Lana had ran through the castle as long as she could. When she finally collapsed against a wall a man appeared before her. He looked similar to Jareth. Tall lean, long hair a bit darker then Jareth's. His eyes she couldn't really see but they seemed to hold a wicked glint. He step towards her. "who are you?" She was wide eyed and something inside her told her to run, but before she could he grabbed her.
"I don't think so little one. You're coming with me." He teleported them to a place outside of the castle. It was the hill where she had started the Labyrinth. But the Labyrinth looked different. It was even more twisted then before. It looked deadly. "Let me go!" Lana wrenched her arm away from him and moved closer to the edge of the hill. Getting a better look she saw the Labyrinth change again. Its paths became more twisted and cruel looking. "What in the world is going on."
The man smiled. "Well, Lana you seem to know what you are talking about. Why don't you tell me?" Lana turned around glaring at him. "How do you know my name?!" He smiled wickedly. "I'm Jareth's brother, Curt. I've been watching you both for sometime now. As time went by the Labyrinth began to change. It became more twisted as its King did. But as I've been watching you two I've noticed something. Things are changing again. They are becoming normal. But not quite fast enough to help Jareth."
Curt laughed cruelly and spoke again. "He'll die in there trying to get to you and when he dose I'll take his place and make you mine." Lana was taken a back. She turned and looked out into the Labyrinth and she spoke through her mind. 'Please Labyrinth don't kill him, help him. You know what will happen if Curt takes over. Please help us.' The Labyrinth sighed through her mind. 'You are strong child perhaps you will be the one to save us all. I cannot not guarantee my help and I will not freely give it. I'm sorry.'
Lana glared through her mind. 'I am asking that you help, from one being to another being. If Curt takes over you know you will become more twisted then you already are and will be in great pain. I can see that you are now as you try and untwist your tightened walls as they strain to hold.' The Labyrinth was silent for a few moment. 'What you say is true, you may yet prove to be a great woman, but I cannot promise anything.'
Lana smiled. 'Thank you.' With that she turned to deal with the asshole who called himself Jareth's brother.
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Jareth sighed as he walked to the Labyrinth's gates from the castles gardens. The Labyrinth spoke once again but this time it was but a faint whisper. 'Good luck My King.' And with that it was silent. Jareth nodded and headed into the Labyrinth without a backwards glance.
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The Labyrinth watched as Jareth made his journey. Over three hours had passed and he had not gotten very far do to the twisted paths and dead ends. Sighing it spoke. 'You will get no where if you keep turning in circles.' Jareth growled. 'How am I supposed to stop myself. I cannot find a straight path. What has happened to you Labyrinth? What's has become of you?' The Labyrinth sighed. 'Over the years of your loneliness and twisting emotions and actions I have become like this.'
'Only now that the girl has come into your life have you been able to see straight. It started the day she set foot within me that my walls untwisted for her. She knew the way, she knew what to do. And she was fearless of it. She is the key and you are the lock. Slowly she is turning and slowly she unlocks you from your cage.'
Jareth stopped and stared at a wall. "Are you trying to tell me that she's the one I've been dreaming of all this time? The one thing I couldn't find all along after Sarah won." The Labyrinth nodded in his minds eyes. 'Yes, my King. She is the Key to saving all of us.' Jareth growled. "And what about my brother?" The Labyrinth was silent and then spoke rather hesitantly. 'He has been watching us since Sarah left the Underworld. He has watched us change and now that he sees that Lana is slowly fixing things without knowing it he wants to stop it. That is why he wants you dead and to claim her for his own.'
Jareth sat on a rock. "If he knows she's fixing everything then how is he to stop it?" Labyrinth did answer. "Well? How is he to stop it?!" The Labyrinth whispered. 'You know how. All he has to do is break her spirit to do it. Because once he does that she will despair and her magic will die with her broken soul.' Jareth stood upright. "No!" The Labyrinth felt his rage and recoiled. "You must stop him Labyrinth!" The Labyrinth spoke so softly that he could hardly hear her. 'I cannot do anything my King. You know that I cannot. You must solve me in the time given to you or all hope is lost.'
Jareth tried to calm down but the growing fear and need to save Lana was overwhelming him and he took off at a dead run finding his way out of the circle he had been in and into the heart of the Labyrinth.
"I don't think so little one. You're coming with me." He teleported them to a place outside of the castle. It was the hill where she had started the Labyrinth. But the Labyrinth looked different. It was even more twisted then before. It looked deadly. "Let me go!" Lana wrenched her arm away from him and moved closer to the edge of the hill. Getting a better look she saw the Labyrinth change again. Its paths became more twisted and cruel looking. "What in the world is going on."
The man smiled. "Well, Lana you seem to know what you are talking about. Why don't you tell me?" Lana turned around glaring at him. "How do you know my name?!" He smiled wickedly. "I'm Jareth's brother, Curt. I've been watching you both for sometime now. As time went by the Labyrinth began to change. It became more twisted as its King did. But as I've been watching you two I've noticed something. Things are changing again. They are becoming normal. But not quite fast enough to help Jareth."
Curt laughed cruelly and spoke again. "He'll die in there trying to get to you and when he dose I'll take his place and make you mine." Lana was taken a back. She turned and looked out into the Labyrinth and she spoke through her mind. 'Please Labyrinth don't kill him, help him. You know what will happen if Curt takes over. Please help us.' The Labyrinth sighed through her mind. 'You are strong child perhaps you will be the one to save us all. I cannot not guarantee my help and I will not freely give it. I'm sorry.'
Lana glared through her mind. 'I am asking that you help, from one being to another being. If Curt takes over you know you will become more twisted then you already are and will be in great pain. I can see that you are now as you try and untwist your tightened walls as they strain to hold.' The Labyrinth was silent for a few moment. 'What you say is true, you may yet prove to be a great woman, but I cannot promise anything.'
Lana smiled. 'Thank you.' With that she turned to deal with the asshole who called himself Jareth's brother.
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Jareth sighed as he walked to the Labyrinth's gates from the castles gardens. The Labyrinth spoke once again but this time it was but a faint whisper. 'Good luck My King.' And with that it was silent. Jareth nodded and headed into the Labyrinth without a backwards glance.
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The Labyrinth watched as Jareth made his journey. Over three hours had passed and he had not gotten very far do to the twisted paths and dead ends. Sighing it spoke. 'You will get no where if you keep turning in circles.' Jareth growled. 'How am I supposed to stop myself. I cannot find a straight path. What has happened to you Labyrinth? What's has become of you?' The Labyrinth sighed. 'Over the years of your loneliness and twisting emotions and actions I have become like this.'
'Only now that the girl has come into your life have you been able to see straight. It started the day she set foot within me that my walls untwisted for her. She knew the way, she knew what to do. And she was fearless of it. She is the key and you are the lock. Slowly she is turning and slowly she unlocks you from your cage.'
Jareth stopped and stared at a wall. "Are you trying to tell me that she's the one I've been dreaming of all this time? The one thing I couldn't find all along after Sarah won." The Labyrinth nodded in his minds eyes. 'Yes, my King. She is the Key to saving all of us.' Jareth growled. "And what about my brother?" The Labyrinth was silent and then spoke rather hesitantly. 'He has been watching us since Sarah left the Underworld. He has watched us change and now that he sees that Lana is slowly fixing things without knowing it he wants to stop it. That is why he wants you dead and to claim her for his own.'
Jareth sat on a rock. "If he knows she's fixing everything then how is he to stop it?" Labyrinth did answer. "Well? How is he to stop it?!" The Labyrinth whispered. 'You know how. All he has to do is break her spirit to do it. Because once he does that she will despair and her magic will die with her broken soul.' Jareth stood upright. "No!" The Labyrinth felt his rage and recoiled. "You must stop him Labyrinth!" The Labyrinth spoke so softly that he could hardly hear her. 'I cannot do anything my King. You know that I cannot. You must solve me in the time given to you or all hope is lost.'
Jareth tried to calm down but the growing fear and need to save Lana was overwhelming him and he took off at a dead run finding his way out of the circle he had been in and into the heart of the Labyrinth.