Jack Bauer

Fever. 'Til you sizzle. What a lovely way to burn... // #IntoTheFire #TWD #BPRP

[Sophie Scurlock @TrickShotsNGin]

@TwistingRage @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice I... I know it's hard to trust folks nowadays.

{Gaze flickering around the seemingly deserted room, she exhaled slowly, hoping like hell she'd spot one damn thing she could talk about. Make a connection over a picture? A book, even. Hell, she'd settle for an --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@TrickShotsNGin @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice -- across the street.}

That hotel? Odds are good, your friend's inside.

{Alert at the sight of a shadow passing behind the upper story window, too tall and steady to be the Dead, he let out a breath, brow slowly lifting.} And she's not alone...

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@TrickShotsNGin @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice -- Look, she's running straight and steady. If she was badly hurt, or shot, her tracks would be all over the place and they're /not/.

{Scrubbing a hand over his face, he pushed to stand, careful to stay hidden from whoever might be keeping watch in the building --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@TrickShotsNGin @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice -- at #Simon, he paused, wondering when, if ever, some kind of Comforting People in Distress skills would kick in. His wheelhouse was truth, hard truth. Which, as both Kim and Audrey had pointed out, was probably the reason he didn't have a lot of friends.} --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@TrickShotsNGin @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice -- {Lifting his gaze across the street, he eyed the seemingly abandoned building's upper floors, pointing towards a lone open window.}

Or maybe she's got a new friend. {canting his head} Someone taking shots into the woods to keep the Dead away?

{Glancing back --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@TrickShotsNGin @MeAndTrigger @Be_Extra_Nice Her footprints end here.

{Gaze on the smudged boot heel marking the spot where the treeline met the road, he dropped into a crouch and stilled, keeping his voice low.}

Your friend... He peeled off a few feet back. Something scared him off. Walker, maybe or... --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

Guy didn't have it coming, huh? {shaking his head} Damn.

{Turning away, he stilled, sighing quietly} You're not wrong though. This world, the way it is now... It feels like a show. https://t.co/VEb59uo9aW

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- chin lifting toward the highway.}

Road's that way. Where's your car?

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- behind the cover of a thick pine tree trunk, he held position, looking to the stranger.} You haven't tried to kill me yet. That's a pleasant surprise.

{Sliding his foot through the dirt, he tapped his toe against #Sophie's muddy print, lifting his --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- to the ground, lifting his chin towards the footsteps in the mud.} She's running. He's not far behind her. You good?

{Thumping down the stairs without waiting for a reply, he ran towards the treeline, skirting the trail of #Sophie and her pursuer.

Darting --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- weapon?

{Lifting a brow at the stranger's expression, he shook his head, easing the door open.} Don't worry about it. Stay behind me.

{Stepping out on to the porch, careful to stay in the shadow of the awning until the stranger was behind him, he dropped his gaze --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin Let's go.

{A half smile crossing his face at the jingle of keys, he put his hand to the door and held for a beat, glancing back to the stranger.}

He fired through the door... But you're both still alive. Says your friend is a collector. Good news and bad. You have a --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- I'm honest, I'm at a point in my life when I am completely over surprises.

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- door, we will too. He armed?

{Braced for a sniper shot, he held out an arm to keep the stranger back, stepping forward to look carefully out the window.} The albino. Can he shoot?

{Eyebrows raised, he looked back at the stranger, expectant.} If --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- pointing towards it.}

Smart girl. That's the start of the trail. Heel's too narrow to be the asshole chasing her. {exhaling} Sophie wanted you to know she's alive.

{"For now. You lose too many people, Dad. This won't work." }

Grab your pack. They went out the front --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin -- lifting his hand, palm up to the agitated man.}

I can help you. I'm a... {tightly} I was a federal agent, before. I can find her. But we need to go /now/.

{Turning away, his gaze dropping to the floor, he caught the scuff mark on the planks and nodded, --

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@Be_Extra_Nice @SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin Sophie? She's the blonde woman?

{Steadfastly calm in the face of the man's wild eyes, he held up a hand, gaze locked on the stranger's.}

She's not here. I'm going to put my gun away, nice and slow.

{Lowering his piece by inches, he holstered the Baretta, --

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[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin @Be_Extra_Nice -- {calling out quietly} My name is Jack Bauer. I'm armed. If you can hear me, I need to hear you. Give me a name.

[Jack Bauer @TwistingRage]

@SoyUnPhantasma @TrickShotsNGin @Be_Extra_Nice -- {quietly} Save the ones I can. It's what you would want.

"Even if you end up Dead?"

If I stop trying, I'm there already.

{Stealing forward, he eased open the back door and slipped inside, thumping on the cabin's fridge with his elbow.

No groans. No Dead.} --