A/N: This one is from Lincoln's POV.

As the sun sets, I realize that I have been driving all day and we need to stop for dinner and find a place to stay the night. I look in the rearview mirror and see Sara asleep, head in Michael's lap. I'm really happy for them. They seem like they are really good for each other and my brother has never been more content. Ding, Ding. The gas gauge reminds me that I need to stop for gas. I pull into the gas station hoping to make it a short trip so that I can do the rest of the stuff that I have to do. Hating to wake them, but knowing that I have to, I shake Michael's shoulder.

"Mike?", I say.

"Huh?", he grumbles.

"We're stopped for gas, then we need to get dinner and find a hotel"

"Ok".

Michael gets up to come with me, and makes his hoodie into a makeshift pillow for Sara. He walks around the car, stretching his legs while I go inside to pay for the gas. The guy at the cash register looks at me like he knows who I am. This makes me extremely nervous. As soon as I pay, I rush out and put the gas into the car as fast as I possibly can. That's when I realize that Michael is gone. Damn, where the hell did he go? I open the door to the car and see that Sara is still there. At least I know where one person is.

"Sara?", I gently whisper.

"Lincoln", Sara sits up.

"Michael's gone and I don't know where he went. I just went in to pay for gas and he came out to stretch his legs but when I came out, he was gone."

"Oh my god", Sara scrambles out of the car.

"Why don't we look around the gas station first and then we can branch out".

"Sounds like a good idea".

We begin to look around the gas station and then go across the street to the King Sooper's. I can tell that Sara is really worried. How the hell does my brother get himself into these situations? Seriously, who just disappears from a gas station when they are stretching their legs? Not only that but how exactly does one intentionally get into jail and then break out? I can't even believe the situations he wedged himself into when we were kids. Sara suddenly turns into the ally and gives me a worried look.

"Did you bring your gun?", she asks.

"Yea, why?", I respond.

"I hear voices in the ally and I think its Michael and somebody else. I have a bad feeling about them".

I nod and we keep walking down the ally. I have my hand on the gun in my back pocket, and pull out my extra to hand it to Sara. She puts it in her back pocket like me. We swing around the corner and come face to face with Mahone. Shit, shit, shit. This is not good. I heard that he killed Abruzzi and Haywire and that he was after the rest of the Fox River eight. He has Michael backed up against the wall with a gun pressed to his throat. Mahone grabs me and shoves me roughly next to my brother. I notice that Sara isn't with us and hope that she gets as far away as she can because there is no way Mahone is letting us out of this alive. As soon as he is completely focused on us, Sara comes from around the corner with the gun I gave her, trained on Mahone. Mahone turns around when he hears her cocking the barrel. I see the terrified look on Michael's face when Mahone focuses his gun on Sara.

"This is good isn't it? Sara I'm sure you pictured spending the rest of your life running with escaped convicts, it's a dream come true. Being with the scum of the earth for the rest of your life", Mahone says coldly.

"Don't talk about them that way. They are way better men than you could ever be. I mean at least they have balls, unlike you. They wouldn't resort to murder just to protect a secret about another murder therefore putting their whole family in danger", Sara replies.

I almost laugh, but I know that its so not the time. I look over and see the smile on Michael's face. We've got a hell of a firecracker on our hands. Shaking his head, Mahone puts his finger on the trigger intending to shoot to kill. Sara acts too fast for him and raises her foot kicking the gun out of his hands. She then kicks him, knocking him back. Michael and I take this chance to run from our place on the brick wall. We run as fast as we possibly can down the ally. Mahone isn't far behind, having recuperated, firing shots at us while we narrowly dodge them. Finally, we reach the car and hop in. I jiggle the wires rewiring the car. Then we are once again speeding toward temporary safety. After we have been driving for awhile it becomes obvious that something is bothering Michael.

"What's wrong Michael"?, I ask.

"It's not right that Sara should have to spend her life running with escaped convicts", Michael responds.

"I actually think it's a pretty good thing for me to do", Sara responds.

"How is it in your best interests to live a life on the run"?, Michael asks her. I don't say anything because its become pretty obvious that this conversation is strictly between them.

"First of all, I'm working to save an innocent man's life. A man that I have grown to care a lot about. I also care about you so much. I don't have any family left which means that you guys are a few of the only people that I have left. And I would be living a life on the run from Nate anyway. I'm actually lucky that I'm not dealing with him by myself. Mahone's an idiot anyway. You guys are way better than him", Sara explains.

I'm looking out the window and realize that we have just reached "Colorful Colorado". We are supposed to meet Sucre in Denver and we have reached Sterling. I decided that we should stop here for the night and meet Sucre tomorrow. I need to call him to tell him and figure out a place to meet. I look up and notice that Michael and Sara have nearly made up.

"Sara I'm glad that we're here for you too, but I just want you to do what you need to do. By the way I'm just gonna say that when I finally do meet this guy he's going to need to be hospitalized and that's so not even me." Michael says.

"Well I can't be upset about that considering the fact that he didn't mind having me hospitalized", Sara responds.Hold on a minute, this Nate guy had Sara hospitalized? Woah that really pisses me off.

"He did what?", I growl.

"He beat me up one night when he was high and drunk", Sara answers.

"Hey Michael, I'm gonna help you kick this dick's ass so badly that he's never going to be able to sit again"

"Guys, you guys are being way overprotective of me, its all said and done and even though it was horrible, I don't need you guys to do anything"

"Sara this guy physically attacked you and he's ruining your life and you don't want us to do something about it? Because that's just not going to happen", Michael answers.

I see an exit and a Sleep Inn and I head for it. It's obvious that I'm going to need to be making some of the decisions since these too are too into each other to focus on oh I don't know not sleeping in the street. Don't get me wrong I'm happy for my little bro its just they aren't really able to give input right now.

"We're going to sleep at the Sleep Inn and we will order room service", I announce.

"Oh wow big brother finally taking charge", Michael jokes.

When we get into the hotel I'm happy to be greeted by the cool breeze. I order two rooms with one king in each. I think its pretty obvious why Michael didn't come back to our room last night. Michael and Sara take their bags up to their room while I take mine to my room. In my room I call Sucre.

"Hey Sucre its Linc", I say when he answers.

"Hey Linc, so whats the plan?", Sucre asks.

"Well we're in Sterling so we can make it to Denver by tomorrow. Are you already there?"

"Yea I got here today and I found out from my source where L.J is. Right now he is waiting to be placed in foster care."

"If he's waiting that means he's where?"

"Well he's staying in headquarters not in a cell or anything but they have a few rooms for situations like this."

"Its going to be hard to figure out a plan but I'm sure we'll figure out something. Hey how's Maricruz?"

"She's good right now she's staying in New York and I'm meeting her there after I help you guys get L.J".

"Thanks for caring so much and thanks for helping".

"Of course. I heard some information and I had to help. You would have done the same thing for me. Oh by the way did you hear more about that Nate guy"?

"Yea. Apparently he was Sara's boyfriend. That is until he beat her up so badly that she had to be hospitalized and then he became obsessed with her and wants to kill her".

"Wow what a creep"

"Yea I know but I gotta go Sucre do you want to meet at the Botanical Gardens at 4:00PM?

"Yea see you then bye Linc".

As soon as I hung up the phone I called room service and called up dinner for all of us. I went to Michael and Sara's room and knocked on the door. I once again heard kissing sounds and I wondered if they were ever going to stop making out every time they were alone. God talk about a one track mind.

"I ordered room service come to my room when you guys are ready", I called.

I head back to my room shaking my head at my brother. I wasn't even that bad with Veronica when I was a teenager. Oh V I still miss her so much. I can't believe she died. Sometimes I wonder how she would have reacted if positions were reversed but I think that she would have reacted the same. She would have cried over me but still tried to live her life and keep going. Soon the room service has arrived and they came shortly after. After we were settled, I started talking about the plan.

"Tomorrow we are going to make our way to Denver and meet Sucre in the Botanical Gardens at 4:00 PM.", I inform.

"Ok but how are we going to get to L.J", Michael asks.

"Well that's the tricky part. He's staying in headquarters before he can be placed in foster care and that's the only chance we will get to grab him and get our asses out of there". I answer.

"But how are we going to pull that one off?", Michael actually doesn't know what to do for the first time in his life.

"Well I have an idea", Sara responds.