A Chance of Redemption
Chapter 7
Caroline:
The look in his eyes was murderous. Lasso in hand, Erik was ready to strike at any given moment, and I knew I only had one chance to save my own life.
I took a deep breath and began to speak: "Sir, I have come here to save your life."
The masked man in front of me laughed humorlessly "And how do you expect to do that I wonder? After all, I am so close to ending yours."
"I can help you. I can bring you to another world, a place where you will have a second chance."
The phantom sneered, clearly not believing my words "Are you drunk madame? Or simply daft?"
There was no way this man would heed my words and come with me willingly. In fact, I would be surprised if I was able to get out of this situation alive if he had anything to say about it. I knew it was time for me to use my last resort, the pepper spray I brought with me. I sprayed Erik in the face, and while he was disoriented and in pain, I transported both of us back to my hometime.
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Mary:
The brokenhearted phantom glared down at me angrily. I knew who he was. I had seen his face. And now, he had decided, I was going to die.
But I couldn't let it happen, it wasn't my time. I had signed on to take this poor mistreated man back to find a better life and I was determined to save him even if it cost me my own life.
I realized that this phantom, the least cold hearted of them all, might respond positivley to affection. He was so child like- and even through his dangerous rage, I could still detect traces of the vulnerable state he had been in before he noticed me approaching. Therefore, I did the most logical thing I could have done in the situation:
I smiled at him.
He looked at me in shock, I later found out that I was the first person to smile at him when he was not waring his mask.
"It's okay." I said, as soothingly as possible, "I'm here to help you. To bring you to a better place. A place full of acceptance."
He began to sob as discreetly as possible "And what makes... makes you think I will go with you? How can I believe... your claims?"
"You have lost everything tonight. Why not take my hand and allow me to lead you out of this darkness? After all, even if I am lying you have lost nothing. And I will not struggle should you decide to kill me if my promises do not lead up to your expectations"
And with that, I grabbed his hand and led him to his new hometime.
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Catherine:
Through my still delierious state, I pondered what to do. Should I tell him my true identity and face almost certain death? Should I play along with his state of confusion until I come up with a way to reveal the truth to him that would hopefully not end in my death? Or should I simply take him to my time with no explanation whatsoever and pray that he dosen't kill me out of rage once he discovers what I have done?
Strangley enough, I pulled off a mix of all three.
I sat up in the bed and groaned, "Where am I?" then I looked straight at Erik
"Oh, my dear!" he cried leaping to his feet, "You have been here before! You are in Erik's home, in your own room!"
"I have never been here before!" I replied
Erik stood up in horror, "Oh God, Erik has harmed her mind!"
Not wanting Erik to harm himself I jumped out of the bed "Wait! I know you! You are that man... that man, Erik!"
Erik fell to my feet, and began to kiss my shoes, "Oh Christine! You remember! You remember your poor unhappy Erik!"
I looked around the room "I am not named Christine. I am Catherine."
Erik began to cry, "Oh God! There is damage! Poor Christine does not know who she is!"
"I am Catherine. And I am from the future."
Still crying, Erik stood up and began to pace around the room, ranting to himself "How can Erik save his beautiful angel? Perhaps Erik should just play along with her fantasies, and hopes she recovers!" He turned back to me, "And what time are you from my love?"
"2011. Come to the future with me, Erik"
Erik looked puzzled, but continued to play along out of concern for "Christine" "very well my Christine, I shall come"
I grabbed his bony hand and we were off.
Wow I haven't updated any of my stories for forever. I guess I could try to excuse this but I really can't so um here is the next chapter, and hopefully it will be updated a bit sooner than it was last time, yeah? Anyways I also made the format a bit easier so that next time the eriks have POV (in the next chapter) it will say Leroux Erik, ALW Erik, Or Gerik. I just thought it made it easier to read, because it's hard to discern who is who. Well until next time, thanks for reading and please review! It only takes a little bit and it really means alot when people tell me what I could improve on or what I'm doing right.