part 10
Hearing someone come from behind him, Hoggle turned around drawing the dagger that was part of the uniform he wore, "Stop right there! I'se got me knife and I'se not afraid to use it!"
He frowned when he realized it was a young boy.
Cole hesitated at sight of the dagger and was considering trying another route to the castle before the arrogant sounding voice reached Cole's ears, "Keep going... It's just Higgle. He's a friend f Sarah's."
Cole nodded and stepped forwards, "Higgle..."
"It's HOGGLE!"
Jareth growled at this, "Big deal...it's just a name. Just tell him why you're here."
Cole nodded and looked back to Hoggle, "Sorry Hoggle... Well anyway, we're just here to see Sarah.... not hurt you."
Hoggle gave a confused look as the child seemed to be looking at something that wasn't there and then back to him, "We?... I'se only see you... and who are you talking to?"
"Jareth."
"Jareth," Hoggle repeated in a rather disbelieving tone, "Jareth's dead. He's been entombed for over a day now..."
Cole sighed and looked to Jareth, "He doesn't believe me."
Jareth sighted, "No kidding... Ok...Let me deal with this..."
With that, Jareth walked over to a peach tree and picked three of them.
Hoffle's eyes widened as he saw three peaches floating in mid air, twirling as if Jareth himself were twirling them. He was equally amazed as one peach rose above the others...
Could this be Jareth?
The one peach flew at Hoggle with rapid speed and hit him on the head...then he was pelted with the other two.
Cole looked at Jareth in surprise, "Jareth!"
"Well he deserved it...," Jareth protested, "How could anything be that stupid?"
Cole sighed and looked back at the panic stricken Hoggle who at the time was looking for his hidden assailant, "It's Jareth alright...and he's angry!...well, he's always angry.. but he's back!"
Jareth growled, "You better believe I'm still here you miserable little..."
Hoggle looked over to see the shocked look on Cole's face, "What he say now?"
Cole shook his head, "Stuff that would get me grounded...You don't want to know."
"Don't want to know what?," another voice replied, "Hoggle, who are you talking to?"
Cole looked curiously to the upcoming mage and frowned... who was he?
"Cole, that's the guy who took Sarah," Jareth warned, "If he does anything... run."
By the time the man already saw Cole, "Oh... I see..." Tristan walked over to Cole, "are you Sarah's friend?"
Cole gave a reluctant nod.
"That's what I thought... so you're the one who can speak with Jareth?"
Once again...the reluctant nod.
"Ask him where Sarah is" Jareth prodded, "and then ask him if he's the one who blew a hole in my castle wall."
Cole looked at Jareth to which the Goblin King gave a defensive stance, "What?... Yeah I saw the hole there! Geez! You've been missing for just over a day and people are turning your house into Swiss cheese... the nerve of it all!"
Cole sighed and turned to Tristan, "Jareth wants to know where Sarah is and whether you blew that hole in his castle."
Tristan sighed, "Yes to the later one. As for the first part of his inquiry I'm rather stumped. You see I had managed to allow Sarah to be transferred over to my custody to see if we could do this resurrection thing. The only problem is that she disappeared before the transference of custody thing. so Anya's a bit more on the temperamental side... Pretty much I have to find her before any of Anya's troops do."
"Well," Jareth muttered, "That just plain sucks..."
"Yes indeed," Cole replied.
"I know where she's at," Hoggle volunteered, "Well, where she's going..." He looked at Tristan, "She's going over to Jareth's crypt. I'se was looking for you when ya blasted the wall."
"But she doesn't know where the crypt is." Tristan replied.
"I know... I think Doc's leadin her."
Jareth shook his head at the news and turned to Cole, "Great...this is just what we need... Doc's in the picture."
Cole looked concerned, "What's wrong with that?"
"He's not exactly trustworthy," Jareth muttered.
Tristan and Hoggle looked at Cole curiously.
"Would you stop having these conversations and just relay the information?," Tristan complained, "What did he say?"
" Basically Doc's bad news."
Hoggle groaned, "Great. How's do we's find her now?!"
They all thought about the situation at hand until Tristan smiled. "I know..."
****
Sarah wasn't exactly enjoying her walk with Doc at the moment... The hot temperature and the dry air made her mind scream for water and yet they kept on walking...Her pace gradually getting slower as her need for something wet on her lips increased. This made her all the more thankful as she saw a creek just a little ways off the path.
"Oh good water!," she commented, as she started to walk her way over to the stream of water. Doc just turned to look at her, eyes wide, "DON'T GO NEAR THAT!"
Sarah stopped in her tracks at that command as she looked to him curiously, "Why?"
"There are things living in the water," Doc commented, "Hateful ones at that. If you get too close, they will drag you in so you can drown. If you must have water, take this."
Sarah caught a canteen that was heavy with liquid. Looking at it curiously she then looked up at Doc. The older creature chuckled as he saw the look, "Don't worry...it's water... only without the risk of drowning."
"Why didn't you tell me you had this?"
"You didn't tell me you were thirsty so it never occurred to me to offer you any," Doc answered, "I don't need water so often...sometimes I forget that a large portion of a human's body is water."
"Oh." Sarah replied, opening the canteen and taking a large gulp before closing it again, "Thanks for the water by the way."
Doc smiled, "Don't mention it. You'll need it... We have a ways to go and the nights are even hotter in this area for some reason."
****
"You mean Anya gave Dydimus his sensitive smell back?!," Jareth exclaimed... a look of complete surprise on his face as he shook his head, "Oh that is so cruel... so horrid..." He started to laugh, "Boy she makes me proud."
Cole sighed and relayed the message, "He thinks it's funny."
"Well I dun see the humor in it!," Hoggle replied, "Do you know how bad the bog smells?!"
"Yes we're all aware at how bad the bog smells," Tristan replied, "We're at the bog... Now where is that Dydimus?"
"What misfortune hath been brought upon thee!," a voice echoed from one of the hollowed out trees.
"One mystery solved,"Tristan commented as he walked towards the tree, "Sir Dydimus!"
The foxed peeked out of the hole, a clothespin on his nose. "Halt who goes there? None shall pass without my permission...on second thought you have my permission now go... I really don't wanna come out right now."
Tristan and Jareth both growled at this.
"Why does the council keep sending these morons to work for me?," Jareth muttered.
"Dydimus get your furry butt out here right now!," Tristan shouted, pounding on the tree, "We need you to help find Sarah!"
The fox struck his head out, "Milady?... Milady is in danger?"
"If she isn't she may very well soon be if we don't find her first," Tristan replied, "Now will you help us track her?"
Dydimus climbed out of the tree, "Not only will I track her, I shall take care of thy scoundrel that hath abducted thine lady."
Jareth eyed Tristan, "Well on the second part, the job should be easy..."
Cole shook his head.
****
Sarah yawned as she trudged along the trail with Doc leading the way.
"Are we almost there?," She asked tiredly before taking another sip of the nice cool liquid in the canteen
Doc shook his head, "we won't get there tonight. we're stopping in a town before that."
Sarah nodded slightly as she gave another yawn, "I guess you have a point.. I am feeling tired..."
"That you are..."
Sarah nodded... her eyes growing heavy as she stepped further and further.
Taking note of an exceptionaly beautiful flower she pointed at one. "What are those?"
Doc looked at the flower and smiled, "'bout time you noticed them... They're Fatiguas. My favorite flower actually. The forest is full of them which is good since the underground medicine men use them as a sleep aid... very potent stuff."
"Really?," Sarah asked, "How potent?"
Doc smiled, "Oh... potent enough for the amount you took to take effect about now..."
Sarah gave a wide eyed look at that response. "You...you drugged me?...How?"
Doc grinned and pulled out a second canteen.... Opening it up, he took a sip of the contents and placed it back in his shirt. Sarah took the hint and stared down at her own canteen.
"Ah...you figured it out. I lied about the creatures in the creek by the way... They were more likely to warn you about me than anything ..."
Sarah dropped the canteen and contemplated running...but where would she go? And how far would she even get?
Of course as she contemplated this, Doc merely laughed as he watched her fall to her knees in exhaustion...
Sarah was out within minutes.
Hearing someone come from behind him, Hoggle turned around drawing the dagger that was part of the uniform he wore, "Stop right there! I'se got me knife and I'se not afraid to use it!"
He frowned when he realized it was a young boy.
Cole hesitated at sight of the dagger and was considering trying another route to the castle before the arrogant sounding voice reached Cole's ears, "Keep going... It's just Higgle. He's a friend f Sarah's."
Cole nodded and stepped forwards, "Higgle..."
"It's HOGGLE!"
Jareth growled at this, "Big deal...it's just a name. Just tell him why you're here."
Cole nodded and looked back to Hoggle, "Sorry Hoggle... Well anyway, we're just here to see Sarah.... not hurt you."
Hoggle gave a confused look as the child seemed to be looking at something that wasn't there and then back to him, "We?... I'se only see you... and who are you talking to?"
"Jareth."
"Jareth," Hoggle repeated in a rather disbelieving tone, "Jareth's dead. He's been entombed for over a day now..."
Cole sighed and looked to Jareth, "He doesn't believe me."
Jareth sighted, "No kidding... Ok...Let me deal with this..."
With that, Jareth walked over to a peach tree and picked three of them.
Hoffle's eyes widened as he saw three peaches floating in mid air, twirling as if Jareth himself were twirling them. He was equally amazed as one peach rose above the others...
Could this be Jareth?
The one peach flew at Hoggle with rapid speed and hit him on the head...then he was pelted with the other two.
Cole looked at Jareth in surprise, "Jareth!"
"Well he deserved it...," Jareth protested, "How could anything be that stupid?"
Cole sighed and looked back at the panic stricken Hoggle who at the time was looking for his hidden assailant, "It's Jareth alright...and he's angry!...well, he's always angry.. but he's back!"
Jareth growled, "You better believe I'm still here you miserable little..."
Hoggle looked over to see the shocked look on Cole's face, "What he say now?"
Cole shook his head, "Stuff that would get me grounded...You don't want to know."
"Don't want to know what?," another voice replied, "Hoggle, who are you talking to?"
Cole looked curiously to the upcoming mage and frowned... who was he?
"Cole, that's the guy who took Sarah," Jareth warned, "If he does anything... run."
By the time the man already saw Cole, "Oh... I see..." Tristan walked over to Cole, "are you Sarah's friend?"
Cole gave a reluctant nod.
"That's what I thought... so you're the one who can speak with Jareth?"
Once again...the reluctant nod.
"Ask him where Sarah is" Jareth prodded, "and then ask him if he's the one who blew a hole in my castle wall."
Cole looked at Jareth to which the Goblin King gave a defensive stance, "What?... Yeah I saw the hole there! Geez! You've been missing for just over a day and people are turning your house into Swiss cheese... the nerve of it all!"
Cole sighed and turned to Tristan, "Jareth wants to know where Sarah is and whether you blew that hole in his castle."
Tristan sighed, "Yes to the later one. As for the first part of his inquiry I'm rather stumped. You see I had managed to allow Sarah to be transferred over to my custody to see if we could do this resurrection thing. The only problem is that she disappeared before the transference of custody thing. so Anya's a bit more on the temperamental side... Pretty much I have to find her before any of Anya's troops do."
"Well," Jareth muttered, "That just plain sucks..."
"Yes indeed," Cole replied.
"I know where she's at," Hoggle volunteered, "Well, where she's going..." He looked at Tristan, "She's going over to Jareth's crypt. I'se was looking for you when ya blasted the wall."
"But she doesn't know where the crypt is." Tristan replied.
"I know... I think Doc's leadin her."
Jareth shook his head at the news and turned to Cole, "Great...this is just what we need... Doc's in the picture."
Cole looked concerned, "What's wrong with that?"
"He's not exactly trustworthy," Jareth muttered.
Tristan and Hoggle looked at Cole curiously.
"Would you stop having these conversations and just relay the information?," Tristan complained, "What did he say?"
" Basically Doc's bad news."
Hoggle groaned, "Great. How's do we's find her now?!"
They all thought about the situation at hand until Tristan smiled. "I know..."
****
Sarah wasn't exactly enjoying her walk with Doc at the moment... The hot temperature and the dry air made her mind scream for water and yet they kept on walking...Her pace gradually getting slower as her need for something wet on her lips increased. This made her all the more thankful as she saw a creek just a little ways off the path.
"Oh good water!," she commented, as she started to walk her way over to the stream of water. Doc just turned to look at her, eyes wide, "DON'T GO NEAR THAT!"
Sarah stopped in her tracks at that command as she looked to him curiously, "Why?"
"There are things living in the water," Doc commented, "Hateful ones at that. If you get too close, they will drag you in so you can drown. If you must have water, take this."
Sarah caught a canteen that was heavy with liquid. Looking at it curiously she then looked up at Doc. The older creature chuckled as he saw the look, "Don't worry...it's water... only without the risk of drowning."
"Why didn't you tell me you had this?"
"You didn't tell me you were thirsty so it never occurred to me to offer you any," Doc answered, "I don't need water so often...sometimes I forget that a large portion of a human's body is water."
"Oh." Sarah replied, opening the canteen and taking a large gulp before closing it again, "Thanks for the water by the way."
Doc smiled, "Don't mention it. You'll need it... We have a ways to go and the nights are even hotter in this area for some reason."
****
"You mean Anya gave Dydimus his sensitive smell back?!," Jareth exclaimed... a look of complete surprise on his face as he shook his head, "Oh that is so cruel... so horrid..." He started to laugh, "Boy she makes me proud."
Cole sighed and relayed the message, "He thinks it's funny."
"Well I dun see the humor in it!," Hoggle replied, "Do you know how bad the bog smells?!"
"Yes we're all aware at how bad the bog smells," Tristan replied, "We're at the bog... Now where is that Dydimus?"
"What misfortune hath been brought upon thee!," a voice echoed from one of the hollowed out trees.
"One mystery solved,"Tristan commented as he walked towards the tree, "Sir Dydimus!"
The foxed peeked out of the hole, a clothespin on his nose. "Halt who goes there? None shall pass without my permission...on second thought you have my permission now go... I really don't wanna come out right now."
Tristan and Jareth both growled at this.
"Why does the council keep sending these morons to work for me?," Jareth muttered.
"Dydimus get your furry butt out here right now!," Tristan shouted, pounding on the tree, "We need you to help find Sarah!"
The fox struck his head out, "Milady?... Milady is in danger?"
"If she isn't she may very well soon be if we don't find her first," Tristan replied, "Now will you help us track her?"
Dydimus climbed out of the tree, "Not only will I track her, I shall take care of thy scoundrel that hath abducted thine lady."
Jareth eyed Tristan, "Well on the second part, the job should be easy..."
Cole shook his head.
****
Sarah yawned as she trudged along the trail with Doc leading the way.
"Are we almost there?," She asked tiredly before taking another sip of the nice cool liquid in the canteen
Doc shook his head, "we won't get there tonight. we're stopping in a town before that."
Sarah nodded slightly as she gave another yawn, "I guess you have a point.. I am feeling tired..."
"That you are..."
Sarah nodded... her eyes growing heavy as she stepped further and further.
Taking note of an exceptionaly beautiful flower she pointed at one. "What are those?"
Doc looked at the flower and smiled, "'bout time you noticed them... They're Fatiguas. My favorite flower actually. The forest is full of them which is good since the underground medicine men use them as a sleep aid... very potent stuff."
"Really?," Sarah asked, "How potent?"
Doc smiled, "Oh... potent enough for the amount you took to take effect about now..."
Sarah gave a wide eyed look at that response. "You...you drugged me?...How?"
Doc grinned and pulled out a second canteen.... Opening it up, he took a sip of the contents and placed it back in his shirt. Sarah took the hint and stared down at her own canteen.
"Ah...you figured it out. I lied about the creatures in the creek by the way... They were more likely to warn you about me than anything ..."
Sarah dropped the canteen and contemplated running...but where would she go? And how far would she even get?
Of course as she contemplated this, Doc merely laughed as he watched her fall to her knees in exhaustion...
Sarah was out within minutes.