Just Hold On: What's worse than Lions, Tigers and Bears?
By: AvitarGirl
Disclaimer: I'd be very rich if I owned Labyrinth, even more so if I owned Stargate. I definitely don't own it since I can hardly pay for my school books so yeah, I definitely don't own it.


There were five of them, singing and dancing around them. They were wide eyed, skinny, gangly things with multiple shades of red fur. One of them started a fire as he sang and removed his arm throwing it into the fire, only to have his arm grow back.

"What the heck is with the red furballs on crack?" Cameron said glancing at Sarah while he turned to point his Zat out to the Fireys dancing around him.

Neither Sarah nor Hoggle knew how to answer Cameron's question.

The firey's danced closer backing SG-1, Sarah and Hoggle into a circle. Dispite the confusion, none of the team member's knew what to make of the creatures.

Vala found herself watching the firey's closely, fascinated. They had great harmony as they sang to the up-beat tune.

"Vala!" Sam nearly yelled. The former thief was…grooving to the tune of the song.

"Hey" one of the firey's said. "She's got the idea!"

Three of the firey's came around to dance by Vala. They continued to sing their song:

Chilly down with the fire gang


Think small with the fire gang


Bang heps with the fire gang


When you think its wild


Chilly down, Chilly down

As they sang, with Vala dancing along to the song, the creatures came close enough to grab Vala.

"Vala don't let them touch you" Sarah shouted.

It was too late. Two of the firey's grabbed Vala and began to yank at her limbs.

"Hey what's up with this? Her arms ain't comin' off!" the first firey said.

"She's like that other girl that came through here!" the second firey said as he pulled at Vala's head.

"Get off of me you little disgusting creatures!" Vala yelled pulling at them.

Sam tried to get close enough help her friend but the other firey's blocked her path. She glanced at her teammates then back to Vala, feeling helpless.

"Hey" said a third firey staring at Sarah. "Is that the little lady right there?"

"Yeah, I think you're right, brother." The first firey said.

Sarah moved behind Cameron and Teal'c.

"Get off me!" Vala yelled. "Do something somebody!" she yelled to her friends.

Hoggle, who had been trying to get away from one of the other firey's himself, moved over to SG-1. It was obvious what they should do, but he wasn't sure why they had yet to act. He pulled at Teal'c's pants leg to get his attention.

The tall Jaffa kneeled down, just close enough for the little man to whisper in his ear, then stood back up. He pulled out his Zat gun, aimed carfully and shot once.

The first firey that had been pulling at Vala's head fell down onto the ground with a yelp.

"What the heck was that?" one of the other firey's said sounding surprised and scared.

"I don't know but let's not stick around to find out!" another of the firey's said.

The two remaining firey's that had been pulling on Vala let go of her and went to join their friends as they ran off.

"Yeah that's right" Vala yelled. "You keep running!" she turned back to her friends.

Sam and Cameron each had smirks on their faces.

"What?" Vala asked. She smiled and turned to Teal'c. "Thank you!"

"You are quite welcome, but it was not my idea ValaMalduran." Teal's told her then indicated to her that in fact it had been Hoggle.

"You had him do that?" Vala asked.

"Well I didn't want them hurting one of my friends." He said quietly.

Vala looked up at Sarah, who was out of breath from, still from fear. They both smiled at Hoggle's shyness.

Vala moved to the little man and gave him a tight hug. "Thank you, Hoggle."

"Aw, it was nothin'." He told her.

Vala stood back up and turned to her friends. "Shall we continue on?" she asked.

"Can you give me a moment to catch my breath?" Sarah asked.

Vala turned and looked at the others. They nodded in consent.

They moved through the forest till they came to a clearing. Vala and Sam found a fallen tree and sat down. Cameron and Teal'c stood and kept and eye out for any other fireys that might show themselves. Hoggle, deciding that it was best to deal with his issues while they took a break, went off for a moment to find a private place to relieve himself.

Sarah sighed and walked on a little farther away from the others. She found a tall oak tree and moved to lean up against it. She was so tired. The fireys scared the wits out of her. She was still shaking. She rubbed her temples. To top off the rest of it, she was getting a headache.

"Hello Sarah" a voice purred into her ear, sending shivers down her spine.

"Jiminy Crickets!" Sarah jumped back away from the tree.

He was leaning against the tree, his arms crossed over his chest. He watched her amused.

"What do you want?" she managed.

The fae king walked towards Sarah until she had backed into another tree. Sarah felt anger well up inside herself. She had no reason to be afraid of him. After all, he did not have power over her.

Jareth ignored her question. "The fireys are interesting creatures" he commented. "They are fools, but they are also some of the most loyal creatures in my labyrinth."

"You didn't answer my question."

"It is a foolish question, Sarah" he told her. "You know what I want."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Yes I suppose I do. You want to annoy me, keep me from finishing the labyrinth in time to help my friend."

Jareth smirked. The spark that Sarah had had as a teen, the total defiance was still intacted. "I came to ask you if you were enjoying yourself." He stated simply.

Sarah glared at him. She didn't understand his game. And you thought human men were confusing, she chided herself for getting into this mess.

"I'm doing what I must" Sarah answered.

A genuine smile came over Jareth's features. He backed off a little.

"So different" he commented as he stared at her. "Yet so much the same."

Sarah was confused by his comment but didn't get a chance to ask what he meant by that. SG-1 appeared from each side of the tree, all their Zats were pointed at the Goblin King.

"You know" Cameron said positioning himself between Sarah and the fae king. "I've been meaning to ask. What's with the Khan eighties hair?"

"I don't think that the Goblin King has hair like Khan, Cam" Sam muttered under her breath.

"We'll when we get Jackson back we'll put it to a vote."

Vala moved forward, putting her gun to Jareth's chest. "Speaking of Daniel…."

"Vala don't." Sarah said warningly.

Jareth looked surprised at Sarah. "So concerned for me, Sarah?" he gave her a wicked smile. "I'm flattered."

Fire came to Sarah's eyes. How dare he, she muttered. "Be careful, Vala" she warned. "Don't forget that he is a fae and he can do magic stuff."

Vala turned back to Sarah and smiled. "I won't forget believe me." She turned back to Jareth. "Now, about Daniel. I want to see him."

"I'm afraid that's not possible." Jareth stated simply.

"Make it possible!" Vala ordered. She moved the Zat up to his neck.

"I can't do that. Nor do I want to." The Goblin King told her.

On impulse Vala pulled the trigger back, zatting the King of the Goblins!

Jareth did not cry out in pain, nor did he fall to the ground and pass out. He stood grinning wickedly. He moved his hand up to push the zat gun away from his throat. He glanced at Sarah then back to Vala.

"As you can see" he stated. "Your weapons have no affect on me." He started moving towards Vala, backing her up against the tree, similar to how he cornered Sarah.

"Leave her alone!" Sam shouted.

"Get away from her!" Cameron yelled moving towards the Goblin King.

With a wave of Jareth's hand, Cameron was frozen in place. Sam and Teal'c found themselves similarly frozen.

"Jareth" Sarah said calmly. "She wants to see him." Finding that she had been the only one that had not been frozen, besides Vala, Sarah moved towards them. "How would you feel if you couldn't see the one you cared for?"

That struck a nerve. Jareth's head snapped over, gazing at Sarah. How little she knew, he thought to himself.

"I can not let you see him." He said slowly turning his attention back to Vala.

Vala's eyes were filled anger. "Then tell me how he is!" she ordered.

"He is as well as anyone who has been wished away." Jareth told her, growing exasperated.

Vala felt tears come to her eyes. She wasn't getting anywhere. The Goblin King spoke in riddles, telling what she wanted to hear, yet somehow not telling her at the same time. If only she hadn't made that stupid wish. If only she hadn't overreacted to Daniel's anger. Had she understood where he was coming from when they had fought, maybe they wouldn't be in this position.

Vala tried to move, but found that she could not. She glared at the Goblin King.

"You had better treat him well because if you don't. I will find a way to destroy you!" she yelled in his face.

Jareth moved away from Vala and turned to Sarah. Both women had fire in their eyes. Vala's eyes were filled with pure hatred. Sarah on the other hand, seemed confused. She was obviously angry, but was trying to understand what was going through his head…he could see it in her eyes.

As he walked past Sarah, Jareth stopped bending down to Sarah. "So cruel." He whispered in her ear.

Sarah shuddered. Did he have to do that?

Suddenly a clock appeared. It hung out of thin air. Jareth moved his hand clockwise. He was taking time away!

"You have now six hours" he said, his tone bitter and angry.

"But that's not…." Sarah stopped herself.

"Not what?" Jareth said moving past her again. "Not fair, Sarah? Let me tell you something. Life is never fair!"

Before anyone could say anything further, Jareth disappeared.

SG-1 found that they could move again. Cameron found himself muttering angrily. Teal'c swore in Goa'uld, grateful that the only one who could understand him was Vala. Sam checked to make sure she and her teammates were not injured from the magic that the fae king had used on them. Vala sat down on the ground in front of the tree. Sarah moved to sit beside her.

"Daniel is fine, Vala" she said. "I promise. He was just trying to scare you."

"How do you know for sure" Vala said hands over hear eyes, trying to do whatever she could to get rid of the massive headache that had been brought on by the royal pain.

"When I ran through the Labyrinth, I could hear Jareth singing to my baby brother Toby. I think he was trying to keep him from crying. When I got to the castle, Toby was fine."

"Yes but Toby was a baby." Vala pointed out.

"And Jareth said that Daniel was 'as well as anyone who has been wished away'" Sarah quoted.

Vala nodded, hoping that Sarah was right. Suddenly she felt herself let out a giggle.

Sarah was both curious and glad to see Vala cheering up. "What?" she asked.

"I had a picture in my mind of the King of the Goblins singing to Daniel."

Sarah tried to picture it and found herself laughing. "That is funny."

As they laughed, Sarah stood then held out a hand to help Vala up. They rejoined the others, who were explaining to Hoggle, who had just made his way back, what had happened.

"We had better hurry" Sam said. "We have even less time than before."

They slowly made their way through the rest of the forest and back to winding green hedges of the Labyrinth.

To be continued…


A/N: for those of you who didn't get the "Khan" thing...watch Star Trek II. That's what gave me the idea. And yes i know that The hair styles are different, but still it made me think of it. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please R&R and let me know what you think. It keeps me going. :-)