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Teri Bauer was terrified. It was now glaringly obvious that her supposed friend Nina Myers was the mole, and it was also obvious to her that Nina was not the sweet, kind person she had been acting as all day. She watched as Nina hurried around, sorting out her exfiltration from CTU. Then, she got a feeling of pure horror. Teri wanted to say something, but the duct tape tightly plastered to her mouth made this impossible.
“I'm leaving now, Teri. Someone will find you soon,” Nina told her, as if everything was going to be OK. Teri didn't see Nina, or hear the bullet that tore through her organs, through her stomach. A small victory in some way. As everything went dark, Teri decided to think only of Jack and Kim.
Rubbing her eyes before realising what had just happened, Teri sat up quickly, before placing her hand gently on her stomach. Looking down, she noticed the blood and sighed heavily. She had been looking forward to having a second child, but it had been callously stolen from her and her family.
“Teri, are you OK?,” a kindly woman's voice called. Teri looked at the woman, and recognised her mother, who had died some years ago, and she knew at this point that she was dead. No more second chance, no more of Jack or Kim.
“No. No, I'm not,” Teri said, her eyes still locked on her stomach. A gentle hand cupped her chin and slowly raised her head until she made eye contact with her father. He had died when she was just a teenager, an event which she had never truly gotten over.
“Jack and Kim will never forget you,” he told his daughter. He looked at her and knew that Jack's job had to have something to do with her death. He didn't blame Jack, he never had, but he couldn't help but feel angry.
“Hey, you feel sleepy?,” he asked, and Teri nodded. Her father planted a kiss on her cold forehead gently.
“Lie down, Teri, and dream,” he spoke.