(so just what the description says. Not set in any one universe. The Nadir is the one from the 1925 version and the Erik is the one from the 2004 movie)

The Phantom of the Opera was very excited

Today was the day he hooked up his new computer. It had been very boring sitting down in his lair all day and thinking of Christine, so he thought he should get something to entertain himself. Nadir, the Persian, suggested he get a computer. After forcing money out of the managers, he stole a Hansom Cab and went to the nearest electronics store. The computer he purchased was a 2000 Windows XP home edition. As Nadir went to pay, Erik was too overcome with excitement about his new purchase. The Phantom opened the box and before anyone could say anything, the computer was out of the box. Nadir and the manager came back and the manager explained to the technology deprived Phantom how he needed to assemble it at home. Erik didn't understand why but he didn't argue. Partly because he couldn't wait to try it out. The computer wouldn't fit in the cab with both him and Nadir, so Erik got several bungee cords and strapped it to the top of the cab.

This turned out to be a very costly mistake.

As they were going through the streets of Paris, the cab hit a pothole and the bungee cords came loose. Everything went in a different direction. The tower went through a window and landed on an unsuspecting person. The monitor smashed into a fruit stand, and the speakers hit a passerby in the head. It took them a while to clean everything up. Mostly because some stuff had broken. After collecting the pieces of the computer, they tried to stuff it into the cab.

Once back at the Opera house, Erik realized they had another problem: there was no outlet in the lair.

"What are we going to do?" the Persian asked fretting.

"Never fear Nadir, I have a plan." Erik said pointing to the ceiling.

Erik 'borrowed' a drill and some shovels from a local hardware store and began drilling through the basements. The hole was just big enough to fit a cable through. They were getting close to the first cellar when they heard a scream. Erik pulled the drill back and found it covered with blood. Apparently he had drilled through someone's foot.

My bad. He thought as he finished drilling. After hooking everything up, Erik and Nadir went back downstairs and turned the computer on. It took forever. Nadir's constant whining about wanting to see it work didn't help the Phantom's temper much. Finally after ten minuets, it fully started.

"Nadir, it's finally on!" Erik said as Nadir did a happy dance.

"Yippie!" Nair yelled. In his excitement he began jumping up and down like a little school girl. However, he wasn't paying attention to where he was jumping and he accentually landed on the power cable, unplugging it.

The screen went blank.

Erik just sat there with a blank expression. His left eye twitched. He was then over come by intense anger. Nadir noticed and decided to comment.

"Erik, what is wrong? You are looking redder than a tomato." He chuckled but that stopped when he saw Erik's face.

The Phantom of the Opera held his hands up so it looked like he would strangle the Persian. "NNNNNNAADDDDIIIIRRRRR!" he yelled at his friend. With that, Nadir ran to his boat and rowed away as fast as he could.

The Persian never jumped for joy around Erik again.