Chapter 10: Garden Party
Jareth sat in his throne contentedly for the moment. Tilly had grown bored of playing with the Goblins, so he had sent her to pester Jack. He still hoped Elizabeth would not come along. He had counted on her bringing that foolish girl with her. He could feel his powers waning more and more, each second he was not with the one who had stolen most of his power from him. Curse that girl!
After looking into his crystal to check on their progress, he was angry when he saw that they had teamed up with that William character. If everyone wanted to get back at him so badly, then he must be a very cunning and skilled person. The Goblin King snickered. He knew just how to deal with that...
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"How long is this going to go on?" Elizabeth asked him at breakfast on the next morning of their journey. "You ignoring me, and me talking to you, with you still ignoring me, and whistling that damned tune?!" She tossed her form down rather violently, and went above deck to see if the crew was hungry.
William went on whistling, and ignoring her, until Sarah spoke to him. "Why don't you just tell her how you feel?" He stared at the green-eyed girl, who wore his trousers.
"Where did you get those?!" He blushed.
"What? I wear pants; I like pants. And it gets harder and harder for a girl to find a good pair around here. I am also wearing your shirt, as I find that corsets are terribly uncomfortable, don't you?"
The Captain chuckled at her statement. "I wouldn't know, Miss Willlaims." She laughed too.
"Cap'n!" A short man with a scraggly, graying beard dashed in through the open door. "There's trouble afoot!"
"And what would that be?" Sarah asked, taking charge. So she was literally 'wearing the pants' as well, was she? William would have none of that.
"Let me handle this," He said to her, before turning his attention to the man. "What seems to be the problem, Mr. Gibbs?"
"Sirens!" He replied, in a hushed and ghostly way. William instantly knew he wasn't lying.
Sarah's face held a questionsing look. "The police?" They both looked at her as if she were crazy, of course. Theyd never heard of police before. "Well then what else could it be?"
"Sirens, Miss Williams, are vicous, coldhearted, and deadly creatures of the sea. They feast on a man's inhibitions, and lure them into submission through thei deadly song."
"Oh, you mean like the one's in that old play, Ulysses, or some other such thing."
"Precisely."
He had no time to react, as the waves of the song hit his ears. Gibbs had long since left, presumably to fight the wenches. William knew there was nothing they could do. The sirens were known for destroying men, and causing them to drown in the ocean's murky depths.
Sarah and Elizabeth, being unaffected by the siren's song, were busily tying the other, more masculine, crew members to the ship. When WIlliam wwalked out, with his eyes glazed over, staring out into the sea, his ex-fiance was tempted to just let him walk the plank. But she could not do that, and still live with herself.
"Men!" She murmured angrily. "Can't live without them, and you can't shoot them..."
Sarah just shot her an understanding look, as she helped her tie the captain to the mast.
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"Ha-ha!" A merry voice carried into the chamber where the King sat. It was his private study, and he'd told his minions that he was never to be bothered when in here. Jack stepped through the doors, and he should have known... "Avast, for I have conquered yon maiden at last! She has promised me that she will never bother me again, but come in here to bother you, instead!"
"S'right," Tilly mumbled, while riding piggy back style, atop the man's shoulders, and using his dreadlocks as reigns.
"Oh, really?" Jareth arched an eyebrow at them. he looked slightly amused.
"I bribed her with cookies," Jack whispered into the Goblin King's face, and Jareth could tell he'd been drinking again.
"That's lovely. Now put her down before you drop her! Do you want to cause us even more trouble, you blundering drunk?!"
"Hmmph," Jack turned his back, and pouted as he set the girl down. Tilly still held on to his hand when he tried to let her go. "Come on, lass. Let us be on our way." he shot one last serious glare at Jareth before they left. "We shall have a magnificent garden party, and you're not invited!!!" He hiccuped after that statement was made, and strolled out of the room, like a pansy.
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After they had braved the danger of the sirens, they saw they had entered the Goblin Oceans. Sarah had never heard of it, and even the name sounded absurd! But William and Elizabeth had assured her that it was no laughing matter.
Mist rolled over the waves, just a few inches away from the opaque black surface. It was eerie, and they could hear a shrieking sound coming from beneath the waves, although they could hear nothing.
"Those are said to be the shrill cries of the children that were wished away," Elizabeth whispered to her cousin. "It is said that the Goblin King drowns their souls, after he transforms them into soul-less Goblins."
Sarah sighed, placing ehr hand on her hip dramatically. "And do you really believe that garbage?"
"Yes, I do."
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A/N: OMG, I love it!!! Hahaha, I am still laughing from the whole "garden party" scene. Lol. Poor Jareth. And poor Jack, getting his hair pulled out. Lol. Well, we'll see what happens in the upcoming chapters. I know this story seems a bit neglected, as I haven't updated it in a while. But I promise, I'll try to do it more often. I am just so bored with this story, though... I dreaded writing this. Hah, oh well. I started it, and I WILL finish it. I finish all my work (except True To HEart, but that was another story all together), and this one will be no different. Thanks for the reviews, and encouragement. Maybe I'll get back into this story later on, who knows? This one is on temporary hiatus until I feel like updating it again, though. Feel free to R&R!
-Kaline Reine