During yard time, while Michael went to seek out Charles, Eve joined John and Sucre on the bleachers.
"I'm so sick of that grin on his face," Eve grumbled to her friends as they watch T-Bag smirk over at them with a knowing look. "I just want to wipe it off his face,"
John grunted as Sucre agreed muttering a few words in Spanish. "I agree with you there chica,"
Eve subconsciously fingered her bruised side not realising John had noticed her. He glared over at T-Bag while Eve just watched on angry and embarrassed that the other man had managed to knock her out like that.
"But I feel so sorry for Seth," she mumbled spotting how Seth held onto T-Bag's pocket.
"Just the draw of his luck," John commented not knowing what else to say or do to comfort his friend.
Sucre patted her shoulder, "Yeah, some of us just aren't that lucky in here," he agreed with John. He felt bad that he was glad he wasn't sharing cells with T-Bag.
"I know but still," she mumbled finally looking away. She sighed scanning the yard for a familiar face and she saw Lincoln shooting some hoops by himself in his own yard, "I'm gonna go talk to Lincoln, away from that asshole," she mumbled standing up and walk away. John and Sucre didn't comment just grunted watching as she walked over towards Lincoln.
"Hey Linc," she greeted the older inmate taking a quick glance at the guards and standing far enough from the fences.
"Hey Eve, Michael leave you today?" Lincoln asked curiously seeing her without his brother made him worry.
"Charles," she shrugged looking bored. "Ditched me for an older man, who would have thought huh?" she joked as Lincoln laughed throwing his ball away. "So, what's your story?"
Lincoln stared down at her, pressing his lips together in thought of a shorter version for the woman. "I was framed for killing the vice president's brother," he said, "dunno why though but someone went through a hell lot of trouble to make it look like I did it,"
Eve nodded her mind running quickly as it all went back to one man. Aldo Burrows. Aldo Burrows.
"What about you? How'd you end up in here?" Lincoln repeated her own question. Eve smiled sadly and looked out over to Michael who was now sitting with Sucre and John.
Eve gave a short chuckle fisting her hands against the fence in memory, "I killed 6 people and assaulted one, no one framed me," she answered him truthfully.
Lincoln gasped getting stunned by the truth that came from such a petite woman. "Why?" he asked in a whisper unable to picture the woman do anything like that and wondered if it was safe for his brother to grow so attach to her.
"They killed my family, the people I loved most," Eve replied her voice not wavering in any way, "So I returned it,"
"Eve," Lincoln called out her name softly getting the younger woman to look up at him, her eyes filled with unshed tears. "One day, you'll tell me the whole story," he watched as her eyes widen and she nodded blinking away the tears, "those bastards probably deserved it," he added trying to lighten up the atmosphere. Eve gave a little chuckle. "Yard time is over, why don't you get back to Michael?" he asked her softly.
"Ok," she whispered feeling as her body grew tired quickly, "I'll see you soon Linc,"
"See you soon Eve," he returned watching the woman walk away and realised the woman was hiding a closet full of skeletons. Maybe even two closet full.
Eve looked over at Charles' cell wondering if she could give it a try since she spoke to older inmate more often than Michael. She saw Bellick making his way over to the older man's cell and paused. She looked over at T-Bag and Seth frowning as the boy looked lonely standing with a group of men, she spotted John from above and gave him a nod as he returned it.
Bellick left Charles' cell and Eve wanders over greeting the man with a grin, "Hey Charles," she rubs Marylin's fur softly smiling wider as the cat purred.
"Hey Eve, look, Michael has already spoken to me and I told him I don't want any trouble." He quickly told the woman who nodded slowly but looked sadly down at Marylin, "I'm sorry Eve," he apologised.
"Don't be, I know how it is here, dog eat dog world and all," she tried to cheer herself and Charles up. "It'll be fine but...it could give you a chance to leave here," she hinted the cell and the prison, "you could see your daughter Charles," she whispered knowing about his family.
Charles looked at her wide eyed pausing in his petting of Marylin, "I...I can't,"
Eve stands up nodding, "Just think about it Charles," she whispered before walking out of his cell. Eve spotted Seth by himself in his and T-Bag's cell; she looked around trying to find T-Bag but failed. It gave her a chance to get to know the younger inmate and hoped it would give him a friend.
"Hey Seth, I'm Eve," she introduced herself watching as the younger inmate jumped in surprised and stared up at her.
"I know," he whispered back sounding like he was going to cry, "T-Bag talks about you, he says your Michael's girlfriend, in a relationship just like me and T-Bag's," he whimpered in the end.
Eve shakes her head, "Oh no sweetie," she cooed to the frightened man, "Michael and I aren't like that at all, it's different for us," she explained.
"Please help me," Seth pleaded with her giving her those soulful eyes that were filling up with tears. "Please, I can't take it anymore, please help me," he continued to plead.
Eve looked down at him swallowing hard, "How Seth?" she asked in a whisper wanting to help the poor inmate. She spotted T-Bag approaching and quickly ends the conversation, "If you need to talk Seth, don't be afraid to come to me," she gave a small smile and step away from Seth walking pass T-Bag who licks his lips giving her a lustful look. Eve glared over at the disgusting man, "How about you stay away from Seth T-Bag?"
T-Bag stopped and checks out Eve running his eyes along her body, "Are you going to step in for the kid?" she grunted disgusted before thumping her shoulder hard against his when she walked back to her cell.
"Hey, what was that about?" Michael asked after watching the exchange between her and T-Bag. He was worried.
"I just told T-Bag to stay away from Seth and obviously he didn't take me seriously," Eve rolled her eyes at the mentioning of T-Bag. Michael gave her a small smile and pulled her into his cell spotting Sucre lazing on his bed. "Hey Sucre,"
"Hey chica," the Puerto Rican returned going back to ignoring the couple in his cell. He wondered why they couldn't go to her cell.
Michael ignored his cellmate for the moment, his focus on the woman before him, "Sara is getting suspicious," Michael whispered as they sat on his bed, side by side.
"In what way?" she asked in the same lowered tone as his.
He takes her hand in his, lacing their fingers together and resting their joined hands on his knee, "She's asking questions about the air duct," Eve nodded thinking about the female doctor. They fell into a comfortable silence with Michael running his thumb along the back of her hand while they rested against each other, "How are your bruises?" he asked turning his head to kiss the side of her temple.
Eve gave a small gasp but relaxed against him, "They're healing, not as terrible as before," she answered truthfully squeezing his hand once.
"Please don't have sex in the same cell as me," Sucre pleaded hearing Eve's gasp making the couple below him blush in embarrassment.
Eve stepped away from Michael and rolled her eyes looking up at Sucre who gave her a grin, "Don't be absurd Sucre," she muttered before looking back at Michael, "I should get back to my cell," Michael nodded giving her a smile before she left the two men in cell 40.
Eve returned from her showers in the female staff bathroom feeling refreshed and more awake, she noticed the group of inmates standing outside Charles' cell and wandered curiously over, "What's going on guys?" she asked.
"Someone killed Charles' cat," one of them replied to her and Eve gasped looking over at the immobile cat on the bed and then to the approaching Charles. They step away to give Charles' room to enter his own cell, Eve watched sadly as the older inmate's lips quiver at the sight of his deceased friend.
She sighed stepping into the cell. Eve dropped her hand onto Charles' shoulder giving the older inmate a squeeze of comfort. Charles looked up at her and gives a nod thanking her for his time in need. Charles picked up the body of Marylin and looked on angrily at Bellick on the opposite level. Charles looked back at Eve giving her a determined nod and Eve returned the gesture.
She leaves Charles' cell quickly in search of Michael, looking for her friend in every spot they had been to before but finds herself unsuccessful instead she finds John and Sucre. "Hey you two," she huffed out in greeting and they stare at her curiously, "Charles is gonna help us get in there," she breathlessly updates them, "Where's Michael?" she asked finally breathing properly again.
Sucre looked at her stunned not registering her question as his mind was still in on Charles helping them out, "What? How?"
Eve rolled her eyes at her Puerto Rican friend, "I told you, the right moment and right ammo," she looked over at John, "where's Michael?"
John stared at Eve furrowing his brows in thought at the man's whereabouts when the fire alarm broke out. The three stared at each other giving a little grin.
"Fire in the CO break room!" they heard over the PA making them grin even wider.
"Oh right, Eve!" Sucre exclaimed clapping the woman in the shoulder making her wince at his harsh action. "Sorry," he apologised remembering her injuries. Eve grunted back at him before they jogged towards the yard where inmates were being grouped together. "I will never doubt you again chica!" Sucre praised Eve who smirked as John chuckled loudly.
Eve spotted Michael standing by himself and grinned pushing her pace to reach him first. Michael smirked seeing her excited face, "I guess you did it after all," Michael commented giving her praise as she blushed faintly under his stare.
"All in a day's work Michael," she teased back. "Did you have PI?" she asked seeing his uniform. Michael nodded looking grim, "Michael?" she asked seeing his troubled expression.
"Linc wants out now, LJ's in trouble," Michael explained to her as she remembered LJ being his nephew, Lincoln's teenage son with his ex-wife. "They're saying he murdered his mum and step-father," Eve gave a startled gasp grabbing onto Michael's arm.
Michael looked down at Eve who stared back at him, her eyes expressed all that she felt and he gave her a small smile.
"Summers!" a guard called out catching both their attentions, he eyed the two of them but brushed any comments aside, "you're wanted in the infirmary!"
Michael gave Eve a look as Sucre and John come up to join him, Eve shrugged back at him but followed the guard to the infirmary where she could see Sara waiting.
"Hey Eve," the female doctor greeted with a smile dressed her in her white jacket. "I'm just going to check your bruises," she explained as Eve nodded sitting on the bed. Eve slips off her shirt and pulled her singlet up to her sports bra, "your bruises look better, do they hurt anymore?" she asked pressing onto a discoloured patch of skin softly.
"No, they're fine now," Eve answered watching the doctor's face.
"That's good," Sara nodded continuing to run her fingers along the woman's side, "How are you and Michael?" she asked not beating around the bush.
Eve looked down at the fingers on her skin, "We're good," she answered truthfully yet vaguely.
"I noticed you two are pretty close," Sara hinted.
Eve nodded slowly understanding that this woman was trying to extract information about Michael from her. "Michael is a private man. He has secrets, everyone has secrets doc," Eve promptly ended any more questions that the doctor wanted to ask.
"Well, I guess you're all clear for any PI duties," Sara exclaimed stepping back and stripping off the white gloves. Eve nodded redressing herself as the guard entered.
"Come on Summers, PI time,"
Eve is given a short moment to change into her PI uniform before being quickly escorted with the others. Eve rolled her eyes knowing how her guard was eager to get home now that his shift had ended, she spotted Michael from behind and gave her guard a glance before jogging over to walk beside her friend seeing the smile light up on his face at her sight.
"Hey guys," she greeted as Lincoln nicely stepped back to allow Michael and her some alone time.
"What did doc want?" Michael asked giving her a raised eyebrow while they both ignored Sucre sniggering in the background from beside John.
"She was just checking on my bruises and I've been given the all clear," Eve informed her concerned friend with a nod.
"Hey, hold up here a minute! Hold up here," Eve rolled her eyes hearing T-Bag's voice but not without stopping they all turned their bodies to watch T-Bag "seems to be a bit of confusion. I'm supposed to be on this detail," T-Bag stammered.
Sucre snorted while John turned around to face the guard, "I don't think so,"
Eve noticed that fake disappointment on his face, "Oh John, you can't be serious," and she could tell he was up to something, "not after our long illustrious history we shared together," Eve crinkled her nose in disgust, "All those nights in New York City, in California, in St Louis,"
Eve looked over at Michael confused while the latter furrowed his eyebrows in anger. "They were good times, weren't they John?" Eve bit her lip in concern as Michael thought deeply, "Tell the badge here about 'em, cause if you don't want to..." T-Bag trailed off "I certainly could,"
Michael quickly looked back at John and gave the older man a defeated look. Sucre cursed in Spanish while Lincoln growled to himself muttering threats under his breath while Eve stared over at Michael concerned for the man as well as the plan.
They stood around the burnt CO break room with Sucre and Lincoln glaring hatefully at T-Bag who looked quite smug. "I want this place gutted." Bellick began listing off his demands, "the dry wall's gotta be torn out, studs gotta be removed,"
"Boss, we've got some toxic issues here," John interrupted taking a look around the room, "Asbestos to start with,"
Bellick shrugged, "Take it up with the union, all I'm saying is this room's your only priority now," Eve rolled her eyes, "it better be brand spanking new when you're done," Bellick reached down and lifted off a tarp to show a wheelbarrow full of tools
"If anybody's thinking about getting cute, trying to trunk one of these tools out of here," Bellick threatened, "Brady's got the outline of every single piece of hardware in here and at the end of everyday every single piece better match up, or you're all going to the hole,"
Eve stood close beside Michael, their hands brushing lightly against each other as the guards slowly one by one left the room. "Let's go," he commanded as Lincoln and John lifted the table in the centre to the side. Michael and Eve lifted the carpet just enough to reveal the single drain underneath. "This goes down four feet, connects to the main line below," he explained their next step, "all we've gotta do is widen it and we've got ourselves an on-ramp to route 66."
Michael stood up and reached over to the first sledgehammer handing the hardware to John who passed it around to Lincoln,
"Woah woah woah, they're gonna hear this man," Lincoln said.
"They won't," Eve explained while she threw the tarp over the drain to block out the loud sounds.
Michael stared at T-Bag hesitating on giving the man a sledgehammer in case he could use it against them, "Come on pretty, we're a team now," Michael sighed giving in and threw one over. Michael turned to look at Eve with a soft smile and slipped one into her hands. "Woah, let's leave the hard work to the big boys now, lil lady," T-Bag smirked giving Eve a lustful look.
"You. Shut up," Lincoln warned.
"It's ok Linc," she soothed the giant who nodded stepping back. Eve glared over at T-Bag before lifting the sledgehammer over her shoulders and down at the drain. She repeated the process a couple of times before smirking over at T-Bag, "guess I can be a big boy too,"
Lincoln smirked and copied Eve's earlier actions as John chuckled amused at seeing the stunned look on T-Bag's face. Michael laid a hand on her back before joining in on smashing the drain.
corbsxx: mmhmm ;] thanks again for reviewing and I hope you like the Michael and Eve scene.
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