2X13 - 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
WRITTEN BY MAURICE HURLEY
DIRECTED BY JON CASSAR
DISCLAIMER:
This is a fan written account of this episode of 24. I do not wish to obtain
any credit for it and am doing it for no financial gain. None of the characters
and script are my own. All credit for this episode goes solely to the actors
and writers who created it.
Recap: Previously on
24.
MIKE NOVICK:
Jack Bauer is interrogating Syed Ali as we speak. We'll be informed of his
progress on minute-by-minute basis, but nothing yet.
PRESIDENT DAVID
PALMER: And we're certain that this man knows the location of the bomb at
this point?
NOVICK: Jack
Bauer is.
PALMER: Then
make sure he has all the resources he needs.
JACK BAUER:
Those men will kill your family if you don't tell us the location of the bomb
now. Where's the bomb? Tell me where the bomb is!
JACK(RADIO):
Kill him!
SYED ALI: No!
No! I will tell you!
JACK(RADIO):
Hold on!
MICHELLE DESSLER:
It's Jack.
GEORGE MASON(PHONE):
What do you have?
JACK(PHONE):
The bomb's at Norton Airfield, they're putting it on a plane to fly
it over the city.
SHERI PALMER:
Your meeting's changed- now it's with me.
LYNNE KRESEGE:
So you're confirming that Roger Stanton is involved? He knew about this bomb
ahead of time?
SHERI: Roger's
more involved than could David could possibly know.
KRESEGE: I
think you orchestrated all of this. And I believe that you have your own,
and not the President's best interest at heart.
KIMBERLY BAUER:
I got into a car accident. I started running- before I know it, I was out
here, I had no idea where I was. All I wanna do is get back to the highway
and get outta here.
MAN: Well the
highway's a couple miles that way. But the way there is not safe at night.
My place is a half mile that way. I can put a roof over your head for the
night.
MARIE WARNER:
They've found Reza haven't they? They know what's happened.
KATE WARNER:
Tell me please, what happened?
MARIE: You
wouldn't understand Kate. People have to die for things to change.
[Marie and
Omar arms the bomb.]
OMAR(ARABIC):
Now we pray.
---
The following
takes place between 8PM and 9PM.
---
[Phone rings.
Jack picks it up.]
JACK BAUER:
Yeah this is Bauer.
TONY ALMEIDA:
Jack, this is Tony. You guys are around 10 minutes from the airport?
JACK: Yeah,
that's seems about right. Look- you got a complete tail number on the aircraft
yet?
TONY: No, not
yet. We're still working on it. Look- you'll link up with the assault team,
they're set outside the emergency room. They're sweeping the ground now, they're
starting to lock it down.
JACK: Okay,
that sounds alright. Tony, contacted Kim yet?
TONY: No, I
haven't. I just called the sheriff's station, they sent out search teams.
I just don't understand why she hasn't tried contacted us yet.
JACK: She knows
she can't go back to
TONY: Believe
me; I'm putting every resource we can spare on it.
JACK: Do everything
you have to.
TONY: Okay.
JACK: Thanks.
---
KIMBERLY BAUER:
How much further is it?
MAN: Not much.
KIM: Ow. Ow!
Dammit!
MAN: Here,
let me see that. We really ought to get you to a doctor.
KIM: No, I
told you, it's not safe for me in LA.
MAN: Because
people there think you did something you didn't do?
KIM: Yeah,
that's right. You don't believe me.
MAN: Oh it
doesn't matter. You don't wanna go back to LA. That's good enough for me.
There it is.
[They enter
a house.]
---
[David Palmer
enters Roger Stanton's room.]
PRESIDENT DAVID
PALMER: Ready to tell me everything I need to know?
[Silence.]
PALMER: Continue.
[Ted Simmons
starts getting the machine ready again.]
ROGER STANTON:
We knew about the bomb... weeks ago.
[The President
comes back from halfway through the door.]
PALMER: Thank
you Simmons.
[Ted Simmons
leaves.]
PALMER:
What do you mean 'knew'?
PALMER: God
Roger! A nuclear bomb?!
PALMER: Colonel
Samuel's team.
PALMER: What
are you trying to do? Start a war with the
STATON: No.
PALMER: Then
what?!
PALMER: You're
trying to hijack my presidency.
PALMER: You're
gonna call your Special Ops team. Tell them to secure the bomb. Now!
PALMER: And
where were they? Where were they?!
---
MAN: The shower’s
in there- you’re welcome to use it. Just try not to stay in there too long.
There’s not a lot of hot water.
KIM: Oh.
MAN: Uh- there’s
some towels in there, and I’ll try to get you some clean clothes.
[Kim looks
around and hesitates.]
MAN: The door
has a lock.
KIM: Thanks.
[Kim goes to
the bathroom. The man tenders the fire and looks at the door a few times after
she closed it.]
---
TONY: Michelle,
I just got off the phone with Division. While they were debriefing Syed Ali,
he named three more Second Wave terrorists in the LA area. I want two transport
teams assigned to each one. Pick them up now alright?
MICHELLE DESSLER:
Okay.
[Tony goes
back to his seat. George Mason exits his office and clambers down the stairs,
coughed a few times along the way as he struggles down.]
GEORGE MASON:
Hey, hey guys! Heads up- We just received a second confirmation from NSA in
---
[Jack Bauer’s
phone rings. He picks it up. We see Mason talking to Jack via phone. Mason
is bandaging his bloody, decaying arm.]
JACK: This
is Bauer.
MASON: There’s
a new wrinkle Jack. How far are you from the airport?
JACK: We’re
looking at a couple of minutes. What’re you talking about- what kind of wrinkle?
MASON: There’s
a hostile
JACK: Yeah-
it’s the same unit that took down our plane. What the hell is going on George?
Why is a
MASON: As far
as we know- they’re not. The best we can make out, they wanna be the ones
to secure the bomb. And for whatever reason, they’re gonna treat whoever that
stands in their way as an adversary.
JACK: Just
order Colonel Samuels to tell his team to stand down.
MASON: We were
told they went dark three hours ago. They’re a rogue unit, Jack- they're acting
on their own authority.
JACK: How can
I find them?
MASON: I wish
I could narrow it down for you, just somewhere at the airport. I’m trying
to get manpower up from
JACK: This
is bad George.
MASON: Yeah
it is. Our best bet is still you getting past them to the bomb.
JACK: Yes,
I understand.
[Jack hangs
up.]
KATE WARNER:
What’s happening?
JACK: Don’t
know yet. CTU hasn’t been able to locate your sister. As soon as they do,
they’ll contact me. I’m sorry, this is gonna take longer than I thought.
---
MARIE WARNER(ARABIC):
Will I have time to get away?
OMAR(ARABIC):
If you hurry. Go now. Drive north. You’ll be okay.
MARIE(ARABIC):
Who will fly the plane?
OMAR(ARABIC): I am.
[Marie says
something in Arabic, she nods and ways towards the door. She opens the door
and peeks out to find a parade of police cars coming into the Airfield with
only their lights, no sirens. She steps back and closes the door, alarmed.]
MARIE: Omar!
OMAR(ARABIC):
What is it?
MARIE(ARABIC):
They found us! What are we going to do?
[Jack Bauer
exits the car and goes over to the other side to open the door for Kate and
helps her gets out.]
MAN: Dispatch,
this is 4827…
JACK: Kate…
Look, I know you’ve seen some terrible things today. But I’m just gonna have
to have you a little longer, just in case we can find your sister. You okay
with that? Agent Baker?
AGENT TOM BAKER:
Hey Jack.
JACK: Please
take Ms. Warner to the secured area, make sure she’s comfortable.
BAKER: You’ll
need this.
JACK: Thank
you.
[Baker hands
Kate an ID card and they walk away.]
MAN(SG): Jack
Bauer, Steve Goodrich. I’m heading up the assault team on-site.
JACK: I was
told you have further intel on the group?
GOODRICH: Right
here. These are individual military records of every soldier under Samuels’
command. What’s our profiles with these guys?
JACK: They
know where the bomb is- and they’re gonna treat us like hostiles.
GOODRICH: Well
that doesn’t make sense.
JACK: No it
doesn’t, but that’s the situation we’ve got. Is your team ready?
GOODRICH: Already
inside. We got airport schematics and everything you’ve asked for.
JACK: Good.
Everybody gather round. Gentleman, we’re going to be engaging hostiles in
a large uncontrolled area. Now I want everyone wearing ID tags, no exceptions.
Anybody wants to leave this area- they check with me first. Who’s got the
schematics?
MAN: Here you
go sir.
JACK: Thank
you. Here’s the situation. There’s a nuclear-warhead somewhere on-site. But
there’s an envelope surrounding it, an armed Delta team. I want three sub-units.
Unit one will makes the first sweep. Unit two coordinates air tactical. Unit
three will await my command as soon as I’ve got a 20 on the bomb. Does everybody
understand?
ALL: Yes sir.
JACK: Good
luck gentlemen. Lieutenant, set up your teams.
[Jack leaves
the area.]
GOODRICH: Gentlemen,
team A, B. Column of two, on me. Let’s go!
---
8:11:56.. 57..
58.. **Fade out.**
8:16:21.. 23..
24.. 25.. 26
---
MAN(PHONE):
Agent Bauer’s set up the staging area at the airfield.
TONY(PHONE):
Okay.
MASON: Tony
we’ve got a little problem.
TONY: What’s
up?
MASON: Brad
Hammond from Division is on his way over here. They want to shut us down and
run everything from over there.
TONY: We’re
up and running now.
MASON: Not
100%. Still having intermittent packet loss. Division’s little uncomfortable
with the idea of us running an operation like this out of a compromised location.
TONY: I just
don’t have the time to give these idiots from Division a grand tour.
MASON: I know.
TONY: We’re
closing in on this.
MASON: I know.
They’re on their way, so we just gotta deal with it.
[Mason exits.]
---
[Kim pulls
her shirt down and cleans herself up in front of the mirror. She looks at
the scratches on her face and exits the bathroom.]
MAN: Hey, how
you feeling?
KIM: A lot
better. Thank you.
MAN: Have a
seat.
[Kim sits down
at the table.]
KIM: So why
is it that you live up here like this?
MAN: I don’t
know- I guess I just got sick of the whole LA scene. It’s not like I hate
anyone there, there’s just too many people.
KIM: Don’t
have that problem up here huh?
MAN: No, just
the opposite.
KIM: So why
don’t you move to a small town? Why do you have to be by yourself?
MAN: I don’t
know. So, tell me again why you can’t go back to LA?
KIM: If I told
you, you wouldn’t believe me, so…
MAN: What?
KIM: My father
works for the government. A counter-terrorist unit. He said that someone’s
gonna detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles today.
[The man laughs.]
KIM: What’s
so funny?
MAN: I knew
it. I’ve been telling people that this is gonna happen for over a year. No
one would listen to me. Heh.
KIM: So, you
knew about these terrorists?
MAN: Well-
Not these ones specifically, but yeah. All you have to do is read the foreign
papers, look over the fence once in a while. The whole world hates America.
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. Don’t worry, we’re far enough away. We won’t
get hurt.
KIM: No one’s
far enough away. What about the fallout? No one can predict where the wind’s
gonna take it.
MAN: I’m gonna
show you something, but you can’t tell anyone.
KIM: What is
it?
MAN: After
we eat.
---
PALMER: Good.
Where are we on locating the Coral Snake commanders?
LYNNE KRESEGE:
Bauer and his teams are at the airport looking for them. CTU is updating us
every 10 minutes.
PALMER: Good.
KRESEGE: Sir-
this cannot possibly have a good outcome. We’ve got two highly trained American
military groups about to face off.
PALMER: But
CTU has a formable presence. If the commandos are there, CTU should
be able to control the situation.
MIKE NOVICK:
Mr. President, we’ve got something new.
PALMER: What?
NOVICK: Our
com team discovered a covert link between Stanton and Bruce Gluck.
PALMER: The
Michigan senator?
NOVICK: Yes.
It looks like they were working together. How would you like to proceed?
PALMER: Sherry
knows Gluck, and his key staffers. They worked closely together during the
primaries. Bring her in.
NOVICK: Here?
Into the OC?
PALMER: Yes,
she’ll need access to our secure databases.
[Lynne Kresege
and Mike Novick looks at each other for a moment, Palmer oblivious to what’s
going on.]
KRESEGE: Sir.
I feel I must-
PALMER: I don’t
wanna argue about this. Just do it.
---
TONY: Why is
it taking so long to get this tail number?
RANDY MURDOCH:
Barely anything here, man. But there’s something- I got a little something.
TONY: We need
this, Randy. Come on.
MURDOCH: I’m
on it.
MICHELLE: Mason
tell you- they’re sending someone over from Division to do an evaluation?
TONY: Yeah.
MICHELLE: Why
are they doing this now? We’re clearly operational, we’re getting results.
Why don’t they just leave us alone?
TONY: They
will. This is just Chappelle’s way of doing stuff over there.
MICHELLE: Well…
What about George?
TONY: When
they get a look at the shape he’s in, they’re probably gonna yank him. I’m
keeping an eye on him, alright? Just get everyone to Norton.
---
[Forensics
looking at boot prints with ultraviolet lights (?). Jack Bauer’s vehicle pulls
up and he comes into view.]
JACK: What
have we got?
MAN: Military-issue
combat boots. Five sets, all leading in here, less than an hour old.
JACK: Any coming
out?
MAN: Still
in there.
JACK: Have
your team ready to move on my signal.
[Jack cocks
gun, readies by the door. He nods and the team moves in through each section
carefully. Jack enters the building and checks the place. He signals for two
men to go with him as he explores the seemingly deserted building. He goes
up the stairs with his gun and light out, treading carefully. He finds a pile
of deal body in the corner, all shot and killed. He checks their wrists to
find the Coral Snake tattoo.]
JACK: It’s
defiantly Colonel Samuel’s men.
MAN: If these
guys are dead, who’s tracking the bomb?
---
08:24:14..
15.. 16.. 17 **Fades out.**
08:28:38..
39.. 40.. 41.. 42
---
BAKER(RADIO):
This is Baker. Copy that. We’re moving into position now. Okay.
---
[George Mason
is in his office. He finishes bandaging his arm and puts on his coat with
one hand. He winces as he pulls his coat straight and tugs his tie.]
---
[Tony and Michelle
are showing the Division representative round CTU.]
TONY: Now this
bank was originally knocked out, but Michelle was able to bring it back up
without loosing any data.
MAN(BH): The
same data is mirrored at the Division. We don’t need to risk running these
operations from a jury-rigged system.
MICHELLE: You
can’t run a mission on data alone, Mr. Hammond. My team has more experience
implementing and monitoring than anyone at Division.
BRAD HAMMOND:
I don’t think that’s true, but the point is moot. Start to ship some of your
people to our offices.
[George Mason
enters.]
MASON: And
what? Waste an hour and a half doing transporting and set up? With a nuclear
bomb ticking away?
HAMMOND: And
I was wondering if this place was running without a director.
MASON: Hey
Brad, good to see you.
HAMMOND: George.
I heard you’re not feeling well.
MASON: I imagine
you’ve heard all kinds of things today Brad. But I can assure ya, a bad day
for me is still better than a good day for anybody on your side of the freeway.
HAMMOND: Is
that right?
MASON: We’re
not shutting down. We got way too many active protocols in play here. It’s
the bottom line.
HAMMOND: I
heard your systems failed their checks this morning.
MASON: That
was this morning. Everything’s fine now. Eileen, wanna show Brad here how
our systems are exceeding all of their time horizons.
EILEEN: Yes
sir.
MASON: Think
you can do that at Division? Don’t believe everything you hear, Brad. Thank
you.
[Mason walks
away and stops at the stairs to his office, pausing to clutch his arm. His
suit jacket shows wet spots.]
---
MAN: Come on.
KIM: What is
it?
MAN: You’ll
see.
[Kim looks
down to see a long spiral staircase.]
KIM: I’m not
sure, Lani.
LANI: Come
on, don’t be scared. Come on.
[Lani starts
down the stair case, Kim follows.]
LANI: Watch
your head over here.
[Lani opens
a giant concrete door to show a well equipped room.]
LANI: It’s
a bomb shelter. Short of a direct hit, you can survive down here for a pretty
long time.
KIM: You did
all this yourself?
LANI: Yeah,
took me two years. After I dug it out, it wasn’t too bad. Hey check it out.
I’m kind of a coffee junkie. I can pretty much handle anything, but I gotta
have my java. These beans are from Argentina. Here, smell this.
[Kim’s looking
around, she sees some grenades and a gas mask. Lani had his back turned, he
opens a bag of coffee beans and walks over to Kim. She smells it.]
KIM: Wow. It’s
great.
LANI: The best.
Mmm. That’s my favorite smell.
[Kim continues
to look around; she sees a lot of guns, sticks of dynamite and gas canisters.
She seems panicked and she runs out and back up the stairs. Lani doesn’t realize
she was gone until a few seconds later.]
LANI: Hey!
Hey!
[Lani runs
after Kim.]
LANI: Hey!
Where you going?
[Kim’s on the
sofa back in the main section of the house, Lani walks over.]
LANI: Kim!
What’s wrong?
KIM: I just
got a little claustrophobic down there, that’s all.
LANI: You’re
shaking, are you okay?
KIM: I don’t
think I should be here Lani.
LANI: Why not?
KIM: I don’t
know you, and you live here all by yourself with a bomb shelter with guns
and-
LANI: Think
about it Kim. It’s gonna be people like me who’ll survive today… If what you
say is true.
KIM: Sorry,
I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.
LANI: You didn’t.
KIM: It’s just
that a lot has happened to me today, and with the bomb in LA- I just think
I need to go to my Aunt Carol’s to be with family, you know?
LANI: Whatever
Kim. If you gotta go, go.
---
[Sheri Palmer
enters. Lynne Kresege looks uncomfortable. Lynne hands Sheri a card as they
head over to the elevator.]
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer- the green card will give you access to the system rooms, and the red
card will get you into the networks.
SHERI PALMER:
Thank you. Lynne.
KRESEGE: I’m
sorry you weren’t able to gain access to the OC earlier.
[The two women
enters the elevator, and the door slides shut.]
SHERI: What
made the President change his mind?
KRESEGE: I'll
let the President fill you in. Now I'd like to make it very clear, Mrs. Palmer-
that you are not to interface directly with the personnel once you're inside
the OC. Please see me if you need anything.
[Sheri Palmer
chuckles.]
SHERI: You
want me to run everything by you?
KRESEGE: I'm
more familiar with the internal politics, I'll be able to help-
SHERI: You'll
be able to do what Lynne?
KRESEGE: I'm
just trying to maintain some kind of protocol.
[Sheri shakes
her head while Lynne Kresege stares straight forward.]
SHERI: No.
No you're not. You're trying to position yourself between me and David's inner
circle because you don't trust me. Instead of just talking about protocols,
why don't you just say what's on your mind-you don't want me here.
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer-
SHERI: No,
you-you don't want me here! So let's just quit playing games.
KRESEGE: How
dare you speak to me like this. I was appointed by the President of the United
States of America because of my qualifications in foreign policy in crisis
management. I don't know what kind of credentials you have that makes you
think you can lecture me. Fine. You don't wanna play games? I don't like you.
And I don't like you being here.
SHERI: Oh now
we're communicating.
[The two women
exit the elevator, Sheri gets a first look at the OC.]
---
08:35:42..
43.. 44 **Fades out.**
08:40:06..
07.. 08.. 09.. 10
---
LANI: Alright.
You should have everything you need here.
KIM: Thanks.
I'll get it back to you.
LANI: Don't
worry about it... Are you ready?
KIM: Yeah.
LANI: Okay.
Just stay close to me. It's about 15 minute walk to the highway.
[Sounds of
a car approaching.]
KIM: What was
that?
LANI: I don't
know.
[Lani peers
out the window at a man getting out and the car door just slamming.
LANI: It's
Mike Kramer, the park ranger. He's probably looking for you.
KIM: The police
probably called him.
LANI: What
do you want me to do?
KIM: They're
gonna send me back to LA.
[The park ranger
approaches Lani's house. Lani gets out of the house to greet park ranger.]
MIKE: Lani.
LANI: Hey Mike. What's up?
MIKE: Following
up on a missing person's call. Seen anyone tonight?
LANI: No, no.
Who are you looking for?
MIKE: A teenage
girl. She ran away from a car accident.
LANI: Why would
they be looking all the way out here?
MIKE: Cos she
was in custody.
LANI: In custody?
For not?
MIKE: Kidnapping
and murder.
LANI: Wow.
[Kim had been
watching from the window. She ducked away as the park ranger walks to the
house. Mike Kramer looks in through the window at the house, spotting two
glasses on the table.]
MIKE: You got
company?
LANI: No, no.
Doug came by earlier. I haven't cleaned up yet.
MIKE: Doug
O'Keef from fire district?
LANI: Yeah.
MIKE: I heard
he was still mad after last week.
LANI: Aww It
was just a card game.
MIKE: Yeah?
But you emptied his wallet! Keep an eye out okay?
LANI: Alright
I will. I'll see ya pal.
[Mike Kramer
the park ranger goes back to his car. Lani comes back into the house.]
LANI: Don't
worry. He's gone.
KIM: Hey.
[The car engine
outside starts up.]
LANI: Kidnapping?
Murder?
KIM: I didn't
do it, I swear. Can we hang out here for a few more minutes- at least till
he clears the area?
LANI: Yeah.
I think it's a good idea.
KIM: Hey Lani?
I'm really lucky that you were here. You've been a really good friend. Thank
you.
---
PALMER: I want
you to find out everything about Gluck's relationship with Stanton. I'm especially
interested in any meetings that both Rayburn and Stanton attended.
SHERI: Fine.
I know exactly who to call.
PALMER: Good.
I'll have Lynne set you up with a workspace.
SHERI: That's
great. Lynne's been quite helpful. I... I want to thank you David.
PALMER: For
what?
SHERI: Well
I know how difficult it is to get clearance in here. And I'm certain your
advisers really don't want me..
PALMER: Sheri.
Stop distilling everything down to politics. We have a need for information.
Hopefully you can fill it.
SHERI: And
I will... Mr. President.
PALMER: Sheri.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound rude. I really appreciate you here. That's
why you're here.
[Mike Novick
enters.]
MIKE NOVICK:
Mr. President.
PALMER: Yes,
Mike.
NOVICK: I just
got off with CTU Los Angeles. Jack Bauer found Coral Snake commanders.
PALMER: So
it's over?
NOVICK: I'm
afraid not. All six members of the team had been killed before Bauer got there.
PALMER: What
about the bomb?
[Mike shakes
his head. Palmer goes into Stanton's room a couple of steps away.]
PALMER: Roger,
your men are all dead, and there's no sign of the bomb.
ROGER STANTON:
That's... That's not possible.
PALMER: Your
insane plan backfired. Those men were our last chance to find the bomb and
now they're dead.
STANTON: My
God.
PALMER: You're
misguided Roger, but you're not crazy. You do not want this bomb to go off!
STATON: Course
not.
PALMER: Then
tell me! Who else could have known about this?
STANTON: No
one. They were on their own.
PALMER: Somebody
killed six highly trained commandos. Now that's not the work of a bunch of
suicide bombers!
STANTON: You
said six commandos?
PALMER: That's
right.
STANTON: There
were seven.
---
GEORGE MASON:
So what's the word at the airport?
TONY ALMEIDA:
They're searching the planes on all the structures; but there's too many places
this thing could be.
RANDY MURDOCH:
Got it! It's either N34G5, or it's N34G6.
MASON: Michelle?
MICHELLE DESSLER:
I'm on it.
[Michelle's
computer beeps.]
MICHELLE: N34G5.
It's registered in California, and it's at Norton Airport. Hanger MD7.
MASON: Get
Bauer.
[Tony nods.]
---
JACK: Down
through the runway here. Then to these hangers all down here.
[Jack's phone
rings. He picks it up.]
JACK: Bauer.
TONY: Hey Jack
it's Tony. We got a tail number on that plane. N as in “November”, three,
four, G as in “golf”, five. Now the FAA has got it spotted in hangar M as
in “mama”, D as in “delta”, seven.
BAUER: Okay!
We got it, let's go!
[Jack hangs
up and folds the map up, gets in the car.]
BAUER: Hangar
MD7 at the other end of the airport.
[The car drives
off.]
---
[Marie Warner
gets off the trunk and slips into a hangar.]
MARIE(ARABIC):
Good luck.
OMAR(ARABIC):
And you as well.
[Omar kisses
Marie's cheeks swiftly and gets in the plane. Marie operates the hangar door,
the engine of the plane starts. The hangar door is open, and Marie exits through
another back door just as Omar readies the plane's wings. Jack Bauer's car
races towards the hangar.]
JACK: : The
third hangar from the end. There it is! Go go!
[Omar guides
the plane out of the hangar and down the runway. Jack's team chases in car
behind it.]
JACK: He's
trying to make a run for the north runway. Send a team over to cut him off!
[The sirens
wailed as Omar tries pick up speed to take off. A team of police cars parks
and blocks the runway. The plane still held its course.]
JACK: Pull
up alongside of him.
[Jack climbs
up on the car's ceiling window. He shoots the plane's wheels from his position
and hits one of them. The planes swerves and Jack's car dodges.]
JACK: Dammit!
Flag.
[Jack's car
cuts in alongside of the plane again. Jack takes aim and hits Omar.]
JACK: The pilot
has been hit. The pilot has been hit!
[The plane
slows to a stop in front of the blockade of police car. Jack gets out of the
car and approaches the plane.]
JACK: Put your
hands in the air. Put your hands up. Put your hands above you head! Keep your
hands up. He's got it in the plane! Get the nuke emergency team here now!
[Jack looked
in the plane to see a big black box. Omar winces as he put his arms above
his head.]
MAN: Yes sir!
---
08:48:56..
57.. 58.. **Fades out.**
08:53:51..
52.. 53.. 54.. 55.. 56.. 57
---
BRAD HAMMOND:
Okay you're clear until the threat passes. When it does, we're gonna re-evaluate.
[George Mason
walks along side Brad Hammond, he slows down and coughs furiously into his
hand.]
MASON: Fine.
HAMMOND: See
somebody about that cough George. You don't look so good.
MASON: Appreciate
you concern Brad.
[Brad Hammond
walks away. Michelle Dessler watches George Mason from her station. George
struggles back up to his office.]
---
[Lani adjusts
the the radio. Kim enters.]
KIM: Hey Lani
what are you doing? What are you listening to?
LANI: Police
band. I'm just scanning to see if there's anything about your APB. I'd hate
to get you all the way out there and then find there's a roadblock and a bunch
of cop cars.
KIM: Find anything?
LANI: Nothing
yet.
KIM: Good.
LANI: Looks
like you're not gonna make the Ten Most Wanted.
[Kim chuckles
as Lani tries to adjust the radio again. He hears nothing.]
LANI: Oh my
God.
KIM: What?
LANI: Wait
wait. It can't be.
[Lani could
only hear static. He stands up.]
KIM: What is
it? What's wrong?
LANI: It happened!
KIM: What?!
The bomb went off?!
LANI: All the
LA stations went to static. Ventura County's talking about a flash. Oh n o
now they're gone.
KIM: That's
wrong. I don't see anything.
LANI: Here,
here. Listen for yourself.
[Kim grabs
the headphones as Lani channel surfes for her.]
LANI: This
station. Nothing. This one. Nothing. This one, nothing. They're all dead.
[Kim shakes
off the headphones and tries to walk off, Lani grabs her by the arm.]
KIM: I got
to get to my dad.
LANI: No, no.
We can't stay up here. The radiation. We gotta get down below.
KIM: No!
LANI: We gotta
go now. Before it's too late- come on!
KIM: Okay.
[The two heads
down the spiral staircase and rushes into the bomb shelter. Lani pushes and
locks the door shut behind him.]
---
PAUL TATE(RADIO
REPORTER): This is Paul Tate live from Skywatch. A beautiful night here in
Los Angeles as we near the nine o'clock hour. Traffic is light in both direction
to downtown...
---
BOMB SQUAD
GUY1: Try the internal.
BQ GUY2: Give
it to me. It's no good either. It's no good. This trigger's been set to permanent
default.
BQ GUY1: We
can try the internal configuration.
JACK: What
are you doing? What's going on?
BQ GUY2: The
modification. They wiped out the configurations.
JACK: Are you
able to disarm it?
BQ GUY2: Doesn't
look good.
JACK(RADIO):
Team A, this is Bauer. I want you to start clearing the North runway. I repeat:
clear the North runway.
BQ GUY2: Why?
What do you mean?
JACK: If you
can't diffuse this bomb, I've gotta get it as far away from LA as possible.
JACK(RADIO):
Yes it's affirmative.
[The bomb squad
guy does something to the bomb and the bomb starts ticking louder in a different
pitch. Both bomb squad men looks alarmed.]
JACK: What's
happening?!
BQ GUY2: Timing
mechanism. They must've given it an expedite command. When it's tampered with,
the countdown speeds up.
[The two men
works hurrily at the bomb as the ticker speeds up as the sound gets more high
pitched.]
BQ GUY2: Hold
on, hold on, hold on.
[The bomb squad
guys opens one of the boxes and reaches in.]
BQ GUY1: Wait
a minute. Don't touch that. It'll detonate.
[The bomb squad
guy takes out the box anyways. The ticker stops beeping but nothing happens.]
JACK: What
just happened?
BQ GUY2: Nothing.
JACK: What?
BQ GUY2: This
isn't a bomb. It's been rigged to look like one.
JACK: What
about the radiation reading?
BQ GUY2: Probably
the box. There was a bomb in here recently. But it's gone now. The reading's
picking up some plutonium residue.
JACK(RADIO):
All teams- we do not have the bomb. This is a decoy. I repeat: we do not have
the bomb. This is a decoy. We are still looking for the nuclear device.
---
[Jack walks
away frustratedly.]
[Lani and Kim
waits anxiously in the bomb shelter.]
[Michelle is
at the phone while George Mason walks over.]
[David Palmer
walks along the corridor.]
---
[David Palmer
enters Roger's Stanton's room.]
PALMER: There's
no bomb at the airport Roger. Now if there's something that you haven't told
me that could save lives... Tell me now. Please Roger.
STANTON: Ask
Sheri.
PALMER: What
did you say?
STANTON: Sheri...
Is the one you want to talk to.
[Palmer winces.]
---
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