Jack Bauer parks his car, gets out and starts walking toward the CTU building. 

5:15:06 5:15:07 5:15:08 5:15:09 5:15:10 5:15:11 

David Palmer sits on the porch and talks with with an African American guy. Beside the entrance to the balcony there is a secret service agent.  Paul drives in a car and looks in the  car's middle mirror.

CTU - Los Angeles

Jack enters the building. Two security guards stand at the entrance. Jack goes through the metal detectors and says: "Hey, how are you Alan?"

"All is well" says the guard.

Jack walks in building until he arrives to the Central Department of CTU. Within the department work dozens people and each one has a station with a computer. On the left from the main entrance there are three large screens in stations that are near the wall. Within the department there are 4 offices that their walls made of glass and there are stairs up to the room of the director of CTU. Now because of the early hour, there were only eight people in the department. A man with black hair walked towards Jack and shakes his hand.

"Hey Tony." Jack says.

"Hey Jack. Happy Birthday" says Tony.

"Thank, how are you?"

"I'm fine and you?"

"good."

" It sucks for you that there is a briefing early in the morning when it's your birthday."

"Oh that's okay, we have had time to celebrate my birthday," says Jack when they walk ahead and add "So why do you think Paul wants to do a briefing for us?"

"If you ask me, I think it is about David Palmer."

"What, because he's black?"

"Yes, what can you do that a lot of people are still racist against blacks."

"I guess you're right." Jack agrees.

They stop at a position where sits a young man with medium length brown hair and has brown eyes. Next to him stands a woman with long black hair.

"Hi, how are you getting on here?" Jack asks.

"Hey Jack," replied the woman, "We have not found anything special, but we're working on something that has good potential."

"Okay, listen Nicole and Johnny," says Jack. Johnny that was Preoccupied with the computer, now shifted his gaze toward Jack. "In a few minutes Paul will arrive and there will be a briefing for the senior staff."

"Allright," replies Nicole and Jack and Tony continue to walk.

They go up the stairs that are leading to the head of CTU office and Jack asks, "did you find important information recently?"

"Let's say that We didn't found something that indicating that will should have a briefing at five o'clock," replies Tony in a chuckle, adding, "What about Chloe, did you get her?"

Jack opens the glass door of the head of CTU office and says, "Yes, she should arrive in a few minutes."

"Why do you think he wants Chloe? She is a new employee." Tony asks.

"Probably because she is the best information analyst we have" replies Jack and sits on the sofa.

"She works here just two weeks and you already know she is the best."

"I've seen how she works. She can do the same work almost twice as fast as Johnny."

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Tony puts his hands on his hips and says: "Yes, she is pretty good, but I still think Johnny is better."

"Think what you want," Jack replies.

Paul's car

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Paul turns to the right with his car towards Lake Street. His cell phone rings, he pulls it out of his pocket and says, "Hello."

No one answers and he says again: "Hello."

No one answers and the call disconnects. Paul looks at his phone and see that someone called him from an unidentified number.

"Strange," says Paul and puts his phone back in his pocket.

Presidential Suite

David and the African American guy are sitting in the kitchen and eating cereal. David turns to him and says: "What do you think son, do you think we will get the votes in California."

"You will succeed, Dad," says his son.

"I wish I was optimistic as you."

"You have to be optimistic."

"Didn't you see that in the news they said that California is swing with the votes," says David, "my chances to get the votes of California are fifty-fifty."

" your speech is good, you do not have to worry."

"I'm not worry, I'm just saying that every vote can change here."

There is a sound of an opening door and a girl with long black hair comes into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Zoe," says David.

"Good morning, Dad" replies Zoe.

"you slept well?" Asks David.

Zoe opens the refrigerator and says, "Yes."

Head of CTU office

Jack sits on the sofa and Tony sits on a chair with his hands folded. The phone on the desk rings and Jack presses the Black button that is on the phone.

"yes?" Jack says.

A woman's voice replies: "Paul has arrived now."

"Okay, I'm going down to see him," says Jack.

Jack presses the button again and says: "let's go."

Jack and Tony leave the room and see Paul speaks with Nicole. They get down the stairs and walk toward them.

Jack shakes hands with Paul and says: "Hi, Paul."

"Hey, Jack," Paul replies.

"You want to start the briefing now?" Jack asks.

"Yes, let's get started."

Jack, Tony, Paul, Nicole and Johnny go to the briefing room. The briefing room is a room made of glass and has an oval shaped table that has 10 purple chairs around it. On the top right there is a big screen TV. Jack opens the door and they start to come in.

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Paul turns to Jack and asks: "Chloe will come?"

"Yes, she should arrive any moment," says Jack.

"Well, let's start" says Paul to everyone.

Paul sits in a chair near the middle edge of the table and Jack is sitting next to him on the left side. Tony sits in front of Jack and Nicole and Johnny sit.

"Well I gathered you here because ..." Paul began, and stopped when the door opens.

Chloe walks into the room.

She closes the door and says, "Hi" and sit down (third chair on the left).

"Okay, yesterday my office obtained a data card" continues Paul. "It was almost completely destroyed. Luckily, before a little less than twenty minutes my chief technician in my office was able to recover the information and decode it. The information indicates that there will be an attempt to assassinate Senator David Palmer."

"How reliable this information?" Tony asks.

"Very reliable. It was not easy to find this information and it seems that someone tried that we will not get it. In addition, my technician checked it and saw that it very reliable."

"In what range of time are we talking about?" Jack asks.

"The assassination attempt will occur until the end of the day. It can even happen within a few hours from now," says Paul and adds: "So we don't have much time and you needs to start working now. I want that in the next hours you will work just on preventing the assassination of Senator David Palmer, clear?"

"Yeah, no problem, we'll work on it," Jack answers.

"Well, we're done here, you are dismissed," says Paul.

Everyone except Jack and Paul get up and leave the room.

Jack intends to stand up, but Paul stops him and says: "Wait a second, I need to talk to you."

"Yes, what is it, Paul?" Jack asks.

"I didn't want to say it to everyone, but it was much harder to find the data card," says Paul. "I sent my three good agents to get it and two of them died. One of them was my friend."

"Oh, I didn't know," said Jack in sympathy.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this. It should be much easier. Someone ambushed them and almost killed them all. I think that someone inside was involved"

"how do you know?"

"I don't know, it's just a feeling," says Paul, adding a little anxiously: "Except you I don't know who I can trust."

"You should not exaggerate. It happens in such operations that agents are killed." Jack says, "You can trust me and my people in CTU."

"Well, listen, I brought with me the data card," says Paul and takes the card out of his pocket. "I want that Chloe will try to decipher all the information in it."

"You didn't say that you have decode all the information on the card?" Jack asks.

"I said it because I did not want other people to know about it," says Paul. "There is a lot of information that is decrypted on this card and I want Chloe to work on it secretly."

Paul gives Jack the data card and Jack puts it in his pocket.

"And your staff can not decode it?" Jack asks.

"The card has an algorithm that is tough to decode, and at best is will take them days to get the rest of the information from it."

"So why do you trust Chloe? You know she's new here," says Jack.

"I know, but you told me she is the best worker you had."

"right."

"And you told me she is loyal worker" says Paul and adds: "So if you trust her, I trust her."

"Okay, I will take care that Chloe will work on this in secretly," says Jack.

"Thank you, Jack. I knew I could count on you."

Jack stood up and before he opens the door Paul adds: "Oh, I told George Mason to come here to help you."

"For what? I don't need his help."

"I trust him and I want that someone with experience in managing CTU will be with you on such a day."

"I can manage on my own."

"He's already on the way here." Paul says, adding: "You sure you don't want him. Because I think that ..."

"Okay, if that's what you want," says Jack reluctantly. "But just know that I'm not so liking him."

Jack opens the door and leaves the room.

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