They were finally on the bus, transferring to Lompoc, his feet were chained to the seat in front, hands cuffed in front of him. Brian was sat opposite him and some strangely looking guy to his side, they had extra guards, two at the front, two at the back and two at the middle, obviously the deal they had made was just for them and no one else knew about it. All the guards were armed, and had bullet proof vests on, more then prepared if someone tried to come and break them out to.

He shook his head, scenery going past him, his back resting uncomfortably on the chair. All of this was all to familiar to him, being cuffed, he knew what was going to come, the stripping down when they got to the jail, the frisks, the removal of anything that could be harmful, the shower down, then thrown in with the rest of the idiots. Only this time, there was more danger to it then there should have been. Braga, Leon had only heard about it from the little Brian had told him, but he got the idea, he was a bad guy, he was the one who had ordered the killing of Letty, he was the one who started all this.

He shook his head, head turning looking over at Brian, wondering how he was handling all of this, would any one know who he was, was he really prepared to handle all of this, to leave Mia behind he dropped his gaze, because of cause thinking about Mia, his sister by choice and not by blood, made him thinking of Faye, the sister he had done time for, the sister, he had promised nothing was going to happen to him, the sister he was leaving behind.

Before long they were pulling up outside Lompoc, the guards with raised guns escorting them of the bus.

Brian stared at the broad neck of the guy in front of him. It had was covered in cheap tattoes. His head was shaved and shiny. Most likely they'd see more of his type in Lompoc.
It was pretty extraordinary to be transfered this fast...even before the trial. Brian assumed it was so they could start 'working' quickly.
His gaze wandered out the window as the bus made its way north. For a brief moment he had the hope that the others would come and rescue them, maybe even Dom if he had heard about it.

Dom brought Mia to mind. It felt like a sting in his chest just thinking about her and what could have been.

His expression became hard. How could he be so damn stupid to end up in prison. He could only imagine what they would do to him in there even if they didn't find out he was a cop. But they most likely would because Brian had put a good dozen bad boys behind bars and some of them called Lompoc their new home.
At least this 'assignment' gave them a chance to make it out of jail some time in the future.

His jaw worked while he looked over at Leon. He had his head on the headrest and eyes closed. Brian wondered what he felt like. He had gone through it all before.
"What's going to happen?" Brian asked him in a low tone.

Leon turned towards Brian "Search"He stated in a low tone "Strip, then shower, they'll take any personel possessions and then hand over our prison garbs"He let out a frustrated sigh.

"We'll get our cells and bye bye outside world"

Before they could carry on a conversation a guard stepped between them.
"Stop talking. Eyes straight!" he ordered and slightly lifted his gun.
He had been told to keep a good eye on these two. Every guard knew about the recent bus jacking.
"I don't want to hear one fucking word out of you two."
He unlocked Leon's cuffs to the seat, dragged him a few seats further and locked him up again.

The prospect didn't sound pleasant. Prison was about taking away everything and breaking you down so you'd becpme a better person. Unfortunately many got lost in the process.
Brian shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
It was early in the morning and he hadn't slept all night so he tried to get some sleep on the bus.

Nearly two hours later they arried outside lompoc and Leon let out a sigh, his gaze taking in the building, he had been here only once before and that was when Dom had been serving after he had beatan that guy almost to a pulp. The guard pulled him roughly to his feet and pushed him towards the front of the bus.

Brian stood up when the guard had unlocked him from the chair and followed the other men outside.
His eyes wandered up at the high, grey walls lined with small barred windows. He turned around to see that they were already on the inside of a large wall topped with barbed wire.
It gave him an aweful feeling. Hopelessness paired with constriction.
A guard urged him to keep walking.
With hanging shoulders he made his way inside where they were greeted by an unpleasant smell and guards that made any drill seargant look like a Kindergarten teacher.

Leon lifted his gaze, cuffs finally of him, they were all in a line, one bye one they would be made to step forward strip of their cloths, then walk into the room behind them, shower down then go through to the other side, get their uniforms and wait for their cell assigment.

He stood with his head held high, it was better to show strength then fear in places like that, and he really hoped Brian was gonna have his streets smarts about him.

One by one their names were called.
When his name was called Brian stepped up to the counter, took off his clothes and placed them on the counter without even flinching.
He turned and walked into the room that was filled with steam from showers running. There were no shower curtains or booths just a long row of shower heads framed by two armed guards.
Brian frowned but didn't hesitate to step under the running water, scrubb down and then exit on the other side where he received a towel and simple blue clothes and rubber shoes.

The young guard pulled out a set of prison blues, scrolling down over the names he had in front of him, gaze falling onto Brian O'Conner, he ticked the name and lifted his gaze to the inmate comeing towards him.

"O'Conner Brian" He pushed the uniform towards him.

"You get two sets only, cell issured 21b, top tier" He looked the inmate up and down.

"No fighting, no intemdating, no gambling, dealing, no contraband, any behaviour in which we see going agasint these rules will put you in solitary....do you understand"

Leons name was called, and within seconds his cloth and personal items were with the officer in front of him, he ignored the armed officers as he made his way into the shower, scrubbing down quickly, before heading towards the other room, Brian still waiting with a few of the other inmates who had yet to be taken through to the main prison.

"Understood."
Since Brian felt pretty vulnerable standing there in his birth suit he hurried up to get dressed and waited for Leon.
He wasn't in the mood for lengthy talks so he just watched Leon receive his clothes and stepped a little closer.
"Which cell?"

Leon rubbed a hand over his head, another shave, he'd only just grown it back from the last time he was in there, he ran his hand over his now bold head and scowled slightly, eyeing Brians own new croped style.

"22 B" He answered looking around at the other inmates slowly walking in and out.

Dude, we're way too sexy for prison!
I must say you look scarier than me...are you in a band or sth?

Too bad we couldn't take him with us ;-)



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Brian ran a hand over his head. Usually his hair wasn't this short. He kept it shorter now than when he was younger but he knew how much Mia loved his hair. In here it would be better to get rid of it, he was sure. The rougher he looked the better.

"We're next to each other. I think we're going to stay in solitary for the first few days."

Brian was right. For 10 days each of them saw nothing but the inside of their cells. They even ate and did their business there.
It was an aweful lot of time to think about what had gone wrong and what would happen next. An aweful lot of time for bad thoughts but Brian decided to focus on the task at hand and come up with a plan to get near Braga.

After a long, lonely time without phone calls or permission to go outside the big day came.
The whole upper level was allowed to go outside. They were told to stay on the right side of the outside area. "Prisoners are a racist as it gets. Don't cross over into the other sections. You will regret it."

Brian blinked against the bright light when he stepped outside next to Leon.
"Hey." He looked at him.
"How you're doing, bro?"

Leon hated solitary, it was the worse form of punishment prison could give you, no one to talk to, no socilisation, nothing, just you and four walls, lucky for them they actually got a cot and not just a floor, small toliot in the corner. Nothing but time, time to think about all the things you had done that landed you there, all the time to think about the people that were outside those walls, the people you had let down.

He tried to keep his thoughts away from his sister, the look on her face when he had managed to catch her walking out with Jack, she hadnt come to him, for which he was gratefull, but he missed her, a lot and he was worried, there was something about Ashton that he didnt like, he didnt trust him, and he was afraid his baby sisster was going to get hurt.

The ten days were finally over, he was pissed of, hungry and itching for anything, he cracked hs neck when he stepped out, ignoring the comments warning them not to mix with the other prisoners, that they should stay where they were.

"How you doing bro?" Leon turned towards Brian, he hadnt even realized he had come near him.

"Good"He nodded his head, he had done this before, prepared himself for it, but the cop at his side, he wasnt so sure.

"What about you Dawg?"

Brian eyed him suspiciously. "Good, huh?"
The past ten days had been the longest most loney days of his life. he was far from good. every fight, trouble or undercover job would be better than that.
Brian rubbed the back of his head. "Better now that I'm out in the sun."
He looked around taking in the 'scenery'. Inmates standing in groups eyeing them with interest. The obviously had the smell of fresh meat about them. Most of them looked somewhat intimidating. Whoever was sent to Lompoc had doen something really wrong.
Inwardly Brian was prepared for anything. He knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park or just hanging out in the sun.
His eyes scanned the crowd for familiar faces. fortunately he didn't spot one.
"Braga's and his friends would probably mingle with the Hispnaic crowd."

Leon nodded his head "Yea and they tend to be the ones you want to stay away from" He stated.

"We can have a look, walk around the perimeter fence" He stated looking over in the direction of here the hispanic crowd were.

"Let's do that." Brian said when he started walking towards the fence. With a quick glance he checked the position of the guards. He could also tell that there were three major groups and a couple of people standing alone.
Brian had always heard that if you ever have to do time it's important to proof what kind of guy you are before you get hassled to no end. The saying was 'Knock the biggest guy you can find on his ass and gain some respect." Right now Brian was wondering whether this was really true.
"How much trouble did you get into when you were in jail before? Did you get hassled alot? Did you team up with somebody?"

Ahh there was the nervousness he had been waiting for, "Yea you look tough and new people want to show that there still boss"

His gaze wondered around there intmates who were all looking at the new guys, seeing if they were competition.

"My third night a guy came at me with a shiv" He shook his head reembering "I took him down, people tended to leave me alone after that"