"What's the plan, man?" C-Note asked.

"No bars on these doors, do as you like" I said.

"With what?" Sucre asked.

"We were supposed to be in Mexico right now, sipping on margaritas, waiting for the heat to dip. That was the plan" Lincoln turned away and he turned to Sucre "See? They just used us to dig, man. We're gophers"

"Where's Michael?" Sucre asked.

"He'll be here" Lincoln said.

"Okay. You know Sucre, maybe you and I should go and get that five million dollars, you know what I'm saying? I mean it's just sitting there in Tulah, Utah, ready to get some air" Lincoln angrily pushed C-Note

"You want to stay here, then shut your mouth" He said.

"Come one more time and touch me, and-" C-Note was interrupted by Sucre

"Guy's, gu- guys... " Lincoln rounded on him.

"What?" Lincoln asked, as Michael came back, with his 'disguise' on.

"Hey!" He shouted, as he walked past us "Relax" He got out some food from his backpack, and we all dug in.

"Yummy" Abruzzi said, chewing on a chicken leg. "Mmm"

Sucre came over and sat down. "Our photos are in the paper, they're probably all over the news"

"Yeah, and you didn't see that coming?" I said, picking up the paper and looking at the picture of me. Apparently they hadn't realised I was a girl yet, I wondered how Pope managed to pull that one off. How long would it take them to realise I was actually a girl?

Abruzzi laughed and took a swig of beer.

"What's so funny?" Sucre asked.

"The three of you, cracks me up. Here's to... Armature hour. What do you say" Abruzzi said.

"Yeah, yuck it up, funny man" I walked over to Lincoln and gave him the newspaper and then sat back down next to Sucre. I took another piece of chicken and savoured it, this was the best food I had eaten in months.

"Last supper boys, this is the part where we say goodbye" Michael said as he handed out some money to Sucre and C-Note. "It's not much, but it's enough to get you started"

"Hey um" Abruzzi said standing up.

"No. I'm not telling you where Fibonacci is" Michael interjected.

"Well I didn't ask. I only ask for a quarter for a phone call" Abruzzi said, Michael help up a dollar bill.

"Take four" He said.

"Thank you" Abruzzi said.

"Wonder what happened to the other guys" Sucre said.

"They all had a head start, except for T-Bag" C-Note said, and I shuddered thinking back to his hand being chopped off.

"Yeah, he was bleeding pretty bad" Abruzzi said, not fazed in the least.

"Think he's dead?" Sucre asked, Abruzzi gave him a look and took another swig from his beer.

"Riley" Michael called, I got up taking my chicken with me and walked over to where he and Lincoln were standing.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"It's time to move. We've got everything we need. Just a quick stop in Utah, then we're off to Mexico" Michael said.

"LJ has a hearing today to determine if he gets tried as an adult. I can get him" Lincoln said, clearly not listening to Michael.

"Who's LJ?" I asked.

"My son" Lincoln said.

"It's not the right time" Michael said.

"When will it be?" Lincoln said.

"After we go to Mexico, after we're off the news"

"They framed him for a double homicide; soon as he loses the hearing they're going to ship him out to an adult facility. So today in the courthouse is my only chance to get him" He turned to face Michael and walked towards us. "They took Veronica; they're not going to take my son"

"I know" Michael said, sitting down. "I know. I would never leave LJ behind, but we can't do this now. There's no plan in place"

"Believe me. I know that courthouse; I've been there more times than I can remember. The only person guarding him is the bailiff. He carries mace and a big stick" Lincoln said.

"So you're going to bum ruche the courthouse. That's your plan. Are you serious?" Michael asked, and Lincoln nodded.

"Yeah"

"Hey yo, we're headed out, man" C-Note shouted, as he, Sucre and Abruzzi walked towards us.

"Well good luck" Michael said standing up, to shake C-Note's hand. "To everyone. Stay out of trouble"

"Yeah" C-Note said, as he shook my hand and went over to Lincoln.

"This is it, papi" Sucre said, hugging Michael and then hugging me.

"I hope you find the girl, buddy" Michael said.

"She's all I have. I'll die trying" Sucre said. I watched Lincoln reluctantly shake C-Note's hand

"Good luck" He said.

"Yeah, you be easy man" Lincoln nodded, and C-Note walked off.

"Adios" Lincoln said to Sucre.

"I got that" He walked off and Abruzzi came over.

"Maybe we'll see each other again. You never know, Michael. You never know" We all glared at him, he backed off and walked off with the others. I waved at Sucre one last time and turned back to the brothers.

"Tell me everything you know about the courthouse" Michael said sighing.

Once we were at a garage Michael led us to a car.

"It's this one here" We stopped in front of a car. "Don't touch the radio" He said. Lincoln pulled out a cell phone while I got in the back seat. I watched Michael fiddle with the car, wiping it down. I wasn't even going to ask why he was doing that.

"Yeah, hi, I'm with the Demoines Herald, covering the LJ Burrows hearing? What time's that start?" Lincoln said into the cell phone.

"Thank you" He closed the cell phone and turns to Michael as he pulls out baby wipes and ran them over the roof of the car. "Three o'clock. The hearing lasts half hour max, he'll be taken down to the transport bay at ten to, to catch the four o'clock van"

"So how do we get to him?" Michael asked.

"Well, when I was locked up, I had nothing to do except study the briefs. Nick Savvrons Bar number is on the front page of every one. If we want to talk to LJ, we just- "

"Pose as one of his attorneys"

"Yeah" They got in the car and Michael passed the baby wipes to Lincoln. We parked in front of a store and Lincoln pulled the cell phone out again as I got out to go with Michael. We went into the store and got some provision, Michael handed me things as we walked around. After we paid we went back to the car.

"Hey" Michael said.

"Hey"

"Did you get him?" Michael asked, I got into the back seat.

"Lets do this" Michael started the car.

"We've got one more stop" He said, as he pulled out of the parking spot, Lincoln dropped the cell phone on the road. After a five minute drive we pulled up in front of another store and we got out. I stayed with Lincoln outside the shop, where a lady with a dog was walking her dog. She smiled at Lincoln and me, I was a bit confused why she was smiling at me when I realised I still looked like a boy. I grew very uncomfortable with her staring, and shifted slightly. I was starting to worry, I saw a patrol car and grabbed Lincoln and casually dragged him into the store.

"How are we this fine day?" The shopkeeper greeted.

"We're great" I said.

"Can I help you find anything?" He asked.

"We're good, thanks" Lincoln said, as we walked past and found Michael.

"Hey" He said.

"We gotta go" I said, nervously.

"I just need to pay up" Michael said, and I saw all the stuff he was holding.

"Now" Lincoln said.

"How are you today officer?" I heard the shopkeeper say and we quickly made our getaway out the back door.

"We can make it to the courthouse on foot from here" Lincoln said, as we saw police cars parked outside the store.

"You don't understand. Everything is in that car" Michael said, staring at the car.

"Forget the damn car, we don't have time. Come on, let's go" He walked off, and I followed waiting for Michael to do the same.

On the way to the courthouse I couldn't help but feel very anxious, I think it showed on my face because as we were walking us to the courthouse Michael asked.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine" I said, breathing deeply.

If this thing doesn't work out and you end up going back to Fox River, I aint coming to get you. I mean, you are the brains, and I am the brute" Lincoln said, and we all laughed. "Seriously Michael, Riley you don't have to do this" I picked up Michael's bag and smiled at Lincoln.

"Let's go" I said, we climbed a fire escape at the side of the building on the roof.

"So how are we doing this" Michael passed me a toy gun and some spray paint.

"We're getting him in the elevator, and we're going to need some persuasion" I smiled and started to spray the gun, once I had finished, we waited for it to dry. Once it had Lincoln had already opened the door on the roof, and we climbed down the elevator shaft.

Michael went to work on the hatch and opened it. Lincoln pointed the gun at the agent.

"Keep it in the holster and no one gets hurt" He hesitated then reached for his gun "Keep it in the holster"

Michael leant over and said "Alright, LJ, hit stop" I moved over to see what was happening, LJ moved over and hit the emergency stop

"He's coming with us" Lincoln said, the agent gave him a glance before looking back at Michael "So just stay cool, stay cool"

"Hey Buddy, give me his gun" Michael said to LJ, who attempted to get the gun, but the man fought him

"Hey, hey" Lincoln shouted, LJ managed to grab the gun and passed it to Michael.

"LJ, give me your hand" Lincoln said, he grabbed the boy's hand and pulled him towards us. "That a boy, come on" He dropped the water pistol, which I tried to catch but it was too late, the agent realised it wasn't real and rushed forward, grabbing LJ's legs.

"Hey. Back off. Back off. Back off!" Michael shouted.

"You're not shooting anybody. None of you are. Give yourselves up and your kid can walk. It's the only way he's getting out of this place" The man said, pulling on LJ again and I tried to help pulling LJ back towards us. "It's the only way!"

"Dad!" LJ shouted. Michael put the gun down and reached forward to help us pull up LJ.

"Dad!" The agent kicked the stop button and I felt the elevator lurch as it started moving again "Dad, you gotta let me go. Dad!" The man reached around LJ and pulled.

"Dad!" He shouted, I tried to reach down and get the man's hands off the boy, but I was nearly grabbed and slipped. Michael helped me regain my balance.

"You gotta let me go!" With one final tug LJ was ripped out of our grasp and LJ fell against the wall and the man looks up. Quickly, Michael shoved the cover over the service area, and we climbed back up the shaft, and ran up to the pavement, with the police on our heels.

"Freeze! Don't move! Do not move!" I heard behind us, I spotted a truck ahead.

"Truck!" I shouted, and we clambered in as shots fire, Lincoln drove away while the police still shot at us. A couple of blocks away we got out of the truck and ran through a park.

"We gotta move!" Michael said.

"I can't!" Lincoln collapsed on a wall, and we noticed his legs.

"Oh my god" I said, as Michael went forward and examined the wound. I ripped off a bit of my shirt, that was too big for me and gave it to Michael to use as a bandage.

"I failed him" Lincoln said, as Michael tried to bandage up his leg. "OW!"

"Sorry, sorry" Michael said.

"I failed him" Lincoln said.

"Hey, hey. You tried" I said, trying to comfort him as he groaned with pain.

AN: So what did you think?