Some of your reactions from the last reaction was funny. I love torturing you people.
(Act 2 Scene 7: In Creek's lair)
"Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair," Creek drug Poppy back down to his lair. After being unmasked and revealed to the entire opera house, Creek was determined more then ever to keep Poppy with him forever, never to leave his lair again. Of course he knew that everybody would be looking for him, he did just drag Poppy with him to his lair. They would surly be looking to rescue her from the Phantom's grasp. He was ready for them though, he knew they were no match to his magic. When they came for Poppy he would slaughter each and every one of them, starting with Poppy's pathetic lover boy Branch. Down we plunge to the prison of my mind. Down the path into darkness deep as HELL!"
Creek turned to Poppy as he drug her downstairs and started screaming in her face."Why you ask was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!
Outside the lair Suki was leading the mod down the hallways of the opera house looking to track down the phantom and rescue Poppy from his evil grasp. "Track down this monster he must be found, track down this monster he must be found.
Creek reached the bottom of his lair, he clung Poppy to his chest and grabbed his sword readying himself for whoever came for them. He was ready to end this once and for all. Hounded down by everyone, met with hatred everywhere, no kind words from anyone, no compassion anywhere. Poppy Why? Why?"
"We're here, We must hurry!" Chenille cried as she removed a window from Poppy's dressing room revealing a secret passageway. "This will lead us straight to the Creek's lair. We must find him before the the mob does. They are going to kill him."
"It's been so long, do you think Creek will still even recognize me?"
"He has to." Chenille replied "No matter how long it's been, the second he sees you he will no who you are. Now go, hurry!"
In another part of the lair Branch was running hallway to hallway trying to find the door that led to Creek's lair. He tried door after door, hallway after hallway but nothing. Suddenly, after running down what had to be the sixth hallway he suddenly felt himself going through a trap door. Branch fell three stories and landed hard on to a hard concrete floor.
" Branch?" Branch heard someone call out for him as he picked himself off the floor, moaning. Branch turned his head and saw Guy Diamond tied with chains around his arms, leg and waist.
"How did you...?" Branch started to ask confused.
"That maniac Phantom did this to me. He's finally snapped!" The two of them heard panels in the walls open, their eyes widened in horror as they saw water start to pore in.
"This isn't good." The two of them them saw the the ceiling to the room they were in were covered in spikes, and it slowly started lowering.
"Oh god we are doomed." Guy Diamond started panicking. Branch saw a set of keys on the floor. He didn't know if Creek dropped them accidentally or left them their on purpose to play with them but not wasting anytime he ran over and grabbed them.
"The ceiling!" Guy Diamond screamed, "take care of the ceiling first it's closing in on us!"
The floor was starting to get flooded, the water was already up to their knees, but regardless Branch ran to the spinning wheels that were lowering the ceiling. The ceiling was closing in at a fast rate. Judging by Branch's calculations they had less than a minute before the ceiling crushed them. Branch pulled out his sword and stared at it. If he used it to stop the lowering ceiling he would have nothing to fight Creek with. But if he didn't use it to stop the ceiling than their would be nothing left to stop the lowering ceiling from crushing them. Branch knew what he had to do. With a deep sigh he plunged his sword between the two rotating wheels and stopped the ceiling a close four feet from their head. Now to get Guy Diamond unchained and get out of that room before they drowned. The water was already up to their waist, soon they would be completely submerged underwater. Branch swam to where he saw the keys laying and dived down, picking them up off the floor and swimming up to Guy Diamond. With Guy Diamond sitting on the floor due to the chains the water was up to his neck and he was gasping for air. Branch took a deep breath and dived underwater, quickly unlocking the chains to his feet. While still underwater he swam to where the chains around his arms and quickly unlocked them. Then he unlocked the chains around his waist freeing Guy Diamond. Branch swam up and gasped for air.
"Now how do we get out of here?" Guy Diamond panicked. With the water up to their necks Branch dived down again to search for the a lock to a door. He saw one on the other side of the room six feet ahead of them. Grabbing Guy Diamond by the hand he swam the two of them to the door, grabbed the keys and quickly unlocked the door. The water then pored out as well as Guy Diamond and Branch. The two trolls coughed loudly as they gasped for air and tried to get the water out of their lungs.
"That guy is a madman." Guy Diamond coughed.
"Go get yourself somewhere safe." Branch ordered as he picked himself off the floor.
"Wait what are you about to do?"
"I'm going after the Phantom, he has Poppy!"
"Poppy's in danger too?"
"Yes and I have to save her. Now get out of here."
"Oh you don't have to tell me twice." Guy Diamond ran off while Branch turned and started running the other way.
"I'm coming for you Poppy."
As Guy Diamond ran out of Creek's lair he soon ran into Suki who was still leading the mob searching for the phantom.
"Guy Diamond?" Smidge gasped "Oh my gah we thought you were dead what happened?"
"The Phantom, he abducted me and tried to to kill me. He drug me down to a trap in his lair."
"You know were his lair his?" Suki gasped.
"Yes, follow me."
"Have you gorged yourself at last in your lust for blood?" Poppy asked as Creek held her close to his chest while waiting for the enemy with his sword in hand. Refusing to let her go. "Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?"
"That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood, has also denied me the joy of flesh." Creek sang nearly choking on tears "This face the infection, which poisons our love. This face which earned a world's fear and loathing. Chains and masks that were my first bits of clothing. Pity comes to late! Turn around and face your fate! An eternity of this before your eyes!"
"This haunted face holds no horror for me now." Poppy sang, trying to reach through to Creek one last time. "It's in your soul, that the true distortion lies."
Creek suddenly heard footsteps running towards their direction. A wicked smile curled Creek's face. He knew exactly who was coming for Poppy.
"Wait, I think, my dear, we have a guest."
"Branch!" Poppy cried
"This is indeed an unparalleled delight." Creek smiled. Branch ran into the room, Creek clung unto Poppy even tighter as he pointed his sword towards Branch's direction and started stepping backwards. "I had rather hoped that you would come. And now, my wish comes true. You have truly made my night."
"Let me go!" Poppy pleaded
"Free her." Branch begged. "Do what you like only free her! Have you no pity?"
"Your lover makes a passionate plea." Creek turned towards Poppy."
"Branch please it's useless."
Branch got on his knees begging for Creek to release Poppy to him. "I love her! Does that mean nothing? I love her! Show some compassion!"
"The world showed no compassion to me!"
"Poppy, Poppy, let me have her."
"No such chance sir. I bid you welcome but do you think I will just hand her over? You want her then it's a battle to the death. Winner takes her hand. So say lets BEGIN!" Creek swung his sword, Branch had to swerve right to avoid getting sliced. He couldn't keep dodging Creeks swings forever. Without a weapon he was basically a sitting duck.
"Order your fine horses now! Raise your hand to the level of your eyes. Nothing can save you now except perhaps Poppy!" Branch hid behind a statue, he knew he was no match for Creek. Creek knew that to, and as he paced through the lair searching for his target he turned towards Poppy and gave her a ultimatum. "START A NEW LIFE HERE WITH ME! BUY HIS FREEDOM WITH YOUR LOVE! REFUSE ME AND YOU SEND YOUR LOVER TO HIS DEATH! THIS IS YOUR CHOICE! THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN!
Poppy didn't know what to do, she couldn't let Branch die, but at the same time she couldn't imagine her life without him "The tears I might have shed for your dark fate, grow cold and turn to tears of HATE!"
"Poppy forgive me, Please forgive me." Branch ran from his hiding spot right towards Creek's blade. He knew attacking Creek head on was suicide, but if he was going to die it would be by his own choice. He refused to force Poppy to choose his life over her freedom. Creek would have none of it though. He shot a fireball that hit Branch in the chest. It didn't kill him but it severely wounded him. Branch laid on the ground, clinging his chest as he winced in pain. Creek walked over to him, put his foot on Branch's burned chest, and pressed down, pinning him. Creek then pointed his sword at Branch's neck and turned towards Poppy.
"So do you spend your days with me? Or do you send him to his grave?"
"Why make her lie to you to save me?" Branch moaned between clinched teeth.
"I gave you my mind blindly." Poppy replied
"You try my patience, make your choice." Creek demanded, pressing his sword harder at Branch's throat.
Poppy couldn't do it. She couldn't let Branch die. Yes it would mean she would spend the rest of her life with someone she didn't love. But it would mean that Branch would live. She was just about to give in to Creek's demands when suddenly a new set of foot stepts was heard coming through the hall. Scratch that multiple sets.
"CREEK STOP!" Creek turned around and his eyes widened in shock and he dropped his sword. Standing in front of him with his mothers was the girl he thought he lost many years ago, who he thought he would never see again.
"Christine?"
"Creek," Christine wept.
"This is your old lover?" Poppy gasped
Creek let go of Branch and walked slowly towards Christine, neither said a word for a almost a minute as they both stared at each other. Creek put his hand on Christine's cheek in disbelief and Christine put her hand over Creek's scars.
"Is it really you?"
"Yes Creek it's me." Christine wept. "I never forgot about you, even when you ran away I always remembered you, and loved you. But Creek you have to stop this. You are not a murderer, and if you do this you will only become the monster everyone fear you are."
"I already am a killer Christine. That is why I ran away. I killed someone, and I have only killed more people in the process."
"I know your mother filled me in on everything. But you never killed innocent blood. Every person you killed was only in self defense or tried to kill you first for your face. You do this Creek and you will become a murderer and will become the monster everyone labeled you as. Please, this is not the Creek I know. The Creek I know, that I fell in love with was the sweetest person on the planet. And I want that Creek back."
Creek closed his eyes and started sobbing, he wanted to be that man again too, but with everything he had done, he feared it was to late. "I have done so many bad things since I left you Christine, unforgivable things. I don't know if I can ever become the man you loved again."
"Yes you can." Christine took Creek's hands into her own and looked him in the eyes with a expression of love."I can help you find yourself again, so can your mothers. I will be by your side and I will never leave you again. Creek, Say you'll share with me one love one lifetime. Lead me, save me from this solitude, say you want me with you here beside me. Anywhere you go let me go too. Creek That's all I ask of you." Christine than pulled Creek in for a kiss, the two of them closed their eyes as they got lost in the moment. Even after all these years, Christine's kisses felt the same as they did to Creek since the first time they kissed at the prom. As their lips parted Christine whispered to Creek "Do the right thing."
Creek turned to Poppy who was helping Branch off the floor. He then heard other footsteps starting to make their way into the lair their chants echoing through the walls.
Track down this monster he must be found.
"Go!" Creek ordered Poppy, "Take him, forget me. Forget all of this."
"Let us hunt down this animal who runs to ground."
"Leave me alone. Forget all you've seen. Go now, don't let them find you."
"Revenge for Poppy, revenge for everything!"
Everybody started running as fast as they could. Creek took a torch and led the way to a secret exit that nobody but him had taken before. They came to another lake, this one separate from the one Creek used to bring Poppy to the lair the first time.
"Take the boat it will lead you straight out of here. Promise me never to tell the secret you know, of the angel of hell.
"Too long he has preyed on us, but now we know, the Phantom of the opera is there deep down below."
Poppy and Branch boarded the boat. Creek pushed the boat into the water as Poppy started paddling.
"GO NOW! GO NOW AND LEAVE ME!"
Poppy and Branch didn't look back, Creek watched until they disappeared in the fog, they would be safe. No one would find them down here.
"We got to get out of here." Chenille replied "I can here them getting closer."
"Christine, if you go with me we will always be hunted for how I look. Are you willing to live a life on the run with me?"
"I am my love."
"Well then, let's go." The four of them grabbed hands, Creek turned and gave one last look at the place he called home for the past several years. "Christine I love you" Creek started to sob weep again, thinking of all the years he wasted down here. Running away when he could have started a new life with her by his side. He had been so foolish."
"It will be okay Creek, I'm here and I will never leave again. Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime."
"Say the word and I will follow you." Creek sang a smile forming on his face as he dried his tears.
"Share each day with me, each night, each morning!" Christine sang back.
"You alone can make my song take flight." Creek finished before they all four came in for a group hug, together once again. "IT'S OVER NOW THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT!" Creek formed smoke around them and they all vanished, the only trace of Creek that was left was his cloak and mask.
Suki and the mob arrived one minute later, only to be greeted with the sweet music of the music box. On it was a note that read "Poppy is safe." Suki didn't know what that meant but when Guy Diamond walked up to her carrying the mask of the Phantom everyone knew...
The Phantom was gone.
One final chapter and then we are done. See you then.