I love Prison Break very much. I really don't understand how the writers can be that creative. I have been working on this story for a while (in fact, I first came up with the idea after the season 3 finale) and at last find the courage to upload it. And I would like to share it with you. Comments are welcome!

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CHAPTER ONE

It was a rainy day. In fact, the rain was fairly heavy. There were not many people on the street in Panama City. Most people had been home under this ridiculous weather, except a few homeless men. They would just sit under the roof, taking cover of the heavy rain.

LJ dashed across the street. He didn't bring an umbrella when he went out this afternoon. "No boys would take umbrella," LJ told Sophia. And he seriously regretted that. Indeed, all his clothes were soaking wet. He asked himself why bothered to run back home anyway. But then, he thought Sophia and his dad would definitely shout at him to see him like this. Trying to run back home may at least show he tried his best not to catch a cold.

LJ continued to run on this now almost empty street. The street lights were on but the homeless people looked more like the ghosts rather than the human beings. Some of them were shivering, as LJ could tell. In the past, LJ would try to talk to these people, asking how they were holding up. He had a knack of knowing everything and everyone. He was one of the typical curious teenagers. But after what he'd been through in the past few months, he would like to keep a low profile and not to gain attention anymore.

LJ passed from one building to another building. He ran very fast as the rain got heavier. After some time, he stopped under the roof of the bread shop to catch his breath. When he was trying to even his breath, he caught a glimpse of a man sitting in the corner. LJ could only see his back. But the odd posture of the man was already enough to make LJ change from looking to observing. LJ noted that the man wore a hooded jacket and the rain poured over him like waterfall. He was soaking wet because there was no way the little lamp post next to him could provide him any shelter from the rain. But none of it seemed to bother him. The man was sitting so still that LJ couldn't even tell whether he was alive.

"This man must be crazy," LJ reasoned. Every instinct told him that he should just leave the man alone. One of the first things he learnt when he attended high school was not to look for troubles. However, LJ couldn't push away the what-if questions. What if he needed help right now? What if he died because I ignored him now? I couldn't just run home like this, could I?

LJ was a good kid. He walked towards him, feeling the pounding of his heart as he got closer. The man didn't even flinch. Finally, LJ was just a few feet behind him. He was smart enough to keep certain distance and asked, "Hey, are you okay?" The man stirred and slowly turned himself towards LJ. "What if he was the company?" LJ suddenly thought and he was afraid.

It was too late to take it back anyway. The man raised his head and … both of them were stunned when their eyes met. "Uncle Mike?" LJ uttered softly, still couldn't believe who he had just seen.

"LJ? Why are you here?" Michael was actually as surprised as LJ when he saw him. But he recovered quickly. He told LJ, "LJ, promise me that you won't tell Linc. Just forget that you've seen me here, okay?" Michael then stood up and walked away.

LJ was surprised at seeing Michael here. After Mike saved him from Gretchen (yes, the horrible bitch), he just disappeared out of the hospital. Linc didn't tell him where Michael had gone, just saying that he needed to take care of something before he could live with them again. LJ assumed Michael would call before he came back. It didn't matter because LJ always liked surprise. But the fact that Michael said good–bye without even speaking to his dad was a shock. And LJ didn't really like that much.

LJ ran after Michael. "Wait, Uncle Mike. Where are you going? Why don't you come with me? Dad must love to see you," LJ said.

"No, he wouldn't," Michael replied and he didn't stop walking.

"Why would you say so?" LJ was totally confused.

"Look, just pretend that you have never seen me."

"And you think I can do that?"

"You have to. It's for your own good."

"Dad said that you would come live with us after you've taken care of things. Have you finished that?"

Michael stopped and he didn't know what to say. Did LJ need to know what he had done?

LJ sensed that something was not right. He thought he may have said something wrong. "Uncle Mike?" he said after a while when Michael was in front of him thinking about whatever there was in his mind.

Michael looked at LJ and said, "Go home, LJ. Be a good man. I love you." Then, he walked away.

"Uncle Mike, hold up," LJ tried to catch up with Michael but Michael pushed him away. "I mean what I said. Do not follow me!" Michael shouted and he kept on walking without looking back.

LJ didn't know what to do. He watched as Michael disappeared down the alley. The sadness he was feeling was a stabbing pain.

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I just hope that I haven't bored you to death! I know there's so much I need to improve and I promise I'll try. Next chapter will be about the brothers. I write that because I want to see more things about them on TV in which unfortunately this was nowhere to be found. So I figured I may as well use my imagination to satisfy myself. :)