Excentricluli- I'm sorry.. Someone had to die. I'm fairly certain you'll like this chapter though..

Xepher06- I think the question is, CAN Jareth save Sarah? Good news? You'll find out in this chapter!

Jareth was at a loss for words. How could Darin have killed his wife? The woman who he had sworn that he loved. Jareth had only hatred in his heart right now. He wanted to make Darin pay, but now that he was dead, how could even begin to make him pay? He wished that he had only hurt him slightly so that he could do unspeakable things to him.

Jareth put his hand under Sarah's head and lifted it off of the floor a couple of inches. If this is what heartbreak felt like, he didn't want it. He couldn't have it. Not while he had Valentina to look after. Worry flooded over Jareth. How could he take care of her without Sarah around? What would he tell her as she was growing up? How could she explain this whole situation to Valentina? No child should have to know what was going on between her parents and her uncle. It was a very horrible situation that Sarah was put into. One that Jareth would never forgive himself for. If he had just given Toby back to Sarah before she ran the labyrinth, she wouldn't have been center of Darin's affection and he would have found a woman during one of Jareth's many parties. Unfortunately, Jareth had not had a party since Sarah came back to the Underground. Jareth was supposed to have a masquerade ball in the next few weeks, but with Sarah dying in his arms, he didn't feel like having a party.

Suddenly, Sarah stirred in his arms. Jareth wrapped her in his arms. "Sarah, I swear to you that Darin is dead. After he struck you with his bolt, I hit him with one of my own. He died instantly. I shot him in the heart."

"Jareth-" Sarah stopped to take a breath.

"Don't speak. I just want to let you know that I will take care of Valentina, and she will never be harmed." Sarah shook her head and tried to talk again. "No my love. Save your breath. I will tell Valentina that you love her every single day."

"I'm not Sarah."

Jareth looked at Sarah with concern. He thought that she was being delusional, until Sarah morphed into his mother before his eyes. "Mother? Why would you go to these lengths to pretend to be Sarah?"

Esmerald pulled herself out of Jareth's arms and looked at him. "Don't worry about me, I will be fine. He only knicked the side of my head. Had he actually hit my head full on, I would have been killed instantly. Since it's only a knick, I will survive."

Jareth was relieved to hear that his mother was going to be alright, but he was furthermore relieved to know that Sarah wasn't actually harmed. "Why would you go to such lengths?"

Esmerald smiled as her wound healed, "Rowanda came to me and explained what happened before she went to get Hoggle and Ludo out of the dungeon. I decided to show up and try to make Darin ask how I got out of wherever he is holding Sarah, that way we could subdue him and then go find Sarah." She turned towards Jareth. "Apparently my plan has failed." She saw sadness deep in his eyes. "Don't worry my son, we will find her. I swear it on my life."

He nodded. He knew they would find her, the question was, would she be alright when they found her? Rowanda came into the room with Valentina in hand. "It's done. Hoggle and Ludo have teamed up with Sir Didymous to find Sarah." Rowanda looked around the room and she became horrified. "What happened here?"

"Darin attacked Sarah, I mean me, and when I had fallen, apparently your brother here killed him."

"Mother, please don't be mad at me."

Jareth didn't want his mother to send him to court and be put to death. Especially since he knew that Sarah was alive. "My son. My handsome loving son," no one had ever called Jareth loving before. He had no response to it. "I am not mad at you. You thought you were protecting your wife." Esmerald got up and walked over to Rowanda and took Valentina into her arms. "Had it been your father who was struck, I would have done the same thing. Your father is my world. If anyone would have tried to kill him, on accident or on purpose, I would kill them. If they succeeded, I would have died."

He blew out a breath that he didn't know he had been holding in. Jareth stood up and grabbed his mother in a hug. "Thank you mother."

She smiled and shook her head. "No worry my dear son." She kissed him on the cheek. "Now, go find your dear wife."

Jareth took a long look at Darin, whose body is was starting to fade into the floor. Thankfully he didn't have to clean up the mess. The blood was still on the floor so Jareth called on Carlida to clean up the mess while Jareth went to search for his beloved wife.

Just as Jareth was about to leave the castle to find Sarah, Hoggle, Sir Didymous, and Ludo came into the room. "Well?" Jareth asked impatiently.

"Well sire, we have found where Darin is hiding Sarah, but the lady can't get out. There are no windows or doors. We tried everything to get inside to her." Sir Didymous answered him. He was the only one who wasn't really scared to talk to Jareth. Hoggle and Ludo were shaking, thinking that Jareth would send them back to the dungeon because they couldn't get in to get Sarah.

That didn't happen though. Jareth had them take him to where Sarah was being held. When they arrived at the place where Sarah was, Jareth immediately tried to transport inside. He couldn't. It had appeared that Darin put a magic spell not to allow magic in. He must have been so sure that he would kill Jareth and the rest of the family in order to have Sarah to himself, that he was keeping everyone out of the box that Sarah was being held in. "Darin must have made this to his very own specific needs." Jareth turned towards Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymous. "You three are free to go, as long as you go back to my castle and tell my mother and sister what is going on. I may need their help to get her out."

All three of them nodded and set off to see Esmerald and Rowanda. While they were gone, Jareth continued to try to break into the box. It wasn't very large, but it certainly was holding his love away from him. They were so close, yet so far away. What kind of magic did Darin have that made it impossible for Jareth to open this box? "As soon as he died, the magic should have been removed by now." As time went on, Jareth got more worried that he would never get Sarah out of the box. That was until his mother and sister showed up. "I can not open the box, and I need my wife. I need her more than I ever thought I would need her."

Rowanda put her hand on Jareth's shoulder. "Don't worry big brother, we got this." She smiled as her mother did the same thing as she held Valentina in her other arm, and they all concentrated on opening the box. This time it opened. Rowanda smile and looked at Valentina who was glowing. "I guess someone used her powers without knowing it." Jareth and Esmerald looked at Valentina, they were both shocked. "She must be able to sense when her mommy is in peril."

Jareth took Valentina out of his mothers arms. "My beautiful daughter already has powers! That didn't happen to us until we were how old mother?"

"Six." She looked over at Sarah who seemed to be sleeping in a chair that she was restrained to. "But, we already know that Sarah is completely unordinary when it comes to her powers. She woke up before she was supposed to after she ate the peach."

His mother was right. Sarah was nowhere near ordinary when it came to getting her powers. "Right." He took a look at Valentina's blue eyes then looked up at his mother. "I'm going to get my wife now."

Esmerald nodded and watched as Jareth walked over to Sarah with Valentina in his arms. Once he reached her, he called her name a few times, but she didn't wake up. He bent down in front of her with Valentina in his left arm, he shook Sarah lightly. She woke up and smiled once she saw them. "Valentina!"

Jareth was relieved that Sarah remembered Valentina. Which meant that Darin's mind erasure didn't work. "Yes my love, our baby is fine."

Sarah looked at Jareth with confused eyes. "Our baby?"

"Yes. Valentina is our baby. Don't you remember?"

Jareth took the restraints off of Sarah. "I'm sorry, but who are you?"

"You really don't remember?" Jareth asked as his heart sunk.

Sarah reached for Valentina, and he happily handed her over. Maybe by holding Valentina, she would remember. "I'm really sorry. I don't." She looked around and then she landed back on Jareth. "Who am I?"

Jareth turned and looked at his mother and sister, who had no idea what to do or say. It was beyond their comprehension how Darin could have gone through with this. Rowanda came forward. "Your name is Sarah, and you are married to Jareth."

Sarah shook her head. "That's impossible."

Rowanda shook her head this time. "No, you really are married to Jareth, and your name really is Sarah."

"I can't be married to him!"

Esmerald came forward. "Dear, you are. I'm your mother in law."

"I don't have a ring. If I were married, I would have a ring on my finger. Besides, I know for a fact that I'm not married to him."

Esmerald asked, "Why are you so sure?"

Sarah looked from one person to the other landing on Jareth last. "Because I hate him."