jack, Lisa, or Kim. They're going forward into the main storage areas."

Miramar
"HALT!" Nielson's team stops a vehicle trying to exit the compound. The Petrovs' vehicle refuses to stop. "This is Lovins. We are in pursuit of a rogue jeep, I repeat, we are in pursuit of a rogue jeep."

"Fire at will," Nielson gives the order.

Cannery
"BAUER! STOP, DAMMIT!" Taylor's henchmen are running at full speed to catch up.

There's a concrete stanchion where the two gangways meet. Jack comes out of the hiding and jumps behind it, shooting both his guns simultaneously. His pursuers return fire. Jack fires back again and takes out one of the two. The other dives and rolls over to the wall, shooting randomly as he does so. Jack takes a quick breath before he peers behind the stanchion and shoots back, aiming downward.

Gunfire on the other end seizes. Jack takes another quick look to make sure both guys are motionless and immediately runs down the hall Lisa and Kim took just a couple of minutes ago.

John has run back into the big room above the main hall. He can see the CTU moving in and doesn't care much about catching Bauer. It wasn't his daughter Jack'd killed. More importantly, he doesn't exactly feel like today is a good day to die. He is destroying everything that could be used against him and stashing other stuff into a bag.

Finally, he grabs a laptop, places it into a case and starts down the stairs, gun drawn, but yet hoping to avoid trouble somehow.

jeep
(in Russian)

"Step on the gas Mick! Come on!"

"I'm trying!"

"Well try harder! They're closing in on us!"

Nick holds an assault rifle out of the window and starts shooting back at the CTU vehicle following them. "Get out of here!", he's shouting as Mick swerves and tries to shake off the agents.

CTU / Field Ops
"Erickson, stay ready. This can't be going down as easy as it seems," George's voice is as calm as possible over the open channel.

"Copy that," comes the response. Erickson, in the lead, shines his flashlight down the hallway. No lasers, it's clear. He gives the signal to proceed but what he doesn't see are the men on John's payroll waiting for them to get close to the tunnel entrance before making a move.

"Nielson, do we have an update on the situation?" Tony radios his question to Miramar. "Nielson!"

Miramar
Nielson's team pulls up directly behind the CTU team and, for the first time, knows who the bad guys are. "Yeah, Almeida, let the President know we have that vehicle stopped with two males inside."

Nielson has a wide grin on his face as he watches CTU's team cooperate with his in the takedown. "The Petrovs are in custody. I repeat, the Petrovs are in custody."

"What is the status of the SSBN?".

"They never got anywhere near it." Nielson steps directly over Nick, who's laying face first on the ground. "Take these dogs to the brig!"

cannery gangway
While trying to find a way out, John notices the CTU teams taking control of the building now. He slips back into the paned room above the main hall. He breaks out a window and jumps out of the building, rolling over, then gets up swiftly and heads for the woods.

Cannery tunnel
Kim huddles behind Lisa. A voice is coming closer from in front of them while the rush of footsteps nears in back.

"Jack Bauer, you've been bad. Come out so I can see you!" The voice is closer this time.

Lisa pushes Kim against the cold wall then flattens herself against it, gun ready. Neither one breathes as they wait for someone to appear out of the shadows.

There is obvious movement directly from behind. Lisa steps infront of Kim and calls, "Jack?"

Taylor is close enough to hear Lisa's call. He takes shelter in a dark corner knowing this is their only exit and they will have to pass directly by him.

"Shh..." Jack shows up behind them. He whispers as low as he can "We're not alone." He passes Kim and and moves in front of Lisa. "Stay back."

Outside the cannery

Above ground, Erickson's team has already cleared the rooms lining the inner hall. "This is Erickson," he reports in to CTU, "we have evidence of a struggle, possible break out. Three more dead."

Andre pulls up the schematics to check the team's progress. "Erickson, you should be nearing a tunnel entrance."
Erickson's men move in quickly, "The door is up. Look's like someone has used it recently. I'm sending -"
The radio transmission on CTU's end breaks into pops and crackles. Tony throws down his headset to race into George's office. "Are you listening!"

George's reaction to the gunfire is stunned silence. He can't help but think... no one will get out alive.

cannery tunnel

The group moves forward slowly, Jack in the lead. Lisa can feel herself getting lightheaded - likely from the wound to her head and the sudden movements. As she stumbles, Kim grabs her. "Are you..."

Lisa nods and motions for Kim to keep going. She can't help but think her career isn't worth this, no career is. How can Jack put Kim's life at risk? How can he do this day in and day out knowing people want to kill him and his family?

A shot rings out just before Jack steps into Taylor's path. The madman jumps from his location, "Put your gun down and I'll let you decide which one dies first. Refuse and I'll make the choice."

Jack can feel Lisa's breath on his neck, she's close behind. They've gotten this far, he isn't about to give up on them now.

"You know I can't do that." He keeps his gun pointed at Taylor and doesn't budge. "How can you justify causing all the chaos today just to get revenge? That's insane, Taylor. Sick."

"Sick?" Taylor sneers at Jack, "Not any sicker than you letting your ex-lover kill your wife." He shakes his gun in Lisa's direction, "But I see you've found a replacement. Hmm... not bad, I suppose. A shame I'm trigger-happy." Taylor chuckles. "My wife left first, too. So let's see... that makes us, WOW! The same!"

He pulls back the hammer and prepares to fire.

Jack doesn't wait for Taylor to have a go. He fires a shot directly through Taylor's wrist.

As Taylor drops his gun in pain, Jack - in a matter of seconds - kicks him in the head, slams his elbow into his stomach, forces him on the ground and rests one knee on his chest, gun at his forehead.

"We're not. The same."

As Jack watches Taylor pant for air, it is clear that he wants nothing more than to pull the trigger. But he doesn't. He's a federal agent, he should bring him in. "You're such a sorrow creature."

"Go to hell Bauer." Taylor mutters and makes a sudden move with his good arm, in an attempt to slam the gun out of Jack's hand. Jack grabs his arm and glares right at him.

"You first."

Jack overturns his own decision not to shoot and pulls the trigger. Then he stands up and fires four more shots into Taylor's chest.

Finally. It is over.

Sherry

Sherry is sitting at a table, sipping a coffee, staring at the divorce papers in front of her. She hasn't slept all night, but she doesn't care. All those years are now behind them...

She used to love him at one point. Believe in him. Trust him. Support him.

But right now, she hates him. Period.

"Alright, David, you want to be President? Fine, you got there... You want to be President without me? Now, that's not an option."

Sherry grins as her eyes betray she has made a decision. She grabs the papers and signs them quickly, before she can change her mind. "There.", she utters as she stuffs them in an envelope and seals it. "Here you go, David. You're free. But God is my witness, you won't be President long. I'll do anything to make sure of that."

Cannery tunnel

Lisa shields Kim from the scene before them, literally hovering over her. Both are shaking and stunned into silence.

As the end comes, Kim breaks away from Lisa and runs to Jack. She hugs him tightly and whispers, "I'm so proud of you," as tears run down her cheeks.

"I'm proud of you, baby. You have been so strong today. So incredibly strong." Jack whispers back. He wouldn't let go of her, ever.

Lisa stares at Taylor, dead and defeated yet once so proud. She checks his pockets on instinct and finds a disc. "If he had any connection to Petrov, I thought he might be hiding it on him. He didn't plan to die."

He had planned that they would die.

Jack lifts his head up from Kim's embrace. "Honey, we have to move. Come." He takes Kim's hand, they walk over to Lisa. Jack takes a look at the disc Lisa is holding. "Whatever was on that disc... Let's hope it was worth all this." He hugs Lisa with his free hand. "I'm so happy you're okay. I really am."

With Taylor gone, the three can finally move forward. Nearing the tunnel exit, they can hear shots outside. "The back up team." Jack motions to Lisa and Kim to stay down and cautiously walks up the stairs that Taylor had come down earlier. He lifts the door a little and surveys the surroundings. Dead bodies surround the entrance. Obviously CTU personnel. There's nothing but the woods around. Gunfire is far enough. "Okay, it's clear. Come up."
Jack holds the door open until Kim and Lisa are out, then climbs out himself.

They start running through the woods until they get to where Jack had landed his chopper hours earlier. Like Taylor had ordered to his men, it has been burned. It's of no use.

But Jack notices a path through the high grass surrounding the area. "The back up team must have come through here. There's probably an intact chopper where they landed. Come on."

Cannery

Jack, Lisa and Kim run through the field as fast as they can, trying to get to the helicopter before anyone can find them.

CTU field ops agents suddenly swarm down around the clearing between the burned chopper and the mission team's landing site, guns drawn. Lisa and Jack throw up their hands and Kim follows suit. They stop for the mission team to join them. "Agent Bauer? Agent Elliott?"

"Yeah.", Jack affirms.

"Put your hands down. We've got a chopper waiting about 100 yards from here. Does anyone need medical attention?" Erickson takes a look at Lisa's wrists but she shakes her head no. He glances at Kim and Jack but they refuse. They want to go home. "Alright, let's get you on board."

"Thank you." Jack says.

All three of them follow the field ops team to the helicopter.

CTU chopper

Jack sits between Lisa and Kim as they lift off. Kim lays her head against Jack's shoulder, her hands clasped over his, her eyes closed. In the warm morning light, the city seems to shine brightly outside the chopper windows but Lisa is staring at the back of the pilot's seat unable to truly comprehend everything that has happened. Today's events are already replaying over and over in her mind. She jerks with each gun shot that she recalls. Jack's free arm goes around her but she barely notices. Right now she sees the men kicking him.

CTU

"Hey, guys! You might want to listen to this!" Andre puts on the speaker phone so everyone can hear. George and Tony stand at the railing outside George's office. "Repeat what you just said, Erickson."

"Rescue is a success, I repeat, rescue is a success. We are bringing Bauer, Elliott, and Bauer's daughter to CTU."

Loud applause rises through the office. Relieved, Tony shakes George's hand then runs down the stairs to join Michelle.

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