The following takes place between 5am and 6am. Events occur in real time.

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5:00

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Jack Bauer drives to the park where he and John Walker have agreed to meet. It is still dark out, but very soon the first rays of daylight will make themselves known.

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Kim and Jamal continue to make themselves known on the internet as people very angry at the American government. Jamal gets a response. The message simply responds "If you're so angry, why don't you do something about it?" Jamal knows that this other person might just be some guy angry at the government, but is all talk. Still, it's the first lead he's had so far, so he begins talking to this other person.

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Rebecca Allen wants to avenge her brother's death. And Karen's death too, she was always friendly to Rebecca. Carl Webb was involved, but who did he work for? All Rebecca knew was it was one of her mother's enemies, but that wasn't exactly a short list. Rebecca believed she could commit murder right now, the hardest part would be escaping from her Secret Service detail right now. Given all that had happened, they weren't taking their eyes off her right now.

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Vice-president Keaton is in his office in the West Wing, when president Allen calls him.

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Keaton: Madam president, I am sorry to hear about your son.

Allen: Thank you. The people who were blackmailing Horace, do you think your old friend Dave is involved with them?

Keaton: I like to think he wouldn't be involved with this kind of murder. Still, I think someone was hedging their bets. They didn't know if you'd survive the attack on the White House, so they wanted to make certain they could control the president, whoever that might be. I'd bet my last dollar that they'd find some way to control the speaker and the Senate Pro Tem.

Allen: I'm not certain I can do this job right now. I know you offered me your resignation, but I never accepted it. Would you be willing to take over, under the terms of the 25th amendment?

Keaton: I'd have to make certain that Nicole and my granddaughter are up for it, because Dave will come out with the story if he's desperate enough. I'll speak to them first.

Allen: I need an answer within the hour. I'm sorry to rush you like this...

Keaton: We don't always get to choose how these things happen. You'll have my answer within the hour.

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John Walker waits for Jack Bauer to arrive, he fears he's being watched. Maybe he's being paranoid, maybe Jack Bauer is putting his people in place as back up. John Walker thought about his life, wondered if it had been a waste. As a teenager he got involved with a bad crowd, and committed burglaries rather than get an honest job. The judge gave him a choice, prison or the military. Many young men who faced the same choice used this opportunity to turn their life around and become productive citizens. But Walker got greedy again, and sold military intelligence to Russia. He was also abusive to his wife and children, even recruited his own son to join the military and steal secrets. When his son was arrested, his handlers panicked. John Walker might not have ordered his son's murder but he knew he bore moral responsibility for his death. He had tried to convince Laura to become a spy, but she was smart enough to refuse, or maybe she just didn't respect her father enough to commit treason for him. Now, as much as she might hate him, she was all he had left, and he would protect her now, whatever the cost.

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5:08