Creaturess of the Night here again you made it through all 4 chapters which is a good thing with how long they are. I hope you liked them and I hope to read your reviews very soon. I also hope to update very soon because I am deeply sorry that the update spans are so long it makes me feel like a bad author. So sorry again that the updates are not that often. I will try harder. Thank you for reading see you next chapter!

He listened by the secret entrance for the sounds of someone else's presence but when he heard none he left his secret lair and headed to the place where all the rooms are to gather Gustave and question him to see if he would be better off with Christine and without him. He walked to where Meg and Madame Giry were staying and knocked on the door waiting impatiently for someone to answer the door. Finally after what seemed like forever Meg answered the door. She looked shocked to see Erik standing there. She asked "Erik, what are you doing here? I was not expecting you until much later." He replied "Raoul's parents and I did not get along very well so I told Christine that to protect her feelings that I was not going to be doing the funeral arrangements because I did not want to say something that would hurt her." Meg stepped aside and said "Oh, well come in I know that seeing Gustave will make you feel better." He slipped in beside her and saw Gustave sitting at the table drawing something. Erik walked over and stood on the other side of the table. Gustave looked up and brightened when he saw him. Gustave ran over and hugged him silently. Erik froze with shock but recovered quickly and hugged him back. Gustave pulled away from the hug and went over to the table to get what he had been drawing. He walked back over to Erik and handed him the picture. Erik looked at it and saw what Gustave had drawn. Gustave had drawn the 3 of them holding hands. He was on one end and Christine was on the other end and Gustave was in the middle. At the top was My Family Portrait written in neat handwriting. Then he noticed that Gustave had labeled the people too. Above Christine it said Mother, above Gustave it said Me and Erik had to swallow back the many emotions running through him when he read the label Father above his picture. Erik smiled at Gustave and said "This is amazing Gustave."

Gustave smiled and asked "Do you like it?" Erik smiled and swallowed back the lump of tears growing in his throat and replied "I love it." Gustave said "I want you to have it then." Erik looked at Gustave and replied "I couldn't you put so much effort into it and I could not just take it away from you." Gustave smiled and said "I want you to have it though. You would not be taking it away from me if I give it to you." Erik asked "Are you sure you want to give it to me? What about your mother?" Gustave smiled and replied "Yes, I am absolutely positive. She has a lot of my pictures but you did not know me so you do not have any and I want you to have this one." Erik smiled and said "Thank you so much Gustave. It really means a lot to me." Gustave smiled back as he replied "No problem. Can I ask you a question?" Erik looked at him and saw he looked kind of nervous to ask the question. Erik looked at him sincerely and said "Sure, Gustave. Remember you can always ask me anything." Gustave looked nervously at him and asked "Is it okay if I call you father or dad?" She knew that Erik was capable of hurting anyone that really pissed him off and he could tell by the look he had on his face now that he was already at that point. Christine let Sarah have the handkerchief and rushed over to Erik and Emory. She asked "What is going on over here?" Erik looked at Christine and replied "I am sorry Christine but I cannot help with the funeral arrangements, I cannot work with people I do not like and I do not want to do something that will hurt you." He slipped past her and left the room silently. Christine stared after him for a few minutes before turning to Emory. She asked "What did you say to him?" Emory replied "Nothing of importance." Christine looked at him sternly and said "I know Erik and it takes a lot to make him that mad, now what did you say to him." Emory replied "That pales in comparison to the fact that you cheated on Raoul with him and that Gustave is that monster's." Christine asked "You brought Gustave into this?"

Emory replied "Yes, I told him that when the funeral arrangements were over that we would convince you and Gustave to come back to France with us and then he told me that we would never ever take away you and Gustave from him and then he said that we would never take you or his son away from him and that is when he stormed off after telling you what he did." Christine said "I know that you do not like Erik but you do not need to bring my son into this. Also I know you dislike Erik but you cannot take me against my will it is called kidnapping." Emory asked in disbelief "It is not okay for me to kidnap you but is perfectly okay for that beast to take you against your will?" Christine glared at him and replied "Quit insulting Erik. Until you guys started being cruel to him he was nothing but nice to you. He knew who you were too but he was nice to you out of respect to me and the fact that he was raised that way." Emory was about to reply but they all jumped when they heard a distant shattering noise. Meanwhile a little distance away from the office Erik was the one causing the noise. He had left his office and went through Suicide Hall to the secret entrance in the wall and to what he would call his secret lair. It was built like his old one just minus the water and the huge size. He only went there when he wanted to be alone and away from everyone and no one could find him. Right now he just wanted to be alone to calm down. He looked around the room and his eyes settled on a glass vase. He picked up and threw it against the wall watching it break into a million little pieces. He threw about 4 vases before he was finally calm enough to pace back and forth across the room. He shook his head trying to clear it of all the thoughts telling him that it would only be fair to let Raoul's parents take Christine and Gustave back to France. He knew that it was not right for him to make her move on so quickly from Raoul by having her stay here. He knew that if he truly loved her and Gustave then he should do the right thing and set them free letting them live a life as far away from him as possible. They should not have to be stuck with a monster like him. They should be free as birds and far away as possible. He sighed and rubbed his temples feeling the beginning of a migraine. He stopped pacing and sat down on the bench in front of an organ that was an exact replica of his old one. He sat on the bench and then started to play some music that started to relax him and some of his thoughts. He finished the song and got up deciding that he would gather Gustave knowing that it would be something that would cheer him up and make his decision about letting Christine and Gustave go final.