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Chapter Nineteen: Part Three
Sarah, Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus, and the Foster’s group had been waiting in the holding cell for several minutes; they had debated amongst themselves over whether they were going to be sentenced to death or spend the rest of their natural lives in captivity. They had given up on the debate and just sat in the holding cell quietly for at least twelve hours. But the silence had been broken when Gobo and Jareth had appeared in front of the cell, both still staring at each other. Sarah, Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus couldn’t believe their eyes, as they saw Jareth standing before them in person.
“How did he get here?!” Hoggle exclaimed.
“Are you the one responsible for what’s been happening, Jareth?” Sarah asked, with an angry look on her face, and Jareth looked over at her, smiling.
“No, Sarah.” Jareth said. “I’m here to help you escape from the cell that you and your friends have been wrongfully imprisoned in.” Jareth used his powers to make the electrically-powered cell door disappeared before the eyes of Sarah and the others, allowing them to simply walk out.
“It’s a trick! It must be!” Didymus exclaimed.
“No tricks this time, Sir Didymus.” Jareth said. “I’ve just come to rescue you all from the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization that accused you all of being mutants.”
“But why don’t you tell them the real reason you’re releasing them, Jareth?” Gobo said. “Why don’t you tell them how you’re leading them into their termination at the hands of Magneto and the Brotherhood?”
“Who’s the real villain here?” Bloo said, and he pointed at Gobo. “You! That’s who! And you wanna know why you’re the villain? Because you’re trying to fool us into believing that such a great imaginary friend like Magneto is going to turn against all of us.” Gobo just shook his head and then used his powers to transport himself, Jareth, and the Foster’s residents from the inside of the facility to the battlefield outside. The Foster’s residents couldn’t believe all of the chaos that had erupted outside, as they watched Storm electrocute Callisto to death, Warren Worthington II being hurled off the roof by Arclight, Psylocke, and Kid Omega—only to be rescued by his son, Angel, who had swooped in just in time to catch him and carry him away, and Magneto levitating cars from the bridge while Pyro and Taranee lighted them up, creating fireballs out of flaming vehicles that had rained down on S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers.
“Man! This is like something out of a science fiction movie!” Frankie uttered, just as Gonzo landed near them, after being hurled several feet across the air by a ten-foot horrifying lizard, which was really the mutant-muppet known as Leon. “Hey! There’s Mages right now! Hey, Magneto!” But Gonzo didn’t hear Frankie; instead, he just ran right by the group, as Leon was chasing right after him, only to be snatched by Red, who was ten times larger than him, and thrown off the island and into the water surrounding it.
“I wonder why he didn’t hear you, Frankie.” Mac said, a little confused.
“Because I’m cloaking our appearance, just to show you that the person that you call ‘Magneto’ doesn’t go by that name.” Gobo informed, just before he pointed to the real Magneto, who was grinning wickedly at the display before him. “That is Magneto.” The Foster’s group gawked at Magneto with mixed emotions of fear and shock; the mutant looked very menacing to them and was nothing like the character that had been referring to by his name.
“That old dude’s Magneto?!?!” Frankie exclaimed.
“I dunno.” Bloo uttered. “He looks more like an ‘Otis’ to me.” Sarah looked as if she was very upset with Jareth for trying to fool her and her friends again into a situation that would’ve no doubt killed them, if Gobo hadn’t intervened.
“Same old Jareth…only this time you’ve reached a whole new low.” Sarah said, and Jareth looked very defeated, as he used his powers to make Sarah and her friends disappear from the scene and return them back to the Foster’s mansion (with no recollection of the recent events they were involved in), leaving just him and Gobo to stare at each other again.
“Why must you meddle in my affairs, Fraggle?” Jareth told Gobo, who seemed to have understood how he felt.
“You love her…don’t you?” Gobo asked, and Jareth nodded, his face registering a very sad expression. Gobo sighed, realizing exactly why Jareth wanted to be cured. On the ground, he noticed one of the cure darts that the S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers had been firing; using his telekinetic powers he raised the dart off the ground and made it hover in front of Jareth’s face. When Jareth noticed the cure dart in his face, he just smiled at Gobo, with actual tears streaming down his face. “Be free, Jareth.” Gobo manipulated the dart to where it was shot directly into Jareth’s left shoulder. He looked down at the dart, as it stuck out of his shoulder, feeling its effects take over.
Jareth looked away from the dart and back at Gobo, giving the young Fraggle a happy look. However, that happy look had soon become a grin, and that grin was soon accompanied by a wicked glare. Gobo was confused, and he was even more puzzled as he watched Jareth laugh hysterically. The Fraggle believed he had cured the mutant, but he feared that he might’ve done something that only strengthen his abilities. Before Gobo knew it, Jareth had vanished before him, leaving the W.I.T.C.H. girls to regain their composure and notice the sudden battle that they had unexpectedly found themselves in.
“Where are we?!?!” Cornelia exclaimed.
“How did we get here?!” Will shouted, and before anything could happen to the stunned and unprepared girls, Gobo used his powers to vanish them from Alcatraz Island, returning them back to New York (also with no recollection the recent events), even reforming the Heart of Candracar (which Will had crushed) and returning it back around her neck. The Fraggle was still unsure as to what he had done to Jareth, but he didn’t let it interfere as he helped his companions finish off the rest of the Brotherhood mutants.
TO BE CONCLUDED....