Okie Dokie! Here is the second part of War of Phantoms. The song is
Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright. It's a very sad song, but much needed.
*Sending is the Sending of lost souls to rest in peace. So instead of my
usual babbling, on with the chapter!
~I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you? ~
Isabella and The Reaper clashed and whirled in a fury of clangs and color. Adam watched both pairs fight in heated battle. Jareth and Jason were now bloody with cuts and bruises. Jareth kicked Jason on the small of his back and fell to the ground. On the ground, Jason kicked Jareth's thigh and he landed with a yell.
"I'm going to teach you the meaning of the word pain my dear brother." Jason got to his feet.
Jason lifted his sword, which bared the family symbol on it, high above his head. Just as he was about to strike, there was a whistle. As if something was traveling very fast. Jason stood still not moving, with the sword above his head. An arrow now protruded from his chest. His heart to be exact. He clutched the arrow, and fell to his knees and to the ground. Jareth looked behind him from where the arrow came from.
~It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift~
Lunus struck down another Phantom with his staff. How long had the battle been raging on for now? Minutes? Hours? He didn't know, but it was only getting worse. Phantom reinforcements were coming, outnumbering the Guado. Suddenly, he heard a harsh cry. Looking behind him, there were more Guado forces coming! Leading them were none other by King Seymour himself! The blue haired Guado was riding a horse, but dismounted right before entering the battle. Lunus looked for Jareth, but saw no sign of him. Hopefully the Labyrinth King was ok.
~The baffled king composing Hallelujah~
It was Mech'elle!!! The aqua haired beauty was wielding a bow and arrow and hunters clothing. To her side was a sword and what looked like a whip.
"Oh my God!! Mech'elle! What the Hell are you doing here!!!!!" Jareth cried as she helped him to his feet.
She giggled at his surprise.
"It's a long story. Where is Sarah? Is she okay?"
"I think so, I sent her to Bevelle with Sirus Lee, and my cousin Amberle Ravenstorm. Is Amara here?"
Mech'elle nodded, and pointed toward the battlefield, where Amara could be seen chopping of a Demon Trees branches, when something shrieked in pain. Jareth and Mech'elle looked toward the other fighting duo. It was Isabella who had cried.
The Reaper rained heavy blows upon her. She fought back with every once of strength she had. From inside her mind, she heard Sarah scream in pain. She whipped around to the direction of where she had heard Sarah scream, towards Bevelle. She had left herself unguarded. All of a sudden, she felt extreme pain of ice cold in her stomach. She heard screams and cries for her name, but didn't acknowledge them. She looked down. Sticking out straight through her was a spear made of ice. She turned her body painfully around to face The Reaper one last time. He had taken off his hood. Under it, she could see the horror that Amberle had witnessed the night she was attacked. Its head was just a bloody mass of flesh and bone. Its eyes were black, cruel, and forbidding. It had no lips; it just showed its teeth. It came at her again. With her last once of strength, she cast a summoning spell. She summoned the Goddess of Light and Holy, Oni. The Holy Goddess drifted down from the Heavens. She was the most beautiful being. She had had of pure white down to her waist, flowing. Her dress was long and white. She landed softly on the ground before Isabella. She pulled her hands above her head towards the sky, gathering light, holy, and good energy together. It was all gathered in a ball of light, which exploded above her head. The light filtered and soared through the sky and lands of the Phantom Regions, vanquishing the Demons and Phantoms. The Reaper screamed a blood-curdling scream and vanished. The light spread throughout the entire Phantom Region, turning what once was black and gray, to green and lush. The gray sky turned to crystal clear blue color. The goddess lowered her hands, and slowly faded away. The Guado yelled and praised, jumping into each other's arms and celebrating in the now green field. Jareth and Mech'elle ran to Isabella. Jareth picked up her broken body in his arms.
"Bella! Please! Stay with us!!"
"Jareth.Protect the child that Sarah carrying. I knew that my past would someday come back for me."
"What do you mean Isabella?" Mech'elle asked.
"The Reaper is Adam's father. His name is Alastair. Years ago, when I was a young summoner, he came to Bevelle to try a make peace with the King. It was not King Seymour at the time. I did not trust Alastair. So one night, I got cocky and challenged him. One of my spells went terribly wrong and combined Demi with Death. Thus we have The Reaper. Oh Jareth it's my entire fault!!!"
Isabella started to sob painfully.
"No Bella! You were young it wasn't your fault!" Jareth was now starting to cry, the truth about The Reaper and Bella's pain getting to him.
"I'm sorry Jareth. Take care."
And with those parting words, Isabella Madison faded from the living world, into Heaven.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
"Push damn it push!!!"
"I AM PUSHING AMBERLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sarah could not believe the extreme pain of childbirth. She now understood why Karen only wanted to have one child. But it was almost over. She just had a few more pushes!!!
"Push harder Sarah, the head is out!"
Sarah gave another hard push, and she could feel it was almost over. She thought of Jareth and gave one more hard push, and felt release. She fell back onto her bed and exhaled. She could hear her baby crying. But suddenly, she felt another jab of pain in her abdomen.
"What the Hell is going on?"
"Looks like you're not done yet Sarah! Push again!"
After a few more pushes, Sarah had birthed another child.
"Twins Sarah! Twins!! What are you going to name them?" Amberle squealed.
Sarah was astounded. She had never even thought about twins, let alone a name for one baby. But She had decided on a name for a girl while she was in the Cetran City.
"Well Sarah?" The doctor asked.
He was standing beside her, holding her hand while her babies were getting cleaned up and calmed down.
"What do I have?"
"A beautiful girl and boy."
Sarah thought for a moment.
"Lili Jade for the girl. And Shea Donovan for the boy."
"Oooh that's so beautiful Sarah!"
The doctor and a nurse brought over each baby and laid each carefully in Sarah's arms. She looked at her children and thought, This is what I was born to do.
~Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah ~
Jareth, Mech'elle, Amara, Lunus, Anthony, Stanton, and King Seymour stood in two lines next to Isabella. One line of four on one side, one line of three on the other. Each person with their hand over their heart and their head down. Silent tears ran down Jareth's face. Adam would pay for this. The Reaper was his father, and Adam had let him loose on Isabella. Lunus knew where Adam was hiding. But now he had to see Sarah, the babies would be born any day. Three giant birds were waiting for them. Seymour put a hand on Jareth's shoulder and walked to a bird. Stanton and Anthony followed the King. Jareth picked up Isabella's body and laid it on a bird. He mounted the same bird, and Mech'elle and Amara mounted the last one. They flew to Bevelle, to give a ceremony for Isabella. The troops were all mounted and heading back for Bevelle, *Sending their fallen comrades and friends.
When the group reached Bevelle, Jareth took Isabella's body back to her original room she stayed in with Amberle when they stayed in Bevelle. He left the room, his eyes never leaving the floor. A messenger came to him, telling him that his wife needed him in the hospital wing. Running as fast as he could, he reached the hospital wing. Only to find that he was a half hour late in missing the birth of his children.
"Oh Sarah! Look at our.children? Two?" He looked at her puzzled. In his arms was his daughter.
Sarah smiled at him, and nodded.
"And I'm sorry to tell you Love, but I already named them."
"What did you name them?" Jareth put down the newly born princess in her little bassinet, took his place by her side on the bed.
"Lili Jade, and Shea Donovan."
"Very beautiful Sarah. Very Beautiful."
Sarah smiled and snuggled into Jareth. She was finally safe, and where she needed to be for the past few months. In her husbands arms.
"Now that Adam's gone, we can finally go home." She sighed.
"Adam is not gone. Sarah, I have some terrible news."
Jareth went through everything that had happened from the time she left, to Isabella's death. By the time he was through, she was sobbing into his shirt.
"Oh he is so EVIL!" She cried.
"I know my love, but I am going to stop him."
"Not alone you won't!"
"Yes alone, Sarah. You just gave birth."
"You can wait a couple of days."
Jareth rolled his eyes. He knew she wasn't going to be easy.
~Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
Mech'elle had never had a busier day in her entire existence. She walked the corridors of Bevelle, heading to the hospital wing. She couldn't wait to see her sister.
Upon arriving in the wing, she spotted the twins and squealed in delight. Hugging her sister surprised sister quickly, she cooed each baby.
"Mech'elle. If you don't mind me asking, what is the long story about you being here?" Jareth asked.
Mech'elle and Sarah looked at each other.
"No one ever told you J-man? Yuna's from aboveground. She went to our High School."
Jareth's mouth must have touched the floor. He never knew Queen Yuna had been from aboveground. When it suddenly clicked. Seymour had been aboveground for a conference about something called 9-11. He must have met her up there and brought her down in the Underground, where she was trained as a summoner!
"I can't believe you didn't know Jareth. She doesn't look like she is a Fey does she?" Sarah asked with amusement.
"No but. I don't know!"
The girls laughed at Jareths utter confusion.
~There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah~
This could not be!!!!!! The Devil looked into the fire of his chambers under the Cetran castle. The babes were born, and Sarah and Jareth were reunited. But now they were considerably weak! Isabella's death was a shock to their emotions. They would want revenge. He had no problem with that. He needed a challenge. After he killed Jareth and his little "company," he would kill his babes and take Sarah. Just a little longer, he could wait.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
The whole company, including Queen Yuna, had now gathered in the Hospital wing, taking turns with the newborn babies. Sarah had taken a healing potion and was now clothed and walking around. She was not waiting anymore.
"Ok everyone, what do we do about Adam?"
"Oh Sarah." Came Jareth's voice.
"Don't 'Oh Sarah' me Jareth! He killed Bella! I won't let him get away with it!"
"Not to mention he kidnapped you." Anthony cut in.
Sarah smiled at Anthony.
"Oh you're a big help Anthony."
"The point is, we need to get him now. I agree with Sarah. He will be expecting us to wait." Lunus added.
Everyone nodded.
Jareth was overruled.
"Yuna, Mech'elle, Amara, would you take care of Lili and Shea while we are gone?" Jareth asked, taking Yuna's hands.
"Of course Jareth, you know I will. Isabella's Sending will be tomorrow night."
"Thank you." He kissed her cheek, grabbed his sword, and led the way to the winged birds. Sarah kissed her babies each before leaving and wanting to change her mind.
~Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
Its not a cry you can hear at night
Its not somebody who's seen the light
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah~
Two people mounted each bird. Sarah and Jareth. Amberle and Anthony. Sirus and Lunus. The Guado had insisted on staying behind. Their part was done, and now it was their turn. For Isabella. Lunus guided the way to the Cetran City. The Phantom Region was now a beautiful and lush land. The Cetran City came into view very quickly, and Lunus stopped.
"We should land here and continue on foot!" He called.
Everyone nodded, and set down. Sarah looked toward the all to familiar City, and knew this would be her last time here.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
WOW!! Longest chapter yet!!!! I know you're all probably angry with me for killing Bella, but things like this happen. Don't worry, the company makes her proud!! PLEASE REVIEW!! I worked hard on this chapter. LOVE YOU ALL!!! Especially Darkmaster, conriu takata, and Mallory for their input on baby names!!!!!
~I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you? ~
Isabella and The Reaper clashed and whirled in a fury of clangs and color. Adam watched both pairs fight in heated battle. Jareth and Jason were now bloody with cuts and bruises. Jareth kicked Jason on the small of his back and fell to the ground. On the ground, Jason kicked Jareth's thigh and he landed with a yell.
"I'm going to teach you the meaning of the word pain my dear brother." Jason got to his feet.
Jason lifted his sword, which bared the family symbol on it, high above his head. Just as he was about to strike, there was a whistle. As if something was traveling very fast. Jason stood still not moving, with the sword above his head. An arrow now protruded from his chest. His heart to be exact. He clutched the arrow, and fell to his knees and to the ground. Jareth looked behind him from where the arrow came from.
~It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift~
Lunus struck down another Phantom with his staff. How long had the battle been raging on for now? Minutes? Hours? He didn't know, but it was only getting worse. Phantom reinforcements were coming, outnumbering the Guado. Suddenly, he heard a harsh cry. Looking behind him, there were more Guado forces coming! Leading them were none other by King Seymour himself! The blue haired Guado was riding a horse, but dismounted right before entering the battle. Lunus looked for Jareth, but saw no sign of him. Hopefully the Labyrinth King was ok.
~The baffled king composing Hallelujah~
It was Mech'elle!!! The aqua haired beauty was wielding a bow and arrow and hunters clothing. To her side was a sword and what looked like a whip.
"Oh my God!! Mech'elle! What the Hell are you doing here!!!!!" Jareth cried as she helped him to his feet.
She giggled at his surprise.
"It's a long story. Where is Sarah? Is she okay?"
"I think so, I sent her to Bevelle with Sirus Lee, and my cousin Amberle Ravenstorm. Is Amara here?"
Mech'elle nodded, and pointed toward the battlefield, where Amara could be seen chopping of a Demon Trees branches, when something shrieked in pain. Jareth and Mech'elle looked toward the other fighting duo. It was Isabella who had cried.
The Reaper rained heavy blows upon her. She fought back with every once of strength she had. From inside her mind, she heard Sarah scream in pain. She whipped around to the direction of where she had heard Sarah scream, towards Bevelle. She had left herself unguarded. All of a sudden, she felt extreme pain of ice cold in her stomach. She heard screams and cries for her name, but didn't acknowledge them. She looked down. Sticking out straight through her was a spear made of ice. She turned her body painfully around to face The Reaper one last time. He had taken off his hood. Under it, she could see the horror that Amberle had witnessed the night she was attacked. Its head was just a bloody mass of flesh and bone. Its eyes were black, cruel, and forbidding. It had no lips; it just showed its teeth. It came at her again. With her last once of strength, she cast a summoning spell. She summoned the Goddess of Light and Holy, Oni. The Holy Goddess drifted down from the Heavens. She was the most beautiful being. She had had of pure white down to her waist, flowing. Her dress was long and white. She landed softly on the ground before Isabella. She pulled her hands above her head towards the sky, gathering light, holy, and good energy together. It was all gathered in a ball of light, which exploded above her head. The light filtered and soared through the sky and lands of the Phantom Regions, vanquishing the Demons and Phantoms. The Reaper screamed a blood-curdling scream and vanished. The light spread throughout the entire Phantom Region, turning what once was black and gray, to green and lush. The gray sky turned to crystal clear blue color. The goddess lowered her hands, and slowly faded away. The Guado yelled and praised, jumping into each other's arms and celebrating in the now green field. Jareth and Mech'elle ran to Isabella. Jareth picked up her broken body in his arms.
"Bella! Please! Stay with us!!"
"Jareth.Protect the child that Sarah carrying. I knew that my past would someday come back for me."
"What do you mean Isabella?" Mech'elle asked.
"The Reaper is Adam's father. His name is Alastair. Years ago, when I was a young summoner, he came to Bevelle to try a make peace with the King. It was not King Seymour at the time. I did not trust Alastair. So one night, I got cocky and challenged him. One of my spells went terribly wrong and combined Demi with Death. Thus we have The Reaper. Oh Jareth it's my entire fault!!!"
Isabella started to sob painfully.
"No Bella! You were young it wasn't your fault!" Jareth was now starting to cry, the truth about The Reaper and Bella's pain getting to him.
"I'm sorry Jareth. Take care."
And with those parting words, Isabella Madison faded from the living world, into Heaven.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
"Push damn it push!!!"
"I AM PUSHING AMBERLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sarah could not believe the extreme pain of childbirth. She now understood why Karen only wanted to have one child. But it was almost over. She just had a few more pushes!!!
"Push harder Sarah, the head is out!"
Sarah gave another hard push, and she could feel it was almost over. She thought of Jareth and gave one more hard push, and felt release. She fell back onto her bed and exhaled. She could hear her baby crying. But suddenly, she felt another jab of pain in her abdomen.
"What the Hell is going on?"
"Looks like you're not done yet Sarah! Push again!"
After a few more pushes, Sarah had birthed another child.
"Twins Sarah! Twins!! What are you going to name them?" Amberle squealed.
Sarah was astounded. She had never even thought about twins, let alone a name for one baby. But She had decided on a name for a girl while she was in the Cetran City.
"Well Sarah?" The doctor asked.
He was standing beside her, holding her hand while her babies were getting cleaned up and calmed down.
"What do I have?"
"A beautiful girl and boy."
Sarah thought for a moment.
"Lili Jade for the girl. And Shea Donovan for the boy."
"Oooh that's so beautiful Sarah!"
The doctor and a nurse brought over each baby and laid each carefully in Sarah's arms. She looked at her children and thought, This is what I was born to do.
~Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah ~
Jareth, Mech'elle, Amara, Lunus, Anthony, Stanton, and King Seymour stood in two lines next to Isabella. One line of four on one side, one line of three on the other. Each person with their hand over their heart and their head down. Silent tears ran down Jareth's face. Adam would pay for this. The Reaper was his father, and Adam had let him loose on Isabella. Lunus knew where Adam was hiding. But now he had to see Sarah, the babies would be born any day. Three giant birds were waiting for them. Seymour put a hand on Jareth's shoulder and walked to a bird. Stanton and Anthony followed the King. Jareth picked up Isabella's body and laid it on a bird. He mounted the same bird, and Mech'elle and Amara mounted the last one. They flew to Bevelle, to give a ceremony for Isabella. The troops were all mounted and heading back for Bevelle, *Sending their fallen comrades and friends.
When the group reached Bevelle, Jareth took Isabella's body back to her original room she stayed in with Amberle when they stayed in Bevelle. He left the room, his eyes never leaving the floor. A messenger came to him, telling him that his wife needed him in the hospital wing. Running as fast as he could, he reached the hospital wing. Only to find that he was a half hour late in missing the birth of his children.
"Oh Sarah! Look at our.children? Two?" He looked at her puzzled. In his arms was his daughter.
Sarah smiled at him, and nodded.
"And I'm sorry to tell you Love, but I already named them."
"What did you name them?" Jareth put down the newly born princess in her little bassinet, took his place by her side on the bed.
"Lili Jade, and Shea Donovan."
"Very beautiful Sarah. Very Beautiful."
Sarah smiled and snuggled into Jareth. She was finally safe, and where she needed to be for the past few months. In her husbands arms.
"Now that Adam's gone, we can finally go home." She sighed.
"Adam is not gone. Sarah, I have some terrible news."
Jareth went through everything that had happened from the time she left, to Isabella's death. By the time he was through, she was sobbing into his shirt.
"Oh he is so EVIL!" She cried.
"I know my love, but I am going to stop him."
"Not alone you won't!"
"Yes alone, Sarah. You just gave birth."
"You can wait a couple of days."
Jareth rolled his eyes. He knew she wasn't going to be easy.
~Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
Mech'elle had never had a busier day in her entire existence. She walked the corridors of Bevelle, heading to the hospital wing. She couldn't wait to see her sister.
Upon arriving in the wing, she spotted the twins and squealed in delight. Hugging her sister surprised sister quickly, she cooed each baby.
"Mech'elle. If you don't mind me asking, what is the long story about you being here?" Jareth asked.
Mech'elle and Sarah looked at each other.
"No one ever told you J-man? Yuna's from aboveground. She went to our High School."
Jareth's mouth must have touched the floor. He never knew Queen Yuna had been from aboveground. When it suddenly clicked. Seymour had been aboveground for a conference about something called 9-11. He must have met her up there and brought her down in the Underground, where she was trained as a summoner!
"I can't believe you didn't know Jareth. She doesn't look like she is a Fey does she?" Sarah asked with amusement.
"No but. I don't know!"
The girls laughed at Jareths utter confusion.
~There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah~
This could not be!!!!!! The Devil looked into the fire of his chambers under the Cetran castle. The babes were born, and Sarah and Jareth were reunited. But now they were considerably weak! Isabella's death was a shock to their emotions. They would want revenge. He had no problem with that. He needed a challenge. After he killed Jareth and his little "company," he would kill his babes and take Sarah. Just a little longer, he could wait.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
The whole company, including Queen Yuna, had now gathered in the Hospital wing, taking turns with the newborn babies. Sarah had taken a healing potion and was now clothed and walking around. She was not waiting anymore.
"Ok everyone, what do we do about Adam?"
"Oh Sarah." Came Jareth's voice.
"Don't 'Oh Sarah' me Jareth! He killed Bella! I won't let him get away with it!"
"Not to mention he kidnapped you." Anthony cut in.
Sarah smiled at Anthony.
"Oh you're a big help Anthony."
"The point is, we need to get him now. I agree with Sarah. He will be expecting us to wait." Lunus added.
Everyone nodded.
Jareth was overruled.
"Yuna, Mech'elle, Amara, would you take care of Lili and Shea while we are gone?" Jareth asked, taking Yuna's hands.
"Of course Jareth, you know I will. Isabella's Sending will be tomorrow night."
"Thank you." He kissed her cheek, grabbed his sword, and led the way to the winged birds. Sarah kissed her babies each before leaving and wanting to change her mind.
~Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
Its not a cry you can hear at night
Its not somebody who's seen the light
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah~
Two people mounted each bird. Sarah and Jareth. Amberle and Anthony. Sirus and Lunus. The Guado had insisted on staying behind. Their part was done, and now it was their turn. For Isabella. Lunus guided the way to the Cetran City. The Phantom Region was now a beautiful and lush land. The Cetran City came into view very quickly, and Lunus stopped.
"We should land here and continue on foot!" He called.
Everyone nodded, and set down. Sarah looked toward the all to familiar City, and knew this would be her last time here.
~Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah~
WOW!! Longest chapter yet!!!! I know you're all probably angry with me for killing Bella, but things like this happen. Don't worry, the company makes her proud!! PLEASE REVIEW!! I worked hard on this chapter. LOVE YOU ALL!!! Especially Darkmaster, conriu takata, and Mallory for their input on baby names!!!!!
