Jareth woke up later than usual. When he looked at the clock that hung on the wall, it read to be past twelve in the afternoon. Odd. Sarah usually wakes me up before twelve. He got up to find a fresh pair of clothing on the chair.

He changed quickly and went out to find Sarah was gone. Looking around, he found a note on the door. Picking it up, he noticed Sarah's name on the bottom of the parchment. Reading it carefully, he found that Sarah was in the barn taking care of her horse. "Maybe I should go check in on her." He muttered as he sat the paper on the table by the door and left through the door.

Making his way toward the barn, something didn't feel right to him. His feelings were found true as he entered the barn to find Sarah wasn't there. Searching for a note telling him she had gone into town or something, he came upon the brushes on the floor. Something's wrong here. Picking up the brush, he placed them on the shelf where Sarah normally placed them when she was finished brushing the horse.

Sarah never placed the brushes on the floor in fear that they were get covered in fleas or some sort of pest that could annoy the animal. Not only that, but he noticed that Merlin didn't pester him in the morning either. Everyone that lived in or at the house was gone, and with Adrien running around, he feared the worst had happened to her.

Without looking around to make sure no one was watching, Jareth brought forth a crystal, looking within it to find Sarah tied to the back of a horse. In that moment, he was attacked from behind. Without checking to see who it was, he shoved his elbow backwards into the persons stomach, spinning on his heel to bring his knee cap into the mans face. Jareth watched as he fell backwards, blood spilling from his nose. He was still breathing, which meant he was only unconscious. Where there's one, there is always another.

Walking out of the barn, he found that there were more, just as he had figured. Looking around him, he found Adrien on Sarah's horse, holding a rope that led to Sarah's hands. "We meet again, Jareth." He chuckled as two of the men took Sarah's shoulders and threw her forward to bring Jareth's attention to something other than him. "Did you miss me?" he hoped down from his horse as a few of his men began to close in on the King.

Without thinking about it, the palms of his hands collided with each of their faces, causing them to stumble backwards, covering their faces. One of them came forward again, being brave. Jareth turned around, shoving his foot into his gut, knocking him to the ground. Bringing his foot downward, he swept it under the other one, tripping him.

"So you do know how to protect yourself…" Adrien snickered as he threw a dagger to the man standing beside him. "Take care of him Hal." Hal smiled as he muttered 'with pleasure' and walked towards him. Jareth summoned a crystal and threw it at him; the orb smashed against his face, blinding him in the right eye, blood dribbling down the side of his face. In the process, he dropped the dagger into the lawn as he stumbled to the ground, blood covering his hand.

Another came forward, and he noticed that it was Collin from before. Smiling, Jareth summoned more of his crystals and tossed them all at once in his direction. Just like before, it smashed against his face, but only cutting open his forehead; the others hit his torso with minor damage. In blinded rage, Collin hurled himself towards Jareth, landing a punch to the face.

Jareth countered the kick with his bare hand, thrusting his elbow into the side of his throat, which knocked him back a bit, but he still came forward, landing a few more blows to Jareth's sides, leaving behind multiple abrasions. Jareth managed to his him in the face a few times, but Collin didn't go down easily.

Collin caught one of Jareth's hands, trying to land another shot, but ended up getting another crystal to the face, blinding him in both eyes. Rearing back, Jareth managed to knock him over. That just left Wayne and a few others…and Adrien. Jareth was already tired from not having used magic in a while. "Seems to me you've gotten stronger." Adrien chuckled to himself, amused.

"Yeah, and looks like you still rely on your men's strength rather than yours." Jareth smiled wryly towards him, sending off a wave of crystals, blinding the others with his magic. All he could do was throw his crystals around, considering he couldn't touch anything iron made or based to kill any of the others off. "Sadly, they're all just petty humans." Adrien growled as each of his thugs fell to the ground covering their faces as blood trickled between their fingers and into the grass.

"It seems being with this little rat has made you a little cocky, Jareth." He hopped down from Sarah's horse, holding a rope that led to Sarah's wrists. "Too bad you'll never see her again." As his thugs slowly died off from blood-lose, Adrien stepped forward, taking out a dagger of his own. "And another thing…" he let go of Sarah's bonds, the rope falling to the ground, "I killed her father." Sarah gasped beneath her gag as Adrien continued to move forward, dodging every crystal that flew his way.

Jareth was cornered shortly between Adrien and the barn. Silently cursing himself, Jareth tried to throw his fist into Adrien's face, but his hand was caught, the blade of the dagger pressing into his arm. Jareth cried out in pain, trying to break free of his grasp.

Adrien tossed him to the side, kicking him in his side. Jareth choked on his breath, taking another blow to his stomach. Sarah only watched in wide-eyed terror, unable to do anything else but cry and hide her face with her hair. She directed her gaze to the ground, hoping to rid herself of the frightening image. What caught her eye gave her an idea.

There in front of her lay the dagger that Hal was given earlier. If I can just get down far enough, I can cut the rope and free myself, her mind worked fast on how she could put her plan into action, then I can help Jareth. Falling to her knees, she moved her hands towards the dagger, picking it up between her palms and letting the fall downward so she could guide it over the thick twine. With a little work, she was freed.

Ripping off the gag that covered her mouth, she took one look at the dagger and then stared at Adrien just in time to find he was about to stab Jareth in the back of the shoulder. She stood up and yelled loudly at Adrien, causing him to turn around.

With every bit of strength she had, Sarah shoved the dagger into Adrien's chest, causing him to spit up blood, choking. She removed the dagger and moved before he could fall on her. While Adrien lay there dead like the rest of his followers, Sarah went over to Jareth, trying to help him in the best way she could. "Are you okay?" Jareth rolled over onto his back, taking a deep breath.

"Yes." He coughed a little bit before he reached up and brushed away a strand of Sarah's hair. "And for that, I owe you my life."