Deal With The Shadow
Six years, six long years. To Jareth it seemed like forever since Sarah shattered his dreams and his heart. His kingdom stayed the same, but it's monarch changed. He no longer had the same unpredictable temper as before. He still had a nasty streak, yet he no longer seemed to care. It was as if his focus on the magic was gone, the will to keep his world in it's glory having left him. The Goblin King's focus was a mortal girl, correction woman. At twenty-one Sarah moved to Washington DC to take up a job in the government, away from childhood memories. Jareth was supposed it was a type of acting; he knew his own political world was nothing but a stage for the power hungry. 'I wonder what she's doing now.' Materializing a crystal Jareth stared into it's depths, somewhat surprised at what he saw.
"Scarecrow, Queen. My office NOW!" William Melrose bellowed from his office doorway, face stern and worried. As Section Chief he could do that. Lee Stetson and Sarah Williams held back groans as they trudged across the bullpen, knowing they were going to hate their next assignment. When Billy roared someone was in for a thrashing.
"Yeah Billy?" Lee asked blandly as Sarah closed the door to the office, wondering if she'll ever have the nerve to call her boss by casual first name. Having been at the Agency almost two years and being paired with the infamous Scarecrow didn't mean she had all the quirks of someone in that privileged class had.
"I've got an assignment for you two." Billy handed Lee a manila folder with the Agency seal emblazoned in blue on the front. Lee opened it so Sarah could peer over his shoulder and into the file.
"The man's name is Caleb Macabrey; he's one of the few freelance assassins left out there." Billy added as Sarah studied the photo closely. He was extremely pale with black hair over a strong but fine boned face and mismatched eyes. 'What?' Sarah gasped. One eye was blue, the other was gray.
"Caleb seems to have a penchant for young female agents like Sarah." She heard the briefing, but wasn't listening. 'Wait, Jareth had a blue eye and a green eye, so it's not him. Could it be another Fae?' Her stomach clenched at the thought that someone from the Underground could be in her world again and this time was coming
after her!
"Queen!" Billy barked annoyed. Uh, oh, she'd been drifting when she shouldn't have.
"Yes sir?" Sarah stood tall, trying to cover her slip up.
"Where were you?" Melrose demanded. Lee looked at her curiously, having known her since grade school in New England.
"He reminds me of someone I once knew, but it's not him." She replied as honestly as possible, praying they would drop it. How would she explain a trip into the world of magic to a man who knew more about what was going on in the world than the President of the United States? Oh, I wished my brother away when I was 15 and had to go through the Labyrinth to reach him and get past magical obstacles while trying to not fall in love with the Goblin King. Yeah, that'd go over real smooth.
"Anyway," Billy stood and walked to his office door. "An agent from our English bureau has been assigned to help you. He's been on Caleb's case since he first appeared."
Billy opened the door to reveal a tall, slim man in a dark gray suit much like Lee's. He had platinum blonde hair pulled back into a neat ponytail, green eyes cool. Sarah's heart nearly stopped breathing at the familiarity in those eyes. Only one man she had ever known had such knowledge, such power in their gaze, even if the eye color was different. Those same eyes had the potential to hold a gripping desire that made Sarah want to surrender to the love she knew was buried deep inside. Suddenly Sarah felt light headed and griped Lee's shoulder as Billy Melrose introduced the man.
Six years, six long years. To Jareth it seemed like forever since Sarah shattered his dreams and his heart. His kingdom stayed the same, but it's monarch changed. He no longer had the same unpredictable temper as before. He still had a nasty streak, yet he no longer seemed to care. It was as if his focus on the magic was gone, the will to keep his world in it's glory having left him. The Goblin King's focus was a mortal girl, correction woman. At twenty-one Sarah moved to Washington DC to take up a job in the government, away from childhood memories. Jareth was supposed it was a type of acting; he knew his own political world was nothing but a stage for the power hungry. 'I wonder what she's doing now.' Materializing a crystal Jareth stared into it's depths, somewhat surprised at what he saw.
"Scarecrow, Queen. My office NOW!" William Melrose bellowed from his office doorway, face stern and worried. As Section Chief he could do that. Lee Stetson and Sarah Williams held back groans as they trudged across the bullpen, knowing they were going to hate their next assignment. When Billy roared someone was in for a thrashing.
"Yeah Billy?" Lee asked blandly as Sarah closed the door to the office, wondering if she'll ever have the nerve to call her boss by casual first name. Having been at the Agency almost two years and being paired with the infamous Scarecrow didn't mean she had all the quirks of someone in that privileged class had.
"I've got an assignment for you two." Billy handed Lee a manila folder with the Agency seal emblazoned in blue on the front. Lee opened it so Sarah could peer over his shoulder and into the file.
"The man's name is Caleb Macabrey; he's one of the few freelance assassins left out there." Billy added as Sarah studied the photo closely. He was extremely pale with black hair over a strong but fine boned face and mismatched eyes. 'What?' Sarah gasped. One eye was blue, the other was gray.
"Caleb seems to have a penchant for young female agents like Sarah." She heard the briefing, but wasn't listening. 'Wait, Jareth had a blue eye and a green eye, so it's not him. Could it be another Fae?' Her stomach clenched at the thought that someone from the Underground could be in her world again and this time was coming
after her!
"Queen!" Billy barked annoyed. Uh, oh, she'd been drifting when she shouldn't have.
"Yes sir?" Sarah stood tall, trying to cover her slip up.
"Where were you?" Melrose demanded. Lee looked at her curiously, having known her since grade school in New England.
"He reminds me of someone I once knew, but it's not him." She replied as honestly as possible, praying they would drop it. How would she explain a trip into the world of magic to a man who knew more about what was going on in the world than the President of the United States? Oh, I wished my brother away when I was 15 and had to go through the Labyrinth to reach him and get past magical obstacles while trying to not fall in love with the Goblin King. Yeah, that'd go over real smooth.
"Anyway," Billy stood and walked to his office door. "An agent from our English bureau has been assigned to help you. He's been on Caleb's case since he first appeared."
Billy opened the door to reveal a tall, slim man in a dark gray suit much like Lee's. He had platinum blonde hair pulled back into a neat ponytail, green eyes cool. Sarah's heart nearly stopped breathing at the familiarity in those eyes. Only one man she had ever known had such knowledge, such power in their gaze, even if the eye color was different. Those same eyes had the potential to hold a gripping desire that made Sarah want to surrender to the love she knew was buried deep inside. Suddenly Sarah felt light headed and griped Lee's shoulder as Billy Melrose introduced the man.