Disclaimer: I own nothing but Christine, Toby, and the plot.
A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update. I just couldn't get any inspiration.
Sarah looked out into the night sky, running her hands up and down her arms. It had been eight hours since Christine had gone Aboveground and she, Sarah, wasn't sure what to expect. She hoped that her intuitions were wrong, and that Christine was safe and that she had a good reason for taking so long. But she had to wait for Jareth to return to know if Christine was all right or not.
She grew short of breath when she saw a solitary owl fly furiously through the sky and land right in front of her. Jareth had a worried look on his face, and Sarah immediately felt her heart sink into the pit of her stomach.
"What is it Jareth? What happened? Where is she? Is she hurt? Why did she not come home with you?" Jareth only held up a hand to her.
"I have searched everywhere, and I can find no trace of her." Sarah's eyes grew wide with fear.
"Oh God no," she gasped. "Please, tell me that is not true."
"I'm sorry," Jareth replied. "But when I arrived at your old house, the bag that she had taken with her had fallen onto the floor, all the objects fallen out of it. And this was laying right next to her." He held out a large frying pot. "I think Christine was attacked."
"But. why? How?" Sarah seemed at a total loss of words after that. Jareth held her as she began to cry uncontrollably.
"I will send out troops to find her in the Aboveground," whispered Jareth. "We will find her, I promise."
~*~
"Christine is missing and you are just sitting here?" asked Toby, furious. It was the next morning and Jareth and Sarah had just broken the news to Toby the Christine had been kidnapped.
"I sent out troops to the Aboveground to search for her the moment I found out," replied Jareth sadly.
"That's not good enough!" cried Toby, slamming his fist against the table and standing up. "If you don't care to find her, then I will go out and find her myself." He stormed out of the room.
"Toby, wait," replied Sarah, completely taken aback by her son's rash judgment. She followed him as quickly as she could, Jareth close at her heels. "I know your upset. I am as well. I know how close you and Christine have been over the past fifteen years, but that does not mean you have to throw insane accusations at me and Jareth." Toby turned on his mother quickly.
"I am going up there to find her weather you like it or not." He stared at Sarah, daring her to stop him.
"If you go up there, take Ludo, Hoggle, and Sir Didymus with you," replied Jareth. Sarah turned on him quickly.
"How could you encourage him to do this?" she asked angrily. "You would be willing to send our son into danger where he could get hurt?"
"I'll go with him," replied Jareth. With that, he led Toby out of the house and they took off into the sky.
A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update. I just couldn't get any inspiration.
Sarah looked out into the night sky, running her hands up and down her arms. It had been eight hours since Christine had gone Aboveground and she, Sarah, wasn't sure what to expect. She hoped that her intuitions were wrong, and that Christine was safe and that she had a good reason for taking so long. But she had to wait for Jareth to return to know if Christine was all right or not.
She grew short of breath when she saw a solitary owl fly furiously through the sky and land right in front of her. Jareth had a worried look on his face, and Sarah immediately felt her heart sink into the pit of her stomach.
"What is it Jareth? What happened? Where is she? Is she hurt? Why did she not come home with you?" Jareth only held up a hand to her.
"I have searched everywhere, and I can find no trace of her." Sarah's eyes grew wide with fear.
"Oh God no," she gasped. "Please, tell me that is not true."
"I'm sorry," Jareth replied. "But when I arrived at your old house, the bag that she had taken with her had fallen onto the floor, all the objects fallen out of it. And this was laying right next to her." He held out a large frying pot. "I think Christine was attacked."
"But. why? How?" Sarah seemed at a total loss of words after that. Jareth held her as she began to cry uncontrollably.
"I will send out troops to find her in the Aboveground," whispered Jareth. "We will find her, I promise."
~*~
"Christine is missing and you are just sitting here?" asked Toby, furious. It was the next morning and Jareth and Sarah had just broken the news to Toby the Christine had been kidnapped.
"I sent out troops to the Aboveground to search for her the moment I found out," replied Jareth sadly.
"That's not good enough!" cried Toby, slamming his fist against the table and standing up. "If you don't care to find her, then I will go out and find her myself." He stormed out of the room.
"Toby, wait," replied Sarah, completely taken aback by her son's rash judgment. She followed him as quickly as she could, Jareth close at her heels. "I know your upset. I am as well. I know how close you and Christine have been over the past fifteen years, but that does not mean you have to throw insane accusations at me and Jareth." Toby turned on his mother quickly.
"I am going up there to find her weather you like it or not." He stared at Sarah, daring her to stop him.
"If you go up there, take Ludo, Hoggle, and Sir Didymus with you," replied Jareth. Sarah turned on him quickly.
"How could you encourage him to do this?" she asked angrily. "You would be willing to send our son into danger where he could get hurt?"
"I'll go with him," replied Jareth. With that, he led Toby out of the house and they took off into the sky.