I'm walking down a hallway now. Actually, it's more of a satisfied… I don't know… prancing. Teri the Prisoner has undoubtedly upset her beloved. And it isn't wise to upset Jack Bauer; everyone should know that.
Thus, I won't be giving him my story for awhile. He doesn't need it. All his attention needs to be focused on the execution of Teri the Prisoner. Ha.
Oh no, no. We're not going to kill her. At least I'm not going to. Jack can do what he wants. (Well, she's upset him. Doesn't that mean death?)
"It's clear, Jack!" I call through the empty hallway. Hopefully, its echo reaches the corridor beside me, where Jack and Tony are hunting too.
A hunt for Teri. My day just can't get any better!
"Copy that, Myers." This is Tony, remaining professional.
He and I have joined Jack in wearing vests. It's quite amusing, I must say.
Treating her like a polished criminal, psh. I'd be amazed if she's even capable of pulling a trigger. Yet, she has the entire building on alert. For the second time in a day. Damn her, beating my record like that.
Oh, I don't have a record yet. Not until I run a few errands for Drazen. Those will certainly set off the system.
I glance at my watch.
Hmm, I should be attending to the mentioned errands now. I'm not even sure what they are. That means I should be looking for a new message, too. But I can't pull myself away from this; it's the highlight of my day!
I want to pout as I proceed down the hallway.
Why, would you look at that? It's Teri!
Forget pouting, I want to laugh now.
She's folded over the door to the back lot. She has a gun in one hand (held incorrectly, I might add) and a pen or something in the other. She's shoving the pen into the door's lock, though it's obviously electronic. Wow, really?
I can see right away that the gun isn't even loaded, so I proceed. I hear Jack and Tony, mumbling somewhere to my left. Then a nice, metallic echo.
Jack has jumped into this hallway, weapon drawn... and loaded, too.
"I swear to God, Jack. I'll kill you! I'll kill you, you son of a bitch!" Teri screeches, continuing to stab the lock.
You go ahead and think that, dear.
Jack lowers his weapon.
"Teri... look, honey. I'm putting my gun down, okay?"
"Don't you call me 'honey' ever again!"
"Teri, put the gun down." This is Tony, who has emerged behind Jack.
She drops it, shaking.
"Where are you going, Teri?" Tony asks. Simple sentences work best with her, we've all decided.
She doesn't have an answer.
Tony steps forward, retrieving a shining pair of handcuffs from his pocket. This is so much fun!
Meanwhile, Jack steps back, until he's standing beside me.
"Damn it," he whispers to me, quite typically, "She's tying up operations here. The three of us need to get her secured, in Holding Three, as soon as possible."
Three? Ooh, that's the high-security one. I don't think she's capable of escaping, even from the regular holding cells.
Apparently Jack thinks so. Minus... however many. I'm kind of distracted right now.
This is because Teri has been tossed into my possession, like a freaking football, and I've been instructed to move her to Holding Three.
Jack and Tony are following me. All eyes in the building are focused our little parade.
"Get back to work!" Jack yells, to no one in particular.
I struggle to hold back a fit of laughter as I shove Teri into the holding room chair. Then, Tony and I get the privilege of securing chains around the chair, her feet, hands, and then a nice, pulse-monitoring collar to her neck.
No words are exchanged. Not until the three of us are securely out of the area. The door is shut and locked, and a new team of security personnel takes their post.
"Should we just send her home?" Tony asks, running a hand through his hair again.
"That's not a threat," Jack corrects him, "She doesn't want to be here. Kim can stay in Waiting..."
"Thanks for all this, Nina." Tony tells me, "We've got a threat to deal with, and you've turned Teri into the most pointless distraction this office has ever seen."
Distraction? Oh, you're one to speak. This is a good train of thought. I should vocalize it.
"Me?!? I didn't turn her into anything."
Silence for a second. Jack looks away, after getting a cold glare from Tony.
"I'm clearly distracting both of you, so I'm going home."
"Don't be stupid." Jack says.
"No. I'm leaving, just for awhile. You'll both get more work done."
Well, look what I've done! I've just introduced the perfect excuse to visit Mr. Drazen. I'll go check on him now...