Hannibal woke up to gentle knocks on his door,
Luna's voice calling him out… The scent of maple syrup and milk and the shower.
He opened the door and found her ready for a day out, a small sling bag hanging on her side,
"What's wrong"… he asked
"I called Dr. Bloom, I asked her to take me to the hospital, I just wanted you to know…"
She's trying to be considerate, probably learned her lesson yesterday "Why what's the matter? You could have just asked me to take you"
"Oh sorry, I thought Dr. Bloom is the only one allowed to take me out…?"
"I can also take you out, what's the matter?"
"Well, while I was in the bath, I started to feel awful like the world is turning awful, then something on my waist start to sting'
"Is your head better now? No longer dizzy?" he inquired; she nodded in response.
"Ok good, I'll take a look at what's causing the sting" he lead her to the sofa… went back inside his room and came back out with his kit.
With her seated straight up, Hannibal started to unzip her dress from the side,
Long red scratches revealed as he unzipped lower… he remembered doing that… it's not infected,
he sterilized it with antiseptics dressed it up with gauze and instructed Luna to keep it dry for the meantime.
Alana Bloom can't know about it, it's technically unethical, Doctor to Patient relations, it may create a wrinkle he can't afford right now.
He told Luna she had nothing to worry about, just a few scratches,
He called Dr. Bloom to inform her that she didn't have to come.
At Lunch:
"Luna, we have to talk about last night"
"Okay... what about last night doctor?"
"Do you remember anything?"
"Not much, I know … I was hungry, I went to the kitchen for food,
I sensed someone was following me, and then I saw you hiding behind a pillar in the dark…
I was going to be sneaky and scare you and then that's about it"
Hannibal giggled, really? She wanted to be sneaky? That was her being sneaky?
He decided he'll let it go for now… they will get there soon anyway,
After lunch, He left for a case… leaving Luna alone in the house again,
With time in her hands… Luna decided to roam about the facility like she did yesterday…
Crackers and drinks in her bag, and a bigger scarf this time… her walking stick… and she's good to go
She was heading out back to the tree she slept under,
On the way to the gate, she heard patrol yelling orders over the radio.
2 of their own was missing, one of the patrol stationed at the gate stopped her on her tracks,
Informing her she can't leave for the day,
Not to alarm her but there was a breach last night and they don't want to take a chance,
One of the carts stopped in front of her, he was going to take her back to the house.
"I hope everyone's okay… you can have these, she handed him the small bag of crackers and the bottle of drink she prepared for herself"
"Thank you ma'am" she's home, he was nice she thought, and he sounded different, he must be new…
She decided to ask for his name, he answered as he opened the door,
"It's Andrew, we saw the doctor leave so if you need anything just give us a call" then he left.
On her own again… TV it is then!
Bloom went straight to BAU as Crawford asked her, Luna was okay,
Well, Lecter is with her what could possibly go wrong?
She's always admired the doctor's level headed demeanor in every situation.
Crawford sat in the interrogation room,
She was a bit taken aback by his choice of meeting room but it's Crawford, who knows what he's thinking.
"Thank you for coming Dr. Bloom, please take a seat"
"What is this about Jack?"
"Not much for beating around the bush are we?..." Bloom smiled "You know me"
"Okay then, i got news that there was a breach in the facility we're keeping Luna in, I think she needs to be moved"
Alana's heartbeat stopped a second "Is Luna okay? she called me earlier asking me to take her to the hospital"
Crawford was confused "I'm sorry, well as far as i know she's okay, Patrol assured me of that, why did she need to go to the hospital?"
Something about her being dizzy, Hannibal said she fell and has scrapes on her knees and scratches on her side...
Crawford was relieved, "Oh okay, Dr. Lecter was there... good, she's safe then"
He directed Alana back to the discussion at hand, "there are a lot of high profile witnesses in the facility,
At first i thought, the breach could be for a different gate, but when they sent me pictures of the missing patrols, i recognized them,
they were just assigned to her gate recently"
"BAU decided to transfer her" then he breathe in... as if holding back on something...
"What is it Jack?"...
"There's a minor complication... someone is claiming to be her guardian... An aunt..." There was silence in the room...
Alana decided she'll break it "So we're losing control of her care? have we even verified this claim yet?"
Jack nodded "Yes, BAU has... and she's her legitimate aunt, Cornelia Luminosi"
High profile elite but very private, it turns out Luna's father ran away from home a few months before Luna's birth, he kept Luna a secret from the family,
FBI needed to inform his family about his death, they found her gave her details of the serial killing,
When they questioned her they somehow opened a can of worms that lead to the mentioning of his daughter.
She's a widow, she longs for family and believes Luna is her only chance at one before she dies.
"Does Dr. Lecter know?"
"Not yet... he's helping with a case right now"
"How and when do we break it to Luna?"
"We need to loop Dr. Lecter in first"
TV is starting to bore her...
it was already dark outside...
Her tummy started to growl at her for forgetting to put food in it...
She made her way to the kitchen,
rummaged cupboards for snacks and went back to the living room.
she stopped on her tracks... Her silhouettes are missing, Did she turn out the lights?
she placed the snacks on the floor and extended the reach of her white cane, she needs to find the wall.
She did... she flicked the switched on and was blinded by light, bright light...
Extreme pain at the back of her head hit her and she lost consciousness