Hello! This is chap was a little hard for me, I'll admit. Coming up with fears was a little on the hard side. I hope you understand why I chose certain fears for everyone! The hardest two for me in this chap I think was Jasmine and the Sultan. I hope it isn't too bad!
ALSO: Last chap I forgot to tell where I got the inpiration for Jamal's look. It's slightly based on Norm the genie from Fairy OddParents.
Dreamlighting: They will don't worry!
Rollingbell: Yes he is evil! I hope your drawings are coming along good! I can't wait to see them!
JohnDeereGreen: Nope! That was just a little end to that part of the story. Glad you liked it!
Blackmoondragon1415: Yes, he will be looking really hard! Oh, he does consider them part of it.
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Broken:
Chapter 10: The Game of Fear part 1
When Genie had arrived at the letter's written destination, he found that the land was completely…bare. There was nothing around but a few trees here and there, but there was certainly no party or any of the guests he assumed would be there. Expansions of sand went in every direction as far as the eye could see. Frowning, the azure jinni scratched his head in thought and tapped his chin.
"Hmm, maybe I didn't read the directions right." He got the paper out of his 'pocket' and un-waded it giving it a shake to straighten out the wrinkles. "Nope." He concluded and looked back up. He frowned wondering where he could have gone wrong and once again overlooked the landscape.
It was then that he noticed a paper that was stuck to one of the trees near him and he went over to it with curiosity as it waved in the slight breeze. Upon it read: Genie. Grinning, he peeled it off the tree and held it out in the light.
"I love getting mail. I wonder who it's from" He opened it and started at the top. "You are invited to play a game...I love games!" But as he read his smile disappeared and his brow furrowed. The more he read the more he became angry and soon he was seething, all humor gone from his face. He ripped the paper in half as he tried to control his anger, but one sentence in that letter stood up and kept repeating over and over in his mind.
Those friends of yours are particularly scared of my game. The djinn could only imagine what that meant. And with that he started back to Agrabah at a much faster pace than he had left.
The first thing he noticed was that the palace was eerily quiet. Usually when he went away and came back, Alaric and/or the others would be waiting on the balcony to wave at him or would at least be making some noise in the palace. But there was nothing. All was quiet and as he landed in the garden, he began to grow slightly fearful of just what lay in store inside the grand walls. He stood at the bottom of the steps to the garden entrance a frown on his face and was about to go up when a bush near him started to rustle.
"Psst, jinni." Genie paused and turned to look at the bushes in slight curiosity and slight apprehension. Then he saw who was there.
"Rasoul? What are you-"
"Shhh!" The burly guard took hold of the blue jinni and pulled him into the bushes putting a hand over Genie's mouth. "Quiet! There is a pale yellow demon in there. It's already gotten the sultan and Princess Jasmine." Genie glared at the palace walls and Rasoul had never seen him so angry before and let go.
"What about Al and Rick?" Rasoul frowned now a pained look on his.
"I don't know, but I kept hearing screams." Genie paled and then nodded.
"I'm going in." Genie stated and got out of the bushes. Rasoul glared after him.
"If you think I'm staying out here then you're wrong." He snarled. Genie didn't respond but only paused a bit so the guard could catch up and then summoned most of his courage as they both entered. Genie and Rasoul went down the hall looking around to see if there was any sign of the other palace inhabitants and found nothing out of the ordinary. The hall was quiet and not a sound could be heard…at first. And then the screams came. Rasoul gulped and Genie grimaced. Screams mixed with other screams filled the air and it became hard to tell where they were all coming from.
A lone figure at the top of a high window grinned as it saw Genie enter the hall it's teeth gleaming in the light.
"Let the games begin. You may be able to figure out my plan, but once you rescue them can you fight me?"
The Sultan
The Sultan was surrounded by dead bodies and behind him was Agrabah in flames and smoke. He scanned the area with a deep fear settling into his chest as he quickly sensed that his people were really dead. All his life he had been told that a Sultan is nothing without his people and yet here he was in the middle of them. born and bred to lead a city into greatness and he had let it fall. A sob clutched at his chest as he realized that his daughter was nowhere to be seen.
"Jasmine?" He called to his beloved daughter, there was no answer. But when he turned he saw her. Jasmine lay on the ground crumpled and broken her ebony hair splayed out on the ground like a black wave and her head was turned to the side.
"Dearest!" He ran to her. Or tried. It seemed as if he couldn't move. The Sultan ground his teeth and tried again. this time he moved but in slow motion. He took a step and froze. Jasmine had moved. "Jasmine?" She stirred again and her eyes fluttered open, turning her head to look at her. The Sultan gasped at the accusing look on her face.
"You did this." She spoke in a gravelly monotone voice. "You failed to protect your people."
"No! I, Jasmine please what's going on?" The small royal begged his daughter, but she only stood and pointed at him.
"Get him. He has failed us." The Sultan cried out in fear as his people rose from the ground, some burnt and bloody and some having lost limbs, but all of them were headed towards him.
"No!" He cried. "Jasmine!"
Genie and Rasoul heard the Sultan's cry and reached his bedroom at a fast pace down the darkened hall. Busting down the door, they found themselves in a world of chaos and destruction. In the middle of the gruesome scene was the Sultan himself cowering in the center of zombie like people.
"What the hell?" Rasoul commented and Genie frowned.
"It's part of Jamal's trickery I'm sure. He takes people's fears and feed them to make them more scared and submissive. While he can't harm you…well fears of this kind can." Rasoul frowned and Genie turned to him. "Is the Sultan afraid of dead people?"
"No, you moron." Rasoul snarled. "He's a Sultan. He fears failing his people."
"And his daughter?" Genie enquired pointing out a deadly looking Jasmine who was holding a weapon. Rasoul gave a curt nod.
"How do we…stop this?" Rasoul asked squinting at the people, most he recognized from the marketplace. His eyes were watching Jasmine too and he was contemplating what kind of spell she was under. Genie tapped his chin. Jamal was known for making things seem complicated when they were not that complex. The idea came to him and then he sighed.
"We have to make him believe it's not real. This world was created from his fear. If we can get him away he'll be safe."
"How?"
"By letting him see us. We have to convince him to overcome his fear, even if it is for a minute." Rasoul seemed at a loss, so Genie stepped forward.
"Your highness?" The zombies turned at the same time the Sultan did and he looked at Genie and Rasoul in slight fear.
"You blame me too?" He asked and Genie shook his head.
"No, no, no! We are real! This isn't!" The Sultan made a face.
"What are you speaking of?"
"This!" Genie gestured wildly. "This is made from your fear! Uh, you're a great sultan! Agrabah is still in one piece!"
"But-but it seems so…real."
"I know." Genie said with a glare at the ceiling. "But you have to believe! We are really here to help you!" The Sultan started to move towards them and saw that the zombies were now trying to attack him! Rasoul rushed forward and brandishing his sword began attacking the people making the Sultan a clear path to Genie. Rasoul was about to get the upper hand an them all when Jasmine smacked Rasoul with a large chunk of wood. The Captain hit the ground and the Sultan gasped.
"Jasmine, what have you done?" 'Jasmine' started to cry and the Sultan stepped forward. "Don't cry dearest."
"That's not her!" Genie cried out to late as the Sultan came towards her. 'Jasmine' immediately tried to attack the Sultan but luckily Rasoul recovered and he jumped up pushing Jasmine away into the dirt. (Even if she were fake, he couldn't bring himself to physically harm her.)
Genie took action and pulling the Sultan out the door and Rasoul slammed it shut as the zombies came at them. sliding down the door out of breath they heard a crackling noise in the air behind the door and a bright light appeared and disappeared in seconds.
"What was that?" Rasoul asked and Genie smirked slightly.
"That was the end of the Sultan's fear. Since it had nothing to feed on, it disappeared, making this place fear free." The Sultan sighed and looked up slightly apprehension.
"So my daughter is still..?"
"She is alive. We just don't know where." Genie supplied. "Or everyone else." The Sultan paled and then frowned.
"Who is behind all this?"
"An old friend of this blue being." Rasoul snapped. "Probably some sick jokester." Genie was seething again, but he glared at the wall above them so that he wouldn't seem angry at them.
"No." Genie shook his head. "That jinni wacko is no friend of mine. He is a jinni of complete opposite of me. We had the same master once. Let's just say that he hates me for being who I am." Genie spoke quietly, though he was very angry and Rasoul for once didn't comment. The Sultan patted Genie.
"I don't blame you for any of this. I know it wasn't you're intention that he ever came here."
"No it wasn't. I never should have left." Genie's anger subsided slightly and he rubbed his arm. "Gee what a mess."
"This is not your fault."
"It is. You allowed this thing to walk around, knowing that he wanted revenge on you." Rasoul snapped and Genie flinched. "You know he is here for you!"
"Rasoul, the reason why that Jamal is here is not important at the moment. That is important thing is that we find everyone, including my daughter." Genie smiled at that and gave a nod. It was then that Jasmine's cries filled the air.
Jasmine
The princess knelt on the ground, weeping loudly at what lay before her. Her beloved Aladdin was laying dead on the ground his lips a pale blue. But what was more horrible was that everyone she loved and cared for was dead as well. She had awoken to them lying in her floor and she cradled herself as she wept for them.
Her father, Aladdin, Alaric, Abu and Iago were all gone. Even Genie and Carpet. The rug was in a pile of thread on the floor and Genie was lying on his back, non-moving. Alaric was on his stomach, head turned towards her. His chin was stained with the blood that had dried beneath him. Abu and Iago were in a broken heap on the floor dead. Her father was near her, his head turned crooked.
Fear came across her chest and heart, as held herself her arms tightening. She was alone now. Everyone was gone. She gave a strangled sob and touched Aladdin's face briefly.
"Aladdin…" He never moved. Suddenly she noticed that they were disappearing slowly, the bodies going little by little. "No! Please, don't leave me alone! I don't want to be alone!"
Genie, Rasoul, and the Sultan came in time to see her screaming and crying at the slowly disappearing bodies. The princess screamed in pain and agony as she moved towards Carpet who was almost gone.
"No!" He was gone. She moved to another, Iago and Abu. They were gone.
"Jasmine." The Sultan came to her and she jumped.
"F-father?" She stuttered and he grasped her hands tightly.
"It's alright, dearest. Everyone is fine." She looked at him in confusion her mind wanting to both believe him and call him wrong. The Sultan turned her face gently towards him and she looked him in the face. "My dear, you no longer need to fear." She gave a sob and hugged him.
"Oh, father, what is going on?"
"We will explain as soon as we are out of here." She nodded and then noticed Genie and Rasoul.
"Genie? But aren't you…?"
"Nope. This is just an illusion your fear created for you." She frowned a bit in confusion, but allowed the males to help her out of her door. Once it was shut, again the crackles and light appeared.
"It-It was so…vivid." She gave a shiver. "Everyone was dead…I was so alone!" She felt herself choke up again and the Sultan cradled her while they sat by the door. He hadn't held her like this in many years.
"Everything will be fine, my dear."
"Where is Aladdin?"
"We don't know or where Alaric or Iago, Carpet or Abu are at either."
"What is happening?" Jasmine asked. "I was sitting in my room and suddenly…that happened." Genie grimaced and reluctantly filled her in. She gasped at the end of his story and Rasoul and the Sultan both grimaced. Genie had told them now, how he had found a note telling him to come back and play the game.
"How awful!" Jasmine gasped. "We have to find them."
"We will. We just need to locate the others." They began walking not hearing any screams as of yet. But as they walked Genie heard the distinct humming of large moths….
Carpet
The rug had been suddenly snatched by something he hadn't seen and was now in what he was sure was the Cave of Wonders again. He slouched slightly feeling that he was not going to be found and that he would be stuck yet again in the large cavern. Carpet was flying about when he saw a spitting image of himself up ahead trying to hold back a struggling Abu. Behind the imagine of himself was young Alaric, clinging to the rug to help pull and it was then that he realized that he was reliving what had happened.
"Abu, no!" He heard Alaric and Aladdin cry as the monkey got loose, gripping the large ruby in his hairy thieving hands.
The cave boomed and Carpet was suddenly thrust forward. This time what happened wasn't what he expected. Aladdin and Alaric both got out of the cave instead of being tossed down by Jafar in disguise. The rocks were falling however, and one landed on him while had been trying to find out what he was really seeing. The rock jammed him into the ground really hard making it impossible for him to get free.
As he struggled, the cave closed and he was left alone with no humans this time. Carpet started to panic his usually calm self was beginning to be pushed a little too much and in frustration and he collapsed. Feeling energy drain from him, Carpet laid out flat, a silent sigh coming from him. Depressed, he almost missed the sudden loud humming coming from above him.
Carpet froze as he saw that there was a large jar full of huge hungry moths floating above him. Carpet started to jerk at the rock again, more panicked than before. And then the jar opened…
Genie got in; at the same time the moths were released. Once he saw the danger his friend was in, Genie jumped into action. Turning into a large bug exterminator he cocked his spray gun while Carpet was looking at him in wonder.
"It's time to say hello to my little friend!" He laughed wickedly in slight odd accent and started spraying the bugs. Green spray filled the air and soon a thick fog of it was everywhere making it hard to see. Carpet felt the rock lift free and flew up a bit, making sure he was able to stretch out. Genie grabbed a tassel and pulled the rug out of the thick fog and out a door that Carpet swore hadn't been there before.
The door was shut and again crackles and light filled that air. Carpet was hugging Genie the djinn patted him feeling a little embarrassed.
"Aww, cut it out Rug-man." The rug pulled back and made a gesture at the door. Genie nodded. "It's okay now. by the way do you know where Al and the kid are?" Carpet slumped. "It's alright. We'll find them." Genie and Carpet went down the hall hoping to catch up to the others who had went on ahead and as they did, Genie told Carpet what was going on.
Iago and Abu
Iago cowered back against the wall as Jafar loomed over him. The sorcerer had gotten free somehow and was extracting his revenge! Where was Al when you needed him? Jafar seemed to know what he was thinking and leered.
"Your precious street rat friend is dead….And so is the little one." Iago froze.
"Wha-what? The kid?"
"What's the matter? Don't believe me?" Jafar grabbed him roughly and held him out towards a wall as the sorcerer turned. "See for yourself. I personally killed them.." Iago moaned in agony. Alaric was laying dead on the floor, blood forming a dark pool around him and Aladdin too was there.
"No…" Iago whispered. "No…"
"Yes and it was utterly delightful." Jafar smirked. "It wasn't so hard really. And you know the last thing that the little brat said was that he would never give up on you. What a pity, really. I expected screaming." Iago suddenly got angry using what he was sure was courage from Alaric's last words. He turned and swiftly bit the sorcerer, making him cry out in pain dropping him. Iago flew up into the air landing safely away.
"No, he can't be dead! You can't be alive!" Iago screamed and Jafar's form began to shake and waver. Encouraged by this oddity the parrot continued. "You can't kill anyone! And I don't believe you!" This last sentence made the Jafar form brake and Iago suddenly found himself in the room he had been in earlier only this time no Jafar waited to ambush him.
"Weird." The parrot stated and frowning he turned and left the room, not seeing the light that blinked or hear the loud crackle.
Abu's screeching caught his attention and Iago flew to where the monkey was. Abu was hopping up and down, looking in fear at the large golden statue. Iago whistled as he took in with large greedy eyes all the gold a small parrot could ever want.
"Wow, check this out Monkey-boy we are in the gold!" he exclaimed and he was about to grab onto a lovely golden crown, when Abu smacked his hand with a screeched. "What gives!" Iago snapped. Abu told him and Iago scoffed.
"If I touch this gold, then it will melt into lava and fry us?" Abu nodded. "ARE YOU FREAKIN' NUTS?" Abu glared and started to tell him off and Iago got the message, holding his wings up.
"Okay, already! Knock it off!" Abu stopped and Iago frowned.
"So…what are we going to do then?" The answer came as Carpet tackled them and lifted them from the ground. Swiftly he exited the room with the animals and dumped them into Jasmine's arms.
"What the heck is goin' on around here?" Iago asked and Jasmine sighed.
"It's a long story, Iago." Jasmine hugged him and Abu closer to her as she walked towards Genie, her father and Rasoul. Genie smiled a bit at the animals.
"Hey, guys." Iago looked around and frowned.
"Where's Al and 'Laric?" Genie flinched.
"I don't know. At least not yet."
"We haven't checked this hall yet." Rasoul stated and that got them moving. They went down the hall listening for any sign of Aladdin or Alaric. There wasn't anything at first but then they heard Aladdin calling for help. They moved down the hall towards the throne room and paused just before the outside.
"We have to be careful." Genie warned. "Al could be afraid of anything, but I doubt it. If Al hasn't been scared then Jamal will improvise something." Jasmine nodded and they entered.
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