As the World Falls Down Part 4/? Leverage/Labyrinth/? Crossover
Fic Title: As the World Falls Down
Author: hollymac_79
Summary: Parker is wished into the Labyrinth and something from Eliot's past comes back to haunt him.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Leverage belongs to John Rogers and Chris Downey. Labyrinth belongs to Jim Henson. I'm just borrowing the characters.Lily belongs to me.
Sophie, Nate, Eliot, and Hardison stopped walking when they heard a loud rumbly growly yell.
"Wh-what was that?" stuttered Sophie.
"Not sure, and I really don't want to find out," said Hardison.
"Sorry man, we've got to go that way, so we're gonna find out," Eliot said with a laugh as he slapped Hardison on the shoulder
"Y-you don't have to be so dang cheerful about it," muttered Hardison.
When the group got closer they could make out something large and hairy hanging upside down, being tortured by smaller goblins holding sticks with worm-like creatures with teeth perched on them.
"Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" called out Eliot as he then charged and picked up a goblin and sent him bouncing into one of his fellow brethren. Nate, Sophie and Hardison just stood there watching.
"Shouldn't we stop him before he gets hurt?" questioned Sophie.
"He'll be all right. Let him blow off some steam," replied Nate.
This caused a chain reaction of the smaller goblins racing away while fighting each other. The large brown hairy beast was still howling and thrashing around trying to get free.
"Easy there big fella," said Eliot as the beast growled again, "Hey, we're tryin' to help you get down."
As soon as Eliot said the word 'down' the beast stopped moving.
"Ludo down?" the beast questioned.
"Yeah, down," Sophie was the first one to make her way over to Eliot and the beast.
"Is your name Ludo?" she asked softly.
Ludo nodded his head 'yes', with what seemed to be his whole body.
"Soph, not helping," muttered Eliot as he inspected the ropes that were holding Ludo trapped upside down.
"Sorry. I'm Sophie."
"Swofie, fwiends?"
"Yes, we're friends," said the grifter with a grin.
This big beast was a friendly soul.
"Hardison, gonna need a little help here. Don't want do drop him on the ground."
"Uh-uh. I'm not going anywhere near Chewbacca's over-sized cousin over there," said Hardison shaking his head and waving his hands in an 'I'm not gonna do it' motion.
"Dammit Hardison, he's not gonna hurt you, are you, Ludo?"
"No, no hwurt."
"See?" questioned Eliot. Hardison relented and made his way over to Sophie, Eliot and Nate.
"Uh, you may need this," said Nate a few seconds later holding out a pocket knife.
"Thanks, okay Ludo don't move."
"No move" Ludo repeated.
"Okay Hardison, you grab right here, Sophie if you could move more to the left, and Nate you stay right where you are. On the count of three. One, two, three. Easy, easy. All right, now to cut these ropes."
Five minutes later Ludo was free from his bonds.
"Bwothers?" questioned Ludo looking at Nate with his big brown eyes.
"Huh? Right, brothers, sure," agreed Nate not wanting to upset the hairy giant.
"Bwothers lost," moaned Ludo
"Oh, you poor thing," Sophie cooed as she patted Ludo on the shoulder as best she could.
"Fwiends?"
All four team members traded looks, Parker was a priority, but they also didn't want to anger Ludo.
"Sure, our friend's lost too. She's in the castle."
"Bad."
"Yeah."
"Ludo help."
"Y-you will?" questioned Hardison surprised
"Hwardison bwother; help bwother."
"Great- what?" questioned Hardison at Eliot's smirk.
"Nothin'"
"Okay, great, Ludo, which way do we need to go?" asked Nate trying to regain control of the situation.
Ludo raised his head to the sky, sniffed, and moved in the opposite direction the team had come. He was moving at a pretty brisk pace when they came upon two closed doors with talking door knockers who were bantering up a storm not paying attention to the fact that they had visitors.
"Great, yet another set of doors, which one do we choose now?"
Before Hardison and Eliot had a chance to get into yet another argument over that, Ludo quickly went up to the door with the door knocker that had the ring in it's mouth.
"Well, I guess that answers that," said Nate as he started to follow after Ludo with the others right behind him.
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Back at the Goblin Castle, Lily and Parker entered the throne room cautiously. There were goblins a plenty and Jareth was front and center sitting on his throne.
"Ah, the guest of honor has arrived," said Jareth with a cool smile as he rose and glided over to them.
"Wh-what do I do?" muttered Parker to Lily
"Stay calm and don't do anything to upset him."
"Like you haven't," muttered Parker back to Lily who shrugged her shoulders.
Author: hollymac_79
Summary: Parker is wished into the Labyrinth and something from Eliot's past comes back to haunt him.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Leverage belongs to John Rogers and Chris Downey. Labyrinth belongs to Jim Henson. I'm just borrowing the characters.Lily belongs to me.
Sophie, Nate, Eliot, and Hardison stopped walking when they heard a loud rumbly growly yell.
"Wh-what was that?" stuttered Sophie.
"Not sure, and I really don't want to find out," said Hardison.
"Sorry man, we've got to go that way, so we're gonna find out," Eliot said with a laugh as he slapped Hardison on the shoulder
"Y-you don't have to be so dang cheerful about it," muttered Hardison.
When the group got closer they could make out something large and hairy hanging upside down, being tortured by smaller goblins holding sticks with worm-like creatures with teeth perched on them.
"Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" called out Eliot as he then charged and picked up a goblin and sent him bouncing into one of his fellow brethren. Nate, Sophie and Hardison just stood there watching.
"Shouldn't we stop him before he gets hurt?" questioned Sophie.
"He'll be all right. Let him blow off some steam," replied Nate.
This caused a chain reaction of the smaller goblins racing away while fighting each other. The large brown hairy beast was still howling and thrashing around trying to get free.
"Easy there big fella," said Eliot as the beast growled again, "Hey, we're tryin' to help you get down."
As soon as Eliot said the word 'down' the beast stopped moving.
"Ludo down?" the beast questioned.
"Yeah, down," Sophie was the first one to make her way over to Eliot and the beast.
"Is your name Ludo?" she asked softly.
Ludo nodded his head 'yes', with what seemed to be his whole body.
"Soph, not helping," muttered Eliot as he inspected the ropes that were holding Ludo trapped upside down.
"Sorry. I'm Sophie."
"Swofie, fwiends?"
"Yes, we're friends," said the grifter with a grin.
This big beast was a friendly soul.
"Hardison, gonna need a little help here. Don't want do drop him on the ground."
"Uh-uh. I'm not going anywhere near Chewbacca's over-sized cousin over there," said Hardison shaking his head and waving his hands in an 'I'm not gonna do it' motion.
"Dammit Hardison, he's not gonna hurt you, are you, Ludo?"
"No, no hwurt."
"See?" questioned Eliot. Hardison relented and made his way over to Sophie, Eliot and Nate.
"Uh, you may need this," said Nate a few seconds later holding out a pocket knife.
"Thanks, okay Ludo don't move."
"No move" Ludo repeated.
"Okay Hardison, you grab right here, Sophie if you could move more to the left, and Nate you stay right where you are. On the count of three. One, two, three. Easy, easy. All right, now to cut these ropes."
Five minutes later Ludo was free from his bonds.
"Bwothers?" questioned Ludo looking at Nate with his big brown eyes.
"Huh? Right, brothers, sure," agreed Nate not wanting to upset the hairy giant.
"Bwothers lost," moaned Ludo
"Oh, you poor thing," Sophie cooed as she patted Ludo on the shoulder as best she could.
"Fwiends?"
All four team members traded looks, Parker was a priority, but they also didn't want to anger Ludo.
"Sure, our friend's lost too. She's in the castle."
"Bad."
"Yeah."
"Ludo help."
"Y-you will?" questioned Hardison surprised
"Hwardison bwother; help bwother."
"Great- what?" questioned Hardison at Eliot's smirk.
"Nothin'"
"Okay, great, Ludo, which way do we need to go?" asked Nate trying to regain control of the situation.
Ludo raised his head to the sky, sniffed, and moved in the opposite direction the team had come. He was moving at a pretty brisk pace when they came upon two closed doors with talking door knockers who were bantering up a storm not paying attention to the fact that they had visitors.
"Great, yet another set of doors, which one do we choose now?"
Before Hardison and Eliot had a chance to get into yet another argument over that, Ludo quickly went up to the door with the door knocker that had the ring in it's mouth.
"Well, I guess that answers that," said Nate as he started to follow after Ludo with the others right behind him.
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Back at the Goblin Castle, Lily and Parker entered the throne room cautiously. There were goblins a plenty and Jareth was front and center sitting on his throne.
"Ah, the guest of honor has arrived," said Jareth with a cool smile as he rose and glided over to them.
"Wh-what do I do?" muttered Parker to Lily
"Stay calm and don't do anything to upset him."
"Like you haven't," muttered Parker back to Lily who shrugged her shoulders.