The Labyrinth Re-Traveled
Chapter 2
Sarah slept for about 2 hours before she was awoken by a dream and after that she tossed and turned that night, despite the number of sleep aids she had taken. She lie on her back looking at the ceiling, waiting for sleep to come, when she heard voices coming from Victoria's room. They were too muffled so she couldn't tell whom she was talking to.
"What is she doing at this time of night?" She asked her self. She cautiously climbed out of bed as not to disturb Daniel, who was sleeping soundly next to her. No dreams haunted his rest. She walked down the hall and knocked on the door.
"Vicky?" She whispered. She couldn't hear the voices any more. She twisted the knob, and her heart sped up when it wouldn't open.
"VICKY! OPEN UP!" She cried, banging on the door.
Suddenly the door opened. Victoria looked at her mother, a little confused, but most of all, angry.
"Moth-ER, what do you thing you're doing?! It's like," She glanced at her watch, "2:00 in the morning!" She gave her mother an icy glare.
"I heard voices." Sarah said, "What we're you doing up and who were you talking to?"
Victoria gave a start.
"I couldn't sleep." She stuttered, "I called Cara. She was up too."
"I heard two voices." Sarah said, suspiciously.
"Speaker phone. What were YOU doing up?" inquired Victoria.
"I couldn't sleep either."
"Oh."
"Yes, well, get back to bed."
"Alright…"
"But why was your door locked?!"
"It wasn't!"
"Yes, yes it was!"
"Mom, maybe you need the rest more than I do because it wasn't locked. I didn't lock it. If it was I would have told you."
Sarah rubbed her eyes, "Maybe I am more tired than I thought I was." She smiled, gave Victoria a peck on the cheek and went back to bed."
The next morning Sarah went down stairs into the kitchen to find a note, instead of her family.
Sarah- I am dropping Victoria off at Cara's house, and then I'm off to Vermont with my friends from work, so I won't see you until next week. Remember, Victoria is getting a ride home in the morning.
Love You,
Dan
Sarah sighed, she would be all alone today, she could take a mental health day and relax in the tub. She smiled at the idea and went upstairs. Suddenly the phone rang. She'd let the machine get it. Four more rings untill she heard the voice of her little brother protruding from the speakers.
"Sarah? Sarah, I have some bussiness to take care of, somthing at the office."
Sarah nodded as she looked through her cabinets in the bathroom for her bath salts. Her brother was a lawyer, and was constantly dashing off to help his clients.
"So, I can't go to Mom and Dad's house to finish the attic, maybe you should just go on with out me...well, I'll call you tomorrow. Bye." Beeeep and the message ended.
"Too bad you have the keys to their house, Toby..." She smirked, "Too bad. Grr! Where are those salts?!" She cried, stuffing all the contents pf her cabnet back into it. "Victoria must have borrowed them again!"
She walked into Vicky's room and into the brigt purple bathroom. She spotted the plastic jar on the sink and picked it up and walked out. As she was passing her bed however, somthing caught her eye. It was a red leather somthing sticking out from under her pillow. She pulled it out and her heart quickened. She could hear the pounding in her ears as she looked at the book that changed her life.
"Fuck..." She muttered softly. She picked up the book and carried it back to her room. What was Victoria doing with it? Where did she get it? It was certainly the same book, it had that same crease in the spine, where she had bent it back so many times before. Reading the words that would send her brother away over and over and over again. She sat on her bed, and lay into the soft pillows and rubbed her temples. She had never hoped to see that book again. A BOOK. She smiled a little to think that she was scared of a book. She sat up and shook her head to clear her mind, and started to focus on her bath.
Sarah lowered herself into the warm soapy water and sighed with contentment. This was what she needed. Just a bath. It was so simple, so perfectly elementry, so easy. She closed her eyes and let her mind drift.
Quietly a black gloved hand opened the door to the bathroom and a tall man with long silver hair crept in. His boots making no sound against the bathroom rugs. His eyes glittered as he saw her. This was the most concience he had seen her in years. All his other visits had been when she had gone to sleep. He would sit on the window seat and just watch her, and listen to her breathing. Even though it had been over two decades, he still loved her. Yet, he despised everything about her. She had defeated him when she was a mere child. To think what she could do to him now made him shudder, so he had taken to watching her under the cover of the night.
But his midnight watches weren't with out purpous. He was planning revenge. Oh how sweet it would be once carried out! He would be free at last of his disire for her, and be able to rule as goblin king with out torment. He would steal the LITTLE Sarah, and she would be forced to come back to retrieve her, just like her brother. Now all he had to do was leave things around that would remind Sarah of the Labyrinth so she wouldn't run to the police when her precious child was missing, and things that would introduce the little sarah to the Labyrinth. He had been visiting her lately as well, and last night he had almost been caught, but the little sarah had covered it up by lying. He smiled and chuckeled evily thinking of it.
Sarah's eyes snapped open.
"Jareth." She whispered.
Jareth's smile faded. She had heard him! He froze where he was. She turned her head and stared into those cold steely eyes. Her heart stopped and she did the only thing that seemed logical. She fainted.
When sarah awoke, she was on her bed wrapped in her bathrobe. She shot up and whiped cold sweat from her forehead. She had seen him, Jareth, he had been right there behind her, watching. She shivered, remembering his face. Why was he back, she had banished him, right? RIGHT? She grabbed her book and franticly searched for some answers, and for the first time that day, she was happy to have some part of the Labyrinth with her.
Chapter 2
Sarah slept for about 2 hours before she was awoken by a dream and after that she tossed and turned that night, despite the number of sleep aids she had taken. She lie on her back looking at the ceiling, waiting for sleep to come, when she heard voices coming from Victoria's room. They were too muffled so she couldn't tell whom she was talking to.
"What is she doing at this time of night?" She asked her self. She cautiously climbed out of bed as not to disturb Daniel, who was sleeping soundly next to her. No dreams haunted his rest. She walked down the hall and knocked on the door.
"Vicky?" She whispered. She couldn't hear the voices any more. She twisted the knob, and her heart sped up when it wouldn't open.
"VICKY! OPEN UP!" She cried, banging on the door.
Suddenly the door opened. Victoria looked at her mother, a little confused, but most of all, angry.
"Moth-ER, what do you thing you're doing?! It's like," She glanced at her watch, "2:00 in the morning!" She gave her mother an icy glare.
"I heard voices." Sarah said, "What we're you doing up and who were you talking to?"
Victoria gave a start.
"I couldn't sleep." She stuttered, "I called Cara. She was up too."
"I heard two voices." Sarah said, suspiciously.
"Speaker phone. What were YOU doing up?" inquired Victoria.
"I couldn't sleep either."
"Oh."
"Yes, well, get back to bed."
"Alright…"
"But why was your door locked?!"
"It wasn't!"
"Yes, yes it was!"
"Mom, maybe you need the rest more than I do because it wasn't locked. I didn't lock it. If it was I would have told you."
Sarah rubbed her eyes, "Maybe I am more tired than I thought I was." She smiled, gave Victoria a peck on the cheek and went back to bed."
The next morning Sarah went down stairs into the kitchen to find a note, instead of her family.
Sarah- I am dropping Victoria off at Cara's house, and then I'm off to Vermont with my friends from work, so I won't see you until next week. Remember, Victoria is getting a ride home in the morning.
Love You,
Dan
Sarah sighed, she would be all alone today, she could take a mental health day and relax in the tub. She smiled at the idea and went upstairs. Suddenly the phone rang. She'd let the machine get it. Four more rings untill she heard the voice of her little brother protruding from the speakers.
"Sarah? Sarah, I have some bussiness to take care of, somthing at the office."
Sarah nodded as she looked through her cabinets in the bathroom for her bath salts. Her brother was a lawyer, and was constantly dashing off to help his clients.
"So, I can't go to Mom and Dad's house to finish the attic, maybe you should just go on with out me...well, I'll call you tomorrow. Bye." Beeeep and the message ended.
"Too bad you have the keys to their house, Toby..." She smirked, "Too bad. Grr! Where are those salts?!" She cried, stuffing all the contents pf her cabnet back into it. "Victoria must have borrowed them again!"
She walked into Vicky's room and into the brigt purple bathroom. She spotted the plastic jar on the sink and picked it up and walked out. As she was passing her bed however, somthing caught her eye. It was a red leather somthing sticking out from under her pillow. She pulled it out and her heart quickened. She could hear the pounding in her ears as she looked at the book that changed her life.
"Fuck..." She muttered softly. She picked up the book and carried it back to her room. What was Victoria doing with it? Where did she get it? It was certainly the same book, it had that same crease in the spine, where she had bent it back so many times before. Reading the words that would send her brother away over and over and over again. She sat on her bed, and lay into the soft pillows and rubbed her temples. She had never hoped to see that book again. A BOOK. She smiled a little to think that she was scared of a book. She sat up and shook her head to clear her mind, and started to focus on her bath.
Sarah lowered herself into the warm soapy water and sighed with contentment. This was what she needed. Just a bath. It was so simple, so perfectly elementry, so easy. She closed her eyes and let her mind drift.
Quietly a black gloved hand opened the door to the bathroom and a tall man with long silver hair crept in. His boots making no sound against the bathroom rugs. His eyes glittered as he saw her. This was the most concience he had seen her in years. All his other visits had been when she had gone to sleep. He would sit on the window seat and just watch her, and listen to her breathing. Even though it had been over two decades, he still loved her. Yet, he despised everything about her. She had defeated him when she was a mere child. To think what she could do to him now made him shudder, so he had taken to watching her under the cover of the night.
But his midnight watches weren't with out purpous. He was planning revenge. Oh how sweet it would be once carried out! He would be free at last of his disire for her, and be able to rule as goblin king with out torment. He would steal the LITTLE Sarah, and she would be forced to come back to retrieve her, just like her brother. Now all he had to do was leave things around that would remind Sarah of the Labyrinth so she wouldn't run to the police when her precious child was missing, and things that would introduce the little sarah to the Labyrinth. He had been visiting her lately as well, and last night he had almost been caught, but the little sarah had covered it up by lying. He smiled and chuckeled evily thinking of it.
Sarah's eyes snapped open.
"Jareth." She whispered.
Jareth's smile faded. She had heard him! He froze where he was. She turned her head and stared into those cold steely eyes. Her heart stopped and she did the only thing that seemed logical. She fainted.
When sarah awoke, she was on her bed wrapped in her bathrobe. She shot up and whiped cold sweat from her forehead. She had seen him, Jareth, he had been right there behind her, watching. She shivered, remembering his face. Why was he back, she had banished him, right? RIGHT? She grabbed her book and franticly searched for some answers, and for the first time that day, she was happy to have some part of the Labyrinth with her.
