I am so sorry about the wait. I have had a dose of writer's block. Sorry again. Here's the long awaited "POINT OF NO RETURN!"
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The Point of No Return
Oh yes … Christine knew that voice very well. It was him. It was Erik. But what was he doing on stage? She kept incredibly still as Erik's perfect tenor voice surged through her. The Doctor noticed her stillness. He looked at the man who had just walked on stage. It was not Piangi. Then he knew. The only reason the Phantom had wanted Christine to be the lead in his Opera was so he could have a chance to be on stage with her, to star along side of her. He looked over at the other side of the stage. He signalled to Rose. She nodded and turned to the police officers.
"Get ready to fire," she said to them. They all cocked their guns. Rose turned back to watch the Phantom's opera, as he seduced Christine with only his voice alone.
"… In your mind you've already succumbed to me,
Dropped all defences, completely succumbed to me,
Now you are here with me,
No second thoughts,
You've decided, decided!
Christine put the rose down that she had in her hand and she stood up. She smiled seductively and let the lacy straps of her corset fall. The Doctor noticed this. She had a plan. He knew it. He noticed Christine looked right past Erik to the Doctor.
"You alright?" he mouthed. She didn't nod but he could see in her eyes that she was fine. She knew what she was doing. Suddenly Erik began to walk towards her, singing his verse of the song to her.
"Past the Point of No Return,
No backward glances,
Our games of make believe are at an end!"
The Doctor put his hand into his pocket, his fingers curling around the sonic screwdriver. He always kept it handy, just in case. His eyes were following Erik's every movement. And, by the look of it, so were Christine's. She kept her eyes fixed with his as he circled her, like a vulture circling his prey. She was smirking at Erik. Then the Doctor saw it. She had love in her eyes. Love, for the man, the disfigured monster in front of her.
"Past all thought of 'if' or 'when',
No use resisting,
Abandon thought and let the dream descend!"
Erik had an idea of the plans that were against him. But he only wanted to show his angel how much he loved her. She had no idea and he probably thought that she didn't love him back so he needed this opera to show her. He kept his eyes locked on hers.
"What raging fire shall flood the soul?
What rich desire unlocks it's door?
What sweet seduction lies before us?
Erik had come up to Christine and grabbed her, not violently, but seductively by the throat as he sang in a hoarse whispers in her ear, but loud enough so the audience could hear him. His eyes went to the wings. From behind the mask, he could see the Doctor standing there. He mentally cursed the Doctor as he sang to his beloved. His lips grazed her cheek and down to her shoulder as his hands travelled up her side to her shoulder also. Then he caressed his way from her shoulder to her fingertips, savouring the feel of her skin beneath his own rough palms.
"Past the Point of No Return,
The final threshold,
What warm unspoken secrets will we learn?
Beyond the Point of No Return!"
Christine stepped back from Erik as he sang these words to her. Her feelings were now mixed. She looked at Rose in the wings, then the Doctor at the other side, then up at Raoul in Box 5. Erik's gaze followed Christine and he grimaced at the joke of manhood sitting in his box. His gaze went back to Christine as she began to sing.
"You have brought me,
To that moment when words run dry,
To that moment where speech disappears into silence!
Silence!"
Christine seductively put her finger to her lips, and smirked at Erik as she sang. He could feel his throat drying up as the beauty in front of him was trying to seduce him with her voice, just like he had tried to do to her. He had forgotten all about the policemen in the auditorium as he was to busy trying to focus his attention on Christine.
"I have come here,
Hardly knowing the reason why!
In my mind I've already imagined our bodies entwining,
Defenceless and silent,
Now I am here with you,
No second thoughts,
I've decided, decided!"
She turned to look at Raoul once more as she had now made her choice. Then she turned back to the man she loved. She smiled and nodded at him. He smiled back and Christine let the lacy straps of her corset fall even further down, so that now all of her shoulders were completely bare. Erik gulped and breathed in deeply. Christine began to sing again.
"Past the Point of No Return,
No going back now,
Our passion play has now, at last, begun!"
The Doctor watched Christine as she made her way to a wooden staircase at the other end of the stage. She glanced at Rose and smiled before she made her way up the stairs. She had her eyes focused on Erik as she ascended the staircase. On the other side, Erik mirrored her actions, ascending his own staircase.
"Past all thought of 'right' or 'wrong',
One final question,
How long should we two wait until we're one?
Christine stopped halfway up her staircase, singing her words directly to Erik. Erik stopped also and looked across at Christine. He smirked at her and she smiled back. She lifted her skirts so she wouldn't trip and began to ascend the staircase again, Erik doing exactly the same thing.
"When will the blood begin to race?
The sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last, consume us?"
They arrived at their opposite sides of the bridge, the Doctor and Rose at either side of the wings looking up at them. They made their way towards each other, Erik throwing off his cloak and walking slowly.
"Past the Point of No Return,
The final threshold,
The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn,
We've passed the Point of No Return!"
They had walked towards each, grabbed each other passionately and Erik spun Christine in his arms and pulled her against his chest. Her head fell back against his shoulder, savouring the touch of his hands upon her torso and neck. The Doctor looked up. He noticed how passionate it was between the two of them. Suddenly everyone was put off their thoughts when Erik began to sing again.
"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime,
Lead me, save me from my solitude,
Say you want me with you, here, beside you,
Anywhere you go, let me go too,
Christine … that's all I ask of …!"
But these words were soon replaced with screams from the audience as Christine revealed his face to the entire auditorium. He looked betrayed, hurt and betrayed. He looked down at Christine who looked back up at him with an apologetic look. He looked up at the chandelier suddenly. The Doctor and Rose noticed this and they both ran out onto the stage, causing Raoul to stand up in his box and begin to run down to the stage. Erik suddenly produced a knife from his belt and cut the rope holding up the chandelier. Suddenly men started shooting at him from all directions. He kicked a lever on the bridge and he and Christine went plunging down for miles it seemed. Back up on stage, everyone was trying their best to get out.
"Rose?" the Doctor screamed, trying to find the love of his life through all of the crowd.
"Doctor?" Rose called out, looking for him. They searched for each other through the crowd. Rose pushed through a lot of people. She suddenly looked up. Fire had started as the chandelier had crashed into the orchestra pit. It travelled up the curtain. Suddenly loose debris came down from the ceiling. Rose screamed as it all came down on top of her. The last words she heard was her name being called by a familiar voice before she fell unconscious.
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