***
Jay slowly walked to the table. Lecter had set the table very formally. There were two large taper candles in the center table, one on either end of the platter of ribs. Lecter picked up the meat fork next to it and speared a rib, placing it onto Kevin's plate. He also placed one onto Jay's plate, and the last onto his own plate.
"I think I'm going to become a vegetarian," muttered Jay, pushing the plate away.
"I knew a vegetarian once. I made a rather nice steak out of him. Roasted quite nicely, I must say," said Lecter, licking his lips.
"What was his name?" asked Jay.
"His name? Why does that matter?" asked Lecter.
"It matters to me. I want to know if you know the names of your victims," said Jay.
"Why are you trying to torment me, Mr. Ziegler?" asked Lecter.
"Because you're tormenting me, Dr. Lecter," replied Jay. "The Name, Hannibal."
"Cameron was his name, okay? Now are you happy?" replied Lecter, suddenly getting more hostile.
"When Cameron was in Egypt's land…let my Cameron go…" said Kevin, almost as though he was singing it. Lecter began to smile.
"Kevin, eat your dinner," instructed Lecter. Kevin picked up the rib and began to bite off the cooked meat.
"Mmm…tastes good. Try it Jay," said Kevin.
"No thanks. I'd rather not," said Jay as he got up from the table. "Thank you for the lovely evening Dr. Lecter, but I think I'll be going. Feel free to give me a call when you're not trying to get me to consume one of my co-workers,"
"Wait a minute! Do you think we're done? We're not done! We're nowhere near done!" yelled a rather infuriated Lecter as he got up and walked towards Kevin's Den. "And what do we have behind door number two?"
Lecter threw open the door and walked inside. A few seconds later he re-appeared with a tied and gagged Sierra.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Jay.
Lecter pulled out knife and put it to Sierra's throat. Sierra looked like she had been crying, a lot.
"Now don't worry baby. If your darling Jay does what he agreed, then there will be no problems, will there Jay?" asked Lecter
"No. There won't." replied Jay, defeated.
"That's better," said Lecter as he and Sierra went back to the table.
"I'm going to go use the bathroom real quick. I'll be right back," said Jay, disappearing into the bathroom.
"Don't be long…" said Lecter.
***
Jay flushed the toilet and wiped his mouth with his hand. He was in a hole and he knew it. He stared at himself in the mirror for a long time until curiosity overcame him and he opened the medicine cabinet Jay started looking at all the prescription bottles.
"Viagra? Kevin has Viagra? I really didn't want to know that," thought Jay to himself. Jay grabbed a bottle of Excedrin and popped a couple of pills.
Jay moved a large bottle of Kaeopectate and noticed a hidden cubby in the medicine cabinet. Inside the small cubby was a small semi-automatic pistol. Jay grabbed it without thinking and stuck it in his back pocket.
"Quid Pro Quo, Dr. Lecter," muttered Jay as he left the bathroom.
***
"Jay! Just in time for dessert! We have Strawberry Ice Cream!" announced Lecter.
"It's about to be cut short," replied Jay as he drew the pistol.
"Hey! That's mine!" exclaimed Kevin.
Lecter reached under the table and pulled out a pump action shotgun. "Not so fast, Mr. Ziegler."
"Shit! Where'd you get that?!" exclaimed Jay, staring down the barrel of the gun.
"Hey! That's mine too!" replied Kevin.
"You have two guns?" asked Jay.
"No. Three," replied a suddenly sober Kevin as he drew a pistol from his back pocket.
Lecter suddenly turned the shotgun on Kevin and shot him in the chest. Kevin's chest seemed to explode from the close range buckshot. Kevin slowly slipped out of his chair and fell to the ground. "What a waste," he muttered.
Jay cocked his gun, suddenly reminding Lecter that Jay still had a gun. He turned to Jay.
"You don't actually intend to shoot me, do you Mr. Ziegler?" asked Dr. Lecter.
"Give me Sierra," demanded Jay. Lecter threw Sierra over to Jay.
A sly smile crossed Jay's face. "You better get out of here. I imagine one of the neighbors called the cops."
Lecter smiled and walked out of the apartment, stopping only to pick up his Black jacket and White fedora.
Jay pulled off Sierra's tape gag.
"Oh my god Jay! Oh my god!" was all Sierra could yell.
"It's okay now. It's all okay," comforted Jay. The apartment was now oddly silent.
***
Jay slowly walked to the table. Lecter had set the table very formally. There were two large taper candles in the center table, one on either end of the platter of ribs. Lecter picked up the meat fork next to it and speared a rib, placing it onto Kevin's plate. He also placed one onto Jay's plate, and the last onto his own plate.
"I think I'm going to become a vegetarian," muttered Jay, pushing the plate away.
"I knew a vegetarian once. I made a rather nice steak out of him. Roasted quite nicely, I must say," said Lecter, licking his lips.
"What was his name?" asked Jay.
"His name? Why does that matter?" asked Lecter.
"It matters to me. I want to know if you know the names of your victims," said Jay.
"Why are you trying to torment me, Mr. Ziegler?" asked Lecter.
"Because you're tormenting me, Dr. Lecter," replied Jay. "The Name, Hannibal."
"Cameron was his name, okay? Now are you happy?" replied Lecter, suddenly getting more hostile.
"When Cameron was in Egypt's land…let my Cameron go…" said Kevin, almost as though he was singing it. Lecter began to smile.
"Kevin, eat your dinner," instructed Lecter. Kevin picked up the rib and began to bite off the cooked meat.
"Mmm…tastes good. Try it Jay," said Kevin.
"No thanks. I'd rather not," said Jay as he got up from the table. "Thank you for the lovely evening Dr. Lecter, but I think I'll be going. Feel free to give me a call when you're not trying to get me to consume one of my co-workers,"
"Wait a minute! Do you think we're done? We're not done! We're nowhere near done!" yelled a rather infuriated Lecter as he got up and walked towards Kevin's Den. "And what do we have behind door number two?"
Lecter threw open the door and walked inside. A few seconds later he re-appeared with a tied and gagged Sierra.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Jay.
Lecter pulled out knife and put it to Sierra's throat. Sierra looked like she had been crying, a lot.
"Now don't worry baby. If your darling Jay does what he agreed, then there will be no problems, will there Jay?" asked Lecter
"No. There won't." replied Jay, defeated.
"That's better," said Lecter as he and Sierra went back to the table.
"I'm going to go use the bathroom real quick. I'll be right back," said Jay, disappearing into the bathroom.
"Don't be long…" said Lecter.
***
Jay flushed the toilet and wiped his mouth with his hand. He was in a hole and he knew it. He stared at himself in the mirror for a long time until curiosity overcame him and he opened the medicine cabinet Jay started looking at all the prescription bottles.
"Viagra? Kevin has Viagra? I really didn't want to know that," thought Jay to himself. Jay grabbed a bottle of Excedrin and popped a couple of pills.
Jay moved a large bottle of Kaeopectate and noticed a hidden cubby in the medicine cabinet. Inside the small cubby was a small semi-automatic pistol. Jay grabbed it without thinking and stuck it in his back pocket.
"Quid Pro Quo, Dr. Lecter," muttered Jay as he left the bathroom.
***
"Jay! Just in time for dessert! We have Strawberry Ice Cream!" announced Lecter.
"It's about to be cut short," replied Jay as he drew the pistol.
"Hey! That's mine!" exclaimed Kevin.
Lecter reached under the table and pulled out a pump action shotgun. "Not so fast, Mr. Ziegler."
"Shit! Where'd you get that?!" exclaimed Jay, staring down the barrel of the gun.
"Hey! That's mine too!" replied Kevin.
"You have two guns?" asked Jay.
"No. Three," replied a suddenly sober Kevin as he drew a pistol from his back pocket.
Lecter suddenly turned the shotgun on Kevin and shot him in the chest. Kevin's chest seemed to explode from the close range buckshot. Kevin slowly slipped out of his chair and fell to the ground. "What a waste," he muttered.
Jay cocked his gun, suddenly reminding Lecter that Jay still had a gun. He turned to Jay.
"You don't actually intend to shoot me, do you Mr. Ziegler?" asked Dr. Lecter.
"Give me Sierra," demanded Jay. Lecter threw Sierra over to Jay.
A sly smile crossed Jay's face. "You better get out of here. I imagine one of the neighbors called the cops."
Lecter smiled and walked out of the apartment, stopping only to pick up his Black jacket and White fedora.
Jay pulled off Sierra's tape gag.
"Oh my god Jay! Oh my god!" was all Sierra could yell.
"It's okay now. It's all okay," comforted Jay. The apartment was now oddly silent.
***