I don't own Labyrinth
Chapter 2
Toby stood staring at the place where his sister had stood. "Ooops. Oh well I guess I need to get started."
Toby pushed open the gate and stepped through looking around. He looked at the two straight pathways and decided to go right. As he kept running he noticed no turns or changes in the walls. Toby stopped and looked around. The book had something about a worm in it, but Toby couldn't remember exactly what they said. Sighing Toby went to lean against the wall but instead of stopping on the wall he fell straight through. Toby grunted as he stood dusting of he began through the complicated twist well on his way to the home of the fierys.
When they were on firm ground in the throne room Sarah had expected Jareth to let go, but he didn't. She pulled against him slightly and gave up. " Jareth would you let go, please?" she sighed
"I don't think I will. What kind of shampoo do you use? Is that peach I smell?"
"Jareth let go and stop smelling my hair."
"Why?" he purred next to her ear.
Sarah shivered, " Its just creepy so quit."
Jareth leaned down and kissed her neck again slowly bringing his lips up to her cheek. Sarah leaned back on him and he pulled her closer.
The sound of someone clearing their throat brought Jareth back down from the clouds. "If this is how you treat your visitors then I can't wait to see how you will treat me." Evangeline said walking toward them.
Sarah stiffened and tried to pull away again but Jareth still wouldn't let go. "Evangeline I would like you to meet Sarah Williams , Labyrinth's favorite champion."
"Charmed I'm sure, now if you wouldn't mind stepping away from my fiancee, Sarah." Evangeline glared at her.
Sarah pulled again and Jareth still wouldn't let go. "Jareth let go."
"I don't want to." He whispered in her ear making her blush then he looked at Evangeline , " I'm sorry my love but I must remain in contact with the child so that I can better read the runner."
Sarah couldn't blush any harder at the moment, while she enjoy Jareth's arm around her, she didn't want it to get in the way of his engagement. To her shock Evangeline nodded, "I guess if that's the way this works then I will simply get used to it."
She turned and walked away leaving them alone again.
Jareth leaned in to kiss Sarah's neck again but she pulled away this time, "Stop it Jareth." she whispered.
"Why?" he tilted his head. Sarah squirmed again trying to get out of his arms.
"Why?" he asked again tightening his grip. She fit against him perfectly, and though neither of them wanted to move from one another, but Sarah couldn't stand it.
"Jareth your engaged! So let go, this isn't right."
" I'm king, so if I want it, its fine. Meaning you stay."
"I don't care if your a king, she is a woman like me and I wouldn't my fiancee wrapped around some stranger, or any but me for that matter."
"She is nothing like you. You no the difference between a goblin and a troll as well as what 2+2 is. That's why I'm canceling the engagement."
"What?"
"When your brother fails then you will be here forever and I would hate to keep hurting her feelings." and I don't want two wives he thought.
Sarah stiffened again, " Toby won't fail, Jareth. He's a smart boy."
"Fine lets just see where your 'smart boy' is." Jareth moved one arm out and conjured a crystal. Inside Sarah watched her little brother running from the same psychotic birds that had chased her ten years before. One grabbed Toby's shirt making him fall.
"Jareth do something!" Sarah shouted at him.
"Fine I'll help him a little." Suddenly Toby disappeared through a hole in the ground.
"Toby!"
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Toby fell only a few feet before he was caught by the not-so-helpful hands. They grabbed at him holding him up. "Well where did you come from?" one hand asked
"Where else would he come from you dolt?" another hand said .
"Mom said no name calling!" the first hand said.
"Yeah well moms not here crybaby!" the hand shouted back.
" Stop it!"
"Momma's boy"
" Yeah well you broke Momma's heart."
"Don't even mention that."
"What don't mention your left-handed wife?"
"You know she was in an accident that lamed her."
"Is that what you call yourself, an accident?"
"Hello?" Toby tried to get their attention but failed. The two hands went on insulting each other till Toby finally snapped his fingers. With that every hand in the tunnel started snapping and singing something like "the Adam's Family" song. The problem apart from being surrounded by tone-deaf hand, was that his supports had let him go.
Toby tumbled down the through the hands, then through a hole onto a hard floor.
Sarah grabbed the crystal from Jareth and watched her brother helplessly as he fell through the musically challenged hands. "Jareth please don't hurt him." she begged.
"Sarah its not just me in charge, I can only control the Labyrinth so much."
"So?"
"Basically the Labyrinth wants you here, and will do anything to keep you here. The fact that I want you to stay only gives it more strengthen."
"He won't give up."
"I figured he was like his sister."
"So what now?"
"Well, here its about time for dinner."
Sarah glanced over at the clock on the wall. Toby still had eleven hours.
Jareth stepped up behind her and touched her shoulders. Suddenly her clothes were heavier. When Sarah looked down she saw a deep green dress had replaced her pajamas. Sarah lifted the crystal again to look at her brother. She smiled slightly when she saw that his clothes had changed to a more adventuring style rather then his old t-shirt and shorts.
Jareth placed his hand on the small of her back and led her away toward the dining hall.
Toby sat up on the cold stone floor. He ignored the fact that his clothes had changed him into a miniature Indiana Jones and examined his surroundings. He was in a dark tunnel. As he stood trying to decide which way to go, his decision was made for him by the terrifying metal contraption coming toward him. The Labyrinth had sent the cleaners.
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