24 Declassified: Chaos Theory/11:00pm-12:00am

THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 P.M. AND 12 A.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.

11:00pm PST

Van Nuys, California

Mataran Imports was housed in an unremarkable building constructed on the main thoroughfare Van Nuys Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley. Most of the building was owned by Barrington Suites, a rental company specializing in leasing office space to small businesses. More than thirty such businesses rented executive suites from Barrington in that building.

Tony Almeida enters Mataran Imports and greets the company's owner, Riduan Bashir, introducing himself as an agent with Homeland Security. Bashir asks about the purpose of the visit, appearing nervous, but Tony assures him that his visit is strictly routine. Tony asks is Bashir is familiar with Jemaah Islamiya, an Indonesian terrorist group responsible for a bombing in Bali and a truck bomb at a Marriott. In May of 2002, Bashir traveled to Jakarta and met with Khalid Ismahuddin, one of the group's members. Thrown by the question, Bashir admits to having heard of the group on the news, but claims that his meeting with Ismahuddin was business-related - Ismahuddin runs a shipping business based out of Jakarta. He assures Tony that he has nothing to do with Jemaah Islamiya, he does not know how to make a bomb, and certainly would not drive an exploding van into a hotel. Feigning satisfaction, Tony reassures Bashir he is not a suspect, and thanks him before departing. As he leaves, Tony's smile falls away.

11:19pm PST

CTU Headquarters, Los Angeles

Tony calls Jamey Farrell and asks her to look into the Marriott bombing in Jakarta, accessing local police reports, the Indonesian government's investigation, and any relevant CIA briefs. After browsing the database, Jamey reports that the Indonesians placed a plant in the story: the official story distributed by the media stated the vehicle used in the attack was a truck, when in actuality it was a van - as Riduan Bashir mentioned.

11:26pm PST

Staples Center, Los Angeles

''Zapata's real name, while he would not admit it to anyone, was Jorge Rafael Marquez, and he was a genius. He had known this from boyhood, when he began mapping out multiplication tables during lessons at the schoolhouse in Chiapas, and when he used algebra and calculus to help his father plan his soybean farm. He memorized the chords on a guitar in a single day, and was capable of committing to memory anything he read. His real gift was recognizing patterns - the day he was first handed a Rubik's Cube, a gift from an older cousin, he identified three different solution methods and solved the puzzle in thirty-seven seconds. The following day, he set out for the United States.''

Now, he and Francis Aguillar walk freely into the Staples Center, where a concert is about to conclude. Zapata hands Aguillar a camera, telling him to wear it around his neck to avoid suspicion. Walking along the promenade, he stops at a potted tree near one of the kiosks and burying a small package in the soil, before moving on, headed for a set of double doors reading "No Admittance."

11:33pm PST

Federal Holding Facility, Los Angeles''

While Emil Ramirez reads a book, Jack Bauer digs into a seam in his mattress and pulls out a hidden shank, constructed from a razor blade embedded in three melted plastic knives. Ramirez jumps to his feet, shouting, as Jack slashes his own palm and neck, spreading blood all over himself. A guard comes running, and Jack yells that somebody loose on the block ran by and cut him. Once the guard comes inside, Jack punches him and gets behind him, holding the razor to his neck and ordering him not to struggle. He yells for Ramirez to follow him, then hauls the guard out of the cell and down the hallway.

At the guard office, Jack threatens to kill his hostage unless the guard inside opens the door for him. The desk guard instead presses the alarm, prompting Jack to cut his hostage across the scalp; finally, the guard relents and opens the door. Jack kicks him in the stomach and then the head, knocking him out, then throws the switches to open all the cell doors. The three make their way through the corridor to next guard station. As the first inmates begin escaping their cells, Jack holds his bleeding captive up to the glass and offers him a choice: unlock the door to the next guard station or lose his fingers. He keys in the entry code, just before Jack applies a sleeper hold and flees with Ramirez into the next corridor.

11:41pm PST

Staples Center, Los Angeles

Zapata and Aguillar proceed into the maintenance rooms below the Staples Center, eventually arriving at an unmarked door with a guard posted outside. Zapata explains that they're here to speak to one of the fighters, indicating Aguillar's camera and holding up a notepad. Convinced, the guard lets them through.

The room inside is a storeroom, converted into a makeshift training area, with mats on the floor and a boxer's bag hanging nearby. The two men approach Mark Kendall, who is removing cloth wraps from around his hands, and ask to speak to him. Kendall initially takes them for a pair of reporters, but is stunned when they announce they have a proposition for him - one that will save his daughter's life. Zapata explains that he wants Kendall to kill someone for him tomorrow night. He'll probably lose the fight, leaving him washed up and without any hope of paying for his daughter's care - but if he kills the man Zapata tells him to, her treatments will be taken care of, allowing her to live a happy and healthy life.

Kendall initially takes the offer for a practical joke, then becomes angry when he realizes that Zapata is completely serious. He yells at him to get out of his sight, but Zapata assures him that he need not decide now - if he wins, then it won't matter, but if he loses, then he can make his decision. He hands Kendall an envelope, which contains everything he needs, and then departs with Aguillar.

11:49pm PST

Federal Holding Facility, Los Angeles

The prison is in a full-scale riot. As inmates run past, Jack grabs Ramirez and tells him that the authorities will have set up a perimeter inside the facility, and they have only a few minutes to escape before the building is completely sealed. Moving into the next corridor, Jack sees a pair of inmates preparing to stab a guard; he intervenes, saving the man's life, and then telling him to barricade himself in the guard station until the riot team arrives.

11:54pm PST

Sepulveda Pass, Los Angeles

Driving on the 405 Freeway, Tony Almeida keeps a close eye on Riduan Bashir's car about three car-lengths ahead. Jamey Farrell calls to tell him that Bashir is on his cell phone, and she has set up a trace on the call. She also informs him of his destination: Little Java on Atlantic.

11:56pm PST

Staples Center, Los Angeles

Aguillar, still in shock at Zapata's latest gambit, asks if he really thinks Kendall will follow through on their proposition. Zapata admits that he can't be certain, but is sure that the fighter will eventually decide to do so, even if it isn't until he loses the match tomorrow. Laughing at his certainty, Aguillar says he could make a fortune betting on sports, but Zapata replies that he already has a fortune.

11:58pm PST

Federal Holding Facility, Los Angeles

Jack and Ramirez burst through the doors into the facility's outer courtyard, along with a wave of escaping inmates. Snipers positioned along the upper walls begin firing rubber bullets into the crowd, and Jack yells at his companion to run for the exit. Two guards are bravely trying to roll the chain-link gate closed, just as the two of them push their way through the crowd and emerge at the outer fence. Jack grabs one of their riot sticks and pulls the guard into the fence, banging his head on the metal frame, then punches the other guard in the jaw. Just as a bullet strikes him in the side, Jack forces his way through the opening along with Ramirez, shoves the gate closed, and flees into the night.