Somethings are worth waiting for….

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF JIM HENSONS CHARACTERS OR ANYTHING FROM THE LABYRINTH

Chapter 11.

*WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS VIOLENCE AND SCENES DEPICTING ASSULT/ATTEMPTED RAPE! ADULT LANGUAGE!*

I hope everyone enjoys although if you have nothing good to say about it then please don't review ❤

This fic is finished. There will be 12 Chapters in total and maybe a sequel ?.

Everything was black. She hurt everywhere: her back, her face, her lips. She tasted blood. Then her vision started to swim into focus again. She felt herself being pinned down, felt her work trousers being yanked down fiercely, felt her work blouse being torn opened roughly. This wasn't loving the way Jareth had done it before. So, who the hell was doing this?! As shapes started to focus, she could hear snippets of words…

"Bitch! You're such a fucking tease, I'll teach you to tease me, you whore! When I'm done with you, no man will want you and you will have no choice other than to be with me…"

"WAKE UP!" Sarah felt herself being slapped. She shook her head and saw Markus looming over her.

"I want you awake to feel this" he said and leered at her. As the realization of what he meant hit her, Sarah began to struggle freely. Markus started to laugh at her attempts and grabbed her face roughly to still her head.

"Dumb bitch" he sneered at her and leant in to kiss her.

Panicking now, Sarah did the only thing she could think of. She spat at him, the saliva, mixed with blood, landed right in between his eyes. He recoiled in horror.

Wiping his face, he yelled "You'll pay for that" and smacked her with the back of his hand again, rendering her unconscious once more.

*Help me…* She thought as the darkness consumed her again.

As she started to regain consciousness again, she felt a weight being lifted from her and heard a roar of anger. The side of her head now throbbed with the rest of her as she heard scuffling going on around her. An unknown voice said "How dare you hurt the Queen" then the unmistakably noise of fist connecting to face and a human in pain.

"NO JARETH! Leave him to Edward. Go to Sarah" Sarah heard Westley yell.

Suddenly someone was kneeling beside her and was stroking her hair delicately. She felt the leather of a glove.

"Sarah, my love" she heard Jareth say and the pain in his voice broke her heart. She wanted to see him, to be reassured it was him and to reassure him too but she couldn't open her eyes much at all. She panicked, thinking she was blind.

"Calm, love. Your eyes have swollen shut" his soothing voiced came out form the din happening around them.

"Jareth, am I alright?" Sarah managed to ask him.

"Hush now, Precious, everything will be alright" he said, giving her reassuring strokes on her head but narrowly avoiding where it throbbed.

"SEND HIM TO THE OUBLIETTE" Sarah heard Jareth yell suddenly, making her jump and cower slightly. She had never heard such venom in his voice before.

Darkness crept back and claimed her once more…

"…Sire, you must go and rest. Sarah is fine. Gaius only put her in that coma to give her body time to heal. She isn't like us, remember, she's still human and therefore it takes more than a day to heal, especially with the injuries she sustained" said Westley.

"You are right, Westley" Jareth said, sighing. "I just don't want to leave her alone. The last time I did, this happened. It's been two weeks. I have done my kingly duty but every waking second I have spare, I will stay by her side. She is to become my Queen after all. When I think what might have happened if I hadn't heard her thoughts and if me, you and the captain of the guard hadn't made it in time…" Jareth's voice broke as he trailed off.

"I know, Your Majesty, I know, but she is here now and safe. You need to look after yourself too. Then you need to figure out what you are going to do with…him. You can't kill him, he's human and I'm sure Sarah would object to it, no matter what he did to her. You also need to speak to King Maxian as soon as possible of your intentions." Westley said.

Jareth, pacing up and down the spacious room, just nodded his head but not really listening to what Westley was saying. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid as to let her go to work that day. He should have insisted she never went back. If only he could have heard that bastard's thoughts, maybe none of this would have happened. If he had lost her after just getting her back…

*Jareth…* He heard his name being whispered and spun around. In three strides, he cleared the room and dropped to his knees beside Sarah's bed. She started to stir.

"Fetch Gaius. QUICKLY" Jareth barked at Westley, who was already half way out of the door. He jumped and ran off to find the court physician.

"Sarah, love, can you hear me?" Jareth leant against the bed, one hand clutching hers and his other lightly stroking her head, avoiding the cut to her forehead which was healing.

She slowly opened her eyes, still slightly swollen and black from bruises and looked wildly around the room. Jareth could hear her thoughts, asking a million and one questions in total panic.

"Hush, Sarah, you are safe. You are in my…our castle. You have been in a coma for two weeks our time, nearly 3 weeks your time. Kirsten is here. I will call for her momentarily." He tried to answer her most pressing questions first.

Sarah burst into tears. The sound hurt Jareth more then he would ever admit.

"Sarah, it is alright, everything is going to be alright" Jareth soothed, nearing tears himself at seeing his beloved in such a way.

"Don't leave me!" Sarah blurted out "He said you would leave me" she cried harder.

"No, my love, I will never leave you. I never left you to begin with, I was always with you in one way or the other and now you are here with me, I will never let you go again. I'm going to look after you". He kissed her forehead lightly and clasped her left hand tightly for a second before placing it back down to lie across her stomach, he engagement ring now sparkling in its rightful place. Her crying subsided.

"SARAH…"

Kirsten came sprinting into the room followed closely by Westley and Gaius. Kirsten had tears streaming down her face, effectively ruining her mascara.

Jareth introduced Sarah to Gaius, who bowed low, then left him to do whatever checks that needed to be done.

After twenty minutes, Gaius deemed Sarah to be quite well and healing superbly but to be on bed rest for another day or so. Sarah didn't mind this as, even though she had just been in a coma, a magical coma no less, she had never felt so tired in her whole life. Before Gaius left, he produced a small purple crystal from his pocket, which he placed near Sarah's head for a minute, mumbling something. Seconds later, Sarah felt like she was floating, then a warm sensation spread through her body, starting from her head through to the tips of her toes and ending with her lips tingling. Gaius removed the crystal, bowed to all then left the room.

Sarah looked quizzically at Jareth, but he simply said, "for the pain."

Kirsten grabbed a wooden chair and sat beside Sarah, tears in her eyes again and lightly stroking her hand.

"Don't you ever do that to me again. It's not allowed, do you hear me?" Kirsten said to her. Sarah laughed but stopped abruptly as it hurt too much.

Jareth said he had a matter to attend to and that he will be back soon but before he could reach the door, Kirsten jumped up from her chair and said, "you promised I could kick his ass".

Jareth turned, his eyes cold but said nothing. Kirsten slowly sat back down and remained silent. Jareth left, closing the door with a soft snap.

"Sarah, tell me what exactly happened. Jareth has been a bit foggy on the details." Kirsten said.

Sighing, Sarah said "Where to begin…"

A few hours later, Markus found himself alone, in a forest, bloodied, bruised and certain a few of his ribs were cracked too. He spat on the ground angrily. Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he thought of the threat he had been given before being dumped here…

"If you ever, EVER, set foot near this kingdom or the Queen again, you will die in ways you couldn't even imagine…"

Three days later…

Sarah was busy getting dressed in what was known as "The Queens Chambers". She knew she wouldn't sleep here after her and Jareth were married but it was nice to know she had her own room all the same.

She stood in just her bra and black jogging bottoms, running her hands over her body. Jareth had taken it upon himself to kiss every unsightly bruise on her body and, with each kiss, they had started to fade quicker then they should. Now the only visible wounds (when she was wearing cloths) was a cut lip, a cut to her head and a black eye (a lot less black from Jareth's healing kisses)

Sarah put on a simple, long-sleeved sky-blue cotton top and left her room to find Jareth. She knew where he would be: the throne room. The castle was vast with hundreds of rooms, hallways and wings but she had found her way around it quite quickly and, if she ever got lost or turned around, there was always a passing goblin eager to help "Queenie" as they so fondly nicknamed her already.

Entering the throne room, she saw Jareth sat at a long, mahogany table, just finishing breakfast. He stood up as Sarah walked towards him and pulled out a chair next to him for her to sit at, which she did. He kissed her on the head.

"Good morning, precious, did you sleep well?" Jareth asked her, pouring her a cup of tea.

"'Morning. I did but I missed you" Sarah said, tilting her head to one side and flashing him a dazzling smile. Her hair, which she had left loose, fell forward from her head tilt and draped down the side of her face over her shoulders. Jareth tucked it back behind her ear, caressing the lobe.

"All in good time, my love" he purred and the quickly changed tact. How he wanted to take her, but he knew she had a lot of healing to do first, mentally and physically. He would be there for her, be anything for her. He promised her that once and he never broke it. He didn't intend to ever break it.

"So, Sarah mine, what are your plans for today?" he asked her. Sarah eyed him shrewdly, noticing the quick change of conversation.

Grabbing some bread and picking up a jar of honey, she said "I was hoping to show Kirsten The Labyrinth and visit Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus with her."

Word had gotten out that Sarah had returned when she was in her coma and her friends had raced to the castle and very bravely, demanded that they see her. They had been granted access whenever they wanted but only managed the one visit because, unfortunately, Ludo had not understood what a coma meant, saw Sarah near enough life-less and had burst into very loud, racking sobs. Hoggle and Sir Didymus had had to cart him out of the room before he had flooded the place. They had not been back since, but they had been informed that Sarah was getting better.

"I think you will find that Kirsten has a previous engagement she simply couldn't refuse" Jareth told Sarah, smirking knowingly.

"Oh" Sarah said, sounding disappointed but then noticing Jareth's smirk, said "Oh" again but this time she knew what he was talking about. You see, since Kirsten had been brought here, her and Westley had become closer by the day. It was sweet to see.

"Just then, the throne rooms double doors opened and Jareth went pale when he noticed a figure walking up to them.

"Jareth" her voiced echoed around the room.

Sarah snapped her head towards the noise. An unknown woman's voice calling Jareth. She saw a lithe, long, blonde-haired beauty of a woman in a floor length apricot chiffon dress, seemingly gliding towards them.

"There you are, Jareth, I've been looking for you everywhere" she sang. Sarah saw Jareth wince slightly at the pitch of her voice. It was rather grating.

It looked like an invisible hand had slapped Jareth's face. He jerked it so forcefully that Sarah heard his neck click as he jumped up from his chair.

"Lady Clairissa, what a delightful surprise" Jareth said with a forced smile. Sarah raised her eyebrows at how fake he sounded. Clearly, this wasn't a delightful surprise.

"Yes, I thought I would visit and see if you would like to go for a walk…unchaperoned" She finished with a high pitch giggle, eyeing up Jareth like a piece of meat. Sarah saw some of the goblins put their fingers in their ears from the noise. She wouldn't be surprised if this woman started drooling, the look she was given Jareth starting to boil Sarah's blood.

"What a lovely thought. Unfortunately, I have plans already for today" Jareth suddenly remembered about Sarah "Oh! may I introduce Sarah, Our champion of the Labyrinth?" He gestured towards Sarah, who was still seating.

Lady Clairissa looked Sarah up and down, clocking her cut lip and black eye.

"Hmmm, charmed, I'm sure" she said, sniffing with disgust.

Jareth caught her tone and was instantly furious. Clairissa didn't seem to notice and walked around the table to him and lopped her arms around one of his, pulling him slightly. Sarah's blood hit boiling point at the sight.

Putting on a pathetic pout, Lady Clairissa whined "Now, come on, I've travelled all this way on my own, the least you can do is indulge me"

Sarah dug her nails into her own leg, I'll indulge YOU lady, with my fist she thought but must have muted it from Jareth because he showed no inclination of hearing it.

Trying to pull himself free, Jareth said "Sorry, but as I said, I have plans already…with Sarah" he finished triumphantly.

Clairissa narrowed her eyes in Sarah's direction while being told this. Sarah started to feel uncomfortable and stood up to leave. Before she could go five paces away from them, she heard something that made her whip back around in shock and anger.

"Jaaareth" Clairissa continued with her whiny voice "I should be your priority. We are to be married after all…hopefully *high pitched giggle*. You can spend time with the maid later. After I am pregnant. I won't care what whores you mess around with then, as long as you do it discreetly."

Jareth was just about to explode with anger at her calling Sarah a whore, but someone beat him to it.

"HOW DARE YOU" He heard Sarah screech from behind him.

Clairissa stopped laughing at once and looked at Sarah with a mix of shock and disgust.

"Excuse ME?" she said, letting go of Jareth and flipping her long, blonde hair over her shoulder angrily. "How dare I? How dare you! Sniffing around a man that isn't even in your rank. Who the hell do you think you are?" Clairissa said, breathing hard, her beautiful face flushed red and screwed up in anger.

Sarah walked slowly towards her until she was standing right in front of Clairissa. Clairissa stood her ground, hands on her hips, her face still contorted with anger. Jareth looked on helplessly.

"Who am I?" Sarah said calmly. "I'm the motherfucking Goblin Queen, BITCH" She yelled the last word and simultaneously shoved Clairissa so hard in her shoulders that she fell backwards onto the floor, shrieking as she went.

Sarah loomed over her, pointed a finger at her and said, "Stay the hell away from MY man". Clairissa recoiled away from Sarah's finger, her mouth wide open with shock.

"Everything was silent for a minute, then Clairissa found her voice.

"I can not BELIEVE you have picked a human over me…over this" she said as she got up and gestured up and down herself.

"Honey, he didn't pick me, I picked him" Sarah said, scoffing at her.

Clairissa looked at Jareth, who simply said "She's my everything" wistfully.

"You will pay for this. Just you wait" Clairissa said with venom, backing away from them.

Jareth burst out laughing and, grabbing Sarah's hand, twirled her around into his arms.

"How you turn my world, Sarah Williams. I love you, say you ill be mine forever?" He asked again.

Sarah laughed and, lightly caressing his face so that her ring glinted in the sun that shone through the castles windows, said to him "I already have. I love you, Jareth"

They kissed passionately, not noticing that Clairissa had left, her screeching fading into the distance.

End of chapter 11.