Raoul had half dragged and half carried Christine into the abandoned opera house. He thought that the cover of night would hide him, but he had no idea about who was hiding in there now. The doctor followed behind, keeping an eye out for anyone following them. Unfortunately, he didn't know about the two people hiding inside the Opera House either.

"In here," Raoul barked, throwing Christine into the old Prima Donna's room. "Don't move from that spot, until I return," he threatened, and swiftly left and locked the door behind him.

"Now doctor," the fop spoke in an undertone, "In a few minuets, after she calms down a smidge, I want you to go in there, and do what I've paid you for. Drug her down, and remove the fetus from her. But be sure to make sure she lives. Sew her up, and dispose of the thing in whatever way you seem fitting. Then you may leave." He left the hallway, and back to the carriage to park it behind the opera house.

Unfortunately for him, he was ignorant of two things. One, the fact that the large mirror in the Prima Donna's room still was connected to the tunnel to the Phantom's lair, and also that Erik and Isabeu were hiding behind it.

Erik and Isabeu had barely made it into the tunnel when they heard a noise from the Prima Donna room. They turned around, keeping out of sight, and saw the Fop dragging someone who was bound and gagged into the room. He said something to them, and locked the door as he left.

Erik recognized the figure as soon as Raoul left.

"Christine!" He called to her. "That's her! It's Christine!" he whispered to Isabeu. "Help me stand!"

Christine had heard her named being called. Her eyes darted around the room quizzically. Could it be…?

"Have you forgotten your Angel?" the voice called again.

"Mmph!" She tried to call out to him, but her mouth was still bound.

"Hold still, my Angel," he called back, "I am coming."

With Isabeu's assistance, he made his way into the room. He broke from his friend and darted to his lover. "Oh, Christine!" He gasped when he saw the bruises the Fop's slapping had given her, and the fear and sadness in her eyes. "It's alright, my love, I'm here! I'm going to get you out of here." He started to untie her. "Can you walk?"

She shook her head. "It hurts to move." She looked down at her stomach. "It's soon, now, my love. The baby. I'm scared."

"Shh," he calmed her, and scooped her into his arms. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Erik knew that it must be either the Fop or one of his henchmen, come to check on Christine. He began to panic. "Christine, my friend Isabeu is a nurse. She will lead you down into the lair, and take care of you until I return." He handed her to Isabeu. Thank goodness Isabeu was an athletic young woman. "Go down the tunnel till you come to a lake. There should be a gondola there. Take the boat and steer to my Lair. Go, go now!" He pushed her into the tunnel, and sealed the mirror behind them. He trusted Isabeu. He knew she would take good care of his Angel.

But a key clicking in the door stole his attention. Luckily, there was and abandoned coil of rope tying together some boxes. He quickly untied the roped, and looped it into his trademark Lasso. The door swung open the moment Erik hid behind it.

A man walked in, with an oversized white lab coat. "Miss Daae?" he called sinisterly. "Where have you gone?" He was holding a bottle behind his back, and a medical bag. The bottle read Chlorophorm.

Erik was horrified, because he knew what the man's purpose was. He must be exterminated, Erik's Voice of Hatred thought, as he crept out behind the door, holding his lasso above the doctor's head…

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