Where was that pest? He couldn't have gotten far. At least I knew that my Christine was safe and sound back in her cell. As I rounded the corner, I heard a man's voice ring from behind a door.

"Someone let me out of here! Sarah, somebody!"

Cade... I snickered to myself at how he'd gotten himself locked in again, but I could never resist the urge to gloat. So, my heel turned and faced the door it was coming from.

The laboratory! Perhaps Jareth had caught the fool and placed him there with Raoul. After all the blueprint for the torture chamber was done, and he still had his half of the deal to fulfill.

When I entered I had to stop myself from falling over and dying. The fop had escaped from his cage, and in his place was Cade! I was raging at that point as I went over to the cage, and in response to seeing my rage, Cade started murmuring a, not so silent, prayer.

"What are you doing in there?" I growled circling the cage like a lion eyeing his prey, "Where did that rat go?"

"H-he was yelling for help and I-I opened the cage with the... the key on the hook." he stuttered, staring back at me with pleading eyes, "Then he shoved me in here and locked me in! Please spare me!"

This was a typical 'Raoul move'. How blind could Cade be? He was such an idiot to let Raoul trick him so easily.

"Be quiet I'm not going to kill you! Now Jareth... that's a different story." I smirked seeing his scared expression.

"Why does he want to kill me anyway? What did I ever do to him?" he asked confused.

Blind, stupid, and a coward... this should be fun...

"You have taken the only thing he cares about more than anything in this world." I explained.

"What's did I take?"

Did I have to explain everything to this boy!?

"Sarah.. now you're going to pay for your actions boy..." I grinned pulling out my punjab lasso.

He immediately scurried to the corner of the cage and starting shaking his head furiously. I laughed out loud at the sight.

"If I was going to hurt you I'd done it by now... so relax and don't go anywhere." I chuckled evilly.

I wrapped the lasso around his neck, and the boy started to break into a cold sweat.

"Oh how I miss my murdering days... perhaps Jareth wouldn't mind if I killed a you."

Cade's eyes widened as I continued to torture him with my twisted words. This was extremely fun, until he showed up.

"Eric, that prey is mine not yours." Jareth scolded me, teleporting from behind, "Now go and look for your own."

"Oh but we were having so much fun, right Cade?" I snickered looking down at the pale prisoner.

"That's enough." Jareth hissed, taking the lasso off his neck and throwing it behind him, "Leave me with him."

I did not enjoy being told around, especially since I was the brains of this partnership, but tonight I was feeling nice.

"Fine." I told him before exiting the room and walking back down the hallway towards the dungeon.

"Get away from me you creep!" I heard from down the hallway.

I acted and hid in the shadows getting closer to the voice, and watching the scene unfold.

"I just want some fun doll, that's all."

It was Raoul and he was... licking Sarah's neck?! That fop was an even bigger monstrosity than I thought! Did I need to help her though? What would benefit me out of this?

"I would get away from her monsieur before I have to step in and make you..." I roared and he jumped back right into my chest.

I quickly bound his hands with my extra lasso and practically started dragging the fool away.

"Wait!" Sarah yelled, so I quickly turned back.

"What?"

"Thank you..." she said smiling a little.

I only nodded at her and kept dragging the rat down to the dungeon. My hands instantly placed him in front of Christine's cell, and she when she saw him her eyes filled with sorrow.

"Please do not kill him Eric... please..."

Her pleading would not sway me this time. I let him go back then but now he was due in Hell, and it's best not to keep Lucifer waiting.

"His time has run out Christine." I told her simply before grabbing my knife as my first weapon of choice.

"This is for being an idiot." I said slicing his ear and taking my prized pistol.

"This if for not knowing your place." I told him shooting his left arm.

Raoul groaned, extremely in pain and I was loving every minute of it. My last weapon would be the ultimate payback for all those years ago.

"And this..." I whispered low in his ear, "Is for taking my Christine from me."

With a fast slight of hand, I removed his binds and wrapped the punjab lasso around his neck tightly. His face was turning black and blue and his hand, the one I hadn't shot, gripped the rope trying to free himself. Raoul's attempts were worthless as he had finally breathed his last breath. His body fell to the ground and I stood there staring at his figure, grinning wickedly.

The fop was finally dead and out of the way.