Chapter 13

Jack walked over to Chloe's station.

"Is the satellite picking up the address?" He inquired.

"Yeah Jack, I'll sent the directions to the flat to you PDA now."

"Alright i have them. Thanks."

She merely nodded. Jack walked away. "Are we ready?"

"Yes Sir. We have two tack teams in the area and they are going to meet us there." Andy replied.

"Good"

Jack gathered all his equipment and followed Andy out of CTU and into the SUV. Andy jumped into the drivers seat while Jack got in next to him. His mind was racing. Was Audrey actually going to be alive when he got there? Jack had no idea where their relationship was now, he just hoped that Audrey wouldn't give up on him. Thinking over their relationship he realized that whenever he and Audrey had one glimpse of happiness that happiness was instantly taken away from them. First it was Jack's 'death' then when she had discovered he was alive 18 months later, Audrey had given Jack another chance but yet again it was not meant to be as Jack had been kidnapped by the Chinese. It was China that constantly was separating them whenever they tried to be together. There had been other things to like Audrey's illness and now most recent her kidnapping. When it came down to it both Audrey and Jack had been through hell and back but had still managed to stay loyal to one another, if that wasn't true love then Jack didn't know what was. Andy's voice aroused him from his thoughts.

"I said Jack why is this woman so important to you? Is she really worth $15 million? I mean-"

"Andy! This Woman is so important because she risked her life to save mine when i was in China and now her life is at stake and i am going to do the exact same thing for her. You understand that?" Jack asked.

"Yeah Jack cool down. But still is she really worth $15 million?"

"Andy cut it out! You have no idea who Audrey is and to answer your question, Yes she is worth $15 Million. I would give my life for her if it meant she could live." Jack's voice trailed off.

"Oh, Jack heavy stuff, listen i'm sorry i didn't know you liked her that much."

"It's okay. Whats our ETA?"

"Three minutes."

"Alright." Jack flipped open his phone.

"O'Brian."

"Chloe its Jack, has the infrared worked yet?"

"Yeah Jack, I was just about to send it to your PDA. It looks like there are some people in the flat number Luke gave us."

"Great Chloe. I've got the files now. Thanks."

He hung up the phone as the vehicles parked about half a block away. Jack opened up the back of the SUV, collecting a variety of guns.

"Jack you don't need that many." Andy informed him.

"Andy Shut up and get your men ready. I'm going in".

"Jack you can't-"

Jack had already gone before Andy could finish his sentence. He crept up the stairs behind the building. His gun was drawn as he crept down the corridor. Jack looked at his PDA. The flat was the next door along. He slowly crept towards the door. In one quick movement the door was down and Jack entered the room.

He looked around the room. It was empty; it looked as though no one had lived in the building in months. The flat was covered in litter. There were empty beer cans discarded on the floor. Not much light was allowed to enter the room due to the shabby blinds that hung from the windows. Jack heard Andy and his team enter the flat.

"What the…" Andy's voice trailed off.

"Yeah I know I presume that no one has lived here in months and there is no sign of Audrey or her captors. It looks like Luke gave us the wrong address."

"But Jack, Chloe said…" He was cut short when both men heard a bottle smashing in the kitchen. Jack raised his gun instantly and signalled for Andy and two of his men to cover him, as he made his way to the room. Jack cautiously moved forward. Was Audrey really here he thought? ; As he felt his heart pace quicken. Nearing the kitchen, he counted to three before entering the room. When he did enter the kitchen though he was met with an undesirable stench of blood, drink and decay; it almost made him gag. Then out of nowhere a man appeared. The man was dressed in brown nylon clothes; his hair was shabby, long and matted, reaching down to his shoulders. The man's face was covered in scabs and dried blood.

"Oh my god" Andy muttered.

Jack just gazed at him. A flash of memories came flooding back. The man that stood in front of them was what Jack looked like a year ago when he had returned from China. Thoughts of his long torture sessions, where Cheng would constantly asked the same question over and over again; 'What are the names of the operations and Agents operating in China?' As always Jack would never answer he would simply bite his lip accepting whatever punishment Cheng had for him. Coming back to his surroundings, he started to feel sick and dizzy. He felt as thought the walls were all closing around him, his breathing became ragged.

"I need to get out of here!" Jack gasped as he staggered past Andy. When Jack got outside he sucked in the fresh air. He was shortly accompanied by Andy.

"Jack are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm fine now. Who is that man in there?"

"He claims his name is Jake Burrow. He also says that he is the only one living in this hell hole and that he has never heard of anyone named Audrey Raines. But get this right, apparently a man approached Burrow a day ago with money, claiming that he wanted to buy this guy's house, which is outside of L.A".

Jack looked at Andy bewildered. "What so Jake Burrow lives in this shit hole when he owns a house outside of L.A?"

"Yeah, that's what I'm saying. But the funny thing is we showed him a picture of Luke and Burrow said that that was not the man who offered him the money."

"Do we have a description of the guy?"

"Yep, Burrow claims that the guy is 5ft8, dark hair, Asian looking. But we didn't get a name".

Jack stood still taking all of this in. Audrey was somewhere outside of L.A and the only man who knew where she was, was a tramp!

"Right we need to get an address then" he exclaimed.

"Jack I've already asked Burrow that and he says that he doesn't know where the house is because he's never been there."

"Damn it!" Jack cried "Right we need to get back to CTU and interrogate Luke more, see if he knows anything about this mysterious guy!"

With that Andy and Jack turned towards the SUV and headed back to CTU…

TBC….