"Ahhhhh!!!! Firmin! Come quick!" There was a shrill cry from Andre as he opened the office door to find a note on his desk. Firmin came running.

"What is it?" He asked hurriedly.

"A letter! Do you think... it's from O.G.!?" Andre wondered in fright.

"Don't be stupid, you paranoid idiot!" Firmin whispered harshly, "If it was from O.G., it would SAY so... on the front. This one is blank."

"Oh yes," Andre mumbled.

"Well...? What are you doing, standing there like that! Open it!" Firmin ordered.

Andre reluctantly ripped the note open and studied it for a moment before reading it to him partner. "There's a lady by the name of Christine Daae that wants to see us, she says it's important and mentions something about... danger... she says she's coming to talk with us at ten o' clock..." Andre looked at the clock, it was five minutes 'til. "I think she'll be arriving soon, Firmin, dear."

Firmin licked his lips. "Ooh, you know I like it when you call me that.."

"Firmin, dear," Andre cooed.

"Oh, this is so disgusting!" Benny whispered from a potted plant in the back of the room.

"Shut up, you'll give us away," George muttered under his breath. Suddenly, there was a knock at the office door. "That must be Christine!" George told Benny. They both watched.

"Who is it?" Andre called from inside.

"Christine Daae, sirs.. I must speak with you," the voice on the other side said. The door was opened for her, and she peered in the room at a man and a rather homely looking woman. "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought the managers were men," Christine remarked, eyeing the woman.

"What are you talking about?" Firmin asked, giving a weird glance to Andre. "We ARE both men."

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Christine cried, putting a hand over her mouth. "It's just.. you look a bit feminine..." Christine pointed at the scruffy, but plainly male-looking Andre. They exchanged another funny glance.

"All...RIGHT then.. um, ahem.." Firmin smiled stupidly and sat down at his desk. "You come to us... why?"

"Oh, right," Christine said, waving her hand. "I thought I just had to mention to you that I bumped into a man last night all in black with a mask, and he came into this building looking suspicious... and I thought, well maybe you could get your security to be on more careful guard or something, because he looked like he was going to screw something up - are you two okay?" Christine looked from one white face to the other.

"F-fine," Firmin stammered.

"You mean to say... you've actually SEEN this man?" Andre asked. Firmin shoved him in the ribs.

"If it's not O.G., you better shut your trap," Firmin muttered under his breath. But Christine heard him.

"O.G.?" Christine wondered.

"Uh... Office, um.. um.." Andre searched for a word.

"Office Gourd," Firmin said quickly, nervously. "Eheh - can't have too many of those, now can we? Gourds are neat, have you ever decorated a place with gourds?"

"I, uh... can't say I have," Christine said slowly. "But what does a gourd have to do with a suspicious man in black?"

There was silence.

"PRIVATE MEETING!" Firmin roared, shoving Christine out of the room. "Wait for us - there's a bench right to your left, please hold," he said hurriedly before slamming the door in her face.

"O...kay..." Christine murmured on the other side of the door. She tried to get a look inside, but the windows were shaded. She tried to listen by pressing her ear to the door, but it was soundproof. "Soundproof..." Christine said, shaking her head faintly. She decided to wait on the bench like she was supposed to, but twenty minutes later, she was still waiting.

"Maybe," she said to herself, "I'll sing a song while I wait." So she did.

"Is this the part where they meet? Is this the part where Erik hears Christine for the first time?" Benny asked George quickly from atop a chandelier in the entrance hall.

"Yes, yes! Now shut up, the time is very soon!" George answered hastily.

"We need to get down for a closer look at this!" Benny said, climbing up the chandelier cord, scampering across the ceiling and shimmying down the wall. George tried to follow, but one loose claw on the ceiling bit almost did him in.

"Ahhhhh!" George screamed all the way down. He landed softly into Christine's lap.

"Eeekkkk! A MOUUUUUSE!" Christine bellowed, picking George up by the tail and flinging him into oblivion through an open door.

"Oh no!" Benny cried, running in circles in his new hiding place of a huge tape measure, "George ruined it!"

"Ahhhhh!!!!!" Carlotta screamed as a mouse flew into her dressing room. She ran out with a towel around her nude body down a corridor and out of sight.

"Phew," Benny sniggered, "Erik should have liked that."

"Don't be afraid, child, if I ask for your name," a voice said slowly and magically from out of nowhere, after Christine got over the shock of seeing the waddling bath towel covered diva.

"Who said that?" Christine said quickly, turning around for the voice seemed to come from behind her.

"Don't move, girl, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. Just sit still and tell me your name," the voice replied.

"My name.. is Christine," she said obediently yet curiously, double taking plenty of times to try and catch the mysterious voice.

"I am Erik," the voice replied soothingly. Something about his voice reminded her of someone...

"You have a very lovely voice, and may I also say, very lovely aim," Erik said, thinking about the mouse in Carlotta's room.

"Bingo!" Benny crowed, springing high into the air.

"Thank you," Christine whispered uneasily.

"It's all right," Erik said softly, "If you just leaned back a bit, I could make all your dreams come true."

"Dreams, feh," Christine answered hotly, "You're tying to tell me that if I just leaned back-" she leaned back mockingly, "-all my dreams will come true. Hey, I dunno what you're trying to pull, buddy, but-"

She was interrupted as a trap door opened and she was flung into a black abyss, and she knew no more for the time being...



A/N: Thank you all for reading! If you haven't read my updated bio yet, I must tell you that I may not be able to upload the next chapters very soon, because of all the school work I'll be doing.. (first day of school was today). So I'm sorry, but I'll try to work in whatever I can around homework. Thank you! ENJOY :)