Took me a while to type this, and I thought I almost didn't save it! Ugh! But I did... just to the wrong document. But I half thought I would have to retype it and I was like 'no way... i can't do it the same!" But luckily... it's here... safe and sound. *phew*
sandra: Thanks so much! This has 'Point of no Return'... and four other characters from 'finding nemo' that I added for this chapter! :)
ILoveRaminKarimloo: You want the Phantom? Fine I'll send him. *lets him out of closet* Hey, this person wants you to take her away. *Phantom nods and disappears* Um... he should be at your place soon... I think. lol... You watched 'Up' last night? So did I! It makes me almost cry at the beginning! I can't believe Pixar does things like that! Scratch that... DISNEY! Going to see the Lion King when it comes out in theaters for two weeks, and I'm gonna have to bring tissues... Hope school is still ok :)
I don't own FN or POTO... except for that Phantom that lived in my closet... wonder where he went... or came from?
Later that week, the opera house is packed with people, waiting to see the new play Don Juan. But there were quite a few guards around, waiting for the right time to shoot.
Chief Bruce looks at one of the firemen named, Anchor, and gives him the instructions of what he is to do.
"You understand your instructions?"
Anchor saluted and replied,
"Yes mate!"
Bruce looks to all the men and shouts out,
"Mates, when you hear the whistle, take up your positions. I shall then instruct you to secure the doors. It is essential that all doors are properly secured."
Jacques and Gurgle stand off to the side, watching the authority's talk. Jacques looks nervously at his friend.
"Are we doing the right thing, Gurgle?"
Gurgle sighs,
"Have you got a better idea?"
Bruce looks to Marlin, who was standing by, and asks,
"Mate, am I to give the order?"
Marlin nodded,
"Give the order, Bruce."
Bruce pulls out a little birdie whistle, and blows. It makes a pitiful sound, but all the firemen grab their guns, and get to their positions. Marlin looks to a man named Chum, standing in the pit. Marlin points to the box that he's going to sit in when the show starts.
"You in the pit, do you have a clear view of this box?"
Chum saluted.
"Yes, mate! I do!"
"Remember, when the time comes, shoot. Only if you have to, but shoot to kill. I don't want HIM getting away again.
Chum scratched his head.
"How will I know, mate?"
Marlin couldn't help but smirk,
"Oh, you'll know…"
Jacques stepped over to Marlin and spoke nervously.
"Monsieur le Vicomte, are you confident that this will work? Will Miss Daae sing?"
Marlin tries to reassure the nervous man.
Don't worry, Jacques we will catch him this time. Gurgle, do you trust me?"
Gurgle walked over and nodded,
"We're in your hands, sir."
Bruce comes back over to Marlin and announces,
"My men are now in position, mate."
Marlin smiled,
"Excellent… er mate. Go ahead, then."
Bruce sounds his whistle again, and shouts out.
"Are the doors secure?"
Everyone hears the sound of closing doors. All the men call out.
"Secure mate!"
Suddenly, a voice was heard from the left side of the opera house.
"I'm here… The Phantom of the Opera…"
Everyone looks around apprehensively. Different firemen run to the direction of the voice. Then the voice could be heard on the right side.
"I'm here… The Phantom of the Opera…"
The firemen turn in the other direction, trying to follow the voice. Then it went back to the left, then the right. Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right…
Then the voice was heard right above them in box five. Chum freaks out, and fires at the box. Everyone ducks and covers at the shot. After the shock of it all, Marlin turned to Chum, angrily.
"Idiot! You'll kill someone. I said, only when the times comes!"
Chum started stuttering,
"But… b… but mate… the voice…"
Then the Phantoms voice was heard throughout the whole building.
"No "buts"! For once, Marlin is right…
Seal my fate tonight,
I hate to have to cut the fun short.
But the joke's wearing thin…
Let the audience in!
Let my opera begin!"
The doors to the stage open up. The audience starts filing in and sitting down. With their final instructions, the firemen resume their positions. After everyone is seated, Crush begins to get the music started. The curtains open revealing a lot of red and black. The chorus starts up their part.
"Here the sire may serve the dam;
Here the master takes his meat!
Here the sacrificial lamb!
Utters one despairing bleat!"
Darla steps out and sings with the chorus.
"Poor young maiden!
For the thrill on your tongue of stolen sweets!
You will have to pay the bill,
Tangled in the winding sheets!
Serve the meal and serve the maid!
Serve the master so that, when,
Tables, plans and maids are laid,
Don Juan triumphs once again!"
The chorus spreads out as Bloat steps out from behind an arc, as Don Juan. He is in yellow, with a black velvet mask covering his face. Deb, playing a gypsy, dances for him. He seems to be pleased, and throws a bag of money at her. She catches it and steps off the stage. Bloat turns to the actor, Nigel, who was playing Passarino.
"Passarino, faithful friend,
Once again recite the plan."
Nigel laughs and pats Bloat on the shoulder.
"Your young guest believes I'm you!
I, the master, you, the man."
Bloat laughs with him,
"When you met you wore my cloak,
With my mask you hid your face.
She believes she dines with me,
In her master's borrowed place!
Furtively, we'll scoff and quaff,
Stealing what, in truth, is mine.
When it's late and modesty
Starts to mellow, with the wine…"
(Nigel)
"You come home! I use your voice;
Slam the door like crack of doom!
(Bloat)
"I shall say, "Come hide with me!
Where, oh, where? Of course - my room!""
(Nigel)
"Poor thing hasn't got a chance!"
Bloat hands him a few of his things.
"Here's my hat, my cloak and sword.
Conquest is assured,
If I do not forget myself and laugh… Wa ha ha ha ha…"
Nigel hands him his cloak, and Bloat walks behind the curtain to wait. Dory, who plays the maiden Aminta, walks out on stage. She is wearing a blue top, with white sleeves that fall off her shoulders and her skirt is yellow. She wears no shoes on her feet and is holding a single rose. She looks to the audience and sings.
"No thoughts within her head,
But thoughts of joy!
No dreams within her heart,
But dreams of love!"
She kneels down on the stage and starts fiddling with the rose quietly.
Nigel turns to the curtain and calls out,
"Master?"
Don Juan walks out, but it is not Bloat. The Phantom seems to have taken the place of Bloat unexpecticlly. Nigel knows right away it is not Bloat, but continues with his acting. The Phantom motions to Nigel.
"Passarino, go away!
For the trap is set and waits for its prey."
Nigel walks off stage and now there's only Dory and the Phantom left. The Phantom looks down at Dory and startles her with his singing.
"You have come here…
In pursuit of your deepest urge,
In pursuit of that wish,
Which till now has been silent,
silent…"
She turns her head to look behind her, and notices how much weight Bloat lost. She is happy for him, and continues acting innocent, while the Phantom continues to sing.
"I have brought you,
That our passions may fuse and merge.
In your mind you've already succumbed to me.
Dropped all defenses completely succumbed to me…
Now you are here with me:
No second thoughts,
You've decided… decided…"
Marlin then realizes from his box, that this man was not Bloat… but the man he wants dead that night. He gulps, and looks fearfully at his beloved below, who still seems not to notice that this man is the Phantom.
Back on stage, the Phantom helps Dory stand, and continues with his song.
"Past the point of no return!
No backward glances,
The games we've played
Till now are at an end…
Past all thought of "if" or "when",
No use resisting:
Abandon thought,
And let the dream descend…
What raging fire shall flood the soul?
What rich desire unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction lies before us?
Past the point of no return!
The final threshold,
What warm,
Unspoken secrets will we learn?
Beyond the point of no return."
Dory, still oblivious to the fact that he's the Phantom, not Bloat, she continues on with the show, singing out her best.
You have brought me.
To that moment where words run dry.
To that moment where speech
Disappears into silence…
Silence…
I have come here,
Hardly knowing the reason why…
In my mind, I've already imagined our,
Bodies entwining defenseless and silent.
And now I am here with you,
No second thoughts.
I've decided…
decided…
Past the point of no return!
No going back now,
Our passion-play has now, at last,
Begun…
Past all thought of right or wrong!
One final question,
How long should we two wait, before
We're one?
When will the blood begin to race?
The sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last,
Consume us?"
They both began to circle around each other. Until the Phantom twirled her around and pulled her close to him for the ending.
(Both)
Past the point of no return!
The final threshold,
The bridge is crossed, so stand
And watch it burn…
We've passed the point of no return.
By now the police have found Bloat hung and dead. They wanted to shoot the man dead that did this right then and now, but he was holding an innocent woman. The Phantom glanced up at Marlin, who was scared to death about what could happen to Dory.
The Phantom pulled Dory closer to him, and started stroking her hair. She closed her eyes, and fell into it, thinking it was part of the play. He started singing softly to her
"Say you'll share with me one
Love, one lifetime…
Lead me, save me
From my solitude…"
He takes the ring he took from her at the Masquerade ball, and slipped it on her finger. She opened her eyes and saw the ring.
"Say you want me with you,
here beside you…"
She finally realized who he was. She turned around to face him. He looked at her lovingly and took her hand.
"Anywhere you go
Let me go too…
Dory!
That's all I ask of-"
He never got to say the word 'you' because Dory reached up, looking like she was going to stroke his face, but instead whisked off his mask, revealing what was underneath.
Everyone in the whole theater gasped. The right half of his face was all deformed. There were scratches, his nose was barely there and where there should be an eyebrow was bare. It was a horrible mess.
The Phantom looked at Dory, sorrowfully. He didn't have much time to feel that way though. The police were now getting ready to hop up on the stage. The Phantom grabbed his sword and cut a nearby rope. He then grabbed Dory, and fell through the floor, leaving everyone stunned.
All of a sudden, the chandelier started shaking. The ceiling was starting to rip apart with the chains that held the chandelier up. Then it started falling. Everyone screamed and went for cover. Trying to avoid its path. It finally lands on the stage, lighting everything nearby on fire. The curtain behind falls, revealing Bloats body. Everyone screams at that as well, and tries to flee the burning opera house
Darla see's it as well, and runs over to the body crying.
"Oh my love! He's dead! Oh Bloat… Oh no…"
Gurgle is losing his nerve. He looks to Jacques.
"Jacques! Wha-"
Jacques starts leaving the box calling over his shoulder.
"We're ruined, Gurgle ruined!"
Marlin made his way down on the stage, and looks for Peach. He sees her and runs over to her.
"Where is she? Where did he take her?"
Peach looked at him,
"Come, I will show you. But remember, keep your hand at the level at your eyes!"
The managers make their way down, and Darla screams at them.
"You! Why did you let this happen? He's gone… dead!"
They leave the hysteric woman and go their own ways. Marlin continues to follow Peach,
"Why at the level at my eyes-"
Peach glanced over at him nervously,
"Why? The Punjab lasso, monsieur. First Bubbles, now Bloat.
Deb catches up, and raises her hand to her face.
"Like this, monsieur. I'll come with you."
Peach shakes her head at her daughter.
"No, Deb! Get out before it's too late."
She turns back to Marlin,
"Come with me, monsieur. Hurry, or we shall be too late…"
Can't believe we are almost near the end! *sob* Probably only one more chapter! Waaaaaaaaa... *ahem* sorry... I like writing stuff like this... If anyone has any ideas to give me of what I should think about writing next (stuff to do with Finding Nemo preferably) I'll be glad to know... or even 'Tangled'. I'm writing a story for Tangled too... anyway... what I'm saying is, have an idea, want me to write it, if I can, let me know... Thank you so much readers! Please be reviewers too! :) :) :) Thank you!