Chapter 2

After a moment of silence, Tony looked at Jack and spoke, "Chloe told me about your brother. I'm sorry Jack."

Jack didn't flinch as he responded, "It was necessary."

"I was surprised about your father."

"You and me both. But he came through and he'll recover. That much I can be sure of. He's too stubborn to die." He looked at Tony, "How are you holding up?"

"I'm not really sure. The last thing I remember is talking to Bill about not cutting Henderson a deal for killing Michelle. To find that what I remember-which seems like a couple hours ago, really happened nearly 19 months ago is a little...strange."

"You and Michelle were out until Henderson decided to use you to frame me."

"I know. We were happy too," Tony reflected and told Jack some stories about his and Michelle's life together away from Michelle knowing that they both needed the distraction. "We started our own consulting firm doing a little bit of everything which kept us busy. Yet we were together and out of harm's way. Well," he chuckled, "for the most part. Let me tell you how one Wed. afternoon Michelle managed to get us in trouble..."

Five minutes later they pulled onto a street and parked the car a couple houses down from the house they were going to. Jack nodded at Tony and they got out of the car to be met by a couple other CTU Vans.

"O.K. Bill, we're all set." Jack called in.

"We hear you Jack. Put Sam in play and remember, even though we are in a state of war with these terrorists, there are kids in that house. Be careful."

"We will." Jack turned. "Let's do it."

"They're going in." Bill addressed the room. "Keep sur-"

"We have to stop right now," Chloe burst forth. "I have Fayed on the line."

"What does he want?"

"To speak to Jack. He has Kim."