It was night time and I was trying to sleep, it was kind of hard when you get woken up every hour by C.O's checking to see if your still in your bed.
"Show some skin Scofield" The C.O says.
"Hey Scofield!" He shouts.
"I'm trying to sleep boss" I can hear Michael murmur.
I smile in my sleep and drift off as the guard checks my cell, and then moves on.
In the yard I was standing with Michael near the fence.
"You two got a minute?" I turned around and Doc was standing there.
"About 5 years worth" Michael replied.
"I got a little bit longer then that" I smirked. Although I wasn't very proud of what I did, it needed to be done.
Michael glanced at me, I forgot that he didn't know why I was in here. To be fair I didn't know why he was in here either.
"Sorry, right um. You never told me that Lincoln Burrows was your brother" She told Michael. Doc's getting a little bit too nosy for my tastes.
"Never came up" He said shortly.
"Right. I'm curious if that isn't because of my father, the governor. He may not be the one pulling the switch, but he has the power to grant clemency and he won't. And he never does"
"My old man was an abusive drunk who abandoned his family. I don't judge anyone by their father's actions, or inactions, if that was your concern" I glanced at Michael, I never knew about his father. We really need to get to know each other once this whole thing is done.
"Just so you know, I don't agree with his politics and I'm sorry about your brother"
"I appreciate that" He said.
"Oh, and Riley. I changed your appointment, this heatwave is making a lot of inmates exhausted which means more patients for me" She smiled at me.
"That's okay, I'll see you later then Doc" Then she walked away.
I stayed where I was leaning on the fence while Michael went to get something off another inmate. I knew it was an eggbeater I just had no idea why he wanted it.
Back in Gen-Pop it was tier time. And I was leaning on the bar on the landing, watching everyone interact. This was a good way of me finding out who to avoid and who was useful to have as an ally.
"Theodore Bagwell, a transfer back to the infirmary" My head snapped over to look as T-Bag was allowed back in. Hopefully he had learned his lesson and figured out I was protected by Abruzzi.
I watched as he greeted the other inmates, and walked over to his cell. I had seen the new fish in there, and I felt immensely sorry for him. But there was absolutely nothing I could do to help him. I could only hope that T-Bag had learnt something from his beating.
They started laughing while T-Bag went into his cell, and then they moved away.
A little while later, it was becoming unbearably hot. Thankfully I was escorted over to sickbay where it was a little bit cooler.
I didn't want to take any of my layers off because I was paranoid about anyone else finding out. Michael had told Sucre about me, as I had told him to. Now Sucre was very protective over me, which I appreciated. It's always good to have people watching out for you.
When I got to sickbay Doc was just arriving.
"I can take him from here" She told my escort. I smiled at her as she began to talk to Bellick who had just arrived.
"This is not a good time Doc" He says, while looking over at me. He looks relieved to see me, I don't know why though.
"I got a call. A prisoner has heat exhaustion, and then I'm taking Riley up to the infirmary for his shots" She replied.
"He's faking it, so just take Riley up to the infirmary Doc"
"Is that your medical opinion" She asked. I covered my smirk with my hand, you tell him Doc.
Bellick took his hat off. "We got a bunch of overheated cons in A-Wing"
"I don't blame them. It's like an oven in there" I nodded along, any longer in there and I might have died.
"Everything's under control, you should go back to the infirmary and when things calm down I'll have your patients transferred from sick bay. Just looking out for your best interests"
"And I appreciate that um but officer BELLICK we both know that it's illegal to deny a prisoner medical care and you could lose your job over it. Now I'm just looking out for your best interests" I laughed a bit, and Bellick glared at me.
"Go right on in" He said, while putting his hat on.
"Thank you sir" She said, motioning for me to come in before her.
"Right you take a seat over there. And after I treat these patients we can give you your shot" I took a seat over by the water cooler and rested my head on it, watching as she began her slow progress around the patients.
"I'm gonna get some fluids into you. You'll be good as new okay. Nod your head if you believe me" The man on the bed nodded.
"Good man" She said whilst moving on to her next patient.
I had been dubbed helper and was pushing along a trolley full of Iv's and other medical things.
"Theo. What can we do for you today... Hmm. This where it hurts"
"A little higher and to the left" He smirked at me, as I covered my chuckle with a cough.
"Your three weeks post-op. Your knee is being held together by a rod and three screws. Tenderness is normal. No more meds" He looked disappointed at that, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. His leg must be painful.
Doc moved onto the next patient "Okay, Keame why are you back?"
I heard the guards radio come alive "Inmates have compromised lockdown and breached A-Wing. A-Wing is shutting down"
Doc and I exchanged glances, this would not be good for us. Not one bit.
"It's popping off in Gen-Pop" One of the cons said, and the rest started cheering.
"Infections not that bad. I'll give you some penicillin just to make sure" Doc said. "Riley, come with me"
We walked into the next room. "You stay here and when I come back I'll give you your shot" She then walked out with the penicillin.
I heard a commotion and was about to go check it out when Doc came running back in.
"What the matter?" I asked, frantic.
"Their out of control, they've handcuffed the guard to a pole. We need to get out of here" Shit this was so not good.
"Don't worry Doc, I got your back" She tried to call a guard, when an inmate held up the other side of the cord.
"I'm sorry, but this line is experiencing some technical difficulties" He said.
"Hey! Red open the door!" One of them yelled at me.
"Um, how about no!" I yelled back, they started hurling abuse at me, but there was no way I was letting them get the Doc.
They started trying to brake down the door with a chair.
"Get behind me" I said to Doc, she did. I could tell she was terrified. I steeled myself for whatever was coming. I was not going to let Doc get hurt.
One of them managed to get his arm through the window, and when he did I twisted it until I heard a snap. He started yelling and pulled his arm back.
Doc looked at me questioningly. "I know kung fu, got addicted to those movies, and just had to know how to do it"
One of the inmates got a fire extinguisher, and slammed it against the door over and over.
"Even if you do manage to get in here, you won't last very long" I told him.
"When I do get in there, your going first" He told me.
Doc ran over to the window, calling for help.
"Doc, no one's going to hear you. You need to keep calm" I gave her a piece of glass wrapped up in some bandages.
"Use this, in case something happens to me" She nodded at me, and crouched down behind the bed.
The inmates were still trying to get through the door, and I took a couple of deep breaths to calm myself, if they do get through that door, I knew I wouldn't be able to hold all of them off.
I would just have to do the best I could. As I told T-Bag earlier I knew how to protect myself, and this looked like the perfect opportunity to prove that to everyone and myself.