1:00AM

The keys turned in Tony and Michelle's apartment and they entered. Michelle took off her coat and hung it up. They hadn't said much in the car journey home and things seemed to be awkward since Tony's proposal.

"Listen Tony I…"

She stopped as her ex partner Bentley held a gun to Tony's head.

"Michelle, we need you to help us and you better start or I swear I'll kill your new boyfriend"

Michelle stayed cool and calm, thinking of a way to stop him.

"You can't do this. I've helped you already I told you I was through with this."

"Well since your so good Craven needs you to get his man out of the asylum and then that's it all over"

"No, that's what you said last time and yet here we are again. You can't keep using the people I love to make me work for you."

"Michelle what's he talking about?" Tony asked.

Bentley grinned and whacked the gun over Tony's head, knocking him out.

"Listen Michelle, I'm taking Mr Almeida with me and you'll get him back when the jobs done."

Bentley threw a folder full of papers onto a desk and picked Tony up.

"You've got 12 hours until we need him. I'd get working if I were you"

Michelle watched as Bentley dragged Tony's limp body to the door. She had to do something. She couldn't let him do what he did to her brother.

Michelle walked over to the desk where the papers were and opened the drawer. A gun lay in it and she picked it up, hiding it with the papers.

"Wait" She shouted over.

Bentley was in the doorway and he stopped and turned. "Yes?"

Michelle dropped the papers and pointed the gun at him. "You're not putting me through this again. I never wanted to betray this country"

Bentley laughed coolly. "Yes and yet you did, didn't you?"

"Only because you had my brother and I knew the president would be ok"

"It was still a risk Michelle and you took it."

Michelle cocked the gun and aimed between his eyes. "Not this time"

She fired but Bentley ducked and dropped Tony.

He got out his gun and ran down the hallway to the stairs.

Michelle ran after him.

He ran down the stairs 2 at a time until he reached a balcony. He kicked the door down and got onto it, waiting for Michelle.

Michelle ran down the stairs however stopped on the staircase before the balcony as she had heard him kick it down. She peeked down and seen the shadow of Bentley behind the glass windows on the balcony. She aimed and fired, smashing the glass. She didn't know if she had got him however and went to investigate.

Her heels clicked the floor making her presence known to the injured Bentley.

She had caught him in the shoulder and he was ready to attack when she entered the balcony.

Michelle crept towards the balcony and was ready to fire if need be. She entered the balcony and Bentley grabbed her, pushing her into the black metal bar keeping her falling to her death.

Bentley held her arms close to her body and kept her in a tight grip. Michelle struggled to get out and then head butted Bentley. He fell back and kicked Michelle in the stomach.

Bentley grabbed her gun and tried to fire however failed as Michelle kicked it out of his hand.

Bentley was breathing hard and his wound was bleeding badly. Michelle held her stomach and head and went to the balcony door.

"It ends here Bentley."

Bentley smiled and kicked the balcony door so it smacked Michelle. He managed to grab his gun that he had dropped when he was shot and pulled himself up using the bar.

Michelle got up just as Bentley barged through the door and whacked her with the barrel of his gun.

Michelle fell back but grabbed the banister of the stairs to keep her balance. Bentley aimed his gun at her.

"Oh Michelle, you've made a big mistake. You should have taken the deal"

Michelle turned and looked down the barrel of the gun. She stayed silent and closed her eyes, waiting for death to strike.

3 bullets streamed through the air and punctured through Bentley's stomach, throwing him back and off the balcony.

Michelle looked round and saw Tony standing there, smoke rising from his recently fired gun. Michelle was relieved however saw Tony's face filled with questions and knew she would have to answer them.

1:10

Chase woke, a stinging pain in his side where the wet blood was still stained. He turned his head and saw Kim's lifeless body and he knew immediately she was dead. He closed his teary eyes and tried to get the image of Kim's body out of his mind.

He tried to lift his upper torso up however found it hard as he filled with pain when he did.

Who had done this? Why and where did they go?

He wondered what time it was and he looked up at the clock to find the time reading 1:12.

He dug his hands into the carpet and dragged his limp body over to the side table where the phone was. He grabbed it and dialled in the C.T.U number. After about 4 rings the phone was answered.

"O Brian"

"Chloe, its Chase. Where's Chapelle?"

Chloe frowned. "In a meeting, where are you?"

"I don't care just get him. Kim's apartment was hit. I've been shot in the side and Kim's…"

"What? Where's Kim?"

"She's dead. She's been shot in the head. I need someone over here now."

"Right ok, you'll have to give me a few minutes. Things are hectic over here with the president under attack and everything…"

"Just get someone"

"Ok"

Chase hung up and dropped the phone, his breath's becoming slower and slower.

"Hurry Chloe." He whispered to himself as he fell into unconsciousness.

1:15

"President Palmer, this way" Arran Pierce shouted as bullets flew threw the glass doors of the hospital ward, hitting the F.B.I agents.

"We got 9 down" Pierce shouted through his microphone.

An agent replied saying the level below them was secure.

"We gotta move" Pierce ordered and he made his way to the stairway, shooting at 2 men who hid behind the hospital desk, one holding a nurse hostage.

Palmer followed 3 agents to the door, one getting shot on the way. The remaining 2 tried to keep Palmer enclosed. They made it to the door and got through it.

Pierce followed them after shooting one of the men behind the desk. The other shot the nurse and followed the president and his men.

"Pierce, I want you to go back for that nurse, forget me…"

His sentence was cut short as the door barged open and the remaining guard came in, bullets flying everywhere.

The 2 F.B.I agents were shot and Pierce managed to grab him before he shot the president. A struggle ensued as the man tried to break free from Pierce's grip. He flung his head back, hitting Pierce in the face and then went for the gun he had dropped. Palmer grabbed one of the Feb.'s gun and shot the man twice, one hitting his shoulder blade while the other hit his heart.

"God forgive me" Palmer said.

Pierce stood up and walked over to the president. "Are you ok Mr President?"

"Yes Arran, I'm fine"

His sentence was a lie as he fell, holding his chest.

"Mr President we have to keep moving"

Palmer held onto his chest, the drug entered in his body a year ago still pumping through his blood and veins.

"It's all part of the plan Arran" He wheezed. "They put me in here so that they could kill me easier. They failed the last time, but they won't give up until I'm dead."

Pierce bowed his head and took the president's arms. "I'm sorry sir but we must move"

The bullets from above were getting closer, meaning so were the attackers. "Ok Arran, let's go"

Pierce helped Palmer up and let him lean on him as they made their way down the staircase. An explosion suddenly erupted from above and stone and dust fell on top of Palmer and Pierce, trapping them.

"Mr President are you alright?" Pierce coughed as he tried to move the rock that had impaled his leg.

No answer came.

"MR PRESIDENT" Pierce shouted this time, trying to see through the layers of dust.

Still no answer.

1:25

The music in the nightclub blared out as Jack entered, trying to blend in with the half dressed dancers. Guards stood next to the walls and doors, holding guns. Jack felt his in his trouser leg and kept his hand on it. He walked up to one of the main doors where 2 guards stood.

"I'm here to see Ramon. Tell him it's Michael."

One of them walked into the room while the other searched Jack. He took away his gun and by this time the other guard had returned.

"Go straight in"

Jack obeyed and entered the doors, now weapon less. He would have to become a drug dealer if he was to survive.

Ramon Salazar's quarters were layered with girls wearing tight, skimpy clothes and guards wearing body armour. He would have to fit in here or else he would be killed.

He could see Ramon had just sniffed as he was rubbing his nose and blinking. He walked over to him and dropped the money on the table.

"2 kilos" Jack bluntly said.

Ramon looked at him and smiled. "Care to test it Mr Locker"

Jack nodded, thinking to himself that he would be able to get treatment at C.T.U and also he had to keep in character.

A girl wearing a red bra and French knickers made it all up for him, ready to sniff. Jack had been taught how to sniff in his training so was ready.

He sat down on the sofa next to Ramon and sniffed, the drug taking over his mind.

Everything became blurry, but it felt so good. Images flashed through his mind. Teri, Kim, Nina, Palmer, all rushed through his brain. He fell back and closed his eyes, not knowing what was happening in the real world.

A voice suddenly brought him back. It was Baker.

"Jack, something, happening, KIM, oh so good, death is all around, Jack, BAUER"

Jack tried to make sense of the words and where it was coming from. He then realised who it was and he tried to snap back to reality.

"Pretty good stuff eh?" Ramon asked with a grin on his face.

Jack nodded and wished Baker would repeat what he had just said in the microphone placed in Jack's ear. "Jack, you need to get out of there. The president is under attack at his hospital and something's happened to Kim and it isn't good"

Jack tried to stay calm while Baker tried to figure a way of telling Jack that his daughter was dead.

"May I have the drugs now" He asked Ramon, desperate to get up and run out. But he knew he would die if he did.

"Of course." He looked over at the girl wearing red. "Get the bag"

She walked over to a drawer and brought a 2 kilo bag filled with the white powder.

"Jack, if he's given you the drugs, cough once." Baker said into Jack's ear.

Jack coughed.

"Were moving in"

The girl came over and gave the bag to Jack. "Enjoy" She said and winked.

Jack stood up and went to the door when it burst open.

"Ramon, there are C.I.A agents all over the place. There attacking the building."

Ramon brought out his gun and aimed at Jack. "Mr Locker you aren't going anywhere"

He cocked the gun and shot Jack in the leg. Jack yelped and fell to the ground. A guard went and picked him up, dragging him over to Ramon.

"I hate liars Mr Locker or whatever your real name is"

Jack looked up at him and tried to smile. He dug his nail into the bag of white powder and then threw it up into Ramon's face and up his nostrils.

Ramon coughed and spluttered and Jack grabbed his gun.

He shot 2 guards, including the one who grabbed him, and then went behind the sofa.

Gunfire ensued outside in the nightclub with girls screaming and the men fighting and punching.

The girl in the red had grabbed a knife and held it at Jack's neck.

"I can't go to jail, your getting me out of here"

"Ok"

Jack stood up with the girl and then elbowed her in the stomach. She cut a tiny bit of flesh as she fell back. Jack swung round and shot her twice. He turned and fired at the other guards who had entered the room.

He looked at Ramon who lay on the ground, presumably dead, and then went to join his team.

Ramon suddenly grabbed Jack's ankle and took him down. Ramon's eyes were bloodshot and blood was dripping from his nose.

"The deal's off" Jack said and kicked Ramon in the face, breaking his nose.

Ramon lay his head down and the drugs finally killed him.

Jack went into the night club and joined the battle. He could see Baker and the team at the doorway of the club while Ramon's men were behind the bar. Jack looked up at the lights and shot them down, turning the place pitch black. Baker and the team turned on their infra red goggles and shot the remaining guards.

Baker came and got Jack and they made their way out.

"You Ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. What about Kim? What happened?"

Agent Baker went silent and bowed his head. "I'm sorry Mr Bauer but…"

Jack cut him off. "Don't say it."

Baker looked up again and saw that Jack already knew. Tears flowed from Jack's eyes, the pain of losing someone streaming back.

"NO! " He screamed and dropped to the ground.

He pounded his fists into the ground and shouted; the rest of the team silent as they watched the grieving father.

1:40

Nina entered the room again, Kate still thinking things over and still very distraught.

"Why all this trouble for Jack?" Kate asked, not looking up from the dirty wooden floorboards in which she stared at.

"It's simple, he ruined my life, and I ruin his"

"But why can't you just hack into C.T.U or something because I don't know where he is. Why do you have to bring me and my family into this?"

Nina walked over and bent down. "Jack loves you. I know that because someone that he works with has seen the way he looks at you. Now because you have failed in telling me where Jack is, I've had someone take care of his daughter"

Kate looked at Nina. "What have you done?"

Nina smiled coldly. "What do you think? She's dead Kate. All because you couldn't tell me where Jack was. Now he will be in more pain and my plan will have worked. However I still need to know where Jack is."

Kate was crying hard now.

"You bitch I'm not telling you anything" She screamed.

She knew Nina must have needed her for something or else she would have been killed.

"What do you need me for because you could have easily found Jack without me?"

"You're smart for a blonde. I need a new life, as simple as that and you're going to get it for me"

Kate was confused and her eyes were starting to sting with her salty tears. "Why me?"

"I'm a wanted woman Kate, and I need immunity and the only person that's close enough to the president that can get me that is Jack. And right now you're the closest thing to him that's still alive. I'm using you as bait Kate. I could have used Kim but lets be honest she's been through a lot the past and she deserves to be put out her misery"

Kate went for Nina but her chain held her back. "I'm not doing anything for you"

Nina stood up and kicked Kate in the jaw and looked down on her.

"You don't have to do anything. Just keep acting like the tough girl you are. We will see how strong you are when your sister comes back with your father."

Kate was holding her bleeding jaw and she stared up at Nina with complete hatred. "He won't do what you want him to do"

Nina grinned and walked over to the door.

"He will when his daughter asks him to"

She shut and locked the door, leaving Kate alone in the darkened room, thinking over what she had just been told.

1:50

Tony and Michelle and been silent the last 40 minutes. Tony had tried to get the questions in but Michelle wouldn't say anything. They had put the body in the apartment and had cleaned themselves up. Michelle was still holding her stomach.

"Michelle, you have to speak sometime. We can't just keep going on like nothing happened."

"Tony, it's complicated."

"I'm sure being a traitor is complicated Michelle. I never in a million years imagined you to be part of this. The president of the unit…"

Michelle cut in.

"I know Tony, I know. I didn't think I was capable of it either but I did it because I had to. They had my brother and they would have killed him if I hadn't done what they asked."

"And what about the president. The man that controls this country, you were going to let him die"

"NO. I don't know what they wanted but he's fine. He's in hospital recovering and…"

Michelle was interrupted this time as the phone rang.

They both looked at each other and eventually Tony picked up.

"Almeida"

"Tony where have you been? Everything's a mess. The president's hospital is under attack and Chase and Kim's apartment has been hit. Kim's dead and Chase is badly wounded." Chapelle roared down the phone.

"What? When? Does Jack know?"

"I've informed Agent Baker and I'm assuming he's told him but we need you and Michelle here now."

"Yeah I'll be there right away"

Tony hung and went for his coat.

"Tony… What's…"

"Michelle the president is under attack as we speak. Kim Bauer is dead and Chase Edmunds badly injured. Do you know what you've done?"

Michelle was wide eyed and shocked at what she had just been told.

"No, it can't…"

"Michelle you're coming with me and I'm giving you up"

Michelle looked in fear at him. "No you cant I was…"

"Michelle. I've already been betrayed once by someone I thought I loved and she got away. Your not"

Tony was holding a gun and it was aimed at Michelle.

"Tony…" Her eyes were swelled up and sweat poured from brow, mixing with the blood of her wound. She knew what she had done was wrong and she deserved what would come to her.

"I'm sorry" She whispered as she stared into Tony's hardened eyes.

She walked out the door closely followed by Tony, the gun against her back.

2:00AM