The Point of No Return, Chapter Eight

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And now for the chapter we've all been waiting for...

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The Point of No Return, Chapter Eight

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Half and hour later, Erik and Christine reached the old cemetery. The wrought-iron gates creaked as they forced them open, the rust on the bars slightly scratching their skin. Slowly, they made their way inside, moving as quietly as they could – the Vicomte could be anywhere. Leaves rustled softly on the snow-covered ground and the full moon shone through the trees around them. The various gravestones around them were coated in a layer of frost and some of them were badly chipped.

Erik and Christine continued to walk around, carefully searching for Raoul.

"Ah," said a voice from ahead of them, "so you have finally arrived."

It was Raoul.

As Erik and Christine made their way past a large tree, he came into view.

Christine gasped and her hand flew to her mouth.

Raoul stood in front of a large grave marker. Tied to the stone was Meg Giry. She hung limply with no support but the ropes that held her. Her mouth was gagged, rendering her unable to speak.

"Monsieur, Christine, I bid you welcome…did you think that I would harm her?" Raoul asked them.

Slowly, Christine shook her head, not entirely sure of how to respond.

"Do you wish for me to kill her?" He asked Christine. Then he turned to Meg, "No one can save you now, except, perhaps, Christine. Come to me Christine!"

"I will not." Christine refused. "You monster, you deserve no one."

Raoul growled.

"Fine."

Quick as lightening he whipped out a large dagger and held it to the helpless Meg's throat.

"Meg!" Christine yelled, horrified.

Erik growled and clasped his hand around the Punjab lasso. This was Christine's battle, but he would step in at any moment if the need were to arise.

"Start a new life with me! Buy her freedom with your love!" Raoul spoke fiercely.

"Refuse me and you send Meg Giry to her death! This is the choice – this is the point of no return!"

Tears cascaded down Christine's face. She sobbed silently as she watched her former love hold a dagger to her best friend's throat.

"The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold, and turn to tears of hate!" She forced out.

"We could have been happy," he told her, "you could have had everything."

"I do not want everything Raoul de Chagny, it's too late for turning back, I've made my choice, I love Erik."

Raoul snarled and pushed the dagger harder onto Meg's neck, just enough to begin to draw blood.

Christine heaved a sob when she saw this.

Erik's eyes welled up and he ground his teeth together when he saw the state Christine was in.

"Either way you choose you cannot win!" Raoul said. "So do you spend your days with me or do you send her to her grave?"

"Why make her lie to you!" Erik spat angrily.

"Raoul, you were my friend, why did you ruin everything we had?" Christine asked sadly. Her tears continued to fall, refusing to leave.

"Past the point of no return," Raoul continued, not listening.

"You are mine, Christine," he added, "how you could ever wish to be with such a monster I do not know…"

"He is no monster," Christine cried, "you are the monster!"

"…the final threshold…" He went on.

"Don't throw your life away, don't choose the monster!" Raoul shouted angrily.

"When will you see reason!" Christine sobbed, feeling utterly helpless.

"Her life is now the prize which you must earn! I've fought so hard, I'll free you…you've passed the point of no return…"

"You deceived me," Christine spat, "I gave you my heart blindly…"

Raoul smirked and flashed the blade so that it shone in the moonlight. Christine could see a small trickle of blood running down the horrified Meg's pale neck.

"You try my patience, make your choice!"

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A/N: Muhahahahahaha…cliffie anyone:evil grin: Review all, you know you want to…also, I do not own the lyrics, and some of them are wrong, or slightly different, I changed them so that they would make sense with Raoul saying them, not Erik. Oh, and I just finished the story, there are three more chapters left, just to let you know.

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