" My named is Michael Scofield….. "
Michael turns around to the audience for moving over to his place beside Steve.
It is like the tension in the air touching him directly.
He changes a short sight with Sara and sits down.
Sara is in mixed emotions, does this sight she caught mean he knows really that he is Michael, or is it just because Steve told him.
* Flashback to the doctor telling her, he thinks he is Kevin *
She sit straight behind Michael and it would only needs to reach out with her hand to touch him and no matter all this people are around her, she has the feeling to smell him, to feel him. Every bone in her body tells her, he found his memories.
The Judge still looks curious at Michael. He tries to find out what's so special on this man.
* * *
"What happens inside?" Maya R., the up coming star on media sky, in her own opinion, asking a court employee, who comes out of the building. She has the most charming smile possible in her face. She hates it much standing outside here, not knowing what's going on inside.
"The prosecutor had just completed his opening speech, and has added a new indictment." The man answers after some dollars wandering in his pocket.
Maya is electrified from the second she hears new indictment.
"What is it? Please!"
20 more dollars let vanish the hesitations away from the man's face.
"He wants to….
Skip in the courtroom.
"And finally we accuse him for aiding Lincoln Burrows to escape." Prosecutor ends his speech.
Some murmuring goes through the audience, when he brings this new point on the table. Linc is close just to stand up and tell them he did it by his own and Michael has nothing to do with it, but the whispered "No!" from Bear holds him back.
"It doesn't helps Michael now Linc, you know this!" he let follow and Linc knows he is right . His face is thoughtful and worried, but somehow confident at the end.
"I'll find a way, if needed!" Linc is thinking.
Michael turns his head just in this moment and let his eyes wandering for a short time across the audience and for seconds his ones met Lincs. Linc isn't sure if Michael recognized him, but it seems like an invisible line is build between the brothers with this short sight.
The judge looks surprised.
"According the now 4 different counts prosecution calls for a lifelong penalty."
Steve looks at Michael.
He tries to ask him, if there is some kind of evidence, but the judge calls him to start with his opening speech now.
Steve steps forward in front of the audience. He is greeting the jury with nodding in there direction.
"Your honour! Ladies and Gentlemen. " He starts his speech.
"You heard the prosecutor. We are here to find out, if this man, Michael Scofield, husband, father, brother, friend of many people, structural engineer, deserves to be put behind bars for the rest of his life, like the prosecutor calls for, for crimes like saving his pregnant wife's life, destroying a prisons generator or escape after being caught unconscious, not knowing who he is.
Beg your pardon! This is a ridiculous construct!"
Steve moves over to the jury. He looks directly at Henry Pope for some seconds and starts talking again:
"We will proof that breaking out his wife, was an act of self-protection. We will proof that all of this, is nothing but the try to make Mr. Scofield pay for things he did in the past. Things he did because a corrupt, dangerous organisation, involved in all levels of industry, politics and justice, forces him to do them and things he is already exonerated for. The same organisation, which wants to get their revenge now, for this man stops them to do their deals, stop them to kill innocent people, stop them to make this country an addict of the all mighty money. The same organisation that wants to make Mr. Scofield the victim in this "Judgement day…."
* * *
Maricruz and Felicia taking care for Michael jr. and Emily, while Sara and Rita are in courthouse. Lila and Emily tried to make the boy playing with them, but Michael just sitting in front of the TV screen following the news around his daddy's trial.
Maricruz has seen him, when Michael steps out of a car, escorted by 3 police officers. The boy obviously is hurt by the fact seeing his dad in handcuffs, treaded like a felon.
She sits down beside the boy and lays her arm around him.
The boy cuddles a bit closer to her and looks up to her.
"They will let my Daddy go Maricruz, right? He did nothing wrong. I can't lose him." He says with a very serious voice.
Maricruz feel some tears coming up into her eyes.
She can't answer this question. She just holds the boy closer.
On the TV- screen Maya's face pops up.
"Latest Scofield news people. Prosecutor brought a new crime on the table. Now there are 4 different accuses against our Mr. Breakout. Will see if he is able to break out of this. To be totally honest, I hope so, but the chance for him to get a "GUILTY" is much bigger than being a free man after this. "
Different from her normal work it took her some seconds to bring her voice in the normal sound …
"This is Maya R. exclusive for FOX-News."
* * *
The first issue is the generator thing.
Steve tries to play it down. Telling the audience that Michael accidentally grabs the lines when he struggles, but it was easy for the prosecutor to proof that the lines are in a locked box and that there are traces of breaking the lock found.
Steve bits his lips. The whole time they just ignored this point and he is sure about the result.
Michael doesn't shows any kind of emotion, when after only 5 minutes the jury says
"Guilty!" By a unanimous vote.
Henry looks at him, trying to catch his sight. Telling him without words that he has had no choice. He would have lost his integrity otherwise, but Michael doesn't replies the sight.
He seems to be far away with his thoughts, and he is…..
* * *
Michael is back in Sara's house in Costa Rica, meeting his son for the first time. He sees and hears the little boy talking. He feels the happiness that comes from the boy, with every word he speaks. He feels him lying beside him in this hospital, begging his daddy not to leave him. Oh yes he loves the boy more than life itself and a little smiles comes around in his face.
The smile vanish away immediately, when he hear the prosecutors voice:
"Maybe Mr. Scofield gives us the honour to participate a bit."
Michaels face looks very concentrated now.
The judge calls him to testify.
Very slowly Michael stand up and moves forward to take a seat.
"I swear to telling the truth, nothing but the truth…..
* * *
Far away C-Note watching the news, he is seeing a now worried sounding Maya.
"The first "Guilty is spoken people. Seems the air becomes thinner now for Michael Scofield. According our man inside he takes it without any kind of emotions."
"Damn Scofield!" he says very loud. This makes his wife and daughter coming in.
After a short look on TV screen, where a drawing from Michael sitting in courtroom, close to his testify, is shown they both sit down, beside C-Note.
* * *
The drawing becomes real…
Michael sits there. He simply looks stunning. His serious face makes his eyes in the light of the already low-lying sun mysterious glow and gave him an aura of being untouchable.
The Judge just ending with his question:
"…… So you pretend not knowing, who you are this day, Mr. Scofield?"
Michael turns slowly his head in direction to the judge.
"Yes, your honour. I remember nothing about these days. I woke up thinking I am Kevin Freeling and I am grateful for the day that gives me my real identity back. I have an amazing wife and a loveable son and believe me or not, I would never had left them, knowing the are there."
All gazes lying on Sara's face, in the moment when Michael starts talking, which hardly can avoid to cry loud, hear the man she loves so much, saying this.
The response from the audience let the Prosecutor knows immediately, that it was a mistake calling Michael to testify this early in the trial.
He is boiling inside a bit and starts his questioning with words full of biting irony.
At the end Michael has the choice, tell the audience all about Paul and the deal they made, or give in and admit that he do all of this in purpose not to being incarcerated.
* * *
Michael flashes back to his talk with Paul and Carolyn in the hospital.
When they stepped into the room, Michael has felt the tension.
Paul was more than worried and Carolyn tried to avoid to looks into Michael's eyes at first.
"Hello Kevin." Paul finally starts talking, after some endless seeming minutes of silence.
"Hello Paul. Happy to see your top agent is alive?" Michael has answered. It was pure irony that came out of those words. His normally serious, but friendly face seems to be the devils mask while talking and Carolyn feels a cold shiver running down her back.
"For sure I am glad, Mich.. ehm … Kevin!" Paul has somehow managed to say and when he got the answer:
"Oh it's no problem Paul, you can call me Michael!" He was totally confused.
In the talk they are discussed the possibilities, Michael has to involve the company into this trial and at the end they decided, that only the Sara issue gave him the chance. Carolyn has promised to testify for Michael. Telling the public about the corrupt deals and the threats against the brothers and their family and friends, to proof that Michael must have felt forced to break Sara out, because of the danger he must have felt for her life.
Michael is sure that all of this will only work, if Paul has his integrity as an congressman , but if he tells the audience now about their deal and that he helped him to disappear as Kevin Freeling, the whole plan was in danger.
* * *
"All I can tell is that I decided not to be Michael Scofield anymore, after knowing my wife and at this time unborn child are safe. So I decided to be Kevin Freeling, a name Agent Self gave me in the faked ID, he gave me when we worked together and Paul Kellerman, believing in my lie gave me the chance to work for him. "
It was out! Michael needs to take a deep breath, knowing what's on the way now.
* * *
The judge sent the Jury in their separate room. This time they discus the case a bit longer.
Henry Pope tries to take Michaels banner and to defend him, but he already knows he has no real chance. As much the women in this Jury are caught by the defendant's personality, the evidences are there. Scofield did this in propose to avoid jail -time, so he is …
* * *
"GUILTY!"
A murmur runs through the lines of the audience. There are a lot of serious, tense faces.
A drop of cold sweat is running down on Steve's temple.
"Damn it! The second "guilty"! Now everything depends on these two issues and he still has no idea how to proof Sara's life was in danger, or if the Judge decides to take the Burrows case next, he has no chance to rescue Michael, from this lifelong penalty, not knowing anything about this breakout!" is what's shooting in his mind.
He almost doesn't hear the Judge telling the audience, that this is all for today.
"…. We will restart tomorrow 10 am, with the breaking out his wife issue.
Mr. Scofield will be held, here in courthouse, to avoid ominous accidents like we have seen before." Judge makes the final hit with the hammer.
* * *
When the door from the courtroom opens, it is like a thunderstorm of flashes.
Maya's cameraman managed to be in the first line, so he got the shoot of the day, which is commented by her running up and down all news channels:
" Let us guess what Michael Scofield telling his wife, in this short moment of holding her hands. It looks like his eyes are drunken from love and sadness and if you look closer the lips forming an unspoken "I love you!"
Maya comments a scene, showing how Michael, before being brought to the cell in courthouse, grabs Sara's in his direction pointed hands and telling her with a tender pressure on them and speaking eyes, not to be worried. And Maya is right with guessing, his lips forming the words "I love you."
* * *
Two times a guilty. Lisa feels somehow like the ground is vanishing away under her feeds.
She is starring at the screen; not really recognizing what happens there only the news flash running at the edge of the screen has her focus.
+ + + Two times GUILY for Scofield + + + Two chances to earn the third one tomorrow! + + + Lifetime penalty is close for Mr. Breakout? + + + Two times GUILTY for Scofield+ + +
Lisa feels somehow weak and miserable. When Paul arrives home she is still sitting in front of the TV crying quietly. Paul steps behind her, tender lying his hands on her shoulders. Feeling his touch she lays her cheek on his hand.
Paul can feel the wet tears on it.
"He will come out of this, I promise Darling.
* * *
A very restless night follows for many people down there in Dallas.
No one know what tomorrow will bring for them.
Will there be freedom or imprisonment?
Will there be satisfaction or desperation?
Get the answer tomorrow in part two on the story …..