It made no sense. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't make sense of it. How had they done it without him? And why? He'd had a plan. He's gotten word to Abruzzi that it would be the night of the 10th while Lincoln was in the infirmary for observation. The plane was going to be ready at midnight with changes of clothes for each of them. They were going to fly non-stop to Mexico. There they would stop and refuel then continue to Columbia. Columbia was they perfect sanctuary because they had so many of their own problems they would never notice or care about four Americans. From there they would begin finding out who had framed Lincoln.

How had they done it with out him?

"What?" He couldn't believe what Pope and Bellick had just told him.

"You heard. They're gone. And we want to know how?" Bellick said in his usual snarl as he pinned Michael to the wall.

"I have no idea." Michael said honestly. "There's no way they could have gotten out. Burrows is in SHU and there's now way Sucre and Abruzzi could have gotten out with out someone seeing." Michael said more to himself then the guard.

"Well you see, that what we said. But you lived with one and are kin to another. So start putting the pieces together." Bellick said pushing him into the wall harder.

"I… I… don't know…." Michael stuttered as he gasped for breath.

"Bellick let him down." Pope said finally. He did and Michael gasped for breath before collapsing on the bed. "Here's what we know. Burrows was assaulted during PI and was spending the night in the infirmary. He was locked down and secure. Sucre and Abruzzi were in their cells at the 11:00 check. At 11:30 all three were gone. Now do you have any idea how that could have happened?" Pope asked.

"I… no." Michael said in defeat. "How could they do this?" he wondered. Pope took it as wondering how they did it, while Michael meant how they could have left him.

"Come on Bellick. He doesn't know anything." Pope said as he turned to leave with Bellick reluctantly following.

"How could they have gotten out of their cells, let alone out of the prison without someone seeing?" Michael asked trying to further exonerate himself.

Pope stopped and turned. "That's what we're trying to find out." Looking tired he continued. "We turned out every inch of your cell, Abruzzi's cell, the infirmary and every inch in between. We found nothing. Not even a mouse hole." Pope said then motioned for Bellick to wait outside. "Look, I know that you petitioned to come here so you could make your peace. But if there is anything you know that would help us find him, you have to tell us." Pope tried to bargain "You're life will be a lot easier that way."

"Trust me, I wish I knew how they did it." Michael said honestly. "But you know I've been here for two and a half weeks. There's a lot of planning and scheming that could have been done in that time." He said knowing because he had given them instructions to follow so everything would be ready. When he'd done it he thought he'd be going too.

"Well then I'm sorry." Pope turned to they door again. "you'll be back in genpop tomorrow."

As he lay in bed back in his cell he wondered what had happened and why they had left him.