'Do your time; don't let the time do you!' This advice given to Pain echoes in his head the morning that the Blue Bird transports him from the county jail to the prison yard, and it stays with him for the duration of his four-year prison sentence. Forty-eight months is enough time to reform this small-time conman into a mastermind conspirator. While fellow convicts spend their time chain-gang hustling and pumping iron, Pain focuses on getting his reparations for the time that he's wasting in prison. Collaborating with a select few trusted acquaintances, he shoots for his goal with no remorse, knocking aside anyone who dares to stand between his team and their target. With all plans blueprinted in his head, the only thing left to do is to await his E.O.S. date.