Okay, just for the record, my story isn't going to exactly follow what's going on the actual Season 7. Just stay with me and remember—none of this actually happens in the show…yet, that I know of anyway! LOL
Once back with the group, Jack and Buchanan began loading guns and putting them in the back of the SUV. Chloe, the pretty brunette young woman, was busy with something in a silver briefcase.
"How are you going to keep track of me?" I asked. " Won't this guy just disappear with me."
"We're going to put a tracker beneath your skin," Tony told me, picking up something that looked like an injection gun. "Pull the hair off your neck."
I gathered my long blonde hair up in my hand and left one side of my neck exposed so he could inject the device. I was willing to do whatever it took, as long as I got to see Tony again.
"This might hurt a little," he said softly, pressing the end of the gun into my neck. With one squeeze, the tiny device shot into my neck, burying itself underneath my skin. I winced sharply and gasped quietly.
"That's it. It'll stay in there until someone takes it out."
I looked up at Tony warily. "And how do they take it out? With a scalpel and tweezers?"
"Yeah," he replied.
"Tony!" Jack called. "It's time to go." He was watching us carefully and I didn't think he was very happy about our relationship.
Tony took my arm gently. "C'mon."
In the back of the SUV, I sat next to Tony, our shoulders almost touching. Jack was driving, since the rest of the crew was following us in another vehicle. Without a word, Tony brushed his hand against mine and then took it his. I knew this was his silent way of comforting me.
"When you get inside, whatever you do, don't give us away," Jack told me. "We're gonna be keeping eyes and ears on you, so don't worry. We will protect you."
"I understand what's a stake here, Bauer. I'm not gonna screw this up. You know, you've pretty much forced me to do this, so you might try being a little more diplomatic and not some damn bossy. I'm not a kid," I returned evenly. I was really tired of being treated like some little Barbie doll with an IQ of 0.
Bauer smiled and even laughed a little. "Fair enough." For the first time since Tony had introduced me to him, he wasn't glaring at me like I'd done something horribly wrong.
Note: I am going to incorporate some of what is currently going on in the show, but it won't be exact, so please don't get confused. This is purely fiction, with a little bit of the real thing thrown in there. Everything belongs to FOX and CTU!