Sarah's face paled, "Cole! No!"
Cole looked at Sarah, "What?," he asked, his face unaware of what Sarah found wrong, "You said we could help him."
Sarah frowned, "Help who?"
"The dead guy," Cole repeated, pointing at the doorway.
Sarah looked at the doorway but saw nothing. But walking towards the door, she felt the same tingling sensation she had felt when entering the room. A gentle brushed against her cheek as she looked behind the door.
Nothing.
Relieved, she shut the door and turned to look at Cole. Her relieved expression turned into one of horror when she saw that instead of the walls of Cole's bedroom... there was a hill top with a familiar looking tree.
"Not again," Sarah complained.
*********
Sir Dydimus spotted Hoggle on his way back to the bog. "Ah Hoggle. How are thou doing?," he asked, "I know thy wish was not army detail."
"I'se good considering I basically got a death sentence for nuthin."
"Keep thy chin high!," Dydimus said, "Tis not as bad as it seems!"
"That's wot you say!," Hoggle exclaimed, "Jareth wos never dis bad!"
Dydimus nodded. Jareth would never put a dwarf of his age into the goblin army. Hoggle was way past his prime that was for sure.
"Wot's the Underground come to?," Hoggle asked with a sigh
*********
Sarah couldn't believe it. How the hell did she end up here? Who told Cole how to get into the Underground?
Her thoughts rambled on until she started to think about what Cole said.. This third person was a he, he lived in the Underground, Well that pretty much narrowed the options to... oh... about every single living being she met in here!"
Of course, who would come to her for help?... Ludo... Sir Dydimus... Hoggle... Jareth? She frowned. Jareth asking for Her help? Now that was a laugh. Cole must've seen one of the others.
"Er Cole? Do you remember what this guy looks like by any chance?," Sarah asked.
Cole nodded, "He's tall... with very big hair."
Sarah smiled. It must've been Ludo, "Oh Him! Wait a minute... You mean to tell me Ludo's dead?!"
Cole looked confused, "Who's Ludo?"
Sarah frowned, "Nevermind..."
Cole smiled, "He wants to know how you could mistake him for a big, fat, furry, orange-red creature."
"Jareth?," Sarah asked. Cole nodded. Who were you expecting?
"Jareth's dead?," she asked, "How?"
Cole seemed to be listening to the invisible person for a few minutes and then looked at Sarah, "He got sick."
"Sick of what? Goblin pox?"
Cole apparently didn't get the joke because he looked in the direction of where Sarah assumed Jareth's ghost was, expecting an answer. Jareth also didn't seem to get it because she got a serious answer in return.
"He doesn't know what of," Cole relayed, "It first started as a case of Goblinfluenza but then became something completely different."
"Like what?"
"He doesn't know."
*********
Anya sneered as she looked at the image in the crystal.
"I do so hate uninvited guests," she commented to Tristan as she looked at the image of Sarah and Cole wandering around the Labyrinth, "What are they doing here anyway?"
Tristan shrugged, "Perhaps they came, curious of seeing the now unavailable Goblin King. Take in mind that child-possession was his assigned duty."
"Yes but it is not mine!," Anya snapped, "Besides, aren't they supposed to appear here if they wished for the Goblins to take them away?"
Tristan sighed, "Like you said your majesty, it's not in your job description. They probably got misplaced with no Goblins to take them directly to the castle... Or they're here for a different reason."
Anya gave an evil grin, "Well aren't they in for a surprise then. Get the guard... We'll get rid of this small infestation permanently."
"Your highness?," Tristan asked, "Shouldn't we find out what their purpose for being here is first? They may be spying for the other kingdom. Jareth's death may have seemed suspicious to the other rulers."
"Of course it will seem suspicious!," Anya replied, "He's a Fae and he's not supposed to die from a little illness." Her scowl relaxed after a moment and she shrugged, "If you want to bring them in alive, fine. Be sure to question them to the full extent."
Tristan bowed to Anya, "I will."
"Tristan be careful. Things aren't always what they seem in this world."
"I will."
*********
Sarah, Cole and apparently Jareth's ghost traveled quite a distance when they approached a place where the path split two ways.
"Which way?," Sarah asked.
"He doesn't know."
"Oh really?," Sarah commented, "Considering he lives her I would figure that he would sort of know how to get around this place!"
Cole was quiet for a bit and looked at Sarah, "He says to give him a break, the Labyrinth changes from its normal layout whenever a regular human enters it... He als gets around by flying or crystal."
"So he knows less about this place than I?," Sarah asked, "Tell Jareth he's not much help then."
Cole smiled, "He's dead. Not deaf!"
Sarah sighed and just picked a path, "Fine... Let's go this way."
The two (three?) continued on their way.
*********
Didymus took place at his post but realized something was wrong... Sniffing the air, he cringed, "My sakes! What is that horrid smell?!"
He tried to hold his breath, wondering whatever happened to the once fragrant air that he was accustomed to. Surely it couldn't have changed so quickly!
He thin thought of Anya's 'fixing' his nose.
"Her highness hath ruined my sense of smell!," Dydimus realized, "It is playing cruel tricks on me now!"
*********
The Goblin guard assembled before Tristan eagerly waiting to hear what their new leader had to say.
"We have some intruders... I want them to be brought here immediately for questioning. Understood?
The array of Goblins nodded at the same time, showing that they were not the same bungling bunch that Sarah had run into during her last visit there. No... Anya had taken care to replace this group with properly trained ones. No bungling idiots to be seen here.
Tristan smiled, "You have your assigned areas to search... now go!"
The guard filed out quickly into the rapidly falling night, eager to please.
*********
Sarah and Cole lay stretched out under the stars and relaxed. Night had come rather early but no matter... Cole was sleeping soundly already, exhausted from the evening's travels. Sarah smiled at her charge and eventually drifted off herself as the coolness of the night wrapped around her.
*********
For some reason she dreamt that she was in the very area Cole and she set up camp in. Cole was asleep in the same exact spot but she was very much awake in the dream. Hearing a twig snap she looked over to the cause of the sound and saw the tall blonde man that had tempted her with her dreams so long ago.
"Sarah," he simply said, acknowledging her.
Sarah looked at him and laughed, "How can I see you? I thought only Cole could. Am I dreaming?"
Jareth smiled, "Yes you are... and that answers your first question now doesn't it. Cole may have the gift of seeing the dead in the waking world but anyone can be haunted in their sleep... it's like a meeting place between both realms... Or for some one like me... one who's not truly in either the realm of the living or the realm of the dead."
Sarah nodded, "So...you're not dead?"
Jareth nodded.
"And you're not alive?"
Jareth nodded.
"Then what are you?"
Jareth chuckled, "I'm in the in between stage... Coma patients describe a light at the end of the tunnel. Well...I'm in that tunnel... but which direction I go depends on you."
"How can I help?," Sarah asked, "What can I do?"
"I can't tell you everything in the time we have at the moment but you will find out through Cole. But you have to get to where my body is entombed. Everything pretty much takes place there."
Sarah looked confused, "Why?"
"You have to help my body get the strength to allow my spirit back in all the way."
"How do I do that?"
Jareth was about to answer when he looked up to the woods with a worried look, "Sarah, wake up... there's trouble."
"What?"
"WAKE UP!"
*********
Sarah woke with a start and looked at Cole. He seemed fine, so what was so wrong that made Jareth wake her? She then realized that he had been looking in the wooded area.
Looking to the trees, she gasped as she saw several pairs of glowing eyes looking back at her.
Cole looked at Sarah, "What?," he asked, his face unaware of what Sarah found wrong, "You said we could help him."
Sarah frowned, "Help who?"
"The dead guy," Cole repeated, pointing at the doorway.
Sarah looked at the doorway but saw nothing. But walking towards the door, she felt the same tingling sensation she had felt when entering the room. A gentle brushed against her cheek as she looked behind the door.
Nothing.
Relieved, she shut the door and turned to look at Cole. Her relieved expression turned into one of horror when she saw that instead of the walls of Cole's bedroom... there was a hill top with a familiar looking tree.
"Not again," Sarah complained.
*********
Sir Dydimus spotted Hoggle on his way back to the bog. "Ah Hoggle. How are thou doing?," he asked, "I know thy wish was not army detail."
"I'se good considering I basically got a death sentence for nuthin."
"Keep thy chin high!," Dydimus said, "Tis not as bad as it seems!"
"That's wot you say!," Hoggle exclaimed, "Jareth wos never dis bad!"
Dydimus nodded. Jareth would never put a dwarf of his age into the goblin army. Hoggle was way past his prime that was for sure.
"Wot's the Underground come to?," Hoggle asked with a sigh
*********
Sarah couldn't believe it. How the hell did she end up here? Who told Cole how to get into the Underground?
Her thoughts rambled on until she started to think about what Cole said.. This third person was a he, he lived in the Underground, Well that pretty much narrowed the options to... oh... about every single living being she met in here!"
Of course, who would come to her for help?... Ludo... Sir Dydimus... Hoggle... Jareth? She frowned. Jareth asking for Her help? Now that was a laugh. Cole must've seen one of the others.
"Er Cole? Do you remember what this guy looks like by any chance?," Sarah asked.
Cole nodded, "He's tall... with very big hair."
Sarah smiled. It must've been Ludo, "Oh Him! Wait a minute... You mean to tell me Ludo's dead?!"
Cole looked confused, "Who's Ludo?"
Sarah frowned, "Nevermind..."
Cole smiled, "He wants to know how you could mistake him for a big, fat, furry, orange-red creature."
"Jareth?," Sarah asked. Cole nodded. Who were you expecting?
"Jareth's dead?," she asked, "How?"
Cole seemed to be listening to the invisible person for a few minutes and then looked at Sarah, "He got sick."
"Sick of what? Goblin pox?"
Cole apparently didn't get the joke because he looked in the direction of where Sarah assumed Jareth's ghost was, expecting an answer. Jareth also didn't seem to get it because she got a serious answer in return.
"He doesn't know what of," Cole relayed, "It first started as a case of Goblinfluenza but then became something completely different."
"Like what?"
"He doesn't know."
*********
Anya sneered as she looked at the image in the crystal.
"I do so hate uninvited guests," she commented to Tristan as she looked at the image of Sarah and Cole wandering around the Labyrinth, "What are they doing here anyway?"
Tristan shrugged, "Perhaps they came, curious of seeing the now unavailable Goblin King. Take in mind that child-possession was his assigned duty."
"Yes but it is not mine!," Anya snapped, "Besides, aren't they supposed to appear here if they wished for the Goblins to take them away?"
Tristan sighed, "Like you said your majesty, it's not in your job description. They probably got misplaced with no Goblins to take them directly to the castle... Or they're here for a different reason."
Anya gave an evil grin, "Well aren't they in for a surprise then. Get the guard... We'll get rid of this small infestation permanently."
"Your highness?," Tristan asked, "Shouldn't we find out what their purpose for being here is first? They may be spying for the other kingdom. Jareth's death may have seemed suspicious to the other rulers."
"Of course it will seem suspicious!," Anya replied, "He's a Fae and he's not supposed to die from a little illness." Her scowl relaxed after a moment and she shrugged, "If you want to bring them in alive, fine. Be sure to question them to the full extent."
Tristan bowed to Anya, "I will."
"Tristan be careful. Things aren't always what they seem in this world."
"I will."
*********
Sarah, Cole and apparently Jareth's ghost traveled quite a distance when they approached a place where the path split two ways.
"Which way?," Sarah asked.
"He doesn't know."
"Oh really?," Sarah commented, "Considering he lives her I would figure that he would sort of know how to get around this place!"
Cole was quiet for a bit and looked at Sarah, "He says to give him a break, the Labyrinth changes from its normal layout whenever a regular human enters it... He als gets around by flying or crystal."
"So he knows less about this place than I?," Sarah asked, "Tell Jareth he's not much help then."
Cole smiled, "He's dead. Not deaf!"
Sarah sighed and just picked a path, "Fine... Let's go this way."
The two (three?) continued on their way.
*********
Didymus took place at his post but realized something was wrong... Sniffing the air, he cringed, "My sakes! What is that horrid smell?!"
He tried to hold his breath, wondering whatever happened to the once fragrant air that he was accustomed to. Surely it couldn't have changed so quickly!
He thin thought of Anya's 'fixing' his nose.
"Her highness hath ruined my sense of smell!," Dydimus realized, "It is playing cruel tricks on me now!"
*********
The Goblin guard assembled before Tristan eagerly waiting to hear what their new leader had to say.
"We have some intruders... I want them to be brought here immediately for questioning. Understood?
The array of Goblins nodded at the same time, showing that they were not the same bungling bunch that Sarah had run into during her last visit there. No... Anya had taken care to replace this group with properly trained ones. No bungling idiots to be seen here.
Tristan smiled, "You have your assigned areas to search... now go!"
The guard filed out quickly into the rapidly falling night, eager to please.
*********
Sarah and Cole lay stretched out under the stars and relaxed. Night had come rather early but no matter... Cole was sleeping soundly already, exhausted from the evening's travels. Sarah smiled at her charge and eventually drifted off herself as the coolness of the night wrapped around her.
*********
For some reason she dreamt that she was in the very area Cole and she set up camp in. Cole was asleep in the same exact spot but she was very much awake in the dream. Hearing a twig snap she looked over to the cause of the sound and saw the tall blonde man that had tempted her with her dreams so long ago.
"Sarah," he simply said, acknowledging her.
Sarah looked at him and laughed, "How can I see you? I thought only Cole could. Am I dreaming?"
Jareth smiled, "Yes you are... and that answers your first question now doesn't it. Cole may have the gift of seeing the dead in the waking world but anyone can be haunted in their sleep... it's like a meeting place between both realms... Or for some one like me... one who's not truly in either the realm of the living or the realm of the dead."
Sarah nodded, "So...you're not dead?"
Jareth nodded.
"And you're not alive?"
Jareth nodded.
"Then what are you?"
Jareth chuckled, "I'm in the in between stage... Coma patients describe a light at the end of the tunnel. Well...I'm in that tunnel... but which direction I go depends on you."
"How can I help?," Sarah asked, "What can I do?"
"I can't tell you everything in the time we have at the moment but you will find out through Cole. But you have to get to where my body is entombed. Everything pretty much takes place there."
Sarah looked confused, "Why?"
"You have to help my body get the strength to allow my spirit back in all the way."
"How do I do that?"
Jareth was about to answer when he looked up to the woods with a worried look, "Sarah, wake up... there's trouble."
"What?"
"WAKE UP!"
*********
Sarah woke with a start and looked at Cole. He seemed fine, so what was so wrong that made Jareth wake her? She then realized that he had been looking in the wooded area.
Looking to the trees, she gasped as she saw several pairs of glowing eyes looking back at her.