Leon lost it once he found out what Hammerhead had done. He knocked the food tray off of the table.
"I'm going to fucking kill him for this! I should have been here!" Leon yells. Elliot just shifts nervously on the bed.
"Yeah well he is friends with the warden, maybe you can catch them doing something they shouldn't be." Elliot says.
"Like what?" Leon asks.
"Like rebuilding Ray's site." Elliot says. Leon looks at him curious now. "Come on, you really think they are just going to let this site go? They made money off of it. They'll find another prisoner with computer skills, hell maybe even hire an outside contractor." Elliot says. "But knowing Lonestar he's too stupid to hire an outsider. He doesn't want to waste his money. Got to pay for those cigarettes somehow."
"So what, am I supposed to snitch?" Leon asks.
"Call the feds, you can keep it anonymous and say you suspect that these guys are revamping the site." Elliot says.
"Alright. Fine." Leon says. "I'm still gonna kill that mother fucker. And don't worry I'll make it look like it was a suicide or an accident." Leon says feeling the uneasiness from Elliot. "Okay, I got to go work out how the hell I'm gonna do that. You gettin' out of here today, Cuz. Once you do, come find me. Don't talk to no one."
"Yeah, got it." Elliot says. Once Leon leaves, Mr. Robot appears at the end of the bed. Elliot just scoffs turning his head away from him.
"You left. Again." Elliot says.
"I know and I promise I promise I'll explain all of it after we get out of this jail." Mr. Robot says.
"And why should I trust you?" Elliot yells.
"Because I want what's best for us. And once we are out of here, I will explain it all." Mr. Robot says. Elliot sighs looking into Mr. Robot's eyes. Deep down he knows that Mr. Robot isn't lying, they have a partnership, he helps me and in turn Elliot helps him.
"Fine. But I expect an answer." Elliot says. The nurse comes in smiling.
"You are getting out today. Right now if you'd like. Heard you have a visitor." The nurse says.
"I do?" Elliot says.
"Yeah, cute little lady that comes every week." The nurse says. Elliot thinks on it a minute and then it dawns on him, Krista. He forgot she was coming today. He hoped nobody had told her that he was in the hospital, then he would have to tell her what happened and he wasn't quite ready to do that yet.
"Yeah, I'd like to get out of here." Elliot says simply. The nurse just nods handing Elliot his jumpsuit.
"Just put that on and you are free to go." The nurse says. Elliot nods standing up, stripping himself from the hospital gown. He quickly gets dressed puts the gown on the table and walks out of the hospital wing. Elliot tenses when he sees Lonestar walking towards him. Elliot looks down avoiding him at all cost. As Elliot passes Lonestar grabs Elliot's arm.
"You best not tell anybody what happened last night. Or I will personally make your life a living hell, is that understood?" Lonestar says. Elliot nods, Lonestar lets go. "Good boy. Get out of here." Elliot walks away quickly. There was anger inside Elliot, anger he has never felt before. An anger to punch or even kill that guy. This scared Elliot, he was never a violent person, at least not towards others, more towards himself. He knew he couldn't tell his friend, he didn't know if they'd understand or not. Maybe this was what Mr. Robot was talking about. Elliot walks into the visiting room sitting across from Krista.
"Good news, you got this in the mail today." Krista says handing him the letter. He opens it and within it is a letter stating that because of his help with Ray and the fact that Elliot was a non-violent criminal he was being released earlier than usual. Did Lonestar know about this? Did he have any control over it? This was from the District Attorney, a person much higher up than Lonestar. "You get out tomorrow. This is good don't you think?"
"Yes." Elliot says simply not looking up from the letter afraid if he did, Krista could read his expression and know that something was wrong. "I have to let Leon know." Elliot says.
"Well I hope once you get out, you continue our sessions. I think it's important to keep up with your treatment, don't you?" Krista says.
"Yes. Thank you." Elliot says getting up walking away without another word. She'd forgive him for being rude, she always did. It took Elliot a minute to track down Leon but he was in the corner of the court yard discussing something with a fellow black inmate. They exchanged something; Leon puts what looks like white powder in a small bag into his pocket.
"Yo, Cuz!" Leon yells. Before Elliot could go over to him, Hammerhead cuts him off. Elliot stiffens but that anger he had when he passed Lonestar was bubbling up ever so slowly.
"You tell anyone about our fun last night?" Hammerhead asks. Elliot looks down ignoring the man. Hammerhead takes a handful of Elliot's jumpsuit pulling him towards him so close that Elliot could feel Hammerhead's breathe on his face. "I asked you a question." Leon and the other black inmate came over, Hammerhead lets go of Elliot. "I'm sure we'll get more time together."
"You good, cuz?" Leon asks.
"Yeah." Elliot says.
"I got a plan." Leon says he pulls Elliot over to a corner of the courtyard. "So I already called, but Hammerhead ain't gonna be with Lonestar, Hammerhead isn't an idiot even though he looks like one. So I got some drugs that can straight up kill him. All I got to do is put it in his food at dinner tonight."
"Okay, look, Leon, I have something to tell you." Elliot says.
"Yeah, the letter, I know. Just make sure when you get out, you tell Whiterose I did you good." Leon says as he walks away leaving Elliot confused and in shock.