Arabian Nights - Part 3

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(Natalie's POV)

"ME?!" I cried in shock, pointing at myself, "You want ME to kidnap Icarus?!"

"Why call it that, babe?" Hades said, "I prefer to call it... involuntary invitation."

I shook my head, "I can't kidnap a kid! That's the villain's job!"

"Wrong. That's the minion's job. I'm the villain and the boss, who gives out orders. You..." he tapped my nose, making me wrinkle it in disgust. "...are the villain's minion, who does what the boss wants you to do. Okay? And I - the boss - ordered the minion - that's you - to go and take our weird, little friend."

"Okay, first of all: don't call me a minion again! Okay? Second of all: I won't do it! I've never done this before! I'm not a kidnapper! I may do a lot of things, but kidnapping a kid is NOT one of them!"

"Oh ho! You won't do it? Well, here's the thing, sweetheart, if you don't do it, then there will be consequences."

"You want me to do double chores? I won't have a problem with that. I'm used to it."

"Oh, I won't give you chores."

I raised a brow, "Then what's the punishment?"

"Let's just say that it's so evil, I'll guarantee you that I'll enjoy it. You, on the other hand, will not. Okay? So if I were you, babe, I'll do it."

I paused for a moment, "... What's the evil thing you're going to do?"

"Now, I won't tell you that. Just do your job, and we won't have problems, okay?"

"But I've never done this before!"

"Come on! Just set a trap and take him. It's easy! It's like stealing a banana from a monkey! Okay?"

"But how am I going to do it?!"

"Just use your wicked brain! Whatever it takes for you to do your job! Okay?! NOW GO! GO!"

I paused for a moment, and screamed out, "WHATEVER, FLAME-HEAD!" I stomped away to my room trying to figure out how to kidnap Icarus, and bring him to Hades without getting caught.

(Regular POV)

Hades sat back on his throne, and rubbing his head, "Sheesh! Teenagers, oy!"

"So, what's this evil punishment, you're going to give her, if she doesn't do the job?" Jafar asked.

"I don't know," Hades shrugged. "Do you have any ideas, Jeff?"

"You mean you don't have a punishment for her?!"

"Well, I gotta say something to scare her into doing it. If she does disobey me, I usually make her do chores."

"Well, from what I've seen she's still doing the same thing! Talking back at you?! You can't let her get away with that!"

"What do you want me to do? I have her, and I don't want to do something stupid that will get her to turn against me!"

"Has she turned against you before?"

Hades shrugged, "Well, there are times when I have a plan to rule the cosmos, but she doesn't help out or was supportive. There's another time when I yell, and she yells back and..." Hades paused and realized that all the plans he cooked up, Natalie wasn't supportive and disrespectful. She never contributed, until now. Hades had forgotten that he's her boss not her friend. "Oh my gods! Jaffy, I can't believe this!"

"You're her boss, Hades. You need to show her that you're in charge of her; just like you're in charge of these worthless souls." Jafar looked at the window, showing Hades the souls in the River Styx floating by.

"I do! I told her on her first day here! She actually stood up to me! Nobody stands up to the Lord of the Dead! Okay?! My minions are always afraid when I lose my cool, but HER... Oy." He sighed, and rubbed his temples.

"That's right! Now what are you going to do the next time she disrespects you?"

"I don't know!"

Jafar face palmed, "Hades, may I remind you that you have a woman here? She works for you, you can practically do what you want with her."

"Like what?"

"You know..." Jafar came over and began whispering something in his ear.

Hades's eyes grew wide in shock, "WHAT?!" He burst into flames.

"She's bound to respect you there."

"Are you kidding me?! I want her, but I don't want her that way! Oh my gods! She's a kid, Jaffy!"

"Why not? You're a villain! You shouldn't care of her feelings!"

"I don't! We might be at each other's throats, but we would never do anything to ruin our relationship we have."

"Exactly what kind of relationship do you two have?" Jafar raised a brow, "Hades, are you and Natalie..."

"What?"

"Nothing. Just a silly thought."

"No, no, no, what? Come on, tell me! I'm all ears."

"Fine. Hades, are you two together?"

Hades raised a brow, "What do you mean?"

"Is that why you don't punish her more? Is it because you two are... a couple."

"What?!" Hades started laughing. "No! No! We're not dating! We just have a dysfunctional partnership."

Jafar's straight face didn't change, "Hm..."

"Okay, why don't you get the monkey while Nattie is out getting the kid. Okay?"

"All right. I'll be back," Jafar slammed his staff, and he teleported to Agrabah.

Hades stood there for a moment, and started laughing some more, "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

That's when the imps came to. Panic got up and rubbed his head, "What happened?" Hades was still laughing, not paying attention to them.

"What's so funny, boss?" Pain asked.

"Nothing, boys, it's just that Jaffy cracks me up. Love that! Classic!"

"What?"

"He-" Hades began laughing, "HA! HA! HA!- HE thinks that Nattie and I- Ha! Ha!- are- HA!- DATING! Ha! Ha!"

The imps looked at each other, and they began laughing too. "That is hilarious, boss!" Panic said.

"HA! Like I would ever date somebody! Somebody like Nattie! Ha! Love that."

(Natalie's POV)

I began to get ready for Operation: Hero versus Hero. I was shaking for the first time, this was the first time Hades actually wanted me to contribute his scheme. I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I was sitting down on my bed, then I heard a knock in my door.

"Come in!"

The imps came in the room. "Uh, Nattie, the boss wants to know if you're ready to go kidnap the kid."

"Tell him, no!"

"NO?" The imps cried.

"No as in you're not ready?" Panic asked.

"No as in I won't do it at all!"

"WHAT?!" The imps cried together.

"You heard me, tell him I won't do it!"

"Uh, excuse me?" Hades's voice echoed through the walls, but he didn't appeared like he always do. "But did my ears deceive me? I thought you said you won't do it."

"I'm not."

Hades then appeared full red than ever, "What do you mean you won't do it?!"

I stood up, and face him, "I'm not going to kidnap Icarus. He's not just Hercules's friend, he's mine as well. But if it makes you feel better, I'm going out to hire somebody to do it."

"So, you're just going to let everybody do your dirty work? Is that what you're going to do all the time now?!" Hades turned back to blue.

"Like you always said, you don't want to get your hands dirty. So why should I do the dirty work too?"

Hades turned fuming red, "Babe! It doesn't matter what I do! Okay?! I ordered you to do something, you're my minion; and it's time you LEARN THAT! Who side are you on anyway?!"

I paused refusing to answer that question.

"Huh?! Answer the question, babe."

I still didn't say anything.

"What? Are you suddenly giving me the silent treatment now? HUH?!"

I still didn't face him or say a word to him.

"You know what?!" He turned back to blue, "Fine! Don't answer me! Be that way! Ignore me all you want! But tonight, you are going to suffer!"

There was a long pause, and I didn't break my silence.

Hades paused and sighed, "Pain! Panic!"

"Yes, your stressful-ness!" the imps saluted.

"Allow me to have a little time alone with Nattie for a sec."

"Yes, sir!" the imps left my room, and shut my door.

Hades and I were alone in my room not sure why, but I suddenly feel nervous. I got of my bed, and leaned against a wall; Hades did the same to face me. But I refuse to look at him.

"Natalie."

I furrowed my brows with confusion; he finally got my attention. I turned to face him like he wanted me to. What got my attention was Hades calling my full name. He's never called my full name before. I was so flabbergasted, I couldn't speak. I clearly let him do most of the talking, and even let him play with my ponytail.

"When I first met you, I thought you were like the other girls. The snooty attitude, the mad woman rage, and being so noble." His flames flickered for a moment. "But when the imps told me, on your first day of school, that you pushed a prince out the balcony; I couldn't think of any woman doing that. When I yelled at you, you yelled back. No woman or anybody dared talked to me like the way you did."

"What's your point?" I asked quietly, breaking my silence.

Hades shrugged and continued, "My point is that I thought you were... different. That's why I liked you at some point."

"When I wasn't noble?"

"Exactly, now when you started changing throughout those months, I began to wonder. Is this the same Nattie, I knew? The un-noble, smart-alek brat I knew and liked. Now here's my number one question for you- well two, actually... Do you really want to go home?"

"Of course I do!" I snapped, "More than anything!"

"Then are you in or out? Until you have that answer, you know where to go." Hades snapped his fingers, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. I coughed through the smoke, as I lied down on my bed, put a pillow over my head, and groaned with frustration.

(Regular POV)

In Agrabah, Abu the monkey was walking through the marketplace by himself. He looked over and saw a banana on the ground; he smiled and was ecstatic. "WOW! Mama!" He made more monkey noises, when he saw more bananas forming a trail, "OH BOY! Ooh! Ooh! Ah!"

He grabbed every single banana, until it reached the end. Once he grabbed the final banana, he looked up, and was bagged up. He realized this was a trap, and was crying for help; but it didn't do any good.

Jafar was the monkey's kidnapper! Jafar was holding the small bag, that held Abu captive, and was smirking with triumph.

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In Athens, Icarus was about to meet up with Hercules and Natalie. He was whistling through town, but stopped when he saw a banana in the ground.

"Whoa! Mama! BANANA!"

He picked one up, and realized there's more than one in the ground, "Whoa! This is my lucky day!" He began to pick each of them, and was following them to an ally. He didn't notice where the bananas were leading to, but he didn't care, "OH MAN! I'm going to be sitting pretty in bananas! I GOT SOME GOLD, BABY!"

As soon as he was close enough, he looked up and gasped. Before he could scream, smoke was everywhere that made him pass out. As soon as he fell asleep, the dark hooded figure grabbed Icarus, stuffed him in a bag, and took him to the Underworld.

(Regular POV)

Icarus and Abu woke up to see that they were tied up. "WHOA!" Icarus cried, "Where am I?!" He looked up to see two figures smirking down at them, Hades and Jafar. Icarus's eyes grew wide, and cried out with fear, "HADES?!"

Hades just smirked, "Icky, hi, how you doing? Great to see you. Welcome to my domain, by the way."

"OKAY, what's going on here?! And who is that creepy, old dude?!" Icarus was referring to Jafar.

Jafar scowled and said angrily, "You insolent CUR! I am Jafar, the most powerful sorcerer HAS EVER KNOWN!" He slammed his staff, that caused a thunder noises that made the Underworld shake a little.

Icarus sat there, and said quietly, "Whoa." Then he scowled, "OKAY, I don't know what your SICK, OLD GAME is; but I'll tell you what I do know, my pal, Herc will not quit until-" Icarus paused and realized that Abu the monkey was tied with him. He cried happily, "WHOA! Monkey! Cool!"

Jafar raised a brow, and asked, "This is Hercules's best friend?"

"Hey," Hades began, "at least he doesn't spend his days picking fleas out of his fur."

"That's true," Icarus agreed, "as far as you know. ANYWAY!" Icarus continued angrily, "Herc will not quite till he rescues me from your FOUL CLUTCHES, BUDDY!"

"Aladdin too!" Abu added.

"Oh," Jafar smirked, "we're counting your friends rushing off to the rescue." He put his arm around Hades and asked, "Isn't that right, Hades?" He began chuckling wickedly, "AT LAST! Revenge will be MINE!"

Hades was getting annoyed, "Look, why don't you just hold that till we win! Then you can dance to the end-zone, and just WHOOP IT UP!"

A/N: Sorry readers, the reveal of the figure will be revealed at the end of the season...

JK! It will be revealed at the end of the episode. If you have any idea who it is, review.