Hannibal's face remained the utmost image of calm as they slipped through
the door behind Clarice and the security guard , his hand on Athena's back.
Athena was becoming very shaky and very nervous with it all by now , but
she tried to remain looking confused though she noticed a small look of
anger creeping over hannibal's face.
They were led down a dreadfully long hallway and finally in to one of the plain white , heavy doors. The Guard had all the while rattled into his mobile endlessly , and now they saw two more guards standing there. These were standing behind a little table , a window into an unlit screening room behind them.
"Good day , I am Detective Brokaw , this is Detective Johnson , we noticed , ma'am that on your identification you have a certain resemblence." The one of the right said confidently , eyes roving over Clarice.
Hannibal noticed this and gave him a cold , fierce glare so that Athena though he would just go right out and turn the detective into an early supper. She realized this and , thinking quickly , moved Hannibal's arm off her back , grasping it and staring up at his face with a look of shock.
"A resemblance? Who do you think I…" Clarice began but was distracted as Athena began her own speech to Hannibal.
"Papa , they aren't going to take mother , are they? We won't have to miss out flight , will we? How will we get home in time for easter?" She trailed off something , holding his elbow as if grieving.
Hannibal's eyes softened as he realized not only what he was doing but what she was , and the three others in the room looked at them in curiousity.
"We won't miss our flight , Athena , don't worry. These men won't keep us from our plane , we haven't done anything I don't bealive…" Hannibal looked up to the detectives with an unreadable look.
"Well , sir , I'm sorry to keep you from your plans but we have to place you all under arrest , except for your daughter there." The other detective said. They both removed a pair of handcuffs from their belt and the other Guard moved behind Hannibal , holding his arm.
"On what charges , officer?" Clarice asked calmly.
"We can't say , miss." The one who brought them here said and managed to clip one handcuff around her wrist before Hannibal seemed to decide it was a good time to stop playing games.
"Okie dokie." He sighed , swiftly hitting down the guard at his arm with the calculated punch.
"Hey!" shouted one of them and moved to restrain him as athena jumped back against the wall for cover.
The pandemonium soon unfolded before her eyes , and later it would be quite amusing to her the look on Clarice's face at the sight of it all. She was watching quietly , only stopping to occasionally shift over to another side of the short lived battle , but she looked between amused and disapproving.
"Now…Clarice , I clearly underestimated these rather brute men , yes?" Hannibal sighed , looking over the three men who lay on their backs in a neat row. Clarice closed her eyes and took a deep breath , releasing it as she felt Hannibal take her hand.
She opened her eyes and looked into his. Beginning to say something , she was cut short by her own mind. Looking across the small , cold room she saw Athena perched by one of the men with their radio to her ear. She was frowning in thought , suddenly looking up to Clarice.
"The pilots are phoning in to the control tower , our flight Is leaving in five minutes."
Hannibal smiled at her lightly , pleased with her , and as he grasped Clarice's hand started for the door.
"Well then , Girls , we must catch out flight. We're through security , they just don't know it." He put his hand on the back of Athena's shoulder to steer her out and they continued down the hall.
Hannibal nodded to a nervous looking guard in greeting as they walked towards the door , and out. There , the bags waited by the door and he smiled wider.
Clarice was muttering about flimsy security as she gathered up her bag , and they moved through the crowds in a rush. Hannibal more than once had to refrain from giving a few commuters a lesson in good manners , and emerging from the other end they saw their gate. The Attendant was beginning to shut the air gate door.
Clarice panicked with athena , and they hurried forward , occasionally one would shout under their breath to the woman. Just as she was locking it , the two arrived weilding boarding passes as Hannibal continued at a liesurely pace behind.
"We have…" Athena caught her breath , "Tickets for this flight…"
Clarice interrupted her in impatience , trusting both of their boarding passes towards the woman and turning to grab for Hannibal's , but she quickly reconsidered and widened her eyes , looking back to the attendant.
Hannibal raised an eyebrow , smiling lightly in amusement before directing his attention to the woman as well. She gave them a rather bright but tired smile and looked over the passes , beginning to unlock the door as if she got it all the time.
"No problem , folks."
Clarice and Athena stepped through , nodding appoligies , and Hannibal stopped to give the attendant a kind welcome before continuing on.
When they arrived , the cabin was pressurizing and most of the pasengers had finaly settled down , so when three people came clambering through the narrow coach aisle-way looking for their seats , noone appreciated it. Yet after much trial and error , the threesome was as last forced into seats. Rather bad ones as well.
Hannibal was situated next to the emergency exit in the very back of the plane , Athena at his side , and Clarice had been forced next to two young children a few rows ahead in the three chaired seating.
She looked back to them with a nervous glance as the final preparations were made and flight attendants finished the brief safety video that had been playing over head. Hannibal returned her glance with a somewhat inclined head and she smiled nervously , turning back around. Athena frowned between them and turned to Hannibal as they plane began its taxi down the runways.
"Hannibal…Would you like me to switch seats with Clarice once we're in the air?"
He looked down at her and smiled kindly.
"It would be evry kind of you , Athena."
She nodded and sighed as they gathered speed , and she suspected they were heading to take off.
"Alright , Doctor , I will."
7 hours later , the normal sense of impatience that was expected on an eleven hour flight was still strong and though all was quiet except for the occasional banging ofa alvatory door or cough of a fellow passenger , ear drums screamed in self protest and the white sound they were subject to was becoming louder and louder by the second.
Athena sat in her chair trying to be patient as she watched the T.V. ahead show a rather boring news show on football. (A.N.: Soccer if you're american , I guess.) She stole a glance back to Hannibal and Clarice and smiled lightly.
Clarice had her head resting on his shoulder and Hannibal had his eyes closed , though Athena didn't think he would sleep on a flight at this time. It was sweet , she reflected , that they had bonded together so quickly.
Athena turned back to the football and sighed , wishing she owned a pair of headphones to listen to the stations in her arm rest. You could of borrowed one , she told herself darkly , but you didn't think this would be such a long and boring flight from hell.
Smirking at her own thoughts , She leaned back and attempted to relax when a hand brushed at one of her deep brown curls. Athena jerked her head over just in time to see the pale hand before it slid into the sleeve of a rather cheep windbreaker. Her eyes froze on the hand before sliding up the plasticed arm to the face.
A Tall , gangly young man with strings of medium length dark brown hair coming voer his ears. He wore a look of both amusement and sincerity.
"Athena , " He almost hissed and the voice sent waves of recognition through her brain. This was the one who had attempted to kidnap her. "Maybe I won't be sastisfied with money…maybe I want to get rid of Lecter and take you , hmm?"
She opened her mouth to shout something…maybe a cry for help? But how idiotic would that be? Small confined spaces , no law enforcement around unless you count Clarice…and she really didn't.
"No , No , No ," He muttered and the hand slid over her mouth. "Don't say anything , or I will kill you too. Just sit tight , little Athena , and you'll live. Lecter deserves to die , I am the executioner sent from above. You do not deserve to be trapped with him , he will hurt you , little one."
The boy smiled slyly and she was apalled by his horible breath as he removed his hand and moved down towards her face.
"And by the way , don't try and say anything to them. If you get even near those two my gunsman behind will take care of you , Starling , Lecter , and any person who dare interferes. Think , one foolish act could be the death of all of these people."
Athena stare at him , trying to prevent herself from shaking of crying at the sudden wave of emotion and pressure. Or maybe it was the fumes coming from the boys mouth…
"Like I said , sit tight and you'll make it out of this alive."
And he slunk off through first class.
Athena took a deep breath and looked back to Hannibal. She expected him to be alert and ready , harpy poised to pounce upon the man at the front , but he still sat there , eyes closed. She whimpered slightly , overwhelmed , and his eyes opened slightly.
Doctor Lecter gave her an angry , sorrowing look through half closed eyes and mouthed two words only before closing his eyes once more as if nothing had happenned.
"Don't fly."
Athena sighed raggedly and turned around. She was now aware of everything. The man sitting alert behind Hannibal and Clarice , the elderly man with a careful eye aimed on her from a front seat , the woman at his side with a rather large handbag and one hand halfway inside.
This was going to be a very , VERY long flight….
They were led down a dreadfully long hallway and finally in to one of the plain white , heavy doors. The Guard had all the while rattled into his mobile endlessly , and now they saw two more guards standing there. These were standing behind a little table , a window into an unlit screening room behind them.
"Good day , I am Detective Brokaw , this is Detective Johnson , we noticed , ma'am that on your identification you have a certain resemblence." The one of the right said confidently , eyes roving over Clarice.
Hannibal noticed this and gave him a cold , fierce glare so that Athena though he would just go right out and turn the detective into an early supper. She realized this and , thinking quickly , moved Hannibal's arm off her back , grasping it and staring up at his face with a look of shock.
"A resemblance? Who do you think I…" Clarice began but was distracted as Athena began her own speech to Hannibal.
"Papa , they aren't going to take mother , are they? We won't have to miss out flight , will we? How will we get home in time for easter?" She trailed off something , holding his elbow as if grieving.
Hannibal's eyes softened as he realized not only what he was doing but what she was , and the three others in the room looked at them in curiousity.
"We won't miss our flight , Athena , don't worry. These men won't keep us from our plane , we haven't done anything I don't bealive…" Hannibal looked up to the detectives with an unreadable look.
"Well , sir , I'm sorry to keep you from your plans but we have to place you all under arrest , except for your daughter there." The other detective said. They both removed a pair of handcuffs from their belt and the other Guard moved behind Hannibal , holding his arm.
"On what charges , officer?" Clarice asked calmly.
"We can't say , miss." The one who brought them here said and managed to clip one handcuff around her wrist before Hannibal seemed to decide it was a good time to stop playing games.
"Okie dokie." He sighed , swiftly hitting down the guard at his arm with the calculated punch.
"Hey!" shouted one of them and moved to restrain him as athena jumped back against the wall for cover.
The pandemonium soon unfolded before her eyes , and later it would be quite amusing to her the look on Clarice's face at the sight of it all. She was watching quietly , only stopping to occasionally shift over to another side of the short lived battle , but she looked between amused and disapproving.
"Now…Clarice , I clearly underestimated these rather brute men , yes?" Hannibal sighed , looking over the three men who lay on their backs in a neat row. Clarice closed her eyes and took a deep breath , releasing it as she felt Hannibal take her hand.
She opened her eyes and looked into his. Beginning to say something , she was cut short by her own mind. Looking across the small , cold room she saw Athena perched by one of the men with their radio to her ear. She was frowning in thought , suddenly looking up to Clarice.
"The pilots are phoning in to the control tower , our flight Is leaving in five minutes."
Hannibal smiled at her lightly , pleased with her , and as he grasped Clarice's hand started for the door.
"Well then , Girls , we must catch out flight. We're through security , they just don't know it." He put his hand on the back of Athena's shoulder to steer her out and they continued down the hall.
Hannibal nodded to a nervous looking guard in greeting as they walked towards the door , and out. There , the bags waited by the door and he smiled wider.
Clarice was muttering about flimsy security as she gathered up her bag , and they moved through the crowds in a rush. Hannibal more than once had to refrain from giving a few commuters a lesson in good manners , and emerging from the other end they saw their gate. The Attendant was beginning to shut the air gate door.
Clarice panicked with athena , and they hurried forward , occasionally one would shout under their breath to the woman. Just as she was locking it , the two arrived weilding boarding passes as Hannibal continued at a liesurely pace behind.
"We have…" Athena caught her breath , "Tickets for this flight…"
Clarice interrupted her in impatience , trusting both of their boarding passes towards the woman and turning to grab for Hannibal's , but she quickly reconsidered and widened her eyes , looking back to the attendant.
Hannibal raised an eyebrow , smiling lightly in amusement before directing his attention to the woman as well. She gave them a rather bright but tired smile and looked over the passes , beginning to unlock the door as if she got it all the time.
"No problem , folks."
Clarice and Athena stepped through , nodding appoligies , and Hannibal stopped to give the attendant a kind welcome before continuing on.
When they arrived , the cabin was pressurizing and most of the pasengers had finaly settled down , so when three people came clambering through the narrow coach aisle-way looking for their seats , noone appreciated it. Yet after much trial and error , the threesome was as last forced into seats. Rather bad ones as well.
Hannibal was situated next to the emergency exit in the very back of the plane , Athena at his side , and Clarice had been forced next to two young children a few rows ahead in the three chaired seating.
She looked back to them with a nervous glance as the final preparations were made and flight attendants finished the brief safety video that had been playing over head. Hannibal returned her glance with a somewhat inclined head and she smiled nervously , turning back around. Athena frowned between them and turned to Hannibal as they plane began its taxi down the runways.
"Hannibal…Would you like me to switch seats with Clarice once we're in the air?"
He looked down at her and smiled kindly.
"It would be evry kind of you , Athena."
She nodded and sighed as they gathered speed , and she suspected they were heading to take off.
"Alright , Doctor , I will."
7 hours later , the normal sense of impatience that was expected on an eleven hour flight was still strong and though all was quiet except for the occasional banging ofa alvatory door or cough of a fellow passenger , ear drums screamed in self protest and the white sound they were subject to was becoming louder and louder by the second.
Athena sat in her chair trying to be patient as she watched the T.V. ahead show a rather boring news show on football. (A.N.: Soccer if you're american , I guess.) She stole a glance back to Hannibal and Clarice and smiled lightly.
Clarice had her head resting on his shoulder and Hannibal had his eyes closed , though Athena didn't think he would sleep on a flight at this time. It was sweet , she reflected , that they had bonded together so quickly.
Athena turned back to the football and sighed , wishing she owned a pair of headphones to listen to the stations in her arm rest. You could of borrowed one , she told herself darkly , but you didn't think this would be such a long and boring flight from hell.
Smirking at her own thoughts , She leaned back and attempted to relax when a hand brushed at one of her deep brown curls. Athena jerked her head over just in time to see the pale hand before it slid into the sleeve of a rather cheep windbreaker. Her eyes froze on the hand before sliding up the plasticed arm to the face.
A Tall , gangly young man with strings of medium length dark brown hair coming voer his ears. He wore a look of both amusement and sincerity.
"Athena , " He almost hissed and the voice sent waves of recognition through her brain. This was the one who had attempted to kidnap her. "Maybe I won't be sastisfied with money…maybe I want to get rid of Lecter and take you , hmm?"
She opened her mouth to shout something…maybe a cry for help? But how idiotic would that be? Small confined spaces , no law enforcement around unless you count Clarice…and she really didn't.
"No , No , No ," He muttered and the hand slid over her mouth. "Don't say anything , or I will kill you too. Just sit tight , little Athena , and you'll live. Lecter deserves to die , I am the executioner sent from above. You do not deserve to be trapped with him , he will hurt you , little one."
The boy smiled slyly and she was apalled by his horible breath as he removed his hand and moved down towards her face.
"And by the way , don't try and say anything to them. If you get even near those two my gunsman behind will take care of you , Starling , Lecter , and any person who dare interferes. Think , one foolish act could be the death of all of these people."
Athena stare at him , trying to prevent herself from shaking of crying at the sudden wave of emotion and pressure. Or maybe it was the fumes coming from the boys mouth…
"Like I said , sit tight and you'll make it out of this alive."
And he slunk off through first class.
Athena took a deep breath and looked back to Hannibal. She expected him to be alert and ready , harpy poised to pounce upon the man at the front , but he still sat there , eyes closed. She whimpered slightly , overwhelmed , and his eyes opened slightly.
Doctor Lecter gave her an angry , sorrowing look through half closed eyes and mouthed two words only before closing his eyes once more as if nothing had happenned.
"Don't fly."
Athena sighed raggedly and turned around. She was now aware of everything. The man sitting alert behind Hannibal and Clarice , the elderly man with a careful eye aimed on her from a front seat , the woman at his side with a rather large handbag and one hand halfway inside.
This was going to be a very , VERY long flight….