Bringing together what should have always been
AN: Please note I do not have a Labyrinth Beta. All mistakes are mine. This is for my friend Jessa Lynn, since like me, she like fics on the Labyrinth XD, and thanks to everyone who loves this story too. To everyone who had given me the support to keep this fic going, thank you!
Rated M
Chapter 21
Mr. Walkins arrived a few minutes after the police arrived on the scene. He wasn't surprised to see a man keeping noisy people away from Sarah and Toby. This must have been Mr. Jackson. He walked over to the young girl and gave her a quick hug, whispering his condolences before jumping right into business.
"Sarah, I need you to tell me what happened"
"Mr. Jackson brought me and Toby home a week after watching us as daddy had planned. When we got near the front door, Mrs. Petterman from next door confronted me. Apparently there have been a lot of people looking for us and she thought no one was home and wanted to know who Mr. Jackson was. When I realized that daddy hadn't left the house in a week, I rushed to find my keys after handing Toby to Mr. Jackson and rushed inside to look for Daddy. I searched the complete 1st floor before I started upstairs. When I went into his room, daddy was lying in bed like he was asleep, but he wasn't. He was dead"
Sarah produced the tears needed as she retold the events to Michael Walkins. Mr. Walkins and her father had started a well to do law firm about a year back. They had worked for the same law firm when they where younger and had started their own firm in hopes of making a difference.
"It's ok Sarah, has your boyfriend arrived yet?"
"No, but he is on his way with his mother. Karen threatened Jareth and his mother a while back when she found out I was hanging around him at school. They moved and they live two towns over now, so it will take a bit"
"Ok. I need to find the police officer and talk to them for a bit ok. Then I will come back over here. There is a lot we need to talk about, ok?"
"Ok Mr. Walkins"
Michael smiled at Sarah then went to find the police officer in charge. It didn't take long as the man was interviewing Mrs. Peterman from next door. He had to stop himself from smiling when he heard the woman.
"I swear the wife must have killed him. He was due to confront the woman when he sent his kids away to a friend for a week, nut told no one. Poor girl had to come home and find her father dead like that. That step mother of hers will blame her for sure. She always despised Sarah, making fun of her, running off her friends, never letting the girl go out. If you saw them in church on Sunday mornings like I did, you would always see Sarah with the boy, like she was his mommy instead of Karen Williams. She was always forcing the boy on her"
"Are you sure you didn't see the man leave the house at al for a week?"
"As sure as the sun rises each morning"
"Ok Ma'am, ill will have another officer collect your information for later"
"Thank you officer"
That was when Walkins made his move.
"Officer, can I talk to you for a moment in private?"
"Yes sir"
Michael and the officer walked into Robert's office and he started to explain that yes Robert was planning on confronting Karen on the abuse he had come across, that he had filed for divorce and that he had the evidence in their law office to prove it. The officer quickly asked to see the evidence and Walkins agreed to have the officer come to the offices the next morning. He also explained that Sarah has no clue she is the one Robert gave everything to, including custody of the boy in case Karen tried to kill him.
He made sure no one else knew of it and kept everything in his office. This surprised the officer and Walkins told him there was enough money accumulated that Sarah and Toby could live well for the rest of their lives, but if Karen had anything to do with the death, she was probably after the money she thought she would inherit.
"Robert has several life insurance policies. Two of the policies are for 500,000 dollars; one was for 750,000 dollars and four policies for 250,000 dollars. Up intil recently, only two of the 250,000 policies had the kid's names on it, one for each child to pay for college if he died too soon. But when Robert found out Karen had been abusing Sarah from the get go, he transferred all the policies into Sarah's name, to make sure Karen couldn't hurt them and Sarah could care for Toby if she needed to. Sarah has no clue, and it is going to give the girl a small coronary when she finds out"
Are you sure Sarah Williams has no idea of the change in beneficiaries?"
"Positive. Robert did it from our office and the papers he signed and sent back came to and left from our office. All the new paperwork is still lying on his desk at work. He never brought them home because he was afraid what Karen might do to the kids if she found out. There is no way in god's great creation that Sarah knows. She didn't even know they were being sent off intil an hour beforehand. She didn't even get time to call her boyfriend"
"Do you think Sarah can care for the child Mr. Walkins? She is very young"
"That is one of the abuse charges Robert has on Karen. She was forcing Sarah to do her homework, all the household chores and care for the boy when she wasn't in school. That is why Karen never let the girl out of the house. Robert worked intil 8-9 o'clock at night, sometimes later, and Karen was forcing Sarah to be her personal slave."
"When did it start?"
"Apparently the moment Karen moved in and it just got worse when she got pregnant with Toby"
"I'll be honest; we have found evidence of foul play. Several things are noticeably missing from the home, and Mr. Williams has a large bruise on his chest. We are thinking someone came in hit him in the chest, causing him to pass away. Where did Mr. Jackson take the children?"
"Washington State. He works as a private detective there. It was far enough away that if something happened, Karen couldn't place the blame on Sarah, and quiet enough where if someone new showed up, everybody would be watching. Robert knew Karen was going to lose it when he confronted her. I'm just glad he made sure to take care of every possibility before doing so."
"I agree. We are going to put an APB out on Karen Williams. I'm going to need some information to do so"
Mr. Walkins worked quickly to give the officer the said information when he heard a commotion outside. When he ran out of the office, he saw several people keeping a young boy from entering the house as Sarah was screaming at them to stop. The officer shouted for them to let the boy pass, and watched as the blonde haired boy embraced Sarah Williams.
"Oh my god Sarah, are you ok? I came as quickly as I could!"
"I'm better now that you're here Jareth. I'm sorry I didn't call sooner, but I had to protect me and Toby"
"I know precious, I know. Where is the little man?"
"In the living room"
A red haired woman walked in behind them and separated the two.
"Jareth, give Sarah some breathing room, he girl just lost her father, don't smoother her in the process"
"Sorry mom"
Jareth and Christina had decided to set up identities in the town two towns over, as agreed on in the plan. They had used their magic to provide records for Jackson and themselves as they were waiting for the appropriate time for them to arrive at Sarah's house. Christina would be acting as Jareth's mother as Jareth would be using a glamour to fool every body else. It was a good plan.
The police officer walked over to the pregnant woman and introduced himself.
"Hello Ma'am, I'm officer Hitchson, may I ask who you and the boy are and your relationship with Miss Sarah Williams?"
Christina was prepared for the problems. She had dealt with mortal security before.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm Christina King. This is my son Jareth King. Jareth has been secretly dating Sarah for months now."
"Can I ask you where you and your son where at this week Ma'am?"
"Of course. I work form home form 8 am to 8 pm each day. I'm a novelist. My husband is an actor. His name is Christopher, but we don't share the same last name for a good reason"
As she said this, she looked around the room then knowingly back at the police officer.
"I'm sure you can understand why"
"Of course Ma'am"
"Here is my work organizer. It has all of me and my children's schedules inside of it. Jareth, my oldest, is a busy fellow, and his sisters are as well, as they are in pageants"
"I see. Thank you Ma'am. I'll make copies the info and take your information in case we need it later"
"Of course officer, take your time"
The officer walked off, as Mr. Walkins walked over to Sarah. It was time for that talk. He quickly pulled Sarah back into the living room and sat her down. The police were watching her reaction as Walkins told her what her father had done pervious to his death. Sarah acted accordingly with the situation and soon Sarah agreed to meet up with the lawyer the next day to go over paperwork that needed to be done.
Soon enough everyone had left and Sarah, Toby, Jackson, Jareth and Christina left the house as well. They went to the hotel rooms Jackson rented and as soon as they entered, Jareth opened an enchanted mirror that was currently in her parent's old room. Jackson, Christina and Toby went back to the Goblin Kingdom as Sarah and Jareth went back to her house.
Sarah wasted no time with finding a small flashlight to use around the house. She knew the police were watching the house. Jareth just snapped his fingers as see thru black coverings went over all of the windows. Sarah was looking strangely at him intil he explained.
"The police will see a darkened house when in reality, every light is on and we can move around as we please"
"Thank you Jareth"
"Your welcome precious"
"Here, put these on. The gloves will make everything carry Karen's finger prints and they will look like they were made a few days ago. I heard the police say they were bringing a CSI team in here tomorrow from the big city to look over everything. They think Karen killed your father. Let's make it look like it"
Sarah put on the gloves, the same as Jareth and it didn't take them long to remove all of the clothes from the closet in her parents room. Jareth magically procured boxes for Sarah to pack things away in. each time a box was filled, it disappeared, just for another box to return in its place.
Soon Sarah and Jareth had finished cleaning out her father's room and proceeded with her and Toby's old room. They then went to the guest room upstairs. They cleaned out the upstairs bathrooms the quickest and Sarah had Jareth send goblins upstairs to clean out the attic of all of its things.
Sarah turned on the lights as she walked down stairs. She cooked her and Jareth a dinner of rack of lamb, roasted potatoes, and fresh bread. While eating, Jareth was so impressed he made it a point to Sarah that she needed to show the castle cooks how to make the dish, and Sarah laughed. She was happy that Jareth was enjoying her meal.
Afterwards, they cleaned out the kitchen and then proceeded to the living room. It took them a bit longer to do that room considering how big it was. They then cleaned out the entry way. From there they removed all the pictures and artwork form the stairwell wall and then finally, then they came into Robert's office.
It was the hardest room to clean out for Sarah. She had to stop several times to keep from crying. Jareth understood and made sure he was constantly there for her. Without Linda in the picture, he understood just how alone Sarah could feel at the moment. He couldn't imagine dealing with his parent's death. He knew Sarah hadn't talked to Linda in a long time and it was always her and her father.
He watched silently as she separated his books into several boxes, and then separated private papers and work cases. The work cases, Sarah set aside carefully. The private papers she packed away. He watched as she packed all of his degrees and pictures away. He watched as she cleaned out his desk and packed away his computer. He knew the police would suspect Karen broke in and took everything since everything Sarah was packing was being sent to a special room inside of his castle. It would sit there intil Sarah was ready to go through all of it.
After a long night, Sarah was almost finished. She removed the remaining cameras and hidden video recorders. She then walked calming into the garage. Jareth once again called his goblins and they started removing everything out of the area. Sarah watched as all of her families belongs were quickly taken away where she could sort through it all later. She was leaving the furniture here intil she went o sell the house. She could stand to keep it; it held too many painful memories.
After that job was completed, Jareth watched as Sarah snapped her fingers and the garage was cleaned. He followed her back up into her room she had shared with Toby and asked Jareth to just hold her. He did as she asked and prayed she would be able to hold out. She might have been one of the strongest women he knew, but this was still very hard to do. He didn't envy her one bit.
Sarah quickly walked through the entire house again, making sure she had removed everything. Tomorrow was promising to be a large headache and she was not looking forward to it. She had to call the funeral home and make arrangements. She had to call all of her father's family and friends and notify them of his death. She had to plan the funeral, the burial, and take care of the assets. She still didn't know how she was going to keep the police from suspecting her after she sold everything.
"How do I keep the police off of me after I sell the house? That is the one thing I didn't expect."
"I have already handled that. I have arranged for you and your brother to 'live' in a small house in the country of his birth. There is an 'Uncle' that is going to help you there. The police won't suspect a thing"
Sarah turned to look at Jareth. She should have known he would think of the one thing she didn't.
"Ireland huh"
"Yes Precious"
"Nice choice"
Jareth just laughed. Sarah was a strong woman, but he needed his future wife in bed with him so he could sleep. He missed holding her.
"Come precious, we need rest and tomorrow is a big day"
As they walked through the enchanted mirror back into their hotel room, Sarah looked back once more at the house she was leaving behind. The house she first meant her true love in. the night she accidently wished her brother away.
Jareth and Sarah awoke to fists banging at their door. Sarah quickly got out of bed to look through the port hole to see three police officers. She looked behind her to see Jareth there completely clothed. She snapped her fingers and she was dressed along with breakfast ready on the table. When she opened the door, Christina was coming out of the bathroom. She had teleported herself there when she felt Jareth's psychic distress.
The police officers came in and started searching the room. Jackson knocked on the door a minute later with Toby, Jessica, Daphna and the twins behind him. They were all carrying food. Jackson had told the children beforehand not to call Sarah Aunt intil they were back in the underground. They understood the situation at hand and were ready to put on a show.
"Hi Sarah" said Jessica as she gave her a hug. "Toby behaved himself well at the store. He loves balloons though. Took us forever to get him away from them"
Sarah just laughed as Toby jumped up into her arms and gave Jessica a raspberry before responding.
"It was green. Sarah likes green, I wanted it for her"
The officer then walked up to Sarah.
"Where were you last night Miss Williams?"
"Here in my hotel room. Everyone got one as it seemed the right thing to do since I need to plan the funeral soon. Why?"
"Someone broke into your house last night and removed a lot of things. We are investigating right now to see if Karen Williams might be in the area"
"Oh My God" Sarah replied acting scared and clutching Toby tighter to her."You don't think she would try anything now that dad has been found dead do you? It would be quite foolish of her if he did"
"We can't be to careful Miss Williams. Intil the funeral, we need to place a police guard with you and the boy at all times. Is anyone been notified of your father's death yet?"
"No" replied Sarah "I was doing that today. I have my dad's address book with me. I took it before I left the house yesterday so I could call everyone today. Mrs. King and Mr. Jackson thought me and Toby should rest since finding daddy yesterday. It was quite traumatic"
"I understand completely. We just searched the room for some of the missing items since it was protocol to do so. We are sorry we interrupted everyone's breakfast"
"That's Ok" responded Sarah with Jareth putting his arm around her shoulder for support."I understand you were only doing your job"
"Is there anything I can do to help?" asked Jareth being polite. "With my dad being who he is and us being his secret family as to speak, I know a lot about looking for inconspicuous things. Comes with the territory I guess"
"No that's fine" chuckled the police officer "But thank you just the same. This is a police matter"
"Understood sir" said Jareth and saw the police officers to the door. There they saw a few uniformed police officers waiting outside. They took there position and Jareth shut the door.
"Well" Jareth spoke up."Guess it is time to notify and let it be known that Robert Williams has passed beyond the veils. Let's get started"
With that everyone begin eating and Sarah started making phone calls with Jareth and Christina. By the time noon came around, it was time to meet Mr. Walkins at the law firm to go over the paperwork. Sarah acted surprised when she learned just how much her father had put away and had was insured for. She called the detective on her father's case and asked with the Jareth and Michael there was it ok to call the funeral home yet. They said ok and Sarah called the local funeral home to retrieve her father from the city morgue.
From there, Christina, Jareth and Mr. Walkins escorted Sarah and Toby to the funeral home to make the arrangements. From there, they went to the florist to pick out the flowers and then to the store to buy clothes for the funeral. Sarah needed to help everyone since they were used to the underground and aboveground clothing.
She bought procured a black and red lace dress for Jessica and Daphna, matching black suits for the twins. Christina and Sarah both bought a three piece black suit, Christina wore a navy blue blouse under hers and Sarah purchased a green one. Jareth and Toby were matching in Green and Black suits.
After dealing with paperwork and arrangements all day, Christopher "Showed" up and had to explain he was there with Christina. When the police realized who her secret husband was they understood quickly and made sure no one got near the rooms.
Sarah and Jareth had used their magic to make their room larger on the inside by adding a room for Toby as they lay in bed together. Sarah had been feeling faint since she had transported her and Christina into the underground safe haven. She really needed to talk to Jareth about it, but she didn't want to seem weak.
Jareth knew what she was thinking about. He had watched her earlier in the day when the funeral director had brought her the tea with lemon and she started feeling nauseous. He had an idea on what was wrong, but he couldn't be sure. He wanted her to bring it up, but knew she wouldn't consider the current circumstances. He would have to do it.
"Precious"
"Yeah Jareth"
"I think we need to talk about what happened today and the day of the battle"
"Do we have to?"
"Precious" Jareth breathed out. He had to get her to open up. He had to know.
"How long have you been feeling sick?"
Sarah looked at him perplexed. She hadn't been feeling sick, just light headed and faint and that could have been due to all the stress she had been through lately. Yeah, that was it.
"I'm not sick, just super stressed. I'll be fine"
"Can you tell me why you have been feeling light headed then lately?"
"Stress"
"How about the sick feeling you got with the lemons today?"
"Nervousness and the smell of chemicals"
"Ok, you passed out the other day..."
"I just have started to become a Fae Jareth; I've not even turned into my animal yet. Although I am scared over it"
"Understandable, it is not a pleasurable experience for most. I remember when Christina turned for the first time" and Jareth started to laugh.
"Not funny but do tell"
"Well" said Jareth""imagine your getting ready for your first ball. Here was Chrisy in this pink and White fluffy dress, trying to gain the attention of a certain teenage Fae. It usually happens when a Fae turns 17 or 18. Chrisy was 16. She just started dancing with the boy, nervous as can be. All of a sudden, she went to speak, and she squawked like a bird instead. Embarrassed, she covered her mouth. When she felt her mouth hurt, she removed her hand to see a beak instead of a mouth. Then to everyone's shock, she transformed right there on the dance floor. She was an eagle for about 13 minutes, scared out of her wits, it hurt like hell and then she transformed back, without her dress"
"OH NO!"
"Oh yes" replied Jareth when trying not to laugh."Half the young men at the Fae Kingdom got a good look at what she sister had to offer that night. Not to mention she is a real red head. She screamed, I covered her and our parents freaked out"
"Poor Christina"
"Poor Josiah" replied Jareth. "In her fright she attacked him"
Sarah covered her eyes with her hand and Jareth laughed. He knew she had a mental picture she didn't want, but still had. A scared eagle attacks, with very sharp talons.
"What happens to people that are turned Fae, and not born Fae?"
"They usually turn around age 16 if it happens when your young. You have been Fae touched though, and have been for a year. Plus you turn 17 soon. It might happen anytime"
"Great" responded Sarah"I hope I am no where near you or Toby when I do. I don't want to hurt you"
"No worries Precious, the other goblins have already been notified if you start turning to tell me immediately and to hide Toby for safety concerns. I think no matter what you are, you will be gorgeous"
Sarah kissed him for that and he soon responded. His hand ran up her face to run his one hand in her hair as the other one helped her roll onto her back. Sarah couldn't seem to keep her hands to herself as she ran her hands up the back of his shirt, causing Jareth to give a low groan. She lightly ran her nails down his back to see what would happen. Jareth hissed in pleasure and Sarah grinned at her accomplishment. She was still surprised she could evoke such a passion in Jareth, but was glad she did.
She ran her fingers up his neck and through his hair. Jareth's head tilted back and he moaned out in pleasure. Sarah was sure he would purr if she scratched his head or behind his ears. So she was surprised when she gently brushed the tip of his pointed ears, for Jareth to push his cloth clad erection into her.
"You like it when I touch your ears?"
"Oh yes Precious, Ears are quite erotic to Faes"
Sarah her finger tips along the tips and around the shell of his ears once more and was greeted with him giving her a punishing kiss. She heard him snap his fingers and realized at once he had used his magic to strip them of their clothes. She couldn't help but laugh and Jareth stopped to look down at her.
"What do you think is so humorous Precious?"
"In a hurry are you not my King?"
Jareth just smirked down at her and Sarah immediately knew she was in trouble. Before she knew it, she was turned over on her knees and quite surprised.
"What the, Jareth what are you"
Sarah didn't get to finish her sentence as Jareth slipped into her from behind. They both moaned at the feeling and Jareth stayed still for a moment to catch his breath. She was so deliciously tight around him that he had to fight the urge to just ram into her intil he spilled his seed, but he couldn't do that to her. If he was going to take her, she would have to come undone first.
His thrust started off slow, but not for long. Sarah had still a few tricks up her sleeves, so when he pushed into her, she made sure to clench harder around him. This had Jareth gasping up and Sarah wearing a smirk. She knew he loved the feeling and he soon reciprocated as he started to rub at her clit. She was the one to gasp out this time and Jareth smirked. She wasn't the only one that had tricks.
"Precious" Jareth whispered "Grab the head board"
"Huh?"
"Grab the headboard"
Sarah did as she was asked and realized that he was able to penetrate her deeper. When he also grabbed the headboard, fingers lacing through hers, he started to ram within her. She could breath, she couldn't speak, all poor Sarah could do was hold on for dear life and pray as Jareth showed her more passion than her mind could handle.
Jareth could hear the chocked moans of his beloved under him and knew she was almost there. He started to thrust harder, faster, deeper intil Sarah came with an almighty scream.
Sarah felt as the coil within her broke. Her eyes were open, yet she still saw stars. She screamed his name as her body desperately grabbed at him trying to milk him for all he was worth, but Jareth wasn't finished yet.
Jareth removed his hands from hers and grasped her hips, keeping up his rhythm. He was so close, but not close enough. He thrust into her over and over again, but still he couldn't come. Sarah did though as she gave another passionate scream. He knew she would be sore in more than one way in the morning, but it was worth.
Still encased within her, Jareth flipped her over and placed both of Sarah's legs over his shoulders and raised her hips, thrusting into her, never missing a beat. As he looked down at his love, her knees at his shoulders, breasts bouncing with each thrust, mouth open with each moan she made, made him even harder. He started thrusting abnormally fast now, when at last Sarah came a third and final time, Jareth thrust so hard and deep into her, he hit her cervix. Sarah couldn't help but scream out his name as Jareth grunted out hers as he came with her.
Jareth knew the problem when he hit her cervix. The realization of the news was so intense that he finally came within her, spilling his seed deep within her and crying out in joy. The pleasure bordered on pain, and he lost his mind for just a moment. As he lay down beside her, he brought her to his side. She was his for all time, nothing could change that now.
Sarah lay than on top of Jareth, catching her breath and starting to regain the ability of speech and thought. After all, she had never experienced anything like that before, but knew that when it came to Jareth, that she would feel this loved and complete for the rest of her days. She loved this man and nothing was going to make her let him go.
As Sarah drifted off to sleep within Jareth's arms, he looked down at her lovely. He made sure she was go and asleep before placing a hand across her still flat stomach. Not only had she given him her love, his Sarah had blessed him in another way. She was giving him a child, the most precious blessing he could ever had. He fell asleep like that, with one arm around her, and the other with his hand on her stomach. The future was looking brighter than ever.