Disclaimer: See chapter 1. Alec, Becka and Cory are my original characters..
Chapter 21: Time in a Bottle
"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.
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He said he would walk solve the maze and save her, however, he was at a lost. He couldn't find the way in. The ancient stone wall that surrounded the labyrinth was too tall to climb and looked too intimidating. No, he just had to find the entrance. The wall seemed to go on forever.
Walking on the sandy ground, Alec mulled over how he had gotten into this fix. It was all Becka's fault. He didn't take all her talk about Sarah and her Bowie-clone boyfriend seriously. If he had, he wouldn't be in this fix. Wait until he got his hands on her. He knew Becka loved to stick her nose into people's love lives. She was getting quite a rep for doing so. Everyone knew that she loved tormenting Sarah Williams for some reason.
Sarah Williams. What piece of work. She was should a shy quite thing. Where was she? She's probably laughing her pretty little ass off at his misfortune.
Finally, he spied someone. A short man with a spray can. What in the world is he doing?
"51. Take that! 52." Alec watched as each count a something falls to the ground.
"Uh Hello? Can you help me?" Alec asked, trying not to let his frustration show. "If I remember the tale right, you know the way into this thing?"
The dwarf like man turned around and shrugged. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't." The strangely dressed man spied another flying something and sprayed. "53." He kicked sand over the tiny body.
Alec wrinkled his nose but didn't say anything for a moment. "Well? Do you or don't you?"
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Becka wasn't having a good day. First she goaded Sarah and Alec which was fun for the most part but now, it isn't so funny anymore. She had conveniently forgotten that Sarah's boyfriend wasn't quite human and he played by different rules.
She sat on the cold dirty stone floor, fuming. She was chained and gagged. Goblins and chickens scampered around her like little rodents. Just wait until she get her hands on Alec and Sarah. They will pay for this humiliation.
At the sounds of footsteps coming closer she looked up. Jareth stood in front of her dressed in his usual black and grey attire as he tapped his knee high black leather boots with his riding crop. "Well, well. Enjoying your stay in my castle?"
Becka screamed her frustration into the gag.
"Ah ah! Temper temper," Jareth said as he made himself comfortable on his throne, ignoring the goblins. "Now I'm not going to remove your gag. You only have yourself to blame for the treatment. I can't have you attacking my subjects. My goblins are very sensitive and you screaming at them only frightens them."
Just wait until she was freed. She'll tell him a thing or two. Wait. Where's Sarah? Narrowing her eyes, she glared at the Goblin King.
"Such an angry look. My my. I'll have you know your knight in shining armour is even now just entering my Labyrinth. He has already wasted two of his 13 hours trying to figure out on how to enter. What are they teaching you these days?"
The goblins around the room snickers and giggled. Jareth smirked as he stood, pointing a finger at her. "You were warned to leave Sarah alone. Sarah is mine. She gave herself to me willingly. You have no right to interfere."
Struggling a bit, Becka tried to scream, "I was only trying to break her out of that shell of hers, you moron!" Of course, with the gag, everything was muffled.
"Temper, temper. What a pity you will be mine also when your friend fails. What a lovely goblin you will make." Jareth conjured a crystal and rolled it around his hand for a moment before he tossed it at Becka who flinched as it showered her with fairy dust.
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Someone else was also very frustrated. Alec wasn't having the best luck going through the Labyrinth. It was as if everything was against him and to make matters worse, he was getting pelted by someone or something. And it didn't help that he was completely and totally lost.
He stared in disbelief at the stone wall in front of him. He could've sworn that he had just came from that way. Nothing in this place makes sense. Turning around and around, he threw his head back and let out an aggravated cry of rage.
"Now! Now!"
Alec turned sharply around to face the Goblin King. "You!"
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Sarah sighed as she put down her journal. She wondered how Alec was doing in the Labyrinth. Looking up at the cloudless sky, she mused that Jareth was in a good mood. If he hadn't been, then the sky would be dark or cloudy.
A shadow crossed her bench, breaking her musings. "Hello Sarah. I hear that my cousin is dealing with a very special Wish Away."
"Hello Cory," she said with a smile, making room for him on the bench. "Yeah. Two of my study-mates decided I didn't have enough excitement in my life and of course, they just had to involve Jareth in it."
He laughed. "Well, Jareth has been waiting for a chance to intervene."
Sarah snorted, slamming her journal shut. "What are you doing here?"
"My, we are in a temper. Don't worry My Lady, I'm just here to give you and my cousin an invitation."
Sarah rolled her eyes. Fae. She asked herself again, why did she find them so fascinating?
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Out in the Labyrinth, a lone human male fell into the helping hands and chose down. His shouts echoed deliciously to the Fae's ears.
Jareth chuckled maliciously. This time he wouldn't be sending Hoggle to take the boy back to the beginning. No. There he can stay until his time ran out.
Looking over at his captive, Jareth smirked. "Well, it seems your friend won't be rescuing you after all. He found himself at the bottom of an oubliette."
Becka struggled against her bonds with fear in her eyes. "Oh don't worry," Jareth said standing over her. "I'll retrieve him after he's lost. He only has four hours left."
Tears formed in her eyes as she lowered her head.
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Hope you enjoyed this. I hope it won't take too long for the next update. For those that are upset with the lack of gory sex details, I find that the readers minds are more imaginative then anything I could write, so that's why I don't go into full details. Until next time.--GF