24 (TV Series)

Day 3: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. (2004)

Reiko Aylesworth: Michelle Dessler

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• Tony Almeida : [Over the phone]  what's the status?

  Michelle Dessler : Alvers planted vial containing the Cordilla virus in the ventilation system: it's on a timing device, it went off as Gael was trying to disarm it

  Tony Almeida : He was in direct contact?

  Michelle Dessler : Yeah. His shutting the system now but we have to assume it's permeated the entire building

  Tony Almeida : Within fourteen hours anybody exposed to the virus will become symptomatic. They'll affect whoever they come in contact with

  Michelle Dessler : Yeah I know. No one can be allowed to leave the building, we have to impose a total quarantine

  Tony Almeida : Scramble a code six perimeter

  Michelle Dessler : We have to be careful about this. Once these people realize what's going on, they'll create a widespread panic

  Tony Almeida : Our people will hold a hundred yard radius and stay out of sight and LAPD and Health Services will move in adjacent to the hotel

  Michelle Dessler : Good. The vial Alvers planted, he said there are eleven more

  Tony Almeida : Alvers told you this?

  Michelle Dessler : I just left him

  Tony Almeida : You just left him? He could've been exposed to the virus, how'd get outside the hotel?

  Michelle Dessler : He didn't leave the hotel. His still in the basement

  Tony Almeida : Are you inside?

  Michelle Dessler : Yeah

  Tony Almeida : What the hell are you doing in there?

  Michelle Dessler : I wasn't trying to be a hero. It's the only decision I could make

  Tony Almeida : How far are you from the ventilation room?

  Michelle Dessler : I'm not sure

  Tony Almeida : Health Services are bringing protective gear, I want you to put it on as soon as they get there now if we can get you outside the hotel, we can isolate you...

  Michelle Dessler : [Interrupts him]  I can't leave

  Tony Almeida : Are you listening to me? I'm ordering you to get out

  Michelle Dessler : Well, that's an order I can't obey. As it is there's only seven other agents including Gael, it's full of people that need to be contained and controlled, communications, testing procedures, it all has to be coordinated and I am the ranking officer

• Gael Ortega : [Walking up to her with Philips]  all the exits have been secured

  Michelle Dessler : Good, we need to shut down the elevators and the phone system

  Craig Phillips : It's that serious?

  Michelle Dessler : Essentially: yes. For now no one can leave the building, our first priority is to prevent a panic

  Craig Phillips : Shutting down hotel operations will create one. People still have their cell phones

  Michelle Dessler : We're directing a jamming signal into the hotel

  Craig Phillips : How do you stay in contact with CTU if the cell phones are jammed?

  Michelle Dessler : Our phones operate on a different frequency, it won't be affected

  Craig Phillips : Is anyone going to survive this?

  Michelle Dessler : That's what we're here to insure

  Gael Ortega : [to Philips]  look, we're going to rely on your leadership, you and your employees will be our first line of defense ok?

  Michelle Dessler : We also need you shut down the fire alarm

  Craig Phillips : It's hard wired into the main grid, it has to be shut down one node at a time

  Craig Phillips : [after Michelle remains silent, before he walks away]  I'll take care of it

  Michelle Dessler : Thank you

  Gael Ortega : We probably got an hour or so before people start waking up, where's Alvers?

  Michelle Dessler : His downstairs with Peterson, he gave up nothing except there are more vials: somewhere

  Michelle Dessler : [after sitting down next to him]  I know you wouldn't have been exposed to the virus if it wasn't for me

  Gael Ortega : You didn't have us do anything we would've done on our own

• Michelle Dessler : [Over the phone]  the situation's even worse than we thought

  Tony Almeida : What're you talking about?

  Michelle Dessler : Gael started hemorrhaging from the nose and mouth: less than an hour after exposure

  Tony Almeida : So the incubation period is no longer fourteen hours

  Michelle Dessler : According to Alvers, the compounded he added to the virus acts as an accelerant

  Tony Almeida : Is Gael the only one showing symptoms?

  Michelle Dessler : As far as I know

  Tony Almeida : Where is he?

  Michelle Dessler : I isolated him in a room in the basement

  Tony Almeida : Were you exposed to any of his blood?

  Michelle Dessler : No, but we tested the air throughout the hotel. The virus is everywhere and I've been breathing it

  Tony Almeida : [sighs]  reinforcements are on the way. Everyone knows we need a hard perimeter as soon as possible

  Michelle Dessler : I'll get back to you

  Tony Almeida : Michelle...

  Michelle Dessler : [Interrupts him]  I can't do this now, we have to focus on making sure no one gets out of here

  Tony Almeida : [Before hanging up]  yeah, ok

• Michelle Dessler : [Over the radio]  how you feeling?

  Gael Ortega : I'm ok, I'm alright: the bleeding stops and starts. I just feel very weak

  Michelle Dessler : As soon as NHS gets here, they're going to send a doctor to see you

  Gael Ortega : To track the progress of the virus?

  Michelle Dessler : To make you more comfortable

  Gael Ortega : You've got to get them here soon. You're going to have a hard time keeping people in the hotel once they wake up