Jack Bauer on Day 2

This is a description of Jack Bauer's actions on Day 2.

8:00am-9:00am


During the first hour of Day 2, Jack, who since the events of Day 1 had grown a beard, went to visit his daughter, Kim Bauer, who had a new occupation as a live-in nanny for Megan Matheson. He drove to outside the Matheson residence, when he received a call from former colleague Tony Almeida. He called him to help CTU stop a terror threat in Los Angeles. Jack quickly hung up the phone and went out to visit his daughter. During the confrontation, Jack assured her that he didn't come to ask her for lunch or going out to talk. Kim rejected him, saying that she was still not ready. This left Jack alone again, so he drove back into his apartment. There, he opened a draw and saw his gun. After considering to use it on himself for a second, he instead picked up a picture of him with Kim and his late wife, Teri.

He soon received a phone call from President David Palmer. He told Jack that he needed his help in stopping a terror threat, despite the fact that Jack no longer worked for CTU. Palmer told him that he was sorry about his loss, but told him to stop feeling sorry for himself and just hear out his request to go to CTU. After the call, Jack decided to drive back to CTU for the first time in eighteen months.



He met up with Tony, who brought him to the Situation Room with George Mason and Michelle Dessler. However, rather than introductions, Jack wanted to just cut to the chase. There, he heard news that there was a high probability that a terrorist group called Second Wave intended to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles by the end of the day. Jack walked out of the room and tried to call Kim, and told her of the threat. Kim didn't listen and hung up on him after he told her that she must leave with him to Aunt Carol's house in San Jose. He then called her again, only to get a voicemail. He then decided to leave CTU to get Kim away from danger. However, once he got to his car, he took notice of a mother and child. For that moment, he decided to go back to CTU, and told Mason that if a CTU agent went to pick up Kim, he would help to stop the bomb



Jack later found out that the reason he was bought in to help CTU is because a group led by Joseph Wald is partially behind the intended attack. Jack was undercover with Wald and later put him in prison, and now Wald was out on appeal and would be convicted of new charges and would receive life imprisonment. Jack discovered that the witness to bring him back to Prison was Marshall Goren, a criminal with counts of kidnapping a minor and child pornography, would be set free if he was to testify. Jack decided the best course action was to re-establish cover with Wald's men. He had George bring Goren from FBI custody to CTU. Jack refused to divulge his intentions.

Later, when Goren arrived, Jack's intentions were made clear. He pulled out his gun and shot Goren in the heart, killing him. Jack then had Mason get him a hacksaw, so he could cut off his head. Afterwards, Jack shaved off his beard.

9:00am-10:00am


Jack was then taken on board a helicopter and dropped off to near the garage owned by Eddie Grant, one of Wald's men. He went there and maintained his cover as "Jack Roush", proving himself by giving Grant's gang the head of Goren. Now that Wald was safe, Jack was able to re-established his cover.

Jack went to find Wald, but was held back by Grant and his men, as Wald has gone into hiding. He was asked to leave until tomorrow, where he will talk with Wald. Jack felt that was too long and had to buy time to stay by stalling his car. There, he discovered that they were packing charges, and Wald's men were involved in the terror plot. He decided to join in on their plan, and did so by injuring the bomb maker, Dave. With one man short, Grant allowed Jack's request and joined in on their plot. While on the back of the van, Jack learned of their plan; to bomb CTU Los Angeles.

10:00am-11:00am
Jack received a phone call from Kim, who was in trouble; she was taking Megan away from her abusive father, Gary Matheson and needed help. Jack however, was undercover and acted as if he was talking to a careless "girlfriend", before hanging up on her, which made her call the main CTU office. When Jack and Grant's gang arrived outside an area where they would disable CTU's phone lines, Jack was asked to look around, while they disable the phone line.



Jack was actually hiding behind the van and tried to call CTU of the threat, only to get cut off by interference. He then tried to call President Palmer, but was diverted to Lynne Kresge. He informed her of the threat. She attempted to warn the President, but her efforts to alert Palmer were sabotaged by Eric Rayburn, who wanted to maintain Jack's cover. Later, the phone company sent a van, with Cam Strocker and his coworker, Danny. Jack could only watch when Grant shot Danny dead, and threatened Cam to work with them. The gang dressed as phone company workers, and drove to CTU. While the rest of the gang planted the charges, in areas that would maximise the effects of the explosion, rendering CTU inactive, Jack was told to look after Cam, to see if he wouldn't escape.



Jack used this as an opportunity to warn CTU, who was called by Rayburn, to transfer all intel on the bomb, without informing them of the threat. He approached Cam, and told him there was nothing he could've done to save Danny, and told him to warn CTU of the threat. He released Cam and Jack took out a knife, and purposely cut himself on the scalp, to make it look like he was attacked. By the time the gang arrived, they were uneasy, but had to leave to detonate the bomb. They left and went at a safe distance to watch the detonation. Jack could only look in horror, as CTU was being bombed, and saw a dust cloud from a distance.

11:00am-12:00pm


After the bomb detonated, Jack and Grant's gang drove to a secluded spot on the hills outside Los Angeles. There, Scott and Chris torched the van. Meanwhile, Jack listened in on Eddie's phone call, and found out it was Joseph Wald. After the conversation ended, Grant wrote an address on his match book and told Jack to join him in his car. There, Jack brandished his weapon at Eddie, and told him to give him the match book and is under arrest. However, just as he exited the car, Chris saw Jack holding Eddie at gun point, and he and Scott started firing at Jack. Jack managed to kill both hostiles, then turned around and saw Eddie driving towards him. Jack was able to shoot back and killed Eddie, which made the car roll to a gentle stop. Jack then drove to Wald's address on Eddie's match book.

On the way, Jack called Lynne after he discovered at least 21 casualties in the CTU bombing. Jack angrily told her that he gave her enough time to warn them, but she didn't. Lynne told him that he was the best chance of stopping the nuclear bomb and to do his job, which Jack replied; "I'll do my job. You people better start doing yours". 20 minutes after the shootout, Jack arrived in Wald's hideout and told him that Eddie's group was dead, before admitting that it was he who killed them. Jack questioned Wald, telling him where he got CTU's plan and why they bombed them today. However, before he could answer, Wald's pitbull attacked Jack, but Jack managed to shoot it. This distraction allowed Wald enough time to flee into his panic room in his shed. Jack chased after him and saw no way into the panic room.



Jack obtained a pick axe and attempted to break his way, until the wall was only in front of a steel casing. Jack sat down and tried to coax Wald into letting him, by stating that CTU teams will break in one way or another, and gave him a spot of irony, that since the government was too powerful for him, but now has all the power since the bombing of CTU. After about 15 minutes, Jack became increasingly frustrated, and attempted to shoot his way in, until he ran out of shotgun shells. Wald, who was listening on Jack's every word, decided to unlock his panic room door. Jack, with his gun trained entered and told him to drop the gun. There, Wald told him that the woman who gave him the plans, only saw him twice with instructions. Seeing no way out of going back to prison, Joseph Wald committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, but not before giving Jack the file. Jack searched through the files and found the contact to be Nina Myers.

12:00pm-1:00pm


Upon hearing about Nina's involvement, Jack drove back to CTU. On the way, he called Ryan Chappelle, who authorized Nina to be brought into CTU for questioning. He then called Mason, who told him to do his debrief at Division, since CTU was no longer safe enough. However, Jack disagreed and proceeded to CTU. He was shocked to discover the amount of damage caused by the bomb. He continued to do his debrief, despite Mason's advice on doing it in Division. Mason suspected he just wanted a chance to get back at Nina for Teri's death.

Whilst doing his debrief, Jack got a call from Kim, who was in St. Virgil's Hospital. He told her to leave Los Angeles, and to leave Megan. Kim pressed him for an answer why, which Jack replied by saying there's a bomb set to go off by the end of the day. He was later confronted by Michelle Dessler, who was ordered, by Mason to expedite Jack's departure, which Jack refused to allow. Later, he saw Nina entering CTU and being brought into holding. He finished his debrief, but didn't leave. He was later given a call by President Palmer, who informed him that Nina will get immunity for what she knew, which upset Jack.



Jack confronted Mason in the bathroom about Nina. He wanted to question her, since he knows how she thinks. Mason wouldn't allow that to happen, and left. However, he left behind his anti-nausea medication, which Jack picked up. He found out about Mason's raid earlier in the morning, and that he was exposed from high levels of radiation. He confronted Mason again in his office. He told him that he wanted the case, and would call Division for a replacement if Mason wouldn't let Jack take it. Mason knew that putting Jack and Nina together could end badly, but reluctantly agreed to Jack's request. Before setting foot into the Holding Room, he looked at Nina from the surveillance cameras, with Nina looking back, as if she was looking straight into Jack.

1:00pm-2:00pm


Michelle handed Jack Nina's file, which he said he never needed, since he knows her. He was handed over the pardon, which he gave to Nina for information. All she divulged was that she needed a plane to Visalia to meet her contact, but wouldn't give away the contact's name until she arrived there. Jack didn't believe her, and threw the table aside, before pushing Nina to a wall. He reminded her that he would get what he wanted. However, Nina still wouldn't talk. Instead Mason charged in and dismissed Jack for not handling the situation. However, Jack said that he was doing the right thing, since making her feel threatened would make her talk. He was given the right to enter again, but not until the room's heat would make her more uncomfortable.

He entered the room, pulled a gun out and shot at her, which barely missed. Nina told him that the contact was Mamud Faheen, and she would only reveal the bomb's location after she would meet with her contact. Jack told Mason that the best course of action would be to fly to Visalia. Mason insisted on bringing back-up, in case he would do something against orders, so they sent Ed Miller to tag along, as well as several agents from Fresno getting to Visalia. Jack however, did not want Miller's company, so he drugged a water bottle, and gave it to Miller, he drunk it, and fainted. Jack smiled, aimed a gun at her, meaning he was in control, which made Nina very discomforting.

2:00pm-3:00pm


Jack was taken to Warden Airport with Nina, where they boarded a plane to Visalia. Nina warned the group there that Jack had drugged Ed Miller, but the rest did not listen. The team was taken to Visalia, where the team were to perform a sting operation, with Nina as the person to go into Crescent Collectables, Faheen's front. Nina protested, stating that just as she would say hello, he would kill her and turn the gun on himself. Jack assured her; "We'll make sure he doesn't turn the gun on himself", before proceeding to Faheen's front. Nina was given a wire, so Dessler could see and hear all of Nina's moves.



He watched from a distance, as she entered Crescent Collectables. He listened onto Nina's feed. Just as she entered a darkened room, both audio and visual feeds were down. Fearing that Faheen had either fled or killed himself, Jack and his team moved in and raided the building, killing every hostile the SWAT teams encountered. Jack found Faheen, but Nina had disappeared. He chased after a trail of dead bodies and found Nina, attempting to shoot a locked door. Nina quickly surrendered. For one moment, since no-one else was present, Jack contemplated killing her. However, he managed to have resisted the urge, since CTU still needed her, and put her in cuffs instead. He then took her outside of Crescent Collectables.

3:00pm-4:00pm
He intended to drive her to the airport, after Nina wouldn't get Faheen talking. However, fellow agents wouldn't allow it, and stopped him from doing so, which frustrated him. Later, the convoy arrived pack on the plane and took off back to Los Angeles. He listened in on Nina questioning Faheen about the location of the bomb. At first, he was uncooperative. Jack told Nina to make him talk, and she did so by telling him that his family was arrested, which seemed to work. However, Jack had a phone call, from his daughter. She was arrested, after a police officer found the dead body of Carla Matheson in the trunk of Gary's car Kim, Megan and her boyfriend, Miguel tried to leave Los Angeles with. He told her that someone from CTU would sort it out, despite her need of help from him more.



However, he became distracted when Nina and Faheen talked to quietly for audio to interpret. Nina managed to have use a broken gift card she took and slit Faheen's throat. Jack attempted to save him, but he died. Nina told Jack only she knows where the bomb was, and would not tell Jack until the flight was diverted to San Diego, so she could arrange transport to Sao Paulo she was safely away to San Diego, since that information was insurance for. Without any choice, the plane diverted its route to San Diego. On the way, Jack sat down with Nina and recited to her about the sunday before Teri was killed. He told her of "the gift", she took from not only, Jack and Kim, but the world. A few seconds later, a missile impacted the plane.

4:00pm-5:00pm
Fearing that they would not make the crash alive, Jack pressed Nina for the whereabouts of the bomb, but despite assurance that Jack won't kill her afterwards, she refused to divulge. The plane prepared to make an emergency landing, but crashed as they were going down. Now that CTU has lost contact with them, they sent search and rescue to retrieve them. Miraculously, despite several people killed in the crash, Jack survived, but was injured. He found Rick Phillips, and told him to hold on until search and rescue would arrive. He also found Nina unconscious. Jack managed to have revived her. He collected supplies including a flare gun and come to higher ground to maximise the chance of rescue. However, they both heard noises, from a group of mysterious soldiers.



Jack took cover, and noticed something wasn't right. His suspicions were confirmed when he saw them shoot Rick dead. The couple were then spotted by another soldier, but was shot and killed with the flare gun. Jack grabbed his weapon and Nina handled the ammunition. They left the scene and ran to higher ground. Eventually, Jack spotted a vantage point. Nina was charged with reconnaissance and identify the location of the targets. Jack held them off as long as he could during the firefight, killing a few soldiers in the process. Jack did not notice Nina hiding one of the rifle's magazines for herself. Jack ran out of ammo and only had his sidearm left. He kept shooting until CTU helicopters, who discovered the plane was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, arrived and killed the other soldiers.



While Jack combed the area, Nina loaded the rifle and held Jack at gunpoint. He warned the SWAT teams to stay back, or she'll kill him. She did this, since the second Nina gives away the information, Jack would find and kill her, so she did this for her own safety. She demanded to speak with President Palmer for immunity for a crime she hadn't committed yet, the murder of Bauer. Palmer managed to have spoken with Jack first, who told him that this was the best option. After Palmer reluctantly agreed, Jack heard Nina give an address to a terrorist called Syed Ali. While she waited for the documentation of the immunity agreement, she told Jack that he wasn't expecting this. Jack told her that "This isn't over".

5:00pm-6:00pm
While Palmer waited on confirmation of Nina's information, she told Jack that she never meant to have done the things she'd done, particularly killing Jack's wife, and that it wasn't personal. However, Jack disagreed. Unknown to Nina, a CTU sniper was waiting in the distance. Jack noticed this and stood up, against Nina's wishes. She fired warning shots to scare Jack, but he only stood still and told her that if he died before the intel's confirmation, it would violate her agreement, and she would be back in jail. Jack moved back further, so Nina could go out of hiding, giving the sniper a clear shot to disarm Nina, which he did. After that, Palmer stayed with the original pardon, and to keep Nina in Los Angeles in the meantime. Jack got the call, and later approached Nina. He whispered something inaudible in Nina's ear, which disturbed her.



Jack then found a distinctive tattoo of a snake on one of the dead soldier's arm. He then boarded the chopper bound for Syed Ali's house. On the way, he contacted Palmer, who was relieved to hear from him. Jack however, gave Palmer some disturbing news; the soldiers were Americans, or American trained. They were a member of a brigade called the Coral Snake, a deep cover ops unit, funded by the National Security Agency, and lead by a Colonel Ron Samuels of Fort Benning. He remembered them, since he was once offered recruitment from them, which he turned down. That led Jack to believe that there was more to the bomb than met the eye, as someone in Palmer's circle knew the location of Jack's plane, leaked the information to the hired Coral Snake, and attempted to take it down. Palmer asked to Jack to keep him informed on any progress.

Approximately 15 minutes later, Jack's chopper landed near Ali's home on 18 Starling Court, Chatsworth. He met up with a team led by Agent Tom Baker, and briefed Mason on their plan to storm the house. He also discovered a hostile inside, with a female prisoner. They assumed he was Syed Ali, and covertly entered the house. However, the hostile, Mohsen, noticed this, and held Kate Warner, his prisoner hostage and attempted to take out Jack's team and kill her. However, Jack took out a shotgun and fired a beanbag on Mohsen's neck, disarming him. Just as Jack was about to restrain him, Mohsen swallowed a cyanide capsule imbedded on one of his teeth, killing himself. Since they had no idea who Ali was, he needed Kate Warner to identify him. However, she was very traumatized, so Jack consoled her and calmed her down, questioning her. She told him that the man Jack shot was not Syed Ali. She described him and attempted to interpret the Arabic the two were saying before Ali left. She heard the word "prayer", meaning Ali had possibly went to a mosque. Jack told CTU to look up every mosque on a 25 mile radius. Jack requested Kate to work with him, since she was the only person who knew what Ali looked like. Kate agreed, and they both went to an SUV to a mosque.

6:00pm-7:00pm
Jack, Kate and the team drove to the mosque they suspected Syed Ali had come to pray for his final time. On the way, Kate wanted to know what the whole thing was about. Jack was reluctant to give out information. However, Kate told him that she had to know, since she was tortured. Jack old her about the real threat of a nuclear bomb set to go off by the end of the day, and they needed her help to identify Ali, and stop him in his tracks. Jack then received a call from George Mason, who told him that Kim was sent back to Los Angeles, but escaped. Jack told him to have people look for her. However, George felt he didn't want to waste resources, since she was outside the blast radius, so Kim knew where to go, to avoid the city. He then hung up and told Kate she was not involved in the threat, but was in trouble.

By 6:10pm, the teams arrived in a parking garage, adjacent to the mosque. Jack and Baker argued on what they should do. They couldn't risk a raid, since Ali would take his own life. Also, a surgical strike to ambush Ali after the service was over would take too long. Kate offered to come into the mosque, dressed with a hijab, as muslim women would, so Ali would not notice her. Jack hesitated, but Kate told him she was the only person who saw Ali, and would clearly identify him. Jack was hesitant, but allowed her to enter, wearing a hijab, and would see Ali. Jack gave her the layout of the mosque to tell her where to go after she made the ID. At 6:25pm, Kate exited the building, met with Jack, and confirmed that Syed Ali was inside the building. Now that Ali had been identified, Jack organised a strike to capture Ali after he would leave the mosque. Jack sent Kate to the roof of the adjacent building for a better observation view.

Once they arrived, Jack received a call from Tony Almeida, who informed him that two agents and Reza Naiyeer, Kate's sister's, Marie Warner's fiancee was found dead trying to uncover information regarding Syed Ali. CTU suspected Marie, as she was the only person who entered and exited the building around the same time Reza was killed. Jack highly dismissed Tony's idea that Kate was working with them, since she was kidnapped. Tony did however, warn him about her, and to keep a look out on her.

As night fell over Los Angeles, the prayer service was over. One by one, the muslims left the mosque. Kate searched for Ali, but couldn't find him, after the greeter left the building last. After a few seconds of suspecting Kate, he assured her that he must've stayed inside the mosque instead. Jack ordered all the teams to storm the mosque. He confronted the mosque's Imam, and told him that a terrorist was hiding inside. He showed him the warrant, and the Imam allowed him access. However, just as he started searching, he heard a noise. He entered a children's playroom, where he found a man set on fire. Jack took out the fire, but the man was already dead. They thought they've lost their chance to capture Ali. However, he discovered that the corpse's pants were too short, meaning that Syed Ali switched clothes, and was still alive. Jack ordered the mosque turned inside out to search for Ali.

7:00pm-8:00pm
Jack threatens Syed Ali's family in order to break him.

8:00pm-9:00pm
Tony called Jack, who was with Kate Warner on his way to the airfield. Tony told him to meet up with the assault team at the airfield, who were sweeping the grounds as they spoke. Jack changed the subject to Kim, and Tony said that every resource available was being used to try to find her. Mason called Jack soon after, and told him that a paramilitary team known as Coral Snake, led by Colonel Ron Samuels was stopping the ground forces at the airfield. Jack recalled that it was the same unit that attacked his and Nina's plane earlier in the day. Mason explained that the team wanted to find them bomb themselves, and would treat anyone who stood in their way as an adversary. He went on to say that the team went dark three hours ago, and that Jack was the best bet of getting past them to the bomb. Jack arrived at the airfield and told Agent Tom Baker to take Kate to a secured area and to make sure she was comfortable.



Jack then met Steve Goodrich, the leader of the assault team, who gave him individual profiles on each of the Coral Snake members. Jack said that the team would treat them as hostiles, so they had to do the same back. Jack then announced to the whole assault team that they must wear I.D. tags at all times as they would be working in a large, uncontrollable area. He then showed the team the schematics of the airfield and split the men into three teams, each of which had different assignments in terms of finding the nuclear bomb. By 8:22pm the teams had found tracks of boots that led into one of the hangers that did not exit. Jack was alerted, and teams fled into the hanger. However, all that was found was the dead bodies of Roger Stanton's Coral Snake team, evident by the tattoo on the left forearm. Jack realized that one of the Coral Snake members was missing: there was only six when in fact there should have been seven.



CTU managed to find the tail plate of the plane, and Michelle tracked it to being at the airfield, in hangar MD7. Mason called Jack and updated him, and Jack set off with a team to the hangar. As they approached, they saw the plane leaving the hangar. They pursued the plane and managed to catch up to it after it was blocked off by a secondary team. Jack shot the wheels of the plane from his position alongside it, then shot the pilot, Omar. The plane pulled to a stop and was surrounded by CTU teams. Jack saw the nuclear bomb in the back of the plane and called in NEST. By 8:55pm the team was working on defusing the bomb. However, all their efforts could not revert the trigger being set permanently to default. The NEST team leader confirmed to Jack that the bomb could not be defused. Jack radioed one of the teams and told them to clear one of the runways, explaining to the team leader that if the bomb could not be defused, it would have to be flown away from Los Angeles. Suddenly, the beeping of the bomb began to quicken, and the team guessed that they had activated something to speed up the detonation. However, they soon discovered that in fact it was a trick, and was not a bomb at all; it was just a mechanism that had been rigged to look like one. Jack radioed the teams and explained that it was a decoy, and they did not have possession of the bomb.

9:00pm-10:00pm
Whilst the NEST team backed away the fake bomb, Jack questioned Omar as to where the real bomb was. However, he could not speak English, and so Jack requested a translator to come to the hangar. Jack called Mason and updated him on the situation. Jack noticed that Mason did not appear fully functional, and suggested that he stepped down, suggesting Tony take over as Special Agent in Charge. Mason said that he could handle it. Jack hung up, and Omar tried to talk to him. Jack remembered that Kate could speak rudimentary Arabic, and asked her to help translate. She attempted to do so, but did not get much response from Omar, who she guessed spoke a different dialect to what she knew. Melinda Kale, the official translator, arrived and Jack told her to ask Omar about a second bomb. However, he claimed to know nothing.



Jack was contacted by an agent who told him that Marie Warner had been found by her sister, Kate. Jack found Kate just before she was shot by Marie, saving her life. Kate demanded that Jack gave Marie something for the pain for where Jack shot her, but he refused until she told him where the bomb was. Jack began to question her, but she refused to say anything. Jack tried to force Marie into telling him where the bomb was by scaring her about the bullet that was still lodged in her arm. However, she still refused to talk.

Marie began to drift out of consciousness, and Jack decided to give her something for the pain. He asked Kate to talk to Marie, to try to bring her back to reality. She did so, but Marie still refused to talk, saying that she did not care if Kate or her father died because of the bomb. As the pain medication began to wear off, Marie began to wail. Jack told her to tell him where the bomb was, and she finally submitted, saying that it was in a van going downtown. She said the bomb was set to go off in three hours, and she knew because she saw the timer. Jack inferred that a bomb that size would not have a visual timer, and that she was lying to him. He then deduced that the bomb was still at the airfield and began to send teams to search through every hangar at the site. Jack learnt that gunfire had commenced outside one of the hangars, and headed down there. He discovered that the van had been found, with the nuclear weapon inside. The NEST team were called back in, and confirmed that it was the nuclear bomb. However, the team leader informed Jack that there was no way the bomb could be disarmed, and there was no way to tell when it would go off.

10:00pm-11:00pm
The bomb was taken into Hangar 12, and the NEST team leader reconfirmed his suspicions that the bomb was could not be disarmed. George Mason arrived at the bomb site and told Jack that he wanted to see when the thing that killed him. Jack explained that the bomb could not be defused, and told Steve Goodrich that it needed to be flown out of the airport. Jack told him to find the fastest plane available at the airfield, and then he called the President. Whilst he waited to be connected, one of the NEST team members told him that they had 55 minutes before the bomb detonated. The President told and Jack decided that the best place to fly the plane would be the Mojave Desert, as it would cause least fallout and damage to civilians. Palmer questioned what would happen to the pilot, and Jack said that he would have to die in the explosion, and the plane would have to be flown to a very specific location. Palmer said that whoever flew the plane would have the undying gratitude of everyone in the nation, and any family members he were to leave behind would be well cared for. Jack did not tell Palmer that he himself was planning to fly the plane.

Mason approached Jack and said that he could fly the plane, but Jack said that he was not able to land it in the specific location as was needed. Jack ended the conversation by walking away and radioing Goodrich, who he told to prepare the plane. Jack called CTU and asked Tony if Kim had been found yet. Tony told Jack to wait until the plane took off, but Jack revealed that he was planning to fly it. Tony was astonished, saying that someone who didn't have a daughter should fly the plane. Jack said it was too late, and told Tony about a safe in his apartment that had a will and a letter to Kim if something ever happened to him, and asked him to collect them, which Tony agreed to.



As Jack prepared to take off, the NEST team leader gave him a timer that showed Jack exactly how much time he had left before the bomb went off. As Jack climbed into the plane, Kate Warner called to him. He looked back at her as she was held back by Tom Baker, and closed the door. At 10:25pm, Jack took off in the plane. Whilst in the air, Tony called Jack back and explained that they had managed to get in contact with Kim. He patched her through, and explained what was happening to her. As she began to cry, Jack said that he loved her more than anything in the world, and that he did not want her to change. He told her to live her and to be happy. He told her that he had to go, and she said she was proud of him, and she loved him. He told her that he loved her, and said goodbye.

Suddenly, George Mason revealed himself from the back of the plane. He gave Jack a parachute, and told him to leave the plane. He said that the hard part was over, and all that was left to do was take the plane into a dive. Mason said that Jack should go back and patch things up with Kim and stop blaming himself for Teri's death instead of taking the "easy way out" and dying in a blaze of glory. Jack asked George if he was sure he could pilot the plane, and Mason said that he was "supposed to do this". He strapped himself in next to Jack as the latter began to explain what he had to do to make the correct dive. Mason said that he understood, and Jack thanked him.



Jack called Tony and explained the change of plans. He told Tony to send a chopper to pick him up after he bailed out of the plane. As the countdown reached four minutes from detonation, Jack put on his parachute and prepared to jump. He asked Mason if there was anything he could do for him, to which Mason said that he had everything under control, even managing to spend some time with his son. Jack was shocked by this, explaining that he never knew Mason had a son. Jack thanked him once more, and Mason said that it was time for him to go. Jack climbed to the back of the plane, put on his helmet and jumped out, taking one last look back at George Mason. As the timer reached 1:30 from detonation, Mason pulled the plane into a diver, and Jack landed on the ground. He dove behind a rock and counted down the last four seconds on his watch before a light explosion filled the sky. Watched by David Palmer, Kim Bauer and hundreds of people across the country, the nuclear bomb exploded.

11:00pm-12:00am
Jack threw three flares around him to help the helicopter to detect his location. It landed soon after and he jumped on. The pilot explained that his orders were to take him back to CTU, and Jack agreed. Jack asked the pilot to contact Tony at CTU, so he could tell Kim that he was still alive. However, the co-pilot said that transmissions were out because of the blast, and he would have to wait until they arrived back at CTU.

Jack walked back into the CTU Los Angeles offices just as Syed Ali was being transferred out. Ali became agitated when he saw Jack, muttering Arabic insults at him. Jack was unbroken by the insults and greeted Tony, who said that he was glad that Jack was alright. Tony gave Jack the number of the sheriff who was assigned to finding Kim, and Jack congratulated Tony on becoming the new Special Agent in Charge. Jack left to call the sheriff, but found that he was not in his office, and decided to try calling back later. As he hung up, Michelle Dessler approached him and informed him about the major military action the President was planning to take based on a recording found in Ali's apartment that implicated three countries in the Middle East. However, Michelle goes on to say that Ali says it is a fake recording, and she is convinced that he is telling the truth. She said that they need to be sure before engaging in a war with three countries. Jack said that it was Tony's call, and that he needed to get in contact with Kim. Michelle persisted, saying that Jack could read Ali better than anyone else, and so he agreed to talk to him before he left, telling Michelle to try to get in contact with the sheriff in charge of finding Kim.



At 11:25pm Jack went outside to talk to Ali just before he was taken away. He told Ali that he did not kill his son as he had convinced Ali to believe, and he would be able to talk to him soon. Jack then asked him if the Cyprus recording was fake, and Ali repeated that what he told Michelle was true: he never met with the three leaders as was indicated in the recording. Jack thanked him, and immediately afterwards Ali was shot by a sniper from an opposing building. Agents swarmed the area, looking for who could have shot. Jack told an agent to radio in to CTU and say that there was a shooter in one of the south west buildings, which he did. Tony came outside and said that it must have been someone from one of the three countries implicated in the recording, but Jack said that he believed Ali's claim that the recording was falsified. Jack enforced to Tony that he needed to make sure that the recording definitely was real, so that the decision the President made would be the correct one. Tony said that he did not need to be told how to do his job by Jack, and said that Jack should go and look for Kim, as he was no longer needed at CTU. Jack walked away.

Jack decided to call President David Palmer to inform him of his concerns. Palmer explained that he was in a meeting with the Joint Chiefs, and Jack said that what he had to say was important enough to interrupt whatever he was doing. He went on to say that Syed Ali had been assassinated, and explained about the possible forgery of the Cyprus audio recording. Palmer said that it had been verified, but Jack retained that Ali's word was strong enough for him. Palmer said that he did not want to act unnecessarily, but could not stop it on conjecture. Jack asked how much time he had to get the President some proof, and Palmer said that the military response was scheduled for a few hours time.

Jack explained to Michelle what the President said, and asked her how they could prove that Ali was in Berlin when the recording was created, as he had claimed. Michelle told Jack about Yusuf Auda, an intelligence agent from one of the three countries, who was at CTU presently. Michelle said that he might know something about the recording, and Jack decided to run a background check on him. As he began to do so, Kate Warner approached him, shocked to see him alive. He explained that someone else took over as the pilot of the plane and the bomb was detonated safely. Tom Baker told Jack that Kate needed to be debriefed, and as she was being taken away, she told Jack thats he was glad he was alright.



Jack found Yusuf and asked him if he thought the recording could have been compromised before he brought it to CTU. Yusuf demanded that Jack should tell him what he knew before he would say anything. Jack said that he was unable to tell him, within with Yusuf inferred that the evidence incriminated his country. Yusuf left, saying that Jack was asking too much. As he left, Jack's phone called. An unidentified man greeted him and said that he was the only person who could prove that Syed Ali was not in Cyprus when the recording was made. Jack asked how the man knew the recording was fake, and he told Jack that he was the one who planted it in Ali's apartment. He said that he was the one who killed Ali so that Jack would be forced to deal with this man. Jack asked what the man wanted, and he replied, "Kate Warner". Jack asked what he wanted her for, but the man did not respond, saying that he should get her out of CTU and bring her to a warehouse within thirty minutes. Before Jack could respond, the man hung up.



Jack went back to Michelle and told her that his conversation with Yusuf had been of no avail, but explained about the man who wanted Kate. Jack asked Michelle to distract Agent Tom Baker, who was debriefing Kate, so that Jack could take Kate away. This was noticed by Carrie Turner, who informed Tony. Tony chased after Jack and told him to stop. Jack told Tony to get out of the way, but Tony pulled a gun on Jack and told him to explain what was happening. Jack told Tony that he could not, and that Tony would not be able to shoot Jack. When Tony refused to put the gun down, Jack knocked him over, breaking his ankle, and ran away with Kate.

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Jack ran out of CTU, dragging Kate Warner with him. She pulled herself away from him and asked what was going on. Jack told her to trust him, and said he would explain everything in the car. She reluctantly agreed and they went to the car. Jack arrived at the security gates just as Carrie Turner called and told them not to let Jack out. However, he had already escaped and managed to get away before the guard could close the gate.

In the car, Jack explained about what Palmer was planning to do in retaliation to the nuclear weapon that was detonated earlier. Kate asked what it had to do with her, and Jack told her about the supposed forgery of the Cyprus recording and the man who called him to inform him about the forgery. Jack said that the man wanted Kate in return for more information about the recording, and what they were doing could help to prevent a war. Jack told her that she needed to decide whether she would accept the risk, despite the dangerous nature of the situation. Kate agreed to go ahead with the plan, as long as Jack protected her.



By 12:19am, Jack had arrived at the meeting point. He unloaded a weapon from the back of his vehicle, and told Kate to wait in the car as he advance inwards. Jack made his way into the warehouse and approached the man from behind, holding him at gunpoint. Jack told him to interlock his fingers whilst Jack searched him for a weapon, which he did. The man identified himself as Jonathan Wallace, the captain of the Coral Snake brigade, which he proved with the tattoo on his right forearm. Wallace explained that he was responsible for making sure the bomb went off, and making sure that the Cyprus recording would implicate the three countries, so that the United States would attack the Middle East and gain much needed oil. Jack demanded to know what Wallace wanted to Kate, and Wallace explained that the people who hired him tried to kill him, and so he needed to find an alternate way out of the country; he decided that the connections that Warner Industries upheld would suffice. Wallace concluded that he would give evidence against the Cyprus recording, for his free passage out of the U.S.

Wallace asked for Jack to take him to Kate, but Jack demanded to know more about the recordings first. Wallace explained that he had the source recordings that proved it was fabricated. He insisted that Jack took him to Kate, but when Wallace said he would kill Kate once he had managed to get his transport sorted out, Jack said that the deal was unacceptable. Wallace walked away, but Jack stopped him before he could leave. He called Yusuf Auda and told him to bring Kate in. Whilst they waited, they talked about how their deal would go down. Wallace wanted to get on the plane before telling Jack where the evidence was, which Jack was unhappy about. Kate and Yusuf arrived before the conversation could progress. Jack told Kate that she had to go with Wallace, and that he would not be coming. She refused to go with Wallace until Jack told her to remember everything he said in the car, and that she would not get hurt if she went. Eventually Kate agreed to go, and Wallace forced her into the boot of his car. Just as Wallace prepared to leave, Yusuf informed Jack that a tracker that was on Kate was in place and was picking up a signal. Suddenly, a shot rang down that pierced Wallace's car window. All three men fell to the floor, Jack and Wallace taking up positions to return fire.

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Jack informed Wallace and Yusuf that they were being shot at from both sides of the alley as more bullets were shot down. All three men opened fire on the attacking commandos from the buildings above. As Yusuf gave him cover, Jack unlocked the trunk and got Kate out, telling her to keep down. Jack took out an attacker as Kate ran back into the warehouse. Wallace and Jack followed, and Wallace explained that the attackers were follow-up teams sent by his employers. As another vehicle of men arrived, Jack convinced Wallace to let him call Michelle Dessler who would help them get infrared images of the area and determine where the commandos were. He called her and explained his position, and despite her worries that Tony would hinder the operation, she agreed to help.

Whilst they waited, Jack explained to Kate why Wallace needed her. However, he explained that he would not let it get so far as to endanger her life. Michelle got back to Jack and informed him that there were eleven men in the surrounding alleyways, including Yusuf. She sent Jack the positions and hung up, worrying that staying away from her desk for too long would alert Tony. Jack and Wallace devised a plan and prepared to make their exit. Outside, Yusuf threw several smoke bombs to disoritentate the commandos, which Jack, Wallace and Kate used to get out of the warehouse. As smoke filled the alley, the three ran out of the warehouse, shooting at the commandos. They headed towards the vehicle, which Yusuf was readying. Whilst returning to the vehicle, Wallace was shot in the neck. Jack realized that there was no exit wound, and told Wallace that they needed to go to a hospital. However, he refused and told Yusuf to drive to Los Angeles Airport. Jack tried to patch up the wound whilst Yusuf drove. Tony managed to get through to Jack, but Jack explained that he would not bring Wallace in, as he would refuse to co-operate under those circumstances. As they drove to the hospital, Kate called and arranged the transport, giving the name "William Patterson" as an alias for Wallace. Wallace began to lose consciousness, and Yusuf stopped off at an urgent care center.



They took Wallace inside and demanded to be taken to a doctor. Dr. Spire explained that Wallace needed a hospital, but Jack said that there was no time and he had to do what he could. He managed to stabilize Wallace, and took an X-Ray which showed that the bullet caused a lot of damage, despite missing the jugular vein. Spire explained that the bullet could only be removed in surgery, which Jack repeated they had no time for. Spire feared for the future of his practice, and asked what was going on. Jack told him that it was to do with the nuclear bomb that went off earlier, but could not tell him more than that. Spire agreed to do what he could, and Jack said that he could not be sedated, as Jack needed him to talk. Wallace pushed the doctor away whilst he was being treated, and told Jack that he knew he was not going to make it. He said that he recordings were on a memory chips, saved as two AIF files. Jack asked where the chip was, but before Wallace could say more than "It's inside..." he went into ventricular fibrillation. The doctor tried to revive him, but his efforts were unsuccessful. As Jack turned away from Wallace, he looked at the X-Ray and noticed something under Wallace's ribcage. He took a scalpel from a medical tray and cut into a stitch wound in Wallace' chest. After passing through several layers of flesh, he uncovered the memory chip from inside Jonathan Wallace.

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As Yusuf tried to identify the chip, Jack tried to contact President David Palmer. However, he was in a meeting with the Joint Chiefs, and the operator refused to interrupt it. Jack then called Tony Almeida at CTU and explained that Wallace was dead, but they had secured the evidence. Jack said that he would bring in the chip in now, and that Tony should try to get in contact with the President, but he refused until he saw the evidence. Jack hung up as Yusuf called him over and showed Jack a tracker that was embedded on the memory chip. Yusuf said that he would try to remove the chip before they left.

Jack noticed that some of Wallace's former employer's men had arrived to get the chip back. He told Yusuf to give him the tracker, which had been removed from the chip, so that Yusuf and Kate could take the chip to CTU. Kate told Jack to be careful, and he set off. Jack led the attackers down to the basement of the medical center, and climbed out of a window. By the time the attackers found the tracker, Jack was away, half way down the street. Two cars approached him, and despite killing the driver of one, Jack was tasered by Ronnie Stark, who drove the other vehicle. Stark told his men to take Jack back to the medical center. He was stripped, searched and given drugs to induce vomiting to ensure that Jack did not have the memory chip on him. Jack was then hung up by his arms, and was handed a phone. Peter Kingsley spoke to him, and told him that he would give Jack a large sum if he told Kingsley where the chip was. Jack said that Kingsley could not justify starting a war, and Kingsley demanded that Stark began methods of torture to get the information they needed. As Stark prepared a scalpel, he asked Jack one last time where the chip was. Jack did not respond, and Stark began to torture him.



At 2:40am, Stark was still torturing Jack, even pressing a cauterizer into his skin. One of Stark's men held him back, telling Stark that was going to kill Jack. Stark told the man off for disobeying him, and prepared to go back to torturing Jack. Before he could do so, Kingsley called back. Stark explained that they had not progressed yet, and Kingsley said that he had to get the chip immediately. After more torture, Jack fell unconscious. He was woken up, and Stark threatened to do something to Kim unless he talked. He then began to use a stun gun on Jack, which knocked him unconscious again. After trying to wake him up, Stark's men began to realize that they had killed Jack. They took him down, and looked for some epinephrine to revive him with. Whilst Raymond O'Hara went to look for the drug, Stark pumped Jack's chest, trying to get his heart beating again.

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Stark tried to revive Jack with a defibrillation, but he did not return to consciousness. One of Stark's men brought Dr. Spire down to the basement and he was instructed to inject Jack with epinephrine. Spire told the men to put Jack on the gurney, which they did, and he was injected. He began to defibrillate Jack, but was convinced that he was dead. On the third shock, Jack regained consciousness. O'Hara, on instructions of Peter Kingsley, shot Stark for pushing Jack too far. He turned to Jack and demanded to know where the chip was, but Jack did not respond. O'Hara continued to tell Spire to inject Jack with epinephrine, despite the doctor's worries that he had already had too much. O'Hara then instructed him to prepare a syringe of Beroglide, which Spire said would collapse his lungs. However, he submitted. As he did so, Kingsley called and O'Hara went to speak to him. Whilst the leader was distracted, Jack pleaded that Spire loosened Jack's ropes as it was his only chance to escape. Spire agreed to do so, and undid Jack's ropes.



O'Hara returned and told Spire to inject the Beroglide, which he did, causing Jack immense pain. By 3:25am, O'Hara told Spire to double the dosage. As he prepared the syringe, Jack said that he would tell O'Hara where the chip is. He leapt towards Jack, who murmured something undistinguishable. Whilst he was distracted, Spire injected O'Hara with the Beroglide, paralyzing him. Jack whipped off the ropes and took the O'Hara's gun, promising him a quick death if he told him who he worked for. O'Hara told him the name Peter Kingsley, and Jack shot him through the chest. Jack collapsed, using the gurney for support. He then pulled on some clothes and left the medical center.

Jack called CTU and explained that Kate and Yusuf had the chip, and he was going to a meeting place that he had with them. However, the connection was unclear and Michelle was unable to hear what he said. He arrived at the location soon after, and could not seen Kate or Yusuf. As he was pulling away, he saw a body in a phone booth. He went over and recognized a beaten and injured Yusuf, who told Jack that some men took the chip, and took Kate, and went to her house, as she offered to exchange money for the chip. Jack tried to get Yusuf to go with him, but he realized that he would not make it, and told Jack to go. Jack tried to take him, but Yusuf died. Jack apologized to the dead body of Yusuf, and drove away.

Jack arrived at Kate's house just before Rouse, with Marcus and Cole, could execute Kate, whom they assumed would go to the police as they critically injured Yusuf and stole money and possessions from her. Jack shot Rouse, but the other two ran away and locked themselves in a room. Jack yelled that all he wanted was the chip, and that he was a federal agent. He said he would let them go if they gave him the chip. Marcus threatened that if Jack tried to go in, he would crush the chip.

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Marcus refused to give his name to Jack, who demanded that he return the chip. Jack explained that it was vital for the investigation to find out who set off the nuclear bomb around five hours before. When the men continued to stay silent, Jack said that he would give them the opportunity to walk away, no questions asked, if they gave him the chip. As Jack heard the two men begin to bicker between one another, he burst into the room and stopped them from shooting him. He retrieved the chip and told Kate Warner to get some rope so he could tie the men up.



Jack called Tony at CTU and said that they ran into problems which delayed him from bringing the chip in, but he was now in possession of it. He told Tony that there appeared to be a problem with the chip as he had inserted it into a computer but was unable to access files. Michelle, who was also on the line, said that she could talk him through a method of bypassing a security system the chip was likely to have. Before she did so, Jack told Tony to run a check on Peter Kingsley, the man O'Hara was working for, and to contact the President to tell him that they had possession of the chip. Tony said that the military action on the three countries had been reverted by Palmer, but Ryan Chappelle thought it might be reinvoked, but did not divulge, which suggested to Tony that something was happening with the President. Michelle then began to help Jack try to access files on the chip, but Jack soon discovered that the chip was damaged. Michelle told Jack to send the files to her screen, and if the audio files were on there, she would find them.



Tony entered the conversation, telling Jack that Kim was on the line for him. They spoke, with Kim saying how pleased she was that Jack was still alive. Kim explained that she was being taken to the Matheson's house to gather her things, and Jack said that he would see her soon. They hung up and Jack smiled, pleased to see his relationship with his daughter was finally improving. As Marcus and his friends were arrested, Jack noticed Kate crying over the events of the day. She worried that the faults of the day were caused by her, but Jack reassured her that if it was not for her, they would not have found the nuclear bomb. She said that if she had seen what her sister was doing she could have stopped her, but Jack said that there was nothing she could have done. They stared at each other longingly for several moments, but Jack's phone broke the silence. It was Tony, telling him that the chip was too damaged to retrieve the audio file from it. Jack was angry after going through so much to get it, but Tony said that there was some information that might be worth looking in to. He said that Michelle had found out that the hacking sequence that could have produced the audio was made by a hacker named Alex Hewitt, which she had managed to decode from the chip. Tony said that Chappelle would not let them talk to Hewitt, so Jack would have to do it on his own. Tony gave Jack the address, and they hung up. Jack told Kate that he had to go to follow a lead, and when she was ready an officer would take her back to CTU to be with her father. She thanked him, and he walked away. As he did, she told him to be careful. He nodded and walked away.

In the car, Jack was patched into a call with David Palmer, where he explained that the chip was damaged. Palmer said that he needed some concrete evidence, and Jack said that he was following a lead to the man who created the audio file. Palmer asked how sure Jack was that the recording was faked, and he told Palmer that he was absolutely sure. Palmer thanked him and hung up. Jack arrived at Hewitt's loft just before 5am. He knocked on the door, but found it unlocked. He entered with his gun holstered, but found no-one there, the apartment ransacked. He heard someone approaching, and hid in a concealed location. He watched as a man and woman entered, shocked to see the woman to be Sherry Palmer.

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Jack could only watch as Sherry's bodyguard searched the loft and confirmed that Hewitt was not there. Sherry sent him down to check if Hewitt's car was still in the garage, and he returned to say that it was not. As they prepared to leave, Jack exposed himself and knocked out the guard, keeping his weapon trained on Sherry. Jack searched her for weapons, and found none. Jack asked her what she was doing there, and she said that she was trying to help David Palmer. Jack asked how, and she said that he had asked her to find anything she could out about the bomb using her many resources and contacts. Jack said that he did not believe her, and she retorted that she did not care. She asked him who had ransacked Hewitt's loft, and when he didn't respond she inferred that Jack was there for the same reason she was: to find Alex Hewitt, the engineer of the fake Cyprus recording. Jack continued to ask questions, but Sherry became defiant, prompting him to shoot a hole in a wall near her to shock her.

He forced her into explaining the connection between Hewitt and Kingsley, the latter hiring the former so that the U.S. would go to war and would be able to secure oil in the Caspian Sea. Whilst she spoke, Jack noticed that there was a fake wall in the loft, seeing light coming through the hole he shot. He shot some more times into the wall, shouting that whoever was there should come out. Eventually a man walked out, who instantly recognized Sherry, who she identified as Alex Hewitt. As Sherry told Hewitt not to say anything in front of Jack, Jack grabbed the hacker and pushed him up against a wall, demanding to know what Hewitt knew.

Jack explained to Hewitt that Kingsley and his associates would keep coming after Hewitt until they killed him, and his only way to stay alive was to explain about the Cyprus recording. He demanded to speak to Sherry, explaining that she had promised to help him when they met earlier in the day. Jack said that she could not help him, and that Jack was the only one who could. Hewitt still demanded to speak to her, and Jack finally agreed. He locked Hewitt in a cupboard whilst he went to speak to Sherry, asking what she was doing there. She said that she was doing it to protect herself, as some of the conversations that Hewitt recorded for Kingsley were incriminating ones of her. Jack inferred that she had been collaborating with Kingsley, but she said that he assured her that the bomb would never go off. Jack then called CTU, saying that she had just confessed to a crime. She said that she was the only one who could get Hewitt to cooperate, and to do that she would want full immunity. Jack hung up the phone, and she agreed to tell him everything.



She said that she wanted to bring down Palmer's presidency, angered after he divorced her. She then said that Kingsley wanted money, and she was only there so that she could not be connected to him. She said that unless Jack got her full immunity, she would not get Hewitt to cooperate. Jack unlocked Hewitt, allowing him to speak to Sherry. Jack called Tony, asking if the President was still holding off on the attack. Tony updated Jack with news that Vice President Jim Prescott had evoked the 25th Amendment and taken over office so the attack could commence. Tony said Jack needed to get the evidence as soon as possible, and Jack told him to send a chopper to Hewitt's loft, so he could be brought back to testify. Tony mentioned problems about commissioning a chopper because of Ryan Chappelle, but Jack restated that it needed to be done. Sherry approached Jack, explaining that Hewitt would testify, demonstrating the technology in court. Jack informed her that the chopper was on its way. As Hewitt prepared his computer to demonstrate the process, he noticed that Jack had become considerably nicer to him, and surmised that he was being set up by the two of them.

Hewitt asked to speak to Jack in private, where he asked Jack if Sherry was trying to set him up. Jack said that she was not, and was trying to help him because he got tricked into doing something he did not fully understand. Hewitt seemed convinced by Jack's words, and went back to work. Jack then received a call from David Palmer, who asked how the investigation was going. Jack explained that he had Hewitt, who would testify. Jack went on to say that Sherry was there with him, but from Jack's tone of speech Palmer concluded that he could not talk freely. Palmer warned Jack not to trust Sherry. Jack thanked him, and they hung up. Hewitt said that he needed 6 minutes before his preparations would be ready.

Whilst they waited, Sherry said that she was not being completely egotistic; if the President's wife were to go to prison it would not be good for Palmer. Jack explained to her about the invocation of the 25th Amendment, and she was shocked. Tony called Jack and told him that the chopper was on its way. Jack said that Sherry wanted to cut a deal, and Tony should involve the Attorney General. As he ended the call, Sherry rebuked him for misinterpreting their deal, saying that she had made an agreement with him to get immunity. Jack told her not to test his patience, and instructed her to sit down.



Moments later, Kim called Jack, explaining that she was at the Matheson's house, and Gary had arrived, killing the officer that brought her there. Kim told him that she had knocked Gary unconsious, and he instructed her to get out of the house. However, he began to move. Jack told her to shoot Gary whilst she had the chance. Eventually she agreed, and when she told Jack, he told her to shoot him again. She did so, and began to weep. Jack told her that he would send someone to pick her up, and told her to go downstairs and wait. As he called Kate Warner to do so, Hewitt and Sherry began to have a heated debate, Hewitt becoming worried that he was being set up. He stabbed Sherry to get past her, alerting Jack to the situation. He saw Sherry, who pleaded for his help, but Jack left her and set after Hewitt who had escaped through a hole in a wall.

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Jack chased through a small corridor behind Hewitt, who was smashing light bulbs as he went to prevent Jack from being able to track him. Jack shouted after him, telling him that Kingsley would kill him if he did not go with Jack. Hewitt did not respond, and Jack continued to follow him using his torch. Jack told Hewitt that his only way out was to let Jack take him to CTU. Hewitt clambered up some steps and through a window that led to the roof. He pulled away the boards to get through, allowing rays from the rising sun to stream into the room. Jack shouted to Hewitt that if he helped Jack stop the war, Jack would help him to stay alive, but Hewitt did not stop. Jack followed him out onto the roof, but could not see where he had gone.

Soon Jack managed to see Hewitt, who had climbed up onto a secondary roof. He pulled up the ladder that got him there, hindering Jack's chances of getting up. Jack found a drain pipe close by which he climbed, but was clearly having problems with his heart after his death and resurrection several hours before. He chased Hewitt across some roofs, and trapped him by a drop. Jack said that he had nowhere left the run, and Hewitt began to submit. However, Jack noticed a gun in his hand, forcing him to draw his own. Hewitt pointed the gun at Jack, prompting the latter to say that if Hewitt shot at him, Jack would shoot back; and would not miss. Jack was unsuccessful in coercing Hewitt to drop the gun, leading him to shoot Hewitt in the leg. The force knocked Hewitt backwards off the edge, and he fell down to a lower level of the roof. Jack chased down to see him, realizing that he had badly injured Hewitt's head. Jack told him that the chopper would be there soon, ad that he would not bleed to death as the bullet did not hit an artery, neglecting to mention the damage to his head.



Jack called CTU and asked Tony what medical equipment there was on the chopper. Tony said that there was just a medkit, and Jack questioned as to whether that would be enough. Tony told Jack that he had to take Ryan Chappelle out of play, as he was becoming a problem, so Jack might not be able to contact Tony again. He told Jack that he would be able to contact Michelle if he needed something. Jack hung up and went back to care for Hewitt. Jack encouraged Hewitt to keep talking to him to ensure that he stayed conscious. Hewitt said that everything was getting blurry as blood began to flood out of his head. Jack heard the chopper approaching and went away to wave it down to his position. Just before it landed, the chopper turned around and flew away from the location, despite Jack's shouts. He called Michelle and asked what was happening. She explained that the chopper had been recalled by Chappelle, who had been found by agents who detained Tony. Jack told her to get the chopper back because Hewitt was dying, and hung up the phone. He went back to Hewitt's side, and found that the man had fallen unconsious. He felt for a pulse, but realized Hewitt had died.

Jack called Michelle and told her that Hewitt was dead, and that he would try to use Hewitt's computer to interface with Michelle to use Hewitt's technology. Jack reentered the loft and examined Sherry's stab wound, telling her that it was superficial and would heal easily. She asked where Hewitt was, and Jack told her that he was dead. Jack said that they still had one last way to stop the attack: Kingsley. Sherry said that he was far too dangerous, and that Jack would not get close to him. Jack reminded Sherry that she could, and said that if she told Kingsley that she could deliver Hewitt to him, his attention would be caught. As Jack and Sherry began to argue, Jack collapsed, clutching his heart. Jack explained to her that his heart had been stopped several hours before during interrogation, and she said that he needed to get to a doctor. He said that they needed to get Kingsley first. She asked what Jack's plan was, and he said that she would tell Kingsley that she would give him Hewitt for any evidence that incriminated her. Jack said that he would convince Kingsley to go ahead with the deal using the program made by Hewitt that emulates voices, as had been used on the Cyprus recording.

Jack called Michelle, and they began to work together to use Hewitt's program. Michelle found voice samples, that Jack told her Hewitt said he could use and manipulate into saying anything he wanted. Jack and Michelle found a recording of Hewitt and Sherry which had enough of a portion of Hewitt's voice to manipulate using the program. Whilst the program scanned Hewitt's voice, Michelle noticed agents searching through vans looking for her. The scan finished, and she made a phonetic sample of the phrase they wanted Hewitt to say. Before she could do more, she was found by the agents and escorted away. Soon after, Jack convinced Sherry to go ahead with the conversation with Kingsley. She called him and explained that she had Hewitt, and would exchange him for the conversations of herself. She proved that she had Hewitt by playing a recording of Hewitt apologizing to Kingsley, and saying that he told them nothing about him. Kingsley finally was convinced, and agreed to go ahead with the trade. They agreed to meet in the [[Los Angeles Coliseum] in 30 minutes. Jack congratulated her and they left.



In the car, Sherry asked what support Jack would get from CTU. He told her none, and she said he was insane to think that he could take down Kingsley on his own. Jack said that he had no choice, and as soon as Kingsley incriminated himself, CTU would back them up. Sherry said that it would be too late by then, but Jack said that was the only way it could be. Sherry tried to convince Jack that Kingsley would have people with him, but before she could continue Jack began to wheeze. She told him to pull over, but he refused, saying that they had no time. Jack's heart problems worsened, and his lost control of the car. Sherry tried to take over, but them plummeted through a gate and down into riverbed basin.

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Jack regained consciousness after the crash, checking himself and Sherry for injuries. He tried to restart the car, but it would not work. He told Sherry that they had to escape, but his seatbelt was jammed and he could not get out. She tried to slip away, telling Jack that she had to protect herself, and to do that she had to stay away from Kingsley. As she began to run away, Jack told her that she could help Palmer to get his Presidency back, something he would have to recognize, but she continued to go. As he pleaded with her, she finally decided to come back to help him.



They escaped from the destroyed SUV and stole a civilian's car, driving away to the meeting point. Soon after, Tony Almeida called Jack, explaining that he was back in play and that Kim was at CTU, safe. Chappelle took over, explaining that Jack had full CTU support and asked him to explain the situation. Jack told him about the meeting with Kingsley, and Chappelle told him to stand down until CTU personnel arrived. Jack said that there was no time, and told Chappelle that the best he could do for Jack would be to get a live audio feed with the President to prove the falsification of the Cyprus recording. Chappelle agreed and told Tony to send a SWAT team to the Coliseum. Jack and Sherry arrived, and Jack wired Sherry so that the conversation could be recorded. He put a wireless transmitter on Sherry's left shoulder, telling her that Kingsley would not think to look for it. Sherry said the plan was crazy and they should wait for backup, but Jack said that Kingsley thought that they had Hewitt, which was to their advantage.

Jack collaborated with Michelle at CTU, with Sherry giving enough voice samples so that her voice could be confirmed. There were enough voice samples of Kingsley on Hewitt's computer to confirm him, leaving the proof of his implication down to what he said to Sherry at the meeting. Chappelle told Jack that the backup was eleven minutes away, and Jack said it was too long, telling Chappelle that they had to go in now. After confirming that they had Acting President Prescott listening in on the events, Jack hung up. Sherry worded fears of not making it out alive, which Jack told her was a possibility. However, he said that he would be watching her back. She said that it was not comforting, given Jack's state. She told him that she was doing it for Palmer, and Jack said that he knew and understood. Jack told her that she had to go, and she did. Watching from a concealed position, Jack saw her walk towards the entrance.



At 7:34am, Kingsley arrived at the stadium with a group of men, one of which was targeting Sherry with a sniper from a roof. Kingsley approached Sherry as Jack found a secure location to watch the meet from. He listened as Kingsley greeted Sherry, searching her for a wire. He asked her where Hewitt was, and she said that he was in a safe place. She accused him of using Roger Stanton and herself to make sure the bomb did go off, and he said that she was correct. She told him that she wanted protection before she gave up Hewitt, wanting safety from the law. He said that she was being pathetic, at which Michelle confirmed that they had a match on Kingsley's voice. Sherry gave Kingsley a phone and said that she would tell him where Hewitt was once she was safely away as a means of protecting herself from Kingsley's men. She said that she also wanted her phone recordings, as well as Cyprus as insurance. Kingsley said that nobody would care about the Cyprus recording once they went to war, and Hewitt was the only one that mattered. Sherry finished his thought, saying that it was because Hewitt made the recording, to which Kingsley agreed. Straight after, Jack told Tony that they had what they needed and asked to go in to help Sherry.

Tony asked Prescott for the next action, but he hesitated. Meanwhile, Kingsley became convinced that Sherry was bluffing, and she did not have Hewitt. He radioed one of his men, the sniper Scott, and told him to take Sherry out. However, Scott did not respond, and so Kingsley instructed one of the other men to do the deed. Before he could do so Jack, who had killed Scott and taken his position as a sniper, shot Kingsley man, and shot at Kingsley. The latter ran behind a pillar, giving Sherry an opportunity to run; prompted by Jack's shouts. Jack managed to take out all but one of Kingsley's men. He ran down to the lower level and met up with Sherry.



As they ran around the inside of the Coliseum, they clashed with Kingsley's final man. He pinned Jack against a wall, but Jack managed to fight back. He told Sherry to run and continued his fistfight with the attacker. He managed to twist the man's neck and sever his spinal cord, killing him. After doing so, Jack stumbled out into the open area of the stadium, his heart causing his problems once more. Kingsley approached him, and Jack tried to reach for the gun of the man he just killed. He managed to reach it, and pointed it at Kingsley. He pulled the trigger, but the gun was out of bullets, and the gun clicked pathetically. Kingsley continued to walk towards Jack, telling him that he had caused him a lot of trouble. He raised his gun to shoot Jack, but before he could do Kingsley was taken out by a sniper from a CTU chopper that had just approached. Jack looked up thankfully and saw hundreds of agents flood into the area, despite the fact that the threat had been neutralized. As Jack fell unconscious, he was found by several agents who took him away to a stretcher.



At 7:54am, Kim arrived at the Coliseum, accompanied by Kate Warner. She ran through the crowds of agents to her father. She began to cry as she saw his injuries, but he said that everything was going to be alright. He stroked her face and told her that he loved her, and she said the same back to him. As he closed his eyes, she told him that she was going to take care of him, and kissed him on the forehead.