"Why isn't she moving?" Chance asked as they came up to her, placing a hand to the side of her face, studying her eyes.
"Because her mind isn't here," Aquis said, causing the twins to both move in front of Kaye, blocking her from view as they locked onto the king's advisor. He quickly held up his hands in a form of surrender.
"I don't want to fight."
"Sure, and we're rabbits." Chance said, watching his hands for any signs of movement for spell work.
"What do you mean her mind's not here?" Chase asked, his brothers sword raised towards his fellow faes throat.
"He has locked her mind away, it's easier to control her when she can't respond. Though… she has already wandered off a couple of times." Aquis told them as he looked at the elf that sat behind them.
"How do we get her back?" Chance asked through his teeth, his knuckles turning white on his hilt. Aquis turned and looked at him, his brow raised.
"Oh, you can't."
/././.
Kaye ground her teeth as she slammed down on the asphalt, scraping up her hands and knees as she caught herself. It felt as though she was in the middle of an ice storm that was trying to stop her from reaching her destination. She had no idea how the owl was able to stay up in the air with the sleet and ice slamming into its delicate wings, but that just made her hope stronger that it was Jareth. She jumped up and kept running, pushing through the pain until she was at the eye of the storm.
It was so cold where she stood that it felt like she was burning but at least the sleet and ice were not hitting her in the face and the winds had stopped. It was eerily quiet now compared to what she had been running through just a few moments before. In this quite she thought she could hear her heartbreak as she watched blood poor from the owl as it swooped through the eye of the storm, getting close enough to her that a few drops of blood splattered on her shoulder. She cried out, wanting to do something to help but unable to do so. But just as the tears burned behind her eyes large bolts of lightning filled the sky, causing her to drop to the ground and cover her head. She stayed down until the lightning stopped, lifting her head and watching as the stormed broke up. But something wasn't right, the world seemed to be darkening around her, fading into nothing. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, trying to get her vision back.
Kaye let herself fall back onto the street, her eyes staring up into the night sky, watching as the owl flew in circles over top of her before she lost all vision.
/./././.
Jareth took deep breaths as he stood over the Fae King, blood pooling on the floor from his new wound.
"Jareth!" Chase yelled, running towards him just in time to catch him.
"It's over. Go tell the men out front. Take some of his knights to back-up your words to get them to stand down." Jareth informed him.
"You need to be healed, first Sire."
Jareth rolled his shoulders back before he stood up straight, wavering only slightly.
"Go."
Chase stood for a few more moments, holding eye contact before bowing his head.
"Chance. How is she?" Jareth asked, not moving from where he was.
"She's been locked inside her mind. This fop says we can't save her." He answered, pointing to Aquis with his thumb. Jareth finally turned and walked over to them, stumbling slightly but not stopping, ignoring the blood that dripped to the floor.
"Take him back to the castle. I'll take Kaye."
"Sire… You are in no shape to…" Chance trailed off as he looked at Jareth. His eyes were set as though made of steel. "Yes, Sire."
Chance moved away from Kaye and placed a hand on Aquis, vines slowly rising up to encircle them.
"Come on luv. Let's get you home." Jareth said softly as he gently pulled her up to her feet, blood staining her pale skin.
././././././././.
A/N: Sorry that it took me so long to post a new chapter. It took me a while before I could bring myself to write anything new after Bowie passed. So during that time, I finished my book. It is now up on Amazon (fully edited) if you would like to go check it out and perhaps purchase it. It's a dark fantasy/romance between Lucifer and a young woman named Ellie, they have to fight the odds, creepy angels, and over bearing parents. It's called The Devil's Love by Crystal Wilt
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