Can You Hear Them?
By: DarkDuelist
Disclaimer: Aladdin, Jasmine and Co. are copyright of Disney and I used them without permission. This idea came from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again, which belongs to the great Joss Whedon. The ep 'Normal Again' was written by the also great Diego Gutierrez so tons of credit to both of them (*) means the character is thinking. The name for this chapter comes from Matchbox 20's album. This is in Aladdin's POV.
NOTE: I redid the whole story. (Can you tell?) I really wasn't happy with it. I hope you enjoy the new version. ^_~
Chapter 1: Yourself or Someone Like You
The thick silence of hall the was torn in two as we ran. We had gotten a tip that Mozenrath had a new and very powerful weapon. The idea was to get in and out without Mozenrath ever knowing. We were almost home free when Mozenrath spotted us. I was really expecting more from him, instead he just smiled as if it was nothing. It was nothing, the box that had should have had the weapon inside was empty. With a laughed he said he would give us a head start. We took it, there was no telling what that weapon could do or if there was even one.
I slowed to a stop as we came to where the hall form into two. *Left or right? Which one was it?*
"Come on Al! Hurry before Mozenbart shows up!" Iago yelled at me.
"I'm trying Iago. Let me think."
"Think FASTER!" He shouted back.
I looked down both, they looked the identical. *Which one is the right one?* "It's left! Come on!"
We started our run again. Who knows what Mozenrath could do to us if that thing was a powerful as we had heard. If only Carpet was here. We would be back in Agrabah by now. *No, this is not the time to think about 'if only'. We got to get out of here..* Light! I see light!
"Come on!" I ran faster "We're almost there. We just have a lit.."
The blast hit me so hard I didn't have time to finish. I felt the pain before I could hit the floor. My side was sore, the pain was like fire, burning my skin.
"Aladdin!" Jasmine and Iago quickly came running towards me.
"Jasmine! Look out!"
But it was too late. Mozenrath's magic hit them as well. My pain was gone, now there was fear. As I ran to her, Mamluks garb me and held me down. *No! Jasmine! I have to get to her!*
"Jasmine! Can you hear me?" The panic flowing through me. She didn't move. "Jasmine! Iago! JASMINE!"
A dark evil laugh filled the hallway. I looked away from Jasmine's fallen form and saw Mozenrath walking towards me, gloved hand glowing.
"Well, if it isn't Aladdin! I have been looking for you." he smirked evilly. "It's very rude to ran away from your host, don't you agree Xerxes?"
"Very rude!" the flying eel replied.
"I don't know what you have planed Mozenrath, but it won't work. Your not going to win! Not ever Mozenrath!" I yelled trying to break from the undead holding me.
"Oh? Well, that's not what I think. You see, you are the one on the ground helpless. And I am the one with the weapon at your throat." he reached into the folds of his robes and pulled out a hideous looking dagger. "I believe that this is what you were looking for, isn't it? What do you say Xerxes, since he came all this way he should get to see what it does?"
"Yes" Xerxes hissed.
"I knew you would agree." he retort as he patted the eel. "Hold him down. We would want him to hurt himself, would we?"
The Mamluks griped harder as Mozenrath walked over, a deranged look in his eyes. I pulled but it was no use. *No! This can't be happening!*
Mozenrath gave me one last smile and held the dagger up. "Lets see what your really made of streetrat!"
A piercing pain went through me, a bright light, then all is dark.
*** Light, dark, light, dark. Stop! It hurts! Light, dark. STOP IT! Please! Oh, my head. Jasmine! Where is she?! Jasmine! Jasmine! Are you there? JASMINE!
***
Slowly I opened my eyes and found myself in a large white room. The light sights again and then I see that I am not alone. A older man is standing above me making the light go off and on. *Where am I? * I look around the room to see if anyone I know is here and there is none. I feel like I've been here before, but it's a bad feeling.
"What is this place?" My voice sounding exhausted and feeble.
The man stop the light and smiled down at me.
"I'm glad to see your awake again. Do you remember where your at?"
I look around once more, there was no dark colours so it couldn't be the Land of The Black Sand.
"Is this Agrabah?"
He let out a sad sounding sigh and shook his head. "No, I'm sorry but none of that is real. Do you remember me?"
"What? What do you mean none of that is real?" I asked baffled. "I don't understand." *My head is starting to hurt.*
"Do you know who I am?" He questioned again.
I shook my head. "No, I don't know you."
"I'm Doctor Rosenberg, Alan. You've been institutionalized for severe delusional schizophrenia for five years."
*Institutionalized? Schizophrenia? What is he talking about. None of this makes sense!*
"Alan? Are you still here? Are you okay?"
"This...this isn't right. How could I've been here for five years and not remember? This is wrong It..." *The dagger!* "Mozenrath! He did this. It has to be that dagger!" I quickly jump to my feet.
"Alan, Mozenrath isn't real. He is just a figment in your mind. Something you made up to battle against, like Jafar..."
"No, your wrong! Their real! Agrabah is real! How can it not be? Mozenrath did this to me." I noticed the door. "I have to get out of here!" I grab the handle but the door wouldn't open. *No! I have to get out!* The fear and panic washed over me as his words ran through my head. '...none of that is real...isn't real...just a figment...something you made up...' *It's real! I know it's real!*
"Let me out! Mozenrath! You son of a jackal!" I pounded on the door. "Let me out!"
"Alan, please don't do this to yourself. There's no need to work yourself up like this." he put his hand on my shoulder. "I'll help you if you would just let me."
"I don't want your help! I just want out of here!" I shouted back at him.
"Alan," he tried to pull me away from the door.
"No!" I pushed him away. I could feel myself shaking. "Open the door. I want out!"
The door opened and three men hurried in and got me to the floor. As two held me down the other helped Dr. Rosenberg to his feet than rushed back to where I was being held.
"No! Let me go!" I pulled and tugged as much as I could.
"Hold him still!" He yelled to the two holding me.
*No! I have to get away. I can't let them keep me here! I won't...*
I felt a piercing pain in my arm. I pulled harder, doing all I could to break their grasp.
"Keep him down! He'll break the needle like this!"
A wave of fatigued fell over me. "No! I have to get back to Agrabah. I..." I felt so light headed and drowsy. *What did they do to me? I can't let this happen. I got to fight...I have to...why do I feel so sleepy?*
By: DarkDuelist
Disclaimer: Aladdin, Jasmine and Co. are copyright of Disney and I used them without permission. This idea came from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again, which belongs to the great Joss Whedon. The ep 'Normal Again' was written by the also great Diego Gutierrez so tons of credit to both of them (*) means the character is thinking. The name for this chapter comes from Matchbox 20's album. This is in Aladdin's POV.
NOTE: I redid the whole story. (Can you tell?) I really wasn't happy with it. I hope you enjoy the new version. ^_~
Chapter 1: Yourself or Someone Like You
The thick silence of hall the was torn in two as we ran. We had gotten a tip that Mozenrath had a new and very powerful weapon. The idea was to get in and out without Mozenrath ever knowing. We were almost home free when Mozenrath spotted us. I was really expecting more from him, instead he just smiled as if it was nothing. It was nothing, the box that had should have had the weapon inside was empty. With a laughed he said he would give us a head start. We took it, there was no telling what that weapon could do or if there was even one.
I slowed to a stop as we came to where the hall form into two. *Left or right? Which one was it?*
"Come on Al! Hurry before Mozenbart shows up!" Iago yelled at me.
"I'm trying Iago. Let me think."
"Think FASTER!" He shouted back.
I looked down both, they looked the identical. *Which one is the right one?* "It's left! Come on!"
We started our run again. Who knows what Mozenrath could do to us if that thing was a powerful as we had heard. If only Carpet was here. We would be back in Agrabah by now. *No, this is not the time to think about 'if only'. We got to get out of here..* Light! I see light!
"Come on!" I ran faster "We're almost there. We just have a lit.."
The blast hit me so hard I didn't have time to finish. I felt the pain before I could hit the floor. My side was sore, the pain was like fire, burning my skin.
"Aladdin!" Jasmine and Iago quickly came running towards me.
"Jasmine! Look out!"
But it was too late. Mozenrath's magic hit them as well. My pain was gone, now there was fear. As I ran to her, Mamluks garb me and held me down. *No! Jasmine! I have to get to her!*
"Jasmine! Can you hear me?" The panic flowing through me. She didn't move. "Jasmine! Iago! JASMINE!"
A dark evil laugh filled the hallway. I looked away from Jasmine's fallen form and saw Mozenrath walking towards me, gloved hand glowing.
"Well, if it isn't Aladdin! I have been looking for you." he smirked evilly. "It's very rude to ran away from your host, don't you agree Xerxes?"
"Very rude!" the flying eel replied.
"I don't know what you have planed Mozenrath, but it won't work. Your not going to win! Not ever Mozenrath!" I yelled trying to break from the undead holding me.
"Oh? Well, that's not what I think. You see, you are the one on the ground helpless. And I am the one with the weapon at your throat." he reached into the folds of his robes and pulled out a hideous looking dagger. "I believe that this is what you were looking for, isn't it? What do you say Xerxes, since he came all this way he should get to see what it does?"
"Yes" Xerxes hissed.
"I knew you would agree." he retort as he patted the eel. "Hold him down. We would want him to hurt himself, would we?"
The Mamluks griped harder as Mozenrath walked over, a deranged look in his eyes. I pulled but it was no use. *No! This can't be happening!*
Mozenrath gave me one last smile and held the dagger up. "Lets see what your really made of streetrat!"
A piercing pain went through me, a bright light, then all is dark.
*** Light, dark, light, dark. Stop! It hurts! Light, dark. STOP IT! Please! Oh, my head. Jasmine! Where is she?! Jasmine! Jasmine! Are you there? JASMINE!
***
Slowly I opened my eyes and found myself in a large white room. The light sights again and then I see that I am not alone. A older man is standing above me making the light go off and on. *Where am I? * I look around the room to see if anyone I know is here and there is none. I feel like I've been here before, but it's a bad feeling.
"What is this place?" My voice sounding exhausted and feeble.
The man stop the light and smiled down at me.
"I'm glad to see your awake again. Do you remember where your at?"
I look around once more, there was no dark colours so it couldn't be the Land of The Black Sand.
"Is this Agrabah?"
He let out a sad sounding sigh and shook his head. "No, I'm sorry but none of that is real. Do you remember me?"
"What? What do you mean none of that is real?" I asked baffled. "I don't understand." *My head is starting to hurt.*
"Do you know who I am?" He questioned again.
I shook my head. "No, I don't know you."
"I'm Doctor Rosenberg, Alan. You've been institutionalized for severe delusional schizophrenia for five years."
*Institutionalized? Schizophrenia? What is he talking about. None of this makes sense!*
"Alan? Are you still here? Are you okay?"
"This...this isn't right. How could I've been here for five years and not remember? This is wrong It..." *The dagger!* "Mozenrath! He did this. It has to be that dagger!" I quickly jump to my feet.
"Alan, Mozenrath isn't real. He is just a figment in your mind. Something you made up to battle against, like Jafar..."
"No, your wrong! Their real! Agrabah is real! How can it not be? Mozenrath did this to me." I noticed the door. "I have to get out of here!" I grab the handle but the door wouldn't open. *No! I have to get out!* The fear and panic washed over me as his words ran through my head. '...none of that is real...isn't real...just a figment...something you made up...' *It's real! I know it's real!*
"Let me out! Mozenrath! You son of a jackal!" I pounded on the door. "Let me out!"
"Alan, please don't do this to yourself. There's no need to work yourself up like this." he put his hand on my shoulder. "I'll help you if you would just let me."
"I don't want your help! I just want out of here!" I shouted back at him.
"Alan," he tried to pull me away from the door.
"No!" I pushed him away. I could feel myself shaking. "Open the door. I want out!"
The door opened and three men hurried in and got me to the floor. As two held me down the other helped Dr. Rosenberg to his feet than rushed back to where I was being held.
"No! Let me go!" I pulled and tugged as much as I could.
"Hold him still!" He yelled to the two holding me.
*No! I have to get away. I can't let them keep me here! I won't...*
I felt a piercing pain in my arm. I pulled harder, doing all I could to break their grasp.
"Keep him down! He'll break the needle like this!"
A wave of fatigued fell over me. "No! I have to get back to Agrabah. I..." I felt so light headed and drowsy. *What did they do to me? I can't let this happen. I got to fight...I have to...why do I feel so sleepy?*