One day One very bad day

by jediknigh5

President Bartlett prepares to officially certify an ally in the war on terror, but others are trying to stop this. In desperation CTU must soon turn to former agent Jack Bauer. But Bauer hasn't been active since his daughter Kimberly was murdered. Can he keep his emotions in check long enough to complete his mission and save thousands of innocent lives?

26. Chapter 26

The following takes place between 1pm and 2pm Events occur in real time.

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Jack Bauer is interrogating Erica Lance. She seems to have given all the intel she knows.

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Erica: Bob Warner set the whole thing up, funded the whole operation.

Jack: You still choses to be part of it.

Erica: To protect this country. The president is too weak. He pressured Sangala to give voting rights to terrorists, pressures Israel to give up land to Hamas. He needed a wake-up call.

Jack: Who the hell are you to decide which American lives should be sacrificed?

Erica: You make it sound like our goal was to kill Americans. I'm sorry.

Jack: I'm tired of your excuses.

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Jack Bauer said goodbye to Audrey and returned to CTU. By this point George Mason was briefing everyone on the situation.

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Mason: This individual, Omar, is in possession of 20 cannisters of nerve gas, and we have to assume he'll use them against this country. We know he was at the port of Baltimore less than one hour ago, work from that, and look through his known contacts who could potentially be in the United States.

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Omar and his associates are in a van, hoping to avoid law enforcement. He recieves a call from his "ally" Kalil.

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Omar: Can you help us release the nerve gas?

Kalil: Yes. Our mutual friends in Alqueda. They have an operative near your location, Navi Araz. He works as an auto mechanic, has the skills to undo whatever safeguards the Americans have put in place. I'll text you the address.

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At CTU George Mason recieves a call from his superior Ryan Chapelle.

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Mason: If this is about the nerve gas, we're working on it.

Chapelle: So are we. My technician, Milo Pressman, just picked up chatter from someone Division has been keeping an eye on.

Mason: Who?

Chapelle: Kalil. He was an arms dealer in Afghanistan, helped the Taliban stay in power in the 1990s. After the invasion he switched sides, gave our forces intel and was granted assylum in America. Since then he's been suspected of being involved in human trafficking, still has ties to Alqueda. He just made a call to Omar five minutes ago. We couldn't pick up enough chatter, but we have an approximate location of Kalil.

Mason: I'll tell Jack and Tony, we'll be ready to strike.

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1:11