Betrayed

[geeky_agent]

Honor.

That was something that she had always believed in. She was raised to believe that serving her country was a worthwhile cause. A noble cause.

Her father gave years of his life to his country. She did. Her brother did. They all sacrificed because they believed in something bigger than themselves.

Even though she knew the darker sider of their work, even though she knew the risks she had never thought they would be so cruely betrayed.

Her father was murdered and it was just swept under the rug. No investigation. No trial. No punishment. No retribution.

Just lies.

Her father's sacrifice was never even acknowledged. Her family's pain was forgotten. They were all forgotten. Those responsible - they never paid. They still had their reputations, their freedom, their lives.

For all their talk of justice and integrity - they had never admitted to what they'd done.

Cowards.

Comments

[agirllost]

Kim knows this is a bad idea. But she's her father's daughter so that knowledge doesn't even stop her. And she has to see how Chris is doing. So she knocks.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris looks away from the window.

"Who is it?"

[agirllost]

"It's Kim. I know that I'm probably the last person...almost the last person in the universe you want to talk to right now."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Got that right.

She walks over to the door and opens it.

"What do you want, Kim?"

[agirllost]

"I just want to talk to you." Kim hates that her voice has become softer, as if she has shrunk under Chris's glare.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris moves back in the room and sits down in the chair.

"Ok. Talk."

[agirllost]

Kim doesn't like *that* look on her face at all. She enters the room and reluctantly closes the door behind her because Chris won't hurt her, right?

"I know that you know what happened."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"That your father murdered my father?" she says in a dry tone.

[agirllost]

Kim nods. "I found out a week or so ago myself. I didn't know."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris shrugs.

"Ok."

[agirllost]

"It really shocked me. And I'm having a hard time forgiving him. But I have to know...what are you planning to do?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris raises an eyebrow at this.

"What makes you think I'm planning anything?"

[agirllost]

'Because I've dreamt about you killing my dad twice now and I'm not so sure it's just a dream...'

"Because I know how I'd feel."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

His stomach in knots, Jack reaches Chris' room and knocks on the door. Anticipation is always the worst part of anything bad, and he tells himself again that it's better to get this over with.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris growls to herself when she hears the knock.

"Who is it?" she asks, expecting to hear her dad or Kim answer.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He takes a deep breath to stady himself; it doesn't really work.

"It's Jack Bauer," he replies hoarsely.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris pauses by the door when she hears this, her hand still on the doorknob.

Her arm feels numb and heavy.

Why should I be nervous?

She takes a deep breath and then opens the door.

"Yes?" she asks cooly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Her practiced calm when she opens the door doesn't surprise him; it's exactly like what her father often does when faced with a confrontation. The number of times he's wanted to say anything just to get Ryan to drop that composed facade...

But he doesn't want that right now. "Can I come in?" he says quietly, somehow managing to meet her gaze.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Sure," she says with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes.

She closes the door behind them when he steps into the room.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He waits until she's closed the door before saying anything. "I just want to say how sorry I am for...for killing your father, though I know that saying that doesn't fix anything. And I know there are probably quite a few things you'd like to say to me or questions you'd like to ask. So go ahead," he says quietly.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She almost folds her arms but realizing that was a defensive posture she slips her hands into her pockets and turns to face him fully.

"Why would I have anything to say to you, Jack?" she asks.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He forces himself to look at her as he speaks, willing his voice to stay steady. "Because it's my fault your father's dead."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Yes. It is."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He tightens his jaw at that. She certainly wasn't going to make it easy, but then he didn't exactly deserve to have her going easy on him.

"So go ahead. Fire at will."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Why?" she says with a tilt of her head.

"So you can feel sorry for yourself? Not interested."