Author's note: Okay everyone.. that first chapter might have been a teensy weensy bit confusing. Let me assist those who thought so. What's goin on is that each little section is the point of view from a different character. They're all pretty much on the same time slot, except for the Duke, and he's about a day behind everyone, but he's gonna catch up in this chapter. And when he does, everything will be clear (hopefully). The thing with Christian and the field.. he was unconscious, and this is what he was envisioning.

Another thing I forgot to put in that after Harry found Christian on the ground, he went to go find the Doctor up in Toulouse's studio. That's why he went there.

And of course, as always, I don't own any of these characters. But boy oh boy do I wish I owned Christian! ;)

Hope you all enjoy this chapter. It's a little shorter than the last one, but I figured people might forget about my story. So I posted it sooner than I expected to. I'll continue to work on it though. And remember: review, review, REVIEW! Thanks!

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The Duke of Monroth had found his way back to Montmartre. But since he had been roaming for three days with no sleep, his feet could carry him no longer. His legs collapsed, and down the Duke went, just in front of the entrance of the Moulin Rouge.

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A long night of can-can dancing, drinking, and pleasuring had come to an end, finally. Harold Zidler doesn't know what I have to do for him, Nini thought. Well, who I have to do for him - she chuckled to herself - and his precious Moulin Rouge. But what about Satine? It is too bad that she had to die, and at such a young age, but who's going to be the Sparkling Diamond now? She walked out of the main dance hall and into the garden. It better be me. Nini was definitely the best dancer there - (after all, they didn't call her Nini-Legs-In-The-Air for nothing) - even when Satine was alive. But now that she was gone

Who's that poor sap? She noticed a new, well, different customer passed out in the middle of the street in front of the main entrance. Oooh, it's the Duke. How interesting She went over to him and kneeled down beside him. "Oh mister Du-uke!!" she gently shook him until he came to.

"Mmmuhoy" he moaned. When his eyes focused, he realized that it was Nini. Remembering his task, he demanded, "Nini - where in bloody hell is that writer? Probably off with MY Satine no doubt. Oh, when I find him, I'm going to --"

"Hey! Calm down there sonny. Christian has been up in his loft for the last couple of days. And haven't you heard? Satine is --"

The Duke reached into his suit jacket and pulled out his pistol. He started toward the hotel just behind the windmill. "Hey wait just a minute!" Nini grabbed his arm, but it was no use. Just then they heard a familiar voice. " -- And above all things, love." As they both were trying to figure out who that was, and what that person meant by it, they heard a loud thud as something hit the ground, hard.

The Duke only paused momentarily, then kept on his way to the flat. Nini, on the other hand, went to see what it was that fell. As she made her way towards the noise, Harry ran past her, with a concerned and tragic look on his face, nearly knocking her down. Bloody idiot. She went over to what she thought was the source of the strange sound. Oh look, another bum who toppled over drunk Then she took a closer look, and realized then that it was Christian.

"DUKE!!! He's over HERE!!" she hollered. And within a moment's notice, she saw him running over. She caught sight of the pistol he still held out. He had just about reached the poor soul lying on the ground. Hey I got an idea. But it was just about too late. The Duke was feet away from Christian. "Wait!!" she cried.

"Ohh" Christian had awaken from his state of unconsciousness. As he opened his eyes, he saw the evil who had almost raped Satine coming closer, with his pistol cocked. "No!! NO!!" He weakly screamed.

"Christian - Now you are really going to find out the REAL ending." the Duke said moments before Nini ran into him, in hopes that he wouldn't shoot and kill Christian. But the shot had gone off. Oh dear God - I hope he missed

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