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A few days later...
For the pass few weeks Hannibal has gotten to know both of the girls while starting his relationship with Annabelle. Mischa has long beautiful black hair just like her mother, his amber maroon eyes and fair porcelain skin. She was a perfect combination of both him and Annabelle. During his time with her he has found out that she is strong headed, smart and very creative. She loves art, loves books, has a knack for biology, loves both classical and rock music and does fencing, gymnastics and Judo. Her favorite color is red and her favorite animals are wolves, foxes and very big cats, mostly tigers.
Penelope, who looked just like Annebelle, with her emerald green eyes and same fair porcelain skin but had dark brown hair. She was shy around at first but once she saw how her sister was okay the little girl opened up more. The girl was your typical four year old that loved to play, draw and play with her dolls. She was in dance class but loved ballet. Her favorite color is green and purple and her favorite animals are elephants.
During the last few days Hannibal grew to love both girls. Even though Penelope wasn't his daughter he cared and loved her as if she was. At the third week Annabelle decided to show where she and Raven takes Mischa every Wednesday and Sunday. He knew that she was part of the Pegan killings but he did not see this coming. A classroom where a teacher teaches children on how to be serial killers. He found the idea brillant.
Today the kids were out at the farm to pick out their next project victim. The masked butchers banged the bar of the cages to wake the "PIGGYS" up. Luis got startled a little but got up with everyone else.
"What's going on?" He asked his neighbor, who he learned was Charlie.
"Looks like it's project time. Time for the Butchers to pick the cattle." Charlie said
Luis looked out and saw a group of 12 kids dressed in the same masked Butcher outfit.
"What the fuck? What's this, a class midgets?" Luis asked
"Don't cuss, the teacher hates that." The woman, named Vivyan, whispered in fear.
Luis would have scoffed till a tall mask butcher approached his cage. The way this man moved reminded him of someone that still frightens him.
"Well, well, well, Luis Wheeler. I knew you would end up here eventually." The teacher said with a chuckle. "Daddy's money can't save you now." He stepped away from the cage and looked at the children. "Choose your projects, children. Then think about what your design will be for Sunday."
The children looked around and one by one every child picked a victim, even Charlie and Vivyan were. Luis thought he was off the hook until one stood by his cage. The teacher stood by the child and let out a dark chuckle.
"Do you choose this one, Hades?" The teacher asked
The child, known as Hades, nodded.
"Good choice." The teacher chuckled and patted the childs' head. "All right children, let's go. Time to head back to the bus."
The teacher let the children walk out first. He left too but not before giving Luis another taunting stare and let out another chuckle. Luis glared at him, while Vivyan let out an insane giggle and Charlie was on his knees with a smile.
"The butcher has chosen us. We are to sacrifice to the God's." Charlie smiled before laughing.
Both the insane giggle and an uncontrollable laugh started to freak Luis out and back against the wall. He slid down to the floor covered his ears, trying to block the laughter. When the laughter continued on everyone one else started to join in. For the last few weeks it has been torture for him. He has tried to escape with no avail and would be beaten, with no food for three days. During his time there he had seen many victims come and go but this was different. This was the first time he saw a bunch of kids coming in and picking them off as if they were cattle. It had finally dawned on him that he might not get out or live at all. He's been holding them in but Luis couldn't hold it anymore, he started to cry.
Once the children were on the surface they changed out of their uniform and back into their normal clothes. Then they all headed back to the bus and were taken home.
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Hannibal had came over and stayed the night. Sadly, no one got any sleep as Cerberus started barking. Hannibal and Annabelle were annoyed but soon realized that he was in the girls room and knew something must be wrong. Annabelle was the first to get up and hurried to the girls room with Hannibal behind her. When they reached the room they saw Cherberus and Penelope by Mischas' bed as she was groaning in pain.
"Mommy, something wrong with Mischa." Penelope said
"Mischa sweety, what's wrong?" Annabelle asked, and placed her hand on the girls' forehead. "She's burning up."
Hannibal went to check on her as his medical side took over. After checking things he asked her where it hurts the most. When she told him it was on her right side, below belly, Hannibal knew what was wrong. It was her appendix and he knew they had to get her to the hospital right now. When Hannibal explained the situation Annabelle quickly called her own energeranice number that would get there quicker. They came within five minutes and when the paramedics were taking Mischa in the ambulance Hannibal went with her as she called for him. It took some time but they ended up at the hospital. For the first time in her life Mischa was scared and started to fear if she would survive. Seeing her fears Hannibal was able to comfort her. He wanted to stay with her but couldn't as they had to take her to surgery.
The surgery only took an hour but by then Annabelle was there with a sleeping Penelope in her arms. When the doctors informed them that the surgery went well and Mischa is now sleeping it off in her own private room. The doctors said that she'll be fine but will have to stay at the hospital a day or two.
The next day Hannibal came back to the hospital as he wanted to check on Mischa. Raven had came this morning to watch over her while he and Annabelle to refresh themselves. Annabelle had to take Penelope to Kindergarten so she would show up later. When he first met the nanny/babysitter he knew who she was thanks to his photographed memory. He wasn't sure how he felt about her looking after his daughters but after annualising her he knew that she was loyal to Annabelle to a fault. Hannibal knew she would do anything for her master and protect the children.
Just as Hannibal was about to enter Mischa's room he heard a familiar voice calling his name. He turned around and saw that it was Will. The man must have come to see how Abigail was doing.
"Hello Will?" He greeted
"Are you here to see Abigail too?" Will asked
"No, I'm actually here for my daughter." Hannibal said
Will looked at him confused as Hannibal never mentioned having a daughter. Actually Will never once thought Hannibal would have children.
"Your-your daughter?" Will said in confusement.
"Would you like to meet her?" Hannibal asked
He gestured to the room he was standing in front of. With a hesitant nod Will followed the good doctor inside the room. Inside the room Mischa was drawing in her sketchbook while saying words that Raven was telling her in Japanese.
"Yoku yatta, Enjeru." Hannibal said in Japanese. (Well done, Angel.)
"Arigato, Papa." Mischa smiled before continuing drawing. (Thank you, Papa.)
"Kanojo wa dodesu ka?" Hannibal asked Raven. (How is she doing?)
"Itsumo no yo ni subarashi." Raven smiled. (Wonderful, as always.) and sat up and spoke in English. "It won't be long till Japanese is her fourth language." Then she noticed Will behind him. "Oh Mr. Graham, hello again."
"You two know each other?" Hannibal asked
"Jack and I talked to Jacob again a few days ago and this is his sister." Will said
"And I might have slapped him on the face when they accused my brother in a case that he didn't commit." Raven muttered
Hannibal still had a blank look on his face but a part of him nearly let out a ghost smirk in amusement. Raven was a loyal person who would attack anyone that dared harm thoses that she held dear to her.
"Well, Mischa, this Will Graham." Hannibal introduced.
"Hello." Mischa said
"Um...hello. So how do you two know each other?" Will asked
"Well, I'm the girls' nanny." Raven said
The door opened again and when Will turned around to see who it was his eyes widened as he recognized who the woman was.
"Wait your...your…?" He stutter
"Oh hello, Annabelle Watson, Mischa's mother, and you are?" Annabelle asked and shook his hand.
"Dear, this is Will Graham." Hannibal said
"Oh so this is the famous Will Graham, nice to finally meet you." Annabelle smiled
Now this was unexpected. Never in his life did he think of Hannibal as a family man with a wife and two children, especially with a wife that was a rock star.
"You're Hannibal's wife?" Will asked
"Well...no, but we are in a relationship right now." She said and sat down near Mischa's bed.
Sensing that Will was being uncomfortable right now Raven asked if he wanted to get some coffee. He agreed and left the couple alone with their daughter.
"Papa? Kare wa ningyotsukaidesu ka, anata ga hanshimasu?" Mischa asked in Japanese. (Papa? Is he the puppeteer, you talked about?)
Hannibal just let out a small smile and playfully poked her nose, which made her giggle.
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Will and Raven made it to the cafeteria where there was some real coffee made for them.
"So I guess you never knew that Dr. Lecter had a family." She said
"Not really. Never really picture him as someone to care about others than himself." Will said
"Well to tell you the truth he didn't know he had a daughter until a few weeks ago." She smiled "He may be new at this but he does love the girls and Ms. Waston."
Once they got their order they sat down at one of the tables in the cafeteria.
"How...How?" He stumber
"How did an outgoing Rock Star like Annabelle Watson hook up with a psychiatrist classic man like Hannibal Lecter?" She smirked
He nodded.
"Well I don't know the whole story but they met in their early 20's. They were even different back then but according to Annabelle there was something about Hannibal that drew him to her. The same could be said when he met her too." She explained "But since they lived different lifes and she started touring the world they had an on and off relationship whenever they met again. Mischa was conceived during their last meet up."
"And she never told Hannibal about it?" He asked confusement.
"Just like you, Annabelle never saw him as a family man because of his lifestyle. She wasn't sure if he wanted children but she always did and she was okay in raising Mischa." She replied and took a few sips of her coffee. "Then on Halloween they met again and she finally told him. He's been a loving father to both of the girls."
Will still couldn't believe it but he guessed anyone could change.
"By the way, I'm sorry...about slapping you. How's your cheek?" She asked apologetically.
"It's fine. Sting for a few days but it's fine." He chuckled
They talked for a little while longer about other things like their hobbies, and what they like or dislike. He found Raven very easy to talk to as she made him feel normal. When she noticed that he didn't like eye contact she didn't push him like Alana and others would do. When they were done talking Will got a surprise when she gave him her phone number.
"If it's not against protocol or anything maybe you can give me a call and we could talk or have a doggie play date or something." She smiled before leaving. "Bye."
He was left there flabbergasted as he couldn't be sure if she just asked him out.
"This has been really a weird day." He muttered
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When night came Mishca couldn't sleep last night and decided to walk around the hallway of the hospital. She had her IV bag pole in one hand and the Look-see doll that Raven made her in the other hand. Her father had mention of a female teenager named Abigail that he and Mr. Graham had saved and she wanted to check her out. She was able to find the room and went inside. There were no cameras inside but she knew there were in the hall so she couldn't stay long. Mischa just looked at the coma Abigail with a blank look.
The best thing about being ten years old is that they hear everything. One night she overheard her parents talking about Abigail and who her father was. The Minnesota Stiker. Her professor had talked about him in class before and found him as one of the failures that got caught but they still steady him. Everyone could see that he was killing the girls that looked like his daughter, which most serial killers would. In her research Mischa knew his daughter had a hand in this as they all went to different colleges and she bet Abigail was planning on going to them too. She was the lure in the hunt.
Mischa didn't know how to feel about her as she knew her father would use her as a tool to his plans with Will. Though, there was one thing she knew for sure. If Abigail ever messes up and puts their family in danger Mischa will make sure that she would never be seen again. She took out a scalpel that was embedded inside her doll and walked softly towards the coma young woman. There were many ways for the little girl to kill her. Slit her throat, stab her through the ear or slit her wrists, making them all look like suicide. The young woman's father was a serial killer, was killed right in front of her and mostly likely knows about his murders. Everyone would just think it was out of guilt.
"I know you can hear me. And there are so many ways to be rid of you, but as my professor told us, the mind is a dangerous place. It can play tricks on you, awful ones. Fear can create horrible, unimaginable things, even death. And we've been taught to destroy our fear." She whispers "I doubt you have. When you know you're going to die, the thought is much worse. The wait for the end that you know is coming will drive you mad. The thoughts alone are enough to frighten you more than the act itself. Mess up, then Death is what I'll grant you but only when I decide it's' time."
She placed the scalpel behind the young woman's ear and made a small slash. Broke a little skin, a little pricks of blood but nothing to be suspicious. A little bead of blood was still on the blade and Mischa licked it off before placing it back in her doll. She walked out of the room and skipped back to her room.
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The next morning Mischa was able to head back home and was told that she would have to slow it down for two weeks. She hated it but was gonna do as the doctor said. Annabelle had picked her up with Raven and Penelope. They were about to leave until they both noticed a man rolling Abigail Hobbs coma body away from her room. Knowing that Hannibal needed the girl alive, Annabelle signaled for Raven to stop him. When she went after the man Annabelle bumped into Will and informed him of what happened. The special agent quickly went after the man and when he did he found Raven fighting off a man that was a serial killer that the FBI have been looking for. When the man pinned her down and was about to stab her with a scalpel Will quickly took out his gun and shot him in the shoulder. The gunshot was able to get him off her and back away to a wall.
"Are you okay?" Will asked Raven.
He helped her up and placed her behind him as he had his gun still aimed at the man.
"I'm fine." She whispered
He saw the bruise that was forming on her cheek and something in him enrages him at the sight. Will looked back at the man and stepped forward.
"What were you gonna do to her?" He asked
"We all evolved from mycelium. I'm simply reintroducing her to the concept." The killer explained
"By burying her alive?" Will asked
"The journalist said you understood me." The killer replied
"I don't." Will glared
"Well, you would have. You would have. If you walk through a field of mycelium, they know you are there. They know you are there! The spores reach for you as you walk by." The killer stated. "I know who you're reaching for. I know. Abigail Hobbs. You should have let me plant her. You would have found her in a field, where she was finally able to reach back!"
The man ranted on but the two just drowned him out and waited until the feds came.
"I didn't know nannies are qualified to fight." Will said they walked to the parking lot.
It was in a teasing tone but he was also curious.
"You have to learn to defend yourself and for others while working for a celebrity. They're a lot of crazy fans that would do anything to get to her and kids." Raven smiled "I will do anything to protect them." She looked around and saw that Annabelle was still waiting for her so Raven looked back at Will. "Well it was nice seeing you again, Will." Then she kissed his cheek. "And thank you for saving me."
Once again Will was stunned and confused by her actions. Not once did he see the dark smile that was on her face.