Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Previously on 24...


Senator John Keeler announces that President Palmer had Ryan Chappelle killed and Sherry Palmer pardoned.

President David Palmer informs the press that what Keeler alleged is true, but that he was only trying to protect the American people. A female reporter tells Palmer that he authorized a federal agent to threaten the use of torture against Stephen Saunders's innocent daughter. Carson watches the press conference with a sinister smile.

Tony Almeida is taken into custody at CTU. Brad Hammonds tells Tony that he committed treason and the best he can hope for is twenty years in prison.

Jack Bauer threatens to put Jane Saunders in the Chandler Plaza Hotel unless Stephen Saunders gives him the locations of the vials of the Cordilla virus around the country. Just as she is about to be infected, Saunders breaks.

Jack Bauer is told by Saunders that the eleventh vial of the virus is in Los Angeles. They track it to a subway station and have to lock it in once they discover that the courier is on to them.

12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.

12:00 P.M.

Jack notifies Michelle at CTU that Rabens is still at large with the virus. He instructs her to have Saunders scan a live feed from the train station so that he can identify Rabens. Saunders tells Jack that he expects Rabens to try to escape with the virus and replicate it.

12:03 P.M.

Brad Hammond takes Tony's statement about working against the agency during the Saunders case. Tony admits to putting Michelle's life ahead of public safety and national security.

12:05 P.M.

Trepkos informs Carson that Rabens has sent a signal that he’s in distress but that he’s no longer being tracked. He trusts Rabens to extract himself from the situation, but all that’s in jeopardy as long as Saunders continues to cooperate with CTU. Carson tells Trepkos that Saunders apparently only revealed the locations of the vials and nothing else, yet. Trepkos assures Carson that he’s handling it.

12:06 P.M.

Trepkos calls a very tough-looking man and asks for an update. The man says that he’s almost at the security gate for CTU. Trepkos orders him to hurry up. His cabal’s last hope is in danger of being captured. He instructs his man to get into CTU and eliminate Saunders as quickly as possible. Trepkos warns his assassin that he cannot allow himself to be captured. The assassin understands and hangs up.

12:07 P.M.

The assassin walks past the security gate at CTU. When the guard demands the assassin to stop, he reveals a semi-automatic rifle and shoots at the guard, killing him. He then runs into CTU, shooting any guard that gets in his way. Once inside, he sprays the bullpen with gunfire, causing panic. The assassin heads to the interrogation cells. Michelle updates Jack on the development and chases after the assassin.

12:08 P.M.

The assassin finds the cell where Saunders is looking at screen shots from all the men detained at the subway. Before Saunders can identify Rabens, the assassin shoots open the lock to the glass box and shoots Saunders in the head.

12:09 P.M.

The assassin tries to escape through the back door to the cell, but Michelle is waiting for him. She holds the assassin at gunpoint and orders him to surrender. Instead, the assassin turns the gun on himself and fires. Michelle radios Jack that Saunders is dead.

--Commercial Break--

12:15 P.M.

Palmer explains to the press that he had Roger Stanton tortured in the imminent threat of a nuclear detonation. It was horrible, just like his decision to threaten Jane Saunders, but it had to be done to prevent the deaths of millions. One of the reporters screams out that Stanton was a conspirator in that plot, not an innocent child, but Palmer refuses to take any more questions. He thanks the reporters and walks off the podium, clearly rattled. The President says nothing to Wayne as he joins Joseph O'Laughlin from Homeland Security in the hall. Palmer is briefed on CTU’s status. The New York vial has just been secured, leaving only Rabens. Palmer notes that if Rabens escapes, they’ve accomplished nothing.

12:16 P.M.

Carson calls Trepkos to triumphantly inform him that Saunders was killed before he could identify Rabens. Trepkos is relieved. Now all they have to wait for is word from Rabens. But they’ve survived to fight on for another day. Palmer will fall in the election. And if Rabens escapes with the virus, it’ll only be a matter of time before they find a chemist to replicate the virus and renew their plans. Carson is still shocked that Saunders turned on them. Trepkos says that he’s disappointed too, but Saunders was loyal enough not to name who worked under him. Trepkos can appreciate that. The government will never find them, and no matter what happens with Rabens, they will rise up and achieve Saunders’s vision. Trepkos is saddened a bit, though, that it will be without Saunders, as he was the one that brought them together in the first place. He seemed the most committed of them all, single-minded in his desire to take out Palmer, either through assassination, manipulating Vice President Prescott, or today’s successful efforts. Saunders was there from the start, acquiring that nuclear bomb and manipulating the Drazens to kill Palmer, but he threw it all away. “But we live on…” Trepkos says.

12:19 P.M.

Jack secures the station and has every passenger thoroughly searched. Chase pulls Jack aside to let him know that after this mission he is transferring out of Field Ops. With a more stable job, he can look after both Kim and his baby. Jack says it's between him and Kim, but he will support whatever Chase decides.

12:21 P.M.

As the police officers corral the people in the subway station, Rabens opens up a blade and puts it in his pocket. He runs off. Jack notices that one of the men has disappeared from the line and he radios Chase.

12:22 P.M.

Jack finds two LAPD down, and he and Chase go out of the underground station. Another man lies stabbed on the street. A bystander tells Jack that the man was killed in a carjacking. Jack takes the dead man's license and radios the police. He and Chase get in their SUV. Jack calls Michelle to look up the car registration of the dead man.

--Commercial Break--

12:28 P.M.

Michelle asks Hammonds to release Tony because they are understaffed. Rabens escaped and she could use Tony's help coordinating the tactical unit. Hammonds reluctantly agrees and sends Tony onto the CTU floor.

12:30 P.M.

By scanning traffic cameras, Chloe and Adam confirm the car carrying Rabens. Jack and Chase tail him. Tony sends backup, and two CTU cars block Rabens's vehicle. Rabens gets out and runs into a school. Jack and Chase follow, and the other agents lock down the building exits. There is no sign of Rabens.

--Commercial Break--

12:38 P.M.

Rabens calls Trepkos to explain the situation. Trepkos says that he is sending a chopper to pick him up. CTU will not shoot it down because the virus would get out. Trepkos warns Rabens that their organization will be ruined if he fails.

Jack continues to search the school, as terrified students are warned to remain in their classrooms.

12:39 P.M.

Chase enters an empty science lab. Suddenly, Rabens jumps out and slashes Chase in his gun arm. Chase drops the weapon and defends himself against Rabens. He throws the man's bag across the room and the device holding the virus falls out. Nearly unconscious, Chase clamps the device to his arm. Realizing Chase just turned himself into an anchor, Rabens activates the device to release the virus. He is about to shoot Chase when Jack arrives and kills Rabens.

12:41 P.M.

Jack goes to Chase's side. The clamp on the device can not be unlocked. Jack radios Tony and asks him to contact one of the teams who have disarmed the other devices. An agent leads Jack through the steps of dismantling the device. There is less than four minutes until it activates. However, the green wire Jack needs to cut is not there because the device on Chase's arm does not match the other devices. The agent looks for another solution. Chase tells Jack to leave, but he refuses.

12:45 P.M.

Chase sees an axe in the fire extinguisher box. He urges Jack to use it. Jack is at first hesitant, but he gets the axe and chops off Chase's arm. As Chase lies in pain, Jack runs off with the device ticking away. He radios for help for his partner. Jack enters a teachers' lounge and sees a refrigerator. He throws the device inside and shuts the door. The device releases the virus into the sealed refrigerator.

--Commercial Break--

12:51 P.M.

Tony tells Michelle that he is back in custody and will be going to prison. Michelle is upset, and Tony kisses her. He is taken away.

12:53 P.M.

President Palmer phones Jack in the hospital to personally thank him for all he has done for the country. He also apologizes for making Jack take the life of Chappelle. The President tells Jack that he is not seeking reelection due to all the terrible things he had to do to stop Saunders, and he says that he hopes they can become better friends once he is a private citizen. Palmer gives a solemn look to Wayne and hangs up.

12:56 P.M.

Kim enters the hospital and hugs her father. Chase is already in surgery, and the doctors are optimistic about his recovery. Jack says that he is happy for her future with Chase. "There's some things I have to do," Jack tells her. Kim waits for Chase, and Jack leaves.

12:58 P.M.

Jack exits the hospital and gets into his SUV. The weight of the day overcomes him and he starts to cry. CTU radios, but Jack doesn't respond right away. Finally, he answers the call to help investigate Saunders's death. Jack wipes his tears and heads back to work.

Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Previously on 24...


Senator John Keeler pays a visit to President David Palmer. He accuses Palmer of capitulating to terrorist demands, a violation of U.S. policy. Keeler demands Palmer's withdrawal from the campaign. Trepkos advises Keeler to release all the information to the public as soon as possible. Keeler holds a press conference, announcing that Palmer had Ryan Chappelle killed and Sherry Palmer pardoned.

Jack Bauer finds Tony Almeida kidnapping Jane Saunders and trying to trade her for Michelle.

The trade goes down with CTU covertly backing up Tony. When Jane runs back to Tony, Stephen Saunders exposes himself to the teams on site.

Saunders's guards are taken out, and the Marines blow up his helicopter. Saunders is captured, but refuses to cooperate.

11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

11:00 A.M.

At the Sixth Street Bridge, Saunders tells Jack that the eleven other vials are being held by men instructed to release the virus at noon. They cannot be called off. Saunders will give him their locations only if he receives a guarantee from President Palmer that he will be allowed to escape freely to North Africa.

11:05 A.M.

CTU agents take Tony into custody. Jack promises that he will do what he can for him.

11:06 A.M.

Jack asks Jane Saunders to try to convince her father to stop the virus.

11:07 A.M.

Jane approaches Saunders and begs him to prevent people dying from the virus. Saunders knows CTU is trying to manipulate him, and he explains to Jane that what he is doing will better the world. Saunders will not relent, and Jane breaks down in tears. Jack watches her run off.

11:09 A.M.

Trepkos watches Senator Keeler’s press conference in delight. Carson, his contact within the government, calls with news that Saunders has been captured. Trepkos is not concerned. Saunders’s men will go into failsafe and the national outbreak will begin in an hour. Trepkos readies his private yacht for immediate departure. Carson is concerned that Saunders will name him and Trepkos as accomplices. But Trepkos knows that Saunders would rather die than not realize his goal of the destruction of the United States.

11:10 A.M.

Jack and Saunders arrive at the Chandler Plaza Hotel via helicopter. Jack shows him the body bags full of innocent victims. Saunders is unmoved. Jack summons Chase to bring out Jane from a second helicopter. Jack threatens to send Jane into the infected hotel if Saunders does not give him information on finding the other vials. Saunders believes that Jack would not harm the girl, but Jack gives the order for Chase to send her into the building. Jane cries out for her father, and Jack warns Saunders that he will watch his own daughter die. Saunders finally gives up and says he will comply. Saunders tells Jack that the vials are tagged with GPS codes so that they can be tracked. He has memorized all eleven locator codes. Jane is removed from the hotel entrance before she can be infected.

--Commercial Break--

11:18 A.M.

With the GPS signals traced, CTU has ten of the eleven vials in their sights. Saunders confirms that the missing vial is in Los Angeles, and the courier was instructed to release the virus in a public place that would ensure the maximum number of casualties. Saunders only knows the man by an alias, Arthur Rabens. Jack has Chase bring Saunders back to CTU to work with a sketch artist to get a description of the courier. Jane is to stay at the hotel site.

11:19 A.M.

Jack phones Adam and has him search for aliases of Rabens. Adam puts Tony's replacement, Brad Hammond, on the line. Jack brings Hammond up to speed and asks him to be lenient on Tony. Hammond refuses. Jack compares Tony's current situation to what he went through a few years ago. Jack had gone rogue to save his family who were captured by Victor Drazen. It was Tony who worked with Jack and Gael to set up this operation yesterday, and Tony should now be used as an asset on the case. Hammond is not swayed by Jack's argument.

11:21 A.M.

Everyone watches silently as Tony is escorted into CTU in handcuffs. He is locked in a holding room. Hammond tells Tony that his act of treason is punishable by the death penalty. His best possible outcome is twenty years in prison. This fact sobers Tony.

11:23 A.M.

Palmer and Wayne watch as Keeler’s press conference comes to an end. The announcer confirms that a government source has backed up all of Keeler’s claims. Palmer can’t believe that Keeler would exploit a national crisis. But Wayne concedes that it’ll probably work. Everything Keeler said was true. “You gave into Stephen Saunders,” Wayne says grimly. Palmer defends his actions, claiming that they worked. Saunders was captured and surrendered the locations of the vials. Wayne agrees, but says that Keeler defined Palmer’s decisions first. Palmer wants to hold a press conference immediately.

11:25 A.M.

Jack and Chase watch a video feed as the first of the ten located couriers is taken down. The vial of virus is successfully apprehended.

--Commercial Break--

11:30 A.M.

Aboard his yacht, Trepkos assures Keeler that he won the presidency today. He applauds Keeler’s decision to bring up the “unconfirmed” release of the names of foreign operatives. The speculation alone will undo Palmer. Trepkos gets another call and hangs up. It is Foxton, the courier of the virus in Denver. He warns Trepkos that SWAT has raided his location. Saunders must have betrayed his location. Trepkos can’t believe it, but only Saunders knew how to find him. Trepkos orders Foxton to release the virus immediately. Foxton agrees, but is silenced by a SWAT sniper. Trepkos hears this and slams his fist onto the table.

11:32 A.M.

Palmer addresses the assembled press. He confesses that what Keeler alleged is true, but that he was only trying to protect the American people. Palmer explains that the details of the operational necessity to temporarily give into the terrorist’s demands will be released in the coming hours. Palmer announces that Keeler was not aware that this terrorist has since been captured and that they're now hopeful a national outbreak can be prevented. No concessions have been given since the death of Chappelle, whom Palmer calls a “brave solider” who gave up his life to protect Americans. Palmer says that the pardon of Sherry Palmer last night was necessary at the time, as she was the only one with any knowledge of the terrorists behind this plot. The price for her cooperation was her freedom and he had no choice but to reluctantly agree. Palmer accepts full responsibility for her subsequent assassination attempt. Palmer calls Keeler’s press conference a disgrace and accuses him of playing politics when the nation needs to be united in stopping the threat of the Cordilla virus. The President urges Americans to stay calm and in their homes. Palmer takes questions from the reporters. As Palmer explains that the release of the virus in Los Angeles was inadvertent and that federal agencies are handling the situation, Wayne expresses to an aide that he feels that this stopped the bleeding.

11:37 A.M.

Chase lets Jack know that two more of Saunders's men with the virus vials were apprehended, but a third courier in Denver was making a phone call when he was killed. Chloe finds that Rabens's GPS code has yielded a target. She confirms that Rabens is in Los Angeles and is on the move. Jack and Chase head toward him.

--Commercial Break--

11:42 A.M.

Michelle asks Hammond why she is being denied access to Tony. She finds out for the first time that Tony hindered the investigation by allowing Saunders to escape. She's stunned.

11:43 A.M.

CTU intercepts another two couriers. Chloe leads Jack and Chase as they follow Rabens. According to the tracking, they are directly behind the target. Neither Jack nor Chase sees a car. Jack realizes that Rabens is in the subway underground. Chloe accesses the metro system, but Jack does not want the train stopped because it will tip Rabens off. He asks her to have both an undercover team and a Hazmat team in place.

11:44 A.M.

Trepkos and Carson scramble to stop the escalating collapse of their operation. Carson informs Trepkos that they are down to just three couriers. But CTU was unable to initially track the Los Angeles courier, which means that he has the best chance of releasing the virus. Trepkos grimly tells his partner that their mission to create a national outbreak today is effectively over. Even if the couriers succeed, it will not be enough to create the national and global chaos they need. Carson begrudgingly agrees, alerting Trepkos that he has just gotten a flash that their Las Vegas courier has been taken out. The New York one is being chased by SWAT. Only the Los Angeles courier has enough of a head start to stand any chance. Trepkos says that they’ll have to abandon having any kind of outbreak today. The new objective is survival. The Cordilla virus was vital to this operation. If all the vials are destroyed by the government, then the virus is wiped out and it will set their group back many years. Thus, their only hope is for Rabens, the courier, to escape with the virus intact. Trepkos could then find a way to have it replicated and relaunch their attack against the United States and the world. The setback of Saunders’s betrayal will not be as damaging. Trepkos calls Rabens to give him his new orders.

--Commercial Break--

11:52 A.M.

Jack, Chase and a throng of agents enter the subway station. When they are in position, Chloe has the train released to arrive. Rabens's vague description is fed to the agents over their earwigs.

11:53 A.M.

Chloe alerts the agents that the target is moving off the train and is headed up the stairs out of the underground station. Chase follows, but doesn't know which man it is. Jack narrows it down to four men. When Chloe notes that Rabens has stopped, Jack sees a man looking at the subway map.

11:56 A.M.

Jack gives the order to the agents, and he kicks the man down at the subway map. Chase sweeps the man's shopping bag with a wand and discovers the transmitter is inside a pack of cigarettes. The man claims he doesn't smoke. Rabens was on to them, and he slipped the transmitter into another passenger's bag. Jack radios for the station to be locked down.

11:57 A.M.

Palmer continues to take questions at his press conference. One of the reporters tells the President that she’s just been informed by a high-ranking reliable source within Palmer’s own administration that the terrorist in question is a former MI-6 agent named Stephen Saunders and that Palmer authorized a federal agent to threaten the use of torture against his innocent daughter in order to prevent a further outbreak. The reporter demands a response. As Palmer struggles to find a proper answer, Carson watches his television with a sinister smile on his face.

11:59 A.M.

Chase reports to Jack that everyone who has exited the subway is still detained in the station. Jack orders him to start searching the trains. They can't let Rabens get away.

Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.

Previously on 24...


Wayne Palmer tells President David Palmer that because the threat level has been raised to red, people are realizing that Senator John Keeler is playing politics instead of Palmer.

Alexander Trepkos guarantees Keeler a win in the election. Trepkos tells Keeler that Palmer is currently giving into multiple terrorist demands to prevent a national outbreak of a virus.

Jack Bauer finds out that Tony helped Stephen Saunders escape custody. He seizes control of CTU.

Saunders lets his hostage Michelle speak to Tony. He then orders Tony to get his daughter Jane out of CTU or Michelle will die.

As Jack informs CTU of the change in power, Tony Almeida tasers a guard to get Jane out of the building. Chloe tells Jack that Saunders has Michelle and is using her as leverage.

Saunders tells Tony that he will get further instructions. Jack asks security to locate Tony, but they cannot.

10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

As the CTU staff tracks Tony through the streets, Jack heads out to find him.

10:03 A.M.

In the car, Jane Saunders questions Tony about his strange behavior. He says that he is transferring her to Division.

10:05 A.M.

From her locked cell, Michelle taunts Saunders's henchman about how he will die when the virus is released.

10:06 A.M.

Kim tells Chase that his job will always prevent him from being a good parent. Yet if Chase transfers out of Field Ops, Kim would consider staying in their relationship and helping him raise his daughter.

10:08 A.M.

As Adam watches Tony's movement on satellite, Jack follows the car.

10:09 A.M.

Jane realizes that she is not being taken to Division, and Tony finally admits that he has kidnapped her in order to get his wife back from Saunders. Suddenly, another SUV swerves into Tony's car and forces him to a halt. Jack pops out of the SUV and draws his gun. He knows that Tony only wants to save Michelle, and he understands what he is going through. Tony's renegade actions are reminiscent of Jack's past deeds. Yet Jack needs Jane to lure Saunders, and he promises that Michelle won't suffer. Tony explains that Saunders directed him to a public payphone where he will receive further instructions.

--Commercial Break--

10:16 A.M.

Wayne thinks that the White House should release a statement about the exact nature of the threat. Palmer would rather withhold the truth than cause a widespread panic.

10:17 A.M.

Senator Keeler comes to see the President. He accuses Palmer of capitulating to terrorist demands, a violation of United States policy. He shows the President a copy of his signed pardon of Sherry Palmer as well as the internal Secret Service report on the bomb threat. Keeler also accuses Palmer of authorizing the death of Ryan Chappelle and providing this terrorist with the names of all foreign operatives, although he only has the word of a source within the government. Palmer sheepishly admits that some of it is true and corrects the record, explaining that millions of lives are at stake. But Keeler counters that all Palmer has done is prove terrorism works. And Palmer’s personal decision to pardon Sherry was reckless, as proven by the bomb she brought in. Keeler calls for Palmer’s withdrawal from the campaign once the terrorist threat is resolved. He will allow Palmer to offer whatever face-saving reason he wants to give. Palmer orders Keeler out of his office.

10:20 A.M.

Arriving at the phone booth, Jack orders Tony to reject the location Saunders chooses. Making him pick a secondary location will allow Chase time to get a team in place. Tony goes to the phone.

10:22 A.M.

Jack listens in as Tony takes Saunders's phone call. Saunders gives Tony a location to deliver Jane, but Tony claims that area is in a CTU satellite area. Saunders refuses to change, and Jack hangs up the phone. Tony is furious, but Jack knows that Saunders will call back because he is desperate to get his daughter. Tony accuses Jack of jeopardizing Michelle because she would merely be an acceptable loss. "Didn't you learn anything from what happened to Teri?" Tony asks. Jack angrily pushes Tony. Suddenly, the payphone rings and Tony answers it. Saunders offers up a new location.

--Commercial Break

10:28 A.M.

Chase briefs his tactical team on the position under the Sixth Street Bridge where Saunders is meeting Tony. Kim asks him to be careful.

10:29 A.M.

Chloe tells Kim that Chase won't leave Field Ops to start a family with her. He's too much like Jack. Kim brushes her warning aside.

10:30 A.M.

Keeler calls Trepkos and tells him that he made his offer to the President, but Palmer angrily ordered him out of the room. Keeler gave him until the terrorist threat was over to make his decision and is sure that he’ll drop out. Trepkos warns Keeler that his source thinks that the threat won’t be resolved until long after the election. The government is hiding it well, but the virus has already been released in Los Angeles. There are quarantine zones sprouting up everywhere. Trepkos recommends that Keeler release all this information to the public as soon as possible. “If you do, you will be the next President of the United States,” Trepkos declares. Keeler seriously considers it.

10:32 A.M.

As they head to the bridge, Jack calls Chase to give him a plan of attack. Jane asks Jack if her father will really kill innocent Americans with the virus. Jack explains that Saunders thinks the country betrayed him even though his job required him to make impossible sacrifices.

10:34 A.M.

Michelle screams from the holding cell. Saunders's henchman comes in to find her with a bloody nose. He's frightened when Michelle says that she has contracted the deadly virus. The man radios Saunders, but Michelle knocks the guy out with a brick. She had bloodied her own nose to scare him. Michelle grabs his gun and cell phone, and runs off. Saunders goes after her.

10:35 A.M.

Michelle can't get any service on the phone in the underground fortress. She finds her way to daylight, but hits a fenced-in dead end. Michelle calls CTU, but Chloe can't hear her. There's only static. Chloe hangs up.

--Commercial Break--

10:41 A.M.

Palmer tells his brother about Keeler finding out about his actions over the past twelve hours and blackmailing him. Wayne is enraged and wants to find Keeler’s clearly high-ranking source. But Palmer calms him down, saying that they knew they’d have to deal with the repercussions of his decisions during this crisis. All Palmer cares about now is preventing millions of Americans from being killed. Fighting for his political future will have to come another day.

10:43 A.M.

Jack and Tony arrive at the bridge where Chase has his strike team in place.

10:44 A.M.

Kim connects Jack with Michelle, who has gotten away from Saunders. But instead of picking Michelle up, Jack wants her to be recaptured by Saunders so that he will have a reason for an exchange. Tony tries to get Chase to send a team to her, but Jack forcefully has Tony taken away. Michelle takes Jack's order, and tosses the gun and phone. She runs back and Saunders finds her.

--Commercial Break--

10:50 A.M.

Waiting anxiously for word on the CTU operation against Saunders, Palmer expresses his guilt, feeling that everything that has happened today was his fault. Palmer authorized Operation Nightfall and now Saunders wants revenge on him and the United States. Wayne assures Palmer that Saunders made his own decision. They are interrupted by an urgent call from Palmer’s press secretary. Senator Keeler is holding a press conference. Palmer sighs as he walks with Wayne to the television. Keeler announces that the country is currently under threat of a mass outbreak of the Cordilla virus, with parts of Los Angeles already infected and under quarantine. He then explains that Palmer had Ryan Chappelle killed and Sherry Palmer pardoned in vain efforts to prevent this outbreak.

10:52 A.M.

As Chase's team lies in wait at the bridge, Tony asks Jack to do what he can to save his wife. The convoy carrying Michelle arrives at the spot where Tony is with Jane.

10:55 A.M.

Michelle and Jane pass each other as they walk to the opposite sides. Jack refuses to send the team in until he has a visual on Saunders. Jane hesitates out of fear and starts to go back toward Tony. Saunders gets out of one of the cars to show himself to her. The SWAT team opens fire, as does Tony.

10:56 A.M.

Saunders is shocked to see his plan backfire, and he runs into a riverbed toward a waiting helicopter. Jack takes off after him, but is fired at by the men in the chopper. Jack calls in for air support.

10:57 A.M.

The Marines arrive in F-18 fighter jets, firing missiles at the helicopter. It explodes, and sends Saunders blown backwards by the blast.

10:58 A.M.

Jane watches as Tony reunites with Michelle.

10:59 A.M.

Amid the wreckage of the helicopter, Jack pulls his weapon on Saunders and demands to know where the other unaccounted vials of the virus are. "You can waste time trying to break me and kill millions of people," Saunders says to Jack. "Or you can give me what I want."

Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

Previously on 24...


Wayne Palmer warns President David Palmer that giving Stephen Saunders a list of all foreign operatives employed by the U.S. is an act of treason.

Palmer declares to CTU that he will not give in to Saunders's latest demand.

Jane Saunders calls her father under direction by Jack Bauer and Saunders realizes that CTU is holding her hostage.

Jack finds and corners Saunders.

Saunders reveals to Tony Almeida that he is holding Michelle hostage and threatens to kill her unless Tony ensures a safe exit for Saunders. Tony complies, and Saunders escapes.

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

9:00 A.M.

Jack, Chase and the SWAT team wait outside the building. When Saunders doesn't emerge, Jack orders the apartment to be gassed. Jack is surprised to learn that Tony moved every agent to the front instead of positioned on all sides. Jack calls Tony to question his judgment, but Tony blames it on a staff error. Chase goes inside to find that Saunders is gone.

9:04 A.M.

Chloe asks Tony why he told Jack that someone on his team made a mistake.

9:05 A.M.

Tony goes into the tech room and deletes satellite imagery of Saunders leaving the building. Saunders calls Tony on his cell phone and demands the release of Jane. Saunders threatens to kill Michelle if his daughter is not handed over.

9:06 A.M.

Tony hangs up to take another call from the President. He has to give Palmer the bad news that Saunders escaped. Palmer is adamant that Jane Saunders be surrounded with tight security.

9:07 A.M.

The President sees a news report about his campaign opponent, Senator Keeler, losing endorsements because the public feels Palmer is handling the raised threat level instead of playing politics. Palmer isn't concerned. "The only thing that matters is stopping Stephen Saunders," he says gravely.

9:08 A.M.

Jack and Chase are confused as to how Saunders got out without them noticing. They leave the scene to go back to CTU. Jack confirms with Chloe that Saunders had definitely been in the building.

9:09 A.M.

Kim and Jane arrive at CTU. They are informed that Saunders has not been captured.

9:10 A.M.

Michelle is taken by Saunders's henchmen to a holding room. She is bound and gagged.

--Commercial Break--

9:15 A.M.

Going through the satellite footage, Chloe notices that a few frames are missing from the view of Saunders's building. She approaches Adam, who is talking with his virus-infected sister. Chloe surmises that Saunders has a mole inside CTU who had access to the imagery. She won't notify Tony until she has more information.

9:17 A.M.

Jane Saunders is afraid that Jack will hurt her, but Tony promises that he won't let anyone harm her.

9:19 A.M.

Saunders calls Tony and asks to speak to his daughter. "You have my wife. I want to talk to her first," Tony replies, threatening to kill Jane if anything happens to Michelle. Saunders lets Michelle briefly talk to Tony. Then Tony puts Jane on speaker phone. Saunders tells her not to believe what the U.S. government says. He is only doing things in "good cause." Tony picks up the phone and tells Saunders that he will have to go through clearances to get Jane out of CTU.

9:21 A.M.

Adam confirms that someone inside Tony's group purged the frames on the surveillance feed, but he doesn't know who it is. Chloe gets a call from Dr. Macer who does not know the whereabouts of Michelle. The agent assigned to Michelle is not answering his phone.

9:22 A.M.

Adam warns Tony that someone from his group has breached security. Tony asks him to lock the agency down. Chloe then tells Tony that Michelle can't be found. Tony gives a fake explanation that he secretly moved Michelle to another location.

9:23 A.M.

Tony gives Chloe a record of a call he just received from Saunders. He doesn't want her to tell Adam about it.

--Commercial Break--

9:28 A.M.

Senator Keeler asks his chief of staff to use contacts at the Pentagon to find out what is really going on with the raised threat level. Keeler gets a surprise call from Alexander Trepkos. He wants to see Keeler about a high-value proposition. Keeler is more than willing to talk with one of his biggest campaign contributors.

9:29 A.M.

Jack and Chase enter CTU, and are shocked to find out that someone inside the agency intentionally wiped out the satellite frames which allowed Saunders to escape.

9:30 A.M.

Tony tells Jane that she will be moved very soon. Jack summons Tony from the holding room.

9:31 A.M.

Jack interrogates Tony on the theory that there is a mole inside CTU. Tony is against setting off any alarms at Division. Jack offers to call Brad Hammond at Division, but Tony says he already has a conference call scheduled with Hammond and will fill him in then. On his way up to his office, Jack stops at Adam's desk. Adam verifies that no conference call has been booked with Hammond.

9:32 A.M.

Trepkos enters Keeler’s campaign headquarters and offers him a way to win the election against Palmer. He explains that Palmer is currently giving into multiple terrorist demands to prevent a national outbreak of a deadly virus, a violation of American policy and the President’s own vow. Trepkos says that he got this information from a highly reliable source, a top aide to Vice President Prescott. Trepkos assures Keeler his contact will confirm everything, from Palmer authorizing the death of Ryan Chappelle to pardoning Sherry Palmer, who then proceeded to smuggle a bomb into his office and nearly detonate it. She was then killed by a terrorist sniper. Trepkos even claims that Palmer did actually release the list of foreign operatives and has recklessly endangered their lives. Trepkos knows that Palmer will drop out of the race if Keeler blackmails him regarding his actions. In return, Trepkos wants tax breaks for his oil investments.

--Commercial Break--

9:41 A.M.

Trepkos leaves Keeler’s campaign headquarters and calls Saunders. He informs his leader that Keeler has requested to speak with President Palmer in person. Saunders is pleased. Even if Palmer refuses to drop out, he will not survive the wrath of the American people once they find out he gave into horrific demands to prevent a virus outbreak he ultimately could not. Saunders tells Trepkos that their goals are almost complete. Palmer will soon be a lame duck, the United States will collapse under the strain of the outbreak, and President Keeler will be much more likely to hand over control to their cabal of oil companies and defense contractors. Trepkos wishes Saunders luck in recovering his daughter.

9:42 A.M.

One of Saunders's techies sees that CTU is trying to access his location through the cell phone. Saunders wants Michelle to tell him how CTU is attempting to find him. Michelle bravely refuses to answer. Saunders calls Tony again and warns him that he's slicing Michelle's face unless Tony stops the phone trace.

9:43 A.M.

Tony calls Chloe to shut down the phone trace.

9:44 A.M.

Jack accuses Tony of lying to him. He knows there was no scheduled call with Hammond. Tony admits that he was the one who made the mistake, and he tried to cover it up. Jack says he is taking away his command of CTU.

9:46 A.M.

Adam lets Tony know that he's been trying to narrow down who has been working with Saunders from the inside. Tony says that Jack took over CTU from him.

9:47 A.M.

Tony calls Saunders in a panic with news that Jack is now in charge. Saunders advises him to get Jane out of the building or else Michelle will be killed.

--Commercial Break--

9:52 A.M.

Jack informs Kim that Tony has stepped down because he is hiding something from him. Jack wants Kim to monitor all stations and to flag communications. He doesn't know who else to trust.

9:53 A.M.

Chloe tells Tony that she was able to pull voice track on his call with Saunders but that she hasn't listened to it yet. Tony becomes worried.

9:54 A.M.

Tony sees Jack calling Adam, and he turns on the audio feed at Adam's desk to listen in. Jack has Adam give Kim access to his volumes because she's monitoring something. He asks Adam to send Chloe to his office. Tony calls Adam and says that he is on the line with Chloe. Adam mentions that Jack is looking for her, and Tony offers to pass that information on to her.

9:55 A.M.

Inside the tech room, Chloe pulls up the voice track and hears Tony ask Saunders to speak to Michelle. Chloe becomes alarmed and picks up the phone to notify someone. Her line is dead. Tony has locked down the tech room and its systems. Chloe becomes trapped inside.

9:56 A.M.

Jack announces to the crew that he is taking over command of CTU because Tony has stepped down. Meanwhile, Tony goes into the holding room for Jane Saunders. He knocks out the security guard and takes Jane out.

9:57 A.M.

Kim notices that Chloe hasn't refreshed her system. She notifies Chase and Jack of this unusual circumstance. They can't get a feed on the tech room where Chloe is working because someone has blocked the access.

9:58 A.M.

With a known hostile on the inside, Chase and Jack call for a security sweep of the entire building. They override the access code to the tech room, and find Chloe locked inside. She tells Jack that Saunders is using Michelle as leverage to get his daughter out. Jack radios for a location on Tony, but he is not found.

9:59 A.M.

As Tony drives Jane out, Jack locks down the CTU complex. He learns that Jane is missing. Tony phones Saunders to tell him that he's out. He has less than thirty minutes until the satellite will spot him.

Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.

Previously on 24...


President David Palmer informs the Cabinet about the threat of the Cordilla virus and the mastermind Stephen Saunders.

Saunders threatens to release two more vials of the virus unless the President provides him with a list of all foreign nationals working covertly as spies for the United States.

Tony Almeida of the Counter Terrorist Unit informs Jack Bauer that Saunders has a daughter. Jack suggests swapping her out with another one of their agents.

Kim Bauer goes undercover pretending to be Jane Saunders.

Jack Bauer interrogates Jane, demanding to know where her father is.

Kim is meanwhile caught by one of Saunders's men and in self-defense shoots him.

8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.

8:00 A.M.

Adam briefs the CTU staff about two new symptomatic patients discovered in the city. This means that there are more quarantined areas. Tony reiterates how serious the situation has become and how everyone needs to stay on track. The mission has switched from prevention to containment.

8:02 A.M.

Jack checks on Kim, who's still a bit shaken from shooting the bad guy. Agent Forrester lets Jack know that Jane Saunders can now be questioned.

8:03 A.M.

The President learns that Saunders's daughter has been captured and that CTU wants to use her to find him. Although he is supposed to provide Saunders a list of foreign operatives in 15 minutes, Palmer wants to wait until Jack comes up with something before he hands over that list.

8:04 A.M.

Jack tries to convince Jane that her father is a terrorist fighting against the federal government. Jack once worked with Saunders, and he knows he is a good man. "But something's happened to him," Jack says.

8:06 A.M.

Saunders is informed that CTU is trying to access his location from the website address, but they are only hitting dead ends.

8:07 A.M.

Jack shows Jane photos from his mission in Kosovo with Saunders. Although Saunders told Jane's mother that they went on a fact-finding mission, they were really there to kill Victor Drazen. The U.S. and British governments thought that Saunders had died when they blasted Drazen's hideout. Jane says that her father told her she couldn't tell anyone that he was alive. Jack then shows Jane more recent photos of Saunders with arms dealers and biological weapons manufacturers. He plays an audio file of Saunders threatening the President about releasing the virus. Jack runs a live feed from the Chandler Plaza Hotel to prove to Jane that many people are already dying from the virus. He begs Jane to help him stop this. She gives Jack a phone number that Saunders provided her in emergencies.

8:09 A.M.

Dr. Sunny Macer tells Michelle that her lab results have come in.

--Commercial Break--

8:14 A.M.

Secret Service Agent Pierce informs the President that Los Angeles is not safe. The bureau is invoking an order to remove him from the state for his own protection. Palmer asks Pierce for help in allowing him to remain in the city. He wants the people to know that their President stood by them in this crisis.

8:17 A.M.

Tony and Jack tell the President that there is no way to immediately get to Saunders. Palmer decides not to give in to Saunders's demands again. This forces Jack to use Jane as a hostage in hopes that Saunders will give up. Jack tells Jane that she must contact her father and keep him on the line so that they can trace the call.

8:19 A.M.

When no list arrives from Palmer, Saunders calls one of his men to release the virus in San Francisco. Suddenly, a cell phone rings and Saunders recognizes it as his daughter's line. He tells his man to wait. Saunders picks up, and Jane tells him that she is scared. Saunders's henchman sees that the call from Jane is being monitored. Agent Forrester also knows that their trace has been discovered and she warns Jack. Saunders asks his daughter to put Jack Bauer on the phone. Saunders reminds Jack of the virus he has in his possession. "You know what I'm capable of too," Jack says, threatening Saunders about his interrogation tactics.

8:21 A.M.

Adam and Chloe successfully trace the call and find a location for Saunders. Tony sends Chase's team out. Jack orders Kim to accompany Jane back to CTU. He is taking a chopper to Saunders.

--Commercial Break--

8:27 A.M.

Michelle calls Tony to let him know that her test shows she is not infected and has immunity to the virus. Tony is overcome with emotion because they both escaped death today. Michelle is being taken downtown by NHS as a precaution.

8:30 A.M.

Palmer addresses the gathered press about the virus, and asks them to convey to the public that the best defense against the virus is to stay home.

8:32 A.M.

Jack calls Chase as they both head to Saunders. Jack believes Saunders doesn't yet know they have a lock on his location. Via satellite, Adam tracks anyone coming in or out of Saunders's building.

8:33 A.M.

Saunders knows that CTU has him spotted. He thinks it will be easier to escape when there are more agents surrounding them. Saunders's henchman is afraid and he goes to leave, but Saunders shoots him dead. Saunders looks out the window and sees nothing unusual. He calls another one of his men and asks if "she has left yet." The man says no. Saunders orders him to stay on the mystery woman.

8:34 A.M.

In Santa Barbara, Kim loads Jane into a car headed back to Los Angeles. Kim sees a group of people watching them.

--Commercial Break--

8:39 A.M.

In the car, Kim tells Jane that Saunders has been keeping tabs on her all these years he was missing.

8:41 A.M.

Adam fills Jack in that no one suspicious has left Saunders's building. Chloe alerts Tony that one of the victims who tested positive for the virus is Adam's sister. She doesn't want Adam to know because it will affect his work. Tony ignores her plea and gives Adam the bad news. He allows Adam to call his sister, but asks him to stay on until the crisis passes.

8:44 A.M.

Saunders tells a man on the phone that he knows he is surrounded. His plan is to wait for Jack to show up.

8:45 A.M.

Jack arrives at the scene, and Chase brings him up to speed on the snipers in place around the building. Jack is sure that Saunders is still in place and knows that they are there. The team gets ready. Jack calls out to Saunders on a bullhorn and lets him know that the President will no longer give in to his demands. Jack says that since they have his daughter hostage, his only option is to surrender. "That's not exactly true, Jack," Saunders whispers to himself.

8:47 A.M.

Kim and Jane's car stops at a train crossing. A man in a black helmet on a motorcycle pulls up beside them. He turns and looks at Kim.

--Commercial Break--

8:52 A.M.

Michelle is loaded into a van with the other immune people from the hotel.

8:53 A.M.

Chloe tells Tony that Adam messed up the satellite feed, and it was from being under duress because of his sister. Adam says he did nothing wrong, but then realizes that Chloe is right. Tony lets Adam go back to work.

8:54 A.M.

As the CTU agents lie in wait, Saunders calls Jack on his cell phone. He refuses to come outside and wants Jack to come in instead. Saunders says he needs a few minutes to think things over and hangs up. Chase gets confirmation that Saunders is still in the building. Saunders gets a call from one of his men with news that some task has been completed. Saunders then mysteriously phones Tony at CTU and gives him a web socket number. Tony opens the socket and sees video of Michelle being restrained in the back of a van. Saunders warns him that Michelle will be dead in fifteen seconds if he doesn't comply with his request. Saunders wants Tony to order the teams on site to the front entrance. When Tony doesn't comply, Saunders tells his man to take Michelle's eye out. Tony sees the knife come up to Michelle's face on the video. He agrees to do what Saunders asks.

8:58 A.M.

Tony radios the team leader on the site. He tells him to "code nine" and move every man on site to the front of the building. The agents go into action. Saunders sees the snipers move off. He walks out the back entrance unnoticed.

Fanfiction: Alternate 24 Day Three: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Previously on 24...


Michelle Dessler lets Tony Almeida knows that someone may have escaped the hotel infected with the virus. The man, William Cole, becomes symptomatic.

Stephen Saunders orders President David Palmer to kill Ryan Chappelle.

Jack Bauer lets Ryan Chappelle know of Saunders's latest demand. However, they may have found Saunders before the deadline.

Chase Edmunds leads a team to apprehend Saunders, but he is not in the building.

Jack is forced to execute Chappelle.

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

7:00 A.M.

At the train yard, Jack backs away from Chappelle's dead body as masked men from the black van approach. The men check the body for trackers and warn Jack against following them. They take Chappelle and drive away.

7:03 A.M.

Jack calls Wayne Palmer and gives him the news. The President is adamant about not giving in to any more of Saunders's demands. Wayne warns him of the impending virus threat. Palmer asks him to convene his cabinet.

7:05 A.M.

Based on the money trail, Kim, Chloe and Adam discover that Saunders has a daughter in Santa Barbara. Jack calls Tony to let him know about Chappelle. Tony tells him that they are going to pick up Saunders's daughter, but Jack thinks that they shouldn't send up any signals to the terrorist. He suggests they substitute Jane Saunders with another look-alike agent so that Saunders isn't alarmed. Tony attempts to find an agent that resembles the girl.

7:07 A.M.

Tony checks in with Michelle, but she doesn't yet know if she's infected with the virus. She wants to keep busy and asks Tony to give her some work.

7:08 A.M.

Adam lets Tony know that they are tracking Cole, the man who escaped from the hotel. Chase is already on his way to the man's house.

Palmer contacts Jack and asks what Saunders meant about future demands. Jack believes that Saunders will continue to release the virus.

7:09 A.M.

Chloe is unable to find a female field agent in Los Angeles that looks like the young Jane Saunders. Kim is the closest match.

7:10 A.M.

Tony briefs Kim on the situation with Jane and how she is the only one who can stand in for the girl. Tony will not order her to do it. Kim, however, agrees to the mission.

--Commercial Break--

7:16 A.M.

Kim asks Chloe to take over her work while she goes to Santa Barbara. Chloe is angry that Kim is being sent out in the field.

7:17 A.M.

Through a gas mask, Chase grills Cole's wife about his appearance because he is in danger of contracting a virus from the Chandler Plaza Hotel. She becomes angry when she realizes that her husband was having an affair. One of the agents finds a bloody tissue in the bathroom, which means that Cole is symptomatic of the virus.

7:18 A.M.

With a soaked tissue at his nose, Cole touches items at a drug store. The pharmacist suggests that he go to the emergency room. Cole bumps into another customer on his way out.

7:19 A.M.

When Jack enters CTU, Tony tells him that Kim is the only match for Jane Saunders. Jack refuses to let his daughter go out into the field, but Tony says that she reports to him.

7:20 A.M.

Jack goes into the conference room where Kim is being briefed. He orders her not to go and explains that he put her inside CTU so that she would be safe. Kim says that she is at CTU because she wanted to be there, and it is her decision to accept this mission. Jack has no choice but to let her.

--Commercial Break--

7:26 A.M.

Jack escorts Kim out onto the helicopter pad on the roof. He gives her some last minute advice and hands her a gun. They board the chopper together.

7:27 A.M.

Palmer speaks to his Cabinet via video monitors and informs them that some of the virus has already been released at the Chandler Hotel. They gave in to Saunders's demand of killing one of their own agents. Palmer asks the agency heads to open up their files to CTU in Los Angeles.

7:29 A.M.

Tony tells his stunned staff that Chappelle was killed in the line of duty. He will be assuming his responsibilities.

7:30 A.M.

Chase notifies CTU that he has Cole's wife contained. Chase is angry that Kim is being sent out into the field. Tony says that even though it is his call and Jack signed off on it, Kim is the one who accepted the assignment.

7:31 A.M.

Aboard the helicopter, Jack apologizes to Kim for yelling at her. He also warns her that he is in command of any agent in the field.

7:32 A.M.

Cole enters the E.R. and sees a news report about an infection at the Chandler Hotel. Cole alerts the nurse, and she recognizes him as the man they are supposed to isolate.

--Commercial Break--

7:37 A.M.

Saunders gets verification that the body picked up is Chappelle's. Saunders has his henchmen keep his daughter Jane in their sights. Jane Saunders, meanwhile, gets in her car and heads to work.

7:38 A.M.

The cabinet members are concerned that the death of a high-ranking member of the intelligence community was ordered by the President. Palmer answers that he was more concerned with buying time to save millions of lives rather than worried about his own re-election.

7:39 A.M.

Palmer is interrupted by a call from Saunders, who wants to rectify America's atrocities by dismantling military operations around the world. Saunders demands that the government send him a list of all foreign nationals working covertly as spies across the globe. If he doesn't receive the list within one hour, Saunders will release two more vials of the virus.

7:41 A.M.

Jack and Kim land in Santa Barbara and are met by Agent Forrester, who has already set up a staging area at the library where Jane Saunders works.

Chase gets word that Cole was found in an urgent care center nearby. He heads there.

7:42 A.M.

As they drive toward the library, techs work on Kim to make her look more like Jane. Jack preps Kim about keeping her head down so that no one looks her in the eye.

--Commercial Break--

7:48 A.M.

Tony listens in as Chase questions Cole, who can not remember how many people he came into contact with at the pharmacy.

7:49 A.M.

Jack watches over surveillance cameras as Jane works the reference desk at the campus library of the University of California at Santa Barbara. One of the agents purposefully spills a drink on Jane's pants, which makes Jane go to the restroom to clean up. Jack sees a man in a red shirt track Jane's movements, and he orders the other agents to follow him. In the restroom, another agent chloroforms Jane and she passes out. Kim exits a stall and puts on Jane's clothes. She emerges from the restroom. Jack tells Kim through her earwig that the man in the red shirt is one of Saunders's men. She turns away from the man.

7:51 A.M.

Tony maps out all the potential places where Cole stopped and came into contact with people. A few of the customers at the pharmacy are not identified, and a number of patients in the E.R. left before quarantine was placed on the urgent care facility. There could be up to 75 people infected, with two full neighborhoods suspect.

7:53 A.M.

Jack goes in to the room where Jane Saunders is being held. She awakens, and Jack asks for her help getting in touch with her father. Jane refuses, claiming she doesn't know how to contact Saunders. Jack threatens to go "as far as he needs to go" to get answers. Jane cries out for help.

7:55 A.M.

Forrester interrupts to tell Jack that the man in the red shirt is approaching Kim. Jack radios Kim to warn her. The field agents send a librarian to distract the man in the red shirt. Kim walks away to another bookshelf and waits.

7:57 A.M.

Forrester loses sight of Kim on the camera. A young guy approaches Kim for assistance finding a book. He pulls out a gun and threatens to kill her if she doesn't tell him where Jane Saunders is. The guy drags Kim out of the library.

7:58 A.M.

With Kim out of sight, Jack runs towards the library. Kim knocks the guy's gun down, and Jack sees them struggling. Kim pulls out her own weapon and shoots the guy. "Saunders is going to know we have his daughter," Kim says to Jack.