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Erik sighed as he layed his head on the keys of his organ. He was aware that Crystal had been gone for quite some time even after Madame Giry had warned her not to leave or wander off. His thoughts were wandering. Was she hurt? Had he found her? Where was she? He growled thinking of all the things that could be wrong and then got mad at himself for caring. He loved Christine. His Christine was dead. Tears began to flow agian and he clenched his fists. That man, if you could call him a man, would pay. Even if he got out because of his high status he'd kill him.

Erik sighed and stood deciding he needed to go outside. Maybe play his violin on the roof for a while. He grabbed his violin and bow then flicked the switch to the passage that led to the roof. "You'll feel better in no time Erik. When your lost in your music. When you see that man killed or know that he'll be rotting in prison. It will make you happier." He thought to himself as he walked up the steps. "I still wish I knew where that pest of a girl went." He then thought absent mindedly.

It only took him about 30 minutes to reach the roof. When he reached the end of the route and flipped the trap door open he couldn't believe his eyes at what he was. Crystal was laying on the ground. She had been wearing one of his masks but it now had a crack on it. She was bleeding fro mthe side of her head as a small pool of blood showed under her dark hair. The mask was now laying on the ground infromt of her face. It had slid off during the attack she had underwent. Blood seeped out of her mouth and she was shivering in tremors as she whimpered subcontiously.

Erik's jaw dropped and so did his instument. He ran to her side completely terrified for the girl and kneeled down beside her taking in her battered features. She didn't have many bruises or gashes, but thoughs she did have were horrible to say the least. She had alot of blood on her dress and face making it look even worse.

He picked her up and carried her in his arms and went back through the trapdoor. He decided he could return for the violin when he had made sure she was alright and not infact bleeding to death even though that was over-reacting slightly, but he wasn't about to see another girl die on his hands of neglect. He didn't have to worry about who had done this. He knew it was the same person who had scarred her. The person that owned the opera house.

Erik reached the lair in half the time it took him to get away from it. His heart was pounding in his chest and he took deep breaths as he had been running the whole way down. As he flipped the switch and the trapdoor flew open he was greeted by a gasp.

Nadir had come back while he was gone. A look of horror and disbeilf was shown on his features as he looked at the girl that Erik held in his arms. "Oh my! ERIK! Did you do this?" He shouted as he ran over shocked and Erik growled at him shutting hte trapdoor with his foot hearing the satisfying click that ment it was closed.

"Of corse not Nadir! I found her on the roof. It was that stupid new owner of the place. He's the one who did this to her." He growled as he walked her over to the edge fo the lake with Nadir at his heels. "We need to take some of these clothes off her so we can wash the cuts on her arms knees and face.." He said ans he began to take off her dress hesitantly.

If there was one thing Erik was it was a Gentalman and Nadir respected that greatly. Erik was sure not to take off her corset and under garments. Just the parts he needed off. He slid her into the lake making sure her head was above water before covering her mouth and nose and dunking her under then back up.

Nadir was getting gaze and other medical supplies Erik kept with him just incase he needed it and as Erik finsihed cleaning out the cuts and brought her out, Nadir began to bandage her up. "I believe the man that owns the Opera house now is her husband." Nadir said.

He knew who the man was that owned the Opera house and he knew that he was looking for his wife and Crystal fit the name and describtion. Erik looked at Nadir shocked as nadir finished the bandaged on Crystal. "He's her husband. I could tell he was the one who gave her the scars the way she acted but Madame Giry and Crystal never said anything about him being her husband." He felt his heary sink. He had let her get to him even just slightly and he was glad he had not gotten more attached.

Nadir nodded and sighed as Erik picked up Crystal and headed towards her room. "I'll explain when you come back." He said as Erik disapeared behidn the curtians.

With the reasurance of getting at least a few of his questions answered, Erik quickly went in and put Crystal in bed tucking her in and making sure she was alright. After all this was done he came back out quickly sitting on a chair across from Nadir. "Explain." He said simply in his cold, yet seductive voice.

Nadir sighed and began to speak agian closing his eyes. "Sebastian Fascade has a bad reputation but he is very wealthy and the police will not dare arrest him. He has hurt Crystal before, I knew that I had seen her before but her new disfigurement had caught me off guard. So i couldn't place where I have seen her before. I once saw her and Sebastian at the market. A man was bothering her. He would leer and talk to her in a most ungentleman like way but Sebastian did nothing about it. Finally the man had grabbed Crystal and was holding her agianst himself at her protest. Sebastian turned around and actually offered to let the man have his way with his wife for a small fee. Like she ment nothing to him.." Nadir said and he saw Erik's fists clentch in anger. His eyes were firey with hatred for such a man. "The man declined though for some odd reason. Crystal was very greatful. But on with what I was saying. Sebastian was a horrible husband to her as his reputation says, theres not much I've heard but I did hear that Crystal had left him and had secretly had herself freed from her commitment to be his wife through a devource. She had ran but was dragged back and they were never remarried. I suppose you can say he's just using her for money since they really aren't even together anymore. He owns her more or less." Nadir Finsihed and Erik growled with anger even though he knew he shouldn't care about this girl that he had only known for a few days but had some strange sense of connection towards.

Nadir got up and told Erik goodbye as he left to return home after a hard days work. Erik sat there thinking to himself and decided that tomarrow he would pay a visit to the new manager of the opera house.

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