Chapter 34: Revelations
Author's Note: All the violence in this chapter is credited to Nugrey. Hope this lives up to your anticipations, Nugrey!
Jareth and Gurnemanz were talking calmly when Adina entered the throne room. She glanced around, then caught sight of the elder Fae. Her eyes narrowed to slits, and the memory of what he had done to her mother returned. Something he won't get away with, either.
"My mother is dead, old man," Adina hissed, raising her arms, "and you are responsible!"
Gurnemanz suddenly flew up into the air, completely caught off-guard. He gasped, spinning around, and then yelled as he was repeatedly slammed up and down into the ceiling. Merciful gods, make it stop!
I heard that, old man. And I'm just getting started. Ignoring Jareth's cries of protest, Adina clenched her right hand into a fist and punched it into her left hand. This drew a loud cry from Gurnemanz, and the sound of breaking bones could be heard. Oooh! I do believe I broke all the little tiny bones in his slimy hands! Aww, poor baby! Well, now he can't put his hands on any other unsuspecting Faerie. And what's next?I know!
She brought him back down from the ceiling with a nod of her head. As soon as he came down, Gurnemanz was greeted with a set of fireballs, courtesy of Adina's hands. Luckily for him, he was not hurt too badly. In fact, excluding his soot covered body and lack of hair, he was fine. Gee, now he won't appear so attractive, for any unsuspecting Faerie to think he's cute. Oh darn! She laughed triumphantly, reveling in his pain.
Wait! He's awfully smart...as a whip!
Gurnemanz's eyes went wide as Adina pulled a black whip out of thin air. "No more! Please, I'm begging!" he wailed, as she moved in. His pleas fell on deaf ears, as Adina sent him up into the air once more, and unmercifully began whipping him.
"Sing tra la la la la la la la la/ Oh gee, this whip's awfully fine/And tra la la la la la la la la/I'm really glad it's mine!" Adina sang out, the whip going in time to her melody. If you're bent over and stooped for a bit, you can't hurt anyone else for a while! And what should I do next?
She's gone ballistic! Completely mad! Jareth couldn't believe the horror that was before him. "Adina! Stop it!" he shouted, pushing her arms down. Before she could respond, Jareth grabbed her arms and pinned them behind her back. "You can't kill him!"
"Let me go, Jareth, or you'll join him!" Adina growled, lunging toward Gurnemanz, who had abruptly landed on the ground, bruised, battered, and bloody. Suddenly Jareth has to go all namby-pamby? Tough!
"Fine then. But he's my father, and however he has wronged your family, this is not how he should be punished, Jareth argued, yanking Adina back. "Your mother would say the same." Come on, Adina, calm down. Think.
Slowly Adina stopped fighting. Her eyes cleared, and she calmed. "You are right, that's not the way," Adina said. She straightened, pointed a finger at Gurnemanz, and formally said, "Lord Gurnemanz, I accuse you of the murders of King Sylvan and Professor Boyce, the kidnapping of Queen Imogene, and raping and abusing her."
"All that?" Jareth asked, not wanting to think his father could've stooped to such. The look Adina has, she's calm enough to not be lying. "Why, Father?"
Gurnemanz's face became an angry red. "You're believing her over me, especially after what she just put me through?" he spat out.
"When it's as serious as those accusations are..." Jareth started.
"You're a fool, Jareth," Gurnemanz fumed. Then a smirk passed over him, and he turned to Adina. "There is one more crime I committed, dearest darling Princess."
"What?" Adina and Jareth said in unison.
Gurnemanz beamed at having their full attention. "I might as well tell you both. And that is, fathering you, Adina."
Wow! Two things you might've thought you'd never see, or hear: Adina being downright nasty and kicking butt, and the fact Gurnemanz might be her father...or just plain lying. And the song she sings, is set to the tune of the opening lines of "A Sunny Side to Every Situation" from 42nd St. Please review!