Chapter 29 - Have we forgotten something?
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A/N - That's it! Hope you've enjoyed the story and please take a looksee at my next one
called "Black Star" (it's got nothing to do with Radiohead!) It's my first attempt at a serious
Laby fic so please be kind.
******
"All right, Satan! Fun's over!" a suitably heroic voice echoed through the main hall of
the Prince of Darkness' palace. The troublesome trio rushed through the double doors,
swords at the ready.
Satan looked up calmly from the book he was reading. "Ah! Jareth, I was wondering
when you'd show up. I'm afraid the fun's only just begun. Guards!" There was no
answer "Guards!" Still nothing! "GUARDS!"
"Oh yeah! About that..." Jareth drawled "The guards are gone."
"How could the three of you fight over ten thousand ****ing demon guards?"
"Simple. We bribed them."
"How the **** could you afford that?"
"Well, I am a king!" Jareth pointed out.
"And I was a millionaire back on Earth!" said Thomas.
"And I'm a trendy urbanite from a highly developed alien civilisation." said Hilarity
"Put that together and you'll find that we are considerably wealthy. Now hand over the
kid and no one gets hurt!"
"****!" said Satan.
******
Jareth, Hilarity and Thomas returned to the Goblin City to a heroes' welcome. There
was dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the parlours.
Well...more or less. Anyway there was a whole week of feasting to celebrate
Caradoc's return. Hilarity and Thomas kept arrived later and later for dinner and on
the few occasions that they did show up, they would always be breathless and
blushing. On this particular evening, Jareth could've sworn that Hilarity's sweater was
on inside-out. Honestly they were behaving like a pair of randy teenagers.
"Oh! They're so sweet together." said Sarah.
******
After the partying was over and Caradoc had been put to bed, the four of them were
the only people left in the dining room.
"You know what." said Jareth "Is it just me or is there a lot more meat left over than
there usually is?"
"You're right!" exclaimed Sarah "And no one's brought up the Darkness in the
conversation or that alien band...what are they called?"
"Capital Punishment?" Hilarity suggested.
"That's the one."
"It's very quiet today!" said Thomas.
"That's just because everyone's gone." said Jareth.
"No, it's definitely quieter than usual." said Hilarity "And I keep getting this terrible
feeling that we've forgotten something..."
******
Three weeks later, Trin was reclining in his tiny cell when suddenly the door opened
and his flustered cousin rushed in.
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" she cried.
"Where the hell were you?!"
"Well...we were on such a buzz from rescueing Caradoc, we kind of...left without
you!"
"You did WHAT!!!!!!"
"I am sooo sorry!"
"How could you! My own flesh and blood!"
"Do you want to be saved or not!"
"Of course I do!"
"Come on then!"
The two Zeans strode out into the daylight and grumbled their way through the long
journey home.
THE END
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A/N - That's it! Hope you've enjoyed the story and please take a looksee at my next one
called "Black Star" (it's got nothing to do with Radiohead!) It's my first attempt at a serious
Laby fic so please be kind.
******
"All right, Satan! Fun's over!" a suitably heroic voice echoed through the main hall of
the Prince of Darkness' palace. The troublesome trio rushed through the double doors,
swords at the ready.
Satan looked up calmly from the book he was reading. "Ah! Jareth, I was wondering
when you'd show up. I'm afraid the fun's only just begun. Guards!" There was no
answer "Guards!" Still nothing! "GUARDS!"
"Oh yeah! About that..." Jareth drawled "The guards are gone."
"How could the three of you fight over ten thousand ****ing demon guards?"
"Simple. We bribed them."
"How the **** could you afford that?"
"Well, I am a king!" Jareth pointed out.
"And I was a millionaire back on Earth!" said Thomas.
"And I'm a trendy urbanite from a highly developed alien civilisation." said Hilarity
"Put that together and you'll find that we are considerably wealthy. Now hand over the
kid and no one gets hurt!"
"****!" said Satan.
******
Jareth, Hilarity and Thomas returned to the Goblin City to a heroes' welcome. There
was dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the parlours.
Well...more or less. Anyway there was a whole week of feasting to celebrate
Caradoc's return. Hilarity and Thomas kept arrived later and later for dinner and on
the few occasions that they did show up, they would always be breathless and
blushing. On this particular evening, Jareth could've sworn that Hilarity's sweater was
on inside-out. Honestly they were behaving like a pair of randy teenagers.
"Oh! They're so sweet together." said Sarah.
******
After the partying was over and Caradoc had been put to bed, the four of them were
the only people left in the dining room.
"You know what." said Jareth "Is it just me or is there a lot more meat left over than
there usually is?"
"You're right!" exclaimed Sarah "And no one's brought up the Darkness in the
conversation or that alien band...what are they called?"
"Capital Punishment?" Hilarity suggested.
"That's the one."
"It's very quiet today!" said Thomas.
"That's just because everyone's gone." said Jareth.
"No, it's definitely quieter than usual." said Hilarity "And I keep getting this terrible
feeling that we've forgotten something..."
******
Three weeks later, Trin was reclining in his tiny cell when suddenly the door opened
and his flustered cousin rushed in.
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" she cried.
"Where the hell were you?!"
"Well...we were on such a buzz from rescueing Caradoc, we kind of...left without
you!"
"You did WHAT!!!!!!"
"I am sooo sorry!"
"How could you! My own flesh and blood!"
"Do you want to be saved or not!"
"Of course I do!"
"Come on then!"
The two Zeans strode out into the daylight and grumbled their way through the long
journey home.
THE END
