Yay! I finally found the time to update this story. So far here are the 'votes' (or what ever you want to call them…) Morgan-1, Kenzie- 3, Liz-2. So keep the votes coming! Thank you to all who have reviewed and I hope you all have a great New Year!

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Liz's POV…..

I was officially exhausted. I knew I had less than ten hours to get to the center which really bothered me. It was like a weight on my shoulders that I couldn't shake off. I really wanted to go home and sleep for hours, but I knew if I didn't find Morgan soon…she would find a way to hold it over my head, and I definitely didn't want to explain to my parents what had happened! I would be grounded for life!

I suddenly felt my legs come out from under me, and I fell into a dark hole with Ziggu following.

"Where are we?" I asked. After I said that, I immediately went into a coughing fit. The air was so dirty and thin that it was hard to gasp for breath.

"Um…cough….were in a….cough….oubliette….cough cough." Ziggu informed me.

I got up and brushed the dirt off of my jeans. I had enough of this little game the goblin king liked to play. I moved two steps and I felt something grab my waist and cover my mouth. The thing pulled me back and kept an iron grip on my hips. I tried to push myself away, in hopes that I wouldn't get murdered.

'So this is where it ends,' I thought 'in a dark hole. It's like a Stephen King book.'

I tried to scream, but the thing behind me jerked me back, so it sounded like I was coughing and choking. I was about to let the thing pull me all the way back, but I remembered the telepathic conversation I had with Ziggu two hours ago.

'HELP ME,' I mentally screamed 'Something has me!'

I heard Ziggu turn on his heels and then I heard a hard punching noise. I was so excited until I felt my nose throb. My whole body hurt after the, hopefully accidental, punch I received. Whatever held me let go after the blood gushed from my nose. I dropped to the ground when I was released, and just stayed there until Ziggu realized what he did. The pain was so agonizing. I have sprained and broken many things, but this was the worst it had ever been. My face felt like it had a pulse, and I was beginning to get a splitting headache. The blood kept pouring from my nose like water from a faucet. I tried to scrunch my nose, but it wouldn't go without me screaming.

"Oh my. Liz, I'm so sorry…I…cough…I d-didn't mean to…cough…punch you!" Ziggu apologized.

I tried to say it was alright, but the metallic taste of blood intruded my mouth.

"It's okay," I whispered "Just get us out of here."

He picked me up and hoisted me over his shoulder, which I found completely unnecessary. He kicked a couple of walls and then I heard a laugh from the corner I was being dragged into.

"Ziggu, didn't your mother teach you any manners?" I heard.

There was a bright white light and I saw Jareth. I realized he was the one who was pulling me backwards. That just made me mad. Ziggu put me behind him, and then looked at Jareth menacingly. Even though I only knew him for two hours, I had never seen him so angry before. I guess talking about your mother insultingly was hurtful down here too.

"You don't strike women." Jareth continued.

"I didn't mean to, and…cough… you know it Jareth. I was aiming for…cough… you, if you were the one who was holding…cough… Liz hostage." Ziggu hissed.

I continued to hold my nose and watch the fight progress. The bleeding lightened up a bit, but it didn't make much of a difference. I didn't have a whole lot of time left, and Jareth was most likely trying to stall us.

"Look…cough…we don't have much time. Ziggu didn't mean it, and…cough…I would like my nose fixed…please."

Jareth signaled me over, and I stumbled over to him. He lifted my chin up and made the light from the crystal grow brighter.

"Ziggu, you might have broken her nose."

Jareth held his hand over me and then I felt the blood dry up and the bones crack into place. I almost passed out when I heard them crack, but I felt so much better that I didn't care.

"Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do for the black eye you will be sporting for a while, love."

I didn't know why he called me 'love', but I thanked him anyway and didn't think anything of it, until I saw Jareth hit the floor and Ziggu slapping him in the face.

"YOU…cough….DON'T CALL HER…cough…LOVE!" Ziggu screamed in between swatting at Jareth's regal face.

I all I saw was blood from Jareth, and the pink hair of a Jade Puget looking creature. I didn't think blood could come from slapping, but I then realized Ziggu was scratching Jareth's face.

I ran over and pulled the two apart. I reached into my pocket and took out a few band-aids and patched up Jareth's face. He looked silly with Cookie Monster band-aids all over his facial features.

"You are going to regret this, Ziggu, I guarantee it!" his booming voice roared, and then he disappeared.

I looked over at Ziggu who was heavily panting. "Lets get out of here."

He opened a door on the side of the wall and pulled me through it. We tumbled through piles of garbage and other junk people seemed to ignore. I hit my head on music boxes and trash cans. We still had a ton of garbage piles to fall through, and that was when Ziggu gave me the lid of a trash can.

"Sit on it," he yelled over the breaking of glass and other objects. "I'll meet you down at the bottom."

I nodded and sat on the lid. Man did that thing fly! I was gliding through moving boxes and discarded stoves, it was almost fun! In fact, it was the most fun I had all day. I reached the bottom and so did Ziggu. We stepped through the awful trash, and then we came to a goblin with a big bag of junk on it's back.

"What are you doing 'ere missy?" she asked in a scratchy voice.

"We want to know where the labyrinth is from here. You wouldn't happen to know, would you?" I asked.

She grumbled and the led us to a gate surrounded with snakes. "Good luck getting through there miss."

I looked at Ziggu and he lifted me up over his shoulder again and jumped over the snake pit, and opened the gate.

"Thanks." I said. He just nodded it off.

We kept walking until we heard a rumbling noise. That's when it happened.

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