Jasmine stirred as the sun began to shine through her window. She slowly opened her eyes and jumped back as she saw a dark silhouette sitting on the edge of her bed.
She calmed down slightly as she saw it was only Oro, and not Jafar. How ever he was holding the lamp. Was Jafar inside?
It was obvious that he was thinking. He stared straight ahead of him looking at the wall, completely ignoring her.
Then Jasmine noticed that Altair was also standing in the corner of the room with his arms folded, looking straight at Oro.
"Ah, you're awake princess!" Oro finally said, still looking straight at the wall. "Perfect timing, now if you would please join us in the hall it would be most appreciated." Oro stood up and walked out of the room not even looking at Jasmine the whole time. Jasmine noticed though, as he left the room, he rubbed the lamp. Jafar didn't appear. He must have been in his own chamber. She didn't like the fact that Jafar was given a bit of freedom only to be summoned when the lamp was rubbed.
Jasmine pulled herself out of the bed still watching as Oro left. She fixed her hair as Altair approached her and gestured his arm to her. Jasmine looked at it then walked on, leaving Altair to walk behind her. He just smirked. He was beginning to get used to her stubbornness, and better yet, it was going to be Jafar's concern now.
As they arrived at the hall, Altair opened the large door and ushered Jasmine in. He gripped her arm as she walked in and casually glided with her under control. He was not going to give her any excuse to run.
Jafar was already there, arguing with Oro. Jasmine assumed it was about his freedom.
"Just two wished Jafar, then you'll be free!" Oro exclaimed.
"Well make them quick!" Jafar snapped.
"Patience my friend! You'll be free soon enough!"
Oro turned as he saw Altair and Jasmine approach. He smiled then turned back to Jafar, who at this moment wasn't very interested in either Altair or Jasmine.
"Now to business!" Oro said.
"Jafar, I wish to have all the powers of a genie, without being a servant to the lamp!" Oro demanded.
"What!?" Jasmine gasped.
Jafar smiled. "Hmm, very wise decision!" He clasped his hands together and black dust formed around Oro, lasting for about five seconds, then it disappeared.
Jasmine was confused. Oro hadn't changed. He looked exactly the same, his clothes were the same. The only difference was his eyes. They had changed from slits to regular, green pupils.
"My Lord?" Altair asked.
Suddenly Oro began to laugh. "This is it. I can feel the power!"
Jafar rolled his eyes. "Yes well if we can hurry along to my freedom! Perhaps you can give your friend here something; I don't care just hurry up!"
Oro laughed again. "Why does Altair need something? He's perfectly fine!"
This comment brought Altair back. He had though he would have gotten something out of it! "My Lord," he asked. "I had hoped to gain….?" Altair asked.
"Of course not!" Oro suddenly replied. "We need the next wish to destroy Agrabah"
Jasmine felt Altair loosen his grip on her. This obviously had disappointed him.
"What!?" Jafar yelled. "You're not using the next wish until Agrabah!"
"Well, no!" Oro replied. "We need as much of it destroyed as possible before we take over. We can't destroy that much on our own!"
"Well
what about your new powers? They should be good for something!"
Jafar pointed out.
"True, but I only have the powers of a free
genie, therefore like all magic it will take energy away from me,
whereas with you, it comes with the job so you should have all the
energy you need to do it!" Oro explained.
Jafar scowled, but it was a good plan. "Now Jafar if you would be so kind as to return to your lamp I think…"
"You can't be serious, there's no chance that…" Jafar interrupted.
"I believe I am the master here, and we can't have you seen in Agrabah before we reach the palace, now I command you to return to your lamp!"
With that Jafar burst into smoke and swirled into the lamp without a word.
Oro smirked, then a red glow formed around his hand. He directed it towards the wall and a blast came from his hand and destroyed both the doors to the hall, making Jasmine jump.
"Good" he said, pleased with how he could manipulate fire so well.
"Now, this time the replicas will fight!" Knowing he had more power, he could create the replicas to do what he wanted, not just to lie unconscious. This time, there was no sand, just air, forming a small hurricane in front of them, and two replicas of himself and Altair appeared but this time, they were conscious. He smiled as he admired his work.
"Now, when Aladdin arrives, I want you to kill him!" Oro commanded. The two replicas bowed and left the hall.
Lord Oro had changed. He was power hungry now and wasn't going to let anyone get in his way.
"Let's go!" he said as he took Jasmine from Altair and led the way, for Altair to follow.
"My Lord, how are we to arrive in Agrabah?" Altair asked.
"Transport there of course" he replied.
"But the princess cannot…she could be…"
"Well, then that's a chance we're going to have to take. It will take too long to go by horse, and my powers are stronger now, she should be fine!" Oro said boldly.
"Yes my Lord," Altair replied humbly.
Outside of Shamrah was dark and surrounded by dark sand. The two replicas were already standing there, waiting for Aladdin to come. Oro grinned as he admired his work again.
"Now," he said. "Altair, I want you to take the lamp, I can't risk transporting three souls, especially with one so powerful. Place yourself just on the inside of the gates, it's dark so no-one should see you, and if so, no one should recognise you. Unless you made a bigger commotion that I thought on your last visit."
"Yes my lord!" Altair replied with a bow and suddenly, disappeared from the spot leaving the trail of smoke that he always did.
Jasmine was nervous. What if Altair was right and she wouldn't survive the distant transport. Oro sensed her fear.
"Don't worry princess, relax and you'll be home before you know it!" With that Oro pulled her tightly against him and they swept into darkness.