walked through the halls of CTU New York. This man held a certain dignity about him, a world-weary edge that made most men back down when face-to-face with him. Jack Bauer. Federal agent, wanted fugitive, and one-time Presidential operative. Most days, his colleagues avoided him, but found that, with him being the …show more content…
Among his prevalent thoughts, a single question cried to be answered: why did he really take this job? After the drone attacks in London masterminded by Margot al-Harazi and the ensuing chaos surrounding the override device used to control the drones, Heller stepped down as President and Ethan Kanin was sworn into the office. Although Ethan was never subtle about his dislike of Jack in the past, the new Commander-in-Chief had set aside his ideological differences with the maverick agent due to his foiling of the plot and prevention of a war between China and the United States. Ethan then offered Jack a job as the head of CTU New York, working in a more backseat capacity while Kate Morgan, Jack's primary aid during the attacks, handled the field work. "I guess I did it as a courtesy to Audrey and her father," Jack murmured. These were the first words he'd spoken all evening. At the present moment, and many times before it, Jack considered retiring from government work completely to have a quiet life with his daughter Kim and his grandchildren. Kim was heavily pregnant with her and Stephen's third child, another girl. The baby sister that little Teri had been desperate for. Jack smiled at the thought of his granddaughter helping her mother "be a new mommy again," as she had put it when Jack had visited at Christmas. That kid had her namesake's fire …show more content…
He simply smiled and waved her away. After a few tense moments, Kate left. Jack wished that he could let her in on what was really going on, but he couldn't tell anyone. It was too fragile for him to share. Ever since taking the job, Jack had tried to model himself after Bill Buchanan, but he often found that his late friend was much more level-headed than he was or could ever hope to be. Jack often blew up at employees for no good reason, and was obsessed with efficiency. One such day had ended with him in the hospital and discovering he had a heart condition exacerbated by all the stress he'd been under. Truth be told, he wasn't terribly surprised. Even with the medication, he had still been told to take it easy. From then on, Jack was actually grateful for being out of the field. He was about to call for Kate to come back in when Sarah Gavin ascended the stairs, sheepishly waiting at the door. The senior agent beckoned her inside. Jack remembered Sarah from her time at CTU LA during the nuclear reactor crisis and had brought her back on due to Sarah's similar obsession with efficiency. Jack had been told that Michelle let her go due to Sarah's tendency toward being unfocused during terror threats, but her behavior during today's hostage crisis told him differently. "What is it, Sarah," he