Characters used in this story come from a number of sources including Silence of the Lambs, Detective Conan, Naruto, JtHM, and Harry Potter. The creature, I did however make up was the high-bred Velosrapter whale the phoenix and the dragon are of normal folklore. The reference I will make regarding human animal transformations is based off of the Anamorphs series, but with an added twist that I came up with on my own. A warning ahead of time the only one that was intended to be out of character was Naruto because I find his demon side to be more interesting, but if anyone else is out of character than I am sorry.
Chapter 1 The institution
The Baltimore state hospital was a place of many levels. The top floor, where the more placid patents resided, was clothed in the standard serial white of a hospital. Here patents were clad in matching white gowns and white hospital booties. The ground floor was clad in warm inviting yellows and deep rich browns and was home not to patents but normal people, psychologists like Dr. Chilton and his collogues to be exact. Our story begins however on the very bottom floor, which contained the ward for the criminally insane. The furnishings in this ward contrasted sharply with those of the two above it. Hidden behind two big, heavy, metal, security doors that, when closed, locked with several dead bolts and could only be opened from the outside by one of the employees. The walls behind those doors were neither warm nor clean looking but were made of old looking brick that gave off a sense of being in a cave. Flanking the single hallway of this passage were a number of cells, some resembling your standard jail cell with a bared door and a thin mattress upon a cot, others padded rooms, which were closed with a heavy steel door containing a little barred observation window, and still others which resembled insect observation containers, with walls of strong military grade bulletprof glass, that had air holes cut into it, and then surrounded by a steel bared cage. The only reason for these peculiarities was that these chambers were meant for holding the most dangerous of patents. It is also here unfortunately that half of our characters reside.
These high security cells were kept in a neat line at the very end of the hall. The inhabitants consisted of a wild looking beast like human with bright yellow hair that clashed horribly with his bright orange jumpsuit, a tall bean poll-like figure with two clumps of hair that stuck out of his head like antenna, and a lanky man known as Hannibal Lecter. In the normal bared cells lying opposite them held a small dark haired child; who was presently cowering in the far corner if his cell, and two Japanese children, one with black hair and glasses, and another with light brown hair. All of the patients with the exception of the blond were clad in the blue regulation jumpsuit provided by the institution.
Of all the new arrivals Hannibal became the most interested in the thin man next to him who was at this moment drawing a picture on a sheet of butcher paper using the same type of felt tipped markers that they had provided him with. Another interesting case was the dark hared Japanese boy, who appeared to be silently pleading with some unseen force to let him out of this place.
Before he got a chance to introduce himself the high security doors opened and Barney, the attendant, walked in pushing a dining cart. As he stopped at the various containment chambers to distribute dinner to the patents, who upon receiving their meals returned to their usual dining area within their chambers to eat, while those, with the exception of the dark haired patent next to Hannibal, who had not yet received them followed his progress hungrily with their eyes. Upon arriving at the far end of the hall Barney noticed that as usual, Hannibal, who had known of his intended time of arrival, was already standing in the center of his cell waiting. "Good evening Barney" he said when Barney had stopped in front of his chamber. His voice was flat and monotone and had a slight metallic rasp to it as if it hadn't been used in awhile. "Good evening doctor" Barney replied, in a deep friendly voice that hadn't yet lost its southern drawl, as he pulled open the little drawer in front of his chamber to distribute his meal. After sliding the drawer over the partition he waited for Lecter to take the plate of food out of the drawer before pulling the short piece of rope that connected to his end of the drawer to pull it back over to his side his side so that he could take out the plastic serving tray. He then continued over to the next chamber where the dark haired man sat drawing, "Mr. C" he called "its dinner time." Upon which the man got up and keeping his distance respectable replied politely "thank you Barney. Oh and by the way" he said grimacing slightly "Could you please call me Nny from now on as I find Mr. C to be too mockingly formal for my tastes. "oh and another thing" he said getting closer and whispering darkly "next time you put the plates in the drawer please take them off the serving tray and put them in there one at a time or get more serving trays," he added as an afterthought,before returning to his seat to continue drawing. "O-okay" replied Barney nervously placing his dinner in the drawer and sending it through, before backing away slowly. He then continued over to the cell holding the small dark haired child who had now ceased his cowering and had gotten up and approached the bars curiously. "Hello there little guy. You're Todd Castle aren't you?" Barney asked sweetly. ""Uh hua" replied the child shyly as he was handed his dinner through the bars. "Excuse me Mr. Barney sir. Why are the scary neighbor man and the other two locked up in those glass boxes?" Todd asked innocently. "Well because they are special circumstances when it comes to the actions that got them put here." He replied kindly. "Enjoy your dinner Todd" he said moving on to the next cell where the brown haired girl resided "Hello there" he said repeating the same greeting he had used for Todd "you must be Ai." Enjoy your diner" he said handing her dinner to her which she accepted silently. He then moved on to the black haired boy in the neighboring cell, who was looking at him with serious and almost business like expression, "and you must be Conan. Well don't you looked like a little adult." he said jokingly referring to the child's expression. To which Conan thought with a chuckle "you don't know thed half of it". After giving Conan his dinner he started to return to his office; when the yellow haired child let out a howl of rage and slammed his body into the glass with a horrible banging sound. "No I didn't forget you" he said calmly turning around to face the little monster causing the disturbance. "Don't worry I put your dinner in the microwave to thaw" he explained before going into his office and returning with a piece of raw meet which he placed in the drawer and sent into the chamber. After which he left without saying another word taking the cart and being sure to shut and lock the door behind him.