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I moved over to where the safe boxes were. Looking for the one that was my dad's.

"Uh, Ms. Black. I need to have a word with you" The manager said looking slightly nervous. I hesitated, and then pretended to follow, but walking down a different corridor.

"Ms. Black? Ma'am?" I walked faster, and rounded a corner straight into Michael.

"It's time to go" He said, pulling me through the kitchen area. We walked out of an emergency exit, setting off an alarm. I saw a police car coming round the corner as I pushed Michael towards the side gate.

"That was close" I said, as we ran back over to the car.

"We didn't get it" Michael said.

"What?" Kellerman asked.

Michael ignored him and continued. "And we need to get back in there soon. Once the Company finds out Riley was in there, it won't be long before they start wondering why. Find a spot close to the club and sit tight. We're gonna take the car. We'll be back in a couple of hours"

"Where you going?" Lincoln asked.

"Turns out that maybe there's one member of that club who can help us" Michael replied.

"Who?" Michael handed over a pamphlet to Lincoln who looked through and stopped suddenly.

"Pope?" He asked.

"That's ironic" I said.

I knocked on Pope's door, wringing my hands anxiously.

"Just a minute" I heard him say, he opened the door and his smile disappeared when he saw me.

"Henry" I said, biting my lip.

"What are you doing here? Aside from running from the law and ruining my life" I winced.

"There's something that you need to hear. But first, I need to know if you'll listen" I said pleadingly.

"I can assure you Riley, we've got nothing to discuss" He tried to shut the door.

"No, no please. I need five minutes, and if you want us to leave we will" I stopped the door with my hand.

"Who's we?" He asked, Michael stepped around the door and stood beside me. Pope stared at us in shock, moving aside to let us in.

"I don't want any trouble" Pope said.

"Good. Because that's not why we're here" Michael replied.

"What the hell are you thinking about, waltzing in here? You're a wanted criminal! In case you've forgotten, I dedicated my career, my entire life, to keeping people like you behind bars" I thought it was a bit weird he didn't react so bad when he saw me, but I figured he had always felt bad for me seeing as I had been incarcerated in a male prison.

"You're talking about guilty people. My brother is innocent. And we may have the evidence to prove it" Michael said.

"Well, I don't care. I want you out of here" Pope moved back into his kitchen.

"It's in a locked box at the Corona de Oro Club and you're a member"

"Out!" Pope shouted.

"Henry, please listen" I said.

"Riley, I'm tempted to say you should've known better. But given your circumstances...

"My entire family was murdered and this key was the only thing I have from the house" I said, tearfully, remembering that fateful night. Pope sighed and turned back to Michael.

"I don't give a rat's ass about you or your brother. I trusted you. I took you under my wing. I treated you like my own son. I believed you. Day after day you lied to me. What kind of a man does that?" Pope asked.

"A desperate one" Michael answered.

"Yeah. Well, you two made a big mistake coming here today. You gave me no choice. I'm gonna notify the authorities right now" He walked over to his phone, Michael stepped forward took out his gun and pointed it at Pope.

"I'm sorry. But I can't let you do that. I don't wanna hurt you, Henry" I watched this exchange tensely.

"Said by the man with the gun" He replied.

"If it's the only way to convince you, so be it"

"Well, you're not gonna convince me by doing that"

"I'm not the man you think I am"

"Yeah, well, I have a pretty good idea who you are, Michael"

"If that's true, then you already know I never wanted to be in Fox River. I never wanted to meet you, Henry. I certainly didn't want to ruin your life"

Yeah? Well, you've done a pretty damn good job"

"Henry this is true, Lincoln Burrows is innocent, he's been set up" I exclaimed, no longer able to keep quiet.

"I just want my brother's life back. I want people to know the truth. I'd give anything for that. I'd lay down my life" Michael said.

"That's easy for you to say, standing on that side of the gun" Henry said, but Michael put the gun on the counter, the handle facing Henry.

"What if I'm standing on this side?" I went to move forward, but Michael gave me a look and I stayed still biting my lip, wondering what was going to happen now.

Pope did nothing but stare at the gun on the counter, finally he spoke.

"I could shoot you right now and not even think twice"

"But you won't. You've spent too much time around prisons to throw your life away like that" Michael said.

"What the hell are you trying to pull?" Pope demanded.

"It's simple. That's the key to an innocent man's freedom. Come on, Henry. We both know there's something going on here. Too many people have died. Look me in the eye. Tell me you don't believe there's a cover-up going on right now"

"I've got no moral obligations here, Michael. As far as I know, Lincoln is as guilty as hell"

"Then take a 10-minute drive with me and we'll find out. That's all I ask"

"Henry, come on you have nothing to lose, I bet you anything that you've looked into this before" I spoke.

"I have. And I've come to one conclusion. This has nothing to do with me. But I am a man of the law, and right now, I've got two convicted felons standing inside my house"

"Well, maybe there's something I can offer you to make you change your mind" Michael said.

I walked over to the car with Michael and Pope following. I slid in the back seat, as Michael and Pope got in the front.

We drove to the cigar club, and parked outside.

"You're certain? About what's in the box?" Pope asked.

"No. But it's all we've got" Michael said, I leaned forward and handed Pope the key watching as he got out of the car and headed over to the entrance.

"You sure about this?" I asked Michael.

"Nope" Michael replied.

"After this you so owe me dinner" I said, Michael looked over smirking slightly.

"Is that so?" He asked.

"Yep. After everthing we've been through, dinner is the least you could do" I said, smiling.

"Well, maybe after we wrap this up we can stop off and get you a burrito on the way back to Pope's house" I scoffed.

"Scofield, I don't know what you're used to but anything short of a filet mignon is not gonna cut it with me"

"It's a date" He held out his hand and I took it, as Michael's phone rang.

"Hey"

"How'd you pull it off?" I heard Lincoln say.

"I'll tell you later. Is he in yet?"

"Yep"

"This shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. Any longer than that, we'll know we've got trouble"

Michael hung up, and drove the car to a secluded spot, as to not seem suspicious, but from this spot we could just about see the cigar club. We stayed silent for a little while, taking comfort in each other's presence.

Michael took out his cell phone and called Lincoln, putting it on speaker phone.

"Yeah" Lincoln answered.

"What's going on now?" He asked.

"He's still in there"

"This is taking too long" I said, worried and biting my lip slightly.

"Wait, wait, wait. Here he comes" Lincoln said, and I breathed out slightly.

"What's happening?" Michael asked.

"We got company" Michael started the engine, as Henry and the man had a conversation.

"Michael..." I said, seeing the conversation go bad, Michael slammed on the gas, driving towards the man. Michael pulled up at the curb, hitting the man in the process, and backed up.

"Get in!" He shouted, Henry jumped in, Lincoln and Kellerman came out of nowhere. Lincoln beat up the man on the floor while Kellerman took care of his partner.

"Let's go! Linc!" Michael shouted, he jumped in. Kellerman reached for the door but I locked it so he couldn't get in. We drove off as police sirens were heard in the distance.

We pulled up at Henry's driveway. He got out and looked at Michael.

"What's going on?" Lincoln demanded.

"I made a deal with Pope" Michael got out the car, and Lincoln and I did the same.

"You made a deal with Pope? What kind of deal?"

"If he came with us, and if we got what we needed...I said I'd turn myself in" My mouth dropped open.

"What? We don't even know what this thing is! It could be nothing, Michael!" He turned to me. "You know about this?"

"Not until now" I said.

"t was the only thing I could think of. You two can still finish this. You'll just have to do it without me"

"I'm not gonna let you do this, Michael. There's no coming back from this"

"Now, look..." Henry interrupted.

"What's the hold up?" Michael asked.

"Your brother's right. I wouldn't count on the courts to show you any leniency in this"

"That doesn't matter. I said I'd hold up my end of the deal"

"You already did" Pope held up the memory stick "I listened to this. You have something here. There are gonna be a lot of people who wish you didn't but you do"

"Listen, Henry..."

"I'd go now if I were you. And don't consider this forgiveness. In fact, I'm about 10 seconds away from changing my mind"

"Thank you" We all got back in the car, where I promtply hit Michael over the head.

"What was that for?" He asked, rubbing his head.

"For someone so smart, you can be so dumb" I sighed.

I walked into the room, with a brand new laptop. Don't ask where I got it from.

"Here we go. You think it's a conversation?" I asked, setting the laptop in front of Michael.

"One they don't want us to hear" He put the memory stick in the USB port. "You ready?" He asked.

"Let's do it" Lincoln said as an audio file popped up on the screen I leant on the back of Michael's chair, preparing what was about to play.

AN: Ohh, it's getting exciting now lol.