Jack Bauer

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒚." ▸ Detective Jack Bauer ▸ Not new to RP ▸ Literate ▸ Descriptive as needed ▸ Independent Portrayal #GCPD #GordonMCU #DCRP

@AnalystOBrian 📱"Dammit," he exclaimed. "Fine. It's good that he knows anyway." A cab catches his signal and pulls to the curb. "Thank you all the same, Chloe. I'll be in when I can." Jack ends the call and opens the rear door of the cab.

@DetJackBauer 📱"Don't thank me yet." She leans in closer, as if whispering to the computer monitor. "I had to tell him where you were and why you were there. He asked me point-blank, and I wasn't going to lie to his face."

Noticing from the ping on her system that @DetJackBauer had returned stateside, she gives him a call.

@AnalystOBrian 📱"I plan on it. But there's something I need to take care of first." He holds up a hand to hail a cab. "Thanks for covering for me, Chloe."

@DetJackBauer 📱"Finally, you're back," she said, relieved. "You'd better report in, Jack. The commissioner wants to see you ASAP."

"Can't say it doesn't feel good to be back in Gotham City." #GordonMCU #OneGotham

"𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑒." ▸ Data Analyst Chloe O'Brian ▸ Not new to RP ▸ Literate ▸ Descriptive as needed ▸ Independent Portrayal #GCPD #GordonMCU #DCRP

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish @DetRyanHardy "Chloe… thank you. I owe you." Jack continues closing in on the compound.

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish @DetRyanHardy I’m wiping the sat phone logs on my end. You’ve got about four minutes before this signal gets risky. So get off the line as soon as you can."

The satellite phone crackles to life in the humid Sangala night. He dials @AnalystOBrian’s cell number—the only one he actually knows by heart—and hits call. “Chloe. It’s me.” Jack’s voice is low, almost a whisper, but carries that familiar razor-edge urgency.

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish @DetRyanHardy "Deal."

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish Chloe's typing intensifies. "And when you get back, you owe me the longest, most excruciatingly detailed debrief of your life. Plus coffee—the good stuff. Not this precinct sludge @DetRyanHardy uses."

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish The smallest huff of air escapes him, a sound that might be mistaken for a laugh. "Understood."

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish "Don't," she says abruptly. "Don't you dare apologize now. Just… don't get dead, Jack. Because if you die before I can yell at you face-to-face, I swear to God I'll find a way to bring you back and kill you myself."

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish "I’m sorry to keep doing this to you. I just can't stand by and let this happen again. These bastards need to be stopped for good."

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish Her tone is quiet now, almost soft. "You know I will, Jack. I always do, even when you're being a complete jackass about it." She minimizes her current tab and opens a new one.

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish "Dammit, Chloe." His voice is nearly inaudible as he nears the compound. "Then tell him I’m burned out. Tell him I snapped, took leave—whatever the hell you want. Just keep them away from me." Jack stops moving and softens his voice. "Chloe… I need you to do this."

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish "Seriously, Jack?" she said sarcastically. "You want me to tell the Commissioner one of his own detectives thinks the GCPD is dirty? I'm not doing that. He'll tear the city apart looking for you."

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish “Tell him I’m chasing a lead on the Maroni case, deep undercover. And tell him I went dark because someone in the precinct is compromised.”

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish "Three weeks?!" she exclaimed in shock, but quickly lowered her voice. "Are you insane? Gordon’s no idiot. He’s already suspicious because your desk looks like a bomb went off and you left your damn coffee mug half-full. Again."

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish "I can’t tell you over this line. Not yet. Just buy me some time." He tosses the bag over his shoulder, slipping it on in one fluid motion. "Two weeks. Maybe three."

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish Her voice steadies, sarcasm gone. "Alright, Jack… what did you find?"

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish "Yes, Chloe. The same one." Jack starts putting his gear back into his bag as he gets ready to move.

@DetJackBauer @GothamsCommish There's a long pause, and the typing stops. "Sangala. As in 'the place that still shows up in my nightmares' Sangala?"

@AnalystOBrian @GothamsCommish "I'm in Sangala. It's... it's bad here, Chloe. Worse than bad," he said as he watched the atrocities unfolding before him. "I'm completely off-grid. No one at #GCPD can know I'm gone."

@DetJackBauer "You never do," she sighed heavily, her voice lowering. "You vanished from Gotham three days ago without a word. @GothamsCommish has already asked me twice where you are, and he keeps hovering over my desk because your caseload is piling up. So whatever this is, make it fast."

@AnalystOBrian "I don’t have time to explain," he says in a low voice while scanning the area through binoculars.

@DetJackBauer "I know it’s you, Jack," she said in a deadpan voice as she continued typing. "Your sat phone has a unique identifier. I watched it go active twelve minutes ago in the middle of goddamn Africa. What are you doing there again, Jack?"

"It's been a long night. But staying at the precinct to get this done was worth every second."

[One Gotham Accord] James Gordon didn’t sleep much anymore. He never really had, but these days the insomnia had purpose. After @IcebergOfGotham left his office with that strange, almost respectful nod, Jim felt something he hadn’t felt in years—hope. He sat at his desk, +

📱"Yeah, O'Brian? This is Bauer." "I'm following up on that lead you provided." "Yeah, you were right . . . The address you gave me checks out." "Do I have authorization to enter?" "Affirmative. I'll call back when I've got something." #GordonMCU