A buzzer sounds and the cell doors slide open.
"Tier time. One hour" It was time.
I made my way over to Michael's cell hiding my jumpsuit under my jumper. I handed it to Sucre who hid it under the mattress. I sat on Sucre's bunk waiting for everyone to show up, Abruzzi came next, then Manche with T-Bag behind him.
"If you get stuck in one of them pipes, boy..." I heard him say.
"Bull" Michael said, and tried to appear casual.
"Keep walkin', bull, keep walkin'..." I heard T-Bag say. Westmorland came over once the guard had disappeared. Sucre put Westmorland's jumpsuit under the mattress as C-Note and Tweener came over.
"It's got blue spots!" Sucre said looking at Tweener's jumpsuit.
"Yo, I got a late start" Tweener said.
"Only one thing you needed to do"
"Lock the gate. I gotta finish this off" Sucre angrily put Tweener's jumpsuit under the mattress as we all blocked the door, for Michael to finish unscrewing the toilet.
"Said a prayer for you, Theodore. Said a prayer for us all" Abruzzi said. We were all nervous, and C-Note walked into the cell, to get away from the people who were glaring at him, and making their way over.
I watched as they made their way over. Abruzzi, T-Bag and Sucre were blocking the entrance as the rest of us stood by.
"Get C-Note out here" Trumpets said.
"Huh? Haven't seen him, man" Abruzzi said.
"That's real touching and all - you sticking up for a brother. But y'all need to step aside. Right now" Trumpets said as his crew surrounded us. I moved aside as a particularly big man walked past me. Trumpets walked into the cell.
"Told you. We haven't seen him" I said, as Trumpets looked at us suspiciously, but left without a fuss.
Michael stood by the hole as we all gathered inside his cell. He held out a jumpsuit.
"Riley" He said, I took my jumpsuit and went into the hole, I got out the way for everyone else to come through. I smiled at C-Note who looked very scared but relaxed once he saw me.
I followed Michael as he made his way through the pipes, C-Note and Abruzzi moved a shelving unit to reveal another hole.
"All right. How are we doing, baby?£ C-Note asked.
"Not good. We're already ten minutes behind. Let's move it" I once again followed Michael as he went through the hole, Sucre was behind me.
Suddenly we heard Bellick yelling for help, T-Bag went through and clamped his hand over Bellick's mouth, holding a blade to his throat.
"You scream and I'll cut out your windpipe, got me?" T-Bag said.
"I need his jacket and his hat" Michael said. T-Bag handed them over as he pushed Bellick forwards and dragged him through the tunnel.
"Brains of the outfit, huh, Scofield? He's leading you off a cliff, boys" Bellick said.
"You're acting like you still in charge. Shut your mouth, bitch" C-Note said as he walked past.
I came through the hole, and as Bellick saw me he started talking.
"You. You know, he's... " I quickly shut him up, the last person who I needed to know I was a girl was T-Bag. I followed C-Note through the pipe.
"Everyone put your coveralls on. I'll be back in a minute" Michael said, once we stopped for a break.
"Yo, where you goin', man? Hey!" C-Note asked.
"You heard him. Come on" Sucre said, as he motioned for me to get changed behind him and Westmorland so no one would see anything.
"This is ridiculous, man" C-Note said. A few minutes later and I started to panic, Sucre looked up at the grate trying to see through.
"What's going on?" Manche asked.
"I don't know" Sucre said.
"What are we supposed to do? Just sit here?"
"I don't know. I don't know!"
"Man, this whole thing is messed up, bro!"
"Feel free not to come, Gordo" T-Bag said, and I chuckled. Suddenly an alarm blared and we all panicked looking up at the grate.
"We're screwed. We're screwed!" T-Bag said.
"C'mon, let's go!" C-Note said, we were about to head back when Michael came back.
"Michael, we gotta go back" I said.
"We're moving forward. Stick with the plan" Michael said.
"Do your ears work, fool? Do you hear that?" C-Note asked.
"It's the fire alarm in the psych ward" Michael said.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"I set it off" Michael said.
"Why?" Sucre asked.
Michael didn't answer, but looked up at the grate, I exchanged looks with Sucre but didn't say anything.
I couldn't hear anything put apparently Michael could as he pushed the grate up and we all hurried across the yard.
"Hold up! Got some stragglers" Michael said to someone at the door of the psych ward.
"Cool" He said.
"Let's go" We filed past and he spotted Tweener's blue spotted suit.
"Wait a minute. That's not whack-shack issue. Everybody stop"
"Stay where you are! I said stay where you are" We stopped walking "What's the problem?" Michael asked. The man took something out of pocket and gave it to Michael who turned to Abruzzi and stuck the needle in the man's neck.
"Perfect" Michael said as the other man fell to the floor unconscious. We all hurried into the psych ward.
"Straight down the hall, straight down the hall" Once we got to the basement, I opened the hatch as Michael instructed and we dropped down into the tunnels that lead to the infirmary.
Michael dropped down and we all followed him down to the infirmary. Once we finally emerged from the tunnel's Michael checked if the coast was clear and beckoned us when it was safe.
We entered a room where Lincoln was sitting on a chair opposite a guard who was reading some kind of magazine.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, hey! I ain't a hero for fourteen dollars an hour. You do what you will" The guard said.
"Uncuff my brother" Michael ordered.
"You got it, boss" The guard unlocked Lincoln and said "Pretend I ain't here, boss"
"Yeah. You and the radio" T-Bag punched the guard who collapsed unconscious.
We filed into the infirmary and Michael got out the key and unlocked the door.
"We're in" He said as he pushed the door opened.
"First we gotta get that window out. Then we gotta get the bars off" Michael said, Suce moved to work on the window.
"Watch it, watch it" He said.
I followed Michael down to a fire hose and we unravelled it. I gave the end to Sucre who tied it around the bars on the window. I helped put some pillows on the floor to catch the bars when they fell.
"Ready" Sucre said. Michael tied it to a bar in the elevator, and pressed the button, we watched at the doors didn't shut on the hose and dinged back open.
"What now, genius?" T-Bag asked. Michael pressed the button again but the same thing happened.
"Take your time. We got...fifteen minutes to get over that wall" T-Bag said.
Tweener pushed through the group and went into the elevator. He pressed the button and the doors slide shut. I hurried for cover, and watched as the hose pulls tight. We waited anxiously and finally the bolts gave way and the bars fell forwards onto the pile of pillows along with the entire window frame.
"We're through" Michael said.
We took off our jumpsuits, me once again hidden so I didn't get a nasty surprise.
"Let's go, guys, I need those suits" Michael said, as Tweener came back in the doorway.
"Good job, kiddo!" I said, slapping him on the back. Everyone stopped as we noticed someone in the doorway. It was Haywire.
"I knew it" He said, his eyes darting to me.
"Haywire" Michael said.
"I knew it. As soon as I saw you go into Psych Ward, I knew it. Either I come with..." Lincoln, Michael and T-Bag made to go forwards but Haywire held up the radio and they stopped dead.
"Oh! You want me to make a little person-to-person call here?" He said.
"Haywire, just take it easy" Michael said.
"The other person being a Correctional Officer" Haywire said.
"He's in" Lincoln said.
"What?" Abruzzi asked.
"He's in" Lincoln repeated.
"Are you crazy?" Abruzzi asked Lincoln as he got on the cable to go across.
"Okay, after Lincoln, we go alphabetically" Abruzzi said.
"Whoa, whoa, hold on, A-bruzzi!" C-Note said.
"You want a seat on the plane? Line forms after me!" He said as he put the jumpsuits on Lincoln as he crossed.
"Go ahead. Go, go, go"
I watched as Lincoln made his way across the cabling, almost had a panic attack when he slipped. I let out a breath once he reached the other side, he put the jumpsuits over the wire and signalled Abruzzi who started making his way across the wire.
Sucre went next, I was watching until I heard a gasp and turned to see Westmorland on the floor.
"Hey, hey, hey" C-Note said as I rushed over to where Westmorland had fallen.
"Charles" Michael said, kneeling down next to me.
"You okay, old man?" C-Note asked.
"No"
"Let's take a look" Michael said and I helped him roll up Westmorland's sweatshirt to reveal the wound and a lot of blood.
"It's just a few more steps. You can make it" I said.
"Oh, I could make it another foot. Maybe two. But why? I wasn't going for me. I was going for my daughter. And you can do that. Will you promise me?" He asked us.
"Yes, I promise" Michael said as I nodded my agreement.
"Money, buried under a silo. At the Double K Ranch just outside of Tooele, Utah. There's plenty to split. The government didn't want any more embarrassment after I took all the money so they lowballed it to the papers. The truth is Michael, it's not one million under that silo. There's five million dollars there" I was shocked and I looked around to see that C-Note, T-Bag and Tweener had also heard.
"Give Anna her papa's love" Westmorland said.
"I will. I will" Michael said.
"Here. Easy, easy" I put a pillow behind Westmorland to make him more comfortable.
"Yo, bro, we gotta go!" Manche said as Lincoln gestured for the next person.
"Go, Michael. Go and don't look back" I let go of Westmorland's hand and cross over the cable, I feel Michael joining the cable once I was half way and it creaks. I hurried over and Lincoln grabbed my arm to steady me once I was on the wall. I smiled at him before grabbing the pole and sliding down to stand with the rest of the escapee's.
I heard the alarm blaring and I panicked, exchanging looks with everyone. Finally Michael and Lincoln came down the pole and we ran into the bushes, taking cover, and waiting for Michael's signal.
AN: Yay they've escaped :)