A couple of minutes later, Kaori came running into the lair. How she found the right path, they didn't know. "Jeslyn, Phantom," she panted, "Devon's stark raving mad! He's telling everyone about both of you. Luckily, no one believes him. Yet. You have to do something," she pleaded with them. Jeslyn got up from Erik's lap. She hugged him and gave him a kiss, "I'm sorry," she whispered into his ear. Realizing what she was going to do, Erik grabbed her hand. "No Jeslyn, there are other ways. You don't have to do this," Jeslyn smiled sadly at him, 'I wish there was another way Erik. I know what you're thinking, and no we're not killing him. There would be an investigation. Kaori, give me your pager." Kaori tossed her the pager, "If he tries to come up, and you can't stop him, page me. I won't let him interfere." Jeslyn started to walk out of the lair, "Jeslyn, please don't sleep with him, I can't bear the thought," Erik said to her. "Erik, you know I would rather give this gift to you, but if it means saving you, I'm willing to give it up," she replied sadly. "Oh Jeslyn," he went over and took her in his arms, "I need to go before people actually start to believe him." She set off, not looking back for fear that the look on Erik's face would make her change her mind. When she got into the Opera House she found Devon on the stage, "He's hideous. And he's here, below the Opera House. He's kidnapped Jeslyn, we must kill him." "Devon, sweetheart, what are you talking about? I've been her all this time," she kissed him. He seemed shocked as she pulled him towards her room. Once inside she kept kissing him, "Promise me you won't hurt Erik, promise me." "Only if you sleep with me," was his reply. She paused for a moment then whispered, "Yes." "I knew you would see it my way," he said as he undid the buttons on the back of her dress. When he began to lay her on the bed, the beeper went off, "Oh no,' Jeslyn said. She was waiting for the mirror to burst open, but prayed it didn't. Right before Devon joined her on the bed, Erik appeared out of nowhere and threw him off of her. He took off his cloak and wrapped it around Jeslyn, giving her some modesty. He stood between Jeslyn and Devon. 'I'm sorry, Jeslyn, I can't stand letting you do this." Jeslyn saw the punjab lasso behind his back, "Erik, no, you can't do this," he looked back at her, "I'm not letting him hurt you anymore!" he said while lunging at Devon. He caught Devon around the neck with the lasso. "No! Erik, you can't do this! It's not right!" she came over and tried to take the lasso off of Devon, but Erik held tight. All the while Devon was slowly being suffocated. "Erik stop! The police will find you! It's not like the 1800's anymore!" she screamed and pushed all her body weight against him. They both fell to the ground, Jeslyn on top of Erik. Devon took this chance to take the punjab lasso off of his neck. Then, in shock from what had just happened, he fainted. The Phantom tried to get up to finish off Devon, but Devon pushed him back to the ground, pinning him to the ground by straddling him, "No Erik, you can't" "How can you protect him after all that he's done to you. How can you after he's hurt you, how he's hurt us?" Erik tried to push Jeslyn off of him, but she wouldn't let him up, "Erik, I'm not protecting him, I'm protecting you. If you kill him, his death will be investigated. The police would turn this Opera House inside out, including the caverns. They would find you Erik and I refuse to lose you now that I just got you back." Erik nodded in understanding and Jeslyn let him up, pulling the cloak tighter around her. The both sat Devon up and tried to wake him. When he did wake up, he tried to yell for help, but Erik had covered his mouth. "Listen to me, and listen to me carefully. I'm not going to repeat myself," Erik began, "You aren't going to tell anyone about me, or about us. Okay? If you do, Jeslyn agreed that she won't get in my way. And then it will just be you and me. Understand?" he said threateningly. Devon nodded his head yes. "Now, go back out there and remember; nothing happened." When he left, Erik and Jeslyn embraced. Oh, it's all over now. Thank God." Jeslyn exclaimed. "Yes it is. Do you think he's still going to do my play?" Erik asked. "I don't know. If he does though, you'll be playing yourself. You did get the part you know." Erik laughed, "Of course I did, no one can play me better than me." Jeslyn laughed, "I agree, I think we should go check on if this play is still gonna happen. But first, some clothes would be nice." Erik laughed at this and pushed her to the ground. "Stop it, that tickles! Hehe," Jeslyn said as Erik kissed her neck over and over. He then sat over her and stared tenderly at her, moving a strand of hair from her face. She reached up for his mask. At first he tried to pull away, but at last let her remove it. She threw it to the side and reached up and put her hand on the side of his face. He rested his head in her small hand. She then put her other hand on his back and pushed down, asking him to lay next to her. He laid down and pulled her on top of him, his hands on her butt, her hands on his face and chest. She leaned down and kissed him. Then they were rudely interrupted by Kaori who ran in. "Oops, sorry! I'll leave you two alone." she said and closed the door. They began to kiss again. A bit later they both got up, Jeslyn got dressed, and they headed out to see the rest of the cast together. Erik with his mask back on and his arm around her waist. They agreed that people could know that they were together, but they would only know Erik as "The guy who played the Phantom; or Erik". They were never to know that he was REALLY The Phantom of the Opera.