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Chapter 57: A New Plan
Lincoln and Jack returned to their hotel room. Sucre was at SONA and Sophia was out doing only God knows what.
"I can't believe this!" said Lincoln, fury and anger causing him to tremble.
"We had nothing to do with this," agreed Jack, "But who did?"
Lincoln shook his head, "I don't know…Sophia maybe?"
Jack's eyes darkened for a moment as she considered the possibility. Then she shook her head.
"No, I don't think so. She loves her man, but she's not a fighter. At least not from where I'm standing."
Just then, Lincoln's cell phone rang.
"Yeah?"
"Linc?"
"Michael? What is it?"
"We got Susan."
Lincoln shot a look at Jack. Jack narrowed her eyes in confusion.
"What do you mean you got Susan?" asked Lincoln.
Jack's eyes flew open in shock.
"She's taking Zavala, the warden of SONA to get L.J," said Michael.
"So you're the one who got Susan arrested?" asked Lincoln, an edge of anger in his voice.
Jack glared at Lincoln, her eyes reflecting her anger at Michael.
"What does he think he's doing?" she hissed.
Lincoln covered the speaker on his phone and whispered to Jack.
"He says she's leading the warden to L.J."
Jack gave him a furious and exasperated look.
"He can't be that stupid!" she exclaimed, "She'll kill them before they'll ever get to L.J.!"
"Oh, no," breathed Michael on the other end of the phone.
"What? What is it, Michael?" snapped Lincoln, suddenly beginning to panic.
"She killed him…the guard just came in and said…oh, she killed all of them! Linc…"
"That's why you're supposed to run the plan by me and Jack!" shouted Lincoln, furiously, "This isn't a one man show, Michael! You need us too! You've put us all in danger…"
Later that day…
Lincoln sat typing at the laptop Jack had purchased a while back. Sucre walked into the room and approached him. Jack glanced up from some papers she was reading on the couch and gave Sucre a friendly smile. He nodded back, and then turned to Lincoln.
"They'll be there with the cash," he told Lincoln, handing him a slip of paper, "Here's the guy you're meeting with."
Lincoln gazed down at the piece of paper and nodded.
"Thanks, Sucre," he said, "Now you need to meet with Susan and tell her what she wants to know."
Sucre nodded, "No problem. I've got you're back. Whatever you all need, I'll do it."
Soon after Sucre left, Lincoln's phone rang.
"Yeah?"
"Lincoln? It's Sophia."
Lincoln frowned, "What is it?"
"I wanted to talk. I'm outside the hotel; can you and Jack come out?"
Lincoln glanced briefly over at Jack. She narrowed her eyes in curiosity.
"Yeah, we'll be there."
Lincoln and Jack strode out of the hotel and soon saw Sophia standing on the sidewalk.
"What's this about, Sophia?" asked Jack, clearly unhappy about having to see her again.
Even though Jack had saved Sophia's life a few days ago, she still did not like her that much. Something about her rubbed Jack the wrong way.
"Is this whole plan just to screw James over?" she asked, emotion in her voice.
Lincoln and Jack shared a quick glance.
"Cause you know he does love me," she said, sounding more like she was trying to convince herself more than them, "He promised to take me to Paris. I'm not turning my back on him yet."
Jack nodded absently as they strode down the street.
"So you don't think he's Company?"
Sophia shook her head, "No, I don't. And if he is, he's doing it for us. That's what you did, right? After they killed your parents you stayed with The Company for Alex's sake."
Jack gritted her teeth angrily and shot Sophia a hateful look.
"I don't mean it like that," said Sophia, quickly, "I'm just saying that sometimes people who work for The Company do it for those they love…and James may be doing the same thing."
Jack shot her a disdainful look.
"I don't need you to tell me how The Company operates," she snarled, "I actually worked for them, remember? And my sister is one of their elite agents."
Sophia glanced away, awkwardly.
"I'm sorry," she muttered, "I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just…"
"Save it," said Jack, with a sad smile, "I know what you meant."
"Look," said Lincoln, "I swear to you that Whistler will be okay."
They approached the rental car parked a few blocks away from the hotel. Lincoln walked over and opened the back car door for Sophia.
"Where are we going?" she asked, curiously.
"We're taking the next step in our plan," said Jack, a sudden coldness in her voice.
She and Lincoln shared a look as they climbed into the car.
Meanwhile…
Sucre walked into a local bar and sat down at the barstool closest to Susan.
"Look," he said as he sat down, "I don't have any new information and I'm not going to cook anything up. Linc got the message and he is sticking with the plan. I could have made something up just to get paid. So…that's it, okay?"
Sucre stood to leave.
"Sit down," snapped Susan, anger in her voice.
Susan handed Sucre a cashier's check.
"Half now, half when it's done," she said, coldly, "Keep your ears open, sugar."
Susan stood and stalked cat-like out of the bar.
Lincoln, Jack, and Sophia pulled over to the side of the road in a rundown neighborhood. Jack noted the look of fear that crossed Sophia's face as she glanced around at their surroundings.
"Stay close," muttered Jack as she stood next to Sophia.
Lincoln walked over to a door and knocked on it. A man opened the door and peered suspiciously at the three people.
"I have the money," said Lincoln.
The man nodded and moved to let them inside. Lincoln pulled out a wad of money and showed it to the man.
"Alright, now I want to see the product."
"Not until I have the money in my hands," retorted the man.
Jack glared at the man, threateningly.
"Show us the product or you'll never touch the money," she snarled.
The man glared at Jack, but felt himself whither under her cold stare. He finally opened up a cabinet and pulled out what looked like a small bomb.
Lincoln handed over the cash and the man handed over the bomb.
"How do you trigger it?" asked Lincoln.
The man handed him a cell phone.
"Dial one, one, send," answered the man, "What do you plan on using this for anyway?"
Jack gave the man another cold look.
"That, my friend, is none of your concern."
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