It was the opening night of a new play called... "The Phantom of the Opera". Yes, it was the name of the show, written and composed by the musical genius and The Phantom of the Opera - Erik. He did it because he wanted to share everything he had experienced with Christine - their love, the obstacles which stayed in their way to the hapiness and to show that love can be different and in this case also like that you can love not very handsome person. Of course, in the main role was Christine, and Erik himself watched it, as well as Raoul and Philip, because they all knew the story very well. Philip knew it too and knew that Erik was the Phantom of the Opera and that because of him the Paris Opera had been destroyed, which was now slowly being rebuilt and slowly beginning to regain its former splendour and appearance. After the premiere, Christine was congratulated by everyone, as was Erik and while Erik was surrounded by journalists, Christine went to her dressing room where she put the flowers she had been given, rested and waited for Erik to return. Without her noticing, someone did again what Erik had once done at the opera - locked her in, but Christine was not alone in the room. Raoul was there and Philip locked them in, because that was part of Raoul's revenge plan. Raoul, in a fit of rage, jealousy and pain at the news that Christine was Erik's wife and that Erik had got her, wanted to take revenge on Christine as she never could have imagined - he wanted to have Christine too, but first he wanted kidnap her and take her back to Paris, to his estate, and hide her there. Raoul was now in her room, both locked in, and this time there was no big mirror behind which was some secret passage through which Christine could escape. When Christine sat down at the mirror table, she looked at herself in the mirror until she noticed someone standing behind her and slowly turning around she saw that it was Raoul. She saw the anger, pain and jealousy on his face - he looked just like he did then at the opera, when he had come to her after the masquerade ball, and he was also very angry. This made Christine scared, because she realized that he was not here to talk to her, but to do something to her, only she couldn't even imagine what it was. Raoul looked at her, behind his back holding a cloth moistened with laudanum to help calm and put Christine to sleep until they got to Paris. Raoul said:
"Hello, little lottie. You were wonderful tonight, as you always are. It's true, I didn't like this play and you know why, because it wasn't about us, about our love, but about you and your so-called husband, and you know, it made me even angrier. So much so that I'm ready to finally bring my revenge to an end. If you could be with him, you will be able to be with me too - at least for one night. Just one, but unfortunately not here, not in this city and not in this country. I won't tell you any more, so everything else will be a surprise for you, my love!"
Hearing all this, Christine was filled with fear and panic about what Raoul wanted to do, because it seemed she was beginning to understand what he was going to do, only she had no idea how to escape, and in fact that was no longer possible. Christine wanted to answer him, but Raoul started to approach her and she started to back away until she hit the wall of the room, then she ran to the door but realised it was closed and there was no other way out, she was about to call for help, beating on the door with her hands, but Raoul managed to put the damp cloth to her face. Christine tried to pull it away and get out of the Raoul, but soon she felt weakness and sleep overwhelm her - she fell asleep. Raoul again checked that Christine was really asleep, then knocked softly on the door for Philip to unlock the door and when at last Philip unlocked it, they both carefully and quietly, with Christine, went out from the theatre and carried her to the carriage, in which they placed her as carefully, and Raoul and Philip also entered. Then Raoul gave word to the coachman that he was ready to go, and the two brothers and Christine went to the harbour, where Philip helped Raoul and the kidnapped Christine to get on board and when they had done so, the two brothers said goodbye, for Philip had to stay here in New York, though he was a little sorry for his love Christine, but he would have done so too, if he had been in Raoul's place. So Raoul and Christine went back to Paris, and meanwhile Erik, who had at last got rid of all the journalists, went to his beloved wife Christine to her room, but when he got there and entered it, he saw that Christine was not there and saw that the room was disorderly, as if there had been a fight. Gradually Erik began to understand everything, because he knew that Raoul was here tonight and he realized that he kidnapped Christine, only where had he taken her and only one person knew the answer to that question - Philip. Having understood everything, Erik now became very angry and jealous, just like then at the opera and went to Philip, who was already back in his study, where he sat quietly, looking through papers, but inwardly he was not so calm - yes, he was afraid of Erik, from the wrath of the Phantom of the Opera, because he knew very well what he was capable of. Philip knew that Erik would quickly understand and would come to him to find out where Christine was, and he had told Raoul about it, but he tried to reassure Philip that Erik would do nothing to him because it was not Philip who had kidnapped Christine, but Raoul and Philip had only helped. Yes, it was Raoul that Erik wanted to do something to, but he will leave Philippe alone, he will just try to find out where Raoul took Christine. When Erik reached Philip's study, he forced the door open and walked over to the desk where Philip was sitting and in an angry voice, asked:
"I only want to know one thing: where did he take her? Where did they go?"
Philip, seeing how angry Erik was, did not even think of hiding anything from him, because that was what Raoul had made to do - tell Erik the truth, because you can't hide anything from him. Philip, frightened of Erik's angry, answered:
"They went to Paris, to our family estate, which is not far from Paris. There will be a sign there so that you will not go astray. They are on a ship at the moment and as far as I know, the next one is not until tomorrow."
Erik, a little glad that he didn't have to persuade Philip to talk, said:
"Thank you and I still have something to ask - what is he going to do to her? Does he want to get her? Is he?"
Philip said nothing more, just nodded his head, thus giving Erik the answer and Erik, everything
understood, and without saying any more, left Philip's study and Philip alone in great haste. Philip was partly relieved and happy that Erik had done him no harm, but he was tormented by the conscience of what Raoul was going to do to Christine, because Philip loved her too. Philip eventually realised that he had to forget Christine because it was a rather hopeless and unhappy love. He came to this conclusion and gave himself up to his work, and silently hoped that Eric might succeed in finding Christine in time, before Raoul did what he wanted to do. In the meantime, Erik went to the harbour to see if there was another ship bound for Paris, and when he found out that there was, he headed back to home to get all his and Christine's things, for he began to think that they would not be coming back. After collecting his things, he went to the carriage which took him back to the port, where he boarded a ship and went back to his hometown to reclaim his beloved wife, his Angel of Music Christine, who had prepared a very pleasant surprise for her beloved husband, the Phantom of the Opera...