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Erik nodded to Nadir to leave their presence with Christine, Christine started protesting but Nadir mumbled to Christine that "Everything will be alright." Raoul did the same to the police. As soon as they all left except for Raoul and Erik, they started the bet.

"So you're not afraid of me you say?"

"Stay back or I'll kill you, I promise you!"

"Insolent boy! You think you own more of her soul then I do?" The Phantom hissed getting off Orion and tied him up to a tree.

"She is my fiance!. Your music may speak to her, but her heart will always follow me." Raoul sneered while jumping off Storm and tied her to a broken tree.

"You think so? You really think so? Follow you, with all your... charms?" He said in a low deep mocking voice. "Look at you, deep in dept, Stinking drunk, pitiful, Shall we two make a bet? Devil take the hindmost." He said circling Raoul now like a predator going in for the right time for its prey.

"Look at you, foul as sin. Hideous, horrible. Call the stakes, deal me in, Devil take the hindmost." Raoul said watching The Phantoms every move.

"Our Christine shall choose tomorrow."

"Let her choose."

"Is she yours or mine?"

"Draw the line."

"If she comes to me and sings, you lose tomorrow."

"I won't lose."

"You leave from here!" He sneered still circling Raoul, his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to pull it out at anytime.

"Fine."

"Disappear."

"Fine! And if she won't, if I win?" Raoul said now circling The Phantom too.

"All your debts, wiped away."

"Very well, lets begin."

"Devil take the hindmost!" The Phantom went up to Raoul in a flash and grabbed his collar.

"You think you have the odds, you think you're in control. You think you fixed the dice, well I gladly roll, I'll bet the house, I'll even double down." Raoul said breathing really hard almost choking.

The Phantom dropped him to the grass and started walking away. "Our old game, Its been changed, Every throw, riskier. All the rules rearranged. Fate has redesigned most!"

Raoul got up and walked after The Phantom. "Fourtunes on my side, I won her long ago! I won her from you then I wager even now I'll win her back again. And when the game is done.

"Cut the deck, let us play, You and I, once again. In the end, either way!"

"Devil take the hindmost!"

"Now Christine shall choose at last! Is she yours or mine?"

"Deal the cards, let them fall. Choose your hand, try your best, he who wins" Erik said smirking in a deadly way, which Raoul knew it was a warning.

"I call your bluff, the game is on. And we will see who wins out. Once and for all, Wins it all! Devil take the hindmost."

The Phantom picked him off the ground"She walks, you leave together, pockets full, debts paid. She comes to me and sings, you leave alone. The Phantom threw him on the ground and untied his horses reigns and got on his horse and rode away, but before he was out of earshot he said "Devil take the hindmost!" He said in the low, deadly warning Phantom voice . Then disappeared into the darkness.

"My God! What have I done? I could lose her forever. My Christine!" Raoul said using his hands to hold onto a branch and got up and untied his horse and mounted her and went to an inn and waited to see if Christine would pick him or The Phantom tomorrow...

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I know I changed a few lyrics since Gustave isn't in here yet!