Disclaimer: See part one for disclaimers and dedications.
Lisa had talked Jareth into staying at the house until his arm healed, because it would be easier to get past Woodhorn, providing the unicorn was still patrolling that particular Gate, if he could fly. Woodhorn also didn't attack animals too often.
"I don't know why he tried to attack you when you first got through," Lisa was saying. "Maybe you surprised him."
Whatever Jareth was going to say was cut off by a fit of coughing. Lisa stepped closer to him, concerned. His pendant slid away from the mark on his chest. Lisa gasped when she saw it. The mark was glowing.
He's sick, said Jamie. He could sense it.
When the fit passed, it left Jareth weak and gasping. The mark glowed brighter.
"This isn't the effect of the poison," said Lisa, helping him lay back on the couch. "This is something else. He has a fever." She was feeling his forehead. When she withdrew it, her hand was damp with his sweat. Lisa turned to Goldy. "Go get Medicus," she ordered.
If the golden unicorn had any inhibitions about leaving her alone with the Goblin King, it was forgotten. He sprang to his hooves and exited, heading out of find Medicus.
Lisa sat next to Jareth. He was breathing shallowly. "Jareth?" she asked. "Jareth, can you hear me?"
"Mmm…?" he murmured.
"Jareth, you're very sick," Lisa said, speaking very clearly. "Goldy is getting help. I want to move you to a bedroom, but I need your help."
His brow furrowed in concentration as he took her words in, then he nodded.
"Sit up slowly. I want you to lean on me with your good arm, but try not to lean too hard."
Jareth, again, paused for her words to process in his brain, then did as instructed. He winced, but whether it was from pain or dizziness or both, Lisa couldn't be sure.
She helped him stand, then slid an arm around his waist, putting his good arm around her shoulders. She grunted a bit from the weight and had to use a little telekinesis, or TK for short, to help hold him up.
End part three.