Day 3: 4:00am-5:00am

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Previously on 24


 * Sherry Palmer went to the Milliken residence, and after an argument with Julia and Alan, Sherry was partially responsible for Alan Milliken's death. She told her ex-husband President David Palmer and his brother Wayne about the incidnt so that she could get them to support her alibi.
 * Jack Bauer found Michael Amador and discovered that the Chandler Plaza Hotel was the likely target for the first release of the virus.
 * Tony Almeida contacted the head of security at the hotel and told him that a threat had been made against his hotel. No one was to be let in or out of the hotel.
 * Michelle Dessler captured Marcus Alvers and found out where the virus was, but Gael Ortega was unable to get to the device before it released virus into the ventilation system. Gael was the first to be infected.

The following takes place between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

4:00:00
Agent Gael Ortega calls the hotel's head of security to inform him that the toxic substance has been released. Gael was unable to disarm the device in time. Gael asks where the control panel for the air conditioning system is and then shuts it down accordingly. Phillips, the head of security, asks how bad the toxic substance is, but Gael merely says that he is just taking precautions.

Agent Michelle Dessler asks Marcus Alvers how much of the virus was released. Alvers tells her that it is enough to kill everyone in the hotel. Michelle asks if there are any other vials, and Alvers says that his assignment was the hotel, but there are eleven other vials. He doesn't know their locations. Michelle gets a call from Tony Almeida asking what the status is at the hotel. She tells him that Alvers has succeeded in releasing the virus in the hotel, and there are eleven other vials, locations unknown. Michelle says that they must quarantine the building, no one can be allowed in or out. They decide to set up a perimeter and not let the hotel guests know what is going on, so as to prevent a widespread panic. Tony finds out that Michelle is inside the hotel and becomes noticably concerned. Tony wants to get her out of the hotel and isolated as soon as possible, but Michelle insists on staying. Tony orders her to leave, but Michelle will not obey, knowing that her presence as a federal agent (and the ranking officer) is necessary to help keep the situation under control.

04:05:19

A medic wraps Michael Amador's hand. Jack Bauer asks for a moment alone with Amador and proceeds to question him, wanting to know who Amador is working for. Amador is uncooperative. Jack threatens to put Amador in the room with the incubator and expose him to the virus. Amador simply says that he'll die without talking. Jack gets a call from Ryan Chappelle, telling him that the virus was released at the Chandler Plaza Hotel. Chappelle informs Jack of the eleven other vials. Chappelle says that Amador is their only other link to whoever is behind the attack. Jack tells Chappelle that Amador is too afraid to give him a name. Chappelle wants Amador brought to CTU, but Jack says that there isn't time for that. After getting off the phone and apprising Chase Edmunds of the situation, Jack handcuffs Amador to a pipe. Jack and Chase leave the room.

Chase tells Jack what information they have discovered from the incubator. The virus had been ground into small particles, small enough to be suspended in the air like an aerosol.

Nicole Duncan calls Tony, asking what their status is at the hotel. Tony says that they're setting up a covert perimeter. Duncan is heading over to the hotel with some of her people and a mobile unit to test the hotel guests.

Tony updates Chappelle on the situation at the hotel. No one is allowed in or out of the hotel, and they are setting up a perimeter. Chappelle asks if the personnel on site have been given degree of force perameters. Tony responds that it is Chappelle's call. Chappelle realizes the ramifications of one infected person getting outside the hotel and tells Tony that the orders are shoot to kill if someone attempts to leave the hotel.

04:09:10

At the hotel, Gael, Michelle, and Phillips work on shutting down elevators, exits, and phone systems. Phillips asks if it's that serious, to shut down phone systems. Michelle tells him yes, it is potentially very serious, and no one can be allowed to leave the building. Their first priority is to prevent a panic. Phillips argues that shutting down hotel systems will create a panic, and the guests will still have their cell phones. Michelle says that a jamming signal is being directed at the hotel so that guests will be unable to use their cell phones. They will still be able to stay in contact with CTU since their cell phones operate on pinhole frequency. Phillips asks if anyone is going to survive, and Michelle assures him, saying that that's what they are there for, to ensure that people survive. Gael tells him that the hotel's security team is their first line of defense. Michelle says that the fire alarms need to be shut down. However, Phillips informs her that it has to be shut down node by node.

Gael remarks that hotel guests will probably start waking up in about an hour. Michelle tells him that Alvers told her that there are eleven more vials somewhere. They sit down in the lobby, and Michelle says that she knows that he wouldn't have been exposed if it wasn't for her. Gael says that she didn't ask them to do anything they wouldn't have done on their own.

Margolis, one of the staff members at the hotel, is about to leave, but Phillips stops him, saying that there may have been an irritant released into the air. He needs Margolis there to help out in case the guests have a reaction. Margolis says that he is not a doctor. Phillips insists that his help is needed and the he will let him leave as soon as it is possible. Margolis is obviously reluctant, but stays.

Amador manages to unscrew part of the pipe from the wall to escape. Kim Bauer tracks him from CTU. She calls her father, Jack Bauer to tell him that Amador is on the move. Kim tells him Amador's exact location and movements. Jack and Chase immediately head out to follow him.

04:11:57...04:11:58...04:11:59...'

04:16:22
Wayne Palmer apprises President Palmer of the situation at the Chandler Plaza Hotel.