Chapter 7 - Erika's Hidden Face
In the previous chapter, Mitch had discovered a hidden hideout beyond the mirror. He tried to get in however his father intervenes him, told him to come back at the room. Josephine Buquet, tell to the chorus boys and female dancers about the Opera Ghost and her Punjab lasso however Monsieur Vera warned her to avoid or to be fall at the Phantom Girl's wrath. The news of Christian's disappearance was reached to the new managers, who were very mad that the Opera Ghost had cause some disasters and they wanted to captured her at once until a woman in a fez entered in, named Masha, a private detective investigator, who wanted to solved the case of the Opera Ghost and the new managers agreed with her. Later, she found the underground lair that it was beyond in a lake. Meanwhile, Christian woke up by the music sound of song " Masquerade ". He saw a note from Erika, telling him that he should go around the entire home, except for her white mask then he was became curious why he didn't want to touched her white mask. He walked around in every room until he reached to Erika's room in which she was composing her music.
Will he discovered her true face form? Will Masha can catched up with her?
Find Out
Masha, the Persian Girl, was entered in the underground lair in which it was owned by Erika.
" That's weird... she builds an entire underground lair just like this. What a genius she were. However... it's gonna be more complicated that I expected to. "
And she went continued walking around in every parts of the underground lair. The underground lair was very vast and complex just like the Paris Opera House building. Huge old walls were standing, with some statue figures and it has some different stairs that lead to different each floors. The lake in which it is was leading to her home.
Back when, as Erika turned to Christian, in a stunning silent expression, was wondered in curiosity that he entered in her secret room and she went back around in her original sitting position, continued writing of her music composition.
Christian, didn't say a word, continued walked near to her side, went to her and that moment, he removed her white mask out of curiosity, revealing her true deformities, making him to shocked in horror. Erika, was angry in rage at his prying action, stand up from the chair, slammed him down to the floor and she pushed every thing that was around the room.
And Erika covered her ugly face with her hand , said in a saddened expression " Oh my dear Christian... why you have to do this to me? revealed my true face to you? Oh heavens sake... I had tried to hide it for a long years... because I was truly came from the depths of raging fire. " then she turned around to her mannequin statue of Christian and she said in a desperate expression " Why I shouldn't be loved by anyone else? But only you, Christian... why? Why you have to do this to me? is because I'm just only a human woman? "
Christian, still in silent mood, hide himself in fear. Erika went to him, raise his chin through her finger and she said in a low tone voice " Don't you think that you will despise me because you have finally discovered my real secret face? Are you really turning your devotion away from me? "
He was very nervous when he looks at her and he responded " I never thought that I see your face but I will turned away my devotion to you, as my only Angel. "
" your Angel?! You think that I'm an angel...? I'm just an ordinary being who born from the society of lies and betrayals. I'm nothing but a maniac woman. " Erika said, in anger
She kneeled down besides him, lonely and desperate. Christian, had never thought that he pitied on a lonely lady just like Erika and then he returned her white mask to her. She placed back on her face then she stands up.
" Now that you have seen my true face, I shouldn't let you to leaved the lair at once! " Erika said
" But... everyone were looking for me... even my adopted relative... Maver... please... I have to go back to the top... please.. don't treat me as your prisoner.. please Erika... I have to... " Christian pleaded
And she turned to him " Do you really want to see them? "
He nodded and said " Yes, of course. "
She paused for a moment and after a seconds, she responded " very well then, I will allowed you to see the people who are closed to you... but in one condition. "
" What is it? "
She lended a golden ring on her hand.
" For what this thing for? " Christian asked in curiosity
" You have to wear this thing on your finger at every time that you came back to the top. This golden ring that it's symbolize that you will be always remained faithful to me and to my music. Do you understand? "
" Yes, I will be remained faithful to you, Erika. I promise. " Christian said in response
And she placed the golden ring on his finger and then she shepherds him back to the top. As Erika brings him back in inside, she went downstairs, to went back to her room, but a sudden, she saw Masha, who was trying to ride on the boat. Her face expression turned mad in rage and she shouted in a loud voice " What do you thinked are you doing here?! "
Masha, was surprised when she heard her voice and she turned around to her, said in an amusing way " Oh, no time long see, Erika my friend. "
" Don't called me as your friend, you idiot! " Erika shouted in anger
" Wow, my! You are still the same old Erika that I met from before when you left in your hometown in Persia. I didn't expect that you are living here in Paris, France... to build your own Opera House, your greatest ambition. " Masha said
" It was none of your business, Masha! Get out of here or else I will killed you. " Erika said in anger, holding a Punjab lasso on her hand
" Woah! You are really quite angry at me, Erika. I had been searched for you for a very long time. I was working as a private investigator so that I will know about the rumors about the Opera Ghost that lives in the theater. I thought you are really the Opera Ghost, don't you? " Masha said
" Yes, I am the Opera Ghost. I will do everything in order for them to followed my orders so that I will make sure that they will never disobeyed me except for Monsieur Vera, the one who can understand me and my skills. The whole world is my enemies! So get out of my sight. I don't want to see your face again. " Erika said and she turned back, walked away
But Masha interrupted her, asked " the whole world was your greatest enemies? Are you really attracted to the leading tenor singer, Christian Daae, isn't that right? "
Erika, was stunned in surprised of what she said because she knows about her real relationship with Christian.
And Masha went on saying " I know that you are the responsible for his disappearance, don't you? I never thought a mysterious stranger just like you, will falled in love to a gorgeous young man? Are you really out of your mind, Erika? Why you really want him so much? Is because that he believes that you are his Angel of Music? Quite pathetic... it was better that you should stay away from me or else you will be despise in sadness. "
" What do you mean by that? " Erika asked, in a snarling expression
" Because that as the days goes by... your beloved pupil will be fall in love to someone else... who was more greater than you... a better lady... with a higher status in the society... and from that day then, he will betrayed you... forever. " Masha stated (Note: the lady that she said, referring to Viscountess Raina De Chagny (Christian's childhood friend and sweetheart))
But Erika said in anger, turned back to her " He will never betrayed me! After all, he was the only one who can understand of what I feel... a feeling of love.. and he will never turned away his devotion to me, as his Angel of Music. I don't want to let him fall in love to someone else! I won't let it that happened! Never! "
"Oh, you really think so? If you don't want to listen of what I told you, you will gonna crushed down.. for real. " Masha said, in an amusing expression
" Just get out of here of my place and don't show your face ever again! " Erika told, in rage in anger and she turned back away, continued walking on the way to her home
Masha, was stunning of her harshness reaction towards her, due to that she was in a mysterious relationship with Christian. And then, she walks away from her home lair.
As Erika reached back to her room, sitting down on her chair, and she proceeds to write something on some papers that it was placed on the table. She wrote through her ink pen and then she looks at the mirror, thought of herself " No one can able to despised me... I will make sure that they will make my beloved Christian rise to the greatest... a famous superstar singer.. I will do this just for him.. and his devotion to me... and he will never ever betrayed me... for real. "
And she went on continuing writing on the papers.
Now that Christian had discovered her true face, she feared that he will leave her for good however they have a moment of understanding as Christian pleaded to her to returned back from the top in order to reunite with some of the staffs and relatives and he wears the golden ring that she given to him, in order to be remained faithful to her and to her music but Masha predicted that he will fall in love to someone else, despite Erika's protests and she makes a plan in order to make her pupil into a greater star studded famous singer.
The love story continues.
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