Chapter 4

Hi everyone! Here the fourth chapter! Please review! Tell me if I make mistakes, but don't bash me please. Enjoy!

IMPORTANT: Now the story is complete, most of people didn't liked chapter 12 but READ THE EPILOGUE if you want to know how it really end.

Watari was more than angry and frightened. He found a note, which was saying that Hisoka was at the pursuit of the phantom, to find Miss Wong who was kidnapped by the phantom of the opera. But he didn't know where he had gone! There was no indication. He had called help, cops were coming. This was a kidnapping, Hisoka should have prevented him, and they would have rescued the girl together. But more than anything, he was worried.

"Hisoka, where are you?"

Hisoka was now in the dark corridor with Tatsumi. He still didn't know if he was a friend or no, but for now, he preferred to trust him. The two men were searching for his lair. They were in a sort of secret labyrinth. He wondered how this was built but he didn't ask to the man, who was obviously very concentrated and stressed. His jaw was tightly clenched, and Hisoka realised, that it was the same with him.

Finally, they reached a sort of river. Tatsumi put his legs in the water and walked. Hisoka followed him.

"Sir, did you know where we are going?"

"Yes. I already came here. But I always failed to enter his house. It's full of trap."

"Why don't you call the police? You…"

"It's very complicated. I had made a sort of pact with him. Breaking it would have made a lot of people die. But for now, silence, he might hear us if we talk too much."

Hisoka growled but didn't say anything. It was true. And he wanted to avoid being trapped by the phantom, remembering what happened on the roof. He shivered when he thought about it. He could almost feel the man's tongue against his ear again. He blushed, and was quite happy that Tatsumi wasn't looking at him.

They finally reached the 'house'. It was a sort of big building, surrounded by the river. There were very tiny windows, which made impossible any entry for a human being able to reach them. Light was escaping from them, showing that someone was living here. No sign of any door.

"How did he build that?" Whispered the young man.

"It's just under the opera. He drew the plans for construction." Replied Tatsumi.

"What? The phantom…"

"Yes, he is a very talented man. He made any proof for this place disappears."

"But…"

"No more questions, we have to find an entry."

Hisoka silently nodded. They walked around the building, trying to find a door, or anything else. Hisoka finally found an entry. A tiny hole in the wall, large enough though, to let them pass. He called Tatsumi. The hole was almost all hidden by the river, but it led to the inside of the house. They entered.

The phantom was smiling. He was inside with Maria. She was sitting on a chair, not moving, knowing it was useless. She had tried to escape, with no results. She had spent all the time with him to sing, he was teaching to her again, like he had done in her room before. He accorded her a pause, and she was thinking about the inspector.

The ghost said he was going to come for her. And Maria feared that the phantom would kill him. She looked at him. The ghost was now very happy. He was talking to himself, and she couldn't hear what he was saying.

The phantom was impressed. They had done quite well to find him. But this was not enough.

"So Tatsumi, you helped him. Well this will add more excitement to the game."

"Sir, whispered Maria, please, don't hurt…"

"Don't be so suspicious Maria. I only want fun!"

He had smirked to her, and she closed her eyes. He turned away from her, and his smirk vanished. He was lying. No, he didn't only want fun. But he couldn't say it. He suddenly heard something, a tiny bell rang, and he grinned. They were in his lair, trapped. He had made himself a sort of alarm, to know when people entered in his house. He took Maria by the arm, and walked to his secret room, or to say better, his torture chamber.

Hisoka and Tatsumi found themselves in the dark. Once they entered his lair, the two men had walked quite unsure of where they were going to, but suddenly, they find themselves trapped in a really dark room. And suddenly, lights were surrounding them. Tatsumi turned pale, understanding their situation.

There were glasses everywhere, and there was only an artificial tree with a rope. The reflections of the mirrors were making the illusions that they were in a sort of forest. He and Hisoka were condemned. He hadn't let any indication to the police; fearing what could happen if he did. He remembered the pact he had made too well for that…

But he had led the young inspector to his death, he couldn't bear this thought. He looked at him; the young man seemed so confused. He decided to tell him what was happening. He would be frightened, but it was better than ignorance in this case.

"It's a torture" explained Tatsumi. "It's going to be hot here. So hot that we are going to lose our minds. We are going to have no shadow, no water, anything. He will let us here or days. We will become mad and hang ourselves with the rope, if we don't die from lack of water. I have seen this before." (Author note: This is in the book)

"What!"

"Welcome to my home."

They heard this suddenly and almost jumped of surprise. In a way, Hisoka was upset of himself. He wasn't supposed to be that nervous; he had to keep control, like every cop do. They couldn't know from where the voice was coming. But they perfectly knew it came from the phantom. Tatsumi felt almost relieved. If the phantom was talking to them, he still had a chance to convince him to let the inspector go with the girl. Hisoka was having the same thought. But for Maria and Tatsumi, who tried to help him. The voice continued.

"I see, my dear inspector that you failed."

"I didn't!" Growled Hisoka loudly. "I still have chances to…"

"No, once you fall in the torture chamber, it's impossible to do anything. You lost. And You Tatsumi, I see you are still interfering with me."

"This had to stop, Tsuzuki! You killed a man…"

"Oh It's had been ages that I didn't hear my name!"

Hisoka's eyes widened. Tsuzuki. It was the phantom's name! Obviously, Tatsumi could tell him a lot. If only they survived. He was going to open his mouth, but he was interrupted again by the voice:

"So now, as you failed, I am going to do what I was planning in this case."

Suddenly, a gas was invading the room. They heard Maria scream. What was happening to her? Hisoka was really scared for her now. Tsuzuki had planned everything. Hisoka realised now that the phantom never envisaged the possibility for him to won. He was too strong.

Hisoka and Tatsumi tried not to breathe it but it was useless of course. They struggled against the urge to sleep that the gas created, but in vain. It was a powerful sleeping gas. They heard Maria's scream again before they totally succumbed to darkness, and fell on the floor. Tsuzuki smiled. He turned to Maria who was screaming and brought her away. He didn't need her in this place anymore.

I didn't make a lot of suspense about Tsuzuki being the phantom, because it was evident, but I hope you enjoyed. I'll try to be fast for the next chapter. Review please!