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Chapter 20

When Worlds Collide

"Make sure you have all of your weaponry tightened and ready to be used. We do not want any of you harmed. Stay together until Cunctus gives the signal, then attack."Sarah kissed her friends on the forehead.

Hoggle grunted, "Hmph. Jareth ain't gonna get away with this."

"Jareth...enemy..." Ludo held a spear in his right hand.

Sir Dydimus and his dog Ambrocious were prepared for battle, along with at least one hundred other creatures. Yes, even the firey had bows and arrows. Cunctus and Nil, another power, began sending creatures to the new world where Jareth stood proudly, awaiting for action.

"Now, we fight, we kill, we destroy, and we cannot fail."

Sarah maliciously grinned, "And I will be Queen of the Underground."

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"Now, Kara," Jareth sent out twenty armed goblins, "you underestimated the Powers. Thought they wouldn't show up. Who do you think is outside our city, the Easter Bunny? Go out there and fight for me. Take a sword." He pointed at a goblin who held three swords. The goblin handed out one to a scrawny goblin.

I ran to the goblin before he gave the other one away. I knew I had to side with Jareth until the time was right. I hoped not to wait long. I was never a physical person. I always believed in using words for defense. Maybe it was time I started to use other forms of action. But I never thought it would be against an army of odd looking creatures and monsters.

My sword was very long and very sharp. I guess that's what I should've expected in the first place. A creature approached me with a dagger in its hands. The creature looked a lot like a tiny version of big bird with bigger eyes and no beak. I swung at the bird and missed. Swinging again, I hit its leg. It hobbled for a moment before trying to stab me in the stomach. With a hard swing, I cut the beast's head clean off.

"That...felt good. Great-" I shouted at myself, "Now I'm a murderer."

The clashing and screaming noises filled the city. I kept a fast pace to run away from most attackers. However, if another Big Bird replica approached me, I would surely kill it. What? Ernie was always my favorite, and since no creature looked like him, I didn't feel guilty.

Kara...

Damn Sarah and her voices-in-my-head bit.

"What?" I didn't think anyone would notice me talking to myself while the war went on.

Kill Jareth's army. He will not see it as it is. The Powers will deceive his eyes as if you are killing the others.

"Sure thing, Sarah. Sure thing." I chopped away at a nearby goblin. He was fat and too slow to hit me.

Another sluggish goblin approached me and yelled, "Treason!" Maybe Sarah's idea wasn't so perfect.

My other hand was suddnely not empty. Another sword appeared as twenty or more goblins surrounded me. In the distance I heard voices yelling. I swung away at the beings, knocking most of them onto their feet. This gave me a chance to run behind a statue and stab the creatures as they passed by.

I heard another yell, "Kara's over there!"

"Coming Kara!"

"Kara friend!"

How did I predict this? Far away, I spotted Ludo, Hoggle, and Sir Dydimus on his dog rushing up to help me. They knew I was on their side.

On the way over, they slaughtered at least ten more goblins. Jareth's army was growing weary. Finally close to me, my friends asked if I was alright. I nodded and stabbed a passing goblin. There were too many of them. The creatures from Cunctus' side were dwindling down to nothing.

I tried to explain quickly what was going on to Hoggle and the gang. "So I have to throw some crystal at his heart. I don't know if I should kill him or not first. They want him destroyed, but gave me vague instructions."

"Maybe," Sir Dydimus spoke in a soft tone, "they want you to choose his fate. After all, it's going to be you who saves us."

He had a point. Was it my choice? I had no time to think. Another group of nasties charged at us with their spears and swords sticking out. I entered a nearby house with Hoggle and Ludo. Sir Dydimus and Ambrocious entered another house.

"What are you doing?" A boisterous voice was heard immediately upon entering the house. At first, we thought it was someone who lived there, but I recalled that the city was desolate previously.

I turned around to see a white orb floating in mid-air. "Cunctus?"

"Yes, it is I. What, may I ask, are you doing? Who told you to destroy Jareth's army?"

Holy crap...I was confused. "Huh? Sarah told me you guys would make Jareth see otherwise."

"No! We never said anything of the sort. He is inside the castle making more of his goblins. If you go to him right now, I garuntee he will kill you. He's seen everything." Cunctus stopped short and added, "Where's Sarah? Do you know? We must speak with her now!"

"We?" I was oblivious.

"Us Powers." In an instant, the white orb evaporated into nothing.

Sarah lied to me? What was going on? I had to get into the castle no matter what Cunctus said. I needed some answers and I needed them now.

"Hoggle," I snapped, "Cover me while I go in the castle."

He gasped, "But Cunctus said-"

"I don't care! I'm mixed in with all of this and I have no answers. I want to know what the hell is going on."

I swiftly ran into the castle. Jareth was nowhere to be found. I guessed he would be in a throne room and immediately searched upstairs for one. I heard a low singing sound and followed it. Down a marble hall stood a red door. I enetred it and saw Jareth dancing and singing in the middle of the room. Cunctus was wrong so far...He was not ready to kill me.

"Jareth!" I screamed so he would stop singing. "Shut up and listen to me!"

He turned on his heel and shot me an icy glare with his black eyes. "You! You betrayed me!"

"Look, I think you're the one who betrayed me. Can you tell me what is going on before I blow up?"

"Hahaha. If I tell you-" He started.

"What?" I interrupted him, "You'll have to kill me?"

Stepping a bit closer to me, Jareth spoke with an obvious attitude. "Why on earth would I kill my new slave? That's right...If you stop killing my army now, I will be nicer than usual. If you don't stop, I will be forced to act cruel. Now, what's going on, you ask? If I tell you, as I started to say before you were rude, you will go blabbing to everyone! So, go out there and kill the enemy or I will have to punish you."

I realized Jareth had been unattractive for some time now. As I walked out of the room, I heard a woman's laugh. I stopped and hid behind the wall to peek my head out and see who it was.

Appearing in all of her glory was none other than Sarah. She walked over to Jareth with a dagger in her hand. Maybe everything wasn't so crazy after all.

"The Powers don't know." Her voice held vengance, "And neither does that girl Kara. They will think nothing of it except for an accident or mistake on my part. Darling," She pulled Jareth in, "I'm so glad that spell wore off. Now we can be together forever in the Underground..." Without any warning, I watched as Sarah kissed Jareth hard on the lips.

I gasped and ran out of sight. Down the stairs and out of the castle, straight to where my friends were hiding. On the way, I wished Cunctus or some Power would show up so I could tell them what I saw. As Cunctus said before I left the Labyrinth, they knew everything, but didn't know everything at the same time. Perhaps they knew about Sarah's mischevous side, or not. Either way, I wanted in on revenge.