Chapter 17: Drama!

Had I known what awaited Christine and I then I would have done my best to prevent us from going to the cemetery. Upon our arrival to the cemetery I had felt on edge and constantly paranoid. Christine went on to tell me about her own father and his tragic story, along with that she also disclosed a tale about a certain angel who her father had sent to protect her. Her stories though did little to comfort me. It felt like we were being watched, however I couldn't alert Christine of my uneasiness given that we were surrounded by corpses. It's normal for people to feel uneasy in a cemetery.

"Claudine?" Christine's small voice trembled.

"Yes?" I looked at her, her usually pale face was slightly pink from the cold.

"I want to thank you for coming with me, I know we've had out disagreements. But I honestly feel as though you have become a great comfort to me." She took my hand and gave it a firm squeeze.

"Thank you Christine, we should we should keep moving before we freeze to death, I'm sure they have enough dead people in here we shouldn't add to that count."

"My father's tomb is just ahead, can you hold onto me, sometimes the grief I feel is too great." I nodded and held onto her arm as we walked on towards the tomb. Her family definitely had money given the intricate carving that was all over the mausoleum. The words DAEE were written in bronze lettering and glared down at me.

"I'll give you a few minutes to gather your thoughts." I began to walk away and Christine began to sing her sad song to her father. In many ways Christine and I were very different. But we did have our similarities too. We both lost our fathers at very young ages, we both felt vulnerable and we both fools for love. I walked through the garden and lost myself in thought, why were things so damn complicated now?

"Claudine!" Christine's voice erupted through the still cemetery, I ran towards her father's mausoleum. When I got there my breath hitched in my throat, the doors to the tomb were opening.

"Claudine! It's my angel he's calling me to him!" Christine's voice was seeped in hopefulness, but before she could run off I held her back.

"Christine we should go, something doesn't feel right." I tried to tug her away but she refused to move.

"No! It's my father Claudine I must go to him." I looked back at her.

"Are you insane! When tomb doors open by themselves then it's time to go! You don't walk towards them you don't know who or what's in there!" I looked at her, her eyes were filling with tears and it broke my heart.

"Look Christine, I'm sorry but neither your father nor your angel are in there and I think it's time we head back." Christine took one last look behind her towards the tomb and nodded her head. But before we could take one more step an ominous figure dropped from the roof of the tomb.

"Leaving so soon?" Instinctively I pulled Christine behind me and shielded her from Erik.

"Have you no sympathy? No dictation of sense?" How dare he pull his stunts here, where a person can become so vulnerable.

"My dear haven't you heard? I'm a monster after all." He sneered and started to walk towards us. Just before her reached us another man jumps in front of us, he was bareing a sword and stood in a menacing stance.

"Are you alright?" I looked up at the man, I could recognize that voice from anywhere.

"Raoul!" Christine ran out from behind me and clung to Raoul's figure.

"You still cling to this insolent man? Have I not shown you my undying love for you Christine?" Erik proceeded to remove his sword and held it up towards Raoul.

"What can I say Phantom she has good taste." I rolled my eyes, even when impending doom was staring him down Raoul was still full of himself. With those words being said they began to duel, I moved Christine away from the battle, we both watched as they continued their duel. It wasn't until Raoul tripped Erik did I budge.

"Any last words Phantom?" Erik staggered and struggled to stand back up. His breath was labored and he probably had a few bruised ribs. Raoul prepared to lung towards Erik and I couldn't help but run to Erik's aid. Yes, he had hurt me beyond belief, yes he had casted me aside for an unrequited love. But as I said before I was a fool for love. I jumped in front of Erik and hugged him close to me, the stinging pain I felt was almost unbearable as Raoul's sword cut through me.

"Claudine!" I could hear Christine call for me but her voice seemed so far off. All I could focus on was Erik's eyes. They were wide and full of confusion. My world, like many times before, had become dark but this time I was positive that I would not wake from this darkness.

Erik's P.O.V

That damn idiotic woman! Why would she throw herself in front of me like that? After she passed out I told Christine and that Fop of hers to flee. The last thing Christine needed was to see her friend die or to get mixed up in police affairs. Something like that could have damaged her reputation. I had gotten Claudine's bleeding to cease momentarily but she would need medical attention at the soonest convenience. All I remember was carrying her to a doctor's house and begging the doctor to fix her. I don't know why I bothered, she meant nothing to me…Right? It'd been hours since he took her into the back, I had to promise to pay him handsomely in order to keep him from asking questions.

"Monsieur?" I snapped my head up towards the doctor and stood up.

"How is she?" Why was I so worried?

"She is fine; she'll make a full recovery in time but walking for now is out of the question." I let a wave of relief wash over me.

"There is one thing I'd like to discuss with you though." His voice became stern.

"What is it doctor?"

"Were you aware of your wife's pregnancy?" In that moment everything stopped.

"P-pregnancy?" He looked at me and smiled.

"I'll take that as a no, well I must warn you that she has taken on a lot of trauma and since the pregnancy is still in its earlier stages its likely a miscarriage can happen. So I would suggest she'd be as stress free as possible." The doctor started to scribble on his notepad and then handed me the sheet of paper.

"Is she awake?" Claudine was pregnant… with my child.

"Not yet. Now if you'll excuse me I have other patients to visit with." The doctor grabbed his hat and excused himself. The foolish man thought Claudine and I were married what an absurd idea.

"This is going to be interesting." With a deep breath I walked into the room that held the mother of my child.

Alright so I know I've been gone for a long time... Sorry about that not only did I have a severe case of writers block but I also started back at my university. So as you could imagine I've been busy with school work and earning my degree. But hey! I'm back from the dead! Anyways tackling bigger issues I had to resubmit my story because for some reason I couldn't upload a new chapter. Please feel free to message me or leave any reviews I missed hearing from you guys!

-Kara