Chapter Fourteen
"No!" Nol shouted when he tackled the Doctor to the floor and the black light hit the bed. The bed exploded as Zeeni screamed and she and Rose ducked. The Doctor got up when he helped Nol up and glared at Mirror.
"THAT will be enough!" the Doctor shouted. Mirror roared when the black light shimmered around him and he floated into the air. Rose picked up Zeeni as they looked at Mirror and Mirror's hair blew around his head. His eyes were black as blue veins appeared on the sides of his face and his teeth became fangs.
"Turning all sidhe, are we?" the Doctor asked, sarcastically.
"What are sidhe?" Rose asked.
"Dark fey," the Doctor said when he pointed the sonic screwdriver at Mirror and Mirror laughed.
"You can't do anything to me, Doctor! I die then so does he!" Mirror said as he pointed to Nol and the Doctor looked at Nol then at Mirror.
"I know that. What I don't understand is WHY you did this!"
"It is really simple. I need an heir."
"You mean HE needs an heir!" the Doctor said and pointed to Nol.
"I do?" Nol asked, getting confused.
"You can have children, right?" Rose asked.
"I don't know."
"You can't! You were ill when you were two and it made you unable to! THAT is why I took her!" Mirror shouted.
"But tha-that's wrong! She isn't yours. I mean mine! She's Gobby's and that makes her a goblin!"
"Only HALF of her is goblin! Once I get rid of that half then she will be mine!"
"She isn't half goblin. She's half human," the Doctor said with a smile.
"WHAT?"
"She is?" Nol asked.
"Yes, Jareth is human."
"He is?"
"Yes."
"Oh. Yes. He told me that."
"No!" Mirror shouted when he fired a bolt of black light at Rose and Zeeni and Nol's eyes went wide. Rose and Zeeni screamed while Nol moved in front of them and the black light hit him in the chest.
"Nol!" Zeeni shouted. Mirror looked at him when Nol staggered back then raised his head and his eyes went red. A white light surrounded him when he floated into the air and growled.
"THAT HURT!" Nol shouted when a white light surrounded his left hand and he locked eyes with Mirror. He snapped his fingers when a gold framed mirror appeared and he smiled, seeing the fear in Mirror's eyes.
"You wouldn't!? You can't!" Mirror shouted.
"I can!" Nol growled when the white light shot from his left hand and hit Mirror. Mirror screamed when the white light surrounded him and Nol waved his left hand. They watched as Mirror slammed into the mirror and a white light flared. The Doctor placed the sonic screwdriver away when he walked to the mirror, looked at his reflection then saw Mirror behind him and turned around seeing no one behind him.
"Now, that's a good trick!" the Doctor said when Nol floated down and slid to the floor. The Doctor walked to him when he knelt down and placed his hand on Nol's chest.
"Doctor?" Rose asked and Zeeni sniffed with tears in her eyes.
"He's alive," the Doctor said when he gently slid his arms under Nol, lifted him up then headed for the door. "Blimey, he's as light as a feather. Come on."
Rose and Zeeni followed when they heard Mirror screaming and the Doctor turned, looking at the mirror.
"Oh, shut up. I'll be right back!" the Doctor said when they left the room and Mirror screamed, pounding his hands on the glass.
The TARDIS slowly appeared as Hoggle walked outside and the doors opened. Rose carried Zeeni outside when Hoggle smiled and Rose let Zeeni down onto the floor.
"Princess!" Hoggle shouted and she ran to him.
"Higgle!" Zeeni said and Rose frowned.
"It's ok, Rose, she always calls me that!"
"Oh," Rose said.
"Where is the Doctor?" Hoggle asked when the Doctor came outside and closed and locked the doors.
"Did someone say my name?" the Doctor asked when he took Rose's hand and Rose smiled.
"Yeah, thanks for getting Zeeni back," Hoggle said.
"No problem. How is Jareth?"
"Come and see," Hoggle said when they walked inside the castle and the doors closed behind them.
The Doctor opened the door when they walked inside the bedroom and he carried Zeeni to the bed. They looked down at Jareth as he slept and the Doctor placed Zeeni down. He gently shook Jareth when Jareth opened his eyes and looked at him.
"Hello," he Doctor said, smiling.
"Hello," Jareth said softly.
"Daddy, why are you in bed?" Zeeni asked and Jareth looked at her.
"Zeeni?" Jareth asked when he tried to sit up, but the Doctor gently held him down and looked at Rose.
"Rose, can you take Zeeni for a second?" the Doctor asked and Rose took Zeeni to other side of the room.
"What's he doing?" Zeeni asked.
"Just making sure that Daddy is alright," Rose said as they watched the Doctor check Jareth's pulse and smiled.
"Well?" Jareth asked.
"You'll live," the Doctor teased when Jareth slowly sat up and Zeeni walked to the bed then climbed onto her father's lap. Jareth looked at her then the Doctor and Rose and smiled.
"Thank you!" Jareth said.
"You're welcome."
"But why was Daddy in bed?" Zeeni asked and the Doctor explained. Zeeni frowned when she snuggled closer and placed her head on Jareth's chest.
"What did you do with Nol?" Jareth asked.
"Well, if you feel up to it, you can come and see." the Doctor said Jareth looked at him then moved the duvet back and Zeeni stood near the Doctor. Jareth snapped his fingers when he became dressed in the clothing he wore when they met and they headed for the door. They left the castle when they walked to the TARDIS and Jareth looked at it.
"It's his magic box, Daddy!" Zeeni said.
"I know," Jareth said when they walked inside and he looked around. They walked down the passageway when they came to the infirmary and walked inside. Jareth looked at the bed when he walked closer and looked down. "Nol?"
Nol was asleep as the light sounds of the oxygen prongs up Nol's nose hissing and the heart monitor filled the air and Jareth reached over and touched Nol's hair. Nol looked frail and weak as Jareth felt the anger inside him melting away and he looked at the Doctor.
"Doctor, what's wrong with him?"
The Doctor explained what happened to Nol while Jareth stroked Nol's hair and Zeeni walked closer. She took Jareth's hand when he picked her up and hugged her.
"Will he be alright?"
"Physically? Yes. Mentally? No," the Doctor said when Nol's eyes fluttered opened and he looked up at Jareth.
"Go-gobby?" Nol asked softly and Jareth reached down and took his hand.
"Hello, Old Friend," Jareth said.
"Where are we?"
"Never mind. Just go back to sleep," Jareth said when Nol looked at Zeeni and blinked.
"Who's that?"
"This is my daughter, Zeeni."
"She looks like Nari. Where is Nari?"
"She's dead."
"She is? Oh. Yes. She is. I was very upset when I came and saw that she was in this glass box. I didn't want her in there. You explained why and I wanted to take her back with me. I mean she is my wife. Well, she was."
"So that's what he wanted," the Doctor whispered.
"But you took Zeeni instead," Jareth said and Rose frowned.
"No, he didn't!" Rose whispered.
"No, I didn't. Mirror did," Nol sighed and the beeping grew faster.
"But he is you."
"Not really," Nol sighed and squeezed his hand. "Forgive me?"
"Yes," Jareth said when Nol smiled and closed his eyes. Jareth patted the top of Nol's head when he picked Zeeni up and walked to the Doctor. "Where is it?"
The Doctor led the way as they walked to a room and walked inside. The mirror sat at the center of the room when Jareth walked closer and looked at Mirror. Mirror glared at him when he slammed against the glass and Jareth turned.
"He can't get out of there?" Jareth asked.
"No, the only two ways he might is if the mirror is broken or he finds a weaker reflective surface and gets out," the Doctor said.
"Or someone does this!" Jareth said when he snapped his fingers and the mirror vanished.
"What did you do?" the Doctor demanded and Jareth smiled.
"Come and find out," Jareth said as they walked out of the room and the Doctor frowned.
Jareth led the way as they walked down the hallway and he stood near a large steel door. He opened the door when they walked inside the room and Rose looked at the paintings hanging on the walls.
"Whoa!" Rose whispered as she held onto the Doctor's hand and the Doctor put the black framed glasses on. They stopped at a painting when the Doctor walked closer and the painting was of a gold mirror within a gold mirror going on and on into infinity.
"Very clever, but where is the mirror with Mirror in it?" the Doctor asked.
"Mirror's mirror is the last one. Even if he does find a way to the front, it's just a painting. He can't get out," Jareth said.
"Won't he starve?" Rose asked.
"I am not heartless, Rose Tyler. I scattered food and drink along the way and made sure that he has air to breath."
"Oh."
"Daddy, I want to go see Nol," Zeeni said when she reached for the Doctor and he took her, holding her in his arms.
"Is that alright?" the Doctor asked.
"Yes!" Jareth said as they left the room and, from inside the painting, Mirror faintly screamed