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Chapter4

The Man in the Mask

The trio was going down the hall till they found a huge staircase going down.

"Whoa! I wonder what's down there." Ben wondered as he hugged Mr. Brown for dear life.

"I don't know but we are about to find out." Caine said as he started to walk ahead. Caine suddenly stopped and looked around.

"Caine, what..." Anne started out till Caine quickly lifted his hand and quietly said,

"Shhh, don't you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Ben asked quietly as he held to Anne's dress.

"That. It sounds like a... organ." Caine whispered. They stayed quite for a few moments till Anne heard the faint sound of an organ playing.

"Yes, I hear it too." she said.

"Come on; let's go see who or what it is." Caine said, returning to his serious normal self. As the got to the bottom of the staircase, the organ got louder till the found a lake with a gondola. The gondola was black with some gold trim decorations, it also had lamps on the front and back and it had a skull on it.

"I wonder why there would be a lake down here." Anne said curiously. Anne and Ben got on the front which had a sit and Caine got the pole and got on the back and started to push the gondola to where the sound was coming from. A few minutes later, Ben saw the other shore.

"Look ther-" Ben yelled but was cut short when Caine quickly put his hand on Ben's mouth and pointed to the organ which was a what seemed to on a lake house. Ben's eyes widen as he saw a tall man in full black, composing on the organ. Caine gently guided the gondola to dry land out of the mysterious man's sight. They got out of the gondola and almost immediately, Caine motioned for them to stay where they were at. They first looked at each other then looked back at Caine and nodded. Caine slowly made his way towards the man. Caine immediately froze when the music abruptly stopped. Caine was kind of in front of the organ but he was still out of the man's sight because of a ledge. Caine looked slowly over the ledge at the organ but one thing was missing; the man. Caine stood to his full height and quickly looked around, still not finding the man. But he felt someone's hot breath on the back of his neck. Caine did nothing besides standing straight and looking forward. Then a dark muscular voice reached Caine's ear.

"What are you doing down here monsieur? And don't try my patience because I am not a man to toy with." the voice said angrily. Caine simply turned around, without showing any fear, and saw a tall man, tall than him of course, wearing black on black coat and tails. A stiff white collar rose above a black ascot. His vest was gold brocade shot with black and copper threads. His eyes were emerald. The left side of his face was arrogant and handsome to women. He had an angled jaw full and sensual lips, his one visible eyebrow was an elegant ebony arch; his black hair was brushed back. On his right side he wore a sinister looking white mask.

"I was about to ask you the same thing monsieur." Caine said coolly as he looked at the man's face which his eyes were filled with rage.

The man saw Caine's mask and barked with anger, "Why do you wear a mask? Are they having yet an other masquerade?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing monsieur." Caine repeated. By the face expression on the man's face he was furious.

"Answer me you pathetic whelp!" the man roared. Caine slowly grew a smirk on his face and cocked his head like he did with Raoul. By this time, the man was fuming. He quickly lunged at Caine but Caine just side stepped.

"I have seen that move too many times in my life. Why don't you do something new for once?" Caine said, his voice dripping sarcasm. Over where Anne and Ben were, Anne was getting worried while Caine and the man were somewhat fighting, all Caine was doing was dodging the attacks and lunges from the man. She had to do something, so she picked up Ben and quietly went over where the man and Caine. Caine was still dodging the man's moves with ease and then he suddenly stopped with an evil grin on his face.

Caine stared at him and asked tauntingly, "What? Giving up already? I was just getting warmed up." The man chuckled evilly as he walked to the edge of the platform.

"I don't think I need to fight you to get what I want." he said darkly. Then he quickly snatched up something from below and it gasped in fright. Caine's eyes widen when the man put Anne in front of him and put the noose of a punjab lasso around her neck.

"So what do you say: answer my questions and tell no one of this or she dies." the man said threateningly.

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