Sealed in Stone
Chapter 7: Remind Me of the Babe
The rising sun found the foursome wandering through the labyrinth. Sarah had never been to this part of the labyrinth, or she didn't recognize it. Mina had mentioned the Labyrinth was different, but Sarah didn't realize how much until the sun came up. Mina was walking on top of the wall beside them. She had caught Jareth, on numerous occasions, glancing up at her to make sure she was okay. Of course, she never noticed, if she did she hid it very well.
Mina stopped walking suddenly, her eyes wide.
Jareth realized she had stopped first. "Mina? What is it? What do you see?"
Mina shook her head, her eyes wide, her hand went to her mouth and she took a few steps forward, Gryphon grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her back against the wall. Jareth stayed where he was standing until Mina regained her composure. "Get back with them." She commanded, "Please, your highness. This isn't a good thing."
He slowly nodded and backed into the shadows with the others. They watched as Mina extended her hand to a bubble that drifted towards her.
It approached her face and circled her. She cocked her head to the side as it brushed against her hair. She giggled slightly when it brushed into her cheek.
"You remind me of the babe."A voice came from the bubble, Mina was taken aback. They all knew it was Jareth's voice.
"What babe?" Came a different voice, closer.
"The crystals communicating with one near by." Jareth explained in a shocked voice.
"The babe with the power."
"What power?" Mina said, her voice sounding a bit childlike.
"The power of Voodoo." The crystal answered.
"Who do?" Mina asked, as did the other voice that did not belong to Jareth.
"You do."
"Do what?" The two voices answered.
"Remind me of the babe." The voice faded and the crystal took off down the trail.
Mina immediately followed it, she jumped off the wall and ran down the path. Her boots clicking against the stone floor as her hands tried to keep her balanced as she stuggled to dodge the terrain.
"MINA!" Gryphon yelled after her before he chased after the girl who had turned a deaf ear.
"Gryphon, Mina!" Sarah called before she too chased after them, Jareth close on her tail.
They ran to an opening where two crystals joined and shot up into the air, they broke apart with a pop, one of the crystals flew into Mina knocking her backwards into a wall. The other flew into the other figure and knocked him back into the opposite wall.
"Princess!" Gryphon called as he rushed towards the girl and kneeled beside her. She closed her eyes tighter before opening them.
"Ow." She muttered as Jareth pulled her up, Noticing that, again, a little of her had changed. Before she had even regained her balance she had pushed past him to the opposing figure.
She kneeled beside the young boy, running her now gloved hands through his hair.
"He looks like he's not a day over 6." Sarah said from where she had been standing behind Mina.
"He's five, actually." Mina said smiling at the boy as he opened his mismatched eyes, identical to her, and smiled at her.
"Sissy!" He yelled before jumping up off the ground and wrapping his arms around her neck.
"Hello Toby." she whispered hugging him close, "How I missed you, little brother."
