Here is the next un-beta'd chapter. There's not too much more to the story, but there will be a twist, so bare with me through the slower chapters if that's not your cup of tea. Thanks for reading!

Neal thought that he was dealing with going to jail and having been tortured for some unknown number of hours pretty well. He hasn't cried, but figured that he was still in some sort of shock. He wondered when he'll crash and let all of the emotions come to the surface. Pain, lingering fear, inevitable loneliness, helplessness to change his situation, self loathing for letting himself get in this mess in the first place, a lot of anger towards Keller, some at himself, very little at Peter and Mozzie. Yeah, he'll be crying at some point, probably in his jail cell.

The doctors did their tests and said that he could leave in an hour or two. Mozzie said that he would be by before he was discharged. He was looking forward to that. He had a few things to say to his friend.

At some point he was going to have to give his statement and description of 'snake', but that will probably be the next day. He wasn't looking forward to remembering what happened, but he just wanted to get it over with, so he could put in behind him.

Peter was still sticking around for some reason, maybe to take him to the prison himself. Probably not, though. The Marshals usually took care of that. Neal decided to satisfy his curiosity and just ask. "Peter, when are the Marshals coming?"

Peter sighed. "They'll be here soon," he said, looking guilty. "I'm sorry, Neal, but I have to do this."

So Peter did feel bad about what he was going to do. And Peter wasn't escorting him to the prison, so why was he still here? To ease his own conscience?

"I understand. And I don't blame you. I did this to myself," Neal said. Peter looked a little confused, then just nodded.

A sudden thought struck Neal. What prison was Keller in? Neal doubted that Peter would let it happen, but he had to ask to know what to expect. "Peter, is Keller going to the same prison?"

"As before? Yeah, but he'll be put in a much smaller cell than last time, that's for sure," Peter said, looking a little confused my the question for some reason.

Last time Keller was in jail, he was in the same prison that Neal was in when he was in jail, the same prison Neal was going to now.

Neal felt like his heart was breaking. He couldn't believe that Peter would be fine with Keller being in the same prison as himself. Did he really not care at all?

"Peter, I can handle a lot of the prisoners in there, but I can't handle Keller," Neal said, desperation seeping into his voice.

"I guess I'll see what I can do," Peter said, looking at Neal like he was the crazy one.

"Thank you," Neal said, relieved that he didn't have to see Keller again.

"I'll go make some calls and see if he can get transferred," Peter said and left.

Neal understood that Peter was angry, but why would he think that sticking Keller in the same prison as him would be a fair punishment? Apparently Peter is more disappointed at Neal than he thought.

Neal knew that he didn't deserve that kind of punishment, he just didn't understand why Peter did. Peter was practically sending him to his death.

Neal knew he would last long in prison if Keller was there too. And the short time he lived would be hell. He didn't want to imagine what Keller would do to him for revenge. Maybe Peter would fix this and he would have an easier time in prison. He had to trust Peter one last time to help him out of the situation he was in.

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Neal's attitude was really confusing Peter. He seemed distant and depressed. He hoped that Neal wasn't too mad at him. Peter understood why he would be, but Neal seemed so sincere when he assured Peter that he didn't blame him for what happened, so what was with the cold attitude?

What confused Peter even more was his concern about where Keller was going to stay. He didn't just seem upset, he seemed outright terrified. As to why, Peter had no clue. Was it because it was Neal's home for four years? He didn't care last time Keller was there. Was it different now after what Keller did to him?

He seemed resigned about having his anklet back on though. Not what Peter expected his reaction to be. He was expecting him to either freak out or make some sort of joke. None of Neal's attitude was making sense.

He was never good with the emotions thing. Maybe El could talk to him. She's come to see him a few times, but he's always been asleep.

While Peter was on the phone with the warden of the prison Keller was at, he saw Mozzie sneak into Neal's room. Maybe seeing his friend would cheer Neal up.

About twenty minutes later, Peter finally got off the phone. The warden wasn't willing to move Keller to a different prison as he escaped the last time he was being moved. It made sense, but Peter had still wanted to try, for Neal's sake.

Less than a minute after that, a very irate looking Mozzie was approaching Peter with speed that he didn't think was possible of the little guy. "What did you say to him, suit?" Mozzie asked angrily once his got close enough.

"What do you mean?" Peter asked.

"Neal thinks that he's going back to that government sanctioned hell hole that he was condemned to for four years!" He accused while pointing a finger at the confused agent.

"What are you talking about?" Peter asked.

"He thinks he's going back to jail, you idiot!" Mozzie said, exasperation and anger fighting for dominance on his face and in his tone, with anger winning.

Peter probably would have said something about Mozzie calling him an idiot, but he was too focused on the other thing he said. Neal thinks he's going to jail? Why?

"Why do you think he thinks that?" Peter asked. Maybe Mozzie misunderstood.

"He just told me!" Mozzie said, like it was obvious.

"Why does he think he's going to jail?" Peter asked.

"You tell me, suit," Mozzie said accusingly, pointing a finger at him. "You're the one that's putting him in there."

"I'm not putting him anywhere!" Peter insisted.

"Well, he thinks you are."

"What did he say exactly?" Peter asked.

Mozzie shifted from foot to foot, looking like he was trying to figure out what to say. "He said that he was going down for... Something... and I didn't have to worry about him saying anything about any... affiliations... he had with anyone while doing... Something," He finally answered vaguely.

Peter tried to mentally work through what Mozzie just said. From what he just got from that jumbled up sentence was Neal thinks he's going to jail for something and won't rat out Mozzie out for being an accomplice. Wouldn't it have been easier to just say that?

"Wait, what does he think he did?" Peter asked.

Mozzie just looked at him like he just spoke a different language -well, one he didn't know- then shook his head sadly. "For claiming to be an investigator, you sure can't see what's right in front of you," Mozzie said.

Claiming to be? What's that supposed to mean? And what doesn't he see right in front of him?

"Can you just tell me what I'm missing instead of yelling at me?" Peter asked.

"He thinks your throwing him in jail for stealing the nazi treasure, idiot," Mozzie explained.

"Stop calling me an idiot!"

"Well, stop acting like one then," Mozzie countered.

"I have no proof that he stole the treasure."

"I know that, you know that, but does he know that?" Mozzie asked.

"Well, no. But I didn't think it needed to be said," Peter defended.

All of Neal's actions were making a lot more sense now. The distance, the depression, the look he got when he talked about leaving the hospital.

But why did Neal think he was going to jail for the nazi treasure? Peter still didn't have any real proof that Neal had anything to do with it. Or that it still existed. Keller seemed sure, but Peter can't trust a word that comes out of his mouth.

There had to be another reason as to why Neal thought he was going to prison. Maybe something Peter said- Uh oh.

Peter must have had a very revealing look on his face because Mozzie seemed to notice he realized something. "What? What do you remember?" He asked.

Peter didn't really want to tell Mozzie, but figured he had to. "I may have made a joke about you helping him break out of the hospital. Now that I think about it, it could have been misinterpreted as me talking about a jail break."

"What did you say?" Mozzie asked, curious but still angry.

"Uh... I said... 'No planing any jail breaks'," Peter said shamefully.

Mozzie looked like he either wanted to yell some more or smack Peter upside the head. But to his credit, he didn't do either. "You need to set things straight," he simply said and walked away, claiming he was hungry, but Peter figured he was just giving him and Neal some time to talk.

Peter sighed and turned to back to Neal's room. He was going to have to fix this.

And Mozzie saves the day! Who knows what would have happened if he didn't help the boys.

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