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?

57. Chapter 57

7:12

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President Bartlett, along with three Secret Service agents, brought general Bashir to see president Deby. Deby was suprised to see Bashir at the White House.

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Deby: What is he doing here?

Bartlett: Helping in our investigation. I was hoping you two would be willing to talk, hopefully lay the groundwork for a peace plan.

Deby: Mr president, I respect you using him as a resource to stop attachs against your country. But I refuse to work with this terrorist.

Bashir: After all you've done to my people, you should be careful who you call terrorist.

Deby: Blowing up cililian school buses, I would say that qualifies as terrorism.

Bashir: As would lobbing shells into our civilian apartment building.

Bartlett: Gentlemen, I realize that if there is to be any chance of peace, it will be your generation who will have the hardest time with it. But you are leaders, you need to set an example.

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As this discussion continued CTU monitored the water distribution plants. One seemed to be reducing pressure fairly quickly. Chapelle called the foreman of this plant. As the phone rang the foreman told Juma it was the government. If he didn't answer they would realize something was wrong and send people. Juma told him to answer, as he stood silently with a gun aimed at him.

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Foreman: Mr Chapelle, why are you calling again?

Chapelle: We saw that you've reduced pressure lately, since our last conversation.

Foreman: We're performing maintenance. It was scheduled for next week but, there's been this terror alert. We're just making sure the equipment couldn't be used to hurt people.

Chapelle: So everything's okay?

Foreman: Yeah. Everything's rosy.

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Chapelle hung up. The expression "Everything's rosy" sounded a bit odd. He wondered if the foreman was trying to tell them something. He immediately began looking it up in protocol. Meanwhile Teri Bauer was making herself dinner at home. She knew it was unlikely that Jack would be home for this, but she made him some anyway. Teri had the news on. CNN was talking about the twelve people killed at the mall, and the rumors of an attack against CTU. They were ofcourse fearful of a more deadly attack in the near future. They didn't know what Teri knew, they were just speculating. She found herself afraid for her baby's safety.

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7:21