"PI!" Bellick shouted, I got up and walked with Sucre, we were joined by T-Bag. I watched the new inmate who was caked in make-up, he was wearing women's underwear.
"How do they get like that? I got no idea" We watched him walk up the stairs.
"Tugging on too many pockets" T-Bag suggested.
"She tug on your pocket?" I asked.
"I may be social, but that is a boundary line even I won't cross" T-Bag said, and I chuckled.
In the break room Michael was trying to draw the route on his clipboard.
"I don't get it. Why not just go down there again?" Sucre asked.
"'Cause one, I don't have the guard's uniform anymore, which means I can't get across the yard or past the orderly. And two, even if I did, it's a mess down there. I need this" Michael said.
"You think you're gonna remember it?" Sucre asked.
"Not with you hounding me" Sucre and I backed off, not wanting to get on the wrong side of him. The door opened and C.O came in
"Time to wrap it up. We're gonna have you start exterminating" He said.
"We're not done in here" I said.
"Well, you look done to me"
"No, CO, we still got the carpet to do" C-Note said.
"No, Bellick is going to bring in professionals to do that. Wants the job done right" My eyes widened and I looked over at Michael who looked worried.
"When's that gonna happen?" Westmorland asked.
"Tomorrow" He then left, and T-Bag threw down his paint roller.
"We got a real problem on our hands, don't we? Rug monkeys gonna come in here, tear up that there carpet, that hole's gonna be smiling up at 'em" He said.
"We'll have to fill it in" Michael said.
"But we just dug it!" I exclaimed.
"All we need is a piece of plywood and a couple of inches of that fast settling concrete on top of it. The carpet guys will never know there's anything beneath. The night we break out, we'll just smash through with a sledgehammer" Michael said, as he looked around at us.
"Well, okay. Let's get on it. We've only got a couple of hours to get this thing done"
I was helping Sucre and C-Note mix some cement.
"How long's this stuff take to dry?" I asked.
"One, two hours" C-Note replied. Westmorland came in and said.
"Fire on the line"
"Shit" I said, as we hurried to hide the hole.
"Table, table, table" C-Note said, and Sucre helped him move it back into place just as Bellick came in, and whistled.
"This place is sweet. I hear we're getting satellite"
"Yeah, all the porn you can watch, boss" T-Bag said.
"Good, good. You know, you girls have done such a good job. I thought you could use an extra pair of hands on the crew" I looked up and watched as Bellick whistled, the door opened and Tweener came in.
"S'up?"
It was quiet, no one moved except T-Bag who lifted his arm and pretended to paint Tweener.
"Hey, man, look at my brush. It's all stickin' together" C-Note waved his paint brush around.
"Somebody needs to go clean 'em out" Michael said.
"According to the rank, that would be you" T-Bag said, giving his paint roller to Tweener.
"What do I gotta do?" Tweener asked.
"There's a hose out by the shed in the yard. You can use that" Michael said as we started adding all sorts of things onto the pile, making him take longer.
"Clean those too" C-Note said, as he added the paint stirrers.
"Ai'ight. Sorry I busted up the party, yo" Tweener walked out, Westmorland went to check he was actually leaving and when he did, he came back in.
I mixed the cement.
"How close are we?" Michael asked.
"Just about done" I said, handing it over as Westmorland came in.
"Got another badge!" He said.
"What is this, happy hour?" Michael said, annoyed. We hurried to hide the hole again, as C.O Geary came in.
"Scofield. Pope wants to see you. The rest of you, round up. You're done in here" He said.
"CO Patterson said we had till the end of the day to finish up" C-Note said.
"And I say you're done. There's a couple of hours of work I want done in the yard before sundown" We all looked at each other.
"Come on, let's go!" We all left the break room, reluctantly. I bit my lip, Michael should be able to cover the hole. At least that was something not to worry about
C-Note came and joined us after he finished his conversation on the phone.
"Michael's in the SHU" Sucre told us.
"For gods sake, nothings going right" I said.
"Last thing we wanna do now is panic, fellas" Westmorland said.
"Oh, it's panic time, old head. We got an unfinished hole in that room over there Scofield's supposed to fill tonight. Come tomorrow, 8am, they rip up that carpet, our game is over" T-Bag said.
"Unless someone else fills it" We all looked at Sucre.
"Uh-uh" He said, shaking his head.
"Sorry, your the only one who can do it. That hole is in your cell" I said.
"You saying I go out there by myself tonight?" Sucre asked.
"That's exactly what we're saying" C-Note said.
"Are you kidding? That's impossible!"
"I don't want to hear 'impossible' from you right now. I got people waiting on me, people that I'm gonna lose unless you man up and get some cojones, comprendez?"
"That's easy for you to say, pendajo, it ain't your ass on the line"
"All of our asses are on the line. You're the only cat that can do something about it"
"Yeah, maybe I can get out of my cell, maybe I can get into the guard's room. But even if I do, and I fill that hole in, I'll still be in that room. I'll be sealed in, there's no way out"
"Scofield must have had a way out" C-Note said.
"He did. The grate at the Sally Port" I said.
"Oh, that's right, the one out there in the middle of the open?" Sucre panicked.
"Yeah, so you'd better lace up, amigo, 'cause you're gonna have to make a run for it" C-Note said.
"That's ten years on my bid if I get caught!"
"Then you'd better figure out a way not to get caught" T-Bag said.
"Line it up" A C.O said.
"Tonight, primo. It's gotta be tonight" C-Note said.
I was sitting on my bunk when Sucre came and sat down next to me.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"I'm gonna do it" He said.
"That's great, but how are you not gonna get caught?" I asked. He looked a bit embarrassed.
"That's what I need you for" He said. "I need your underwear" I raised my eyebrows.
"Why?" I asked, scooting away from him a little bit. He explained his plan to me.
"I can't help you man. I got exactly what your wearing" I showed him a bit of my boxer. "Not exactly what you want" I then saw the man dressed like a girl walk past our cell. His underwear was hanging out. "But I think I know wear you can get some" Sucre looked over to where I was looking and grinned at me.
"Don't ask me how to get it though, I'm not that kind of girl" I said.
"Thanks Mami"
"Sucre got..." Westmorland started.
"We know" I said.
"Papi better had did us right, man" C-Note said.
"I hope he had enough time" I said.
"Looks like we're about to find out" T-Bag said, as he pointed over to where the carpet fitters truck pulled up.
I watched them for a bit, but then my attention was caught by Avocado going up to Tweener. They spoke for a bit when Bellick called Tweener over, I wondered why Avocado and Bellick were so interested in Tweener all of a sudden.
Later on I watched as Tweener was marched towards Avocado's cell by Bellick. I was confused as to why he suddenly got a cell transfer, I was pretty sure what happened to Avocado's previous cell mates.
And what was wrong with Westmorland being Tweener's cell mate? The only reason that I could think of was that Tweener had done something to Bellick that pissed him off.