Field Trip of Amazeing Proportions Ch. 8 Rescue?
He appeared within a blink of an eye inside the cramped chamber that held the girl. She had huddled into a corner and was sobbing softly. The food from that day sat untouched on the opposite side of the room. Her clothing had become stained, and was even more baggy now than it had been when she had gotten there. Alec finally realized that even if Saladin didn't kill the girl, she was slowly wasting away anyway.
"Get up." He said as he strode to the girls side and put his hand under her arm.
"Why? Has your master decided that it was time for me to be killed?" Her anger lashed at him like a whip, but he lifted her to her feet without emotion.
"No. Just hang on." Alec answered and grasped both of her arms near the shoulders. He concentrated, finding his magic deep within, and vanished them both from the cell.
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"Jareth!" Sarah cried as she burst through the doors of his study. "There's a lead on her! Buzc just brought back his report. He said that she was in Duke Saladin's land."
"Saladin? What would my cousin want with a mortal?"
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They reappeared in a wooded glade, Alec panting softly from the exertion.
"AHH! BRIGHT LIGHT, BRIGHT LIGHT!" Lindsey quickly rolled herself into a ball and huddled away from the blinding sunlight. "Why the fuck didn't you warn me?! Or was it your plan to blind me before killing me?!"
"I had no idea where we would end up girl." Alec replied just as sharply. "I willed us away from the Keep, and this is how far my magic could take us by itself. I have absolutely no idea where we are so don't even ask."
"And your intention in all of this was?"
"That is my concern, not yours. Just know that you are going to be returned to your king." Alec started to wobble where he was standing and before he could do anything about it, sat heavily down on his rear. "We shall just rest here for a while, until you can see properly again." And until I can stand without falling on my arse. He thought as he tried to ease the pain in his rear.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, Lindsey slowly getting herself used to bright sunlight again, and Alec trying to regain some strength. Once Lindsey could sit up and only have her eyes closed and still be ok, she sat up and turned to where she thought Alec was.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked, in a slightly calmer tone.
"I told you, that's my business, and no concern of yours." Alec's sharp tongue directed at her made her draw back slightly. "Can you walk?"
"The blind leading the blind." She mumbled and stood up.
"What was that?"
"Yes...you just have to lead me, otherwise I can't go anywhere yet."
Alec looked up and the teenager in front of him. Despite her recent treatment and despair, she still retained the will to fight and live beyond what was around the next bend. Her aboveground clothing had held up well to the life she had held for two weeks, even though it was very stained and probably felt like she was wearing clothing made of dirt. Her long dark brown hair had become so tangled, it would be a miracle if she didn't have to cut it all off. When he first brought her to the Keep, it had been a near thing, and had Saladin not added his power to Alec's, the girl would've gotten away from the very start.
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"It makes no sense. I just don't understand why Saladin would want to kidnap her to try to hurt me." Jareth was pacing the length of his study. "Surely if he wanted ransom or something similar he would've given his demands from the start."
Sarah sat and watched her husband fume while she waited for him to realize that they needed to get to Lindsey and bring her back as soon as they could.
"Jareth, honey, don't you think that we should be going to get her before anything else happens?" Sarah had finally had enough and was starting to see a trench beginning to be dug underneath where her husband stalked.
He seemed to finally be woken out of his angry fuming and turned to his wife. "Of course, but you're staying here. If Saladin's lost his mind, I don't really want you to be in the middle of the..encounter."
"Even though I'm the one Lindsey knows best?" Sarah stood glaring at her husband with her arms crossed in a "you-make-me-stay-and-you're-gonna-not- like-the-conquences" look.
"Yes, and I'm not about to give in on this one Sarah. Saladin's never been known for his keen mind. He can't hurt me, but he can definitely hurt you."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He appeared in the hall of the Duke in moments, surprising the guards and the Duke himself. The Duke sat in a throne like chair at one end of the hall. His entourage quickly drew their swords, only to have them spin out of their hands with one command of Jareth.
"You dare draw swords on your king?" Jareth's voice was icy cold and he fixed the guards with a gaze that would rival medusa's. "I come to take back the child that you have stolen."
"How apt," Saladin replied with a crazed smile on his face, "that the King of the Goblins would use the exact same words his wife used to defeat him. The child you speak of is dead. She has been killed just moments ago."
A soldier had entered from a side entrance and had edged his way to his Duke, where he whispered into his ear causing the crazed Duke to pale.
"It appears that you're having some trouble at the moment Saladin." Jareth crossed his arms and approached the dais easily. "Now we could do this my way, or the easy way. Which will it be? Where is Lindsey?"
Saladin swallowed hard. Anger grew in his eyes like fire and he turned his gaze to the guard, then to the Goblin King. "She is dead. I told you that."
The Goblin King lashed out and wrapped his hand around Saladin's throat. The Duke began to turn red, then purple, under the pressure of the Goblin King's hand. "I made you a Duke to please my mother. You are hereby stripped of your powers, in their entirety. You are banished to the Aboveground, to a desert wasteland where lack of water or sustenance will kill you within three days." The man disappeared and Jareth turned to the guard who was now backing away from him.
"You will tell me what you told your former Duke, or a fate similar to his will be yours."
"Y-y-yes your highness." The guard, thinking that it would probably be better to show humility, fell to his knees with his head down. "Th-the gi- girl is gone. She was n-not in her cell."
"She escaped?"
"Yes."
A profound silence fell in the room and when the soldier dared to look up, the Goblin King was gone.
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Hey everyone.I'm on a roll.and I'll be working on it some more, I just wont be able to update it for about two or three weeks (as I'll be going to visit my lovely father *note lovely father is dripping with sarcasm* for Christmas and while he has internet, I won't have much time to do anything other than get my e-mail. Thank you to those who have reviewed already, and I hope that I'm making up for lost time.or at least making better progress. Anyway, leave a note with the lipstick (mood changing again) and slab of stone and the gnomes will get the message to me. They've been a little grumpy at the enforced exercise again, but they're getting kinda fat.
He appeared within a blink of an eye inside the cramped chamber that held the girl. She had huddled into a corner and was sobbing softly. The food from that day sat untouched on the opposite side of the room. Her clothing had become stained, and was even more baggy now than it had been when she had gotten there. Alec finally realized that even if Saladin didn't kill the girl, she was slowly wasting away anyway.
"Get up." He said as he strode to the girls side and put his hand under her arm.
"Why? Has your master decided that it was time for me to be killed?" Her anger lashed at him like a whip, but he lifted her to her feet without emotion.
"No. Just hang on." Alec answered and grasped both of her arms near the shoulders. He concentrated, finding his magic deep within, and vanished them both from the cell.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Jareth!" Sarah cried as she burst through the doors of his study. "There's a lead on her! Buzc just brought back his report. He said that she was in Duke Saladin's land."
"Saladin? What would my cousin want with a mortal?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They reappeared in a wooded glade, Alec panting softly from the exertion.
"AHH! BRIGHT LIGHT, BRIGHT LIGHT!" Lindsey quickly rolled herself into a ball and huddled away from the blinding sunlight. "Why the fuck didn't you warn me?! Or was it your plan to blind me before killing me?!"
"I had no idea where we would end up girl." Alec replied just as sharply. "I willed us away from the Keep, and this is how far my magic could take us by itself. I have absolutely no idea where we are so don't even ask."
"And your intention in all of this was?"
"That is my concern, not yours. Just know that you are going to be returned to your king." Alec started to wobble where he was standing and before he could do anything about it, sat heavily down on his rear. "We shall just rest here for a while, until you can see properly again." And until I can stand without falling on my arse. He thought as he tried to ease the pain in his rear.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, Lindsey slowly getting herself used to bright sunlight again, and Alec trying to regain some strength. Once Lindsey could sit up and only have her eyes closed and still be ok, she sat up and turned to where she thought Alec was.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked, in a slightly calmer tone.
"I told you, that's my business, and no concern of yours." Alec's sharp tongue directed at her made her draw back slightly. "Can you walk?"
"The blind leading the blind." She mumbled and stood up.
"What was that?"
"Yes...you just have to lead me, otherwise I can't go anywhere yet."
Alec looked up and the teenager in front of him. Despite her recent treatment and despair, she still retained the will to fight and live beyond what was around the next bend. Her aboveground clothing had held up well to the life she had held for two weeks, even though it was very stained and probably felt like she was wearing clothing made of dirt. Her long dark brown hair had become so tangled, it would be a miracle if she didn't have to cut it all off. When he first brought her to the Keep, it had been a near thing, and had Saladin not added his power to Alec's, the girl would've gotten away from the very start.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"It makes no sense. I just don't understand why Saladin would want to kidnap her to try to hurt me." Jareth was pacing the length of his study. "Surely if he wanted ransom or something similar he would've given his demands from the start."
Sarah sat and watched her husband fume while she waited for him to realize that they needed to get to Lindsey and bring her back as soon as they could.
"Jareth, honey, don't you think that we should be going to get her before anything else happens?" Sarah had finally had enough and was starting to see a trench beginning to be dug underneath where her husband stalked.
He seemed to finally be woken out of his angry fuming and turned to his wife. "Of course, but you're staying here. If Saladin's lost his mind, I don't really want you to be in the middle of the..encounter."
"Even though I'm the one Lindsey knows best?" Sarah stood glaring at her husband with her arms crossed in a "you-make-me-stay-and-you're-gonna-not- like-the-conquences" look.
"Yes, and I'm not about to give in on this one Sarah. Saladin's never been known for his keen mind. He can't hurt me, but he can definitely hurt you."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He appeared in the hall of the Duke in moments, surprising the guards and the Duke himself. The Duke sat in a throne like chair at one end of the hall. His entourage quickly drew their swords, only to have them spin out of their hands with one command of Jareth.
"You dare draw swords on your king?" Jareth's voice was icy cold and he fixed the guards with a gaze that would rival medusa's. "I come to take back the child that you have stolen."
"How apt," Saladin replied with a crazed smile on his face, "that the King of the Goblins would use the exact same words his wife used to defeat him. The child you speak of is dead. She has been killed just moments ago."
A soldier had entered from a side entrance and had edged his way to his Duke, where he whispered into his ear causing the crazed Duke to pale.
"It appears that you're having some trouble at the moment Saladin." Jareth crossed his arms and approached the dais easily. "Now we could do this my way, or the easy way. Which will it be? Where is Lindsey?"
Saladin swallowed hard. Anger grew in his eyes like fire and he turned his gaze to the guard, then to the Goblin King. "She is dead. I told you that."
The Goblin King lashed out and wrapped his hand around Saladin's throat. The Duke began to turn red, then purple, under the pressure of the Goblin King's hand. "I made you a Duke to please my mother. You are hereby stripped of your powers, in their entirety. You are banished to the Aboveground, to a desert wasteland where lack of water or sustenance will kill you within three days." The man disappeared and Jareth turned to the guard who was now backing away from him.
"You will tell me what you told your former Duke, or a fate similar to his will be yours."
"Y-y-yes your highness." The guard, thinking that it would probably be better to show humility, fell to his knees with his head down. "Th-the gi- girl is gone. She was n-not in her cell."
"She escaped?"
"Yes."
A profound silence fell in the room and when the soldier dared to look up, the Goblin King was gone.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hey everyone.I'm on a roll.and I'll be working on it some more, I just wont be able to update it for about two or three weeks (as I'll be going to visit my lovely father *note lovely father is dripping with sarcasm* for Christmas and while he has internet, I won't have much time to do anything other than get my e-mail. Thank you to those who have reviewed already, and I hope that I'm making up for lost time.or at least making better progress. Anyway, leave a note with the lipstick (mood changing again) and slab of stone and the gnomes will get the message to me. They've been a little grumpy at the enforced exercise again, but they're getting kinda fat.