Ok people, this is part 11 of my crossover series (Wow, this is taking longer than I thought :) )
X-treme circumstances Part 11
Sarah's eyes fluttered open when she woke up.
Her hand reached to hear head when a pain throbbed throughout her head.
Trying to gather herself, she looked around the room and noticed a tall red creature standing in the corner. When her eyes focused, she recognized the figure.
"Ludo?," she whispered. Unsure of whether or not she was dreaming. She didn't call him... did she?
Ludo heard Sarah's voice and looked over at her. What could have passed as a smiled formed on his face.
"Sar-wah.. better!," he cheerfully exclaimed as he came over to hug her.
"Oomph!," Sarah gasped as Ludo's ig furry arm wrapped around her, "Ludo!...air!"
Ludo relaxed his grip, "Sow-wry."
Sarah smiled, "It's okay... how did you get here? I don't rememver calling for you."
"Jar-weth."
"Jareth brought you?"
Ludo nodded, "Ludo protect fwend!"
"Protect?...Jareth sent for you so you could protect me?"
Ludo nodded.
"Protect me from what?"
"Bad people."
Sarah thought about the comment. Bad people...her thoughts drifted to the last thing she remembered before passing out... Two men had attacked her. But why would they do that? Jareth was probably the one who stopped them from causing any further harm But who were those people anyway?
She looked at Ludo, "Did Jareth tell you who these 'bad people' are?"
Ludo shook his head.
Sarah stopped with the questions. Chances are that he wouldn't know answers to the questions she wanted to ask anyways. She might as well forget what happened and just enjoy his visit.
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James waited for Jubilee to get out of her class. He wanted to make sure she got to her dorm safely. Granted she could probably take care of herself but he wasn't about to take chances with her safety.
He saw Jubilee come out of the classroom and walked over to her. Jubilee spotted him and stood in place as James walked towards her.
"James. It's nice seeing you," Jubilee said with a grin. She really did mean it. She liked the guy and it seemed obvious to her that he liked her too, "Can you believe it? After all that rushing to get to this class I end up getting a substitute for this lecture."
Jubilee sighed, "Oh well... at least I have an idea what I'm going to have to study for that test next week."
She looked at James and gave a curious grin, "So, what are you doing here? Don't get me wrong. I like seeing you here but I thought your next class wasn't until tomorrow."
"It is," James answered, "I just thought I could walk you to your dorm since it was your last class."
Jubilee eyed James's fake looking smile suspiciously, "James, you look worried... What happened?"
James stopped smiling, "Ok. I was going to tell you just as soon as I figured out how to say it."
"Don't sugarcoat it. Just tell me."
"Ok..... Sarah was sort of attacked earlier today and..."
"WHAT?!!," Jubilee exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" She started to run to the building's exit.
"Wait Jubilee! She's all right now. Just let me explain the whole scenario." James ran off after her ignoring the questioning looks being given by the students and the substitute teacher."
The substitute looked out the window and saw the two figures running across the campus to where the women's dorms were. He knew who Sarah was and frowned. Sarah was attacked?
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The white own flew over the landscape underneath him. He didn't notice the beautiful hues of the sun setting or the way the colorful light bounced off of everything. One thing was on his mind right now.
He dreaded going back to Sarah's room which was why he chose to fly instead of hitching a ride with those X-men. He needed time to think. Time to figure out how to break the news to Sarah.
Sarah... her named echoed throughout his thoughts.
How would she take Jareth's solution to this problem? He didn't want her mad at him but if that was how it would be, then that was how it would be. Bitter words from her may hurt him, but right now he would withstand an infinite amount of them. Her safety mattered more to him than her good opinion of him.
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Jubilee skidded to a halt in front of Sarah's door. She tried the doorknob and found it locked. She knocked, "Sarah?," she asked, "Are you OK?"
She heard footsteps approach the door and then heard as the lock was turned. The door slowly opened a little and Sarah peeked through the door.
"Oh I am so glad that you are alright!," Jubilee said when she saw her friend, "When James told me what happened I was so worried."
Sarah smiled, "It's nice to know that you guys care. I'd invite you in but the room's a mess."
"Nonsense. I know what a trashed room looks like. Mine was practically destroyed by a Sentinel."
"Sentinel?"
"Long story."
Sarah thought about it, "OK...... come in." She opened the door all the way.
Jubilee and James stepped into the room.
"Wow, your room is really messed up!," Jubilee commented, "No wonder you thought twice about letting us in."
James glanced around the room, "Hey Sarah, was Jareth here when you woke up?"
"No. When I woke up, all I saw was Ludo."
James smiled. Jareth did get someone to watch over her, "So where is this Ludo?"
Sarah pointed over to the corner of her room to where her giant friend stood.
Jubilee and James saw noithing.
"Umm Sarah?," Jubilee said, "There's no one there... Did you get a bump on your head when you were attacked?"
"No I didn't," Sarah answered, "And Ludo's standing right there. Why can't you see him?"
"Jubilee is right," James explained, "If there is someone there I can't see him."
"Ludo In-vis-ble., " a deep voice answered.
James jumped, "Whoa!... maybe I was wrong."
Jubilee gigled, "Ok Sarah, maybe you are not going nuts after all. But I have a question about Ludo... Does he have a speech inpediment or is he faking it?"
Sarah frowned, "Jubilee, mean isn't funny."
"Sorry. Didn't mean for it to sound mean,": Jubilee apologized, "So, how come you can see him and we can't?"
"I don't know. My guess would be that Jareth made it that way," Sarah answered.
She looked at Ludo, "Is that it?"
Ludo nodded and pointed at the crystal, "Krys-tal!"
Sarah looked over at the crystal and picked it up, "Since you don't have a reason to be invisible anymore...," she mumbled as she threw it at the wall.
The crystal shattered causing a cloud of glitter to fly about the room. Ludo became visible.
Jubilee stepped back when she saw Ludo, "Cool!"
James acted like seeing a reddish 7 foot giant in his friend's dorm room was normal, "Hi Ludo. Nice to finally see you."
Ludo gave a big grin.
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Mystique stood in the alley way and looked at Magneto.
"It's about time.," she commented sourly, "I was wondering if you would come sometime this millenium."
Magneto glared at Mystique, "I would advise you not to act so bitchy. You don't want to piss me off."
"Well, Sorry. I only act like this because while you were taking your sweet time getting here a lot of things have happened."
"Like what?"
"Wolverine and Gambit have come and warned them that I have been gathering information on Jareth. But that was after someone tried to abduct that Sarah girl."
Magneto frowned, "This is not good. With these things already happening, they will be on their guard. Particularly with Jareth and Sarah."
"So what are we going to do?," Mystique asked.
"Well, we can't follow through on using Sarah to get to Jareth. They will probably be watching over her 24-07. We'll have to find another way."
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Jareth walked down the hallway towards Sarah's room. He still wasn't sure how to tell Sarah his plans but he knew he had to follow on his plan soon. Ludo couldn't guard Sarah too long in her world. Like him, Ludo needed the magic of the Underground as well. Unlike him, he couldn't last as long outside of the Underground.
As he neared Sarah's room, he heard laughing. Jubilee and James must have stopped by.
"Damn!," he thought. Now how is he going to explain his plan to her? He needed her alone so he would be able to explain his reasoning.
He sighed. Oh well. He didn't know how to explain it the right way anyhow. He might as well just flat out tell her.
He walked into the room
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The laughter in the room died down a little after Jareth entered the room.
Sarah looked at the Goblin King.
"Jareth!," she exclaimed as she ran up to give him a big hug.
Jareth looked her over, "How are you feeling?"
"I feel great. Thanks for sending Ludo here for me. It was great to see him."
Jareth let go of Sarah.
"Oh yeah... that reminds me," he said quietly as he turned to look at Ludo, "Ludo, time for you to go back."
Ludo frowned.
"What?," Jubilee asked, "Why does he have to go so soon?"
Jareth sighed, "Because I'd prefer it if he got back before he lost his magic."
"Oh."
Ludo frowned and walke to Jareth. He paused to look at his friend, "Bye Sar-wah."
"Bye Ludo," Sarah replied as she saw her friend disappear from her sight.
"Don't worry Sarah. You'll see him in a little while," Jareth said, "You're coming with me to the Underground."
"What?," Sarah asked, "I can't go I have classes."
"Forget the classes," Jareth said, "I'll make sure that you don't fall behind in your studies but you have to come with me now."
"I'm not going Jareth, I love you and all but I'm not moving in with you right now. I have stuff to do."
"Sarah, you're coming with me."
"NO I'M NOT!"
Jubilee and James looked on as the couple continued to argue.
When the volume of the argument got louder, James put two fingers to his lips and blew. A sharp shrill echoed in the dorm room. Causing everyone to look at James.
James smiled, "That's better. Now as much as you two are fighting, I'm going to have to ask you to take this somewhere else and finish it. There are other people in this dormitory you know."
Sarah looked at Jareth, "He has a point."
Jareth smiled, "Yes he does. Fortunately, I know just the place to finish this discussion."
Sarah frowned as she realized what Jareth had in mind, "Jareth no! Don't you dare..."
Her last word was inaudible to Jubilee and James as Jareth and Sarah disappeared.
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Sarah looked around the room she had been brought to. Recognizing the throne room, she turned to Jareth and stared angrily at him.
"Why you stubborn...," She said, trying to catch her breath, "I said that I didn't want to come here right now!"
"No, you said that you couldn't," Jareth corrected, "And I just proved that you could."
"You know what I meant!.... What right do you have to make my life decisions for me?"
Jareth looked into Sarah's angry eyes..."Sarah, let me explain.. I want to protect you from what has been going on recently. Those men who attacked you were planning to kill you after you served their purpose. What if they try again? Also there are others out there who'd like to use you to get to me.... I couldn't bear losing you to them. That you could certainly understand."
Sarah nodded, "I can see your reasoning, Jareth. But you need to understand something else... I have a life. I have friends, responsibilities, and family. Well, not much of a family but it is one. You can not expect me to gladly put my life on hold because of fear."
"Sara, please. Just until it is safe."
"It will never be safe Jareth. Surely you must know that. In my world there is no telling what will happen. You could be walking down the street, minding your own business, and get attacked by a nut case. Shit happens."
Jareth frowned, "But that doesn't mean you should put yourself at risk when you know what danger lies for you."
Sarah looked into Jareth's eyes. He firmly believed this was the way to go about this situation. Still, It didn't hurt to try...
"Jareth, send me home," she ordered him.
Jareth shook his head, "I won't do that Sarah. The Underground is the safest place I can think of... Please don't hate me for that."
Sarah sighed and left the throne room. He'll never learn
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"What do you mean he took her?," wolverine said into the phone. He listened to the reply and finally hung up.
Gambit looked up at Wolverine, "What's wrong? Another attack?"
Wolverine shook his head, "No. Jareth took Sarah from her dorm when she told him she didn't want to leave."
"Why'd he do that?"
"Don'tknow."
"Maybe the Proffessor knows," suggested Gambit, "He was the last one to talk to him."
"Good idea."
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......To be continued.
Sorry I'm not getting these out as quickly as I want them to but it can't be helped.
X-treme circumstances Part 11
Sarah's eyes fluttered open when she woke up.
Her hand reached to hear head when a pain throbbed throughout her head.
Trying to gather herself, she looked around the room and noticed a tall red creature standing in the corner. When her eyes focused, she recognized the figure.
"Ludo?," she whispered. Unsure of whether or not she was dreaming. She didn't call him... did she?
Ludo heard Sarah's voice and looked over at her. What could have passed as a smiled formed on his face.
"Sar-wah.. better!," he cheerfully exclaimed as he came over to hug her.
"Oomph!," Sarah gasped as Ludo's ig furry arm wrapped around her, "Ludo!...air!"
Ludo relaxed his grip, "Sow-wry."
Sarah smiled, "It's okay... how did you get here? I don't rememver calling for you."
"Jar-weth."
"Jareth brought you?"
Ludo nodded, "Ludo protect fwend!"
"Protect?...Jareth sent for you so you could protect me?"
Ludo nodded.
"Protect me from what?"
"Bad people."
Sarah thought about the comment. Bad people...her thoughts drifted to the last thing she remembered before passing out... Two men had attacked her. But why would they do that? Jareth was probably the one who stopped them from causing any further harm But who were those people anyway?
She looked at Ludo, "Did Jareth tell you who these 'bad people' are?"
Ludo shook his head.
Sarah stopped with the questions. Chances are that he wouldn't know answers to the questions she wanted to ask anyways. She might as well forget what happened and just enjoy his visit.
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James waited for Jubilee to get out of her class. He wanted to make sure she got to her dorm safely. Granted she could probably take care of herself but he wasn't about to take chances with her safety.
He saw Jubilee come out of the classroom and walked over to her. Jubilee spotted him and stood in place as James walked towards her.
"James. It's nice seeing you," Jubilee said with a grin. She really did mean it. She liked the guy and it seemed obvious to her that he liked her too, "Can you believe it? After all that rushing to get to this class I end up getting a substitute for this lecture."
Jubilee sighed, "Oh well... at least I have an idea what I'm going to have to study for that test next week."
She looked at James and gave a curious grin, "So, what are you doing here? Don't get me wrong. I like seeing you here but I thought your next class wasn't until tomorrow."
"It is," James answered, "I just thought I could walk you to your dorm since it was your last class."
Jubilee eyed James's fake looking smile suspiciously, "James, you look worried... What happened?"
James stopped smiling, "Ok. I was going to tell you just as soon as I figured out how to say it."
"Don't sugarcoat it. Just tell me."
"Ok..... Sarah was sort of attacked earlier today and..."
"WHAT?!!," Jubilee exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" She started to run to the building's exit.
"Wait Jubilee! She's all right now. Just let me explain the whole scenario." James ran off after her ignoring the questioning looks being given by the students and the substitute teacher."
The substitute looked out the window and saw the two figures running across the campus to where the women's dorms were. He knew who Sarah was and frowned. Sarah was attacked?
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The white own flew over the landscape underneath him. He didn't notice the beautiful hues of the sun setting or the way the colorful light bounced off of everything. One thing was on his mind right now.
He dreaded going back to Sarah's room which was why he chose to fly instead of hitching a ride with those X-men. He needed time to think. Time to figure out how to break the news to Sarah.
Sarah... her named echoed throughout his thoughts.
How would she take Jareth's solution to this problem? He didn't want her mad at him but if that was how it would be, then that was how it would be. Bitter words from her may hurt him, but right now he would withstand an infinite amount of them. Her safety mattered more to him than her good opinion of him.
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Jubilee skidded to a halt in front of Sarah's door. She tried the doorknob and found it locked. She knocked, "Sarah?," she asked, "Are you OK?"
She heard footsteps approach the door and then heard as the lock was turned. The door slowly opened a little and Sarah peeked through the door.
"Oh I am so glad that you are alright!," Jubilee said when she saw her friend, "When James told me what happened I was so worried."
Sarah smiled, "It's nice to know that you guys care. I'd invite you in but the room's a mess."
"Nonsense. I know what a trashed room looks like. Mine was practically destroyed by a Sentinel."
"Sentinel?"
"Long story."
Sarah thought about it, "OK...... come in." She opened the door all the way.
Jubilee and James stepped into the room.
"Wow, your room is really messed up!," Jubilee commented, "No wonder you thought twice about letting us in."
James glanced around the room, "Hey Sarah, was Jareth here when you woke up?"
"No. When I woke up, all I saw was Ludo."
James smiled. Jareth did get someone to watch over her, "So where is this Ludo?"
Sarah pointed over to the corner of her room to where her giant friend stood.
Jubilee and James saw noithing.
"Umm Sarah?," Jubilee said, "There's no one there... Did you get a bump on your head when you were attacked?"
"No I didn't," Sarah answered, "And Ludo's standing right there. Why can't you see him?"
"Jubilee is right," James explained, "If there is someone there I can't see him."
"Ludo In-vis-ble., " a deep voice answered.
James jumped, "Whoa!... maybe I was wrong."
Jubilee gigled, "Ok Sarah, maybe you are not going nuts after all. But I have a question about Ludo... Does he have a speech inpediment or is he faking it?"
Sarah frowned, "Jubilee, mean isn't funny."
"Sorry. Didn't mean for it to sound mean,": Jubilee apologized, "So, how come you can see him and we can't?"
"I don't know. My guess would be that Jareth made it that way," Sarah answered.
She looked at Ludo, "Is that it?"
Ludo nodded and pointed at the crystal, "Krys-tal!"
Sarah looked over at the crystal and picked it up, "Since you don't have a reason to be invisible anymore...," she mumbled as she threw it at the wall.
The crystal shattered causing a cloud of glitter to fly about the room. Ludo became visible.
Jubilee stepped back when she saw Ludo, "Cool!"
James acted like seeing a reddish 7 foot giant in his friend's dorm room was normal, "Hi Ludo. Nice to finally see you."
Ludo gave a big grin.
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Mystique stood in the alley way and looked at Magneto.
"It's about time.," she commented sourly, "I was wondering if you would come sometime this millenium."
Magneto glared at Mystique, "I would advise you not to act so bitchy. You don't want to piss me off."
"Well, Sorry. I only act like this because while you were taking your sweet time getting here a lot of things have happened."
"Like what?"
"Wolverine and Gambit have come and warned them that I have been gathering information on Jareth. But that was after someone tried to abduct that Sarah girl."
Magneto frowned, "This is not good. With these things already happening, they will be on their guard. Particularly with Jareth and Sarah."
"So what are we going to do?," Mystique asked.
"Well, we can't follow through on using Sarah to get to Jareth. They will probably be watching over her 24-07. We'll have to find another way."
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Jareth walked down the hallway towards Sarah's room. He still wasn't sure how to tell Sarah his plans but he knew he had to follow on his plan soon. Ludo couldn't guard Sarah too long in her world. Like him, Ludo needed the magic of the Underground as well. Unlike him, he couldn't last as long outside of the Underground.
As he neared Sarah's room, he heard laughing. Jubilee and James must have stopped by.
"Damn!," he thought. Now how is he going to explain his plan to her? He needed her alone so he would be able to explain his reasoning.
He sighed. Oh well. He didn't know how to explain it the right way anyhow. He might as well just flat out tell her.
He walked into the room
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The laughter in the room died down a little after Jareth entered the room.
Sarah looked at the Goblin King.
"Jareth!," she exclaimed as she ran up to give him a big hug.
Jareth looked her over, "How are you feeling?"
"I feel great. Thanks for sending Ludo here for me. It was great to see him."
Jareth let go of Sarah.
"Oh yeah... that reminds me," he said quietly as he turned to look at Ludo, "Ludo, time for you to go back."
Ludo frowned.
"What?," Jubilee asked, "Why does he have to go so soon?"
Jareth sighed, "Because I'd prefer it if he got back before he lost his magic."
"Oh."
Ludo frowned and walke to Jareth. He paused to look at his friend, "Bye Sar-wah."
"Bye Ludo," Sarah replied as she saw her friend disappear from her sight.
"Don't worry Sarah. You'll see him in a little while," Jareth said, "You're coming with me to the Underground."
"What?," Sarah asked, "I can't go I have classes."
"Forget the classes," Jareth said, "I'll make sure that you don't fall behind in your studies but you have to come with me now."
"I'm not going Jareth, I love you and all but I'm not moving in with you right now. I have stuff to do."
"Sarah, you're coming with me."
"NO I'M NOT!"
Jubilee and James looked on as the couple continued to argue.
When the volume of the argument got louder, James put two fingers to his lips and blew. A sharp shrill echoed in the dorm room. Causing everyone to look at James.
James smiled, "That's better. Now as much as you two are fighting, I'm going to have to ask you to take this somewhere else and finish it. There are other people in this dormitory you know."
Sarah looked at Jareth, "He has a point."
Jareth smiled, "Yes he does. Fortunately, I know just the place to finish this discussion."
Sarah frowned as she realized what Jareth had in mind, "Jareth no! Don't you dare..."
Her last word was inaudible to Jubilee and James as Jareth and Sarah disappeared.
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Sarah looked around the room she had been brought to. Recognizing the throne room, she turned to Jareth and stared angrily at him.
"Why you stubborn...," She said, trying to catch her breath, "I said that I didn't want to come here right now!"
"No, you said that you couldn't," Jareth corrected, "And I just proved that you could."
"You know what I meant!.... What right do you have to make my life decisions for me?"
Jareth looked into Sarah's angry eyes..."Sarah, let me explain.. I want to protect you from what has been going on recently. Those men who attacked you were planning to kill you after you served their purpose. What if they try again? Also there are others out there who'd like to use you to get to me.... I couldn't bear losing you to them. That you could certainly understand."
Sarah nodded, "I can see your reasoning, Jareth. But you need to understand something else... I have a life. I have friends, responsibilities, and family. Well, not much of a family but it is one. You can not expect me to gladly put my life on hold because of fear."
"Sara, please. Just until it is safe."
"It will never be safe Jareth. Surely you must know that. In my world there is no telling what will happen. You could be walking down the street, minding your own business, and get attacked by a nut case. Shit happens."
Jareth frowned, "But that doesn't mean you should put yourself at risk when you know what danger lies for you."
Sarah looked into Jareth's eyes. He firmly believed this was the way to go about this situation. Still, It didn't hurt to try...
"Jareth, send me home," she ordered him.
Jareth shook his head, "I won't do that Sarah. The Underground is the safest place I can think of... Please don't hate me for that."
Sarah sighed and left the throne room. He'll never learn
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"What do you mean he took her?," wolverine said into the phone. He listened to the reply and finally hung up.
Gambit looked up at Wolverine, "What's wrong? Another attack?"
Wolverine shook his head, "No. Jareth took Sarah from her dorm when she told him she didn't want to leave."
"Why'd he do that?"
"Don'tknow."
"Maybe the Proffessor knows," suggested Gambit, "He was the last one to talk to him."
"Good idea."
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......To be continued.
Sorry I'm not getting these out as quickly as I want them to but it can't be helped.