Hey everyone thanks for the reviews. Sad news though, I am going on vacation for nine days and so I will not have internet access. I promise to write everyday so that way I can post like 5 chapters when I get back. If I have time before Friday I shall write another chapter but if not then this shall be the last one for a while. Don't worry though, I plan on this story being no less than around 45-50 chapters. So until then R&R and enjoy the story….
Once the ship had anchored in Paris, Erik, Meg and Marco made their exit to start the search for Christine. "we should go to my mother's house." said Meg. Without argument Erik followed them back to Madam Giry's room where she immediately hugged him at the sight of his existence. "oh Erik, you're alive. I was worried sick about you." she replied. "madam, I'm worried sick about Christine." said Erik. "Oh Erik, why can't you let Christine live the way she wants to live? She is happy with the Vicount, not you. I have told you years ago that she would break your heart but you couldn't listen to me." said Madam Giry. "she has changed Madam, Christine loves me. You may think that I am unlovable but she has seen into my heart and loves me for the man that I am. The Vicount has tried to kill me and kidnapped her from under my feet. I have to find Christine and save her from ruining her life." said Erik. "I shall help you find her Erik, but you must promise me that if she wants to stay with Raoul you will not bother her." said Madam Giry.
Erik was surprised when Meg came forward, and said "Mother, she loves him. Christine has told me herself that she could no longer love Raoul and that she has feelings for Erik. Raoul was trying to take Christine to England and never let her sing ever again." "then let us begin to search for her." said Madam Giry. Erik and Meg walked outside, and as they were walking Erik looked at Meg and said "why did you do that for me back there?" "because I don't want Christine making the wrong choices in her life. She once told me a few weeks back that she loved you and couldn't possibly marry Raoul. If Christine, my best friend in the whole wide world loves you then you must be special no matter what you did in the past. I knew that she loved you the night you were having surgery, she stayed by your side and refused to leave you alone on that table. I just want you to promise me that when we find Christine you shall keep her safe and make her happy until the day she dies." said Meg as she looked up into Erik's eyes. "Meg that is one thing that I can promise you." said Erik. "ok, let's split up, you take one side of town and I'll take the other." said Meg.
Erik walked down the streets, searching for any signs of his dear Christine. He was having no luck what so ever on finding her. What if he never found her? What if she was already married to Raoul and making love to him at this very second? "oh Christine." was the cry that escaped Erik's lips. He then stood up against a lamp post and began to sing in sorrow.
"wondering child so lost so helpless
Yearning for my guidance."
As Christine sat in her locked up room, she touched the wedding dress that she had been forced to wear. In a few hours she was going to be married to Raoul instead of her true love, Erik who was dead. Just then she heard the familiar voice of an angel, her angel. "Erik?" questioned Christine as she stood up off the bed. Christine walked over to the window and to her surprise saw Erik standing up against a lamp post singing to himself.
She immediately opened the window that had bars on the outside of it to make sure she didn't escape and yelled to him. "Erik, Erik!"
As Erik cried he heard his angel of music, her voice immediately made his spirit soar. He turned around and looked up to a second floor window and noticed her arms hanging out of the bars that were placed over the open window. "Christine!" he cried as he ran to the building. Erik climbed the wall using the ledges for a grip. He got to the window and she immediately touched his hand never wanting to let go. "Oh Christine." cried Erik as her hands gently rubbed the handsome side of his face. "I thought you were dead." cried Christine. "I'm alive Christine, alive and here for you." cried Erik. Christine wiped the tears away from her face, and sobbed harder. "oh Christine, you're married aren't you?" asked Erik noticing the wedding dress that she was wearing. "no, he's making me marry him Erik. You need to get me out of here before he makes me walk down that isle." cried Christine. Erik gripped the bars, and tried to pull them off but couldn't. "I can't get the bars off Christine." said Erik. "please do something." begged Christine.
Just then the sound of the door being unlocked occurred causing Christine to panic. "Erik, please hurry." "no, I shall meet you at the church. I promise that I will save you." said Erik. He then jumped down, leaving Christine alone. She quickly shut the window, and sat down on her bed. The doors then opened and Raoul walked in wearing his suit. "there's my beauty queen, are you ready to be married?" asked Raoul gripping at her arm. "I shall never be married to you." cried Christine as she pulled her arm away from him. "you can and you will, the monster is dead and you will leave the past." said Raoul.
Erik ran down the streets as fast as he could, he had to hurry if he was going to make it in time to save Christine. He met up with Meg along the way, and she ran to catch up to him. "what's going on?" asked Meg. "I saw Christine, Raoul is going to marry her very soon so I am going to get my horse and save her." said Erik. "let me come." begged Meg. "no, you must stay with your mother it is too dangerous." said Erik. "No Erik, I am coming too weather you like it or not." said Meg. Erik got to the stable where he kept his horse, and put his head down. "very well." Erik helped Meg up on his horse and then jumped on as well kicking it in it's side causing them to ride off into the night. Meg gripped Erik's sides as his horse galloped faster and faster towards to church. "Erik what are we going to do once we get to the church? Surely there will be police all around." said Meg. "I'm going to break and enter. Once I am in I need you to stay on my horse so I can grab Christine." said Erik. Once they were at the church, Erik immediately busted through the doors and rode up to the alter where Christine and Raoul were standing. There were police men standing around, and they immediately came to Raoul's defense. Christine ran to Erik, and he pushed her up on his horse but as he tried to climb onto his horse Raoul and the police men grabbed Erik. "Go Meg, go!" yelled Erik. "No, Erik don't do this." cried Christine. It had been too late, Meg kicked the horse and they were off, leaving Erik to defend for himself. The policemen immediately through Erik down on the floor and were about to kill him when Raoul stopped them. "No, this is between the creature and I." said Raoul taking out his sword. Erik lied there helpless against Raoul who had his sword pointed towards his chest. Just as Raoul pulled his sword back to stab Erik, Christine came out of no where and jumped into protect Erik causing her to be stabbed.
Once Erik shouted for Meg to leave with Christine Meg kicked the horse to get them going. Faster and faster the horse galloped away causing Christine's sorrow to grow heavy. She couldn't let Raoul kill her angel so jumped off the horse and ran back towards the church before Meg could even shout out her name. She ran into the church and saw Raoul pointing his sword at Erik's chest causing her to act fast and jump in front of it. It was only at that moment did Christine realize that she had been stabbed in the side. She dropped to the floor, and noticed blood oozing out of every part of her body.
Erik's life came crashing down as he saw his angel drop to the floor and start to bleed everywhere. He and Raoul looked at each other, Raoul just as surprised as him at the fact that he stabbed Christine. Erik jumped up in anger, and tackled Raoul as they fought over the sword. Raoul pointed it towards Erik's neck, but Erik was quicker than the eye and kicked Raoul in the stomach. Once Raoul was to the floor, Erik grabbed the sword and stabbed Raoul once through with it. "look at me Vicount, look into the eyes of the man who killed you. You better hope that Christine lives or I shall come looking for you and murder you in the afterlife to insure that there is no more afterlife for you." Once Raoul dropped dead, and the sword was pulled out of him Erik ran over to Christine's bleeding body and knelt beside her. "Oh Christine." cried Erik as he applied pressure to her wound. "Erik,…..I…I" Erik stopped her from talking and scooped her up in his arms. Erik carried her outside and saw his horse and Meg galloping toward them. Erik climbed up with Christine still in his arms and kicked his horse to hurry away. "Erik What happened?" asked Meg. "Raoul stabbed her." cried Erik. "she needs a doctor." said Meg. "we must hurry." cried Erik.
Meg lead Erik's horse back to Madam Giry's room, where Erik picked Christine up and carried her into the kitchen where he cleared the table and lied her body down on it as Madam Giry and Marco gathered around. Marco cut her dress from off her wounded body. "Erik, what happened?" asked Madam Giry. "Raoul did this." cried Erik as he ran his fingers through Christine's hair to keep her calm. "it looks bad." said Marco as he examined her. "stay with me Christine." cried Erik as he touched her cheek. "Erik I need a cloth now." said Marco. Madam Giry handed Erik a cloth, and Marco said "press it against her wound tightly." Erik did as he was told and tried to stop her bleeding which was pouring like water from her flesh.
As Marco worked on Christine, Erik angrily pinned Meg up against the wall and yelled "I told you to watch her! Why did you let her do this for me!" Meg began to cry, and said "she jumped off the horse and ran to you before I could stop her" Erik pushed her away and walked down to his lair once more and sat down on his swan bed. He stared at himself in the cracked mirror and saw himself drenched in Christine's blood. His mask was soaked in hot tears and he immediately tore off his blood soaked shirt and sobbed harder. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then walked over to his flipped over closet and picked up a clean shirt and slipped it over his shoulders. He tried to button it but couldn't because of his broken fingers. He loved Christine with all his heart and couldn't imagine life with out her. Why? Why had she jumped in front of the sword that was meant for him? He should have been the one lying on the table not her. Erik began to clean up his destroyed home, so that it was livable once more. He loved his lair and now that Raoul was dead he didn't have to worry about being found ever again.
Later on that night, Erik sat by Christine's bedside in hopes that she would be ok. Marco had operated on Christine to repair the damaged tissue that was torn from sword. He had given her a fifty percent chance of living, which worried him. When Christine opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was Erik sitting at the end of her bed with an open shirt. "Erik, your shirt is open." Mewed Christine weakly. "Oh Christine, please don't speak." cried Erik. "Why Erik?" asked Christine. "you need your strength." said Erik. "Erik, I want to thank you for saving me tonight." said Christine. 'oh Christine why did you jump in front of that sword?" asked Erik. "because I couldn't let Raoul kill you." said Christine. "and what? Live without you? Christine I would rather have myself be killed than go through life without the sound of your voice here to comfort me." said Erik. "Erik, that's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me." cried Christine. Erik tucked her in, and said "sleep now my angel, you need your rest." "will you sleep here with me?" asked Christine. "It is not proper to sleep beside a woman who is not my wife while staying in someone's home. But I shall promise you that in the morning I will take you somewhere special." said Erik. "goodnight Erik." said Christine.
Erik planted a kiss on her forehead, and said "good night my angel of music." Erik then walked out and saw Madam Giry standing outside the room. "Erik, I am glad to have you back." "thank you Madam." he replied. "I shall do what ever it is to make sure that you will be safe from the world." said Madam Giry. "you have always been like a mother to me Madam and for that I thank you." said Erik. "good night Erik, see you in the morning." she replied.
Erik made his way down to his Lair once more and lied down on his swan bed. The pillows smelled like Christine's hair which soothed him, and made him want her their lying beside his body. He was going to have her, and now with Raoul out of the picture he was going to make sure that she was all his. He had cleaned his lair up of the broken glass, and replaced all of the candles. The only thing that he couldn't replace was his organ, the mob had broken it into a million pieces making it impossible to fix. He had Christine though and that was really all that mattered in his mind because after so many years of solitude God had finally let him have something worth keeping.
The afternoon, Christine awoke and felt like total crap. She was weak and having a sore wound wasn't making things any better. Her face lit up when she saw Erik come through her door. He was dressed in his cloak and had on his white mask as always. Sometimes Christine just wanted to burn the thing so he could never hide himself from her ever again. She loved him the way he was born, and not by the way he dolled himself up to be the sort of manly handsome man that he wasn't. of course Erik was handsome in her eyes, but he was perfect without the mask or the wig. He planted a kiss on her forehead, and asked "how are you feeling?" "like crap." moaned Christine as she lied her head back down on her pillow. "I want to show you something if you're up to it." said Erik. "I don't think I can walk." said Christine. "let me help you." said Erik scooping her up into his arms. "put me down." said Christine playfully. "come now Christine we are going someplace that shall make you feel better." said Erik carrying her off through the room. Erik carried her to his boat, where he placed her down in the front and began to push it through the murky waters of the opera house. Once they approached Erik's lair, Christine noticed that it had been cleaned up and looked just like it did when he first brought her there a few months back.
She then felt Erik scoop her up once more and carry her to his swan bed and lied her down on the pillows. Christine snuggled up against the softness of them, and said "oh Erik, this makes me feel so much better." "That is why I have brought you here my sweet angel." said Erik as he lied down next to her nervously. "are you going to live down here once more?" asked Christine. "yes I shall." said Erik. Christine smiled, and began to sing to him.
"no more talk of darkness forget these wide eyed fears
I'm here nothing can harm you my words will warm and
Calm you. Let me be your freedom, let daylight dry your tears.
I'm here with you beside you to guard you and to guide you.
Say you'll love me every waking moment;
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you."
Erik began to cry because she was singing the song that Raoul had sung to her long ago, as he watched them both wishing that she was singing it to him instead. He himself couldn't hold himself back from singing as well.
"Let me be your shelter,
let me be your light;
you're safe, no one will find you,
your fears are far behind you."
Christine then continued to sing as she saw Erik sobbing beside her.
"All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me. Say you'll share with
me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from you solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
that's all I ask of you."
She had said it, Erik heard her say the words "anywhere you go let me go too" escape from her lips, and oh how he loved the sound of it escaping her lips. "I love you Christine." cried Erik. "I love you too Erik." said Christine as she touched his mask. Erik then leaned over and passionately kissed her on the lips, letting a soft moan escape his throat. He felt her tongue pressing against his, making the kiss and his body more aroused then he had ever felt before. He had to touch her, feel her flesh and take her lust for him in. He nervously placed his hands on the top of her chest, and waited for the push away that never came. Christine then unbuttoned the top of her gown and guided his hands through her lingerie.
For some many years Erik had wondered what it was like to touch a woman's breast and up until now had never experienced something so amazing. How he watched her so many nights wondering when she would be lying next to him filling his soul with such loving passion…..but now the wait was over. As Christine lied there guiding Erik's hand through her shirt she felt his soft hands gently and hardly touching her breast. "what's wrong Erik?" asked Christine breaking away from the kiss. "Just a little nervous I guess." said Erik as he looked away from her. "It's ok, you have my permission." said Christine. At that second, Christine felt Erik's hand passionately stroke the soft skin that was formed around her breast. His kisses trailed down from her lips to her neck, sending shivers down her spine.
Christine easily boosted herself up, and began to kiss the bottoms of his ears, causing him to cry an orgasmic moan and his touch to grow more passionate on her. As Erik touched the flesh that was on her chest he felt her kisses moving from his lips to his ears, sending arousing tingles through his body causing him to softly yell out her name. "Oh Christine." He had total control over his body until he felt her begin to kiss his ear, then he felt his body go over the edge causing an erection to build up in his trousers. He was going to hate when it went away but he hated getting one as well. To him it made him feel weak against a woman's body and getting one wasn't hard for a man who never had sex before. He felt so embarrassed as Christine leaned up against him, nudging her leg in between his feeling the erection that was building up in between his legs. Erik knew that this was all wrong though, Christine was sick and he couldn't keep exciting himself for something that wasn't going to come anyway, at least not while she was sick. Erik then stopped kissing her, and said "My angel you are sick and we shouldn't be doing this." "when you kiss me I feel much better." said Christine. "yes, but you are not well. You must rest and when you are better then we shall continue." said Erik. Christine smiled at him, and said "stay with me." Erik lied his head up against hers, and said "for you my angel I would give you the world."
More to come….please send me some love to receive for when I come back from vacation. I promise to write every night so stay tuned….9 days till I return from Tennessee….see ya soon..