I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive

Imagine Dragons, Radioactive

Since having the twins, taking over The House and searching for the Omegas Hannibal and Will had enjoyed little time to themselves. Hannibal intended to rectify that, since meeting his Omega Hannibal had discovered that Will was not one for the Opera, to be honest they were very different people, although Will did have a soft spot for one Opera in particular. Will had come across an old program for Carmen that Hannibal had actually forgotten he had and after a few moments of reading Will had remarked that Carmen sounded rather intriguing and enjoyable. Hannibal knew all of the different tones Will used and when he had said those words there was not a single hint of sarcasm anywhere to be found. Will really did think that particular Opera would be intriguing and enjoyable. William had learnt French when he was young before The House had taken him away from his family and so would actually be able to follow what was going on rather than sit next to his Alpha with a bored can-we-go-home-please-and-fuck look on his face.

William had grinned ear to ear when his mate presented him with the tickets, the Omega knew he and Hannibal needed to spend more time together but with everything that had happened they hadn't had much time of late. Abigail had insisted on taking the twins for the night as expected, she seemed to have burst out of her shell full force since he and Hannibal had all but adopted her, Will still wasn't completely sure how they got to that but he wasn't going to take it back; his Omegan instincts had already taken over when it came to Abigail as had Hannibal's protective once.

"Come along now William, we will be late at this rate and that would be rude."

Said Hannibal as he entered their bedroom having finished preparing dinner for Abigail, she had insisted it wasn't necessary but no one argued with Doctor Hannibal Lecter for long. As if knowing he was doing something wrong Winston jumped down off the bed and settled himself in his dog bed instead.

"Yeah, sorry. It's just I can't get this bow tie to go...bow-y."

Will sighed and turned form the full length mirror opposite their bed to his impeccably dressed Alpha. Or we could just stay in and I could rip that thing off you? William's mind suggested, the sight of Hannibal in his tuxedo was gorgeous but the thought of him out of it was even better. Hannibal held back his chuckle over William's words and instead walked over to his mate and held up an emerald-green velvet box.

"You won't be needing anything bow-y, my love. I got you a present."

Will slowly took the box from Hannibal and opened it gently, Will gasped. Inside he found an Omega collar, it was white gold and had an intricate flowing pattern that glinted thanks to the diamonds, yes Hannibal had gotten him diamonds. The back half was made of made of a soft black velvet that Will ran between his fingers, his eyes filled with shock at its beauty.

"I don't want you to feel owned, like...like what Crawford did but times have changed and Omega collars no longer have to mean ownership. They are quiet common at the Opera, I see them regularly..."

Will had never seen Hannibal ramble on before and he found it rather amusing, he silenced his mate with a kiss.

"I love it, Hannibal. I'm yours and I like that people will know that. And I know this doesn't mean I'm a thing, I'm loved."

Hannibal smiled and took the collar from William's hands so as he could drape it around his mates pale neck. Will's skin was soft like always and Hannibal couldn't help but place a delicate kiss to the warm flesh.

"I love you, William."

"I love you too. And now I don't have to ware a bow tie." Will teased.

XXXX

The couple left Abigail with the twins, Hannibal was sure she was till gaping at the size of his house but that was to be expected, she had spend most of her life in a nine by nine room after all. The drive to the Opera house was made in a comfortable silence as Will watched the world pass by from the passenger window. Trees danced in the early evening breeze like there was some inaudible melody enchanting them.

Will had never been one for social gatherings so when they arrived Will clung to his Alpha like he would vanish into oblivion. Hannibal was his rock, his protector. Hannibal was quickly spotted by a reasonably short woman with a black bob and a cherry red dress that she looked to be falling out off.

"Ah, Hannibal darling. Where have you been? It was like you fell of the face of the earth."

"My apologises, there have been some significant changes since we last met." Hannibal moved slightly to his right revealing Will who he instantly gestured too. "Missus Komeda this is my mate, William Graham. Will, this is an old friend of mine."

"I hope not that old." She chuckled somewhat and held her hand out for Will to shake, after a nudge from Hannibal he did so. "You must be quite the Omega to have captured dear Hannibal's heart."

"I like to think so."

Hannibal was proud that Will had responded like the strong Omega he was and not let the other Alpha accidentally intimidate him.

"You've done well for yourself, Hannibal. Will is a beautiful young Omega."

Hannibal looked to Will with a smile that said oh he most certainly is. Will couldn't help his little blush, he was about to speak but Missus Komeda go there first.

"I bet you'll be eager to start a family?"

"Will and I already have." Hannibal informed softly taking a sip of his champagne.

"Oh do tell, Hannibal. You vanish and return with a bombshell, I need more than Will and I already have ."

Normally Will would have just assumed she wanted gossip but Missus Komeda struck him as a nice person who was actually interested in his and Hannibal's lives rather than wanting something to talk about at her next afternoon tea, Hannibal seemed to realise the same.

"William gave us twins, a male Alpha and a female Omega."

Hannibal spoke like Will had bestowed some sort of unique blessing upon him and Will had never felt more loved than he did in that very moment.

"Twins? Oh that's wonderful, you must be a very proud father." It wasn't a question. "You must host another dinner party for us and introduce us to your beautiful family properly."

"I don't know when I'll host another dinner party, but if I'm in such high demand then I must make time." Hannibal gave a micro-smile.

"It's a dinner party, not a unicorn." She stifled a giggle at her own joke and spoke again. "What are their names?"

It took a few moments for Will to realise the question was directed to him, he had expected to be seen and not heard like the Alphas at The House had always insisted upon but in the Opera house seemed to acknowledge William's presence pleasantly; especially Missus Komeda.

"Claude and Valentina." Will answered simply. "And Valentina is clearly a Daddy's girl."

The Omega was somehow comfortable around the new Alpha and found he could actually speak without feeling like he would be punched for it.

"Oh, beautiful names." Said a new voice. Irish, Will thought.

"Thank you."

The comfortable atmosphere Hannibal and Missus Komeda had created for the Omega was gone with the arrival of the new red-headed Alpha.

"Oh Olivia, this is Doctor Hannibal Lecter and his Omega Will Graham. Hannibal, Will, this is Olivia Mendel. She's helping me on my latest novel, its set in Ireland so I thought who better to ask than someone who is actually Irish."

"Hello." Said Will quietly.

"A pleasure, Miss Mendel."

Hannibal leaned in to shake the red-heads black gloved hand, then mentally froze. There was a scent that she had tried to wash it from her skin and coat it in horrendous perfume but there was no mistaking it. Hannibal had come to know that scent well since he promise William and the others he would get the Omegas back. He had committed Brian, Beverly, Richie and Olive's scents to memory for just this sort of encounter. And Olivia Mendel definitely held the scent of Beverly. And that is Omega number two, Hannibal thought to himself. Lecter was smart enough not to make a scene, no he had a plan and so the three Alphas and Will exchanged pleasantries until the lights flickered indicating the performance was about to start.

Soon Hannibal and Will were seated in box number one, Hannibal had gotten a box to help Will feel comfortable but Will could see something was bothering his Alpha.

"What's wrong?" He asked a few minuets after the performance started.

"Will, you are not going to like this but I will tell you after the opera is finished, okay?"

Hannibal was right, Will didn't like it but he could wait. He had been looking forward to seeing Carmen and Will knew his Alpha wouldn't ruin it for him.

"Alright."

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle Que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c'est bien in vain qu'on l'appelle S'il lui convient de refuser. Rien n'y fait, menace ou prière.

The performance went on and Will pushed what was concerning Hannibal from his mind, he trusted his Alpha.

S i tou ne m'aimes pas, si tou ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime, Mais si je t'aime, si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!

Will had to admit he was enjoying himself by the end of Habanera, he had forgotten what Hannibal had said and just enjoyed the performance. Hannibal however, had found himself silently planning, he could see Missus Komeda sat between her husband and Olivia Mendel. It seemed he had found the Alpha that had purchased Beverly Katz, Will's best friend and Hannibal was determined to get her back, however, for the time being he would sit quietly and let his Omega enjoy the Opera. One thing was for sure, he needed to steal one of those black velvet gloves she kept swinging around.

XXXX

"So..." William began when he and Hannibal had said their goodbyes to Mister and Missus Komeda. "...are you going to tell me what was bothering you, or do I have to kiss it out of you?"

Will slumped down into the Bentley and waited for Hannibal to answer. At first he thought the Alpha was ignoring him but soon found that Hannibal was looking for someone.

"Hannibal, please talk to me."

Hannibal sighed and turned to face his mate.

"Miss Mendel, she has Beverley."

"What?!" Will was in complete shock.

"I smelt Beverly on Mendel the second we met."

"And you didn't kill her?"

"In front of two hundred people? No. However I did take her glove."

"What good is that going to do?"

"Well, now we follow her. The glove gives us a reason to be there."

Hannibal had a whole plan but Will only needed to know the basics. William's face suddenly erupted in a grin.

"Bev's alive and we can get her back?"

"Yes, my William."

XXXX

The drive didn't take long, even with Hannibal hanging back so as Olivia didn't see them. The Alpha and his mate watched as Olivia left her car in the garage and clicked her heels up the front step and into he home. It was all brown brick, one of the modern building designed to look old and classic, all it really looked like was bland and cold. They gave it half an hour watching to make sure no one else would arrive home, thankfully no one did.

"What do you want me to do?" Asked Will when he sensed Hannibal was getting ready to strike.

"Stay behind me until I have Mendel under control and then we will find Beverly. It would be best for her to see you before me."

"Sure."

Will knew Hannibal would rather leave him in the car but that was never going to happen and the Alpha knew it. As soon as they were out of the car Hannibal opened the trunk and reached for the medical case he always kept there, it took seconds for the Alpha to pull out a brand new scalpel and shut the trunk again. After that Hannibal slipped the scalpel into his pocket and pulled Olivia's glove form the other.

"Ready?" He asked Will softly.

"Yeah."

Olivia Mendel answered the dark wood door almost the second Hannibal had finished knocking. It was safe to say she hadn't been expecting anyone let alone Hannibal and Will.

"Doctor Lecter, what brings you here?" Olivia asked in an almost polite voice.

"I came to return this." He held out the dark velvet glove. "Thought you would want it back."

"You thought right Doctor Lecter thank you."

Olivia took the glove from the older Alpha and set it down on a small table beside the door.

"Its my pleasure."

"No to appear ungrateful, but its late so if there's nothing else?"

"No, no that's everything. Goodnight." Hannibal and Will turned and took a few steps away from the door, just as Olivia was about to shut it Hannibal spoke again. "You know there is one thing." He quickly returned to the doorway, closer than he had been before. "How much did you pay for Beverly?"

"What..."

That was all Olivia had time to get out before Hannibal pounced, he covered her mouth with one hand and then spun round so as he was behind her and pushed down on her pale neck. Will watched quietly while Hannibal rendered the lesser Alpha unconscious. It was only when Olivia Mendel lay on the cold cherry hardwood floor that Hannibal spoke again.

"William, please close the door. We don't need passers by seeing this."

Will quickly did as instructed and closed the door softly. After making sure Olivia was not going to wake up prematurely Hannibal stood and followed his nose upstairs and into the master bedroom. Once there he came face-to-face with Beverley Katz, naked and chained by her feet to the large four poster bed. The room stank of two things; Olivia's perfume and terrified Omega.

The second Beverly saw Hannibal she screamed thinking Olivia had loaned her out but that came to a dead stop when Will poked his head around the door.

"Will?" Her voice was but a whisper, she hadn't drunk or eaten for at least two days.

"Yeah Bev, its me." Will ran to the other Omega and started tugging on the chains. "Hey Hannibal, a little help please."

Hannibal looked around and quickly located a paper-clip holding several sheets of paper together on Mendel's vanity.

"Here let me do that. You get her some clothes."

Will charged to the closet and ransacked it for something that would fit Beverly, eventually he came across a pair of grey sweats. This'll do, he told himself and went back to Beverley. It was clear she didn't trust Hannibal, even after he had released her feet from the bed, then again after the life he knew she'd lived Will couldn't blame her. Beverley's ankles were busied and chafed, she looked horrified but Hannibal spoke calmly.

"These will need cleaning and dressing but they don't look to be infected." Hannibal stood from where he had been knelt at Beverley's feet and looked to Will. "I am going to pull the Bentley into the garage, can you get her dressed and downstairs?"

"Yeah, I can do that."

"Good, don't touch anything and wipe our fingerprints off everything we've already touched."

With that Hannibal left the bedroom and returned to the car. It only took a few moments for Will to help Beverley dress and wipe everything they had touched. Soon he and Beverly were down the stairs only to find Hannibal wiping the front door handle that Will had used earlier. Without a word Hannibal crouched and picked up Olivia only to throw her over his left shoulder, Will couldn't deny that there was something just a little bit, incredibly sexy about his Alpha in a tuxedo with a loose strand of hair hanging down over his forehead and an unconscious rapist over his shoulder. Hannibal carried her to the garage door leaving Beverly and Will to follow, the Alpha opened the back passenger door of his Bentley to make it easier for Will to get the other Omega in the car while Lecter threw Olivia in the trunk.

Two down, two do go...and then Marcus Delaware.