A/N Own nothing R&R

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I looked around for help, but everyone was involved with their own affairs to notice anything. I screamed and called Jareth's name. The men just laughed at me. My screams probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere in a normal place either. The words wouldn't come out. I started panicking. I felt the tears come from my eyes and I was shaking like crazy. I called for Jareth a few more times finally I whispered into the table words I never thought I would hear myself say, "Goblin King, Goblin King, where ever you may be, help me, just help me please."

I know it wasn't the right words, but I didn't have any child for him to take away. Also, the story isn't true of course. I guess I wasn't as sober as I thought or I was so scared I didn't know what else to say. I whispered it so low the men at the table didn't even hear it. That did not seem to matter though. A few seconds after the words left my mouth I was lifted over the table and placed on the floor on my knees, between Jareth's legs. Yeah, I know it's a very awkward place for me to be, but I was not thinking about that at the time. I grabbed his leg like I was a little child and began to sob. He held his hand in front of my face, a message I understood, he wanted me to be as quiet as possible. I stopped sobbing but that just made me shake even more. Then I saw him hit the one guy with something that I didn't notice in his hand before. It looked like a crystal, but not the crystals I had seen him playfully spin around in his office. This was lit up and an opaque colored. It looked like it was made of the same thing that shower doors are made of.

The next thing I knew the men were being led out the door, all of them looked very frightened. I looked up at Jareth and said as sarcastically as possible, "My hero." However, I was still shaking uncontrollably and it didn't come out very well. Jareth smirked at me. He always smirks, I rarely ever seen him full out smile. He looks extremely nice with his smirk and even more when he smiles. His laugh is also a great thing to see and hear, but again it very rarely happens. I couldn't help wonder why I was thinking of how hot he is when I should be thinking about the horrors that almost happened to me. I changed my mind quickly, I would rather not think about it.

Jareth gave me a little push towards his office and I went. I sat down in a chair near his desk. I saw that he had some new "toys." I touched the sign on screen on his computer. I used to use it to log my hours when I had worked here. A demon like statue rose out of a little box and began scanning the room with a red beam. I rolled my eyes and laughed at the device. It seemed to scan everywhere but at me. Finally it got to me and then sunk back into the box. I giggled again at Jareth's new "toy." It didn't seem to matter if you believed that you were from a fairy tale land, all men loved gadgets. Jareth's office was full of gadgets that he had modified to look more evil. His office was not well lit, but even if it was the paint on the walls would make it look dark anyway. The walls were a dark brownish red color. Everything in the room was brownish red: the chairs, the desk, the door, and the shelves.

The waitress that had served me brought me in a glass of water to help calm me down I guess. I would have preferred a large cookie, but I thanked her for the water. Jareth eventually came in and he looked pissed. It was rare to see him angry, not as rare as to see him smile or laugh, but it still did not happen often. He usually seemed unhappy, but that was a normal thing for him. When he was angry though, even I cringed away. His dark eyes glanced at me and I flinched. I had seen what his temper does to him. He has never hurt anyone, but he has damaged many pieces of nice furniture.

Finally I broke the silence. "What does the demon scanner do?"

He face looked a bit shocked by my question, but at least not angry, "It is a new idea I had for people clocking in and out. I have had some trouble with a few employees clocking others in. If I can get the scan to work properly, it will reduce that and look really threatening."

"I wouldn't say threatening. I mean, maybe the first time a new employee uses it. Especially if they aren't used to you and the way you are," I said with my own little smile. Jareth just looked at me and said nothing else. This was getting awkward. "Thank you for beating up those guys for me. How did you get there so fast? How did you hear me? I saw you walking towards the kitchen and then all of a sudden you were there?" I started speaking faster and faster and started trembling again.

Jareth walked over and sat in the chair next to me and awkwardly put his hand on top of mine. I could tell he was really trying to be nice; he is really bad at normal social interaction that is not about business or him talking about the Labyrinth and he is worse when that interaction involves some kind of physical contact. Of course his hands were covered by his gloves that I don't think I ever seen him without. I briefly thought about that while he tried to not seem out of place. I don't think I ever asked him about the gloves. Somehow a gloved hand is not as comforting.

"You called me, so I came. Now maybe you should tell me what you are doing in my restaurant. Won't your little man be upset?" I knew by his tone he was trying to make me a little angry. We were only friends for maybe 2 or 3 years but he knew that I was easily distracted and distraction is exactly what I needed right now. So I took a deep breath and got ready to ask him for a favor.