If I had ever owned Labyrinth or its characters I wouldn't be writing fan fic.. Instead I would be making new movies and TV series and living off those mega bucks. But I don't so I am stuck making zilch and writing for your amusement….. So don't sue me!

More reasons not to sue me: your water was shut off, your car hit a pothole and burst its tire, you dropped your ice cream cone on the ground, your granny decided to try the new thing called texting and is now sending you the weirdest messages every five minutes. Or the worst of all your granny has just started a twitter account and is updating every five minutes "just ate prunes, now I have to do a #2", "for some reason I have a strange smelling discharge coming from my ear", "help I've fallen and I can't get up. Lol"….yup all that's not my fault so don't sue me!

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Jareth's red orb that had followed him to the bottom of the lake was no longer red. It was a pale pink. Something drastic must have happened for it to change so much. Thinking about his love that supplied the orb it must be the love that it was connected to. Something was not right with Sarah. The thought that she was suffering in some way made his heart pound. He had to get to her!

Truly Sarah was suffering. Everything and everyone that had ever meant anything to her was suddenly all gone. She felt so alone. Her new friend Rourick was even absent lately. He seemed to be getting ready for a journey. He had set up extra defenses around Sarah telling her it was only for her own safety. Sarah hardly noticed or cared. She was depressed and didn't feel like life was worth living anymore. She only kept up her appetite and her determination to live only for the innocent babe she carried. Sarah would make sure nothing happened to that babe.

"Sarah dear I have to leave" Rourick said from behind her. Sarah hadn't heard him come in but she also didn't move to register that she had heard him speak. "Sarah" Rourick said more forcibly as he turned her around to face him. He could see she had been crying probably since Jareth had first gone under the water over an hour ago. Something inside him felt both satisfied and upset at her misery. Even though he had wanted her to suffer as his beloved had suffered, He still had formed a little friendship with the girl. It was hard not to like her. She had a fire inside of her that was very infectious. It reminded him of his true love Dawnlei. He also remembered the devastation he had felt when he heard of her demise. He spent centuries in a deep depression and a few more plotting revenge against Jareth. Now that everything was working in his favor he almost regretted that Sarah was stuck in the middle of it all.

"Sarah, I am leaving in a few moments. I may be back right away or it may take me longer. But I wanted to let you know that you must stay in your rooms. A maid will bring you whatever foods you desire all you have to do is ring for it." Sarah was so overwhelmed. Rourick was the only person she had left that she had a connection to and now he was leaving her. Wait she still had her three underground friends. "Can I have my friends visit?" She asked feeling the happiness spread through her like a warm evening fire. "Sarah I am afraid to tell you that when you first arrived, I asked your so called friends to come and make your stay more enjoyable. But the little fox refused to leave his post at the bog, the large stupid one didn't even remember who you were and the dwarf was very rude saying that he wasn't going to get stuck babysitting you again." Rourick lied to her. "Ok" she replied in a whisper the warmth she felt turned to ice. Three more slashes against her heart. She wasn't sure she could take anymore.

Robert was searching through his wife's things looking for any sign of Sarah's whereabouts. He had a nagging feeling she had something to do with his daughter's disappearance but there was no proof. He had asked her many times about that day Sarah "left", but it was always the same exact story. It didn't make sense though. Sarah never even had a boyfriend so how was it that she was seeing a man behind their backs long enough to conceive a baby and decide to move away with him. If that was the case then why couldn't they find her? Nobody had turned in any creditable information as to where she could be living with this man. Frankly Robert was getting sick of his wife. All she has done since Sarah disappeared was whine and complain about her pregnancy. She also seemed to be losing her mind. For a long time Robert had been drifting away from his wife. He knew that this pregnancy was her last resort to keep him. She had pulled him away from his family to go out and "make new connections" to further their rank in polite society. They went out so often that he was going broke. Now that she was pregnant and it was a difficult pregnancy he was sure that he had fallen out of love with the woman. He felt bad that she was suffering, but it got him off the hook from having to go out with her every evening to places he hated and people he couldn't stand. Lately she had been saying mean things about Sarah. That's when the suspicions started that she had done something bad to his daughter. Karen even talked in her sleep (which was something that she never used to do) and she would talk about another man whom she dreamed very lewd fantasies about. This man was named Jarrod or something like that, and she said plenty of times in her sleep that she was so happy to be having his baby. Robert was keeping away that little tid bit until the baby was born and a paternity test could be done. If the child wasn't his, then he would be more than happy to divorce Karen.

Still he searched for some clue about his daughter. Which he did not find.

"Jareth" the Mermaid Queen said while gently shaking him. "Your body can't hold this slowed state any longer. I have to release you to the surface or you will drown." Jareth heard the words but it was hard to register them in his foggy brain. He had been under the water for too long and was beginning to succumb to the bliss of death. "The wards I have set up around the cave will protect us from the Minotaur but outside of the cave anyone is easy prey for him. I'm afraid I am the only one who can release your immobility spell so you will be pulled by our fastest swimmers to the surface where you can swim to the beach." The Merqueen then kissed Jareth one more time thus releasing the spell. Jareth's body jerked at the sudden rush of blood pumping through his veins again. The two mermen grabbed Jareth's arms and propelled him through the mouth of the cave. Before they were more than a few feet from the mouth of the cave they were ambushed by a large mass. Jareth's lungs screamed for air but he was pushed around the water till he wasn't sure which was up. The mermen that had been pulling him through the water were being ripped apart by the huge black beast. The Minotaur was completely distracted from Jareth while he eagerly devoured his delicious meal. Jareth began to kick his way to what he hoped was the surface but knew he wasn't going to make it. Already he was fighting to keep his eyes open against the sweet lull of a death sleep.

Rourick kissed an unresponsive Sarah full on the mouth before he left her rooms He wasn't sure why but he felt a loss at leaving her. Turning to the guards outside her door he gave them their last orders till his return. "If anyone tries to see the lady you will immediately throw them into an oubliette, no exceptions! If anything should happen to me in the Labyrinth or if I am not the Victor runner then you are to kill Sarah immediately before the champion gets to her." Rourick was sure that he would be the winner no matter what. But he wanted to be ready for any outcome. No matter what he felt towards her Sarah wouldn't live much longer. Her fate was sealed just as his beloved Dawnlei's was.

Rourick blew a glittering swirling mist in front of him conjuring the image of Jareth as he did. The transportation spell would put Rourick exactly where Jareth was in the Labyrinth. He would only have to grab his dead body and the Labyrinth would send them both back with him as the Champion. Rourick smiled at that thought. He would not only gain Jareth's girl but he would also take the empty throne of the Goblin King. He stepped into the mist only to be surrounded by murky water.

Rourick looked around and spotted the glowing orb next to the body of Jareth floating just under the surface of the water. "So this is where you died" He thought as he waited to see if there was any movement showing life in the immobile Goblin King. Rourick smiled. It seemed the Goblin King was truly dead. He kicked powerful arms and legs to the body and began to hauled him to the shore. Too bad his magic was also "turned" off now that he was considered a runner or he would just poof them to the beach. The dead weight slowed him down, but with victory only a few strokes away he didn't mind. Under the water the Minotaur was finishing off the last of the mermen, and had taken notice of the new body that seemed to be unaware of his presence. He began to swim at the two figures moving slowly through the water.