with sara by his side, michael wakes up disoriented and weak. he asks her which hospital he is in, but sara merely assures him he does not need to worry about it and that there are good doctors here to treat him. while lincoln and sucre go after scylla, sara stays with michael and watches over him while he undergoes surgery. the procedure that the company doctors use on michael is nothing like anything sara has seen before. general krantz tells her that while the procedure is experimental, it has been used once before on a patient who ended up living a long and happy life. because of the surgery, all of michael's senses become active at the same time, causing him to have his life flash before his eyes. he suddenly sees himself back in his old cell at fox river, with charles westmoreland greeting him. while conversing with westmoreland and trying to figure out the truth behind scylla in his subconscious, the michael in surgery is dying and begins to flatline. the company doctor injects an unknown serum into michael as sara panics and rushes to michael's side, telling him not to give up. after finally realizing what scylla really is and hearing sara's voice, michael wakes up.