Chapter 14

The pit band began to play and the curtain opened with Krory singing a small solo and exiting the stage. Kanda entered onstage and sang a small piece, which Allen watched from a small window as he unhooked the chandelier supporting chain. Allen had calculated the weight of the chandelier and the diagonal it would swing from the supporting rope, to see where it would land. By his math, it would land in an unoccupied box, giving everyone a good fright, but keeping everybody safe.

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Krory looked for his black mask. He swore that he had just set it down on the counter while he changed outfits, but now it was gone. He dug through a box of masks looking for a suitable replacement. Krory didn't know that behind him a masked figure quietly approached him. Before Krory could even put up a fight he was bound and gagged by Allen.

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Kanda finished singing and Allen entered onstage, hiding his masked face behind his cloak. He walked up to Marie and Daiysa, who were playing Allen's character's right hand men. He walked past them to Kanda, who was center stage, as Allen approached he lowered his cloak.

"You have come here.

In pursuit of

Your deepest urge,

In pursuit of

That wish,

Which till now

Has been silent,

Silent . . .

I have brought you,

That our passions

May fuse and merge –

In your mind

You've already

Succumbed to me

Dropped all defenses

Completely succumbed to me –

Now you are here with me:

No second thoughts,

You've decided,

Decided . . ." Allen sang to Kanda as the two encircled each other onstage before the audience.

"Past the point

Of no return –

No backward glances:

Our games of make believe

Are at an end . . .

Past all thought

Of "if" or "when" –

No use resisting:

Abandon thought,

And let the dream

Descend . . .

What raging fire

Shall flood the soul?

What rich desire

Unlocks its door?

What sweet seduction

Lies before

Us . . .?

Past the point

Of no return,

The final threshold –

What warm,

Unspoken secrets

Will we learn?

Beyond the point

Of no return . . ." Allen sang.

"You have brought me

To that moment

Where words run dry,

To that moment

Where speech

Disappears

Into silence,

Silence . . .

I have come here,

Hardly knowing

The reason why . . .

In my mind,

I've already

Imagined our

Bodies entwining

Defenseless and silent –

And now I am

Here with you:

No second thoughts,

I've decided,

Decided . . ." Kanda paused, looking at the Phantom.

"Past the point

Of no return –

No going back now:

Our passion-play

Has now, at last,

Begun . . ." Kanda climbed a set of spiral stairs, followed by Allen as he went up a different set.

"Past all thought

Of right or wrong –

One final question:

How long should we

Two wait, before

We're one . . .?

When will the blood

Begin to race?

The sleeping bud

Burst into bloom?

When will the flames,

At last, consume

Us . . .?" Kanda sang as the two met on the platform connecting the two staircases together.

"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 . . ." The two finished entwined in each other's arms. Allen ran his fingers through Kanda's long, beautiful black hair.

Kanda pulled out of the hug to face Allen. Kanda stroked the teen's silky, white hair. Unbeknownst to Allen that his hands were sneaking to Allen's mask. With a quick yank, Kanda ripped the black mask from the Phantom's face.

Everyone gasped, seeing the horrible scar down the left side of his face. Even Kanda's eyes widened upon seeing the abnormal feature.

Allen glanced around seeing the audience shocked and whispering, police running onstage. Allen pulled Kanda close, and changed his left hand to crown clown, cutting a rope which was tied to the banister railing and flipping a switch under the railing.

Kanda and Allen fell threw a trapdoor and disappeared.

The rope which Allen had cut, unleashed the chandelier and sent it crashing toward the audience.

Everyone screamed and stampeded toward the door.

Just as Allen had calculated the chandelier crashed in the empty box seat.

The Order was in a state of mass panic as everyone ran around not knowing what to do or where to go.

Lavi found Miranda among the panic. "Where is he? Where has he taken him?" Lavi asked her.

"To his chamber. That's my best guess. I can show you." Miranda offered.

"Please…"

"Of course. Right this way." Miranda opened a trapdoor leading to the sewers.