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Family Blood

Chapter 3: History Repeats Itself

Jadis tried to make herself as comfortable as possible in airplane seat. Her body still ached from what had happened the night before, but she tried desperately not to remember it.

The rope burns on her wrists seemed to intensify in pain. Digging out a small bottle of lotion that she had purchased just before she left and rubbing some on the injuries, the memories that came with the burn threatened to flood back to her.

'No,' Jadis scowled herself. 'Don't think about that. First things first, get to Buenos Aires, everything else comes second.'

She wanted to believe that, but images of what had happened flashed through her mind. All she could do was watch.

~

Her eyes had fluttered painfully open as she was greeted with the site of her bedroom ceiling. She quickly registered that she was on her bed, judging by the soft feeling underneath her. Trying to move, she had quickly realized that her hands were tied over her head to the headboard.

Jadis had tried to pull at the ropes, hoping that they would come loose, but to no avail. Defeated for now, she had started to form another plan of getting out when a voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Looks like sleeping beauty is finally awake."

Her blood went ice cold. She knew that voice all too well.

Her tone was calm, yet frigid when she spoke, "Silversted."

Jadis' nemesis allowed himself to be revealed to her. Her mother's murderer and the man who had wrecked Jadis' childhood, the man who had tried to kill both her and her father, the man who had tried to torture Clarice to death. And, at the moment, the man who had Jadis held captive in her own home.

Silversted grinned, taunting her. "Is that any way to greet an old friend Jadis?"

If Jadis' maroon eyes were lasers, Silversted would have been vaporized right then and there.

Silversted didn't show any sign that he was deterred by it. He continued, "Well Lecter," he said, putting a mocking emphasis on her last name. "As much as I'd love to stay and chat, I'm on a slightly tight schedule."

Jadis could have sworn that she could have tasted the vomit that his cheery demeanor had evoked from her. "So does that mean that you'll just kill me quicker?" she asked, her voice low and threatening.

Silversted chuckled. "You're too quick to judge, just like your father. In fact, you're a lot like Hannibal in many ways I find."

That evoked another taste of vomit from her. The thought of Silversted comparing her to Dr. Lecter was sickening. She didn't mind it when others did, but Silversted was forbidden to in her book.

He went on. "But at the same time, you're also a lot like your mother."

As his revolting grin grew wider, something finally clicked in Jadis' head. She now knew what he wanted to do to her. Lunging at him in fury, she was still held back by the ropes.

Silversted did nothing more than chuckled. He was obviously enjoying the sight. "Now now Lecter, you'll get your go with me soon enough, though it'll be more like a case of history repeating itself than anything. Only difference this time is that you're the one on the bed instead of bleeding to death on the floor."

The chloroform soaked rag returned to Jadis' face. The last thing that she saw was Silversted's demonic smile.

~

Jadis held her head in her hands, long dark brown hair draping over her features. Just like what he did to her mother all those years ago right in front of her five year old eyes, Silversted had raped her while she was semi-conscious. 'He didn't want me to fight back,' she thought. Before he had left her, she had seen him talking into a cell phone. She didn't pick up much of the conversation, but she thought that she had heard the words 'Lecter', 'Starling', and 'on their way'.

So now here she was, on her way to Buenos Aires. Her mind was a mess of emotions at the moment. Everything from hatred, to scared, to anger surged through her. 'How am I going to tell Clarice and Dr. Lecter?' Jadis thought, not knowing the answer. She couldn't go to the police, that was a given. The only people that she was safe to tell were her friend and her father. 'I'll deal with that once I get there,' she finally decided.

Staring out of the small window, Jadis waited for what seemed like an eternity for the plane to touch down again in Argentina.

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In a police office in Buenos Aires, Section Chief Elaine Parker of the FBI got off the phone with Pearsall. She had arrived in Argentina a few hours ago with a few other agents from Behavioral Sciences and had just finished talking to the police chief here. It had only taken a couple hours to confirm that, indeed, Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter had taken up residence here. It was only a couple more hours until they go in for the kill.

Elaine grinned. She had been waiting for this for a long time. She can already see the headlines on the newspapers and news programs at home. 'Parker Solves One of FBI's Most Difficult Cases', 'Monster Finally Taken Down', 'The Doctor is In Forever, Thanks To Elaine Parker.'

She had to force herself not to drool at the thought of the opportunities this could open up for her.

"Miss Parker?" a man's voice snapped her back to reality.

"Yes Agent Lawrence?" she asked the young agent, annoyance hinting on her voice.

Agent Lawrence seemed a little shaken by Elaine's reaction to him. "I'm sorry to bother you Miss Parker, but the officer here was wondering if we would need any more help or anything. What should I tell them?"

Elaine sighed. "Tell them thank you for the offer, but we have more than enough. If we think of anything, we'll call them."

Lawrence nodded before quickly walking back to report her answer.

Leaning back into the plush chair, Elaine ran her hand through her short mahogany hair and grinned. She was looking forward to this very much.

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Jadis sped down the highway in the cheap rental car. She had seen police cars a couple miles behind her. She hoped to God that they weren't going where she thought they were. Just in case they were, she had taken a short cut and was now miles ahead of them.

'Please don't let me be too late,' she thought desperately. 'Please please please let them still be there. Please don't let the Feds be there too.'

Jadis increased her speed, bent on getting to Dr. Lecter and Clarice as soon as possible. It felt like forever until their home was finally in sight. She didn't even bother turning off her car as she ran to the door and letting herself in.

"Clarice! Dr. Lecter!" she yelled as she busted though the door, still hoping that they hadn't left yet.

Luck must have been on her side. Clarice came running out of the kitchen, quickly followed by Dr. Lecter.

"Jadis," Clarice observed her friend's exhausted demeanor. "What the hell is going on?"

"There's Feds just up the road and they're coming this way. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that they're coming for you two."

Clarice and Dr. Lecter looked at each other. "I think that it's time to leave," the doctor said to her.

She nodded. "I'll get the car started."

"You two won't have time to get out of here without getting caught," Jadis said as Clarice ran off to the car. "Unless something's here to greet them, they will find you before you can even get halfway to the airport." She hesitated. "If you two leave now and I give myself up you'll have a much better chance at making it out of here."

Dr. Lecter ignored her suggestion for the moment. "Who was in your house last night?" he asked.

Jadis hesitated. She wasn't looking forward to this. "Silversted," she simply said.

She looked at him, he looked straight back. She knew that her father was now reading her, she would never get used to it. But, for this situation, it was better for him to find out this way.

When she saw his eyes widen slightly in realization, she knew that he had figured everything out. "He's still alive, isn't he?" he asked, although he knew the answer.

Jadis nodded, her eyes falling to the floor. Hot tears stung in her eyes.

"I fucking hate him," she whispered more to herself than anybody else. "I want that bastard dead for what he did. I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!" Salty tears rolled down her cheeks. She didn't know how it happened, but the next thing she knew she was crying into her father's shoulder, with him holding her close.

"Hannibal? Jadis?" Clarice softly called out to them from the doorway. "I can hear the sirens, they're almost here. If we're going to leave, it's going to have to be now."

Jadis forced herself to regain her self-control. Pulling away from her father, she spoke quietly. "Go, I'll stay behind and give myself up." She sighed and, noting Clarice's surprised expression, added, "Even though it probably won't do any good, I'll tell you guys this anyway. Please don't try to come after me, at least not yet. Get yourselves out of here first." Looking at Dr. Lecter, she said, "I've already lost my mother, please don't make me lose my father and my friend too."

In the silence that followed, the sirens became rapidly louder.

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"Freeze! FBI!" Elaine shouted as she and other agents busted through the door. It was very dark inside, the only light being provided by the moon through the windows and the flashlights of a few agents. At the far end of the hallway stood a young woman who didn't even flinch when they made their entrance.

"Slowly put your hands up and identify yourself," Elaine ordered her.

She took her time in complying. Her raised arms showed that she was unarmed. Clarice had told her where to find the guns if she needed them, but she had decided not to utilize them. She identified herself, "Former FBI Agent Jadis Lecter."

She shut her eyes as she felt her hands being cuffed behind her. She listened intently, making sure that they don't try and go after Dr. Lecter and Clarice yet. As she was escorted out of the house and into a police car, she could only hope that they didn't track down the black Jaguar that was now making its way down the highway towards the airport.