Under The Spell Of A Phantom.
Sixteen: Kidnapped!
Her soft skin. Her lush lips. Her gentle hands. Everything about her is enough for me. I'm drowing in her love, there is no-one to save me.
I can't get so much more of her, a fragile human woman that I clearly adore and love. I just hope that when we pull away she dosen't run away.
Yes, I hurt her constanly and treated her poorly but the way she ran to my voice made me wonder if it didn't matter anymore, she just wanted me.
Two minutes have passed, Erik was the first to break from the passionate embrace. Ruby looked up at him, the thundering beat of her heart went wild.
He cupped her cheeks, his thumb gently stroking the place where he hit her. She shut her eyes, igorning the slight sting instead loving the gentle caress.
"Oh my Ruby, I thought I lost you forever." He sighed. "You didn't, Erik. No matter what has and had happened, I can't seem to escape from you." She replied.
He laughed, not noticing a trail of tears started to fall down his face. "Come with me, I'll take you away from them. They do not need you anymore." He offered.
"At least let me say goodbye to my mother." Erik tensed at her words but understood. He slowly slid his hands from her face to let them hang by his strong thighs.
"I'll be back, my love." Ruby said, giving him a quick yet hungry kiss. "I'll stay here and wait for you." He said, pointing at the spot he was standing on. She nodded her head.
"Now go, don't be long as I can not wait." Erik ordered. Ruby dashed back in the darkess, looking back at him three times with a happy and peaceful smile on her face.
I think back at my house where I was making a choice if I wanted to see Ruby again before I died. Igorning the warning voice in my head, I decided to give in and try.
Grabbing my cloak and pulling the hood over my head, I left the building and walked down the path where the horse and carriage went. A plan was formed, ready to unfold.
Once my eyes laid on her, my heart began to pound in the most quickest beat ever since the night I captured Christine in my lair. But that was in the past, it's time to have a new start.
With her, my beautiful Ruby. As she exited out of the shop, I dashed to the darkest parts of the streets staring contently at her. The way she rubbed her feet gave me shivers down my spine.
She saw her mother and Mr Johnson head towards a jewellers without even noticing that Ruby was there. Bile formed in the back of my throat, they werrn't worthy of her time anymore.
If she had me then I can take her away from them. So I began to sing a haunting melody that reminds me of her (no, not Christine) and walked even deeper in the darkness. I wonder if she heard me.
Yes! I see her now, running down these empty and barren corners with her eyes searching for the person that belonged with the voice. What if she thought it was me all along? Would she scream in terror?
Doubt overwelmed me that I suddenly stopped singing, waiting for her footsteps to fade away until... "Hello, is that you Erik?" Hearing my name pushed everything aside, I had to have her right now.
I see her lowering her head in defeat, she won't look like that any longer. Once she walked right passed me, I took that dangerous and risky chance by grabbing and pushing her against the wall to capture her lips.
Ruby felt like skipping towards the jewellers, the happiness filling her heart overflowed but she didn't care. Nothing else mattered as long as she was with Erik.
At first, it was a bit of a shock to have him take her like that but their passion between them was strong and undeniable. All the hurt and pain faded away to oblivion.
The way he touched her tender cheek was enough to forgive him, how could she hold a grudge on someone she clearly and truely loved all along? Just the thought of him was rapture.
But when she entered the jewellers, everything was in pitch black. Fear ran up and down her spine, how she wished that she took Erik with her than being alone.
Suddenly, a large hand slapped over her mouth. The muffled screams wasn't enough, no-one was going to hear her. She was dragged deeper in the darkness and thrown like a rag doll on the floor.
The lit lamps revealed her kidnapper, it was Mr Johnson! "Hello Ruby, me and your mother were wondering where you were." He said, in a cold and deathly tone of voice.
"Where is she?" She cried, running to punch her fists against his chest only for he to laugh at her weak attempts. "Oh, she's here right behind you." He replied, grabbing her wrists and turning her around.
There, sunk on the floor, was Eleanor. Blood was oozing steadily down her head, her eyes were shut but the rise and fall of her chest was enough to say she was still alive.
Ruby rushed to her side, taking her cold as ice hands into her own, as she constanly called her name over and over. "She won't hear you. The fall she had would knock her out for several hours."
She looked at Mr Johnson with a snarl, murder was written in her eyes which shocked her. "Erik will come and save us from you!" Ruby shouted. "Good, because that will be his downfall." He replied.
A frown went across her face. "Oh yes, this was all planned. Erik will be worried about you so he will come here only to find three dead bodies and the weapon in his hands after he has killed you."
Horror shook Ruby's body. "No! You can't do this!" She wailed. "I'm afraid I can, it's been too long since the Phantom Of The Opera escaped from his crimes. He will hang, there's no doubt about that."
Mr Johnson stepped out to see a tall figure reaching towards the shop, a large smirk went across his face. "Ah, speaking of the devil, here he comes now! Say your prayers." He said, turning to Ruby.
The sound of the bell ringing at the door made her let out a long and high-pitched scream, Erik went towards it only to not notice someone slam him in the head with a heavy object.
He fell on the floor with a loud thump, the sickening noise left Ruby in a state of despair. She heard Mr Johnson pulling him in a another room, his struggling moans and groans echoed the walls.
Lowering herself to the ground, she didn't stop the endless tears fall down her face. No one was going to save her now, it was over. She, her mother and the barely breathing shopkeeper were going to die.
She was taking far too long to say goodbye to her mother. Seconds turned to minutes, my patience was wearing thin to a point I started to walk towards the shop.
Strangely, I felt uneasy. There was no-one around, very unusual for this time of day. As I reached towards the jewellers, I sensed something was deadly wrong.
Pushing the door open, I stepped in the pitch black room only for my blood to run cold at the loud scream I heard. It had to be Ruby, she was in trouble!
Only one thing was in my mind, saving her and escaping from this place never to reappear again. But something hard and heavy slammed against my head.
I fell on the wooden floorboards, my eyes barely open. Dragged by force, I slowly succumbed to the darkness that was awaiting for me. Oh Ruby, I will find you!
Whoever has done this will pay by blood, I hope you can forgive me if I murder this brutal kidnaper. But the thoughts of her died away as I fell in to the sinking oblivion.
