James and Collin came to Erik's lair, to see Christine de Changy being closely watched by Charlie.

"Alright what did we miss?" Collin said to his brother.

"Madam de Changy here tried to kill Angela, fortunately she didn't succeed" Charlie growled. Christine looked over to where Erik and Angela had left, she was hoping nothing was going on between the two.

Erik had walked off somewhere in the lair and Angela was close behind, she didn't want stupidity to take over his mind. That happened a lot with her brothers and she was hoping he wasn't like them, a slim chance but the hope was still there. Suddenly Erik turned to face Angela; he looked angry, like a lost little kid looking for his kitten. Angela, finding that funny smiled, Erik rushed over to her and kissed her. Angela was taken by surprise, 'now that's defiantly never happened to me before' she through. He broke the kiss and they stood there, Angela still taken by suprize just looked at him. He just starred back at her waiting for a response, but there was none. He looked at her with sad eyes, turned and left. She was left there in the dark tunnels, 'how could I be so stupid, I just stood there, I can blame that on 13 years of living on a ship crewed by 20 men' she through and began to walked after him 'Not much human contact'.

Raoul was stumped; both his assassin and his bounty hunter had taken sides with the Phantom. Now Christine was down there with them, he had no choice; he would have to go down there. He excused himself, from the conversation he was having with a manager, and he made his way to Christine's room since that was the only path he knew of down to that monsters lair. He walked past the maze of hallways and down to the lake, being there was only one boat and it was on the other side he would have to walk. It took him a while but finally he caught sight of the doorway leading into his lair. He smiled with delight when he heard Christine's voice, but frowned when he noticed it was a shriek.

"You know you're not only stupid but a bitch" the voice of the Hunter he had hired rang through the lair. Raoul stood by the doorway, hidden behind a wall.

"Angela don't cuss you suck" the Assassins voice said this time.

"Charlie, shut up" The Hunter said.

"Guys quit arguing, now we have to find a way to get Mrs. De Changy over here to stop being a nuisance" another male voice said. Raoul peaked over the wall and saw the Hunter eye to eye with him.

"Hey how ya doing" she said with a smile. Raoul pulled out his sword and held it out in front of him, she just laughed.

"If you want to fight, I'll fight" she said quickly pulling out one of her own swords. Raoul glared at her and tried to jab her in the side hoping to reopen a wound. She dodged it with lightning speed, and in 3 short moves she had him floored. He sat up; soaking wet, since they were in water. He glanced around the lair to find, the Assassin and another man, looking at the Hunter in joy, and that monster Phantom was no where in sight. Christine, was behind the men looking at him with fear, she raced towards him knocking both men to the side.

"Raoul you have to leave" she said to him "They will harm you if you don't".

"No I won't leave you," he said holding her protectively.

"O come on, the only person in danger here is Charlie and that's if he opens his big mouth again" the Hunter said in disgust, pointing to the assassin. The hunter began to walk closer to the both of them and Raoul once again held out his sword.

"Stay away" Raoul growled the best he could.

"Fine I will, I just want to tell you, your wife just tried to take her precious Angel back" Angela said nonchalantly.

"What?" Raoul said pushing Christine away.

"Why in the world would we take her down here?" Angela said knocking common sense into her idiotic former employer. "I really don't think we need her for anything, unless one of my brothers had something to tell me" she said pointing to the two men who once guarded Christine.

"No" Raoul said and grabbed Christine by the waist "I don't believe you".

"Fine whatever, your problem, but if I catch her down here again" Angela said "Death and blood will be involved". With that last remark Raoul turned with Christine clinging to him and they left. Angela walked back onto the solid ground and looked at her brothers.

"Well what are we going to do now?" Collin said.

"I guess we could go back to Virginia?" Charlie said.

"On one condition" Angel said "Charlie, no more Malitia fighting and James and Erik come with us. Now Erik had been over by his organ grumbling about Raoul being an ignorant ass when he heard this.

"What?" he asked amazed by what she was asking.

"I want the both of them to go with us" she repeated, mostly to her brothers.

"Yea, your little prison buddy could be useful, he's quite smart" Collin said.

"Alright, I guess he can come" Charlie said pointing to Erik.

"O come on Charlie, you know he's not a bad guy" Collin said; now trying to be Mr.Brightside. As Charlie and Collin tried to find the good side of going back to Virginia and starting a new life, Erik had pulled Angela over to him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her once again, this time hoping he got an actual reaction. Angela, not going to make the same mistake as last time, returned the kiss, and wrapped her arms around his neck. Charlie and Collin had noticed, but as Charlie went to stop them, Collin held him back. They broke the kiss and smiled at one another, this as the type of reaction he expected the first time, and but then again he just kissed his Bounty Hunter.

"Well now that little love scene is over lets get going I have a friend who goes out of port in a few days" Collin said. He turned to call James but he wasn't there, "Um where is James?" he questioned. Erik and Angela let go of each other and began to call out James's name. They all searched everywhere even the Opera House, but no one had found him. After they all searched the whole place, they met back in Erik's lair.

"Where would he have gone?" Angela said the to Erik and Charlie, Collin still hadn't gotten back.

"Well he was in jail, maybe he was using you sis" Charlie said while sliding an arm around his sisters shoulders.

"No that's not like James" Erik said. Then Collin came in his eyes wide with shock, and even more pale than he already was, if that's even possible.

"Madam Giry told me to give this to you Angela.