Subj: 14
Date: 1/25/02 6:13:03 PM Central Standard Time
From: Phantomess
To: Micheal Dark

Chapter 14
Erik's Brutal Beating

The next day at school everyone was stareing at Erik and for the first time ever wondered what Erik looked like under the mask. The guys on the football team were planing to get his mask off. They were going to do it after tonights game. They knew exactly what they were going to do.

Later that night Erik scored 3 touchdowns all by himself. The guys were ready to jump Erik when Star appeared on the field to congradulate Erik. "Erik!!!! You were great tonight!" said Star leaping into Eriks arms as Erik held her close.

"Thanks to you, if I didn't have you in my life I'd probably be nothing." replied Erik. And that gave the other guys an idea.

One of the guys ripped star from Eriks arms and the rest of the team held him. The guy who grabbed Star was Raoul. Raoul Dragged Star away as the team started beating Erik trying to make him weak enough so that they could get his mask off without a strugle.

"STAR!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!" Screamed Erik as he took the many hits trying to get away but only found himself getting weaker. Then it happened they pulled off the mask of the very first Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. Everyone drew back in horror of Erik's deformed face as Erik began to tear up. Erik for one of the few times cried. He was torn up, the love of his life was gone stolen from him, his face revealed everyone was horrified of his deformity, and some were laughing at him.

"Well Erik your not looking to good today are you?" the captain of the team said laughingly. Then he placed the mask back on and hit Erik one more time and Erik stayed down until the captain turned again.

Erik lept up out of the teams grasp and took the captain to the ground and punched him then got up and ran off trying to find star. "STAR!! Where are you! Answer me please!!!" Yelled Erik desperately as he looked.

"Erik! Where are you!" It was his mother Sara much older now of course. "Erik Where's Star at? She never came home and neither did you and so I came looking for you 2."

"Mom go home this is gonna be dangerous...please mom go home" said Erik wanting to protect his mother.

"I'm going with Erik. I saved you once and I'll do it again. remember your mother and father.....your real mother and father....left me thier power to use...I'm going!!" Said Sara as she walked with Erik.

"Very well mother, Star was taken away by Raoul Jr. And now I'm going to pay him back, mother the team beat me up and took off my mask, without Star there I wasn't motovated enough to fight as good as I can...and now she's gone and I have to get her back....she's the one thing that keeps me going." Explained Erik.

A voice came from above and it was the voice of Raoul. "Oh isn't this sweet, the woman who killed my father here with the son of the phantom. And looky what I have with me!" said Raoul viciously as he held Star in the open off the edge of the roof.

"Mom Erik Help me!!!!" cried star

"NO! give her back to me! Or i'll kill you like i killed your father!" screamed sara as she began running towards her child climbing a ladder.