The Demon of The Opera

Chapter 8

Dozens of officers marched into the Opera House, startling the attending guests. Sebastian dashed around the catwalks, ensuring his plan was ready. Ciel wandered around the hallways, finding you shaking in the chapel. Your costume pooled around you. "Ciel I'm frightened. Don't make me do this." You said with tears in your eyes. You stood up and faced him. He placed a hand on your shoulder then pulled you into his chest.

"Don't put me through this ordeal by fire. He'll take me. I know. We'll be parted forever. He won't let me go. What I once used to dream, I now dread. If he finds me, it won't ever end. And he'll always be there singing songs in my head. He'll always be there, singing songs in my head." You stepped away and walked towards the window, sitting on the sil. Ciel followed you slowly.

"You said yourself, he was nothing but a man. Yet while he lives he will haunt us till we're dead." He took your hands. Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life to win a chance to live? Can I betray the man who wants inspired my voice? Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice? He kills without a thought. He murders all that's good. I know I can't refuse and yet I wish I could. Oh god if I agree what horrors wait for me in this, the Phantom's opera."

"(Y/N), (Y/N). Don't think that I don't care. But every hope and every prayer rests on you now." He wrapped his arms around you, holding you tightly in his embrace. You silently cried into his shoulder.

"Seal my feet tonight, I hate to have to cut the fun short but the jokes wearing thin. Let the audience in. Let my opera begin!" Sebastian put on the black mask then took a candle and set the stage model aflame.

The curtain pulled aside, revealing the intricate set designs and costumes of the dancers. Ciel stat in box five.

"Here the sire may serve the dam! Here the Master takes his meat. Here the sacrificial lamb utters one despairing bleat Poor young maiden for the thrill on your tongue of stolen suites you will have to pay the bill! Tangled in the winding sheets! Serve the meal and serve the maid! Serve the master so that when tables plans and maids are laid, Don Juan triumphs Once again"

Lizzy ran on to her place after the verse, dancing her her extravagant costume. Soma stepped on stage,

"Passarino faithful friend! Once again recite the plan!"

"Your young guest believes I'm you, I, the master, you the man!"

"When you met, you wore my cloak. She could not have seen your face. She believes she dines with me. In her masters borrowed place. Furtively we'll scoff and quaff. Stealing what in truth is mine. When it's late and modesty, starts to mellow with the wine."

"You come home I use your voice, slam the door in crack of doom."

"I shall say 'Come hide with me. Where oh where, of course my room!"

"Poor thing hasn't got a chance!"

"Here's my hat, my cloak and sword. Conquest is assured. If I do not forget myself and laugh. Ahahaha!"

The second Soma stepped off stage, Sebastian tackled him.

You stepped on stage and all eyes turned to you. "No thoughts within her head but thoughts of joy. no dreams within her heart but dreams of love." Sebastian stepped on stage, wearing the same costume.

"Master."

"Passarino. Go away for the trap is set, and waits for its prey. You have come here in pursuit of your deepest urge, in pursuit of that wish which till now has been silent, silent." You knew that voice. You slowly turned your head and caught a glimpse of those blood red irises. He held a finger to his lips and you took a breath. "I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge. I'm your mind you've already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses, completely succumbed to me. Now you are here with me no second thoughts you've decided. Decided."

"Past the point of no return, no backward glances, our games of make believe are at an end." Red looked on the stage, immediately recognizing the man. "Past all thoughts of "if" or "when." No use resisting, abandon thought and let the dream descend." In keeping with his expertly crafted choreography, he stepped behind you and caressed every inch of your form. "What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its door? Which suite seduction lies before us?"

He stroked your arm, the passion of which he did made anxiety spark in Madame Red. Ciel looked down at the stage suspiciously. "Past the point of no return, the final threshold. What warm unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the point of no return."

"You have brought me to the moment when words run dry. To the moment when speech disappears into silence, silence I have come here hardly knowing the reason why. In my mind I've already imagined it. Our bodies entwining, defenseless and silent. Now I am here with you no second thoughts I've decided, decided. Past the point of no return, no going back now our passion play has now at last begun. Past all thought of right or wrong. One final question."

You ascended the staircase on stage left, Sebastian doing the same on right. "How long should we two wait before we're one? When will the blood begin to race? The sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames at last consume us?" Ciel stood up out of his seat. He hadn't predicted Sebastian would put himself in the role. As the two of you reached the platform, Sebastian pulled off his cloak and you sung together, each stepping towards the other.

"Past The point of no return, the final threshold."
You met and his hands found your hips, spinning you so your back was to his chest. "The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn. We've passed the point of no return." Ciel watched Sebastian caress you with tears in his eyes. The he tension was suffocating as the music slowed. The officers slowly closed in while Sebastian was distracted with you.

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you here beside you." He took your hand and you turned to look at him, realizing he had been there that night with you and Ciel on the roof. "Anywhere you go let me go too, (Y/N), that's all I ask of-" you pulled off the mask, revealing his magenta eyes and pentagram scar. Everyone in the audience gasped and shrieked. The officers aimed their rifles. You looked at Sebastian with a sympathetic gaze.

Ciel ran out of his box and towards the stage. Sebastian looked up at the chandelier, then down at the officers hunting him. He wrapped an arm around your waist and cut a rope, causing it to slip through the pulley. He kicked a lever, making  the trap door beneath you swing open and the two of you fell through the stage. The chandelier quaked, then with creaks and snaps, it fell. Audience members screamed as it swung down.