Hannibal: Dark Symphony Book 1 (Completed)

After the Fall

Several months earlier

It was the smell of blood and salt that woke him rather than the calm sound of the ocean's waves.
   Hannibal found himself lying on a rocky beach. His body ached from head to toe and even a single move caused him  a great deal of  pain.
It seemed to him as miracle that someone can survive a fall like this,  even more someone who had a bullet wound in the abdomen and dozen cuts all over his body.
  He looked around himself and then with the corner of his eye saw a pale hand sticking between the edgy rocks.
It was Will's.  But was he alive?
  Adrenaline did its job and in a several swift movements Lecter was standing next to the body of his friend. At that very moment Hannibal thought that these were just the remains of someone he cherished deeply,  of someone who completed him.
  A quiet breath proved him otherwise. Will Graham, beaten and covered in bruises, was still a part of the living realm.
  He opened his eyes and they were not tired or confused but focused and full of anger. Something was not as it should be.
" Will, can you stand on your feet ?" Lecter asked and his voice was calm and collected as if it was one of their sessions.
" Yes, he can stand dr.Lecter, but he's too tired to do it."
If Hannibal wasn't an experienced psychiatrist he'd think that Grahan had hit his head but hearing his voice he finally witnessed something that bothered him for years, something Lecter thought was just in his head but not existing.  Will Grahahad a personality disorder. 
   That was something Hannubal had suspected for a long time but being caught up in all of the events that happened these last few years he never had a time to reflect on it.
All he knew was that there was a dark personality in Will's head which was twisting his behaviour .
"With whom am I speaking now since its obvious it is not Will."
Creepy laugh followed.
" You cannot recognize your creation  dr. Lecter? After all it was you who woke me up."
  " You were sleeping. For how long?"
Graham sat on the flat rock beside him, acting as if his body wasn't beaten and cut.
" For too long , doctor. I must thank you for bringing me to life after all of these years with pills and shrinks. "
" Is Will aware of your existence?"
" I have never bothered him, his mind was too fragile to endure this. All he knows is that sometimes fragments of his memory are gone. He's a good boy that's why I let him stay on the surface  every now and then."
" That's very honorable of you."
" Tell me doctor, do we a have a plan from now on? Who's getting what ?"
Hannibal started at him for a moment unaware of what Graham's word ment but then it all came to it's place.
"Vengeance. Bittersweet. Is that what you want for you and Will?"
" For you as well, dr.Lecter. Together we shall avenge them and this will set us all free."