Early Monday morning Jack and Audrey and Kim and Chase arrived at the airport for goodbye.

Jack: Kim, last night I asked Audrey to marry me and she said agreed.

Kim: Congratulations, that's wonderful!

She hugged her father and Audrey.

Kim and Chase said goodbye to each other and kissed just one meter away from Jack and Audrey.

Audrey: Be careful! And call CTU if you're in danger. I hope this one week will pass quickly.

Jack: Sweetheart I try my best to protect me. But you take care of the baby and stay with Kim, ask her to stay at our house this week, it's safer when you are together. You know I can't call you at home. We can just talk when I'm back or you are at CTU.

Okay I think I have to go. I love you!

Audrey: I know. I love you too. I see you next Sunday.

The couples kissed one last time and than Jack and Chase left.

Audrey and Kim both had tears in their eyes when they saw the aircraft from CTU took off.

Kim: I'm scared, I hope everything goes smoothly and they come back healthy.

Audrey: Me too. It's going to be hard to have no contact to them over the week.

Kim: I know but I'm used to it, when I was younger Dad sometimes went on missions for more then 3 months. But I could not think of what could possible happen to him and he was younger. I mean he isn't the youngest anymore. My Mom was always not herself when Dad was on a mission; I noticed that she always cried a lot when he was away.

But he has Chase.

Audrey: Can you stay at our house the week?

Kim: Sure, I would feel more comfortable being with you.

Audrey: Great and your father would feel much better if would know that we are together.

Kim: So how is your pregnancy going?

Audrey: Good so far, when Jack is back I will make an appointment at my doctor. But at the moment I'm to busy thinking of being Jacks wife.

Kim: Everything will turn out all right. I'm here to help you.

Audrey hugs Kim: Oh thank you sweetie for your support, you are the best step- daughter I can think of.

Kim: Any time mommy!

The week passed very slowly. Audrey's thoughts were always with Jack. She misses him so much, it was so hard not to speak to him and sleep alone in their bed. She always remembered Jacks proposal. For Kim it was a lot easier, she knew that Chase is well trained and could work things out, he is a young agent who has more physical power.

Audrey also told her father that Jack has asked her to marry him and Heller was very happy. He wanted to meet them after Jacks mission.

Late Wednesday afternoon Audrey was working in CTU.

Suddenly Bill came to her work station in a hurry.

Bill: Audrey! I have Jack on the line; he can talk to you for a second. We are in the conference room!

Audrey: Okay, I'm coming!

Audrey and Bill entered the conference room. Kim was already there and talked to Chase for a minute, than left to work on some files.

Bill: Go ahead but please hurry he can hear you now!

Audrey: Jack? Are you there?

Jack: Hey honey! It's so good to hear your voice! How are you doing? Is everything all right?

Audrey: I'm fine, the baby is fine! I miss you so much. How is it going?

Jack: We haven't rescued our man yet. This morning we got into a big fight with some soldiers, it was pretty dangerous.

Audrey: Are you okay?

Jack: Yeah, the bullets just hit my vest. But look honey I have to go. We're closing in to rescue our man. I see you on Sunday at the LAX!

Audrey: Okay be careful! Greet Chase. I love you! Bye.

Jack: Bye, I love you too!

The call ended abruptly. Audrey enjoyed hearing Jacks voice. She thought that the next days will pass quickly and soon she will have him back, hopefully.

Kim and Audrey spent some great days together. Kim told Audrey some memories from her childhood and they both forgot their worries for a short time.

Sunday morning, the day Jack and Chase are supposed to come back from Iraq, Audrey and Kim got ready to head to CTU first and than to the LAX.

Arriving at CTU, both noticed that something was going on there. The two shifts were in the situation room, people ran across the building from place to place.

Audrey entered the situation room.

Audrey: Bill, what is going on?

Bill nervous and sweating: We lost connection to our team. This night there was a big gunfight while they rescued our man from those soldiers. Jack told us that he has him and than we lost the connection, the line went dead. Our contacts in Iraq just told us that some of our men were killed and many are injured from our team.

Audrey: Oh my god!

She sank on a chair and began to cry.

Audrey: Any word from Jack and Chase?

Bill: Nothing so far but we try to reach them. Maybe they are already on the flight so we try it over the FAA signals. But we don't know if something has happened to them.

Audrey: My god. Try to find out what's going on, I tell Kim.

Bill: You have to stay calm. The aircraft is scheduled to land in 6 hours and than we will know.