The following takes place between 6am and 7am. Events occur in real time.

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6:00

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The sun had only recently risen in Washington D.C. A bus driver has only five people on board at the moment, four of them are on their way to early shifts at their respective jobs. But one, seems a bit nervous. As the bus reaches it's stop, he pushes a button, and quickly leaves the bus. The driver becomes nervous when he realizes that he left his bag in his seat. But it's too late, the package explodes.

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A man named Liam silently waits in his car. The sun has just risen, but it's still dark in this spot. Liam would prefer the cover of darkness for this job. Then Mohammed leaves his apartment. Before he can get to his car Liam runs over Mohammed, purposely killing this man. Liam realizes too late that a neighbor might have seen him do this. So far this neighbor might just think it's a drunken hit and run, hopefully he'll continue thinking that while Liam escapes.

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President Donovan is sleeping, trying to preserve his strength for the peace talks with doctor Hekmetyar. But he gets his wake up call a bit early. It's his chief of staff Santos.

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Donovan: Yes?

Santos: Sir there's been a development, we need you in the Situation Room.

Donovan: I'm coming.

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At CTU Washington director George Mason is alerted about a new development by Milo Pressman.

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Mason: What is it Milo?

Milo: You know how we've been monitoring the extremist websites lately?

Mason: Because of the upcoming peace talks, I know.

Milo: One of these websites just released a video.

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Milo showed Mason the video. It showed a man with a mask. He was speaking in english.

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Speaker: By now you know of our warning shot. One of our operatives released an explosive device in a public bus. This only contained water, and hurt noone. Had we wanted to, we could have killed americans, but that is not for us to decide. President Donovan claims he is withdrawing his army from Afghanistan, but in truth he is merely installing his puppet, that traitor Hekmatyar, to rule in his place. The true muslims of Afghanistan will never surrender until the infidels are driven out. If these so called peace talks are not called off, America will pay with the blood of it's citizens.

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Mason alerts his staff about this tape. He also begins calling in people who thought they had the day off. This is going to be one of those days when they need all hands on deck.

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President Donovan is shown this video in the Situation Room. With his are Santos and general Douglas.

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Donovan: Do we know what this "Explosion" was?

Santos: Yes sir. A teenager set of a water balloon explosion on the bus, claims someone hired him through an app to do this. Local police are trying to track this app now, but it will probably be a dead end.

Donovan: This is clearly about the peace talks with doctor Hekmetyar.

Douglas: We agree sir, the problem is that, even though Hekmetyar seems to be serious about peace, his control over his own people is less than absolute.

Donovan: Are we certain it was muslim extremists who did this? Plenty of our people are upset about the possibility of peace with the Taliban.

Santos: CTU is investigating all possibilities. And local law enforcement is being put on high alert as well. Good. Keep me updated on any developments. In the meantime Hekmetyar will be arriving at Camp David in less than six hours, I need to prepare for those talks.

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Jack Bauer wakes up in bed next to his beloved Audrey Raines. Except that these two were not currently calling themselves Jack and Audrey. These two were on the run, from their own people. A little over a year ago Jack and Audrey were involved in a clandestine operation. They thought they were saving lives, serving their country, but a lot of innocent people died as a result. Jack and Audrey fled, he didn't get the chance to say goodbye to Kim, he'd never even seen his grandson. Today Jack and Audrey were planning to leave the country for good, but he had to see Kim and the baby just one time before then. No matter the risk, Jack had to say goodbye.

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6:09