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VI
The Doctor burst into Rose's room and his hearts very nearly stopped beating- the woman he loved was lying; sprawled on the thick gold carpet. Her chest wasn't moving. Fear seized him; worse than it had in all of his nine hundred and some years of existence. He crouched beside her and lifted one of her eyelids. Rose's eyes were rolled back in their sockets. There wasn't a sign of brown anywhere. The Doctor lifted her into his arms and laid her on the bed that he could see in the adjoining room.
Rose didn't stir at all. He laid his fore and middle fingers over a pulse point, nothing. The last son of Galifrey broke down and wept; not seeing a light golden mist escape Rose's slightly parted lips.
Jareth couldn't keep his mind on the game at hand. What did the runner; who quite frankly didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of making it through the Labyrinth; matter when his beloved Sarah was in his castle?
The baby Cordelia-Hope (poor thing) was probably better off away from that air headed Barbie doll of a mother who had wished her away. The aforementioned airhead was currently attempting to guess the 'right question' which would gain her access to the Labyrinth. Jareth wasn't holding out much hope that she'd succeed. He wouldn't have minded so much but it had been four hours; this was too easy. Hogwart (that was his name, right?) had fallen asleep.
"Jareth?"
The Goblin King's head snapped up at the sound of his name. Sarah stood there, dressed in the same jeans and T-shirt that she's been wearing when she'd arrived- she'd shed her coat though. Her beautiful murky green eyes were fixed on the badly dressed baby girl on his lap.
"She was wished into my care Sarah" he announced defensively
"I know" Sarah nodded, moving further into the room. "Your mother and Ayesha make things clearer than you do"
Jareth smirked at her, shifting the baby onto his other knee. "You've been in my mother's presence for the past four hours and she hasn't convinced you to change your clothes. I'm speechless"
His mother had not shed her Victorian sensibilities- women wore gowns no matter what. It was the height of impropriety for a woman to ride astride a horse. Jareth had vivid memories of the explosive arguments mother and daughter had had about why Ayesha couldn't partake in her brothers' lessons. What his mother didn't know was how good a soldier and tactician her daughter was.
"You already know how stubborn I am Jareth"
He certainly did.
"Would you care to sit down Sarah?" he asked, changing the subject before an argument over what happened last time ruined this.
"Uh, yeah thanks, Jareth"
A crystal had a comfy looking armchair appearing on which Sarah seated herself.
"You are most welcome Sarah" he smiled at her. "Tell me precious thing, how did you end up travelling with the Doctor?"
"It's not that interesting a story you know" Sarah demurred
Jareth chuckled and handed the baby off to a nearby Goblin. "Please Sarah- I could use some mental stimulation. I have been stuck here for the past four hours with the offspring of a mother who still hasn't made it past the gates" he showed her the crystal and was warmed by her laugh.
"Alright Jareth- if you're bored enough to want to here the last six years of my life- I'll tell you"
In the Next Chapter- Sarah's story
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