I'm BBAAAAAAaaaaaaccck!! Aloha and good evening. Well, I'm sure that when some of you read this it will be morning or daytime or really really late at night, but still, as I post this it is evening for ME, and THAT is all that counts. ;] Anyways, I want to tell you all (all that care that is) that I had a marvelous time over at Disney World, (thanks for all of your good wishes to that extent), and I may have to write a fiction based on it. though in this case, wouldn't it be a faction? Ah well. Terms, terms, what are the terms? Lol neways, here is the next chap. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as I did writing it.

Disclaimer: Do I REALLY have to have one? I don't think so. If you want a disclaimer, read the beginning chap. That should suffice for anyone. Though if you want me to start making up funny or angsty Jareth disclaimers just for the fun of it, you can vote on it in your reviews. (yes, this is a shameless way of getting more of 'em, I know grin)

ON WITH THE SHOW!



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Revenge.



In the end, that's all it came down to for Jareth. Oh yes, Sarah falling for him in the bargain would be a nice little perk too, but Jareth was willing to take what he could get. Most people in the revenge business did. Took what they could get, I mean, not fall for Jareth. I didn't say "falling in love" because Jareth had rejected that idea along with those ludicrous plans he had spent hours inventing after being rejected by Sarah. Most of which included skin-tight, black jumpsuits, fast cars, impossible gadgets, and midnight kidnappings. Jareth had found that he didn't much like love in general, having had bad experiences with it. Though, now that he thought of it, it would be nice if he could get Sarah to love him. (one part of his mind suggested) Love left one ever so vulnerable. But no. (said another part) That would involve wooing her, and that would leave him in danger of falling in love with her.

No thank you.

He had given her his heart once already, and what did he get for baring his soul? A cold-hearted refusal and banishment from her life, that's what.



Jareth looked down at the girl in his arms, who was currently scared to death and clinging to him with all she was worth. It was rather nice holding her like this. wait, what was that nice, warm feeling spreading up from his toes? Jareth shook himself. "This is business," he reminded himself, "I am not here to get warm, fuzzy feelings. Especially not when they involve her." Resolute again, he sped on towards his destination.



He thought again on his plans. He needed Sarah to wish herself away. That was his goal. Not just any wish, either, but a wish in which she placed herself in his complete control. She had to trust him implicitly when she made her wish, or he would not be able to enact his complete revenge upon her when he brought her back to his labyrinth. Once she wished herself away while trusting him completely, the Labyrinth would bind her to him and she would be his slave.



"Oh, by the way, did you notice that?" Jareth smirked at himself. "The fact that I never actually said I wouldn't take her back. just implied it. Mean little trickster, aren't I?"



He frowned. That was another thing. Somehow, he was going to have to get Sarah to do all this without him lying to her. Jareth normally held lying in contempt, thinking it beneath him. But when the stakes were high enough he was willing to lower himself to the indignity. He couldn't lie to Sarah, how ever. The risk of her finding out was too great, and if she did, he would lose all chance of gaining her complete trust. There was also the fact the he found the idea of lying to her just plain uncomfortable. but he pushed that thought into the recesses of his mind and ignored it.



Oooooh. but when he got her back to the Labyrinth. and under his complete control. THEN the fun would begin! Maybe he would make her clean the Bog of Eternal Stench with a toothbrush. or, or maybe he would send her out into a. swarm of biting faeries! To kill them with a flyswatter!. or. here Jareth's grin turned positively evil, maybe he would just make her dance around his throne room with a bunch of goblins while he sang. yes. that would be amusing! Petty, yes, but fun!



Actually, what Jareth was really looking forward to was when he would make her take back those words. All of them. He would stand her in the exact spot as before and force her to say that he DID have power over her. Over and over she would say it until she could think or say nothing else. Until her voice grew hoarse and her knees gave out. And THEN he would make her beg. BEG him to offer her his heart again. And he would exercise the extreme pleasure of refusing. Coldly.

And then he would turn his back to her and banish her to be a goblin for all eternity. Constantly at his side, but oh, so far away.



Yes.

He would be cruel.

Jareth's arms unconsciously tightened around Sarah as he bared his teeth in triumph.



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Short but sweet. Want more?? Huh? Do ya? HEH HEH HEH! You must BEG. BEG!!! MWAAHAHAHAAA!!! Oh don't look at me like that! No! You know I can't stand it when you look at me like that! ARGH Ok, FINE. I'll write more. But don't expect me to be so nice NEXT time. evil glare

Peaches!!!