Let's Break Out Of Prison - Prison Break FanFic

Chapter 34: Chicago

We drive to a train station and await there for Sara's arrival, like she promised Michael.

Eventually, a train pulls up and I spot her face emerging through the doors and looking around for a moment before spotting us and walking over with her head ducked towards the ground.

She instantly embraces Mike in a hug and when she pulls away he gestures at her now shoulder length dark wavy hair, "yeah, well..." she blinks and we all know what she means, "Lincoln." Sara nods her head in greeting and does the same at me. "You actually think we have a shot?"

"It depends on what your father gave you." says Michael.

"This fell out of his pocket when I found him. I don't recognize the insignia, do you?" She pulls a golden key on some string from around her neck to show us. It has a crown in the front of it and three dead straight lines along it.

"No." replies Michael, "but, uh Sara, we've got someone working with us now."

She turns around and see's Kellerman leant against a wall further along the platform and her facial expression drops.

"What?" I ask her and she takes a moment to take a deep breath.

"He took me," she says, "he took me and tortured me and left me to drown."

"What?!" Michael raises his voice a little but Lincoln and I shush him quickly.

We begin to walk over to Kellerman and he picks up his backpack off the ground, "Hi, Sara." He begins, "what's done is done. We all want the same thing--"

Michael cuts him off by grabbing him by the throats and pushing him up against the brick wall, "you didn't tell us you left her to die."

"I was scaring her. I would've pulled her out." He insists, barely able to talk because his vocal chords are being squashed.

"No. No, you left me in there to drown."

"I wonder how long you can hold your breath. Maybe we should find out." Michael threatens him, mulling the idea over in his head.

"You need me and you know it. You need me. You need me and you know it." He repeats until Michael releases him and he can breath correctly again.

"Why? Why do we need him? We have the key. We'll find out what it's for." Sara says and starts to walk away.

I don't know what I'm feeling right now. Clearly we need the key, but can't we just take the key from her and part ways? Does she really need to come along? It's like being back in Fox River having Dr. Tancredi interrupt us as soon as we're okay again.

"I can tell you what that key's for right now." Kellerman tells us and we all look at him expectantly. "It's to a private cigar club."

"Where?" Lincoln asks.

"Chicago."

Great, where we're most wanted in America right now.

Kellerman comes up with a plan and starts it off by holding Michael's arm and leading him up to the train convincing the conductor that he's going to need a private cargo to transport his 'fugitive in custody'.

"It's gonna be all right." Lincoln assures Sara who is staring at the ground fiddling with the edge of her jumper.

"If you say so."