Chapter Ten: WTF Mate!

"Oh. My. God!" Sarah said as she erupted into giggles.

"Oh I know darling," Godiva intoned. "But he does look good, doesn't he?" She said happily.

Jareth glared at both of them as he adjusted his form-fitting, sequin-lined, white formal gown. He looked like a god-damned bride! "Well, that's all well and good, now take it off." He said sharply.

Godiva chuckled. "Oh but darling, I don't think I'm the one to take it off you." She said seductively.

Jareth looked at Godiva. "And what, precisely, do you mean by that?" He asked softly.

Godiva grinned. "It's a charmed dress, darling. Only the one you are are…" Godiva leaned down and whispered the rest into Jareth's ear.

His eyes widened and then narrowed as they fell upon Sarah. "Allright. Sarah, come undress me."

Sarah stoped laughing. "What? Did I hear you right? If I did, no fucking way!" She said stonily.

Jareth pulled out the puppy dog face. "But it's enchanted! And the only one that can take it off is the one I haven't slept with!" He said pleadingly.

Godiva laughed as Sarah glanced between them with wide eyes. "You mean…"

Jareth interpreted her look and gestured furiously. "NO! Not us! I mean someone of the opposite sex!"

Godiva ruffled. "I am of the opposite sex." She said indignantly.

Sarah nodded and smiled. "There, you see. Godiva can undress you." She said happily.

Godiva shook her head. "NO, I cannot. I put the dress on him. I cannot take it off." She glanced at Jareth and leaned down to whisper, "I don't think your lie is working."

Jareth elbowed her stomach. "Hush." He said as he walked up to Sarah. He gritted his teeth as he heard his giant platform shoes clack on the ground. "Sarah, for the love of all that is good and worthy in your world! You don't have to look, and I do have clothes on underneath this." He lied smoothly.

Sarah seemed unsure but when he leaned into her and whispered, "Remember Toby." She set upon him.

"All right! Lets get you stripped." She said as she pulled off the dress, than the petticoats, and then the slip. In under a minute he was as naked as the day he was born. "Hey! You said you had clothes on!" She said angrily, clapping a hand over her eyes.

Jareth grinned and gestured, his normal clothes immediately appeared on him. "I did…you took them off of me." He said with a lavicious grin.

Sarah blushed and glared at him. "Just get the limes and lets get out of here!" She said threateningly.

Godiva gestured and six humongous, purple limes appeared. "Here you are darlings. Just as we agreed."

Sarah's eyes were huge as she looked up at the limes. "Wow! No wonder Giants had to guard them." She said, then she looked at Jareth. "How are we supposed to carry those?" She asked.

"No worries! We'll take care of that!" Mai said as she appeared on one. She turned to Godiva and winked. "Thank you, Your Majesty! We'll be taking these." And with a swoosh and a bang the limes and Mai disappeared in a blast of glitter.

Sarah and Jareth were still in shock when Godiva swept them out of the castle and into the surrounding forest. "Good-bye darlings! And do stop by again!" She said as the castle doors closed with a bang.

"Well, you succeeded in that mission." Sens voice from behind snapped them out of their stupors.

They whipped around and glared. "What the hell was that!" Sarah demanded. "You didn't even need us! All you had to do was get them yourselves."

Sen nodded. "Yup, but it's so much more fun if you two get them for us!" She said with a grin. " But enough with the chit-chat. On to your next mission."

"Wait! You said that you would give Toby back after we got the limes!" Sarah exclaimed.

Sen cocked her head to the side. "When did we say that? We said that you would never see him again if you didn't do as we say." She said primly.

Jareth sighed and rubbed his head. "Great! I had forgotten how good they were with twisting their words." He said.

"Oh daddy! Don't be so bitchy!" Sen said happily. "I think you'll like your next mission, or at least, it will like you…a lot. You are too get the blessed salt from underneath the Lake of forgotten loves. You have a week! Bye!" She said and disappeared.

Sarah looked at Jareth. "Daddy?"

Meanwhile, on a similar training ground in a darker kingdom, soldiers were training their asses off. Two generals scouted the off-skirts of the grounds.

At intervals they would shout out "encouraging" phrases. "You are not a unique little snowflake. You are all made of the same deteriorating matter as everything else."

As they watched the men work, they met each others eyes. Green and Red shone with satisfaction as their men grew ever more increasingly blood thirsty.

Jareth smiled as he saw the lake in sight. "Ah, here we are at last." He said happily.

An irate Sarah stomped behind him. "Jareth! Stop avoiding the question! What the hell did she mean by Daddy?" She yelled as she halted in front of the lake.

Jareth's eyes widened as he tried to look innocent. "It's like Toby calling you mommy! I'm the only real father figure those girls have had." He said sweetly.

Sarah grew even more pissed. "Toby doesn't call me mommy. He is well aware of our relationship." She said backing up.

Jareth shook his head, but then tried to stop her as he realized where she was going. "Sarah, please stop. If you go any farther…"

Too late, Sarah fell into the lake with a loud splash, Jareth dived in after her.

'Great! Now we are both going to die.' He thought before he was overcome with the memory of losing her.

Sarah felt the tears float away into the lake as she was taken back to that moment six-years-ago when her heart shattered.