geeky_agent | (no subject)

July 10, 2012
9:12 AM

After driving around, Chris and Jack found a drugstore nearby that was open. Armed with a short list of supplies, she went in while Jack stayed behind with their attacker.

The store itself was brightly lit and nearly empty, only a few employees inside. It didn't take long for Chris to find everything they needed, the large bottle of extra-strength aspirin being the most important item in their makeshift first-aid kit. Hurrying up to the front of the store, she was anxious to get out of here. It's not until she reached the front of the aisle that she notices the cop standing at the checkout desk, chatting with the clerk.

At least, Chris hopes it's just idle chatter. Ducking back into the aisle, she pretends to be checking out the various kinds of snack bars, even throwing a few into her basket. When she hears the doors of the store open, she peeks around again and watches the cop leave.

It's not until he's completely out of the store that she moves forward, walking up to the check-out desk and unloading her basket. Remembering that she might have a large bruise on her forehead, Chris is careful to keep her head down, pretending to be interested in the magazines nearby.

Once she's out of the store, Chris lets out a sigh of relief and hurries towards the van.

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Jack doesn't breathe until he sees the police cruiser leave the lot, and Chris leaving the store a minute or two behind it. When he'd seen the squad car pull in, he'd immediately started wondering what he would do if Chris was caught. Leaving was probably what he should do, but he's not sure he'd just be able to drive away, not when she'd likely be taken to CTU and interrogated. Doing something might only make things worse, though, and if he got caught it was almost as good as game over.

It's hard to believe, both that Palmer is really dead and that everyone wants him for the murder. How could anyone think that he would actually do that; would actually kill someone he counted as a friend? Eight years before, someone had tried to set him up for the same thing, and he'd been framed; now it seems that things have come full circle, only this time, Palmer is actually dead, as hard as that is to believe.

He opens the door for her, wanting to just hold her for a minute now that the enormity of the situation they're in is really starting to hit him, but knowing that they don't have time. "Did you find everything?" he asks, taking the bag from her hands.