Sorry it took so long for the update:( I've got three stories going at one time, and only two hours a night to work on them.

LOYALTIES CH.7

"Henry would not tell you to kill anyone!"Mrs. Pope exclaimed, then added,"I have learned many things about my husband today, but even after that I refuse to believe you."

At the same time Kim looked over at the escapees and said,"You guys escaped from prison?"with a look of surprise on her face.

The only one who acknowledged Kim was Sucre who shrugged his shoulders, with a strained smile on his face.

"Hello little girl, are you stupid? Look at what they're wearing."Paul said smugly.

"I thought they were just, well... Why am I even bothering to talk to you."she stated, looking at him with annoyance, then turned to Lincoln and Micheal with an acussatory glare, before saying,"That's how you got shot. Escaping from prison."

Micheal just looked at her sadly, while Lincoln replied angrily,"You don't know the story, so quit trying to make him feel worse than he already does."

"This little scene is touching, really, but how it happened doesn't really matter anymore."Carl Ray said snidely."Now get up, so when can get this over with."he demanded.

"Come on Carl, we're not really gonna kill them are we?"Greg asked."They had nothing to do with Scott."

"Yes, we are. They're loose ends Greg. And if you can remember ,we leave no loose ends,"Carl answered calmly, waving his hand at Paul and Cassie to get the prisoners up and moving.

Paul walked to where Lincoln and Micheal sat at pointed his gun at them, and said with a huge grin,"Come on tough guy, time for you and little brother to get better aquainted with my friend here."and shook his gun to indicate who his friend was, just in case they didn't know.

"There's gotta be another way."Greg said."We don't kill innocent people."

"What the hell is up with you?"Paul asked angrily."You sweet on one of em? They were in prison, so maybe you might stand a chance."he added with a snicker.

"Go to hell, you piece of shit! If you wanna kill them, go right ahead. I'll have no part in it though."Greg said turning to leave the room.

"Hey Greg."Carl called out, and the man turned to him,"Noone questions my decisions.Noone "Carl said as he pulled the trigger on the gun he had taken out of his pocket, killing the man.

"Daddy, no!'Cassie yelled in surprise."He was one of us."she cried, as Greg fell to the floor.

"Was, being the key word." Paul said, smirking.

Kim was screaming with tears rolling down her face as her dad hugged her tightly.

"He fucking killed him."C-note said in amazement."One of his own men, and he killed him."

"One should never take it for granted that they are too valuable. He crossed the bossman and payed the price."Abruzzi drawled calmly, shrugging as if

seeing someone murdered was an everyday occurence for him."Happens all the time."

"No such thing as loyalty anymore."Sucre muttered.

Lincoln was shocked by the strange turn of events.

Guess I won't be using ole' Paul after all, he thought grimly.

Micheal was retching uncontrolably. Seeing the man who had been the only one of the group to show any kindness to him get his brains splattered across the floor was just too much for him.

"Calm down Micheal."Lincoln ordered.

"H-he shot him for helping m-me."Micheal cried after the retching ceased."All my f-fault."

"No, it wasn't. You gotta quit doing this to yourself bro."Lincoln said soothingly.

"And t-they're gonna k-kill us next."Micheal continued.

Lincoln was only half listening to his brother as he surveyed what was going on in the room.

The captors were arguing back and forth, not paying any attention to their prisoners, and Lincoln knew the time to act was now.

He let his gaze lock with Abruzzi's momentarily and the man looked at him and nodded his head, showing that he too thought it was time.

"Micheal,"Lincoln whispered."Things are about to get ugly, so try and be prepared for anything."

Then as if in unison, Lincoln and the other three capable members all jumped quickly to their feet, and rushed the three people who were in control of the guns, Lincoln taking Paul, while C-note took on Cassie, and Sucre wrestled on the floor with Carl Ray.

"Not so badass are you now prick?"Lincoln asked, punching the man in the face, making him fall unconscious to the floor.

Well, kinda anti-climatic, Lincoln thought. He hadn't expected Paul to go down so easy.

He turned to look at C-note and the others, and saw that C-note had disarmed Cassie easily, and now had her pinned, struggling, to the floor.

Sucre also appeared to be gaining the upperhand as he wrestled the gun from Carl Ray, but before he could pick up the other man's weapon,Carl uppercut him, sending him flying into the wall beside them, then grabbed his gun back up.

Before Sucre even had time to reacte, Carl pulled the trigger, nailing him in the chest.

"Shit!"Abruzzi exclaimed angrily. He walked quickly up behing Carl, and grabbing his head between his hands, gave it a twist, snapping his neck."Filthy piece of shit."he said, spitting on the man's body, before making his way to where Sucre lay.

The man was still alive, but after seeing where his injury was, Abruzzi knew he was not going to make it.

Micheal had somehow managed to half-crawl and half-walk his way to the injured man also.

"I'm s-so sorry."Micheal said to the dying man as he gripped his hand tightly.."This is all my f-fault."

"No way fish."Sucre gasped out."Nobody made me come."

"Please don't do this."Micheal pleaded.

"Don't think I have a choice."

Pope's son had relinquished the sobbing form of his daughter, and was now bent over Sucre, trying to see if there was any hope of saving

him, but sadly, when he saw where the wound was he knew there was nothing he could do. The other's having tied up Paul and Cassie were now standing in a circle around Sucre with grim looks on their faces, taking in the scene before them.

"Tell Mariacruz that I love her." Sucre said, as his body convulsed one last time and his grip loosened in Micheal's hand.

"No, no, no."Micheal repeated over and over again as tears flowed freely down his pale face, while keeping his grip on the dead man's hand.

"This wasn't supposed to happen"he said, his face twisted in anguish."N-noone was supposed to d-die."

Lincoln walked up behind him, laying a hand on his shoulder."Come on Micheal. We've gotta get out of here before Pope comes."he said softly.

"We c-can't just leave him h-here."Micheal said, shaking his head no.

Abruzzi thought about Sucre saying the same thing about Micheal earlier, and bowed his head sorrowfully. Who would think he would be so upset over a man who, though he'd been in prison with several years, he could've cared less about until recently.

"He's right Micheal. We have got to go."he stated calmly.

"No."Micheal replied vehemently.

Lincoln, looking at his distraught brother, decided he had to do something he didn't want to.

"Sorry Micheal."he said, before rearing back and punching him in the face, knocking him out cold.

"I can't believe you hit him."Kim said unbelievingly.

"I had no choice. We've got to get out of here and get him some help."Lincoln explained grimly, as he reached down and lifted his brother's unconscious form into his arms.

"Get the keys to their car."Abruzzi said to C-note."The woman has them."

"Alright." he replied and stuck his hand into the womans pocket where she had them.

"You're gonna pay for this you bastards."she hissed at the men in the room.

"Oh shut up bitch."C-note said angrily to the woman, after retrieving her keys."Not another fucking word."

"Go on, get out of here."Pope's son ordered them."While you still can."

Lincoln stood holding his brother and looked at the three members of the Pope family."Thanks for helping him." he said with a slight smile.

Mrs. Pope and her son said you're welcome, and Kim slowly approached Lincoln and after kissing Micheal's still form on the cheek said, "Take care of him."and walked to rejoin her family.

The four remaining men walked to the front door,and as they were exiting, stopped when they heard Paul say snidely,"You may have gotten away boys, but that ain't going to save baby brother there. I'll personally tell Pope to make sure that every hospital and doctor around will on the lookout for you."

"Excuse me for a minute my friends."Abruzzi said and walked over to kneel in front of Paul."Usually I am not one who is prone to violence, well at least not any that I actually partake in myself, but I feel you have more than earned it."he drawled out, then punched the man in the face, after which he leaned down to whisper in his ear,"You're good as dead." and rejoined Lincoln and the others.

"He's right Lincoln."C-note said after they had all gotten into the suv their captors had been driving, and Micheal had been laid in the back seat with his head in his brothers lap,"Our faces will be all over the television, even more than they already are. We take him to a hospital and we'll all end up back in jail. Fish wouldn't want that."

Lincoln knew he was speaking the truth, and after a pause said,"Then I guess we'll just have to get him help from another source."

Looking at his wounded brother, he prayed that the source would be willing to help him.

TBC

I know this was not the greatest chapter, but I've been pressed for time in writing it, and am determined to finish this story. So I hope it's not too crappy!

Only two more chapters to go. R&R.