1The Return of the Phantom 16: The End of the Phantoms Opera

It is now the night of Don Juan Triumphant; Chelle is back stage in her Aminta dress ready to enter for the song The Point of no Return. She watches as the chorus sings. "Serve the meal and serve the maid! Serve the master so that, when tables, plans and maids are laid, Don Juan triumphs once again!"

Michel as Don Juan emerges from behind the arch as Jeni, as a gypsy dancer, pirouettes coquettishly for him. He throws her a purse and she catches it and leaves. Michel then begins to sing..

Don Juan (Michel): "Passarino, faithful friend, once again recite the plan."
Passarino: "Your young guest believes Im you-I, the master; you the man."
Don Juan (Michel): "When you met you wore my cloak, with my scarf you hid your face. She believes she dines with me, in her masters borrowed place! Furtively, well scoff and quaff, stealing what, in truth, is mine. When its late and modesty starts to mellow, with the wine"
Passarino: "You come home! I use your voice slam the door like crack of doom!"
Don Juan: "I shall say: come hide with me! Where, oh, where? Of course my room!"
Passarino: "Poor thing hasnt got a chance!"
Don Juan: "Here's my hat, my cloak and sword. Conquest is assured, if I do not forget myself and laugh."

Michel exits behind the curtained alcove where the bed awaits. Chelle enters as Aminta singing happily. "No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy! No dreams within her heart, but dreams of love!"

She takes off her cloak and sits down, looking around. There is no one there so she start on an apple. Meanwhile we hear Passarino and Don Juan singing from off stage.

Passarino: "Master?"
Don Juan: "Passarino go away! For the trap is set and waits for its prey"
Don Juan pretending to be Passarino emerges. He now wears Passarino's robe, the cowl of which hides his face. He begins to sing

"You have come here in pursuit of your deepest urge, in pursuit of that wish, which till now has been silent, silent."

Chelle recognizes that voice; it is not the voice of Michel. No, it is the voice of the one she loves; the voice of her angel of music; the voice of Erik. He continues to sing; every word draws her further into a trance.

"I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge in your mind you've already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses, completely succumbed to me now you are here with me: no second thoughts, youve decided, decided.
Past the point of no return no backward glances: the games we've played till now are at an end..

Past all thoughts of if or when no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend
What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its door? What sweet seduction lies before us?
Past the point of no return, the final threshold what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the point of no return"

Chelle as Aminta begin to sing. Her voice is more beautiful and radiant then ever before
"You have brought me to that moment where words run dry, to that moment where speech disappears into silence, silence. I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why In my mind, I've already imagined our bodies entwining defenseless and silent and now I am here with you: no second thoughts, I've decided, decided..

Past the point of no return no going back now: our passion-play has now, at last, begun Past all thoughts of right or wrong one final question: how long should we two wait, before were one?
When will the blood begin to race, the sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames at last, consume us?"

Erik joins in and they finish singing the song together
"Past the point of no return, the final threshold the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn Weve passed the point of no return"

The curtain falls leaving the two of them standing in the middle of the stage; facing each other and looking each other in eye to eye. The audience is clapping and cheering loudly as the rest of the cast joins Erik and Chelle for the curtain call. The curtains rise to revile the entire cast on stage. Erik and Chelle, as Don Juan and Aminta step forward to take their final bow. Erik then turns chelle toward him saying, "I will always love you" and he takes her in his arms and kisses her. But as soon as he kisses her, he vanishes. Everyone is in shock. Monsieur Leroux goes to the curtain where Don Juan exited right before Point of no Return and opens it reviling Michel.

"He's been drug."

Ellisa runs over to him, "Oh my god, my god, is he dead?"

Monsieur Leroux checks his pulse, "No he is still breathing."

"It was the Opera Ghost it must have been", Ellisa screams.

For once she was right and Chelle knew it. Now she was frightened for Erik; she knows that she must find him. Chelle snick out of the theatre and makes her way to herr room. Halfway there she gets stop, "Chelle, you were wonderful", it was Derrick. He sees the terror and sadness in her face, "Chelle, what's wrong?"

"Erik, he vanished after the curtain call!"

"Yes, everyone saw that."

"I must find him; he could be in danger."

"I'll help you find him."

Chelle leads Derrick to her room. She enters and closes and locks the door behind them. Chelle goes over to the mirror and opens the secrete passageway to the underground lake. She leads Derrick though the dark passageway. She has come through here many times before; hearing the sound of distance music, but this time was different. This time there was no music. She gets the lake were the gondola is waiting for her, but there is no sigh of Erik. Derrick helps her in the gondola and then gets in himself and rows off.

It seems like forever but they finally reach Eriks underground house. Chelle opens the door and enters the drawing room. There is still no sign of Erik. She looks around everywhere when she finally sees a red rose with a single black ribbon tied to it; on the ribbon is a gold wedding ring. There is a note sitting next to the rose. Chelle picks it up and begins to read it. Tears start to feel her eyes as she reads the words,

"My dearest Chelle,
I have taught you everything I know; I have made your song take wing. But yet, you have given me an even greater gift; the gift of love. After Christine had left me I thought that I would never love again; so I threw myself into the underground lake. My soul, however, could never be free; I still haunted this opera house; I could not leave. Then you came along; at first I thought you were Christine and you had finally returned to me. However, later I learned that you were not Christine; you were her relative Chelle. I told myself not to get involved but I did; I was drawn to you. I thought that like everyone else you would be afraid of me, but you weren't, on the contrary you loved me. You gave me a reason to start my work again. I want to let you know that I love you and I always will. Whenever you need me just call out my name and your angel of music will be there. Now my work is finish and I can rest in peace at last.
Your Angel,
Erik."

Chelle puts down the note and takes the ring off from the ribbon and places it on her hand. She suddenly hears Derrick from Eriks room, "Chelle, come here!"

Chelle enters Erik's room. She walks up to the coffin that Erik said he used as a bed, and looks in it. There in that coffin was Erik holding the original copy of Don Juan Triumphant, and Chelle remember something Erik once told her, "When I have finished, I shall take it away with me in that coffin and never wake up again."

Tears fall to Chelle's face as she looks down at Erik. "I love you and I always will", she bends over and kisses Erik lightly on the forehead, "Rest in peace my Angel of Music." That is the end of the Phantom's Opera.