With Friends Like These, Who Needs Terrorists? - 
by J-Unit
Jack makes it safely to the pay phone Nathanson was talking about, where he hears a cell phone that Nathanson left there. He answers the call and Nathanson gives him instructions on how to find him in the warehouse next door. Jack makes his way over to the building, but he hears a helicopter. Wow! Is CTU actually on to them? Jack disabled the GPS in the truck he took from Curtis and removed the SIM card from his cell phone so they couldn't track him that way. It looks like he and Nathanson are going to have some fun getting away from CTU, but would Jack actually hurt a CTU agent to save Nathanson? I guess we are going to find out.
Since they weren't close to each other, Jack told Nathanson to grab a weapon and head towards the roof and they'll try and meet there. Unfortunately, he meets a little resistance. I had thought they were CTU agents looking for Jack, but it turns out that they were Russian terrorists looking for Nathanson. How could I tell? First of all, they were able to find Nathanson without anybody having to open a socket or re-task a satellite. Secondly, upon arriving we didn't hear anybody talk about flanks or perimeters. And last but not least, they didn't follow that business casual dress code CTU field agents seem to prefer.
Nathanson is able to take out one guy and steal his weapon, but two more guys are on his trail. He makes it to the roof, but one of the guys chasing him shoots him in the leg. Out of ammo, the two guys make it to Nathanson just in time. As a rule of thumb, all terrorists must wait several moments upon finding their target to let them cower in fear before pulling a bullet into their head. Those few moments are all that Jack needs to shoot those two terrorists from the next rooftop, saving Nathanson. Unfortunately, Jack lost the Messenger Bag of Death somewhere between Ontario Airport, CTU, and the presidential retreat, so he is kind of screwed when the helicopter swings back around and starts firing.
Jack starts shooting at the helicopter with his gun and tells Nathanson to stay where he is, as this spot on the roof is giving him decent cover, but Nathanson wants to reach one of the terrorist machine guns. As he is reaching out, one of the guys from the helicopter shoots him. Jack just managed to hit one of the engines on the helicopter, so it started smoking and looked like it was going to make a crash landing somewhere. He makes his way over the Nathanson, but it is too late. Nathanson tells Jack to reach around in his pockets. Hey Nathanson, is that the secret to the secret government nerve gas conspiracy in your pocket, or are you just happy to see Jack? Well, it was actually the evidence of some sort, but Jack has no means to do anything with it.
At least buy him dinner first
The first thing Jack needs to do is call Audrey, but she is preoccupied. After the incident with the call logs, he asked Buchanan about the history between Jack and Audrey. Man, when Nathanson called Audrey, he knew that they were romantically involved, so I don't know what more information Lynn wants from Buchanan. Buchanan asks Audrey if she knew anything about Jack breaking custody and she admitted that she helped Jack and he was trying to contact Nathanson about the canisters. Everybody has noticed how wacky Lynn has become, so Buchanan doesn't even really question her reasoning.
Lynn still wants to keep a careful eye on Audrey, so he hovers over her desk while asking her to do some work. This is inconvenient because nobody likes to work that way, and only moments later, Jack is calling about what happened to Nathanson. Audrey is going to let it go, but Lynn wants her to answer. She picks up, pretends that Steve is on the other line, and transfers him to IT, which means Chloe. Well, it could have meant Edgar, but he was nowhere to be found. I guess he has to answer the phones and run out for Starbucks as well. Jack uploads the contents of the thumb drive, which is really flash memory, but for fear of boring you with geeky details, we'll forgive them.
Now, if it wasn't tense enough that Audrey was being watched and Chloe was working behind Lynn's back, we got a call that Tony Almeida was running around the infirmary and threatened to leave the building if he didn't get his Cubs mug back! Of course that didn't happen, but you have admit that would have been sweet if it did. Actually, the problem as that the flash memory was formatted (they probably meant encrypted) for the Department of Defense, and the only person who has those clearances is Audrey, but she is tied up with McGill. Chloe calls Buchanan, and Buchanan manages to pull Lynn away for a long enough time for Chloe to fire up CTU Instant Messenger and get the codes from Audrey.
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