Here we have chapterus mediumus. A chapter of medium size and mediocre writing. Watch closely as the author now tried to placate the annoyed reader with thanks for their previous reviews:

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Well here you go guys.

Chapter 10: Lost.

"Arrgh. Does anyone have any idea where the hell we are?" Sarah looked around at her companions. The spider who had taken to sitting on her shoulder shook her head(if you can imagine that on a spider).

"I'm sorry love. Haven't gotta clue."

The fireys immediately began to blame each other and soon heads where flying.

Sarah sighed.

She didn't really blame them. They'd been dismantled and stuck in a bush for god knows how long. She turned to Jareth who was leaning against a tree looking disgruntled.

"Jareth, any idea?" He looked at her for a split second, growled and walked off into a thicket.

The fireys stopped their bickering to watch him stalk off. "Hey where's da white king goin? He's gonna get himself killed again and den where will we be?"

Sarah looked at Eliza. "Can you hold your own with these idiots for a while?"

"Hey we hea...give me my leg back ya stupid orangutan!"

"I think I'll be fine darling. Off you go, and good luck. He's a tough one."

Sarah smiled a bit sadly. "Don't I know it."

She placed Eliza on a branch with strict instructions to the fireys not to get too out of hand and entered the brush herself in search of Jareth; painfully aware she was falling for him.

Hard.

"Jareth. Jareth where are you?" She kicked a log and yelped in pain.

He was acting like a child.

Despite what he thought she did understand what it was like to be so helpless. She sat on the log and began to wait. He'd come back.

She hoped.

"You know, when you kick hard objects it does tend to hurt." His voice held slight amusement.

She glared up at him. "And where have you been?"

"I was off sulking. Why?" She hung her head at the angry look in his eyes.

"Jareth. Listen I know how helpless you must feel. Being here, forced to run the Labyrinth with no powers and I..."

He cut her off coldly. "I assure you my dear, you know nothing of how I feel. To see my home, my kingdom like this." He waved a hand at the dead trees and black moss covering everything, as apposed to the glittering green that covered their Labyrinth.

She mentally started realising that she did indeed think of it as 'their' Labyrinth. It had become an irrevocable part of her.

"And my powers. I don't have the power to defeat him and I...I don't have the power to protect you." Sarah's face softened at his sentence. She knew how hard it was for him to admit a weakness, even it was that he cared for someone. She got up and walked over to him. She reached out to him but he pulled away.

"Jareth..."

"I...just leave."

She nodded silently and turned away trying to keep back tears.

It was happening again. Someone she had opened her heart to was going to leave her. Her mother did it, her father, too many boyfriends to even count. Toby was going to do it eventually and now Jareth had decided to get it out of the way before anything had really happened.

She was about to reach the path where the others were waiting but smiled slightly as she felt hands stop her resting on her waist, but she shivered when she heard the voice that spoke and the cold lips, which brushed her ear.

"So my love, how are you enjoying my Labyrinth?" She struggled but the hands holding her tightened. "Now don't fight. You just make things harder for your self don't you?"

Aaron spun her around to face him and she found herself being sucked into the obsidian depths of his eyes. She could feel him probing at her mind, attempting to find her fears, her weaknesses. She suddenly snapped her mind shut once again struggling against his hold on her.

"JarMrph."

Aaron cut of her yell for help with a savage kiss one again biting down hard on her lower lip as to gain entrance to her mouth. His toung explored roughly as his hands roamed over her body causing her to cry out in pain. He stopped suddenly and threw her against a near by tree.

"Don't defy me. And if you let him put his hands on you again this game will be forfeit and he will die."

He disappeared and she let out a choked sob sinking to the ground. She let the tears roll down her face as she sat the silently. Maybe it was better this way. She was dirty and didn't deserve his attentions. She could not let him die, and if she had to drive him away to do that, so be it. She started as she heard a twig snap behind her.

She closed her eyes tight. Please don't let him be back. She thought desperately.

"Sarah?"

She let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding as she looked up at Jareth.

He stood there taking in her dishevelled state. He could tell Aaron had been back and his heart constricted as he saw the tear tracks on her cheeks.

She got up and brushed herself off. "Well, we should get going again."

He frowned as she began to walk away and grabbed her arm. "Sarah what..."

"Don't...don't touch me Jareth. Let's just get this over with." She looked away as he registered pain, betrayal and confusion on his face.

Her heart couldn't take it.

When she looked back his face was a cold mask. He brushed passed her. "Let's go."

End Chap.

K, so its not so great. I'm attempting to make it a bit darker though. Have I succeeded?

C.C/Kaz/Rayne: NO

Aww......Tá brón orm.

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