Chapter 11

Tattle-Tales Tell New Lies

"And what make you think that I would tell you anything?" Husam's voice cracked from the strain.

Husam had woken up a while ago; all the while he was struggling with his bonds. To prevent him from escaping Aladdin pinned his body against the wall with the use of a heavy beam which we all had to lift and place on Husam's legs. Carpet had wrapped himself around Husam's arms and upper body, just in case if the rope broke.

"Because if you don't, I'm not afraid to hurt you." Aladdin said confidently. "And I'm sure that my friends would help me with that process as well."

"I have first dibs." I said looking Husam dead in the eye.

"I would be honoured for you to have your way with me." Husam said in a sassy voice.

I narrowed my eyes, but subconsciously moved closer to Hakartir. I didn't like that man, sure I had won a fight against him, but that was when he was distracted and not focused on me. If I was to go up against him, I would be killed... or worse. I shivered from the thought. Hakartir must have seen this and very slowly he intertwined out hands and started rubbing small circles on the back of my hand with his thumb. I blushed, but gave him a small smile to say thank you.

"What has Mozenrath done with Asha and Genie?" Jasmine asked Husam carefully.

He gave a sadistic laugh. "Oh he has big plans for her. Especially since she can give him whatever he desires."

"What do you mean by that?" Aladdin asked.

Husam raised an eyebrow. "If you don't know, why don't you ask the whore over there?" He gestured to me.

"She is not a whore!" Hakartir yelled at him while moving slightly in front of me.

All eyes were on me from that point on, each starring and questioning what I would have to do with this. Sorry Asha, but I got to tell them. I thought.

"Well... Asha has these abilities." I stopped to judge their reaction, when nothing came I continued. "The best way that I can describe it... is that she is kind of like a genie, but with a couple of different powers."

"Wait, so she can grant wishes?" Aladdin interrupted.

"No, not really, she grants desires. Instead of using the term 'I wish' they use 'I desire'. But that is not all of it... she has all the powers of a genie, but because she is not bound by anything like a lamp, she has no restrictions."

Husam decided to talk at that moment. "She is a powerful little wench. I even tested her powers out for myself, and they can come in handy."

"What do you mean you tested her powers out?" I asked him.

"Mozenrath ordered me to follow her to see if she was the real deal. I found her in the park, and ended up finding how powerful she really is." He smiled at me.

"You were the one in the park that day?" I almost lunged at Husam, but Hakartir held me back by my arms. "Let me go! He deserves to die!"

"What happened in the park?" Aladdin asked cautiously.

"You probably know some of the restrictions that genie's have right?" Husam said, Aladdin nodded his head. "She doesn't have them. So I desired for her to kill a man... and it worked."

Aladdin's face paled only slightly. I was thinking the same thing he was; if Mozenrath had Asha, how could we stop him.

"She doesn't have a master. So she is not constrained to granting desires for just Mozenrath." I whispered to him. I knew that he heard me, but he just didn't acknowledge it, he was too busy dealing with Husam.

"Where did Mozenrath take them?" Aladdin asked him in a threatening manner.

"And what's in it for me?" Husam said looking indifferent.

"You get to leave with your life." Hakartir said as he grabbed Husam's throat. Aladdin didn't stop him.

"Yes but the question is, once I tell you where they are, will you get to leave with your lives?"

"We can't trust him Aladdin. We should go look for Asha and Genie on our own. He is not going to tell us anything." Jasmine said.

"Then what is it that you want?" I asked Husam. "You must want something."

"I want Mozenrath to succeed." Was all he said.

"Well that doesn't sound very fair. You do all the work while Mozenrath gets all the credit." Hakartir said.

"Yeah, while he is getting everything he wants, you are trapped here. And I don't think Mozenrath would come back to save you." Aladdin joined in. I caught on to what they were doing and joined in myself.

"Why would he?" I said smugly. "While he has the Donno ab Desire, why would he need pathetic minions like you?"

Husam's face started to go red. Our plan was working. "I have always been a loyal friend and colleague to Mozenrath! He would not push me aside like dirty laundry!"

"Well sorry to break it to you but he already has. As we all know he is long gone with Asha and Genie, so why would he keep someone so inferior in his midst, when he has two of the most powerful beings on earth?" Aladdin got up into his face this time.

"That traitor!" Husam bellowed. "If you let me go, I will tell you where they should be."

"And how do we know that you aren't lying?" I asked.

"You don't." He simply stated.

"Then how about you tell us first, and then we let you go?" Hakartir said.

"If that's what it takes..." He sighed. "There is a place in the desert just outside Agrahba to the east, when you go out at night, you will see a strange glow that is the reflection of the moonlight. Go to it and it will lead you to Mozenrath."

We all looked at each other for a moment not believing his story. Aladdin took a step forward and grabbed the edge of the beam, he called us to do the same and slowly Husam was free to leave.

Carpet floated beside me as Husam took off down the steps and into the city streets.

"Aladdin, he was lying, why did you let him leave?" I asked.

"Come on we need to get on Carpet fast." He told all of us. "Sultan, I believe that it is best if you stay here where it is safe." He told the Sultan, who had been silent throughout the whole ordeal.

"Yes, I do believe that is best. My legs are not as strong as they use to be." He said. "Be careful all of you."

We all nodded and soon we were all flying into the direction Aladdin set for us.

"So what's the plan?" I asked him.

"What he obviously told us was a lie, but he is so mad at Mozenrath right now, that he will more than likely deal with his anger himself. He lied to us so we wouldn't get to him first." Aladdin explained.

"So we are following him now?" Hakartir asked.

"Yes, so hopefully soon we will find Mozenrath and our friends as well."

A/N: another chapter! Im so proud I got this out on time this time! Yeah! Please read and review! If you do I will get another chapter out faster!

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