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The Goblin King of Rock 'n' Roll	By : Jetredgirl Category: G through L > Labyrinth Views: 3801 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 6.
Sarah spent several hours with Jareth's band members. First Starr and Thomas then drummer Michael finally stuck his head into the room and joined in.
Sarah had a great time listening to their stories about the singer. She found the 3 likable, quirky musicians, whose company she really enjoyed.
Michael kept giving her what she assumed were meant to be sexy looks and tried to flirt with her, but quickly found she just found his advances more funny than anything.
He eventually figured out she was not interested in him in a romantic way and backed off.
He knew there were plenty of women available anyway.
"So, tell me. What about the groupie thing?" Sarah asked the three. "He is really well known as quite a prize, is that true?"
The three looked at each other.
Finally Starr spoke. "Yes, he umm..well he attracts women, what can we say. But most of the time he turns them away, with maybe a kiss on the cheek and a smile. I think sometimes he lets them..well, you know, get him off, but I don't think he lets it get much farther than that. He has a pretty specific type. A lot of the rumors are just talk...wishful thinking, you know?"
Thomas spoke up next. "He spends most of his downtime alone, and of course Mr. Fox and Mr. Hoggleston..they probably spend more time with him than any of us.
"Unless we are recording, playing or rehearsing, Jareth has never even had any sort of girlfriend."
Sarah blinked in surprise. "Yes that is kind of..different. I know groupies tend to exaggerate their conquests, but I figured he is such a..well..he has this pretty sexual aura, you know? What is his type?"
Thomas smiled at her. "Look in the mirror, Miss Williams. The only woman I ever see him respond to look kind of like you. Most nowhere near as pretty. I guess he has a thing for green eyed, dark haired girls."
Sarah was silent. Her boss had said the same thing, but figured he was just being overprotective.
She just waved it away. "Nah..I'm way too tame for him I'm sure no matter what I look like. He would get bored with someone like me very quickly." She laughed it off, trying to make light of it.
"Besides, what about Roxy Love?" Sarah asked. "I saw her hanging around last night."
"I think she is just an old friend. He told me once he has known her a very long time." Michael said.
"Oh..well. Still, I'm not anything like the women he is really interested in even if I have some similar features." Sarah shrugged and acted like it didn't bother her and tried to forget about it.
After she had lunch with the three she left them to their afternoon to relax and prepare for their show.
She knew they would soon make their way to the venue for sound check. She went to her room to drop off her notes and tapes and reload, and call her boss.
"Mr. Franklin Please, Sarah Williams calling." She told his secretary.
"One moment Miss Williams." the woman said.
After a few minutes she heard a click.
"Franklin here, how are you Sarah?" He immediately asked.
"I'm fine Mr. Franklin, just checking in. I already have several pages of notes and took some really good shots last night and I..."
"Fine fine..Sarah, I have gotten several calls about a certain incident last night." her boss said, interrupting her spiel.
"Oh...I know, it was weird, and Roger Franks was such an ass for no reason except I got a seat ahead of his." She began, and was hushed again by her boss's voice.
"Sarah, what's going on? Only a day in and making a name for yourself as some sort of skanky reporter is NOT the way to advance your career. I knew you shouldn't be anywhere near this story, but Mr. King was so insistent I caved."
"Mr. Franklin, I didn't do anything!" Sara loudly exclaimed. "Mr. King was just trying to be nice by giving me a good seat, because of this story. That jerk Roger Franks decided to insult and deride me in front of everyone for no reason."
"I like Mr. King." Sarah went on to say. "He is nice, and he has been very welcoming. His whole crew has. There is a little weirdness about not being able to talk to certain people alone, but nothing I can't handle."
She took an insistent tone as she concluded. "It's not my fault people make assumptions based on stuff other people do. You know me, I don't do that. Ever."
"Alright alright." Mr. Franklin answered. "Sarah. Just..please be careful. Oh..here is something funny you might get a kick out of, considering. Apparently, Roger Franks is in a psych ward due to the fact he called police in the middle of the night claiming he was being attacked tortured by invisible forces." It is probable folks will wonder if his outburst about you last night is connected to that and dismiss it completely." Then her boss ended with "But try to be vigilant. You are a sweet kid..don't deserve to get a nasty rep."
"Wow..that is really nutty. Invisible Forces? Okay then." She chuckled a little, admitting to herself she got a little delight at the thought. Okay more than a little.
The bastard deserved it. Too bad she didn't have a oubliette to dump him into...wait..what?
"Okay, Mr. Franklin, I'm going to make the rounds and talk to a few people. I thought about having my room changed because of all these misunderstandings. But I had a talk with Mr. King and I think I can deal for a couple of more nights."
"Good, Sarah. Take care. Given call before you leave for Europe okay?" Mr Franklin said.
"I will. Good bye!" She said back, trying to sound cheery.
She hung up the phone an wondered where the thought of dumping the unsavory reporter into an oubliette came from.
She knew what it was of course, but what an odd thought to come into her head all of the sudden.
Ah well. Not the weirdest thing to happen in the last couple of days.
Sarah left the room and rounding the corner towards the elevators ran into the big man, Luddy.
"Hi Luddy!" She said, glad to see a friendly face.
"Sarah!" He exclaimed, hugging her tight.
She let him get the hug out of the way, and back up from her smiling his huge smile.
"I missed you Sarah." He said.
Sarah wrinkled her brow in confusion. "Oh..well..thanks..I mean we only really met yesterday. It's nice to know you already think so highly of me."
She just figured playing along was the best thing. He seemed pretty harmless, just sometimes a little too friendly.
She hoped it didn't get him into trouble someday. She was easygoing but many people weren't so kind to people as childlike as Luddy seemed to be.
"Well..you are my friend Sarah. I love you. We all do." He said back, confusing her further. She looked up at him again and suddenly..another flash.
Instead of a large redhaired man, she say a him as a big furry...thing. He was still looking down at her with big kind eyes; and very large teeth.
"Ahhh!" She screamed, and flung herself away from him. She hit the wall violently hard with her back and head. Her eyes slammed shut in pain and fear.
Sarah slid to the floor, ears ringing from the impact, moaning from the pain.
"Sarah!" He cried. taking a step towards her.
"No stay away..what are you?!" She put her hands up to protect herself opened her eyes slowly and saw...a large man with kind eyes full of concern.
"What in the hell?!" She yelled. Not at him, but at herself. Obviously Luddy didn't know that.
"I'm sorry Sarah!" He said going to help her.
She pressed herself against the wall. The back of her head was throbbing. "No please..no..it's okay. I..." She went lightheaded and dizzy.
Then she felt herself losing consciousness. "Luddy..can you..I need you to get someone..." The world tilted, her stomach rolled.
Everything when black.
She did not feel the large man/beast pick her up and softly cradle her to himself, or hear his scream for help as he went as fast as he could towards his king's rooms.
Sarah woke slowly. She felt something cool and damp being brushing across her forehead.
Her eyelids started fluttering. Slowly she opened her eyes, and met a pair of concerned blue eyes hovering a short distance from her own.
"Sarah...Sarah how are you?" Jareth asked, trying to keep his voice low and not show the panic and distress he had been feeling since Ludo and showed up bellowing at his door.
"I'm ummm..ohh..what happened?" She asked, attempting to sit up.
"Here now, lay back until you get your equilibrium back. You were out for nearly 20 minutes."
Jareth said, pushing her back down onto the soft surface.
She looked around. She was laying on a huge bed covered in black and purple silk, in the most luxurious bedroom she had ever seen.
This must be Mr. King's bed, she thought.
Her senses were slowly coming back to her, but strangely she could feel no sharp pains, just kind of an all over body ache, like she had been electrocuted or something.
Her memories of the incident that led her here came flooding back to her. She was talking to Luddy, then she saw..something.
Sarah remembered whacking her head and back hard against the wall. She remembered the tremendous pain from it in her head and neck. Then nothing.
She brought her hands up and felt the back of her head for a bump. Odd. No pain, no bump. Nothing at all. It's like it never happened.
She attempted to sit up again, and before Jareth could say anything put her hand up. "I'm okay. Can you help me up?"
"Sarah I think.."He started.
She stopped him in mid sentence. "Mr. King, please. I really am okay."
He tightened his mouth, but nodded. Laying aside the cloth, he helped her to a sitting position.
"How do you feel now, love? You gave us quite a scare." He said. She immediately noticed Mr. Hoggleston and Mr. Fox were there along with Luddy, all looking very concerned.
She felt herself blush at the sight of the big man. She was so embarrassed she had another hallucination in front of him. She probably scared the crap out of the poor guy.
"I'm so sorry Luddy. I've been having these...I guess you would say hallucinations. For a second there you looked like something...well, I don't know how to describe it. I've never seen anything like that before. I am so sorry that I yelled at you."
Luddy/Ludo nodded. "It's okay Sarah, sorry I scared you."
Jareth looked at her oddly. "Hallucinations? Sarah, what exactly are you seeing?!" He demanded so sternly she was a little taken aback.
"I don't know Mr. King. It happened with you too. Once, you looked different too. Similar but more..inhuman." She admitted.
"I see. Well, maybe you need to get some rest.
"It sounds Like that compared with stress and jet lag is making your mind play tricks on you." He needed to speak with Derryn as soon as possible, and maybe even his own healer.
She should not be having these flashes of what are obviously memories that were supposed to be blocked from her.
His memory of the last half hour replayed in his mind.
He had heard he beast yelling seconds before the door had burst open, the guard opening it to call for him.
Jareth heart had jumped when he saw Sarah unconscious in the man's arms.
He acted instantly. He waved the larger man in carrying the prone Sarah into his room and commanded him to place her on the bed.
Ludo explained to his king the best he could what had happened.
That Sarah had gotten scared about something and had slammed herself against the wall in the rush to get away from him, then passed out.
A cursory examination by Jareth revealed a large lump on the back of her head, leaking blood. With magic he could also feel a fracture in her neck, which was even more frightening.
He felt he stomach tighten in concern and fear. Mortals were so fragile.
He closed the doors behind them, Hoggle and Didymus having joined them at their King's magical beckoning.
He produced a healing spell inside a crystal, then pushed it gently into her body.
The magic immediately ran through her body, mending her injuries. He produced a cool washcloth and stroked her face with it, trying to give her some comfort.
Jareth would be so glad when she was safely immortal. She would be unable to be taken from him so easily.
Sarah swung her legs over the side of the bed. "I thought I hit the wall pretty hard, I'm surprised I don't have a lump the size of a baseball, it certainly hurt enough." She said.
She started rubbing her head, confused.
"Ahhh..well, I see no lumps or bumps on your person that do not belong there Sarah mine." He said.
He ran his hand over her face and down her arm. smirking at her, a little light flirtation to change the mood and throw her off track.
"I guess not, but I'm a little tired now. I still feel kind of weird, lump or no lump.I think I will go lie down for a while. Then get ready and be able to go to the show tonight." She smiled back at him.
"If you do not feel up to it tonight please do not feel obligated. A good night's rest might be in order. There is always tomorrow night." He answered in a firm tone.
She stood up, swaying a bit before everything settled enough to start walking. "Maybe. We will see. Can someone walk back to my room with me?"
She headed slowly towards the door.
Jareth followed her out of the bedroom and towards the main doors right behind her in case she lost her balance.
The magic sometimes makes humans lightheaded and woozy for a while, much like being drunk. He did not want a repeat accident.
"I'm sure these three will see you to your bed. I will check on you before I go to the arena." He said as he opened the door.
He nodded to the guard standing there. "She is fine, my assistants will help her to her room, then return. Please let them in."
"Yes, sir." The man replied.
The 3 friends did as they were told to do. Not that they didn't want to help their friend anyway. They had been just as fearful as the king.
They got her safely to her room an settled onto her bed. She started drifting to sleep as soon as she hit the pillow.
Hoggle took the blanket folded at the foot of the bed and laid it over her.
They bid her a silent goodbye and returned quickly to Jareth's quarters.
By the time they got there Sir Derryn and Jareth's healer Weyliss, who also had permission to travel above in case the King had need of him, had convened in Jareth's bedroom.
This room alone had been warded to keep human ears and eyes from seeing what went on inside when the door was closed.
Jareth informed them of what had occurred.
He also told them of the startling realization, that the magic used to block Sarah's memories had definite cracks in it.
Her memories were slowly leaking into her consciousness. She was seeing through the glamours.
"Weyliss, how is this possible?" Jareth asked the healer. "The spell used was the same one always used when needed, and has always been full proof. How could she be getting these flashes of memory?"
Jareth paced back and forth, hand behind his back, he was very concerned about this development.
Yer Majesty.." Hoggle started.
"Not now, Hogfoot." He waved his hand at the dwarf, shutting him up.
Weyliss, who was a tall thin immortal, with long black hair and a goatee, addressed his king.
"My Lord, I have never heard of a human recovering their memory of the underground on their own. I have no answers for you. I can consult my books, but I know them by heart. Such a thing is not mentioned as an issue for the memory blocking spell."
"Yer Majesty.." Hoggle tried again.
Jareth turned, fire in his eyes. "Hogslop, would you be quiet for once? This is serious!"
"I do not want to hear any of your simple thoughts on the matter!" he said through gritted teeth.
Hoggle gulped, but with the look in The Goblin King's eyes he was quiet.
Sir Derryn spoke up. "What will happen if she completely recovers her memories without the bonding being complete?"
Jareth met his eyes. "I do not know, cousin. This has never happened before. I am afraid she will run far away and hide from me, if I do not have the chance to cultivate and grow her affections before she knows she has nothing to fear from me. Before she knows how much I...well, how much affection I hold for her,she probably would assume I am out for revenge and be frightened half to death." He finished. His gloved hands tightened into fists.
"Maybe you can find a magical way to plug the hole in the spell, Sire." Derryn suggested.
"It's a possibility, but it will take great care, so not to permanently seal them." Jareth answered, thinking.
"Your Majesty, you are one of the most gifted magic wielders that has ever lived. If it is possible, you are the one to do it." Weyliss said, trying to encourage the king.
Jareth stopped suddenly. "Yes. I will give you a list of books from my personal library, Sir Derryn. You shall bring them here. I need to work to get this done as fast as possible."
"Yer Majesty..please, I thinks I know whats happenin'." Hoggle said softly. He shrunk into himself waiting for the king's ire to be once again directed towards him.
"Oh? And what, pray tell do you know of magic, Hogswallow?" Jareth said, much softer than Hoggle had expected. Still he sounded pretty ominous. Hoggle had to continue.
"I don't know much about magic Yer Majesty, but I knows lots about The Labyrinth and how it works."
Jareth walk over to Hoggle and glared into the small mans face. "What are you saying?"
Hoggle shrugged and spoke slowly, lowering his head. "The Labyrinth it...well..Sarah is it's Champion. Well, Yer Majesty, it sort of..bonded with her it's own self. It's magic is separate from yours, from the council's too. If it wants Sarah to have her memories it don't needs any of yer permission to try and give them to her. It might be trying to push through all of yer magic and get her back, with or without you or any of us."
Jareth crouched, eyes narrowing as they met Hoggle's. "How can you be sure of this?"
Hoggle swallowed hard. "I ain't sure, I just knows how that blasted maze works and how stubborn it is. No one knows it better than me, Yer Majesty. you said so much yourself lots o' times. You know it's gots a mind all it's own."
He bowed his head again and continued. "It liked Sarah, lots. Liked that she defied you and conquered you. You were always tricky, but because it shares its powers with you, you are even trickier because of it. Its wants what it wants and does what it needs to gets it." Hoggle concluded, reluctantly meeting the king's eyes.
Jareth stood. "Derryn, do you think it would be possible to create a spell to cloak Hoggle's presence in the underground?"
Derryn nodded. "Yes. Immortals sense one another easily, but most of the other denizens feel pretty much the same to most immortals. Kings such as yourself of course can sense the differences between their own subjects, but if you are asking whether Lord Brayson would know he was there, I doubt it with or without a cloaking spell."
Weyliss weighed in. "He can't enter the Labyrinth in any way without your permission or if it allows him on it's own. Which it would never do."
Derryn nodded and continued. "The Labyrinth would automatically cloak one of it's own. Hoggle is it's caretaker, he would be safe there. You know all this, your Majesty, why ask me?"
Jareth smirked at him. "True, but I like to hear it from someone else, and you and Weyliss are the only 2 Immortals I trust beyond my own kin right now. Even some of those are questionable. Here they call it, asking for a second opinion."
Derryn gave the king a puzzled look. "Since when have you been interested in anyone else's opinions, My Lord?"
"Too much time in the mortal world, I suppose. Something I've learned is it's good to hear what others have to say on occasion."
Hoggle snorted loudly, then blushed and lowered his head as Jareth turned and glared at him.
Jareth shook his head. "I will rephrase that, I've learned it's good to head what others have to say when most of what comes out of their mouths isn't drivel." He gave the dwarf a knowing look.
"But credit where credit due and all, I commend Hoggle for giving me an idea. Finally in this mess, he is useful."
Weyliss spoke. "What are you going to do, Your Majesty?"
"I need Hoggle to get the Labyrinth to communicate directly with me. That..creature has a hold in all worlds, and it should not be a problem." It has been somewhat miffed at me for being unable to get Sarah To stay all those years ago and has refused to answer me."
Jareth created a crystal which changed into a small scroll.
"Also, I believe the Wise Man has something that might prove useful. I should have retrieved it before I came here, but thought it was safest where it was. I will give you a token for the Wise man to trade, so he will know it is me that is asking for it."
He handed Hoggle the scroll.
"Hoggle, You will have to go tonight when I am performing, I have no choice in that."
"Sir Didymus will remain here to keep an eye on Sarah, and I will leave a crystal with him to directly communicate with Derryn and Weyliss." He created another set of crystals, handing one to his assistant, and one to Sir Didymus.
Then he made one last crystal and handed it to Weyliss. "This is an aboveground glamour for you both."
"If you are called, once you appear here use that crystal to make yourselves look human. You are to and protect her no matter what. I will come up with a cover position for you both. If necessary."
"Do not give it back to me even if it is not used this evening. It may come in handy later on."
"What do you want me to do, King?" Ludo asked.
"You will come with me, beast. I may have need of you to get me out of there as quick as possible." Jareth told him.
The man/beast nodded, smiling. He liked to be useful.
"Very well. Let's get's started upon our tasks, shall we?" Jareth addressed to them all.
All gathered nodded an bowed to The Goblin King, then got busy following his orders.
Jareth instructed Ludo to show him the place where it had happened.
The blood on the wall told him all he needed to know. It was Sarah's blood.
That was way to close of a call for him to tolerate.
He would find out what was happening, he told himself.
If someone was behind endangering his queen they would pay with their lives.
If it was The Labyrinth, well, he would have to find some diplomatic way of dealing with the entity.
With a wave of a hand, the blood was gone.
They all had to watch her much more closely from now on.
He turned and beckoned the beast to follow. He needed to prepare for the concert.
Dun dun dun. The plot thickens.
Thank you JaiNess for the review, and your condolences for my loss of Skittles. Both are much appreciated.
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