AN: Confrontations! Finally! Look out for the JCS excerpt.

Chapter 8: We meet again!

Down in the Phantom's lair, Les Amis have just come to the rescue. Marius and Eponine watch from the shadows above. But, as usual, it's not going to go as planned…

Erik (turning around): Ah, so there's more of you, is there? Most likely your doing (glares at Raoul), no doubt.

(Addresses Les Amis)

How do you do, my name's Erik
This is my hideout, here's my patch
Nothing to look at, nothing posh
Nothing that you'd call up to scratch
This is my lair, my high society
Here underneath the operahouse
I live off crumbs of humble piety
Tough on the teeth but what the hell

Think you're poor?
Think you're free?
Look at me, LOOK AT ME!

(Calmer) Now that the introductions are out of the way, I do believe I'll get on with this hanging.

Erik turns back to Raoul as Les Amis rush forward. However, they are all stopped in their tracks as another voice rings through the lair.

Javert: Valjean, at last, we'll see each other plain
(Walks towards Erik)
Monsieur "Phantom" you'll wear a different chain!

Erik looks at Javert like he's crazy. Which, then again, he probably is.

Erik: What is this?
Are you mad?
No Monsieur, you don't know what you do

Javert: You know me, you know me!
For years I've chased after you

You know,

"It's the police, disappear
Run for it, it's Javert!"?

As he sings the last line, Javert reaches forward and pulls Erik's mask off his face.

Les Amis plus Raoul plus Javert plus Marius plus Eponine: GASP!

Christine: Not again!

Javert: Oh… well I guess you're not 24601 after all…you can just, er, have this back now…(hands him the mask)

Erik puts the mask back on and glares. Enjolras approaches Javert, and busts into some random Jesus Christ Superstar.

Enjolras: Everytime I look at you I don't understand
Why you let the things you do get so out of hand
We'd have managed better if you'd stuck to the plan
Why'd you come down here while we're making our stand?

If you'd waited longer, you could be on vacation
It's too bad that we don't have mass communication

Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you ge—

Suddenly, a voice from above cuts in.

Marius: Hey, Phantom! Take this!

Marius flings a knife. It cuts the rope which Raoul is almost hanging from. He's free!

AN: This is definitely my favorite chapter so far. Hope you liked it. More yet to come.