Note: Last chapter guys, enjoy.
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On the white house lawn the prime minster of Israel and the president of the Palestinin authority officially sign the peace treaty. With president Palmer watching they begrudgingly shake hands. In Los Angelas Max prepares to board his helicopter. Jack sees him and tries to shoot Max. But Max's guards shoot Jack, just before he gets a shot off. Jack is paralyzed, minutes away from death. Max looks at his enemy finally about to die. He stomps on Jack's face, wanting Bauer's death to be as painful as possible. Max drags Jack to the edge of the skyscraper, ready to throw him off. He taunts his fallen enemy, promises to kill many innocent people, just to destroy Jack's legacy. Jack has very little strength left, but maybe he can do one last thing. With his last strength Jack leaps back, causing Max to lose his balance and fall off with Jack. As they both fall to their deaths we hear president Palmer's speech.
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Palmer: This is not a day for politics. Today, we hope, marks the beginnig of the end of religious and racial fighting in the holy land.
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During Palmer's speech we see a number of people watching it. First we see Bianca, the young girl Samantha met at the clinic. Bianca watches this as she makes herself breakfast. She has decided to have her baby. The road ahead will be tough, but she feels she can do it.
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Palmer: Whenever one person's life is taken by another unneccessarily, whether in the name of the law, or in defiance of the law. Whether about religion, politics, or race. By individuals or armies. Then we as a species are degraded.
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Next we see Yusef, a former Iraqi insurgent, watching on Al-Jazeera. Yusef had hated the Americans for invading his country. Yet here was their leader helping his Palestinian brothers, and the zionist occupation, at the same time. Maybe this was the beginning of something new.
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Palmer: Yet we seemingly tolerate a certain level of violence. Why? What has violence ever achieved or created? It is not the concern of any one people. The victims of the violence, and the perpetrators, have been rich and poor, christian, jewish, muslim, black and white, famous and unknown.
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Jack Bauer lay on the ground, every bone broken. Max is dead from the fall. Jack knows he is seconds away from death. He has lived just long enough to see his enemy die. Max's discs will be released now. Jack knows the peace treaty could fall apart, others had. But right now, he chooses to believe it will be successful and that he's about to join his loved ones in a better place.
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Palmer: We cannot forget the past. But we can remebmer that those who share this planet with us want a better world, just as we do. Our lives on this planet are too short, the work we must do too important, to let hatred rule us any longer. We need to learn to live together, or we will die alone.
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We next see Ortega and Clemente watching this news together. Their first peace talk has not gone well thus far, but it's a start.
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Palmer: Today, I commit the United States of America towards world peace. To ensuring that our descendants shall only know of war and terrorism from the history books. I have every confidence that together, we can accomplish this goal.
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CTU Los Angelas is still preparing for the assault on Max's building. The broadcast of the treaty signing is playing in the background. Nadia and David stay close, not wanting to lose each other again. Vicki is grateful to learn that Meghan is safe. Chloe glances at a picture of her baby Jill.
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Palmer: I truley believe that we can end war within a hundred years. To mke this a planet where we can all be...
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We see Jack Bauer's body, now dead as well. He had lived long enough to see world peace, but wouldn't get to live i this new world. We hear the final part of Palmer's speech "...brothers and sisters once again."
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