Meg and Hercules were lying in bed. Everyone else had fallen asleep a long time ago. Hercules wrapped his arms around Meg and pulled her on top of him. He started kissing her, but she turned her head away. He let his mouth trail down to her neck.

"All we need is a mutiny," Meg told him.

"Mmhmm," Hercules mumbled as he continued to kiss her neck.

"I mean we completely outnumber Kida and Gaston..."

Hercules stopped kissing Meg and looked at her. "Can we not talk about this now?"

"We have to," Meg stated. "If we're gonna strike we have to do it while everyone is still upset about what Kida did to Aladdin."

"Do you even have a plan?" Hercules asked.

"Convince everyone to go against them. It shouldn't be hard."

"What about Vanessa?"

"What about her?"

Hercules raised an eyebrow. "She's very powerful and she's on their side. It doesn't matter that we outnumber them, we can't win against her."

"Damn," Meg muttered. How could she have forgotten to calculate Vanessa into this? "There's gotta be some way to get her on our side."

"Not going to happen. She's obsessed with Gaston."

Meg rolled her eyes. "I don't see why; he's such a jerk."

"I don't know what to tell you, Meg."

Meg sat up so she was now straddling Hercules. He smiled at her, but she frowned. "Why are you against this?"

"I'm not."

"Well, you're not exactly supportive or helpful in any way, shape or form."

"I'm trying to be realistic, Meg."

"Then why don't you use that realistic brain of yours to help me come up with a plan? This isn't just for me, Hercules; this is for all of us. I mean, Gaston has raped almost every woman on this ship, Kida has tortured Esmeralda and now she's killed Aladdin. Who is she going to kill next?"

"I don't know, Meg."

"Hercules, I really need your help."

"Why don't you ask that cabin boy to help you? You two seem to spend a lot of time together."

Meg narrowed her eyes in anger at the mention of Jim. No way in Hell would the man who is sleeping with the Captain help her start a mutiny.

"Jim is a traitor. I don't want anything from him," Meg stated.

Hercules was quiet for a few moments. He gently stroked Meg's hair as he got lost in thought. He then sat up and wrapped his arms around Meg.

"Yon know, if we could find some way to make Vanessa think Gaston betrayed her, she would probably be on our side," Hercules said.

Meg smiled at him. "Finally, you start helping me."

"It should be rather easy. All we'd have to do is make sure Vanessa catches Gaston with another woman."

Meg gave Hercules a sly look. "I imagine how she'd react if she caught Gaston and Kida together."

"Except Gaston and Kida never sleep together."

"Yeah, they're too busy whorin' it up with other people."

"They? Who is Kida sleeping with?"

"Jim." Meg spat his name out like it was poison.

The look on Hercules' face was beyond surprised. "I see what you mean about him being a traitor."

X X X

It was Flynn's turn to guard Jasmine. Because of what happened between her and Aladdin, Kida made sure no one man watched over her for too long. Jasmine didn't care who was guarding her. She didn't care about anything anymore. After watching the man she loved get killed, she shut down. She no longer felt anything. It didn't make sense to her, since she hadn't known him very long, but she knew she would never love again. How could she? Kida could hit her with her best shot, but nothing would be worst than killing Aladdin.

Flynn was sitting across from Jasmine's cell. He was facing her, but his eyes were far away and she knew he was deep in thought. She remembered Aladdin telling her once that Flynn was his best friend and Jasmine wondered if Flynn was thinking about Aladdin now.

The door to the brig slowly opened and someone came down. It was too dark for Jasmine to see who it was, but she guessed it was Shang since he and Flynn alternated turns watching over Jasmine and they were the only ones whoever came down there.

Flynn slowly stood up and faced the person. They were still out of Jasmine's sight, but Flynn could clearly see them. Flynn's eyes suddenly became wide and he just stared.

"It's impossible," Flynn muttered.

Jasmine narrowed her eyes at him in confusion, trying to figure out what he was talking about.

"How...?" Flynn started to ask, but he stopped when the person stepped into the light and stood in front of him.

Jasmine's heart almost pounded right out of her chest when she finally got a look at the person who had joined them.

It was Aladdin!

Jasmine tried to say his name, but she was afraid that she was in some sort of dream and if she spoke his name, then he'd disappear. Flynn reached out to touch Aladdin. When he realized Aladdin was in fact real, he hugged him.

"We all thought you were dead, man," Flynn told him. He then stepped back. "You should be dead. How did you survive?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

Jasmine felt like she would literally melt when she heard Aladdin speak. She never thought she'd ever hear his voice again. All of a sudden it was like Jasmine was being pulled out of a dream and everything became so real. Aladdin was alive and he was standing only a few feet away from her.

"Aladdin!" Jasmine tried running towards him, but was stopped by the shackle around her wrist. Aladdin turned to face her and then smiled. "Oh, Aladdin, you're really all right."

"Yes I am."

"How?" Flynn repeated.

Aladdin looked back and forth between Flynn and Jasmine, but they both just stared at him, waiting for him to explain.

"A mermaid saved me."

Jasmine raised an eyebrow at him. Had he gone crazy? Mermaids don't exist.

"You're starting to sound like Eric," Flynn said, flatly.

"I know. Trust me, I know how it sounds. But it's true," Aladdin said. "It's actually the mermaid who saved Eric that night. She's been following us for a while because she's in love with Eric. She saw me get thrown overboard and rescued me."

"But, that was days ago," Jasmine pointed out. "Where have you been this whole time?"

"A ship for your Army found me floating in the ocean and picked me up," Aladdin replied. "I managed to sneak on board here last night during the battle."

"So, what now?" Flynn asked. "Why did you come back?"

"For Jasmine. After I told them I had been part of this crew, a few of the men got in one of the safety boats and hung back. They're waiting for Jasmine."

"They're out there now?" Jasmine asked.

"Not exactly. They're several miles behind us so Kida can't see them. The mermaid is going to bring you to them," Aladdin told her.

Jasmine and Flynn were both staring at him like he was insane.

"So..." Jasmine started slowly. "Let me see if I can put this together correctly. Your plan is for me to-what? - jump overboard so a mermaid can bring me to my men?"

"Basically, yes."

"No!" Jasmine and Flynn said at the same time.

Now it was Aladdin's turn to stare. "Why not?"

"Aladdin, Kida tried killing you because you were sleeping with Jasmine. What do you think she'll do to me when she finds out Jasmine escaped under my watch?" Flynn demanded.

"It doesn't matter," Jasmine said. "I'm not going."

"Why not?" Aladdin repeated.

"First of all, sweetie, I don't believe in mermaids. Second of all, I just got you back; I can't lose you again."

"Jasmine, you and I will be together again. But, I'm needed here."

Flynn was looking more and more perplexed the more Aladdin talked. "Everyone thinks you're dead; how could you possibly be needed?"

Aladdin lowered his voice. "Meg is planning a mutiny and she's gonna need all the help she can get."

"The answer is still no," Jasmine stated.

"Jasmine, if you don't go your father is just going to keep sending more men after you. How many men do you want to die because of you?" Aladdin asked.

"Plus, if there's going to be a mutiny another battle could really derail that," Flynn added.

"You have to go, Jasmine," Aladdin said.

"There's still the mermaid issue, Aladdin. They're not real."

Aladdin ignored her and Flynn unlocked her cell. Flynn then stepped inside and released the shackle around her wrist. Aladdin hurried inside the cell and pulled Jasmine into his arms.

"You're going to be okay," Aladdin told her.

He kept his arm around her as the three of them quietly snuck up to the deck. Aladdin led Jasmine to the plank while Flynn kept watch. Jasmine peered over the edge. The water was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

"I don't know about this, Aladdin." Jasmine went from thinking Aladdin was crazy to just being scared.

"You have to jump before someone catches us," Aladdin told her.

"I don't think I can. There's nobody out there, Aladdin."

"She's there."

Jasmine gripped the edge, but then stepped back. "I can't."

Aladdin took Jasmine's face in his hands and forced her too look at him. "Jasmine, I promise you'll be okay." Jasmine glanced nervously at the water. "Do you trust me?"

Jasmine looked back at Aladdin. "Yes."

"Then jump."

Jasmine took a deep breath and nodded. She walked back over to the plank and stepped onto it. Her heart started racing and she suddenly couldn't breathe. Aladdin came up behind her to keep her from changing her mind.

"I love you, Aladdin."

Aladdin pulled Jasmine into a kiss. His mouth was warm and his lips tasted like salt. He broke the kiss slowly. "I love you, too."

Jasmine took in a breath then, without thinking, dove into the ocean. The water was much colder than she was expecting. She tried to quickly resurface, but a hand grabbed her wrist. Jasmine opened her eyes to see a young woman floating in front of her. She had wild red hair, a purple seashell bikini top and a green mermaid fin. Jasmine had no idea how to react to seeing her. Mostly, though, she was relieved.

The mermaid kept Jasmine under the water until the ship had passed them. She then swam to the surface, pulling Jasmine up with her. Jasmine took in a breath of air. The mermaid smiled at her.

"You must be Princess Jasmine."

Jasmine slowly nodded.

"I'm Ariel."