Labyrinth- Jareth's Return

16. Irrational Thinking

A scruffy ogre came into the room holding his club firmly in his hands. "Errr.. ah.. is anyone here? Hello?"

The ogre stepped inside and looked around, he looked toward the bathroom and saw the door closed. Shifting uncomfortably he grumbled before leaving the room mumbling. "Must get Ms. Molly." He spoke before slamming the door behind him.

Sarah let go of Jareth's hands stumbling on her words. "How did he not see us?" Jareth smiled with a chuckle. "Did you not know? You hid in plain sight. Your power is a lot stronger than I expected." Sarah stepped away from him looking at her hands before looking back at Jareth. "And you hid with me?" Jareth crossed his arms smiling at her. "You hid me yourself. You must have thought of it out of fear of Dracius stepping in." Sarah's eyes widened in realization. "Of course. I was trying to find a way out of here before he. Oh go..."

"Shh." Jareth held up his finger listening in. "Someone is coming."

Jareth hurried back into the closet he came from closing the door at the same moment a short troll opened the bedroom door. "Oh blasted all these stupid ogres!" Molly said while holding her chest before looking at the ogre behind her. "But Ma'am. Twas empty and I thought I 'erd something in here." Molly kicked the ogre in the shin as she scolded him. "You twat! A woman lives here! Of course there will be noise! You're lucky you didn't walk in here while she was dressing!"

The ogre, in shock, stepped back and fumbled his words. "But but miss I thought I heard two voices. Not one!"

Molly looked back at Sarah who was sitting on her bed again watching the quarrel in confusion before looking back at the ogre. "Whoever put you in this post? Is there not a single right minded ogre in this bloody castle?!" Molly turned to Sarah.

"My apologies, miss. I will take care of this fool. Please rest. King Dracius has a full day planned ahead." Sarah nodded to Molly. With a small smile she turned and looked toward the ogre with a frown of disgust..

"As for you, from now on stand at the stairs, not her room! Almother knows how much you've listened to already! You pervert!"

"But ma'am what about her protection?"

"Don't ma'am me! There's only one entrance to this tower and a dragon guards the window. If he felt there was anything wrong then he would've taken notice. Why is it you that doesn't have common sense!"

"But ma'am" CLANK! Molly grabbed the ogres club and slammed it against his toe.

"Shut it you bloody fool!" The ogre fell to the ground howling in pain as Molly slammed the club on the ground. "Wake me from my sleep for this nonsense! I'll be sure to replace you in the morning! Go to the end of those stairs and keep guard like you're supposed to!" Molly turned to Sarah once more to apologize and closed the door behind her.

As the ogres' heavy steps slowly faded, the breath Sarah held was released as she relaxed. "That was close." She whispered as she looked toward the closet. Before Jareth could open the closet Sarah shoved the door shut again whispering, "Wait." As she stepped away, the sounds of deep breaths could be heard from her balcony. "Sarah."

The deep breathy voice called to her. Sarah gulped slightly as she walked toward the balcony seeing the dragon in her view. His eyes stared down at her as his head elevated slightly above the balcony. "Are you alright?" The voice deep and concerned as he looked Sarah up and down.

"Yes Xerxes, just Molly scolding the ogre guard."

Xerxes chuckled, smoke seeping out of his nose. "Of course she is." He hissed. "She is always scolding an ogre."

Sarah smiled as she relaxed slightly. She watched what seemed to be a smile on Xerxes face. "If you are in any trouble." He said seriously. "Just call for me." Sarah nodded and smiled toward Xerxes. "I will." She responded