Chapter 2: Were you born in a FIELD?
A Wee note from Roo: Turns out, I could be bothered *looks at Unicorn Lady's review* Anyone else for the Sarah/Jareth thing? I'm in indecision... YOU decide... you poor people I forced to read this...
Sarah sighed,
Fireys in her house, her parents due home any second, Toby
looking like a remnant of a feud between two hysterical Chefs,
and something told her it wasn't going to end with all that.
"Flopsy, Mopsy... you get out of the bed. Infact, Toby, you
too..." She was going to have to bathe all three of them...
momentarily, she wondered if water would kill the fireys.
Jareth fastened his
cloak around his neck, he was in no mood to deal with Sarah
of all people, knowing her, he would be hung at dawn for
"Releasing Attack Fireys On her". Still, he had no time
to ponder over the workings of Sarah's mind, if the Mortal Realm
realised that the fireys were not limping squirrels, he was in
big trouble.
"Oh, F... Goblin?" called Jareth over his shoulder
"You are coming with me."
Furtle made a small squeaking sound, and said "Y-your
Highness, I'm just a simple Child Gardener... I don't have
anything to offer you but hinderance..."
"Shut up, you're going with me." insisted Jareth, in a
flat, informative tone.
Furtle had no choice in the matter, apparently.
"Bubbles!"
yelled Toby, and thrust some soapy bubbles into Mopsy's ear.
Flopsy, who was bathing in the sink, splashed a large amount of
water over Sarah.
"If you're FIREYS why doesn't the water hurt you?"
moaned Sarah, trying to scrub Toby, to no avail, since Mopsy
placed the soap in her mouth.
"UUUUUGGHHH YYYUUUCK!!!" she screamed, not tasting any
sugar, and spat it at Sarah.
"Why..." whimpered Sarah, as the soap bounced off her
forehead, and onto the floor.
"What does that do?" asked Flopsy, clambering out of
the sink, leading another rush of water onto the already drenched
floor, and lifting up the toilet brush.
"It's the toilet brush," said Sarah automatically
"It's dirty... put it down."
"Okay." said Flopsy, and put the toilet brush down on
the floor,away from it's holder.
"Never having children... never ever..." swore Sarah,
as she turned her back to put the brush back into place.
When she turned back around, Toby was there, beaming at her.
Flopsy and Mopsy were gone, a trail of drips behind them down the
hall.
"You would think with only a leg each-"
"They would be slower?" a voice said from behind them.
Sarah whirled around, looking at the Goblin who had spoken, then
to the left of him... her eyes followed the legs up, eventually
stopping at Jareth's face.
"What do YOU want?" she demanded angrily, standing up.
"My Fireys." said Jareth icily, looking around
"Where are they?"
"Beats me," shrugged Sarah "As long as they're
away from here I don't care."
"They can't have gone far." Jareth ignored Sarah's
tone, and turned his back on her, evidentally planning to ransack
the house, take Flopsy and Mopsy, and disappear.
"DON'T go any further!" yelled Sarah, making Jareth
stop in his tracks "You're not going to rip apart my hopuse
looking for them. No matter what you say, or do." She wasn't
afraid of him, not this time. This time, he was in her world, and
he probably didn't know what a blender was, let alone how to fit
in.
"Well, what would you suggest?" purred Jareth smoothly,
giving her a 'Now you've started this you can finish it, because
I'm fabulous and difficult' kind of look.
"... I hate you." said Sarah feebly, folding her arms
"It's-"
Jareth waited, grinning as she caught herself from saying that
oh-so-familiar catch phrase.
"It's going to be difficult." she said eventually,
looking down as Furtle prodded her leg with a nervous finger.
"Don't touch me!" she said sharply, moving away
"What do you want?"
"The baby..."
"YOU CAN'T HAVE THE BABY!!!" cried Sarah, turning to
grab Toby.
He was gone.
"... is gone." finished Furtle "I've been trying
to get both of your attention for ten minutes!!! Some Goblins
came in, and took him away."
"I would have noticed!" objected Sarah, glaring at
Jareth.
"This isn't MY fault-" began Jareth heatedly, looking
around "I didn't see any Goblins EITHER! Furtle. You better
not be lying."
"I'm not!!!" said Furtle frantically "They did!!!
How would they get in here though?"
"I don't kno-..." Jareth paused, putting a gloved
finger nervously into his mouth "... I..."
"What did you do?!" demanded Sarah "I'm not losing
my little brother to your hideous little goons, Jareth!"
"... I left the door open." said Jareth simply, waiting
for a reaction.
Furtle put his forehead against the bathtub, moaning in horror at
the idea.
"What?" said Sarah, the meaning of what had just
happened not sinking in.
"I left the door open," repeated Jareth "Now the
entire Labyrinth has a pathway-"
"RIGHT INTO MY HOUSE?!"
"Precisely. Is that a problem?" Jareth almost flinched
at the look Sarah gave him, and inwardly admitted he was acting
like a pedantic git.
"Is that a ... YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AFTER THE LABYRINTH FOR
GOD KNOWS HOW MANY DAMNED CENTURIES, AND YOU JEOPARDIZE THE
ENTIRE SITUATION BY LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN?! WERE YOU BORN IN A
FIELD?!" ranted Sarah "WHOEVER is in charge of YOU,
Jareth, must be SO damned proud of YOU right now! I mean, c'mon!
How hard is it to close a DOOR?!"
Jareth stood patiently, showing no reaction to the hysterical
rant that was displayed before him, and when Sarah had finally
stopped hurling insults at him, he said "Are you
finished?"
"...what...?" panted Sarah, running her hand through
her hair.
"Are you finished, dear?"
"Yes."
"Excellent. Furtle, go back through the portal, and close
the door. There's a good boy."
Sarah stared in disbelief at Jareth, That man is very
annoying... she thought venomously.
Flopsy and Mopsy,
not even realising the trouble they had begun, were out on the
darkened street.
"I want more sweeties!" insisted Mopsy, hobbling along
behind her sister.
"We'll find some!" promised Flopsy, watching in utter
amazement as a car flew by.
Furtle made it back
into the mirror room, and before he closed the door, her ran out
into nthe Throne room, and gazed into the crystal that Jareth
used to monitor the Labyrinth.
The place looked deserted... they must all have...
As Furtle replaced the crystal, Roo ambled over.
"Hey Furty," she croaked "I heard there was a free
passport to a land of mystery!"
"DON'T!!!" cried Furtle, "Jareth's in there and
he's really mad!"
"Interesting," said Roo, scooping up Static and
wandering into the room.
"Ooohhh..." Furtle followed her, pulling the door
closed.
"Furtle!"
said Sarah, as the Goblin returned, with an older female Goblin
and a chicken "How bad was it...?"
Furtle looked up at Sarah with sad eyes "The Labyrinth is
practically empty."
Jareth cursed something in a language Sarah wasn't sure existed,
but evidentally, Furtle understood, because he looked a little
offended.
"Did you shut the door?" demanded Jareth, looking down
at Furtle with steely eyes.
"Y-yes..." said Furtle "B-but-"
"But nothing." Jareth turned, and exited the bathroom,
heading for what he thought was Sarah's parents room.
Instead, he found Sarah's room, and in it were Ludo, Didymus,
Ambrosious, and Hoggle.
"And there I thought you were intelligent enough to stay
home," growled Jareth, looming over Hoggle.
"Jareth bad!" declared Ludo, raising his fist.
"LUDO DON'T BE STUPID!" yelled Sarah, running between
the two "We need him right now."
"Well, as long as I'm of use," said Jareth
sarcastically, stepping back from Sarah a bit.
"It's so great to see you guys," said Sarah, tearfully
hugging Hoggle, then Didymus, and eventually stretching her arms
as far as they would go around Ludo.
"Well, as tear-jerking as this is..." said Jareth,
"We have work to do."
"Yeah," agreed Sarah "Let's split into teams, and
cover the area, find a way to bring anything you see from the
Labyrinth here."
Everyone stood silently. Either Sarah, or Jareth would need to
make the teams.
"Fine," said Sarah eventually "Jareth, Hoggle and
I will cover the Mall, and the surrounding area -"
"... the what?" interupted Jareth, blinking.
"The... nevermind. Just do exactly what I tell you."
replied Sarah, trying to think who would work best one what team.
"No." said Jareth stubbornly "I don't think
so."
"Well it's my home town!"
"They're my escaped creatures!"
"It's my little brother!"
"IT'S MY ENTIRE KINGDOM!!!"
"You could just stay here."
"I could just wait for them to come home." said Jareth
sharply "They will get bored here, eventually. just because
your town would be destroyed and few would be left alive is no
skin off my nose."
"Oh ... you...." Sarah was seething "I can't be on
a team with you! I'll go with Hoggle and Didymus, Roo and Furtle
can go together, Ludo, will you stay here? Jareth, you're on your
own."
"Well, fine." hissed Jareth, turning into an owl right
before Sarah's eyes, and flapping out of the window.
"Okay, guys, we'll meet back here in two hours, with whoever
we've found, take them back to the Labyrinth, lock them in, come
back for more, okay?" sighed Sarah, blinking away the shock
of Jareth morphing into a nocturnal bird.
"Right," said Hoggle, standing beside Sarah.
"Come along, Ambrosious!" said Didymus brightly "A
brand new challenge, brought to us by the fair maiden! We shall
NOT back down! For we-" Didymus stopped, and clicked
Ambrosious on, so they would catch up with Sarah and Hoggle.
Chapter 3 Later ... right now I must go to the television...
By the way ... I need ta know about the Jareth/Sarah thing... should they, or shouldn't they? they seem to argue an awful lot...
Meh. Whatever.
~Roo~