Chapter Twelve

Goodbye

Just as Paige was finishing healing Heather, Scot and Alyssa disappeared. Then Clay. Christine stared in shock. Then she hugged Paige, "Goodbye!" she said as Paige and Heather faded out. Paige smiled and waved before she completely disappeared.

Christine blinked her tears away. When she opened her eyes, she was no longer in the underground chamber. Nor was she in Raoul's living room as she had been before Joe kidnapped her. Instead, she was sitting in a comfortable chair at a table in a small apartment room. Erik appeared beside her in another chair. They looked at each other in shock before Erik began to smile. He clasped Christine's hand in his and asked, "Marry me?"

Christine smiled back, "Oui, mon Ange de la Musique."11

Raoul appeared back at his very expensive and luxurious home. Alone. Madame Giry and Meg were once again in their hotel room. Madame Giry didn't remember anything of her experience. Although Meg remembered everything. Carlotta showed up in another dressing room, ready to be the star of yet another opera. She too remembered nothing.

Instead of reappearing in the movie theater like they thought they would, the five friends found themselves dropped in the middle of Heather's apartment living room. They groaned and looked around. Heather sat up and winced, holding her stomach. Clay touched his arm, the wound was gone!

"What happened?" Scot asked, a little confused as to why they weren't at the movie theater.

"I'm not quite sure." Alyssa answered, a little dazed. She blinked a couple of times and shook her head.

"Did all of that really happen?" Heather asked.

"I guess so, we're still wearing our costumes," Paige replied, she pointed to her dress, "See?"

It was true, they were all still in their movie costumes from Don Juan. Even Heather was wearing her designed dress from the opera, and not the wedding gown.

Paige looked at Clay and Heather, "Are you guys alright? What happened with Joe?" she asked for everyone.

Heather frowned, "I don't know. I can't remember too much. I remember leaving the labyrinth and Joe followed us into the tunnels. I was yelling at him and… that's all I remember, suddenly we're here."

Clay gaped at her, "You don't remember killing him?" he exclaimed.

"What! I killed him!" Heather exclaimed also.

Clay nodded, "With fire."

"Fire? I can't use fire. That's a demonic power." Heather argued.

"You did, he threw an energy ball at me and you blocked it and it hit you instead. Then you got really mad, and your eyes started to glow green. You threw a fireball at him and he disinigrated," explained Clay as he went through the events. "Then your eyes went back to normal and you fainted."

"Hey guys, why don't we just forget about it for now? We're all upset, tired, and physically and mentally drained. Let's all go home for now and discuss it later." Paige cut in. everyone agreed and Heather escorted them to the door. She gave Clay a kiss before shutting the door and going to bed. She was asleep in a few minutes

1 Yes, my Angel of Music- its French!

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