Tortured For Love

Chapter 12

 

Kira appeared in the throne room, Goblins were surrounding it by playing games and chasing chickens, she had to walk through the crowd of them, to get to Jareth sitting on the throne. She watched him for a moment, sitting sideways in the chair, a leg propped over the arm of the chair, and his other leg settled on the ground, his head tiled back his hand over his eyes, the other hand beating the riding crop against his leg that was on the ground angrily.

Kira cleared her throat, Jareth raised his head to look at her the goblins stopped making noise and also looked at her, when they noticed that she wanted the king’s attention and not theirs they went back to making noise.

Kira smiled at him “didn’t sleep?”

Jareth sat up in the chair to face her and rubbed his eyes “bad night”

“Tell me about it” Kira said

“I don’t want to talk about it” he told her then he asked her “Have you eaten breakfast?”

“No” she told him

Jareth grabbed Kira’s arm gently “come with me” they both vanished; they appeared in the dining room.

They saw Gwen getting up, she was staring at the ground, and her hair was blocking her face. “I will be out of your way in moment your highness” she said softly

Kira just stared at her in disgust, she didn’t like the way that Gwen was throwing herself at Jareth. The king could tell that something was off about Gwen; he stood in front of her.

“Gwen look at me” he ordered

She shook her head at him, he sighed in annoyance, and he put his hand under her chin and gently raised her head to look at him, He gasped at her face.

Gwen’s right eye was swollen shut; her left eye had a deep purple ring around it, her lips had marks on them and caked on dried blood, looked like teeth marks.

“Did my father do this?” he asked gently but anger was in his voice

Gwen pulled herself away from Jareth and starting yelling at him “WHAT DO YOU CARE, YOU DON’T WANT ME, ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOUR STUPID LITTLE MORTAL” she looked him in the yes he looked upset at her, she continued to peak calmly this time “just leave me alone” and she stormed out

Jareth watched her leave until the storms slammed shut behind her, then he turned around and looked at Kira, she was seated at the table looking at Jareth with a smile on her face.

“Let’s eat” Kira said

Jareth smiled and shook his head at her and sat down across from her, they grabbed a plate and piled their plates high with the food from the table, such as pancakes, eggs, bacon and fruit.

“It’s a shame we never worked out” Jareth said while eating and looking at his plate

Kira opened her mouth and paused the fork in the air “what?” she asked confused

Jareth looked up at her “I just meant things were never complicated between us, like it is with Sarah”

Kira put her fork down on the plate “that’s because we were friends first, and we know about this land, but I am with Jen now”

“I know, I wasn’t saying we should get back together, I just liked my life less complicated” he told her

“If you think it’s complicated now, wait until Sarah’s news” Kira mumbled while picking up her fork again

“What was that?” he questioned

Kira looked up at him “huh… oh nothing” she replied

They back to eating breakfast; after they were done they wiped their mouths with their napkins as goblins came in and cleared the dirty dishes. Kira stood up, Jareth looked up at her.

“What are your plans for today?” the king asked curiously

“I’m going to visit a friend” she tells him

“Sarah” he says as he stands up looking at her

Kira stares at him wide-eyed blinks then says “thanks for the breakfast bye” and disappears

Jareth throws his napkin on the table and puts his hands on hips “she never listens I tell her to stay away from Sarah” he disappears back to his throne room

 

 

Kira appears in Sarah’s house, she is looking around for Sarah, and she doesn’t see her anywhere, she walks up to her bedroom door and pushes it open gently.  The door opens widely, she sees Sarah leaning against the headboard, looking at Kira her face full of fear.

“Sarah, what’s wrong?” Kira asked with concern in her voice

Sarah looks at Kira and pulls the blankets off her, Kira looks at her stomach wide-eyed, she looked 9 months already and at moment she could pop.

“Is this supposed to happen?’ Sarah asked crying “this isn’t normal”

Kira looked scared but quickly replaced it, looking calmly at Sarah “I don’t know, I have never been pregnant, also I am not human”

Sarah then held her stomach and screamed in pain, Kira screamed along with her, and then she started to panic “maybe I should call Jareth”

Sarah was breathing heavily “don’t you dare, he didn’t care enough about me to keep me with him”

“But he did it to save you” Kira told her

“I don’t care; Jareth is never going to find out about this child” Sarah breathed out

Kira sat on the bed with her, while Sarah kept breathing in and out.

“I need help, who can I get to help” Kira kept chanting to herself

Sarah was sitting on the bed breathing and moaning through the pain,  a white light then appeared in front of them, both girls shielded their eyes from the light with their hands, once the light dimmed, the put their hands down and looked at the women in front of them. Kira quickly stood up “Athena” she said and bowed

Athena smiled a gentle smile at her “lift up your head child”

Kira raised her head to look at Athena, she looked Kira over “you are the daughter of my son in law are you not?”

“Yes” Kira says as she bowed her head down then looked her back in the eyes

“And you have called upon me why?” Athena asked in soft voice

“I wasn’t exactly asking for you, just some help for Sarah” Kira told her as she pointed to the bed

Athena looked over at Sarah “oh my she’s human”

“Yes ma’am, and she is pregnant with a fae child” Kira said

Athena sat down next to Sarah and rubbed her hand over Sarah’s face soothingly, the pain went away. Athena looked at Kira “is she Jareth’s human?”

Kira nodded her head

Athena turned to look at Sarah “she is beautiful”

Sarah looked at them “is anyone going to help me, or at least tell me what is going on?”

“I’m sorry dear” Athena apologized “I am Athena goddess of the underground and Jareth’s grandmother”

Sarah’s eyes widen with surprise “you’re his grandmother”

“Yes I am dear” she told Sarah then put her hand on Sarah’s stomach closing her eyes and concentrating they were both watching her. She opened her eyes to look at Sarah “that baby is ready to come out”

Sarah looked horrified “but it hasn’t been nine months yet or even a week”

“Sarah darling, pregnancies in the underground are quicker then up here, especially when the child has magic” Athena told her smiling

Sarah looked down at her stomach and put a hand over it, she then looked up at Athena “my child has magic?”

Athena nodded at her smiling

“Is there anything I could do?” Kira asked

“no my dear, I got this” Athens said as she went to the end of the bed and pulled Sarah’s nightgown up and removed her underwear, Sarah felt uncomfortable and embarrassed.

“There is no need to be embarrassed dear I have delivered tons of babies” Athens said as if she could sense was Sarah was feeling.

Sarah started to feel pain again, so whatever it was that Athena did to her wore off. “I see the head” Athena told them

“Wow, that kid wants out fast” Kira said

Sarah nodded her head, then screamed in pain “Push Sarah” Athena ordered

Sarah pushed and moaned “that’s good Sarah, the baby is almost out”

Sarah kept pushing until she heard a baby cry, she smiled, and so did Kira. Athena went up to Sarah with the baby in her arms. Sarah held her arms out, Athena backed away from Sarah, Sarah looked worried, Kira looked scared she wasn’t sure what was going on.

“Before I give you your baby dear, you have to agree to come to the underground with me” Athena says

“What happens if I don’t agree?” Sarah asked

“Then I take your baby back to the underground and you will never see her again” Athena said

“But why can’t we stay here?” Sarah asked as tears fell from her eyes

“She will not survive here Sarah, she might not even survive the next couple of minutes” the goddess told her

“Okay I will go with you, but my dog comes too” at that Sarah’s dog Brandy’s ears perked up “and Jareth will never know I had his child”

Athena smiled sadly at Sarah “okay your dog is welcomed to come, but I can’t keep Jareth from his own child”

Sarah sighed angrily “fine, let’s go”

Athena gave Sarah her daughter, and helped her stand up. They are held on to each other, Kira held on to Brandy and they all disappeared in a bright white light.

They appeared in a big bedroom, the colors of the room were different shades of dark colors black, red, blue, brown and gray. The bed was a four poster king sized bed with silk curtains around it. Sarah looked at the room in awe then looked at Athena “where are we?”

“This is Jareth’s room, and now yours and the child’s” Athena said and a crib appeared in the corner of the room

Sarah turned around and was about to walk out when Athena blocked her path “Sarah this is where you belong”

Sarah looked up at Athena with tears in her eyes “fine I will stay here, but not in this room, please another room”

“I’m sorry Sarah this is where you will stay” Athena said then vanished

Sarah got into bed carefully without dropping her daughter and held her in her arms; Brandy was already asleep comfortably at the foot of the bed. Kira sat down next to Sarah “what are you going to name her?”

Sarah looked down at her daughter in her arms, who was sleeping peacefully. “she looks so serene when she is sleeping” she looked at Kira then back down at her daughter and smiled “that is what I will name her serene”

“That is pretty Sarah, I better go” Kira said she held Sarah’s hand then left

Sarah smiled up at Kira, and then she left leaving Sarah alone with her daughter.

 

Athena appeared in the throne room staring at Jareth, who looked deep in thought “so this is what you do all day?”

Jareth quickly stood up and lost his balance on the stairs in front of his chairs, but quickly caught himself “what do you want grandmother to torture me some more?”

“No, Jareth but I am here about Sarah” she told him

“What about Sarah?” he asked while walking down the stairs and facing her

“She’s here, with a surprise for you” Athena said smiling at him

“Sarah’s here?” Jareth asked smiling back at her, then caught himself and frowned

“It’s okay to be happy about having a human here, she isn’t that bad for one, go see her, she is in your bed chamber” Athena said

“Thank you” Jareth said he quickly kissed on the cheek and disappeared, she smiled as she watched him go, then she disappeared herself back to her throne.

Jareth appeared in the room, as he got closer to the bed he saw Sarah cuddling something to her, her dog Brandy sleeping soundly and the bottom of the bed.

“Sarah” he said softly

Sarah didn’t answer him she just turned her head away, he opened the curtains in front of his bed and sat down, as he looked at her he saw something wrapped in blanket hugged closed to her chest. As he sat against the head board next to her he got a closer look over Sarah’s shoulder a baby suckling on Sarah’s breast.

Jareth smiled “is that my baby?”

Sarah looked down at her daughter and replied “no it’s my baby”

Jareth tsked her “I don’t think you had that baby on your own”

Sarah still not looking at him said “and what makes you think it’s yours?”

“You wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t, people from our world, can’t survive too long up there, plus you are in my bed” he told her

“Well she is mine, and as soon as I can find a place to go, I am taking my daughter and leaving” she tells him

Jareth growls in his throat “you can’t keep me from my child”

“Yes I can, I am her mother, and I going to do what is best for her and that is keeping her away from you, and your family” Sarah said as she got out of bed

Jareth wanted to be mad at her, but he understood where she came from, she thought he sent her back to her world because he got sex from her and didn’t love her, but he sent her back for safety from people who might want to hurt her because she is human. He still loves her, he watched her kiss their daughter on her head and put her gently down in the crib. Jareth got up and walked over to the crib, and looked down at their child sleeping.

“What’s her name?” Jareth asked smiling

Sarah smiled down at her daughter and replied “Serene”

“That is beautiful” Jareth said

Sarah looked at him sadly “yeah” and she walked over to the bed and climbed back in and pulled the covers up over her, and lay down on the pillow. She watched Jareth in front of her at the end of the bed stripping his clothes off, he smiled at her watching him. She rolled over away from him. He gave her a hurtful look; he joined her in bed wearing just his pants. He spooned behind Sarah wrapping his arm around her waist, he put his head between her shoulder and her neck, and he heard her crying he squeezed her tighter to him.

 

The next morning

Sarah woke up hearing a familiar song being sung, she opened her eyes, she saw Jareth holding their daughter and singing to her.

“As the pain sweeps through

Makes no sense for you

Every thrill he's caused

Wasn't too much fun at all

But I'll be there for you

As the world falls down



Falling

(As the world) Falling down

Falling in love”

Sarah quickly got out of bed and walked over to him “you can’t sing that to her”

Jareth looked at her, she looked angry “why not Sarah?” he asked confused

“You just can’t” she replied sadly taking her daughter out of his arms

Jareth sighed mournfully “she is my daughter too”

Sarah wasn’t paying attention to him, she was smiling and laughing and talking baby talk to her daughter, while walking over to the bed. She lay down and pulled her nightgown down bearing her breasts, and brought her daughter to one, Jareth walked over to the bed.

“Sarah you can’t keep her from me” Jareth told her his voice stern

Sarah looked up at him “maybe not, but I know you don’t want me here, so I will be leaving and taking her with me”

Jareth sat in front of her and firmly said “Sarah you won’t be leaving here”

Sarah looked at him scared “you’re going to keep me prisoner here?”

Jareth shook his head “no Sarah, you are free to go outside, but not out of the labyrinth and not away from me”

“But Jareth, that’s not fair” Sarah whined

Jareth smiled at that “I’m sorry Sarah; you can leave if you want, but my child stays here”

Sarah looked at him with tears in her eyes “you would take her from me?”

“Yes if you won’t let me see her, then you can’t” he said harshly

Sarah took a deep breath she looked him in the eyes and said seriously “I hate you”

Jareth frowned at her and quickly stood up and looked down at her “I am sorry to hear that, but I love you”

Sarah closed her eyes at that, trying hard to keep the tears from falling, Jareth looked at her, waiting for her to say it back, he knows that she loves him; she is just hurt right now. He walked away from her quickly and angrily, he opened the door and slammed it shut behind him, Sarah jumped, the baby cried even the dog woke up.

Sarah rocked Serene to sleep, and pulled up her nightgown, the best she could with one hand. Serene fell asleep in her arms, Sarah laid there and cried.

 

Jareth appeared in his throne room pacing back and forth, mumbling to himself.

“You’re not going insane are you son?”

Jareth turned around and looked at his mother “hello mother, what was that?”

“They say that if you talk to yourself your insane” his mother said

“Oh right no” Jareth said he looked out of it, like he didn’t know what was going on around him

“Does this have to do with Sarah?” his mother asked

“Yes” Jareth said and started to pace again

“So what happened?” she asked watching him

“She wants to keep my child away from me” he told her

His mother gasped in surprise “so it is true, my mother was telling the truth, the human had your child, my first grandchild”

“Yes mother its true, and don’t call Sarah human call her Sarah” Jareth said

“Yes son” she said

“What do I do?” Jareth asked his mother

“You have to show her, you love her, you can’t let her leave, or she will end up like that human your father killed” his mother Corinne told him

“I never heard about that” Jareth said shocked

“Your father had an affair with a human, she got pregnant and wanted to keep the child a secret from him, he found out, as soon as the child was born he had her hung” Corinne told him sadly

“That will not happen to Sarah” Jareth said

“Then you better talk to her before your father finds out or he will hang her or worst” Corinne told them.

What they didn’t know was through the crack of the door, Gwen was listening in, and she smiled a wicked smile and left the hallway looking for Jareth’s father Harold.

“Good luck son” Corinne said and kissed him on the cheek disappearing, Jareth too vanished back to talk to Sarah.

 

Gwen walked into a darken bedroom “Harold” she called out

“What is it Gwen” he said from the bed

She walked over to him “I have some good news”

He looked at her she just smiled at him “well spit it out, I’m tired”

“Jareth’s human is here with their baby and she’s planning on taken the baby from Jareth” Gwen told him

Harold cupped her face lovingly and kissed her lips “very good my dear” he smiled wickedly

 

Song lyrics used in this chapter: As the World Falls Down by David Bowie