Disclaimer: Not mine, only Electra is mine. The other characters belong to someone else who is not me. I'm a poor student so there's not much point in taking legal action if by some chance I have done something wrong.
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Jareth sat quietly on his throne, Toby gurgling happily on his knee. Sarah had failed, her brother was now one of them, a goblin. But what about Sarah, what was to become of her?
"What will we do with that sister of yours, huh? What will we do?" The goblins sat in silence, watching their king pull goo-goo faces at the child. He had changed, that girl had something to do with it, she needed to go. She had to be forgotten about, but she was the only one to see it. Electra had warned Jareth of the consequences of involving himself with that child and his sister, but he had ignored her advise, as per usual. She was his muse, his guide, his pathway to future events, but he never took heed of what she had to say. And now look at the predicament that he got himself into.
"You need to kill the girl. That is the only way you can take the child." She spoke from behind his throne, from the shadows, afraid of his reaction to her words.
"I HAVE THE CHILD! But that is not what I want." Rising to his feet he passed Toby to a goblin close to his throne. "He's not what I want."
"This whole thing was about the girl. You want her?"
"You know I want her. I need her."
"Why?" Electra was beginning to lose her temper. "The girl will never love you, she will not obey you….She does not fear you."
He walked towards her each step clicking as his boot heels attacked the concrete slabs beneath them. "I do believe that someone is jealous." He turned to his minions. "Don't you?" The goblins began to laugh and shout.
"I only meant, my lord.." He cut her off.
"I know what you meant, Electra." He was angry with her. Her name was said slowly, each letter shot at her, and she was struck with each forcing her further into the shadows.
He shouted at her. "If you have nothing of use to give me then say nothing at all."
"Yes my lord." With a swish of her floor length, blue hair, Electra entered a passageway and left, only the quiet slap of her bare feet to be heard.
Turning to the goblins, Jareth was still angry. Angry at himself, and Electra, for pointing out the facts that he was unwilling to accept. Her words echoed in his head. "She does not fear you!" Throwing himself into his throne, Jareth took back the baby.
Quietly he told himself, "I will make her fear me." He looked towards his Army Chief. "Bring me the girl. NOW!"
The goblin quickly bowed and ran from the main chamber. Followed by half of the ugly goblins seated in the room. "I will make her fear me." He repeated as once again the child sat gurgling unaware of the trouble he had caused.