Michelle "meets" Audrey and finds out more about s4; Palmer stops by for a chat about Behrooz

[chelleuncurled]

Last night, Michelle spoke to Dina Araz and got a lead. Today she's sitting at a table and writing in her notebook.

She has a diet soda and a basket of onion rings.

She however has no idea what happened yesterday with Nita. Feel free to bring her even more bad news.

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[audieraines.livejournal.com]

Somewhere close to the table occupied my Ms. Dessler is a blonde woman on her second glass of vodka.

[chelleuncurled]

Michelle looks over at the blonde haired woman - she looks vaguely familiar but isn't sure why. She notices the woman seems upset.

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

Audrey dabs at her tears with the Kleenex Chase gave her and looks around the bar. She notices Michelle Dessler sitting not too far away from her. Seeing Ms. Dessler makes her sip at her vodka more.

[chelleuncurled]

The woman makes eye contact with her and she seems so distraught that even Michelle wants to go over and talk to her. But she has so much to think about right now, she's not sure she can handle any new major problems.

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

Luckily, since alcohol makes people chatty, Audrey stands up and walks over to Michelle's table.

"Hi."

[chelleuncurled]

Michelle looks up at the woman.

"Hi," she says calmly, unable to think of anything to say next.

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"What time are you from?"

[chelleuncurled]

Michelle blinks a little confused. "Excuse me?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"What time are you from?"

[chelleuncurled]

"Do you know me?" Michelle's having a hard time figuring out what she means and strangers don't usually ask about time randomly.

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"You're Michelle Dessler."

[chelleuncurled]

That immediately puts her on guard. "Yes, do I know you?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"No. Depends on what time you come from." Audrey thinks. "What time are you from?"

[chelleuncurled]

"Time?" Michelle asks, confused again. "I'm sorry, do I meet you in the future?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"You were running CTU with Bill Buchanan and Tony Almeida. You work at Division and you came in to replace Driscoll when she left because her daughter died."

[chelleuncurled]

Michelle nods, now a little wary that a woman she doesn't recognize knows so much about what she was doing. "Are you an agent?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

"I work for the Secretary of Defense."

[chelleuncurled]

Secretary of Defense. Woman. Upset. From the future the pieces are coming together.

"Audrey?" Michelle guesses.

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

She nods. "'s me. Audrey Raines."

[chelleuncurled]

Michelle's wariness is replaced by concern. "Do you want to sit down?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

Audrey blinks away tears. "I...I think...I should go find a room."

[chelleuncurled]

"Are you from...are you from April 25th?"

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

She nods.

[chelleuncurled]

"I'm so sorry, Audrey."

[audieraines.livejournal.com]

Audrey blinks at Michelle. Michelle didn't have any idea what had happened that day, and she was sorry? She shakes her head. "You don't know what happened."