Sarah woke up a few days later feeling nauseous and dizzy, so bad that she could barely walk to her wardrobe without falling over or wanting to throw up. She stumbled over taking deep breaths in an attempt to keep down the bile rising in her throat, she almost collapsed to the floor but caught herself. She opened a box in the wardrobe that had clothes from Aboveground. She had told the goblins to go up and get her some comfortable clothing because she just couldn't go everyday wearing uncomfortable dresses. They brought back a sweatshirt, some shirts, and a ton of jeans. The clothes must have been stolen because they all still had security tags on them. Next time, she'll give the goblins money to pay with.
She pulled a tank top over her head and got some jeans on, Sarah didn't like the feeling of being in her pajamas because they felt hot and she needed to be as cool as possible. She crawled to the bathroom and laid down on the cool tile floor, it felt nice on her burning skin and it helped alleviate the nausea.
She must have fallen back asleep in the bathroom because she was shook awake by Jareth two hours later.
"Sarah, Sarah! Please wake up!"
"I'm so cold..."
"Oh, God! She's dying! I NEED A DOCTOR IN HERE NOW!"
"I'm not dying, I'm just sick. Stop overreacting."
A small elf in a white dress rushed in and was panting.
"What is it, what's happened?!"
"Nothing, she's just sick. Come here and find out what's wrong with her."
Sarah's skin was beet red and still hot as fire, the doctor put bags of ice on her body to cool her down. Some steam rose up from her skin as they placed the ice on it. The doctor asked Sarah some questions.
"Have you been in the Firey Forest recently?"
"Yeah, why"
"And did you encounter any Fireys?"
"Yes.."
"Did you get cut or bitten by one of them?"
"Yeah actually, right here on my neck. I got that when they were trying to pull off my head."
"Just as I suspected, she's got Demon's Fever. You get it when a certain bacteria enters your blood stream. The bacteria is most commonly found on the fur and in the mouths of Fireys."
Jareth looked shocked, was it really that bad?
"Will she be okay? How long does it last?"
"It's hard to say, cases I've seen have lasted from two days to eight weeks. If she's not properly taken care of, she could die. Her blood could begin to boil and that would surely kill a human."
