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?

32. Chapter 32

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Audrey Raines arrives at CTU and goes to see George Mason.

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Audrey: Is it true? Did Jack Bauer really murder a cooperating witness?

Mason: Bad news really travels fast. Yes he did. And I would love to have him arrested but we need him to infiltrate the terrorist group.

Audrey: Do you plan to arrest Jack when this is over?

Mason: Ofcourse. God willing we'll have the nerve gas in our custody within the hour, then it will be over.

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At the White House president Bartlett is nervously waiting for news of the operation. He's going over the file on Navi Araz. The FBI was questioning his wife and teenage son, no indication they knew anything about Navi's involvement, but until today there was no indication that Navi was an Alqueda terrorist. The three of them were naturalized citizens from Turkey, a country not known for being sympathetic to the terrorists. Hopefully, with Navi exposed, this could lead to other terrorist cells being exposed. But it might be too late to stop this attack. Leo comes in with news of Erica's death.

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Bartlett: Anything new?

Leo: All we know for certain is Erica smashed the mug just before the cameras went dark. She could have then slashed her own wrists, or she could have been trying to defend herself against someone else.

Bartlett: Someone who she feared had come there to kill her. I supposse Erica could have killed herself, and the timing would be a coincidence, but the realist in me tends to doubt it.

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Jack Bauer arrives at the rendevous point. He sees Omar and Navi, recognizes their pictures. Tony Almeida is out of sight but nearby, just waiting for confirmation that the nerve gas is here.

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Navi: Thank you for helping us.

Jack: I'm not here to help, I'm here to get payed.

Omar: That's between you and Kalil. Do you have the codes?

Jack: Yeah, where are the cannisters?

Omar: We only have one right now.

Jack: I don't understand.

Navi: We're about to use one as a test. Tell us the codes.

Jack: The codes are individual. I need to see the cannister beforehand to verify the code.

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Omar knew he had to trust this mercenary a little, so he showed him the cannister. Jack pretended to call Kalil to get the codes, but in truth he was calling George Mason. Mason probably already knew from Tony, there was only one cannister of nerve gas, and if Tony moved in to stop them, they could lose their best chance of stopping the other 19.

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