Disclaimer: The Labyrinth and all related material do not belong to me. They belong to Jim Henson and George Lucas. I wish I owned Jareth.

Total Chaos

"What happened?" Jareth asked

The hobgoblin wiped the sweat off his brow. "Looks like the Labyrinth shifted and the wall forgot ta move."

Jareth ran his hand over the broken wall. 'What happened?'

The Labyrinth shuddered. 'I lost it. I forgot the wall was here.'

He chuckled. 'Nothing big? No magic failure?'

'No.'

'Shall we repair it?'

'Please.'

'Very well.'

The King moved his hand away. "Please replace the wall. It was just a minor mishap."

"Right away, Yer Majesty."

Jareth left the hobgoblins to their work. He pressed his hand against the wall, feeling the stone under his skin as he walked.

'What is going on?'

'I just slipped.'

'Hmm.' He raised his hand over a grouping of lichen, their eyes following their king. 'What do you think?'

'Of the dreams? Oh, they're wonderful.'

Jareth was very aware of the feminine presence of the Labyrinth as she cooed over the dreams.

'How are things Above?'

He shrugged and paused his wanderings.

'How is Kate?'

'What do you know?'

The Labyrinth chuckled. 'Only what you do, My King.'

'Liar.'

Jareth ran his fingertips over the pitted wall. 'I have seen so much, so many- some win, most lose; all feed us their dreams.'

'But…'

'I never saw Sarah again. She won, she left and that was that. I know her friends had been visiting her for a while, but I never felt the need to see her. Toby, on occasion, but never her.' He sighed. 'But I almost need to see Kate and Conner. I want her to succeed, to fulfill her dreams. And I want to be part of those dreams.'

'This life- living in both worlds- has already started to take a toll on you, My King.'

'I know.' He sank to the ground. 'But I can't ask her to come here. And she won't.'

'You won't ask.'

'I'm not supposed to tell.'

'True.'

He sighed. 'I don't know what to do.'

'Chaos.'

'This place is always in chaos. The goblins see to that.'

'But now that chaos is inside you.'

Jareth stumbled to his feet. Sometimes, the Labyrinth was a true female- far too intuitive for any male.

And now his head ached.

Kate spread the newspaper out on the kitchen table, flipping through the Entertainment section.

"Conner, do you want to do something?"

"What?" Conner stuck his head out of his bedroom.

"Let's go out. There's a new Disney movie out."

"Can we see it in 3-D?"

"Sure. But we have to get going."

"What about dinner?"

"We'll eat there." Kate zipped up her boots and jacket, reaching for her purse. Conner sat down in the hall to tie his shoes.

"Really?"

"Really. Let's go." She held his hand as she locked the door. "You know what bus?"

"Yes."

They walked to the bus stop. Conner excitedly bounced from one foot to the other, skipping around Kate.

"The movies, the movies."

She laughed and sat on the bench, one of his hands in hers.

"The movies, the movies."

Her son, her joy.

"Where are we going to eat?" He climbed up next to her.

"We'll see what's there."

"Will we be out late? Past my bedtime?"

"Yes."

"Oh!"

Kate rested her forehead against his. "And tomorrow, we'll sleep in and make French Toast."

"My favorite." He giggled and leaned against her. "I love you, Mama."

"I love you too, Sweetie."

They sat quietly for a moment, Conner clinging to her. Suddenly, he jumped to his feet. "The bus!"

Kate fished their bus passes out of her purse, handing one to Conner.

"The movies, to the movies."

She sat and dragged him next to her. He curled close to her again, softly humming to himself. Kate just held him.