whats said is said

Brothers

"Whiskey?" Odin poured a large measure into a golden goblet and passed it to his brother,taking in his tense fetaures.."jareth...Whiskey?"..he wasn't paying attention ..pacing the room.

"Sorry...thank you.."he took the drink ,"Odin...I had to deal with a situation..you know sarah is here I presume?"

"I had heard a human was here..I assumed you had finally persuaded her here" he attempted a smile but stopped when jareth swung round to face him.

"I didn't need to persuade her ,brother... she wanted to come" stating it matter of factly.

"But the last we spoke she didn't realise you were you...?"

"That's one of the things I wish to discuss...use your wiser mind"

"There is a problem?" Odins handsome face creased up becoming interested in what was bothering his brother when he had thought he would be celebrating that the girl was here.

"A few...where to begin?"He sighed

Odin took a seat ,jareth draped himself opposite..rubbing his brow...swirling the liquid in the goblet..staring deeply into it..

"Sarah is here..and that she is here and wished herself here is some kind of blessing considering how things went last time ..her brother is also here"he began.

"Toby?"

"Yes" a smile spread across his face.."sarah begged me to take him...the mother...she separated them.. filled the boys head with lies..has mistreated the boy mentally..cruelly...I had no qualms for fetching him.." the smile disappeared.

"I'm guessing something happened here jareth...care to tell?"

"This is where I find myself lost Odin..things I have heard do not make sense..the mother knew the goblins were there..I went to aid them..you know how they are..I figured it to be some sort of idiocy on their parts"...Odin snorted ,he knew first hand What the troublesome creatures were capable of ..his brief time at trying to hold some sort of control over them had been tiresome..he was hoping the news of the girl returning would bring jareth to his senses...that he would take the reins back and rule as brilliantly as before the darkness appeared.

"The mother..she knew who I was..she knew about memory erasing."he shook his head ...how could she know that?

"An avid fan of mythical history jareth....a lucky guess?" Said Odin ..knowing that it was highly unlikely..the encounter had obviously unsettled his brother greatly..he listened carefully as jareth explained what she had said..her threat to ruin their world..but it was when he mentioned her eyes that Odin began to feel some of the burden of worry that the king did...swallowing a slight rise of bile that crept into his throat he stopped jareth...."enough.....this is something we should discuss with the old wise man " he warned.

" and what could he tell us ...probably nothing we don't know !" Exclaimed the king ..standing up he paced to the window..the view over the city dark and brooding under the twilight sky.

Odin joined him, " jareth..the eyes concern me...I'm no historian,but there's something in what you have told me that I just know is more important than we can gather here.." he muttered standing next to him..

"She must not be at risk..nor the boy,they are my future Odin...I cannot allow them to be in any harm" he answered bleakly,

" you must arrange protection at all times whilst we travel to the Wiseman..my wife is not enough jareth..use your soldiers "

" I will call upon ludo...perhaps hoggle, she will trust them..and they will protect her far more than an idiot goblin" the king decided...." as you wish jareth...we will leave after breakfast..May I suggest you check your girl..then sleep ...you may need it " Odin affirmed ..bowing slightly, he left to venture to his quarters with a heavy headed goblin king left behind to arrange the next day...he had a dark looking feeling about it all.