CHAPTER 8.
"Ivy, I wondered if we might. partake in some parlour games!" said
Jane, she pulled Ivy into the Drawing room and pulled out a number of
the board games they had in there that belonged to Joe.
"Joe, we're playing some parlour games in the drawing room, would you
and Casper like to join us? Blake?" asked Jareth he was laughing
hardily and contented to throw Blake off the scent of some tension.
"Sure, come on Casper, lets join them!" said Joe, "Blake, come on
mate, join in!" he pulled Casper's sleeve and the two boys ran towards
the drawing room, laughing, and Jareth watched as Joe came back to a
fun loving nature that he possessed before his arrival in the
Underground.
"Sure, let's have some fun!" said Blake; he walked with Jareth, as
Jareth patted Blake on the back a piercing chill was sent from his
hand throughout his whole body. He winced at the sensation, knowing
how Jane had felt earlier that day.
"What games are we playing?" asked Jareth as he entered the room. He
saw Joe and Casper sitting by the Gramophone with a pile of Vinyl's
Jane had materialised. She thought it would entice Joe.
"Cool, thank you sister, I can't believe you got this for me!" said
Joe; it was his favourite album, Red Hot Chilli Peppers -
Californication.
"No problems, there's more in my room!" she smiled at Jareth from her
place on the floor where she lay with Ivy beside the stack of board
games.
"Joe, where are the instructions for these games? I thought we might
play Cluedo first! And then maybe Monopoly." Said Jane, she glanced up
at Jareth, who sat beside her. "I have the board set up, would you
like to take your seats." Jareth peered at the board in front of her.
"Cluedo's cool, come on, we have to figure out who is the murderer,
where the murder will take place and what they will kill the victim
with!" said Joe, Jareth looked down into Jane's eyes, knowing this
must be some coincidence. A game about what they were trying to do in
real life!
"Jane, how do you use this? I can't figure it out!"
Jane snapped her fingers and it automatically started to play.
"Wow, I didn't know things would be so easy as that!" said Joe, he was
really looking up to his sister, more than he done so before, and
maybe she was far cooler than he thought.
"Come on guys, let's get this game started!" said Jareth, he was
watching the game for now while Jane, Joe, Casper, Blake and Ivy
played on. He held onto Jane's waist to know that he was still there.
Every now and then conversing with her through telepathy.
"So, how do you like the house so far Joe? I'm sure Casper can join
you tomorrow if you go exploring. Ivy, would you like to join me
tomorrow, mother is taking me to visit Ava, maybe Jareth and Blake
would join us too!" she smiled sweetly and turned to face Jareth.
"Of course, we'd love to join you tomorrow, wouldn't we Blake? How
will we be travelling?" asked Ivy, she didn't smile, she didn't really
ever show any expression on her face.
"Coach, Jareth will show me how to change to my animal form. Tonight!"
said Jane, she smiled sweetly at Jareth hoping he wouldn't mind, he
smiled back knowing it would greatly improve their research when they
work on her magick. He began to tickle her, she rolled over they began
to play fight.
"Sorry, about this, he's always like this, he can't keep his hands to
him self!" said Casper, knowing full well the only way Jareth stopped
is when his victims gave complete surrender.
"Hey, it's not your sister, squealing on the floor with him is it?"
said Joe, he sympathised with Casper because they both had immature
elder siblings.
" Do you guys mind, we're trying to play Cluedo here, and it was your
idea to play!" said Casper.
"Stop it, Jareth, I mean it, we can carry on with this later. I think
our 'audience' are embarrassed!" said Jane, she sat up and
straightened her skirt. Jareth held her waist, every now and then he
would let a finger slip over one of her ticklish areas.
Three hours passed and they had their share of fun, Ivy and Blake had
been quiet compared to the other four, gaining more suspicion from
Jane and Jareth Not even a smile on their faces passed over the three
and half hours they spent in that room. Were they really that cold?
"Good evening mother, I hope your day was well." Said Jane, she hadn't
spoken with her mother since their brief humiliation earlier that
afternoon.
"Very well thank you dear, I'm sorry we upset you earlier, we were
reliving the events of our childhood, the swamp event grew to be a
very humiliating experience for me, and I guess this afternoon proved
embarrassing for Jareth too. He never liked it when I sprayed him with
Perfume when we were young, I did it rarely and I guess you really
gave me a proud moment, you made him feel humiliation which I hadn't
done for a very long time!" said Dursey. She kissed her daughter on
the forehead and hugged her lightly. "We are still visiting Ava
tomorrow, aren't we?"
"Yes, is it okay if Ivy, Blake and Jareth join us? I'll speak to you
later about this, but for now, I'd like them with me at all times."
Said Jane.
"Of course, dear, we shall speak after dinner." Said Dursey.
"I'd like to stroll with you outside, after dinner. While Ivy and the
men are in the Drawing room." Said Jane.
"Okay, shall we change for dinner?" asked Dursey as she walked towards
the stairwell. Jane walked upstairs with her; Ivy peered at them
through the crack of the door. Jareth noticed her strange behaviour,
which seemed to concern Blake, Joe and Casper worked out what was
going on easily and constructed a plan to find out what they were all
up to.
"Brother, could I ask you something?" asked Joe. He pulled Jareth out
the door and they as they walked outside; Ivy waked towards Casper and
sat beside him on the couch.
"What is going on? Casper and I notice the distrust you all have
against each other, we feel a tension growing inside the both of you,
what is it that concerns you about Ivy and Blake?" asked Joe.
"They aren't who they seem, they have no warmth, compassion, they have
no hearts, they provide me and Jane with such pain every time we are
close to Blake, Ivy never smiles. They have no souls!" said Jareth.
"What are they then? Are you saying they have daemons?" asked Joe.
"Yes! That's what they are, we just have to find out what they are!"
said Jareth. He walked into find Ivy nearly biting Casper, Blake
showed a pair of elongated teeth that only Vampyrs possessed.
"Get away from my brother you beast!" said Jareth, he waved his hand
and within a second a small coffee stool broke and two pieces had
broken off. "You made a great mistake here, taking advantage of our
hospitality!" he pulled Casper away from Ivy's reach and staked her
through the heart, and gazed at Blake with a fire only someone who
could feel would sense the burning hate he held.
"It seems Jane caused you some pain earlier, I can sense it, you feel
anger towards me because of something so small as holding her arm."
Said Blake. He leered at Jareth and Joe, the two who thought they knew
Jane so well and yet, even if they wanted they could not save her
soul.
"I guess, it seems bigger to me, you looking as handsome as you do!"
said Jareth. He had to admit that, he seemed more like Jane than
Jareth was the ideal man for her; Blake was too similar to her.
"I guess it would seem bigger to you now!" said Blake, he disappeared and
immediately Jareth knew where he'd be.
