Episode 13
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The following takes place between 7pm and 8pm.
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7:00
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As the sun is almost completely set in California Jack and Audrey's helicopter arrives at CTU. They are brought to medical for a check-up. Jack and Audrey still holds hands, however much time they have left they want to be together. In the white house bunker Palmer has just finished a call with Russian president Suvarov. Suvarov has come to D.C. for the signing ceremony, but Palmer is un-happy with the call.
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Palmer: Suvarov has let the Israeli and Palestinian leaders they can sign the treaty in Moscow if they desire.
Mike: He's trying to give Russia the international credibility we've been seeking.
Tom: He might still be angry with you for pressuring Russia to give Chechnya independance. Especially after what happenned to your brother.
Palmer: I believe I've made my position clear. Suvarov has every right to protect his people from extremists. But as long as Russia occupies Chechnya extremism will grow.
Mike: So Russia gives Chechnya independance and Suvarov is angry with you.
Palmer: We need to get them back here tomorrow morning. Make sure they know Hellar has already resigned. Reid should be vice-president before then.
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At CTU Nadia goes to see Jack and Audrey in medical. They're still holding hads. It's touching, Nadia hates to interrupt, but duty always calls.
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Nadia: I have to tell you both something. Audrey, when you were a hostage the terrorists demanded your father's codes for the bukner. An assasin was able to use them to access the bunker.
Audrey: That doesn't make sense. The codes should've been changed as soo as we were hit.
Nadia: They were. They're still investigating how the old codes were able to work.
Audrey: I need to see my father.
Nadia: Ofcourse. As soon as you're checked out they'll let you see him. Jack, I need your help. The man you captured, Jenkins, refuses to talk. He keeps gesturing towards the security cameras. I thik Jenkins will talk with them off. I could use your help on that.
Jack: Sure, let's go.
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Jack walked with Nadia to the interrogation room. As they walked in Jack immediately disabled the security camera.
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Jack: My co-worker believes you'd be willing to talk with no cameras. For your sake, I hope she's right.
Jenkins: First my terms. Whatever I tell you, you did't hear it from me. I don't care where you tell your people you got it, but you didn't hear it from me. You hold me for a few days, then find some technicality and release me. During this time you do only a basic search of my assets.
Nadia: Your terms are acceptable. But if I find out you're lying, I'm going to leave you alone in a room with him.
Jenkins: Fair enough. The man you're looking for is Max Schmidt. He's an arms-dealer partly responsible for every major terrorist attack since, and including, September 11th.
Jack: No one man could be responsible for all that.
Jenkins: Certainly not without help. He usually finds some radical group who wants to hurt this country, and helps them. Max's goal is to increase world tension, which is good for business. He can usually manipulate the president, democrat or republican. Except for David Palmer. Palmer was smarter, didn't have knee-jerk reactions. Max tried to take Palmer down, scandal, assasination, even a plane bombing the day of the primary, nothing worked. Did you really think it was a coincidence the Cordella virus was unleashed so soon before the election. It worked, and Palmer stepped down. But Keeler wasn't the puppet Max hoped for, so we had him assasinated. Logan was more hawkish, Max planned to use the nerve gas plot to blackmail Logan into doing our bidding. But thanks to you that failed.
Jack: Interesting story. Do you have proof?
Jenkins: Money-trails connecting Max to all of this. My function was to clean the money, but I can still show a link. More importantly, I can tell you where Max is now.
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