I wished I owned Labyrinth so I could make millions of bucks from it, but I don't so don't sue me for any of this…

And as for the last chapter I was so excited to get it posted that I rushed through the editing process I have (I kind of skipped it altogether) So I plan on going back and fixing that today, that is why this is going to be a "short" chapter…. So don't sue me for the bad writing and the short chapter.

In general I tend to write long chapters, it's not my fault really it's the story's fault! It wants to get out of my head (I think the other voices scare it) ….. so don't sue me if your eyes get tired…..

If you happen to bite your tongue….. it's not my fault soooo yup don't sue me!

-3-

"I want to see Sarah to make sure she is ok. I need to know that she is being taken care of." Jareth told the Djinn. Rourick nodded and allowed the translucent smoke holding him up to envelope Jareths' form and pull them away. As the smoke cleared he could see Sarah on a stone floor. She was still unconscious. He bent down to lift her head and cradle it in his arms. Pressing a quick kiss to her forehead he noticed that her eyes began to flutter open. "What are you doing here" she asked with fear and anger in her voice. The man who had haunted her dreams for the past month was now holding her as if she was his most precious possession. But she also remembered that he was the reason that her brother Toby would probably be scarred for life. (The little boy kept a death grip on her goblin doll, and his first real word aside from mama and dada was magick pronounced maa-ick. But Sarah knew what it had meant) Now to top it off she was wished away from her home at a time that she needed the love and support of her family the most….. all because of him! "I'm here to rescue you" he said sincerely.

"Rescue me that's what you call having me wished away?" she cried. Even with her diminished strength she still had fire in her eyes. "Sarah I have to run the Labyrinth to get you back. You were stolen from me before I could get you to my castle. Trust me when I say that I will do everything in my power to get you both back." Jareth promised her with such determination that she could only nod her head in understanding. Something had changed between them since they last met. No longer was the threat of her losing her precious brother. Now it was a budding love that was threatened to be lost. With that realization she felt the overwhelming need to be near him forever. "Well that is touching and all, but your time is up." Rourick said as he snapped his fingers leaving only him and Sarah in the dark dungeon room. "NOOOOO" she screamed, at the same time in his castle the Goblin King joined her in unison. "Please let me go, I am nothing to you" she cried. The tears streaming down her face did nothing to sway his emotions. They only fueled the pleasure he was receiving knowing that now he would have his true revenge against Jareth. They truly did love each other.

"My dear you will be a so called guest in my kingdom. This will be your quarters, and you will be fed three times each day in mine. You will watch with me as your beloved fails the Labyrinth and is turned into one of his stupid sniveling goblins he hates so much!" Rourick laughed with great delight. "Who are you and why are you doing this to us" she asked. "I'm Rourick the king of the Djinn Genies and I lost the love of my life to the Goblin King hundreds of years ago." Sarah was shocked to hear that bit of news. Her strength was slowly giving away and she laid back down on the cold floor to fall into a dark and dreamless void that she feared was her heart.

"Rourick I am ready to get this over with" Jareth yelled into a crystal letting it shape shift into the Djinn. "You will control the Labyrinth only as much as I was allowed to do. It will change on its own to keep me from the center, so all you can do is add road blocks of your own creation." Rourick was content with this, so he only nodded his head giving permission for the Goblin King to continue "In allotted my thirteen hours I guarantee that I will beat the Labyrinth and get my Sarah back. After I do you will pay for this treachery!" Rourick seemed oddly amused at this little outburst. The usually calm and over regal Goblin King was coming apart at the seams. This would be easier than he had thought. "Let it begin" was all Rourick said as He and Jareth were transported to the beginning of the Labyrinth. Jareth knew all the little secrets that Labyrinth liked to doll out on the runners so he knew that none of them would be available to him. In fact it appeared that the Labyrinth was a completely different maze, as he gazed at the entrance which was usually a stone wall with a large gate. Now it was a single plain door with no walls on either side to support it. As Jareth tried to walk around the door he was blocked. The labyrinth had become invisible so it was obviously adjusting to Jareth's superior intelligence. He opened the door to find it was indeed completely see through. "Well" he thought "This will be simple enough with one of my crystals to lead me through." He held his hand out to conjure the crystal. Nothing happened. He tried again this time trying to pull all his magick out and into the crystal that never appeared. "Jareth you should know that the Labyrinth forbids you to use your magick to get through it. Just try to act like your little human and use your wits and pure dumb luck." Rourick smiled as he vanished. Jareth would never get through this. Deep in his core Rourick felt that he had already won.

Back in the mortal world things were as crazy as ever. Robert feeling it was his fatherly duty to make sure his daughter was ok called the police to report her missing. Since she was obviously very sick as the doctor had told the officer, they were able to rush the missing person's timeline. The officer had pointed out things to Robert who was now getting more and more worried over his little girl. "Sir you say that nothing appears to have been removed" the officer asked again. "Yes it looks like it always has. Even her clothes are still in their places." Roberts voice caught in his throat as he seen the ring Sarah always wore. It was given to her by her mother. Little did he know that she had given it away to pay the Wiseman in the underground, which he later returned at the party. "She would never leave this behind" he began to sob as he held up the precious ring. Karen who had been watching the whole thing for awhile now finally lost her patience. "Oh Robert come on, do you think she really cares about any of this stuff now that she has a new life of her own. For all we know this baby daddy is some rich hunk of a man who will provide her with whatever her little selfish heart desires." The officer raised an eyebrow at the woman but kept his mouth shut. She was obviously an emotional pregnant woman who was trying to deal with the sudden loss of her beloved step daughter….or so she was trying to get everyone to believe. Time would tell which it was. He gathered all the info he had needed and with Sarah's recent picture he left to go post it on the local missing person ads and see if anything came up. In a few days time they would know something…. Either good or bad. Karen ran to the bathroom for the fifth time to throw up. Robert gave a huge sigh and went to help her, pregnancy was certainly not agreeing with her this time around.