Title: Triangles
Part Seven: Screams and Tears
Author: This Should Be A No Brainer
Disclaimer: Do I REALLY have to repeat this every single, solitary chapter? No? I didn't think so.
Summary: Jareth finds out where Angela is.
A/N: Howdy! To all of my reviewers... THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH!!!! And to M, what are the spelling mistakes? I can't change them if you don't point them out. And just give it a little while and the other chapters should appear. And Anu, I'm glad you're happy with there being more chapters. And to everyone else, thanks for the great reviews. It really makes my day! So to everyone reading, have a great weekend.
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" Where is Angela?" Jareth hadn't bothered to knock on the doors to Angela's room but found only a mess and the dwarf who had seemed to become Angela's personal servant.
" Why do you care?" Atara never looked up, staring at a crystal Angela had left behind. Her voice was emotionless, trying to control her anger.
" I need to talk to her. I can't find her. Anywhere!" Jareth was ready to start breaking things.
" Take a guess." Jareth's curiosity got the better of him and he started for Atara to look at the image she was so obsessed with. Seeing what the crystal showed, he had a sharp intake of breath that Atara noticed immediately.
" She's in the Labyrinth? Why would she be there?!" Jareth was angry, and not for the first time when it involved Angela, confused.
" It's a challenge."
" Well, of course it is. It was meant to be a challenge."
" No, I mean. Angela memorized the entire layout of the castle in a month. She learned enough Latin for simple conversations in six months. She lives for challenges. The Labyrinth has been bugging her since she got here. It was like an itch she refused to scratch."
He still didn't understand her motives for entering the Labyrinth. But Angela and Atara understood and that was enough for them. Jareth disappeared and reappeared behind the girl.
" What do you want Jareth?" She had stopped walking once she felt the transfer of energy.
" I want to know why you are here, in the Labyrinth, instead of in the castle where you belong."
Angela spun and located a spot above his shoulder. Screaming, a super- strong wind picked up and screeched its way towards the castle. Jareth covered his ears as his wispy hair whipped about his face, stinging his eyes when it struck.
" I'm here because I'm sick of staying in that infernal castle." Angela's soft words were almost lost in Jareth's ringing ears. He still didn't understand.
" Why?" He was practically begging, refusing to stoop any lower.
" Go back to Sarah, Jareth. Go back to where you are happy." Angela's voice was filled with sadness and Jareth once more didn't understand why. But, accepting her wishes, he left to seek out Sarah for another long talk.
" Just a little longer. That worm was a life-saver." The same worm that Sarah had run into when she first entered the Labyrinth had met Angela.
*" 'Allo." The worm had said.
" Hello. Do you know how to get through this Labyrinth?"
" No, I'm just a worm. But, if it will help, there is an opening across from ya." The worm smiled congenially as Angela stood and walked towards it, much like Sarah had.
" Thank you." Just like Sarah, she had turned to the left.
" Wait a minute." And like Sarah, she came back when the worm called out.
" Yes?" Puzzled, because she had already said thank you, Angela listened.
" Don't go that way. You never go that way." The worm said pointedly.
Unlike Sarah, Angela asked, " Why not?"
" You'll go straight to that castle."
" Oh. Thank you." Turning back down the way she had originally chosen, she ignored the worm's calls behind her.*
It took Angela five hours and many climbed walls later to get through the Labyrinth. Instead of accepting a dead end, she simply found finger and toeholds and climbed over them. Jareth watched her progress back at his castle.
" Smart girl. Very smart." 'Too smart,' Jareth thought, musing over the crystal, sitting sprawled across his throne, the goblins shooting darts at the chickens.
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" I see you're back from your little excursion." Angela had tried with all of her might to avoid Jareth but she knew that wasn't going to last long. He always seemed to find her at the worst times.
" Yes." Hiding her face behind a book, she pretended to be reading.
" I was thinking of giving Sarah a present." That had been the pressing reason he had needed to talk to her before. He had no idea what to give to the woman that had used to be the Sarah he had fallen in love with.
Angela bit her lip and blinked back tears.
" Okay. Listen just give me a day and I can have everything in here back to the way it was when you showed it to me. I'll replace the books I borrowed and you can bring Sarah here in... three days? Yeah, three days. Really it's no problems." Angela talked right over his protestations, bustling towards the door as she did so. " She'll love this."
Not even pausing for a second at the door, Angela fled down the hall trying to keep back the tears that kept threatening to overflow. If Angela hadn't been using magic, Jareth would have followed her, seeing her tears and being distressed beyond reason. As it was, he was just completely and utterly confused.
As it always was when it came to understanding Angela, his Angela.
Part Seven: Screams and Tears
Author: This Should Be A No Brainer
Disclaimer: Do I REALLY have to repeat this every single, solitary chapter? No? I didn't think so.
Summary: Jareth finds out where Angela is.
A/N: Howdy! To all of my reviewers... THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH!!!! And to M, what are the spelling mistakes? I can't change them if you don't point them out. And just give it a little while and the other chapters should appear. And Anu, I'm glad you're happy with there being more chapters. And to everyone else, thanks for the great reviews. It really makes my day! So to everyone reading, have a great weekend.
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" Where is Angela?" Jareth hadn't bothered to knock on the doors to Angela's room but found only a mess and the dwarf who had seemed to become Angela's personal servant.
" Why do you care?" Atara never looked up, staring at a crystal Angela had left behind. Her voice was emotionless, trying to control her anger.
" I need to talk to her. I can't find her. Anywhere!" Jareth was ready to start breaking things.
" Take a guess." Jareth's curiosity got the better of him and he started for Atara to look at the image she was so obsessed with. Seeing what the crystal showed, he had a sharp intake of breath that Atara noticed immediately.
" She's in the Labyrinth? Why would she be there?!" Jareth was angry, and not for the first time when it involved Angela, confused.
" It's a challenge."
" Well, of course it is. It was meant to be a challenge."
" No, I mean. Angela memorized the entire layout of the castle in a month. She learned enough Latin for simple conversations in six months. She lives for challenges. The Labyrinth has been bugging her since she got here. It was like an itch she refused to scratch."
He still didn't understand her motives for entering the Labyrinth. But Angela and Atara understood and that was enough for them. Jareth disappeared and reappeared behind the girl.
" What do you want Jareth?" She had stopped walking once she felt the transfer of energy.
" I want to know why you are here, in the Labyrinth, instead of in the castle where you belong."
Angela spun and located a spot above his shoulder. Screaming, a super- strong wind picked up and screeched its way towards the castle. Jareth covered his ears as his wispy hair whipped about his face, stinging his eyes when it struck.
" I'm here because I'm sick of staying in that infernal castle." Angela's soft words were almost lost in Jareth's ringing ears. He still didn't understand.
" Why?" He was practically begging, refusing to stoop any lower.
" Go back to Sarah, Jareth. Go back to where you are happy." Angela's voice was filled with sadness and Jareth once more didn't understand why. But, accepting her wishes, he left to seek out Sarah for another long talk.
" Just a little longer. That worm was a life-saver." The same worm that Sarah had run into when she first entered the Labyrinth had met Angela.
*" 'Allo." The worm had said.
" Hello. Do you know how to get through this Labyrinth?"
" No, I'm just a worm. But, if it will help, there is an opening across from ya." The worm smiled congenially as Angela stood and walked towards it, much like Sarah had.
" Thank you." Just like Sarah, she had turned to the left.
" Wait a minute." And like Sarah, she came back when the worm called out.
" Yes?" Puzzled, because she had already said thank you, Angela listened.
" Don't go that way. You never go that way." The worm said pointedly.
Unlike Sarah, Angela asked, " Why not?"
" You'll go straight to that castle."
" Oh. Thank you." Turning back down the way she had originally chosen, she ignored the worm's calls behind her.*
It took Angela five hours and many climbed walls later to get through the Labyrinth. Instead of accepting a dead end, she simply found finger and toeholds and climbed over them. Jareth watched her progress back at his castle.
" Smart girl. Very smart." 'Too smart,' Jareth thought, musing over the crystal, sitting sprawled across his throne, the goblins shooting darts at the chickens.
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" I see you're back from your little excursion." Angela had tried with all of her might to avoid Jareth but she knew that wasn't going to last long. He always seemed to find her at the worst times.
" Yes." Hiding her face behind a book, she pretended to be reading.
" I was thinking of giving Sarah a present." That had been the pressing reason he had needed to talk to her before. He had no idea what to give to the woman that had used to be the Sarah he had fallen in love with.
Angela bit her lip and blinked back tears.
" Okay. Listen just give me a day and I can have everything in here back to the way it was when you showed it to me. I'll replace the books I borrowed and you can bring Sarah here in... three days? Yeah, three days. Really it's no problems." Angela talked right over his protestations, bustling towards the door as she did so. " She'll love this."
Not even pausing for a second at the door, Angela fled down the hall trying to keep back the tears that kept threatening to overflow. If Angela hadn't been using magic, Jareth would have followed her, seeing her tears and being distressed beyond reason. As it was, he was just completely and utterly confused.
As it always was when it came to understanding Angela, his Angela.