7. An Eternity Of This Before Their Eyes?

Erik woke up from his unconscious state when the sound of laughter filled his ears. He opened his eyes. He was lying on the floor of a prison cell. He looked up at the bars to see about twenty people looking in at him. He suddenly realised that his face was bare for everyone to see. He put his hand over his face to cover his deformity and people outside the cell began to boo because he wasn't showing them what they had paid to see. He found his mask lying on the floor and put it on his face. He looked around the cell and saw Meg lying on the floor in the corner in only her undergarments from the night before. Tears began to fall down his face.

"Meg? Meg, my love, wake up," he said, crawling over to her. He turned her over and put his hand on her stomach. She suddenly jerked awake at his sudden contact.

"Erik, my love," she said, sitting up and pulling him to her. He put his two hands against her stomach.

"Are you and the baby alright?" he asked. She sat against the cold stone wall. She rested her hands on her stomach. Erik looked up at the crowd who were still gathered at the door. They were being shooed away. Suddenly the cell door opened and in came two guards. They both grabbed Erik by the shoulders and pulled him out of the cell.

"Meg! Meg!" he shouted over and over as he got dragged down the corridor, away from his wife. The cell door was closed again, leaving Meg on her own in the middle of a dirty prison cell, mere hours after she got married. She sat in the corner and cried for ages.

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Erik was taken to a room where Christine and Raoul were sitting. He was thrown onto the floor in front of them. He didn't even attempt to get up.

"Even the infamous Phantom of the Opera can't even pick himself up from the floor," Raoul said, taking a sip of the brandy in the glass in front of him. Erik looked up at him, his eyes pricked with tears which were threatening to fall down his face.

"Shut it fop," he said to Raoul. But Raoul just laughed.

"Even that statement is getting old," he said sniggering. Christine just sat at his side, glaring down at Erik on the floor. Raoul sent the guards from the room. As soon as the door closed, Erik took his chance. He picked himself up off the floor and threw himself at Raoul. But Raoul made a quick move and pulled out his sword.

"We want to have some fun," he said, pointing his sword right at Erik's voice box. Erik gulped, not knowing what was going to happen to him.

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Meg was sitting in the prison cell, running her hands over her belly.

"It's alright little one. Daddy and mummy will be alright. We will be a family and live happily ever after," she said, tears spilling down her cheeks. She jumped suddenly when the cell door opened again and Erik was thrown back into the cell. Meg crawled over from the wall to her husband.

"Erik! Are you alright?" she asked, rolling him over. She suddenly broke down into tears when she saw the state her husband was in. His shirt was torn and he had blood oozing out of a fresh wound on his chest, not far from where his heart should be. She shook him slightly but he didn't wake. She picked up his hand and placed it against her stomach.

"Please be alright, for your son's sake," she said, weeping heavily. She ripped a bit of his shirt off and put it over the wound in his chest. He suddenly jerked awake when he felt pain go through the wound.

"Meg?" he asked, trying to get his eyes to focus.

"Erik, I am here my love," she said, wiping up the blood. "Stay with me." Erik blinked a few times to get his eyes into focus.

"I am not going anywhere, my love," he said to her. He sat up and sat with his back against the cold stone wall.

"Who did this to you Erik?" she asked.

"Raoul. He wanted to get me back for the hell I have given Christine," he said. Meg snuggled up to him.

"Erik, I want to go home. I want us to have a proper family, where the baby can grow up. I don't want to have to give birth in a prison cell," she said. He kissed her forehead.

"It's alright my love, you won't. We'll get out of here," he said.

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Madam Giry knew something was wrong when she went down to Erik's lair and no one was there. She went to the bedroom. She saw Erik's jacket, cravat and waistcoat on the floor, along with Meg's dress, but no Erik and Meg. Where could they have gone? She certainly didn't see them leave the Opera House. She decided to wait in the lair for the night to see if they would come home. She was worried.

I'm sorry this chapter is short but I haven't had time to do much updating. But do read and review please! Love you all xxxx