Chapter 3 Prima Donna, and Death
"WHAAT! This wanna be diva is to take MY place as the lead soprano!" Pronyma fumed in a violent fit of rage.
"Pronyma we don't take orders from anyone. WE bought the Opera Symphonia and WE will run it with you as the lead and Sheena as the pageboy." Kratos said trying to calm their diva down so they could get an opera going.
"I don't believe you." She said turning around and throwing the door open only to see a lot of people standing outside as if waiting for someone. She was taken back and thought, 'Are they here for me? Of course they are.' Until one man spoke of Sheena and with that her face expression was replaced from one of shock to one of annoyance as she closed the door.
"You're public and we need you." Regal said from behind her.
"Would you not rather have your new star?" Pronyma asked.
"Of course not the world wants you. You are our Prima Donna, now come we must get ready." Kratos and Regal said in unison.
Lloyd just looked back at the note that had just been recently read and as much as he loved Sheena it also hurt him to know that not only she might be hurt, but innocent people might as well. He had to be at the next performance.
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"Places people, it's about time to start." Raine called to the cast.
"I'm ready." Sheena said sighing. 'I wish that I could have gotten the lead and not the silent part.' She thought.
"Out of my way!" Pronyma yelled as she went to her performance kit. A renegade sprayed her mouth with some liquid that was supposed to help her voice, but just as they turned around a hand replaced it with something that looked like it. However it was not to go unnoticed by Yuan in the rafters.
The curtain flew up and the opera began with Lloyd watching intently for any problems. Yuan started his chase of the Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom lead Yuan higher into the rafters and he foolishly followed.
Twenty minutes into the opera a loud booming voice could be heard behind the chandelier saying, "Did I not order that box five should be left empty for me?"
"He's here." Sheena said.
"Your part is silent little tod." Pronyma snapped and returned to smiling for her public.
"A toad madam, perhaps it is time that you become the toad." The Phantom whispered and then disappeared farther up into the opera house with Yuan following right behind. Pronyma turned and went to her performance kit for her spray and a desian helped her, and they continued from where they left off.
They continued until she said, "Now kiss me in absence of my ouuuuugh." Her voice had changed to sounding like she had a frog in her throat and everyone in the staffs jaw dropped. The crowd could be heard roaring with laughter as she tried to continue, but could only talk not sing. Kratos and Regal were both scrambling to get down to the stage and the curtain finally fell.
"Ladies and gentlemen. We apologize for the inconvenience and will be back in a moment, when the lead will be played by Ms. Fujibayashi. Until then we will entertain you with the ballet in act three." Kratos said.
Yuan at this point was finally catching up to the Phantom and he could see the staff struggling to put on the ballet early. The music was nice and calming and they had stopped stumbling while Yuan had been caught from behind by the Phantom with his "magic lasso". The people had stopped roaring with laughter and where enjoying the ballet, when Yuan was seen plummeting from the rafters with the rope around his neck and the people knew he had been dead before he fell.
Shrieks and cries of disgust could be heard throughout the Opera de Symphonia. "Come with me Lloyd." Sheena said leading him to the roof.
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"Why did you bring me up here, we were probably safer in a bigger group?" Lloyd asked as they stood on the roof in the snow.
"No. He could easily kill people when they're in a large group and I don't want to see you hurt by the Phantom of the Opera." Sheena said.
"There is no Phantom of the Opera. He's just a myth that just frightens people." Lloyd said getting a little annoyed.
"Lloyd! I've been to his home under the opera house and in the catacombs. I've seen his face, if you could call it that, it was so hideous that I though he was going to kill me when I saw it." Sheena said looking away.
The Phantom was behind a gargoyle on the roof eavesdropping. "Sheena, there's no more need to worry yourself about that. I'm here and I can and will protect you." Lloyd said.
"But that won't last long he'll find you and kill you if you get to close to me." She pleaded clutching the black rose she had brought up with her.
"No. He can't get you or me if we are close to one another. There is something that I've been meaning to tell you for a while now and this as good of a time as any. Sheena I love you." He admitted. The Phantom's jaw fell open and his eyes began to tear at the sound of this.
"Lloyd I love you too." Was all that she said and they pulled into their first kiss closing their eyes she dropped the rose and deepened the kiss, but the Phantom was watching them and he turned back into hiding.
"Love me that's all I ask of you." Sheena and Lloyd said in unison as they pulled into another passionate kiss.
After a few minutes she said, "Order your fine horses so we may leave here, he will not follow."
"All right." Was all that Lloyd said and he walked down with their hands entwined.
"I showed you what music was all about, and I showed you my heart. In my heart I knew that it was him you should have." The Phantom said stepping out of the shadows and picked up the black rose. He couldn't hold back his tears anymore, he wept and his sanity finally snapped.
"He may have you now, but you still belong to me." He said squeezing the rose into nothing. "YOU WILL CURSE THE DAY YOU DID NOT DO, ALL THAT THE PHANTOM ASKED OF YOOOOOUUUUUUU!" He yelled at the sky, knowing a number of ways to make Sheena his.
Pretty long and I had to end and a cliffy.
Next time Masquerade.