The name of the chapter is really stupid I know.

I don't curse so I put stars in the words.

Chapter 10-Erik and Raoul

The beginning of this chapter takes place before the end of chapter 9 or during it…yeah.

Erik glided silently behind Christine as she walked back to the opera house. He could sense his kind was near and Christine was the perfect target for them.

"Hello Erik." Erik shot around to see Audrey standing there looking seductively beautiful as she always did. "What are you up to this lovely night?" she asked getting closer to Erik.

"None of your business," Erik answered coldly. He turned around to continue following Christine but she had disappeared. "What happened to her?"

Audrey laughed. "Perhaps she doesn't want to be around a freaky bastard like you."

"What do you want Audrey?" Erik asked with a sigh on his face.

"Oh nothing just to talk," Audrey replied glancing behind Erik to make sure her plan was working. She saw Patrick walking into the alleyway Christine had taken which she had hoped to see.

Erik crossed his arms suspiciously. "What in the heck do you want to talk about?"

"About this little girl friend of yours."

"Girlfriend?"

"You know exactly whom I'm talking about," Audrey said with a small hint of anger in her voice.

"Oh you mean Christine?" Erik laughed in an attempt to get on her nerves.

"Exactly how close are you to Christine?" Audrey wondered.

"Is that any of your business?"

"No, I was just wondering why you didn't return the favor when she tried to kiss you tonight?" Audrey explained.

"What?" Erik said looking surprised.

"You heard me Mr. Erik Christine tried to kiss you and you didn't even know it." She circled him trying to act sexy in order to make him as uncomfortable as possible. Things were always harder with Erik, however.

"Christine tried to kiss me?"

"Yes Erik," she replied with a sly smile on her face. "Apparently she has fallen for you," she continued slapping his shoulder as if they were actually friends.

"Why does it matter to you?" Erik inquired. I'm not going to fall for your tricks Erik thought.

"Oh but Erik you've already fallen for my trick," Audrey told him with a smile on her face. She then folded back the collar of his coat and disappeared slowly into the darkness leaving Erik wondering what in the hell she was talking about. It must have had something to do with Christine. He would have to find her…quick.

"Christine!" Erik yelled as he ran down the street he had last seen her on. "Oh God what did she do to you?" Erik whispered to himself as he ran down an alleyway in search of his Christine, but all was lost. She was no where to be seen.

Raoul carried Christine through buildings in an attempt to lose the creature that had nearly killed Christine. He would definitely take her to his place tonight. Raoul knew that vampires were relentless creatures, and it would not stop following her tonight.

Christine awoke the next morning to see a slow fan swaying on the ceiling and a little light peaking through the blinds of a large window. She was in a small and with clothes scattered everywhere telling her the room belonged to a man. She was laying a queen-sized bed, dressed in a man's large white t-shirt. She had no idea where she was. She felt like a brick had hit her on the head, and she didn't remember a single thing.

"Oh you're awake." Christine turned around to see a tall blonde haired man walk through the bedroom door with a bright smile on his perfect face and a tray with food on it in his hands. He sat down on the side of the bed placing the tray in her lap as she sat up. "Do you remember anything Christine?" he asked.

"You know my name?" she replied confused that he knew her. The man smiled.

"Well if I hadn't known you as a child and if you didn't look exactly like you did back then I suppose the id in your pocket might have given it away," he joked and Christine didn't find it funny.

"Raoul?"

"Yeah it's me," he answered with a weak smile on his face.

"What happened to me last night?" Christine inquired.

"Well I suppose you ran into a mugger and he tried to rape you," he explained. "I found and fought him off, but he continued to follow us so I brought you here to be on the safe side. You fainted just before we got here," he continued. "I guess the shock got to you."

"Raped?"

"Yeah but now worries I stopped him before he went too far."

"Thank you," she said with still a shocked look on her face.

"No worries Christine. I wasn't going to sit back and let that happen to anyone," he told her with a smile. A moment of silence followed with the two examining each other the way you do when you're in front of a crush and can't think of anything to say. "Well you better eat up. I'll escort you back to the opera house once you're finished," Raoul announced as he got up to leave the room. "I can only imagine how worried your friends must be for you."

"She didn't come home last night!" Erik yelled into his cell phone. Madame Giry was on the other line beginning to regret the fact she had told Erik Christine hadn't returned last night. "Well you better fken find her!" he ordered as he slammed shut the phone and paced around his dark room. "Dn why does the sun have to be out right now!" He searched around his room for something long enough to cover him so he could go out in the sun.

The ringing of his cell phone stopped his search. The id told him it was Anne again. "You'd better have good news," he said coldly and angrily. "Oh thank God she's back. Wait with another man? The man I told you was a hunter! I'm coming. I don't care if it's daylight! I'm coming over there if it kills me and that's final!" He slammed shut his cell phone, and decided his coat would have to be could enough. Then he quickly ran out of the room and into the crowded streets illuminated with deadly sunlight.

"Christine where have you been?" Madame Giry asked as Christine approached her along with the hunter in the lobby. Christine had a large smile on her face.

"I was nearly raped last night…"

"What!" Giry exclaimed.

Christine laughed at her worry. "I'm fine, Raoul saved me," Christine explained. With a worried look on her face Madame Giry turned to look at Raoul.

"While I'm thankful for you saving the girl. I strongly disapprove of you keeping her all night without at least a call." She turned back to Christine. "May I talk to you dear?" She glanced at Raoul, "in private."

"Sure." Quickly, Madame Giry brought Christine into the hallway outside the lobby out of hearing length from Raoul.

"Erik's on his way Christine. That's how worried he is about you," she explained.

A big smile was placed on Christine's face. "What's so bad about that? Now the two can meet. I'm sure they'll both be thrilled!" she replied as she ran to tell Raoul of their approaching guest.

"No my dear, I don't think either of them will be too thrilled," Madame Giry whispered to herself as she watched the fake smile grace the hunter's face as Christine told him the news. "Oh God what am I getting myself into?"

"Ow!" Erik cursed from the sun burning his fingers as he tried desperately to hold the coat over his head. He could only imagine what he looked like the passerby. A tall man dressed in black covering himself with a long, black coat could only look very suspicious. He was lucky he could find the Populaire with his eyes closed because right now he couldn't even look up to see where he was going, and was constantly bumping into people.

He finally reached the opera house. He quickly walked into the shade and took off the coat. "Erik!" he heard a female voice scream. Still fixing his coat, he looked up only to be tackled by a petite girl.

"Wow Christine! I guess I don't have to ask you if you're ok," Erik joked. "To what do I owe the greeting?" Erik asked knowing the answer completely.

With a big, bright smile on her face, Christine looked up at the tall man and answered with, "I'd like you to meet Raoul." She pointed to a man that was walking toward the two now. Erik forced a fake smile on to his face. Do it for Christine he thought.

"Raoul this is Erik. He's been giving me singing lessons," Christine told him. She was so oblivious to what the two's thoughts were when they saw each other.

Erik thought that the hunter, being the idiot he was, would try to pull something, but after a few moments he could see that with Christine there they would have to be friends.

"Hello Erik," Raoul greeted with a terribly fake smile on his face as he held out his hand expecting the vampire to shake it.

Erik examined the hand like Raoul was crazy. "I'm sorry Raoul, but I injured my hand this morning and am afraid I can't move it," Erik announced as he held out his burned hand for evidence. He was now thankful that the sun had burned it so he now wouldn't have to touch the hunter.

"Oh my gosh Erik! What did you do?" Christine exclaimed examining the red and blistered fingers of Erik's hand.

"I burned it on the stove this morning," Erik lied.

"And you didn't even wrap it up or anything?"

"Really it's not that bad Chris, I'll be fine," Erik told her.

"You know you really should get that taken care of Erik," Raoul put in.

Erik wanted to ring his skinny, perfect neck, but instead he said, "Thanks for your concern, but I'm fine. Just don't need to use it for awhile and well…stay away from stoves." Christine laughed.

"While why don't we all go inside and talk," Christine suggested. "And I'm going to put a bandage on that hand Erik, and I won't take no for an answer." Christine then ran inside the building expecting the two men to follow.

"Listen you bloodsucking twit," Raoul turned to stare Erik straight in the eye. "I'll play nice for now, but when the right time comes you're dead. And I swear if you lay a hand on Christine you're dead on the spot," Raoul explained to Erik coldly.

"What in the hell makes you think you're running the show…Raoul?" Erik replied. He then pushed the hunter aside and followed Christine inside.

"I still can't believe you didn't even wrap this up before coming over here," Christine scolded Erik as she rubbed his burn with some very cold water.

"Well when I heard you didn't come home I got so worried I didn't even think about it," Erik defended himself with.

"While I'm grateful for your concern I wish you hadn't neglected yourself for me," Christine explained.

Raoul wanted to puke as he listened to Erik and Christine talk. Surely they can't be too close he thought.

Erik watched Christine as she wrapped up his wounded hand with so much concern and care. She was looking particularly angelic in the daytime. Seeing her in the morning would be something he'd probably never be able to do again, and what a shame it was. A sharp pain in his stomach interrupted his thoughts of Christine. "Ow!" he screeched nearly hitting Christine as he held his stomach in pain. He hadn't fed in days and should have been expecting his. He just wished it hadn't happened in front of Christine.

"Oh my gosh Erik what's the matter?" Christine exclaimed rushing to his aid.

The vampire's loud scream of pain caught Raoul's attention and he rushed to see what was the matter. Erik was on the ground rocking back and forth holding his stomach in pain. Raoul, knowing just about every detail about vampires, knew this meant he hadn't had blood in days. What a very peculiar vampire he was. First he nearly gets himself killed because he's worried about a ballet girl, and now he's showing the symptoms of not eating.

"It's ok Christine. Just do me a favor and go get Madame Giry for me," Erik said through his gasps of pain. Christine nodded her head and quickly ran out of the room leaving the two men alone.

Raoul slowly walked toward Erik acting like his superior. "What do we have here?" he knelt down in front if the vampire. "Mr. big bad vampire isn't so big and bad any more," he joked. His voice was belittling. "Gosh you have no idea how much I want to stake you right here and now and send you to hell!"

Faster then any human eye could see Erik grabbed Raoul by the neck with as much strength as possible and said, "You're going to hell first my friend." Then he threw him into the wall.

"Gosh I wish I could kill you so badly. If Christine didn't like you I'd…" Raoul was interrupted by Madame Giry walking though the door followed by Christine. Quickly, he recovered himself.

"Erik what is the matter?" Giry asked examining the man that was on the floor acting as if he was in a massive amount of pain.

"I need you to take me to my home." He looked up at her with a strange expression on her face, and Madame Giry knew exactly what the problem was.

"Very well then, Raoul will you help me get him to my car?" she asked as she began to help Erik up.

"Wha..what?" the hunter stuttered. The thought of helping one of the vile creatures that he hunted was unthinkable.

"Please help him Raoul," Christine pleaded with her bright eyes.

"Ahh..FINE!" He reluctantly gave in and went to help Madame Giry get Erik to where her car was.

"I hate it just as much as you do," Erik whispered in his ear.

"Don't fken talk to me," Raoul ordered harshly.

"Will you two get a grip?" Giry yelled angrily. All three of them were overjoyed when they reached the car. "Thanks for your help Raoul. With Christine and with Erik," Madame Giry told him. She was trying to give him an obvious sign it was time for him to leave.

"I can't believe I did," Raoul replied as he rubbed his neck like the touch of Erik made him dirty.

"LEAVE!" Erik demanded very harshly, "Before I throw you out. It seems you've grown much too fond of flying!"

"I am!" Raoul then stomped out of the garage.

Madame Giry turned back to Erik. "I can't believe you! First you come here in the daylight and then you starve yourself!"

"Well actually the starving of myself came first," Erik said in a rather poor attempt to defend himself.

"Get in the car!" she ordered as she opened the door and nearly pushed him in.

"Whoa getting a little angry there aren't we Anne?"

She threw a huge black blanket at him. "Put this over you!" She then got in the car and drove off.

"I'm calling Nadir," she informed Erik. "You need the help of someone more like you."

"You don't have to do that," Erik protested from beneath the blanket. Nadir Khan was a strong vampire that had helped Erik once Audrey had broken and abandoned him. Naidr was his friend, but Erik knew he'd be in a great deal of trouble if Nadir found out what he had been up to lately.

"Don't fight with me about this Erik! I'm calling him right when I get back!"

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