A/N: This chapter contains sex which I hope is tastefully done.
Chapter 20: When the World Falls Down
"Wait a moment, where's Becka?" Alec asked looking around. "What's goin' on? who's this guy?" Then it dawned on him. "You're him! Crap! YOU ARE THE FRICKIN' GOBLIN KING!"
Sarah burst into laughter.
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In the castle beyond the Goblin City, a loud mind piercing scream echoed and re echoed.
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Alec scowled, "Give her back! You FREAK!" The college student made a dive and a swing at the Tall Fae in front of him. However, Jareth stepped aside as he threw a crystal. The crystal broke and Alec was in a full body bind, struggling on the floor.
Sarah raised an eyebrow as Jareth looked at him. She didn't say a word as she stepped over Alec to stand by the Goblin King. Alec was swearing bloody threats as well as a lot of words that would make a biker envious.
When Alec finally ran out of steam, Jareth reached down and pulled the young man to his feet but didn't release the bind.
"Well, this is interesting. Normally, I don't take adults but I felt I needed to make an exception," Jareth sneered. "And you both are it."
Fuming, Alec growled, hissing through his teeth, "Bring Her Back!"
The Goblin King smirked, "What is said, is said. She is mine now." Producing a crystal, he rolled it around his hand, "I will give you your dreams if you forget about her."
Sarah watched with a sort of detachment as she listened to Jareth. She heard it all before and although she really should pity Alec and should be a little afraid, alright intimidated, she was mentally jumping up and down with glee. YES!
"You mean I have 13 hours to run this crazy maze of yours to get Becka back?"
"You could just leave her there. You would be well rid of her," Jareth sneered turning to look into the crystal he was running through his fingers.
"NO! I'll do it!" Alec snarled.
"I'm coming too," she said stepping forward, ignoring the warning glint in the blonde Fae's mismatched eyes.
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Standing on the sandy knoll overlooking the Labyrinth, Sarah waited quietly beside Jareth as he 'explained' the rules to the angry student. Her thoughts were on the time she had 'Wished Away' Toby. 'This is the same spot he brought me,' she mused.
"You coming Sarah? We need to beat this bastard at his own game." Alec was practically begging Sarah to come with him.
"She is not," Jareth sneered. Sarah just shrugged but refused to comment as Jareth continued. "You do this alone or not at all. You can still turn back. Turn back and have your dreams."
"I should but I did this to Becka. I just can't walk away. There's no telling what you'll do to her, if I do."
"No telling indeed. You have 13 hours to solve the Labyrinth."
Alec gave a curt nod and made his way down the hill.
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Sarah found herself in her room looking up at a very angry Fae. He said nothing to her before he walked to the hallway door.
"Do not leave this room," he said as he exited.
When he had returned, it was getting late. By her calculations, Alec has eight hours yet, so that means that Jareth should have set everything in motion and probably had given a harsh lecture to Becka. She was relaxing very comfortably in the antique lounge chair wearing a silky black lounge gown with her knees up and her bear feet tucked under the gown. She had one of the goblins to go Above to get her a few things including her book of poetry and journal.
Sarah looked up from her book as he waltzed in. She would be damned if she played the simpering maiden locked in her rooms for protection.
The book was snatched out of her hand and tossed into a corner. She started to protest when she was roughly pulled off the lounge chair.
The kiss was brutal in its intensity as his fingers dug into her arms. His body molded against hers. At first she struggled which only deepened the kiss and his hold on her.
Sarah suddenly found herself looking up into his eyes. They were cold and glaring.
"Jareth. Please? Can we talk?" she whispered, placing a hand on his chest. "Please. My Love. I know that you are angry with me. Let me explain."
Time in the Labyrinth is at the whim of the Goblin King. Sarah knew this well. One moment she was standing in her bedroom in a tight embrace and the next she was on a huge bed with black silken sheets. .
"So explain, My Pet," he purred softly as his body molded against hers. "I did not want you back here. I gave you my reasons."
"This isn't fair, Jareth," she winced slightly, waiting for his usual sarcastic retort. Feeling the heat of his body against hers through her gown, she blushed. "I would never undermine your authority. Those two deserved whatever you give them. I just . . ."
"Just what, Sarah?" His eyes still had that cold inhuman look to them.
She loved him, wanted him, needed him. She could feel her body responding to his. Slowly, he leaned down and began nibbling on her ear. "Sarah, I didn't want you involved in this."
"I know, but I couldn't just wait Above, patiently," she whispered as her hands moved stroke the back of his neck. "I need. . .," she started to say when his lips claimed hers.
With a wave of his hand, the clothing barrier was gone. His hands moved on her skin sending shivers down her spine. Looking down at her for a moment, he moved to claim her once again.
Pain mingled with pleasure, like waves crashing on rocky shores after a storm pulsated through her. He showed her no mercy as he drove in her, causing all coherent thought from her mind. She cried out as the tempo build to a fever peak then it was over arching her back, driving him deeper within her.
Breathless from the lovemaking, Sarah looked up into his eyes and whispered, "Oh my! That was. . ." she licked her bruised lips, looking up into his knowing eyes.
Jareth laughed as he rolled off her. "Sarah. Sarah. My Love. You have no idea what you do to me."
Sitting up in bed pulling the sheet over her, she watched him dress. How did she ever manage to have someone as drop dead gorgeous fall in love with her?
"Wait for me when this is over with. You can have your say then." Then he was gone in a flash of Fae magic.
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Sarah walked in the Rose Maze watching the tiny fairies dart in and out of the leaves. Hoggle must not have had time to spray, she mused silently as she came to her favorite spot. She should be fuming about his high handed manner but somehow couldn't summon up the emotion.
Sarah found her favorite spot and pulled out her journal.
Dear Jareth,
You said that I have no idea what I do to you. Do you have any idea what you do to me?
I feel giddy, pissed and sated all at once. I feel giddy that Becka is probably in your Throne Room, bound and gagged with goblins and chickens roaming all around her. I giggle at the mere thought of her discomfort. Serves her right.
I'm pissed because at Becka for putting herself, Alex and me in this situation. I mean the guy is a total creep but still she had no right.
I'm sated because well, you are so sexy in bed. Enough said about that.
You once commanded me to fear you, love you and let you rule me and that you would be my slave. Well, I don't fear you and I definitely love you. Do you rule me? Are you my slave?
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You don't know how many times I've rewritten this chapter. Thanks everyone for liking the humor in the last chapter. As for those that wanted to shoot me or hug me -- I whether have the hugs, thanks. There just aren't enough huggers in this world and I don't mean the perverted kind. Thanks everyone for reviewing. I really love them!