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?

86. Chapter 86

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

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Reporter Maureen Kingsley is relaying news to the people. Although it is unclear which side fired first, it seems the terrorists did not honor their part of the agreement. They kept Zoey Bartlett and abducted her father the president. Ishmael is among those who listen to this news. He's not suprised that the American media is claiming this. No matter, the Americans will regret this betrayel. Ishmael hopes he can still get useful intel from Bartlett. If not, the whole world will see his execution. At CTU Chapelle briefs everyone, saying that rescuing Zoey and her father are their top priority. Noone here has any idea that Chapelle plans to sabotage their investigation. Chapelle returns to his office and returns another call. He had previously been contacted by the Qumari ambassador, who offerred to help in their investigation. Chapelle knew that this call had happenned after Shariff's murder. Whoever the ambassador sent over, he would try to look for evidence of who might have been involved. This could be good. Let Qumar waste their time on this, they were less likely to prepare for a potential American invasion. And if they found something, Bartlett was already as good as dead, and Bauer could easily be sacrificed. Chapelle spoke to the ambassador, who agreed to send over his intelligence officer Yusef Auda to help. Meanwhile Hellar is discussing invasion plans with Audrey.

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Hellar: All of our targets are military. But one of them is their intelligence headqurters located right in the middle of the capitol of Qumar. As smart as our weapons have become, there will likely be some collateral damage.

Audrey: You mean civilian deaths?

Hellar: I'm afraid so.

Audrey: I'm sorry to hear that.

Hellar: A neccessary aspect of war.

Audrey: What if we retrieve president Bartlett?

Hellar: If he so chooses, he can recall the bombers. A protocol to allow diplomacy to succeed and attacks to be averted. But we have to consider the possibility that he's already dead.

Audrey: I know. And you don't believe diplomacy will work.

Hellar: I think they tried to kill over 100,000 Americans. I think we're long past words.

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