Brittany Short

Brittany Short was the ex-girlfriend of Jake Haskell during Day 1.

Day 1
Jake Haskell was arrested shortly before midnight by Officer Poole for connection with the death of Brittany's parents as well as her disappearance. However, she had actually been kidnapped by Hamilton Sorel's men when they torched down the Shorts' house and framed Jake.

Jake Haskell was later picked up by Sorel's men before he could be rescued by CTU Detroit was was shown the Brittany was in their custody. If Jake wanted to rescue Brittany, he would have to break Paolo Luteni out of CTU custody. Jake insisted to speak with Brittany before going to do so, slightly untying her bonds in their conversation.

Hamilton took Brittany out of her room and had her watch Jake's actions at CTU on Hamilton's laptop. Hamilton answers the phone and Brittany was able to put together from what she heard on the conversation that Hamilton was planning on selling the Gardner Virus without Luteni's knowledge.

When Hamilton leaves the room to answer the next phone call, Brittany gets on the laptop headset that Hamilton was using and informs Jake on what Hamilton is planning to do before being pulled back by Sorel. Jake pretends that he hadn't heard anything since she was able to cut the headset off before being pulled away.