A/N: Okay, next chapter's a little short...and weird...

Chapter 7-The Bounty Hunter

"Jack get a grip!" I yell.

"You…you…you killed Audrey!" Jack yells back, twisting my arm.

"No I didn't! Some stupid driver did! It was a car accident! Accident!"

Jack spits on my head and kicks me again. "Lying bitch!"

"Fuck Jack I'm not lying! Why the hell do you think I'm lying?"

"Because you hated Audrey! Because you love me! So you killed her because it would get her out of your hair!"

"Okay! I admit that I hated Audrey and that I used to love you, but I'm over it! Just because I hated Audrey doesn't mean that I'd kill her! Jesus Jack!"

"Oh yes it does! Why else would you have killed her if you didn't hate her?"

"For fuck's sake Jack I didn't kill Audrey!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's going on here?" a hotel worker (who strangely resembles my ex-husband) demands

"Wow! Perfect timing! You should really be a security guard." I say sarcastically.

"Nothing." Jack answers, helping me up.

"Yes…yes…something is definitely going on here," he says, rubbing his chin. "I do believe that you were just kicking this young lady."

"No. Even ask Chloe. Right Chloe?"

Jack nudges me.

"Jack Bauer, this man, was just kicking me. He claims that I killed his fiancée."

"Did you?"

"My God, do you think I did? It was a car accident! We were in a car accident!"

"You could have just said so," Jack spat, rolling his eyes.

"I beg your pardon?"

"You heard me. Instead of making me hurt you, you could have just told me that you and Audrey were in a car accident."

I can't believe my ears. Is he joking? My God, it's like he's back on heroine!

Jack gives me a hardened looked and walks over to the elevator and presses the up button, leaving me alone with the Morris look-alike.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asks.

"No, I'm not. He was just kicking me!" I reply, rubbing my newly forming bruises.

My cell phone rings and I reach for it. "Excuse me," I whisper, walking over to the window.

"Hello,"

"Chloe O'Brien?" a husky, rough voice asks.

"Yes."

"It's Dog. I'm calling about your friend Jack Bauer."

"Dog?"

"Dog the bounty hunter."

Oh my God.

"Dog? The Dog?"

"Yes God damn it, the Dog!"

Holy shit.

"Dog the bounty hunter, Dog?"

"Listen, lady, are you going to tell me what I need to know or not?"

I snap back.

"Yes, yes, yes, of course. What…what do you need?"

"I need to know where your friend Jack Bauer is at."

"Why? Are you working with him?"

"I'm hunting him down."

"Why? You're always in Hawaii."

"Because we're in LA today."

"Why are you hunting him down? He's not a criminal. He's a CTU agent."

"Yeah, well, not anymore. He was just fired because CTU found out that he was being charged for physical abuse and he's been doing heroine."

Knew it!

"Well, I'm at the Chandler Plaza Hotel, you know where that is?"

"Yes."

I shuffle outside.

"He was just beating me up. And he just took the elevator upstairs."

"Okay, we'll be there soon."

Dog hangs up and I hang up.

Wow. I've never talked to a celebrity before.

It takes about ten minutes before I see two big black SUVs park in front of the hotel. Dog and Beth step out of one and Leland and Jim out of the other, followed by about ten camera men.

"Chloe O'Brien?" Dog asks.

"That's me."

"Jack Bauer was just beating you up?"

I nod.

"Where is he?"

"He took the elevator to a higher floor. He was planning to have his wedding here."

"I can help!" The Morris look-alike says from behind the counter. "I can check the security cameras to see where he's been."

It takes some time, but we finally figure out that Jack's hiding in the ballroom he booked for his and Audrey's wedding. And yes, I've explained the whole 'Audrey died in car crash and now Jack's terribly mad at me' situation.

"So...Dog...you said that Jack was charged for abuse...who did he abuse?"

"His fianceé Audrey Raines. The one who died."

Go figure. She deserved it.

We're running down the narrow hallway and stop at the room Jack was suposedly hiding in. Leland kicks it open and Dog rushes in pointing his big bottle of mace at Jack's face.

"You're comin' with me, bra."

"What did I do" Jack demands.

"You do heroine and you hurt your wife, bra."

Jack gives me a dirty look before he gets cuffed by Dog the bounty hunter.