Thanks for the reviews; you guys are great. Sorry it took me so long to update. Here is the second chapter, enjoy.
Chapter 2: She's dead
Tony walked slowly along the hall way of CTU. He was deeply in thoughts when he reached the room where Kim was staying. He took a deep breath and pushed the door looking at the 17 years old girl.
It was the first time he saw her, she was a perfect mixture of her parents; she had Teri's complexion, eyes and smile and Jack's hair and nose.
Kim looked at him puzzled so he forced himself to smile: "Hi Kim, my name is Tony Almeida; I work for your father"
She nodded slowly and replied obviously embarrassed:"yes, um, we talked on the phone, sorry about that"
He shook his head brushing her apology aside then she suddenly asked: "what's wrong with you?"
He was surprised, he wasn't sure he heard right, that girl doesn't even know him, she met him about 5 minutes ago but she figured out something was wrong.
He noticed that her colour turned crimson as she started: "I'm sorry. I don't mean to interfere .I just….."
He cut her off: "No, no, it's okay it's just…. I had no idea that it is that obvious"
She nodded quietly: "I'm sorry if I crossed the line but I figured you're a friend of my parents, I mean you sounded concerned on the phone but of course I was such an idiot that I couldn't notice and gave you all a hard time"
"Actually you were right, CTU wasn't a secure place, we discovered another mole, the second in command, imagine that, we're supposed to protect the country although we can't even notice that we're working with traitors", he said bitterly
"The second in command! Oh my God, you mean Nina Myers?", she stopped for a while trying to process the information.
Tony could tell that she was confused. He knew she wanted her parents badly. He smiled at her: "you don't have to worry about anything. I'll go to find your parents now and every thing will be okay"
Tony returned to the bullpen and asked Mason and Milo about Jack, Mason opened his mouth to answer but he stopped as a look of horror appeared on his face so Tony turned to the direction he was looking at and stopped dead.
In front of him, Jack was standing with Teri's lifeless body in his arms. Tony knew instantly that Teri was dead. He moved slowly towards Jack and tried to take Teri but Jack refused to let go. Tony tried to soothe Jack: "come on Jack, let her go, there is nothing you can do for her anymore"
He didn't sound convincing even to himself, his heart was bleeding, Nina told him a while ago that Teri was pregnant and as he tried to convince Jack to leave his wife, he was struggling to keep his own emotions in check.
Finally, Jack loosened his grip on Teri and allowed Tony to take her. Tony turned him around to spare him the pain of watching a sheet being placed on his wife's face.
Suddenly, Tony heard a scream, he turned to find Kim who stared at the scene before her and fell to the ground sobbing. Jack reached out to her but she pulled back shaking.
The pain on Jack's face couldn't be described by words; Tony felt his heart shatter for him. He watched helplessly as Mason was forced to sedate Kim who became hysterical then he took Jack and headed to the medical section of CTU.
Michelle was working hard with her concentration focused on the computer's screen when she heard a loud noise, it was so loud that the entire staff left their work and turned to its direction, Ryan Chappelle's office where he, Brad Hammond and Alberta Green were talking, Chappelle exchanged few words with them then opened the door
"May I have your attention please", he yelled as if they weren't looking at him already: "George Mason from CTU called and informed us that Teri Bauer is dead"
Michelle couldn't control her gasp as millions of questions raced through her mind, how, when, why. Chappelle answered her questions: "Jack discovered her body in the basement of CTU, Nina shot her when she got in her way. Your work load is doubled now; most people at CTU won't help so get back to your work"
Michelle couldn't believe the man, he was acting normally as if he didn't know Jack, she didn't know him but she found the idea of a man losing his wife after every thing he had done unbearable, she felt as if she had been hit by something heavy on the head.
As usual, Carrie came in the worst time ever to drop more work on Michelle's head; Michelle just stared at her with a blank expression; she was too tired to argue and out of no where she found herself praying for Jack and Kim, she was praying for strangers but somehow it offered her some comfort to know that they had her prayers and she was sure that by tomorrow noon, they would have the prayers of the entire country.
Okay, that sounded much better in my head but I have exams and I don't have the strength to modify it.