Once and For All (Prison Break fanfiction)

Part 3

"Everybody clear?"

They all nodded back at Michael. The plan was set. Mahone would meet them there.

As they headed out, Lincoln stopped Lily in her tracks. He couldn't risk almost losing her again, and they all decided it would be safer for her to stay back and watch MJ.

"You're staying here to look after MJ. Sucre, Maricruz and Sofia are only a call away. As are we. Anything happens you call somebody, got it?"

"But Dad!" Lily protested. She wanted to go with them, take down The Company for all they had done to their family, however she realised where her dad was coming from.

"No baby, no buts. This is final. I can't risk almost losing you again. Look after your cousin for us, he needs a strong girl like you watching over him" Lincoln replied, before turning to head out of the door behind Sara and Michael.

"Dad wait!" Lily exclaimed. Lincoln stopped the door from closing and turned back around. Lily rushed over and hugged him tightly.

"I love you Dad. Please come back. All of you" she whispered softly.

"I love you too Lily. More than anything. Nothing's gonna happen, I promise. We'll be back before you know it, ok?" Lincoln assured, kissing her head and exiting the house, shutting the door behind him.

_______________________________

A couple of hours had passed, and it was starting to get dark. Lily sat down on the couch and turned on the tv, mindlessly flicking through the channels in an attempt to find something that would pass the time. She hated waiting, especially since there was a lot at stake this time around. The baby monitor sat next to her, so she could hear MJ and attend to his needs whenever he woke up. She thought she heard a crash, but she just shook this out of her mind. It was probably nothing.

She kept pressing the button, over and over, until something caught her eye. The channel stopped on a local news bulletin, talking about General Krantz's appearance at the Eagles and Angels benefit. It's funny how a supposed "hero" can appear this way to the public, but Lily and her family knew he was something more. He was the monster behind The Company, and he had killed too many of their loved ones to mention. She watched as the General addressed countless officers and politicians at the event, the audience hanging on to his every word as if it were actually true. Suddenly, through the baby monitor, she heard MJ's cries.

"Looks like somebody woke up from his nap!" Lily thought to herself, as she lifted herself from the couch and went up the stairs to her uncle and aunts room. She opened the door and noticed MJ standing, hands gripping the edge of the crib rather tightly. His cries grew louder, and louder.

"MJ, what is it? You hungry? Nappy needs changing? Come on little guy, talk to me!" Lily asked, realising that that last sentence sounded kind of stupid since he was only just 1 years old. She picked him up in her arms, and rocked him to try and calm him down. Her uncle Mike had said this was his favourite thing, which he and Sara always used when their son was crying for whatever reason. They had a nursery for him, but kept a crib in their room anyway because some nights Sara couldn't bear to be away from her baby boy.

She gently patted his back and bounced him lightly up and down, but still he wouldn't stop crying. She looked him all over, but nothing seemed to be physically wrong with him.

"Man..."

"What did you just say MJ?" Lily asked, looking down at her cousin and staring him in his beautiful brown eyes.

"Man!" he repeated, looking as scared as Lily did the moment she hit the ground after that cop car had hit her.

"What man? What are you talking about MJ?" she whispered, and then MJ pointed behind her with one of his tiny fingers.

Still holding a distraught MJ, she turned around towards the door Michael and Sara's room, her eyes widening immediately.

"Who the hell are you? What did you do to my cousin?" Lily retorted, stepping backwards slowly as this suspicious person edged forward towards them. MJ had quietened down to a whimper, but any little thing could set him off now.

"You don't need to know the answers to either of those questions. All you need to know is that I'm Company and I'm here to get leverage. I don't want to have to hurt either of you... but I will if you don't do as I say. I can easily make a call and your father uncle and aunt will all be dead too" he replied with an evil tone, getting closer and closer.

Lily whispered into her cousins ear "It's gonna be ok, don't worry MJ" and put him down in his crib and scanned the room, looking for something to use as a weapon. Just as this intruder was about to grab her, she rushed forward and pushed him out of the way, heading for her uncle's wardrobe. The intruder slammed into the wall and fell to the ground, which meant Lily had bought herself seconds of time to prepare. She remembered that her uncle kept a gun in there, for safety purposes. He had told her, and the rest of the family, to use it if they ever found themselves in serious trouble and nobody else was around.

She found it and quickly tucked it into the back of her jeans, she'd use that later if needs be. She pushed all of the hangers off of the rail in the cupboard and broke the metal pole out. She turned back and was thrown off concentration as this guy was walking slowly towards her. It took one movement for Lily to hit him with the pole. She hit him again, and again, another 3 times before running out of the room to get downstairs and grab her phone, still holding the pole. MJ was crying again, only louder this time as he watched his cousin hit this dangerous Company guy with something large and shiny.

The guy caught up and collided with her, sending them both down the stairs again. Lily winced as she landed at the bottom of the steps, since her injuries from a few hours ago had still not fully gone down yet. She dragged herself forwards, still on the ground, and got into the living room. She managed to get up and hit this guy with the pole a load more times before dropping it, seeing him bleed like there was no tomorrow. She pulled out the gun and shot him once, getting him in the abdomen. He fell to his knees, and face flat to the floor. She edged forward, to see if he was still alive. Out of nowhere, he grabbed her ankle – the bad one – and pulled her down. She landed on the ground, and found herself covered in his blood. It was on her hands, arms, face, clothes. She tightened her grip on the gun and managed to get free, standing up and shooting him twice more.

The man stilled, his eyes still wide open even after he stopped breathing. She didn't realise she was even crying, her heart pounded against her chest. She heard MJ screeching from upstairs, so she grabbed her phone and ran. She wiped her hands on her jeans and picked him up, backing up against the wall and sliding down it, MJ still crying in her arms.

She dialled her Uncle Fernando's number, like her dad had told her to if anything happened. She wanted to call her dad, or her uncle, or Sara even, but she didn't know if they would have succeeded with the plan yet and didn't want to jeopardise any of their lives any more than they already were.

He picked up after 2 rings.

"Hey mami how's my favourite ni---"

"Uncle Fernando listen to me. There was a guy here, he said he was Company. He tried to... Me and MJ are f-fine. I killed him. Can you come here, now please. I'm really s-scared. Do you know if my dad---" Lily cried, while simultaneously trying to keep MJ occupied. He put her necklace in his mouth, and quietly "chewed", his cries calming down now.

"He's fine, they're all fine I just spoke to them a minute ago. It worked. Oh my god Lily... Ok hang tight I'll be there soon, got it?" Sucre replied grabbing his car keys and hastily leaving a note for Maricruz who was sleeping – their baby making her more tired each day. He jumped in the car and sped off.

"Got it" Lily whispered into thin air, before disconnecting the call.