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Phantom Of The Opera ! Part Three !

CAST: Axl Rose as the Phantom, Nikki Sixx as Christine Daae, Vince Neil as Raoul De Chagny, Duff McKagan as Philippe De Chagny, Slash as Madame Giry, Steven Adler as Meg Giry, Izzy Stradlin as Carlotta, Tommy Lee as Giles Andre, Mick Mars as Firmin Richard, Bret Michaels as Darius, Rikki Rockett as the Mercier, Bobby Dall as Remy, CC Deville as Gabriel, Jani Lane as Mifroid, Eddie Van Halen as Ubaldo Piangi and as Reyer James Hetfield. And as some people do not have many lines they will not have a huge role like Lefevre who will be played by TJ Racer. And also anyone who plays a girl will be a boy except: Nikki, Steven and Izzy.

~Axl Rose POV~

Finally we arrived in my lair. Downstage the candles in the lake lift up revealing giant candelabrums outlining the space. The boat turns into a bed. There is a huge pipe organ. I sat at the organ and took over the accompaniment. "I have brought you to the seat of sweet music's throne. To this kingdom where all must pay homage to music~ Music~" I sang as I started to play. 

"You have come here, for one purpose and one alone! Since the moment I first heard you sing, I have needed you with me, to serve me, to sing for my music. My music~" I sang as the mood changed. "Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation. Darkness stirs and wakes imagination. Silently the senses abandon their defenses~ Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendour. Grasp it, sense it~"

"Tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light. And listen to the music of the night. Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams! Purge your thoughts of life you knew before! Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar! And you'll live as you've never lived before~"

"Softly, deftly, music shall surround you. Feel it, hear it, closing in around you. Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind, you know you cannot fight the darkness of the music of the night! Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world! Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before! Let your soul take you where you long to be! Only then can you belong to me~"

"Floating, falling, sweet intoxication! Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation! Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in to the power of the music that I write, the power of the music of the night!" During all this, I have conditioned Nikki to the coldness of my touch and her fingers are brave enough to stray to my mask and caress it, with no hint of removing it. I led her to a large mirror where I removed a dust cover and there's an image of Nikki, a perfect wax-face impression, wearing a wedding gown. Nikki moved slowly towards it when suddenly the image thrusted its hands through the mirror towards her as she fainted. 

I caught her and carried her to the bed, where I laid her down. "You alone can make my song take flight, help me make the music of the night~" I sang.

As the light brightens, I was seated at the organ playing with furious concentration. I broke off occasionally to write the music down. There is a musical box in the shape of a barrel organ beside the bed. Mysteriously, it plays as Nikki woke up. The music kept her in a half-trance. "I remember there was mist, swirling mist upon a vast, glassy lake~" She said as I looked at her. "There were candles all around and on the lake there was a boat, and in the boat there was a man" She said as she rose and approached me as she tried to grab my mask as I stopped her, this happened several times.

"Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?" She asked as she succeeded tearing off my mask as I sprung him furiously as I attacked her. "Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon, is this what you wanted to see!?" I said looking at her. "Curse you! You little lying Delilah! You little viper! Now you cannot ever be free!" I said angrily, "Damn you, curse you"

"Stranger than you dreamt it, can you even dare to look or bear to think of me? This loathsome gargoyle, who burns in hell, but secretly yearns for Heaven, secretly....secretly" I said hiding my face. "But Nikki. Fear can turn to love, you'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster. This repulsive carcass, who seems a beast, but secretly dreams of beauty, secretly...secretly"

"Oh Nikki-" I said holding out my hand for the mask which she gave to me as I put it on. "Come we must return, those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you" I said as I grabbed her and started walking back.

~Backstage~

David Lee Roth mysteriously appears, a length of fabric serving as a cloak, and a piece of rope as the Punjab lasso. He is showing off to the ballet girls. "Like yellow parchment is his skin. A great black hole served as the nose that never grew" He said as he demonstrated his method of self defense against the Punjab lasso. He inserted his hand between his neck and the noose, and then pulled the rope taut. With a mixture of horror and delight, the ballet girls applauded this demonstration.

"You must be always on your guard, or he will catch you with his magical lasso!" He said explaining it to the girls. A trap opened up centre stage casting a shadow of me as I emerged. The girls, with linked hands, ran off terrified. I was leading Nikki as I fixed my stare on David. I swept my cape around Nikki, as I exited with her before they go Slash has entered, observing. He turns on David. 

"Those who speak of what they know find, too late, that prudent silence is wise. David Lee Roth, hold your tongue, he will burn you with the heat of his eyes-" He said staring at him. 

~Nikki Sixx POV~

"Mystery after gala night. If says, mystery of soprano's flight!" Mick said looking at the newspaper. "Mystified baffled Surete say, we are mystified! We suspect foul play!" Mick said lowering the paper. "Bad news on soprano scene, first Izzy, now Nikki! Still, at least the seats get sold, gossip's worth its weight in gold" He said with a sigh. "What a way to run a business! Spare me these unending trials! Half your cast disappears, but the crowd still cheers! Opera! To hell with Gluck and Handel. If it's a scandal that'll pack 'em in the aisles!" Mick said as Tommy burst in with a temper.

"Damnable! Will they all walk out? This is damnable!" He said with a huff. "Tommy, please don't shout..." Mick said sighing. "It's publicity! And the take is vast! Free publicity!" Mick said looking at him. "But we have no cast..." Tommy said running a hand through his hair. "But Tommy, have you seen the queue?" Mick asked looking at him. He had been sorting mail on his desk as he found the two letters from Axl. 

"Oh, it seems you've got one too" He said handing the letter to Tommy as he opened it and read it. "Dear Tommy, what a charming gala! Nikki enjoyed a great success! We were hardly bereft when Izzy left, otherwise the chorus was entrancing, but the dancing was a lamentable mess!" He read out loud as Mick decided to read his out loud too.

"Dear Mick, just a brief reminder: my salary has not been paid. Send it care of the ghost, by return of post PTO. No-one likes a debtor, so it's better if my orders are obeyed!" Mick said as Tommy and him said at the same time, "Who would have the gall to send this? Someone with a puerile brain!"

"These are both signed O.G" Mick said looking at the letters. "Who the hell is he?" Tommy asked. "Opera ghost!" They said with a gasp as they finally realized what it meant. "It's really not amusing!" Mick said crossing his arms. "He's abusing our position!" Tommy said with a huff. "In addition he wants money!" Mick said. "He's a funny sort of spectre..." Tommy said. "To expect a large retainer! Nothing plainer, he is quite insane!" They said in unison.

They were interrupted by the arrival of Vince, who brandished another of Axl's notes. "Where is she?" Vince asked looking at them. "You mean Izzy?" Tommy asked looking at him. "I mean Miss Sixx, where is she?" He asked again. "Well, how should we know?" Mick asked looking at him. "I want an answer! I take it you sent me this note?" He asked showing them the note. 

"What's all this nonsense?" Mick asked looking dumbfounded. "Of course not!" Tommy said crossing his arms. "Don't look at us!" Mick said crossing his arms. "She's not with you, then?" Vince asked. "Of course not!" Mick said as Tommy butted in, "We're in the dark..." "Monsieur, don't argue. Isn't this the letter you wrote?" Vince asked showing them. "And what is it, that we're meant to have wrote?" Mick asked realizing his mistake.

"WRITTEN!" He corrected as Vince handed Tommy the letter as he read it. "Do not fear for Miss Sixx. The Angel of Music has her under his wing. Make no attempt to see her again" Tommy said reading it out loud as they looked mystified. "If you didn't write it, who did?" Vince asked looking at them.

~Phantom Of The Opera ! Part Three ! ~

~PART FOUR OUT SOON!~