A/N: Long time no see, people. LOL! I know, I've been a bit busy lately and I wrote this chapter in a quite huff so it might not be my BEST chapter because of that reason and that Raoul returns here to start his unbelievable plan. Oh joy. Anyway, sorry for the delay! Didn't mean it!

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The Mess

Raoul jerked up from his sleep.

He felt his head aching badly and his hair was a mess. He fell back on his desk and stared at the clock by his side.

"God, its 11.00…I must have slept in…"

Suddenly, his vision rested on an empty bottle that was lying nearby.

"What?"

He narrowed his eyes at it closely then he groaned, "Bloody hell, I drank last night…"

Just then, a loud knocking on the library door was heard.

"Come in…" Raoul hoarsely answered.

The door opened and in walked in two officers in blue uniforms and they nodded towards the Vicomte.

"Good morning, sir."

"Mm…"

"We have found out some news about – Your wife…"

Raoul looked up groggily, "Who?"

"The Vicomtess de Chagny, sir."

Raoul stood up quickly and knocked his chair over, "What? Tell me, quick!"

The two guards exchanged glances and one of them cleared his throat and said, "We've searched everywhere for your wife -- "

"But there's no sign of her -- "

"So we might consider the possibility of her death."

Raoul banged his fist on the table and it shook everything that was on top of it.

"I will not take that as an answer, gentlemen! My wife is alive and I know it! You can't have searched everywhere! If you did, you would have found her already! Dead or alive!"

The two guards flinched as Raoul advanced on them.

"If I had to make you and your men to search the whole entire city of Paris, I would! If that's the only way to find my wife, to prove that she is still alive then I will do it!"

"And that, gentlemen are what you and your men are going to do now. Search everywhere! Every house! Every shop! Everything and every place you can see!"

"And the first place I demand that you search is the Opera House!"

One of the officers raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"It's because of a reason. The same reason why I went to the Opera House in the first place…The reason why I had to go there that made me lose my wife…"

Raoul felt his face turning red with anger, "And I'm going to finish it, today!"

Raoul went over to the coat rack and snatched up his coat, wore it roughly over himself. He quickly rushed to the bathroom and combed his ultra-messy hair.

As the officers (there are more of them downstairs) prepared to leave on their horses, Raoul himself realized that his favourite horse, Black Fire was missing from the stables with only Christine's horse, Golden left.

Raoul frowned, "The carriage horse, Merry is missing along with the carriage as well?"

"Where's Black Fire!" Raoul thought aloud.

Raoul didn't think of that too much and he hastily saddled up Golden. Finally, he and the few officers rode back to the city of Paris to The Opera House.

Meg laced up her ballet shoes and when she brushed her blond hair out of her face, she saw Jenny and Katherine whispering and laughing at something (or someone).

Annie was desperately trying to get the steps right before Madame Giry came and begin the class. Jacqueline and Mary were giving weird looks at Michelle who was sitting alone in a dark corner.

Meg frowned and quickly went over to Michelle and said, "Michelle, what's wrong?"

When Michelle didn't answer or turn around, Meg turned her around and gasped.

Michelle's ballet dress had big black dots all over the front and Meg guessed immediately that it was black writing ink.

"Oh my goodness, Michelle! What happened!" Meg exclaimed.

Michelle hid her face in her hands and sobbed, "Just go away, Meg…"

Meg shot an annoyed look at Katherine and Jenny who immediately stopped laughing and pretended to look innocent.

"Was it Jenny and Katherine?"

Michelle didn't answer and continued sobbing silently.

Just then, Madame Giry came in and rapped her stick on the floor to get their attention.

"Quiet down and take your positions. We'll start from yesterday's new sequence that we learnt."

Meg tugged gently on Michelle's arm to make her get up but she wouldn't budge.

"Michelle, please! Madame Giry is here already. We should go tell her…"

When Michelle made no attempt to move, Meg went up to Madame Giry and whispered, "Mother, Jenny and Katherine purposefully spilled --"

"Michelle Avare! What are you doing there! Please come forward so I can begin the class!" Madame Giry interrupted her daughter's words.

"No, Mother! Wait! I haven't --"

When Michelle slowly stood up revealing the mess on the front of her dress, Madame Giry frowned, "Goodness gracious! What ever did you do to make such a mess of yourself! Go and change immediately! I am deeply disappointed in you, Michelle! Go and change at once and don't come for my lesson today! Put yourself straight to the dancer's dormitories, you hear me?"

Michelle nodded slowly and she shamefully stormed towards the exit and pushed past none other than the Vicomte.

Raoul looked at Michelle quickly rushing away and wondered, "What's wrong with her?"

Raoul had come in with many officers and the two directors; Monsieur Andre and Monsieur Firmin looking frantic behind him.

"What is the meaning of this!" Madame Giry asked angrily.

Raoul gave an icy glare to Madame Giry and nodded, "Pleasant surprise to meet you once more, Madame Giry…"

"As same to you! Now explain what is going on please, Messieurs!"

Raoul shook his head slightly, "I'm ordering a search in the whole of Paris. And I mean everywhere!"

"What! But you can't just do that! You're breaking and entering!"

"And do I look like I give a damn or two, Madame! I want to find my wife and if I'm not mistaken, she might be here and you are preventing her from returning to me!"

Madame Giry was outraged, "Well, excuse me, Monsieur! I --"

"You are excused, Madame Giry. Now if you would be so kind to move aside…"

"No I won't. You can search the whole damn place, Monsieur but you shan't find what you are looking for here!"

"Madame, if you are trying to hide her from me, you best give it up. I do not want to arrest you and if this thing who I might guess might be still living in this place is involved in this then you better tell me now for I am in no mood for negotiations later!"

Madame Giry walked towards Raoul and frowned angrily, "You can search far and wide for Christine, Monsieur De Chagny. But mark my words, and you won't find her here. I and The Phantom are honorable people and we shall not do such atrocity that you have just spoken of! And even if you do find Christine, I hope she doesn't go with you for you are the most displeasing person I have ever met in my entire life!"

That afternoon in Paris was the most hectic the citizens had ever experienced for the Vicomte was fiercely looking for Christine all over the place. Madame Giry was never seen so angry in years with the two directors cowering behind her.

So, the search began all over the city of Paris planning to show no mercy to the one who was keeping the Vicomte's wife's return.

A/N: If I have any difficulty in uploading stories again, I'll write in my "current news update" in my profile so check there if I don't update and you want to confirm! Reviews! Or wtv...LOL: ) Wahaha, I Madame Giry was OOC here! LOL!