Carmen and I were frozen in horror; me clinging onto Carmen's arm. Carmen
looked down the tunnel to the left, Katie to the right.
"Did you hear…" Carmen started.
"Yes," I responded quietly.
"So I wasn't the only…"
"No."
"Ok…"
"So, uh, what do we do now?" I finally asked, started to release Carmen's arm.
"Well, I'd say…" Carmen thought for a moment, she looked down the left tunnel and saw a white mass moving rapidly toward them, though kind of far away. Her mouth hung agape. I gawked at Carmen, not seeing the white goodness barreling down the tunnel, now probably 50-60 feet away.
"Carmen? Buddy? What are we going to do?" I repeated. Then I followed Carmen's gaze. My eyes nearly popped out of my head.
"RUN!!!" Carmen shouted, turning and nearly running over me. She grabbed my arm and whipped me around and the started down the opposite tunnel. A loud, high-pitched screeching sound surrounded them.
"What the fudge is that thing?" I shouted, being drug along by Carmen.
"Want to stay and find out?" Came the EXTREMELY (extremely, trust me) athletic blonde's reply. I looked over her shoulder, the thing whatever it was, was definitely getting closer.
"We're gonna fricking die!" I cried, my heart beating out of my chest.
"Katie!" Carmen shouted, "There's a ladder up ahead. See it?"
"No! I don't have my contacts in!"
"You retard! Just follow me." Carmen sped up a little, nearly leaving me in her dust. I quickened my pace a little, almost matching Carm's speed again. We came to the ladder. I leaned against the wall, breathing very hard. Carmen looked up the ladder, and then behind her. The white mass was far behind them, still coming though.
"Katie, I hate to rush ya bud, but we kind of need to hurry," Carmen urged.
"Sorry **Pant** I'm not as physically **Pant** fit as you," I replied slowly, pushing off the wall. I looked up the ladder.
"What if it leads to something worse then that thing," I turned to look down the tunnel, except… the white thing… which ended up being some sort of deformed, deranged banshee, was now ten feet away.
"Right now, I think nothing is worse then that thing! GO!" Carmen pushed me against the ladder in a mad rush.
I was on the 14th rung, Carmen just below me, when the banshee screeched and started to…float off the ground.
"What the fuck?!" Carmen shouted, as it gained on her, I was speeding up the ladder, "KATIE! GO FASTER!"
"Oh my god!" I cried, she slipped on the next rung, giving the thing a chance to catch up. It was now 10 or 11 rungs below them.
"This fricking ladder seems to go on forever!" I cried, frightened, looking ahead into the darkness. All of the sudden my head hit the top of the tunnel, I couldn't go any further. Carmen stopped below me. She looked up at me in disbelief.
"What the frick are you waiting for?" She yelled, "We are going to die." I pushed against the roof. The ladder led to nowhere.
"There's no where to go!" All of the sudden, it seemed like the roof opened up. The light blinded me, Carmen, and the banshee, which shrieked and stopped for a moment. I felt a strong hand grasp my arm and pull me out of the tunnel. Then I was I was on the ground, gasping, and focusing my eyes to the light. I heard Carmen shouting, and then I heard what I guessed was the trapped door slam to the ground.
Finally, I could see. I was shaking. I looked to Carmen, so was sitting on the grounding, rocking back and forth, mumbling something about ladders. Trevor was kneeling before me with a concerned look in his deep, coffee brown eyes.
"All you all right?" He asked.
"Trevor?" I looked around my surroundings, it looked like I was in the castle, "How did you get here? How did we get here?" I tried to stand, but my legs failed me. Trevor caught me and helped me steady myself.
"Jar saw you guys were in a bit of trouble in the oubliette, and he saw you run this way, which automatically led to that ladder, which happened to lead directly to the basement of the castle," Trevor explained, letting his hand linger on my arm. I looked at him.
"Katie, why are you looking at me like that?" I turned to Carmen.
"Carm! Are you all right," I went over and helped her up. She nodded.
"I'm ok, just a little shaken," She looked past me, "Trevor?"
"Hey Carmen, how you been?" He smiled.
"Uh, fine… I guess," She looked at me, "Today is turning out to be most interesting."
"Well you had quite a day," Jareth said walking down the stairs on the other side of the room. Grace followed.
"Ah, Jareth," I smirked, "Glad to see you got your home back." Jareth smiled.
"Yeah, thanks," He answered, "It actually wasn't hard. Trevor is pretty understanding."
"Some of the time," Carmen added, nudging me. I laughed. Then I looked to Grace.
"Grace, I am so sorry. I didn't even think about it," I said, walking over to her.
"Katie, its ok," Grace answered, "She glanced towards Jareth and Trevor, "It was rather interesting. Though I don't think I'd want to do this again. At least not under these circumstances."
"I am just glad your ok," I said, hugging her. Carmen joined us.
"So, Carmen, how was it?" Grace asked.
"Not what I expected I suppose," She responded, she turned and started to walk around the actually kind of small basement, "It's definitely not like the movie."
"I'll say," Grace agreed, "Jareth is actually nice!" We all laughed.
"Hey," Jareth said, looking a little hurt.
"I meant that in a good way, Jerry," Grace said assuring, "Don't worry. Oh yeah, I like your eye shadow."
"Yeah, what color is that? Creamsicle?" Carmen asked. I covered my smile.
"Do all 3 of you want to go back into the oubliette?"
"No… no… that's fine," A choir of response came from us.
"Well, what now?" Trevor finally spoke.
"I'm sending you all back," Jareth said in a matter-of-factly tone. We all exchanged glances. I shrugged.
"Sounds like a darn great idea to me," I said, grinning from ear to ear, I've had enough of the Labyrinth to last me a lifetime.
"Did you just say darn great?" Grace asked, horrified.
"Uh… no."
"HAHA right, freak," Carmen added, laughing along with Grace.
"Wait, what about your car, Grace?" I asked, thinking.
"Oh yeah, Jareth?" She turned to him. He nodded, and all of the sudden we were all on the grassy knoll where all this commotion had started.
"Nice…" Carmen observed.
"Well, Jareth, its been fun, have a nice life," Trevor said, shaking Jareth's hand. He looked confused.
"You too, Trevor, I'll never forget those makeovers." Trevor blushed and glanced at us.
"Yeah, Jareth, nice knowing ya," I saluted. He just looked at me, "Don't worry, I wont be back. Anytime soon that is."
"That's a load off my mind." I glared at him.
We all piled into Grace's car, Grace driving, me shotgun, Trevor and Carmen in the back. But just before Carm shut the door, Jareth stopped her.
"Hey, Carmen… I know this is short notice, but, your always welcome to come back to the Labyrinth and.. uh.. well.. spend time with me," Jareth smiled… that agonizing British teeth smile.. ewww.
"Oh my god," She looked horrified, and glanced frantically back at me and Grace, "No, thanks… I uh… have a rule about not dating men who are at least 20 years older then me, and you.. are WAY WAY past that, and also men who wear more makeup then I do in my lifetime. Plus, I tend to date in my own species." She stopped, because he looked crushed. "No offense." She said gently.
"Sorry Jareth, but there are plenty of those Goblin gals in town!" I added, smiling devilishly at him. He glared back.
"Bye," He said that, and with a wave of his hand, we were in our school parking lot.
"Well, that was an adventure," Carmen finally said, running both hands throw her short flaxen hair.
"Yeah," I said, "It was."
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"Did you hear…" Carmen started.
"Yes," I responded quietly.
"So I wasn't the only…"
"No."
"Ok…"
"So, uh, what do we do now?" I finally asked, started to release Carmen's arm.
"Well, I'd say…" Carmen thought for a moment, she looked down the left tunnel and saw a white mass moving rapidly toward them, though kind of far away. Her mouth hung agape. I gawked at Carmen, not seeing the white goodness barreling down the tunnel, now probably 50-60 feet away.
"Carmen? Buddy? What are we going to do?" I repeated. Then I followed Carmen's gaze. My eyes nearly popped out of my head.
"RUN!!!" Carmen shouted, turning and nearly running over me. She grabbed my arm and whipped me around and the started down the opposite tunnel. A loud, high-pitched screeching sound surrounded them.
"What the fudge is that thing?" I shouted, being drug along by Carmen.
"Want to stay and find out?" Came the EXTREMELY (extremely, trust me) athletic blonde's reply. I looked over her shoulder, the thing whatever it was, was definitely getting closer.
"We're gonna fricking die!" I cried, my heart beating out of my chest.
"Katie!" Carmen shouted, "There's a ladder up ahead. See it?"
"No! I don't have my contacts in!"
"You retard! Just follow me." Carmen sped up a little, nearly leaving me in her dust. I quickened my pace a little, almost matching Carm's speed again. We came to the ladder. I leaned against the wall, breathing very hard. Carmen looked up the ladder, and then behind her. The white mass was far behind them, still coming though.
"Katie, I hate to rush ya bud, but we kind of need to hurry," Carmen urged.
"Sorry **Pant** I'm not as physically **Pant** fit as you," I replied slowly, pushing off the wall. I looked up the ladder.
"What if it leads to something worse then that thing," I turned to look down the tunnel, except… the white thing… which ended up being some sort of deformed, deranged banshee, was now ten feet away.
"Right now, I think nothing is worse then that thing! GO!" Carmen pushed me against the ladder in a mad rush.
I was on the 14th rung, Carmen just below me, when the banshee screeched and started to…float off the ground.
"What the fuck?!" Carmen shouted, as it gained on her, I was speeding up the ladder, "KATIE! GO FASTER!"
"Oh my god!" I cried, she slipped on the next rung, giving the thing a chance to catch up. It was now 10 or 11 rungs below them.
"This fricking ladder seems to go on forever!" I cried, frightened, looking ahead into the darkness. All of the sudden my head hit the top of the tunnel, I couldn't go any further. Carmen stopped below me. She looked up at me in disbelief.
"What the frick are you waiting for?" She yelled, "We are going to die." I pushed against the roof. The ladder led to nowhere.
"There's no where to go!" All of the sudden, it seemed like the roof opened up. The light blinded me, Carmen, and the banshee, which shrieked and stopped for a moment. I felt a strong hand grasp my arm and pull me out of the tunnel. Then I was I was on the ground, gasping, and focusing my eyes to the light. I heard Carmen shouting, and then I heard what I guessed was the trapped door slam to the ground.
Finally, I could see. I was shaking. I looked to Carmen, so was sitting on the grounding, rocking back and forth, mumbling something about ladders. Trevor was kneeling before me with a concerned look in his deep, coffee brown eyes.
"All you all right?" He asked.
"Trevor?" I looked around my surroundings, it looked like I was in the castle, "How did you get here? How did we get here?" I tried to stand, but my legs failed me. Trevor caught me and helped me steady myself.
"Jar saw you guys were in a bit of trouble in the oubliette, and he saw you run this way, which automatically led to that ladder, which happened to lead directly to the basement of the castle," Trevor explained, letting his hand linger on my arm. I looked at him.
"Katie, why are you looking at me like that?" I turned to Carmen.
"Carm! Are you all right," I went over and helped her up. She nodded.
"I'm ok, just a little shaken," She looked past me, "Trevor?"
"Hey Carmen, how you been?" He smiled.
"Uh, fine… I guess," She looked at me, "Today is turning out to be most interesting."
"Well you had quite a day," Jareth said walking down the stairs on the other side of the room. Grace followed.
"Ah, Jareth," I smirked, "Glad to see you got your home back." Jareth smiled.
"Yeah, thanks," He answered, "It actually wasn't hard. Trevor is pretty understanding."
"Some of the time," Carmen added, nudging me. I laughed. Then I looked to Grace.
"Grace, I am so sorry. I didn't even think about it," I said, walking over to her.
"Katie, its ok," Grace answered, "She glanced towards Jareth and Trevor, "It was rather interesting. Though I don't think I'd want to do this again. At least not under these circumstances."
"I am just glad your ok," I said, hugging her. Carmen joined us.
"So, Carmen, how was it?" Grace asked.
"Not what I expected I suppose," She responded, she turned and started to walk around the actually kind of small basement, "It's definitely not like the movie."
"I'll say," Grace agreed, "Jareth is actually nice!" We all laughed.
"Hey," Jareth said, looking a little hurt.
"I meant that in a good way, Jerry," Grace said assuring, "Don't worry. Oh yeah, I like your eye shadow."
"Yeah, what color is that? Creamsicle?" Carmen asked. I covered my smile.
"Do all 3 of you want to go back into the oubliette?"
"No… no… that's fine," A choir of response came from us.
"Well, what now?" Trevor finally spoke.
"I'm sending you all back," Jareth said in a matter-of-factly tone. We all exchanged glances. I shrugged.
"Sounds like a darn great idea to me," I said, grinning from ear to ear, I've had enough of the Labyrinth to last me a lifetime.
"Did you just say darn great?" Grace asked, horrified.
"Uh… no."
"HAHA right, freak," Carmen added, laughing along with Grace.
"Wait, what about your car, Grace?" I asked, thinking.
"Oh yeah, Jareth?" She turned to him. He nodded, and all of the sudden we were all on the grassy knoll where all this commotion had started.
"Nice…" Carmen observed.
"Well, Jareth, its been fun, have a nice life," Trevor said, shaking Jareth's hand. He looked confused.
"You too, Trevor, I'll never forget those makeovers." Trevor blushed and glanced at us.
"Yeah, Jareth, nice knowing ya," I saluted. He just looked at me, "Don't worry, I wont be back. Anytime soon that is."
"That's a load off my mind." I glared at him.
We all piled into Grace's car, Grace driving, me shotgun, Trevor and Carmen in the back. But just before Carm shut the door, Jareth stopped her.
"Hey, Carmen… I know this is short notice, but, your always welcome to come back to the Labyrinth and.. uh.. well.. spend time with me," Jareth smiled… that agonizing British teeth smile.. ewww.
"Oh my god," She looked horrified, and glanced frantically back at me and Grace, "No, thanks… I uh… have a rule about not dating men who are at least 20 years older then me, and you.. are WAY WAY past that, and also men who wear more makeup then I do in my lifetime. Plus, I tend to date in my own species." She stopped, because he looked crushed. "No offense." She said gently.
"Sorry Jareth, but there are plenty of those Goblin gals in town!" I added, smiling devilishly at him. He glared back.
"Bye," He said that, and with a wave of his hand, we were in our school parking lot.
"Well, that was an adventure," Carmen finally said, running both hands throw her short flaxen hair.
"Yeah," I said, "It was."
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