Arabian Nights - Part 4

Disclaimer: read chapter 1

(Natalie's POV)

Outside of the academy, Hercules and I were waiting for Icarus to come. But he never showed up, and I was the only one who knew why. He was kidnapped, and all I can do was stay silent about it. As long as there's no harm come to Icarus and Abu there's no problem. I just hope Hercules can rescue him soon.

"Where can Icarus be? He's never late." Hercules said.

"I don't know." I put my acting skills on, "maybe something came up."

"No way. If Icarus had plans, he would've told us sooner."

"Icarus? Did you say, boy?" a voice asked. We looked over to the shadows to see an old man, with a long beard and a hunched back, walking towards while holding on to his cane.

I knew perfectly well who he was. "Who are you?" I pretended not to know who it was.

"What matters not," the old man answered. "Anyway, I believe that Icarus was the lad, who got kidnapped."

"KIDNAPPED?!" Hercules and I cried in shocked.

"Yes," the old man answered, "Whisked away on a flying carpet to Agrabah."

"A flying carpet?!" I cried, "Do you know who kidnapped our friend?"

"I believe, my dear, a young rogue named Aladdin did the deed."

"Well, I don't know who this Aladdin is!" Hercules said, "But he picked the wrong guy to kidnap!" Hercules grabbed my hand, "Come on, Nattie!"

"Where are we going?!" I asked as I pull my arm out of his grip.

"We're going to Phil's place! We need Pegasus to take us to Agarabah, to get our friend back from this Aladdin guy!"

"Are you crazy?! Do you know how far Agrabah is from here?"

"I don't care! Icarus is our friend, and he needs our help! Come on, Nattie, are you in?"

I paused then sighed in defeat, "All right."

"GREAT!" He grabbed my hand again, and we started running.

We heard the old man cried out, "Show no mercy, children!"

(Regular POV)

As soon as we left, Hades was behind the old man, and grabbed his beard. It turned out to be fake, just as Nattie suspected.

"What is this?" Hades asked. "Budget cut? Hey, if you need some cash just ask, okay."

"Give me that!" Jafar snatched the fake beard from Hades, and transformed back to his tall, dark, well-dressed, twisted beard self. "It's up to your miserable minions now!"

"Hey, trust me. Deceit, they can do."

~000~000~000~

In Agrabah, Aladdin, Jasmine, and carpet were searching for Abu. Their first instinct was to go to the marketplace, because Abu usually steal items there. "Abu's gotta to be here somewhere," Aladdin said, "But I just don't see him."

"Commence, operation," Pain said.

"Hero versus hero," Panic finished, as Pain hopped on his shoulder; and they transformed into Hercules.

Pain began yelling at Aladdin to get his attention, "Forget ever seeing your monkey pal again, Aladdin!"

Aladdin, Jasmine, and carpet turned to see the imps disguised as Hercules.

Pain continued, "I, Hercules, the scourge of Athens, took him!"

The gang gasped in shock, anger, and fear. Aladdin was now angry, and Jasmine was worried sick about Abu.

"He's going to make a nice, fur rug!" The imps, disguised as Hercules, wrapped themselves with the blue cape, they had on, and ran away with a wicked laugh. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" The imps transformed back into their imps self, and hid when Aladdin and Jasmine was riding with carpet.

They flew pass the imps, when Aladdin said, "I think he went that way! Carpet, let's move!"

"How was that?" Pain asked Panic.

"Oh man, you nailed that voice," Panic said giving him the thumbs up.

(Natalie's POV)

Hercules, Phil, Pegasus, and I arrived at Agrabah. We were looking around for Aladdin, but so far no luck. Agrabah was a huge place to look around. The top places I knew Aladdin would be were the market place and the palace. We landed on one of the roof tops of Agrabah.

"We gotta find this Aladdin creep!" Hercules jumped off of Pegasus, and looked around, "But where do we start?"

I looked down, and noticed that Hercules was standing on a bright colored, purple carpet. I immediately knew that it wasn't any carpet, "Hercules, look out for the-"

"Whoa!" It was too late, Hercules fell backwards, as the carpet flew under his feet.

I finished my sentence weakly, "Carpet."

"What was that?!" Hercules cried.

"Kid, maybe this Aladdin kid, found us." Phil said while pointing at another rooftop, "Look!"

The carpet flew towards the rooftop, Phil was pointing at. We looked to see Aladdin and Jasmine standing there.

"Hercules!" Aladdin cried as he and Jasmine flew towards us, "It takes a lot of nerve to kidnap someone's best friend!"

Hercules scoffed at that remark and said, "Nobody knows that better than you, Aladdin!" He ran to tackle Aladdin, but Aladdin jumped up that made Hercules miss and fell off the roof. "WHOA!" He fell towards another building and went through it.

"It's look then leap," Phil said, "How hard is that? Look, leap."

We all looked to see if Hercules was okay.

"Hercules, are you okay?!" I cried.

A moment later, we saw him run through the building, and put his arms under the building, we're on.

Hercules said dangerously, "I say this once..." He began lifting the building, "I'm in no mood... to play games!"

The building started shaking, and we were holding on for dear life. "WHOA! WHOA!"

"He's too strong to fight head-on!" Aladdin declared the obvious, "I'll lead him away!" He jumped on carpet, and he flew away. "Come on, Hercules! Catch me if you can!" Hercules was so angry he dropped the building, and ran after Aladdin.

"Hey, let me go!" Phil was pushing somebody off him, but he looked up and realized that it was Princess Jasmine. He smiled, "I would like to introduce myself. Philoctetes, trainer of-"

"I'm married," Jasmine interrupted.

He smiled sheepishly, "Oh, sorry ma'am."

Pegasus flew down towards Hercules, and Hercules jumped on Pegasus to ride after Aladdin.

Jasmine turned to me, "How is that man so strong?"

"Demi-god strength," I answered. "He sometimes can't control it; but he's mainly the brawn for any operation."

"Well, I have to say he is foolish to go against Aladdin."

My eyes grew wide in shock, "Uh, excuse me?"

"I said he's foolish, he shouldn't fight with Aladdin. He can trick a strong man ten times his size."

I scoffed, "Oh yeah? Well, that is big talk from someone, whose husband is a... what was he? Oh, I know! Riff Raff, STREET RAT!"

Jasmine's eyes grew wide, and her mouth dropped in shock; then she sneered at me, "How dare you?!"

Phil muttered to himself, "Oh boy."

"You better take that back!"

"Why should I?" I asked.

"Because I ordered you to! Take it back!"

"You ordered me?!" I laughed, "Oh my gosh! That's hilarious! You ordered me? Ha! Ha!"

"How dare you?! I'm Princess Jasmine, princess of Agrabah!"

"Good for you, princess, but that doesn't change anything. I'll take it back if you take back what you said about Herc."

"Why should I? It's true! He's nothing but a fool for kidnapping Abu!"

"KIDNAPPER! Listen here, your husband is the fool here, okay. And let me tell you something-"

"Watch your tongue!" Jasmine ordered.

"Excuse me?"

"Watch your tongue!"

"You can't tell me what to do!"

"Watch your tongue!"

"No way, what are you going to do about it?"

She stepped closer to me, and said again, "Watch your tongue!"

"Or else what?!"

She wagged her finger at me, and looked like she was about to throw her fist at me. "Watch your tongue!"

"What are you going to do? Hit me?"

"Just watch your tongue!"

"How many times are you going to say that line? Are you a parrot?!"

Jasmine's eyes were becoming dangerous, and her hand clenched into a fist.

"Oh," My eyes danced with amusement. "Are you going to hit me?"

"Watch your tongue!"

"You can't tell me what to do! What are you going to hit me?!"

"Do you want me to hit you?"

"I would like to see try!"

"Ladies!" Phil stepped in between us, "Can we settle this, please without any-"

"NO!" Jasmine and I pushed him out of the way, and we continued our confrontation.

Jasmine turned to me with a death glare, "Are going to stop insulting my husband?"

"Not if you stop insulting my friend."

"I can't take back what I say that's true."

"Fine then, here's what I'm going to say-"

"I'm warning you! Watch your tongue or else!"

"Or else what? You're going to hit me?"

(Regular POV)

In the Underworld, Jafar, Hades, and the imps were watching the action through Tartarus Vision. They were eating popcorn, enjoyed watching Hercules chasing after Aladdin.

"Finally, Aladdin is getting what's coming to him!" Jafar cried.

"Yeah, and don't forget about Wonderbreath!" Hades said, "Soon I'll be able to take over Olympus!"

"You'll never get away with this!" Icarus cried.

"YEAH!" Abu agreed.

"Yeah, yeah, same speech, we know." Hades shrugged, "But here's the thing, yutzes, we already did!"

Jafar began laughing, "Ha! Ha! Yes!"

"Jaffy," Hades groaned, "What did I say about that laugh of yours?"

"Your annoyed-fullness!" Pain cried to get Hades's attention.

"What now?"

"You might want to see this! It looks like Nattie is going to be in a fight with another girl."

"What? Let me see!" Hades clicked the channel to see Natalie and Jasmine were at each other's throats.

"Ah," Jafar smirked, "Princess Jasmine. She is looking lovely as always."

"Watch your tongue!" Jasmine cried.

"What are going to do? Hit me?!" Natalie cried.

"Ooh! Now this is going to be entertaining!" Hades cried, "Give me the popcorn, would you, Jeff?"

Jafar sighed as he gave Hades the popcorn. "I really hope there shall be no violence between them."

"Why not?!"

"Because I don't want anything harming that beautiful, desert bloom."

Hades gave his confused look, "Huh?"

"Jasmine! I'm talking about Jasmine. I don't want any harm coming to her."

"Why do you care?" Hades paused when Jafar's eyes were on Jasmine, then he realized what's going through Jafar's head. "Oh! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You're all over that princess, aren't you?"

"Well, yes. I mean look at her! She's feisty, beautiful, and-"

"And she's showing off her curves, and has her skinny belly showing."

"Well... That too."

"You know that outfit would look great on Nattie. She should show off her curves, and-" He then muttered to himself, "Meme to me: Order that outfit from Agrabah."

"Do you really want me to hit you?!" Jasmine asked.

Natalie chuckled, "Go ahead. I dare you."

"You dare me?!"

"Yeah. Show me what you got." Nattie popped her knuckles, mentally preparing herself.

"Oh, this is getting good." Hades commented.

"Natalie is fool for challenging Jasmine. The princess possess spirit."

"Oh really?" Hades turned to Jafar, "Jaffy, Nattie can take down your little princess. She takes martial arts. She will be all over that spoiled brat like an ape."

"Doubtful," Jafar smirked.

"Oh, you'll see."

"Hey, boss! Look!" Panic pointed at the TV. The villains and the imps saw Jasmine slightly pushed Nattie; then Nattie chuckled.

"Did you just pushed me?!" Nattie asked.

"You dared me."

"Okay, I'm going to pretend you didn't just do that. If you want to stay alive, I suggest you won't do that again."

"Are you going to take back what you said about Aladdin?"

"Hm, let me think... uh... NO! I'll take it back, if you take back what you said about my friend."

Jasmine then pushed Natalie more forcefully. Natalie paused then pushed Jasmine back. Suddenly they started pushing and tackling each other.

"OH YEAH! Now this is entertainment!" Hades cried with a smirk on his face.

Jafar was watching Jasmine tackling on top of Natalie, "I must admit this is a little entertaining than the boys."

"You got that right. I've never seen a girl fight before. Well, except the time with Hera and Zeus's wedding. Zeus's exes versus Hera. Not a pretty picture, babe. Let me tell you that."

"Should we check up on Aladdin and Hercules?"

"Give it two minutes, Jeff."

Then they saw Natalie kneed Jasmine's stomach to get off her. The villains oohed, forming painful expression on their faces.

"That's going to leave a mark," Pain said.

"You said it." Panic agreed.

"How about five more minutes?" Hades suggested.

~000~000~000~

Back in Agrabah, Hercules was riding Pegasus, chasing Aladdin, "That's the guy who took Icarus. We got to stop him!"

Aladdin was riding carpet, "Maybe a run through the city will wear him down." The boys went through the market place to Agrabah. "Let's see if he can handle the ally of a thousand sheets!"

Aladdin turned around away from the palace, and went through the sheets that was hanging in between the buildings. Aladdin went through, but Hercules was struggling. Sheets and strings tangled Pegasus and Hercules. Aladdin chuckled, "Ha! I knew that would work."

Phil face palmed, "Ah, he walked right into that." He then shouted to Hercules, "Use your noodle, kid! Your noodle! OY!"

Hercules torn off the sheets, and Pegasus flew after Aladdin. "Okay, new plan," Aladdin said as he flew off.

"I'm getting tired of this!" Hercules growled.

Aladdin saw a pole with a rope hanging; so he jumped off carpet, grabbed the rope, and swing towards Hercules. He let go of the rope, and landed on Pegasus and sat in front of Hercules.

Hercules scowled, attempted to punch him.

"Uh-oh," Aladdin said. As Hercules was about to punch him, he jumped off Pegasus, then to a tent, finally hopped back on carpet. "Not going to try that again. This guy is strong. Really strong!" He then smirked," Hey, maybe we can use that." Aladdin and carpet lured Hercules towards a half-destroyed building.

(Natalie's POV)

Meanwhile, Jasmine and I were still fighting. I had a stick from a corner, and Jasmine had a few pots from another. She threw them at me, while I defended myself with a stick. She threw another vase almost hitting my head. I ducked down as the vase flew above me. She threw the last vase she had, and it hit a pole.

I began laughing, when I noticed Jasmine ran out of vases to throw, "Ha! You ran out! What are you going to do?"

"I didn't aim the last vase at you."

I raised a brow with confusion, "What?" I looked up and saw a pot falling down above me. I yelped and immediately jumped back, avoiding from getting hit. I turned around to see the vase falling down the building. I looked at her, and the only thing I saw was her fist punched my face. I screamed in pain, "OW!"

~000~000~000~

In the Underworld, Jafar began clapping, "Bravo! Way to go, Jasmine! Teach that woman a lesson!"

Hades turned to Jafar, "Uh, Jaffy, babe, you know she can't hear you, right?"

~000~000~000~

I held on to my right eye, and screamed out to Jasmine, "ARE YOU SICK IN THE HEAD?!"

Jasmine shook her head, "No, I don't think so."

"Are you kidding me?! I could've been killed!"

She ran towards me, pushed me down, and lie on top of me while holding the stick. She was holding the stick, trying to press it against my neck. "Now I demand an answer. Where is Abu?"

I struggling to get up, "Wh-What are you talking about?"

"You know what I'm talking about!" she snapped.

"I don't!" I hit her forehead against mine.

"OW!" She placed one hand on her bruised forehead, and I pushed her off with my stick, ignoring the throbbing sensation in my own skull. I pointed the stick at her in a threatening manner.

~000~000~000~

Hades stood up and while bursting into blue flames, "OH YEAH! Atta girl, Nattie! Go for it! GO FOR THE KILL!"

The imps had on cheerleading outfits, with a big N out front, "Beat the princess with the stick. Send her soul to the river Styx. GOOO NATTIE!"

Jafar rolled his eyes, and sighed.

~000~000~000~

I pointed the stick at Jasmine, whose eyes grew wide in fear, "So much for taking me down, huh?"

Jasmine puffed up with pride and stated, "Do as you must. Just tell Hercules to let Abu go. He is just a monkey."

"Hercules?! Kidnap? He would never kidnap anybody. Sure he's a klutz, brainless, incompetent, and had his dumb moments. But he is sweet as can be! He would never hurt a fly... well, technically he could, but that's not the point! The point is that he's not dishonest, not a kidnapper, and not a thief! He's a hero-in-training for crying out loud!"

"So wait..." Jasmine's face contorted, "Hercules didn't kidnap Abu?"

"No, we thought that your husband kidnapped our friend, Icarus." I lied, but played along.

"What?!" Jasmine stood up, "Aladdin will never do such a thing!"

I knew that, but I need to act like I don't. Now I'm worried about Hercules and Aladdin's life, so I have to say something. "I know now," I said, lowering my stick.

"So, if Hercules didn't kidnap Abu; and Aladdin didn't kidnap your friend. Then who did?"

Instead of throwing Hades under the bus, I only stated the first answer in my head. "I don't know."

"Well, we have to warn them!" Jasmine ran to the edge of the rooftop, and started screaming to her husband, "ALADDIN! COME BACK!"

"HERCULES! HERCULES!" Neither of them answered us. I groaned, "Who are we kidding they can't hear us!"

"How are we going to warn them?!"

(Normal POV)

Aladdin went inside the half-destroyed building. Hopping off of Pegasus, Hercules went inside too and scoffed, "Hiding?"

"Nope, just waiting for you to catch up," Aladdin dodged when Hercules attempted to punch him. Instead, Hercules punched the wall, and the building was about to collapsed.

Meanwhile Natalie and Jasmine whistled for carpet and Pegasus. Phil and Natalie hopped on Pegasus, and Jasmine hopped on Carpet. They were riding towards the abandon building to warn their friends.

"When I get my hands on you," Hercules growled.

Aladdin laughed as he leaned against the wall, "If you get your hands on me, Jerkules."

That was the last straw. Hercules ran and tried to punch Aladdin; but Aladdin was dodging his punches.

"Everybody thinks that's clever when they call me that! But it's not that FUNNY!" Herules continued punching the wall, then suddenly the ceiling was about to collapsed.

"Maybe, but it so suits you. CATCH!" Aladdin jumped out of the way. Hercules looked up, and saw the roof falling. Using his demi-god strength, he held it up to keep it from falling on top of him; but he was struggling to hold on.

Aladdin smiled at Hercules's struggle, "I can get you out of this; if you tell me where Abu is."

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

Aladdin walked towards the exit, "Well, you'll think about under a ton of ruble. Bye."

"I-I don't care what happens to me! Just let my friend, Icarus go!"

Aladdin's eyes grew wide, "Your friend?!" He walked back to Hercules, "Uh-oh, I think there's been a big mistake." The roof and the whole building collapsed on top of them.

(Natalie's POV)

We arrived the building, but it was too late. Our eyes grew wide in shock, when we saw the building collapsed, and didn't see Aladdin and Hercules... alive.

"ALADDIN!" Jasmine cried as tears were forming.

Pegasus was whinnying in disbelief.

Phil was so shocked all he could say was, "No! Herc!"

My mouth dropped and thoughts scattered. I didn't know what to say. I was so shocked, and was shaking my head. Jasmine fell to the ground, and began weeping. I sat beside her, and we were crying together.

"No, no!" I said as I knew that Hercules and Aladdin were dead. My heart was filled with guilt, my thoughts were scattering, and I felt empty now. I began crying with Jasmine.

(Regular POV)

Not everybody was crying, the opposite of mourning. Hades and Jafar were laughing loudly and wickedly.

Hades shrugged, "You know this is kinda fun. I like it. It's sort of... it's cleansing."