When Jennifer elected not to play the hooker, Nate made a show of frowning and put a hand to his chest as though she had wounded him deeply but then remembered that they had little time and he couldn't afford to joke around here. He would have to save his jokes for later. He was quickly pulling on his own uniform over the top of his clothes and shoving his jacket and Vin's shirt into the bag. After they were all dressed, he ducked under the desk again where he picked up three police hats to complete the disguise. He threw two of them to JJ and Vin and placed the third on top of his head, wishing there was a mirror in here so he could see how good he looked.

He didn't waste time with anymore words directed at the others, much to their relief, and instead headed to the door. When he peeked out, he saw an officer at the end of the hallway reading a file but he wasn't paying attention to them and soon turned around the corner. Nate stepped out and motioned for the others to follow.

Heading towards the back of the station, they passed through booking where one officer was sitting behind a desk but didn't even bother to look up at them as they passed. Nate walked with a confidence that suggested he belonged here rather than was trying to escape. Another uniformed officer stepped out of a door right in front of them and Nate felt his heart skip a beat.

"Hey." said the officer with a perfunctory chin jut of acknowledgment as he passed and kept moving down the hallway. Nate could barely believe their luck and echoed the greeting before continuing towards the rear door where they encountered a keypad. Luckily Michaels had anticipated this and told him the code. Unluckily, however, Nate hadn't been paying attention at the time and had instead been more focussed on Michaels' eyebrows. "Damn it!" he muttered under his breath.

But then, in a moment that Nate saw as divine providence and proof that the world wanted them to succeed, the door opened from the other side and two officers began shoving a large bald man inside. Nate instinctively reached behind him and pushed JJ towards the wall, so she didn't get knocked down as the massive man jostled with the officers and swore at them, declaring that he'd "Get them for this". Nate held his arm and shoulder in front of JJ in an almost protective manner until the three men had passed and then quickly grabbed for the door before it closed. The commotion that the obviously angry man was now causing was enough of a distraction for them to slip out unnoticed.

Outside, Nate looked around for the car Michaels had told him would be waiting for them. He eventually spotted the blue four door halfway across the parking lot and hurriedly walked towards it. He found the doors unlocked and slipped into the driver's seat and flipped down the sun visor to find the keys dropping into his hands. "I need to buy Michaels a beer myself." he said with a smile to no one in particular before starting the car and turning to the others. "How on earth do you two survive without me?".

The car was quickly moving, but not too quickly. Nate didn't want to get arrested for speeding. That would make this whole escape pointless.

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