Ch 11.
Evening shadows had just started to lengthen when Drew realised that he wasn't alone. He looked up to see Sarah and Jareth standing looking at him. He quickly got to his feet as Sarah ran towards him. She enveloped him in a hug, which he returned with caution. He could smell her scent.
She pulled back to smile at him. "I wanted to thank you for rescuing me. Jareth said I should have stayed in bed, but I couldn't just let him thank you for me."
Drew looked at Jareth over Sarah's head. In the shadows, The Goblin king looked menacing. Drew swallowed; He would hate to think what the King's idea of thanks would be! Then he remembered Hrap and the others.
"What did you do to the kidnappers?"
He shivered at the sudden smile that crossed Jareth's face. It was cold, and full of rage.
"They are.indisposed, in the Bog of Eternal Stench , at least for the moment Once I have found out as much as I can about the person behind this, they will be punished..appropriately." Jareth narrowed his eyes at Drew. "I trust that I will have your full co-operation in bringing them to trial?"
Drew swallowed hard, and nodded. As if he would refuse! He looked back at Sarah to avoid looking at that penetrating glare.
"Hey, your bruises have gone!" He exclaimed. Sarah put her hand up to her cheekbone self consciously.
"Yeah, they fixed them when they fixed my shoulder. I don't even have a scar!" She looked down suddenly. "I would be worrying about more than a scar if you hadn't have been there to rescue me. Drew, if there is anything that I can do for you, if there is a reward that you desire, just ask it and we will give it to you!"
Jareth came forward and slid his hand around Sarah's waist. "For returning my fiancée, I am forever in your debt," he said smoothly. "What can we give you?"
Drew looked from one to the other, his mind reeling. He could have anything! He could have whatever he desired! The possibilities spun through his mind, but slowly they resolved themselves into one thought.
"I....I would like to have a steady job. I don't want to be a mercenary any more."
Sarah looked at Jareth. Jareth smiled.
"I think we can do even better than that. I need a captain for my goblin army. Would you be willing to take on that responsibility?"
Sarah grinned. "Yeah, they are incredibly disorganised. Even a 15 year old girl can defeat them!" She shared an amused look with Jareth.
Drew contemplated the offer. What he really wanted was to tell Sarah again that he loved her, but he realised, looking at her now, that her love for Jareth was all encompassing, and he would never have a chance. He had thought that he would feel bitter by this realisation, but as he looked at her, he decided that it was best for all concerned. Her love for Jareth lit her up from within, and made her beauty luminous. Jareth seemed to love her as much in return. Drew had seen the intense fear that had flashed over Jareth's face when he had first seen Sarah lying there. Only a man who loved deeply could be that scared.
Well, if he could not love her, he would at least make sure that she was safe for the rest of her life, so that she would never be taken again. "I will do it!" He exclaimed. Sarah clapped her hands in delight.
"Wonderful!" She turned and gestured, and a couple of goblins slunk out of the shadows towards them. "Take Drew to his new chambers and arrange for him to inspect the barracks." She turned back to Drew. "You know, it's not too late to refuse the position!" She laughed up at him.
Drew smiled back at her. "It was luck that made me see you yesterday and it is luck that has gotten me this far. I'm guessing that it is luck that I take this position."
Sarah smiled. "I guess Lady Luck does smile on you!"
She does indeed, Drew thought, looking at Sarah smiling at him. She does indeed.
Evening shadows had just started to lengthen when Drew realised that he wasn't alone. He looked up to see Sarah and Jareth standing looking at him. He quickly got to his feet as Sarah ran towards him. She enveloped him in a hug, which he returned with caution. He could smell her scent.
She pulled back to smile at him. "I wanted to thank you for rescuing me. Jareth said I should have stayed in bed, but I couldn't just let him thank you for me."
Drew looked at Jareth over Sarah's head. In the shadows, The Goblin king looked menacing. Drew swallowed; He would hate to think what the King's idea of thanks would be! Then he remembered Hrap and the others.
"What did you do to the kidnappers?"
He shivered at the sudden smile that crossed Jareth's face. It was cold, and full of rage.
"They are.indisposed, in the Bog of Eternal Stench , at least for the moment Once I have found out as much as I can about the person behind this, they will be punished..appropriately." Jareth narrowed his eyes at Drew. "I trust that I will have your full co-operation in bringing them to trial?"
Drew swallowed hard, and nodded. As if he would refuse! He looked back at Sarah to avoid looking at that penetrating glare.
"Hey, your bruises have gone!" He exclaimed. Sarah put her hand up to her cheekbone self consciously.
"Yeah, they fixed them when they fixed my shoulder. I don't even have a scar!" She looked down suddenly. "I would be worrying about more than a scar if you hadn't have been there to rescue me. Drew, if there is anything that I can do for you, if there is a reward that you desire, just ask it and we will give it to you!"
Jareth came forward and slid his hand around Sarah's waist. "For returning my fiancée, I am forever in your debt," he said smoothly. "What can we give you?"
Drew looked from one to the other, his mind reeling. He could have anything! He could have whatever he desired! The possibilities spun through his mind, but slowly they resolved themselves into one thought.
"I....I would like to have a steady job. I don't want to be a mercenary any more."
Sarah looked at Jareth. Jareth smiled.
"I think we can do even better than that. I need a captain for my goblin army. Would you be willing to take on that responsibility?"
Sarah grinned. "Yeah, they are incredibly disorganised. Even a 15 year old girl can defeat them!" She shared an amused look with Jareth.
Drew contemplated the offer. What he really wanted was to tell Sarah again that he loved her, but he realised, looking at her now, that her love for Jareth was all encompassing, and he would never have a chance. He had thought that he would feel bitter by this realisation, but as he looked at her, he decided that it was best for all concerned. Her love for Jareth lit her up from within, and made her beauty luminous. Jareth seemed to love her as much in return. Drew had seen the intense fear that had flashed over Jareth's face when he had first seen Sarah lying there. Only a man who loved deeply could be that scared.
Well, if he could not love her, he would at least make sure that she was safe for the rest of her life, so that she would never be taken again. "I will do it!" He exclaimed. Sarah clapped her hands in delight.
"Wonderful!" She turned and gestured, and a couple of goblins slunk out of the shadows towards them. "Take Drew to his new chambers and arrange for him to inspect the barracks." She turned back to Drew. "You know, it's not too late to refuse the position!" She laughed up at him.
Drew smiled back at her. "It was luck that made me see you yesterday and it is luck that has gotten me this far. I'm guessing that it is luck that I take this position."
Sarah smiled. "I guess Lady Luck does smile on you!"
She does indeed, Drew thought, looking at Sarah smiling at him. She does indeed.