The Point Of No Return
Ginny is hurrying across. Joey suddenly appears and call after her.
Joey calls, "Madame Giry… Madame Giry…"
Ginny answers hurriedly, "Monsieur, don't ask me - I know no more than anyone else."
She starts to move off but Joey stops her.
"That's not true. You've seen something, haven't you?"
Ginny answered uneasily, "I don't know what I've seen…Please don't ask me monsieur."
"Madame for all our sakes…" Joey pleaded desperately.
Ginny glanced nervously about her then suddenly decided to trust him. "Very well. It was a travelling fair in the city. Tumblers, conjurors, human oddities…"
"Go on.." Joey urged
Ginny spoke as if she were in a trance "And there he was…I shall never forget it. A man…locked in a cage."
Joey look bewildered, "In a cage!"
Ginny continued "A prodigy monsieur! Scholar, architect, musician,"
Joey was piecing the puzzle together, "A composer…"
Ginny went on "An inventor too, monsieur. They boasted that he had once built for the Shah of Persia, a maze of mirror."
Joey who was mystified and impatient cut in, "Who was this man?"
Ginny answered with a shudder, "A freak of nature….more monster that a man."
Joey asked in a murmur, "Deformed?"
Ginny answered "From birth it seems."
"My God…" Joey breathed
"And then he went missing. He escaped."
"Go on."
Ginny continued on Joey's prompt, "They never found him. It was said he died…"
Joey replied darkly, "But he didn't die, did he?"
Ginny went on dazed, "The world forgot about him, but I never can…For in the darkness I have seen him again."
Joey said, "And so our Phantom is this man…"
Ginny started from her daze and turned to go "I have said too much, monsieur." She moved into the darkness. "And there have been too many accidents."
Joey called after her in an ironic manner, "Accidents!"
Ginny answered "Too many…"
And before Joey could question any further, Ginny disappeared.
Joey called out as he ran after he, "Madame Giry…"
Reviews:
Mz Hellfire: Another update for you.
KicKstand: I'd love a masquerade type party. Ooooo Maybe for Halloween or Christmas
Superspunky7: Oooooo you are one of those freaky peole who tell the future and all the answers right.
Siriuslyaphanatic: I'm sorry but I don't think I will be bringing in the characters from POTO. Sorry
Russian Goddess: I will put what each person is thinking near the end.