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A/N: So,I added some action. It's my first fight scene, so excuse the lack of detail. A battle for l' amour! Raoul and Erik duke it out! Hope you like it.

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Erik and I stood there, locked in a physical and verbal spat with Raoul staring dumbstruck. Immediately Erik released my wrists and I stepped away a pace or two. How could this have happened? Why was he here? Did he witness the whole scene, or just the harsh actions we both committed? I was the first out of this hideous emotional triangle to speak.

" R-Raoul.. W-what are you d-doing here?" my mouth managed to sputter out. Erik's eyes were filled with embarrassment and anger. I'm sure that golden glazed stare was asking Raoul " Does it please you to see her and I like this? Will you attempt to kill me now?"

" Raoul! What are you doing here?" I persisted. At first his mouth moved wordlessly, like a fish on deck who gasped for it's life force; the sea. " I-I was concerned about you, Christine. That's why when I saw you and this-" He pointed toward Erik, not sure what to call him. Erik glared and Raoul continued.

" I followed. I can see you are in love with him, that is true enough. B-but, he is clearly harmful to your health. He hurt you Christine!" I hadn't noticed till then, but my wrists were bright red from where Erik had gripped them.

" Raoul, he isn't a bad person! He's wonderful!" I protested.

" Bloody hell he is!" Raoul said with a sudden burst of male courage I've never seen. " He will kill you!" Raoul forced my hand up, my wrist at Erik's eye level. His eyes widened slightly and he switched his new found fiery gaze toward Raoul. " You are no better than I, throwing around the woman you love like a rag doll." Raoul's face fell as did my wrist from Erik's face.

Raoul was furious. So much so that he was shaking, his hands contrived into fists of unfiltered rage.

" So what now, boy? Do you wish to push me off the very edge of this opera house? Do you want to shove me into that statue, praying to your beloved God that you had the strength to impale me? Is that what you desire with that lust for hostility burning in your eyes. Is that what you wish for? To play the hero?"

" If it keeps her safe." Raoul responded gallantly.

" You're pitiful" he scoffed. " But, if your fondest desire is to fight me for her love then I see no point in refusing."

Raoul pulled out a switch blade from his breast pocket. " Come and fight me, you monster!"

Quicker than a flash Erik had a rope lasso out " Monster?" he roared, thrusting the rope at Raoul's neck. " I'll show you a monster!" As I stood there watching the two men I cared most about fight a pointless battle over me, I felt the icky taste of guilt in the back of my throat.

Raoul swung his blade, jabbing at Erik's ribs and abdomen, but he was too fast. He jumped upon a horse statue, taunting Raoul. " Come on boy, I'm up here, the Angel of Doom!" Raoul swung again, dodging the lasso with an odd efficiency.

Erik jumped off the statue, only to be met with a blade gash across his cheek. Raoul smiled with satisfaction until Erik had the lasso around his neck. Raoul had managed to stick his thumbs under the rope and pull it free, after a few moment of struggle with Erik. I had finally had enough.

Running into the middle of the battle, I screamed " Stop! Please, I beg of you, Stop!" Raoul, in his haste to get another wack at my beloved Angel, shoved me down , my head hitting the roof with a clunk.

Erik knelt down next to me, eyes filled with anger and remorse. His face scrunched up behind the mask and he stared at Raoul. " And I'm the monster!" He exclaimed.

" Don't come near her. Don't touch her. If you so much as try to see her, I promise you, your filthy aristocratic blood will be splattered all over the cobblestones of the Rue Scribe!" and with that, he picked me up and carried me away to his underground home, leaving Raoul in his guilt.

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So, yes, that's it for now. see how fast that update was. It wasn't a month long wait, hope that's better for you all.

The ever obsessed with Erik,

Bella