Disclaimer: Hello, everyone! Are you all having a good summer? Yes? Good! I still don't own Labyrinth, but here is the next chapter anyway. I hope you like it. Thank you for reading this far!

Author: I agree. This chapter might be a tad bit confusing, but I hope it isn't too bad. I would like to thank my faithful reviewers (not saying any names) for putting up with me so far. Now, without further ado, chapter 10 and some frozen pizza! O.~

The nurse poked her head inside the room.

Sarah had not moved at all, and it looked as though the young man visiting her had fallen asleep. She clucked her tongue in disapproval, but did not wake him. The nurse cast one last look around the room before turning off the light and closing the door.

Jareth's eyes flicked open.

He glanced around and made sure that he was alone with Sarah. Then he stood and walked over to her bed. She was still asleep, and Jareth recognized the spell immediately. He cursed Jaelithe and unhooked Sarah from the machine.

He stopped for a moment and rubbed his temples irritably. He could feel Jason trying to regain control. He had a strong feeling that he would not be able to keep his identity for long. And he was not entirely certain he could surface again.

Shaking his fears from his mind, Jareth lifted Sarah up and carried her over to the window. They were on the forth floor, but there was a tree just a few feet away that he could reach. Jareth opened the window and climbed onto the sill, clutching Sarah tightly to him. After a moment's awkward footing, he was able to swing them both into the branches.

When he reached the ground, Jaelithe was waiting. "Where are you going?" the Lord of Nightmares asked. Jareth shrugged casually and shifted Sarah's weight. He started walking away, and Jaelithe's smile fell a little bit, as though he had been expecting something to happen. He caught up to Jareth and walked next to him. "What did you do?" he asked.

Jareth cocked an eyebrow. "I can still do a basic shielding spell, can't I?"

Jaelithe smiled and crossed his arms. "So it would appear," he answered. "but it must be a terrible drain on what little strength you have, yes?" He twirled his dark orbs in his hand as though he were bored, but Jareth could guess at his inward frustrations.

"Try and break it all you like," Jareth told him. "I actually get the power for it from you."

Jaelithe leapt back with a snarl, and the Goblin King snickered wickedly. "What's the matter?" he asked mockingly. "You're a big, strong, healthy little boy and I'm a weak old man. You've got plenty of strength to spare for a noble cause."

"I don't do noble causes!" Jaelithe said indignantly. "You had better not take my power for another spell!" He glared at Jareth angrily, but found it hard to focus on him. The goblin King laughed, and Jaelithe realized that he was in the midst of a teleportation spell.

"If you had told me just a little earlier." Jareth said with phony regret as he drifted away.

The Lord of Nightmares growled and slammed his fist through the air where Jareth had been. But of course, he was long gone. Jaelithe knew that the spell was not powerful enough to transport between worlds, but he was frustrated all the same. And the fact that his own magical powers had done it just added insult to injury.

Cursing the night, Jaelithe hurried to the house, hoping that they had returned there.

* * * * *

Sarah stirred and slowly opened her eyes.

She could tell by the noises around her that they were at a subway station. Under her back were the cool metal strips of a bench, but her head was lying on something softer and much, much warmer.

She sat up, and saw that her head had been resting on Jareth's lap. He was asleep, and she didn't really feel like waking him. She stretched her limbs and looked around. Only a few people were standing on the platform with them, and the large clock told her that it was 5:22 in the morning. There would soon be several more people on the morning commute.

Sarah just had time to notice the tickets next to Jareth on the bench when he joined her quite suddenly in wakefulness. "Sarah?" Jason said groggily. "What are we doing here?"

Sarah rolled her eyes. This dual personality thing was starting to get on her nerves. "We're just going home, Jason," she said gently. She picked up the tickets and marched toward the entrance.

"I know, you know," Jason said.

Sarah turned to face him. "You know?"

"I know."

"So you know."

"Don't you know?"

"No."

Jason slapped a hand to his forehead and tried again. "I know I'm Jareth," he said. He didn't hear Sarah respond, so he looked over to see what she thought.

Sarah just stared at him for several minutes, her eyebrows raised and her mouth slightly open. After a time, she let her face fall back into a normal expression. "Good," she said. "That makes a lot of explaining easy for me. Can you feel Jareth inside of you?"

Now it was Jason's turn to raise eyebrows. "Feel him inside?" he repeated.

"You know. Summon up his consciousness, that sort of thing," Sarah said. "Because Jason, I'm sorry, but now's a good time for Jareth. Could you just slide back in the brain cells there?" Sarah knew that she was asking something very rude, in a very rude way, but she had just spent the last several hours in an enchanted sleep, tormented by nightmares. She watched Jason frown, then shake his head.

"Sorry," he said. "No luck." Sarah almost felt worse for asking by the fact that he complied. She walked over to him and slipped her hand into his. She would never fall in love with Jason, but she cared about him all the same.

"That's okay," she told him. "I've got you." He didn't smile, but Sarah knew that he felt at least a little better. She led him out of the subway and into the open air.

Author: So, yeah. There's my chapter. I hope you liked it. I'm really tired right now. It's about 3:37 in the morning. Anywho, I'll try to update soon, and be warned! The ending is now fully on its way! This curve lasted a good three chapters, but now wqe're back on track! (is we're supposed to have a q in it? I'm sooo sleepy) Have a good time, and until the next chapter, Ja Ne!