OK, I'm out of my lazy stage and I decided to update today! So, I present to you all, the fourth chapter.
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Chapter 4: Doctor
Hannibal's POV:
The bright Lights turned on, and the sight and smell that lay before him made him want to throw up.
It was a disgusting old bathroom, with white tiling on the floor and walls which had a few urinals, a bathtub, a shower, and a toilet.
And two corpses and a decaying foot.
At the corner opposite of him were the two heavily decayed corpses. One was sitting upright and wearing a white t-shirt with jeans and the other on the floor looked like someone bashed his head in. To Hannibal's right was a decaying foot in a shackle. In the middle of the entire room, there was a huge pool of dried blood.
The doctor quickly snapped out of it and composed himself. He was at a total loss of words. He began to actually chuckle to himself due to the irony of him, a man who had killed people in disgusting ways, and would actually eat part of his victims was grossed out by a couple of corpses and a nasty scent.
The poison and the blood loss are definitely taking there affect. He thought to himself. I'm not myself; this isn't how I'm supposed to be. I'm never supposed to be surprised about anything; rather, I should be the one doing the surprising.
He knew he had to do something about the blood he was losing. He began searching around the room for something he could use when he saw a photo lying next to the corpse sitting upright. It was a picture of some women and what appeared to be her child, bonded to a bedpost. He turned the photo on the back to reveal a message saying in white text "X marks the spot. Sometimes you see a little more with your eyes shut."
Hannibal knew this had to have some greater meaning to it, but why would it be behind a picture of two people he doesn't know?
Was probably for the poor fellow sitting next to me he spoke inwardly. Thinking that it may still be useful later on, he put it into his pocket and went by the decaying foot. "Ouch" he said along with a small chuckle. He saw another note by the foot. On the front it said "Shhh….. Doctor"
Hannibal then opened it to see what was inside "The cigarettes are harmless I promise. Cigarette smoking is only dangerous when it ends in bloodshed. Think about this. You don't need a gun to kill Adam."
Yet again, not for me he thought. He put this note into his pocket as well.
Remembering the other note, saying "you see more with your eyes shut" Hannibal decided to maybe try turning off the lights. He knew the note probably didn't apply to him but, Dr. Lector decided he might as well try anything and everything.
He turned off the lights and lo and behold, there was a tiny X on the wall right next to the "shower". Turning the lights back on and memorizing the location of the X, Hannibal pushed against the tile and felt that they were lose. Kicking the wall, the tiles gave way to an opening which was so small he would have to crawl through.
He wanted to be extra cautious so he went over to one of the bodies and picked up a gone that was next to him. One bullet left in the clip.
Feeling satisfied, he crawled through the tunnel into a new room with a greenish tint. He saw a man inside, who upon seeing him began screaming.
The man was tied up to a chairhis arms slowly being impaled by nails on the armrests. They weren't large nails and there weren't many of them. Not enough to kill the man but enough to put him through hell. Very strange.
"Help me please!" the man shouted. "I have a family, I don't want to die! I appreciate my life! I learned my lesson! Please!"
Hannibal decided to find a way to help the guy just to make him shut the hell up and found a key on a table right next to a first aid kit. He took the key and unlocked the man from the contraption and watched him plop to the floor.
The man was breathing heavily and lightly sobbing. "Thank you" he managed to say.
"Yeah" is all Hannibal said. He rushed to the first aid kit and saw that there was some gauze which he quickly began applying, and remembering the other man, threw him some as well.
"You need some help with that?" the man asked. "I'm a doctor".
"So am I" Hannibal replied matter-of-factly. He began taking mental notes on the man. He looked like he was in his early to mid forties and had blonde hair. He looked to be about six feet tall and had a noticeable limp.
The man distracted Hannibal's thoughts by saying "So, what's your name then?"
"Doctor Hannibal Lector" He extended his arm to the man. Might as well make friends with him. Tonight, we'll both probably have to go through hell to get out alive." He thought to himself.
The man took his hand and squeezed firmly replying with his name.
"Doctor Lawrence Gordon".
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There it is. R&R!
And yes, in case there is any confusion that is the bathroom from Saw.