She pulled up next to the sidewalk, sitting in her car for a moment before getting out of the car as she cocked her gun just in case. Elizabeth walked up the steps, her face void of emotion as she barged into his office.

Hannibal's head shot up from the papers that he was looking at. "Elizabeth-"

Elizabeth opened her mouth to shout at him and interrogate him, but then she remembered who exactly she was talking to.

"What is it?" Hannibal questioned.

She gave him a soft smile and kissed him. "Nothing. I-I just had this bad feeling that you might be in trouble."

Hannibal rubbed her growing bump, returning the warm smile. "Is he okay?"

"He's fine. Until he starts to use my bladder as a squeeze toy. I'm still a little shaken up from the surgery to get her out," Elizabeth replied.

"Have you chosen a cemetery yet?"

She shook her head. "Have you chosen a coffin yet?"

Hannibal chuckled softly. "I guess we're both running from the inevitable truth."

"Perhaps," she murmured. "I sometimes wonder what life would be like if Penelope was still alive. We'd probably be having combined cribs and strollers."

"Though now we have our son to worry about," Hannibal reminded her. "I would've been happy either way."

"I'm sorry for barging in on you," she forced out to say. "I'm a control freak and all that. I have to go work on Freddie Lounds case."

"Alright. I love you."

"Yeah. Me too," she responded then kissed him on the cheek and walked out of the office as Hannibal eyed her curiously.

Elizabeth was walking down the steps when she stopped as she saw a man in an expensive suit standing in the gate. He pointed a finger at her. "You must be the mysterious beautiful woman whose picture is placed proudly onto Dr. Lecter's desk."

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow. "Snooping in other people's business especially your own sister's isn't nice, Mr…?"

"Verger. Mason Verger, but you already knew that, Agent Graham, sister to Will Graham. Another patient of Dr. Lecter's."

"Someone's been doing his homework," she commented as they walked closer to each other. "Though I think that our first meeting isn't exactly a coincidence, Mr. Verger."

He chuckled. "I just had to know who you were…since you are a valuable person in the doctor's life. I pay him good money."

"What he does in his personal life is none of your business," she snapped sharply, surprising herself as she kept on reminding herself that Hannibal was The Ripper who ruined her life and the only good thing that came out of it was the unborn baby sleeping inside of her.

"Oh, but I think it is when I'm paying him," he replied calmly.

There was something off about this man and Elizabeth examined him more closely. She started to doubt herself since she didn't even suspect Hannibal. Others saw it yet she turned the other way, protecting Hannibal until the end. So her senses were off and now she had to decided with everyone she ever met if they are who they appear to be.

"I'll be sure to let Hannibal know of your…concerns," she told him sharply.

Mason chuckled in amusement. "Just like your brother, Mrs. Lecter-"

"We're not married, Mr. Verger," she reminded him as politely as possible.

"Oh, my mistake," he apologized though there was definitely something off about his words.

"I doubt that," she boldly replied.

"As I was saying before, Miss Graham, you and your brother are not so different from each other," he mused with a smug smirk.

An image of her slicing Mason Verger's throat with the swing of the blade in her hand flashed in her mind.

She shook her head, bringing herself back to the present as she admitted to Mason, "I'm nothing like my brother. For instance, you don't want to get on my bad side."

"Why?" He inquired curiously. "What's it like over there?"

She smirked. "I'm not afraid of the darkness like my brother is. I will do whatever it takes to protect the ones I love…and so will Hannibal and Will. It would be in your best interest to remember that for when you decide to open your mouth and have words come out of it."

Elizabeth calmly walked around him, thinking, should I be scared of a powerful man like Mason Verger like most would be? Wouldn't that be the normal thing to do…yet here I am, calm as ever and suddenly craving a steak?

He likes meat. I should've guessed it seeing as how his father has the same craving for meat. Like father like son.

Elizabeth didn't like how she suddenly thought about murdering-no, killing Mason Verger. She thought that it would've easy to kill Verger, sneak into his home at night, stick a tranquilizer into his neck, knock him out, and then take him somewhere to kill him.

When it's all done, dispose of the body.

When she stepped inside of her car, she stopped for a moment, her mind running to different scenarios of how to kill Verger. She didn't like the feeling, but yet it didn't seem to frighten her so much.

She didn't know what was happening to her. She knew she's always been a friend to the darkness, dragging her along with him, but this seemed more than just a friendly visit like usual. No, it was more than that. It's starting to become more of a ritual to her.

Elizabeth drove away from his office, first dialing Jack then hanging up the next second. She did the same with Will. She couldn't decide how to tell about this-about Hannibal. It was still unreal to her.

"Where's Elizabeth?" Will asked, not being able to take his eyes off of his dogs eating Mason Verger's face.

"I do not know," Hannibal replied. "I haven't seen her all day…she came into my office, looking as angry as a bull, but then it went away."

"That's strange," Will commented. "Do you think she knows?"

He shrugged. "I can't tell anymore. She seems to be becoming the master of manipulation."

"No doubt that she learned that skill from you," Will added calmly. "She's getting close though I imagine. She won't-can't be blind forever from the darkness that she seems to attract."

Hannibal slowly shook his head. "She's no stranger to darkness. She's done worse things than you have, Will."

Will lifted up an eyebrow, zoning out Mason's maddening laughter. "What has my sister done?"

Hannibal smirked a little. "All I will say is that she's perfect for me. For us, Will."

"Elizabeth Graham," Mason laughed, drawing both men out of their conversation. "She's…my, my, she is something else. You know she threatened me this morning! Threatened me! Me! Mason Verger!"

"What about, Mason," Hannibal asked in curiosity.

"She told me she was the bad one out of the Graham twins, you could say…that I shouldn't get in her way especially when it involves either of you…she's a spitfire that one!"

Both men were surprised by that statement, knowing that Elizabeth always followed the path of doing the right thing. She wasn't known for being selfish or even violent for that matter unless it involves the suspect for a case then that's a different story.

"Do you know where she is?" Hannibal asked Mason who shrugged in response.

He laughed. "I had someone tail her just in case she tried anything."

"And?"

"You know…I can't seem to remember now."

Will jumped forward, but Hannibal's hand on his chest forced him back.

"She can't be that hard to find, Will," Hannibal reminded him. "If anything, she probably needed some time away."

Will eyed the man-the killer standing in front of him, wondering if he knew of his sister's whereabouts. If maybe, she had found out about who he was and decided to take matters into her own hands. It seemed like something that she would do. She would confront Hannibal instead of running away from the situation especially being that she's pregnant with his child.

Elizabeth didn't know, Will concluded. Perhaps Hannibal is telling me the truth for once. He wouldn't hurt his child. His son symbolizes the family that was taken away from him…if anything, Hannibal will do whatever it takes to make sure that Elizabeth is alive and their child is as well.

"It's been more than a couple of days, Jack," Hannibal told Jack as he paced back and forth in the office.

"We've already got the entire force out there, looking for her," Jack reminded him, he wasn't doing this for him. He was doing it for Elizabeth Graham.

"It's not…it's not enough," he snapped angrily, losing control for a moment which was a first for Hannibal. "What about Klaus? He must know something. He's her father; she wouldn't go without at least telling him."

Hannibal looked at Jack who was silent before saying, "Klaus hasn't seen her either. We would know if she was planning on going somewhere, Hannibal."

Hannibal turned away, striding out of the room just as Will came inside.

"What happened?" Will asked.

Jack sighed. "We still haven't found her, Will. I didn't want to tell Hannibal this especially in his state-"

"What is it, Jack," Will questioned sharply, reminding Jack of Elizabeth.

Jack nodded and took out a paper from a file, handing it over to Will. "You see why I didn't tell him this? You and I both know what this means now."

Will looked up from the paper and replied, "She's running. She knows about Hannibal."

"My thoughts exactly. I mean why else would she buy a plane ticket all the way to Paris."

"To put as much distance between her child and its father," Will answered. "Elizabeth's putting her child's life first especially after seeing what genes its father probably gave him."

"Bad genes."

"Yeah. It tends to run in our family and Hannibal's as well…put those genes into a child and you've got yourself The Devil," Will explained, completely distraught about his sister's runaway with Hannibal's child. He already knew that it was in his sister's best interest for being the reason why Jack didn't say a word of this to Hannibal. He would put two and two together, it wouldn't be that hard actually since he's smarter than the rest of them.

But it seems Lizzie was smarter than him. She managed to secure her and her son's safety with just the click of her finger without Hannibal noticing.

Perhaps Hannibal was right after all about there being a darkness inside of Elizabeth and that she truly was no stranger to it.

This game that Hannibal Lecter was playing with us seemed to be taken into a whole new level. I am no longer the player of interest now. Elizabeth is the one who wants to play with him. Seeing if he could catch her in time for the big finale, the final bang.

Like Hannibal said before…Elizabeth was perfect for him.

TBC…

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