Chapter 48

Jewel sat with her back against the cage's bars, holding onto her legs. No matter what, she could see a way out of this mess. She was going to be stuck as a caged up doll forever.

Brilliant Jewel. You should have just left well enough alone, but no! You had to get yourself involved! God, how stupid can you be! She thought as she clenched her button eyes shut, wishing she could cry. She couldn't believe that she, Jewel Sparrow, daughter of Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirate of the Caribbean, sailor of the Black Pearl, was admitting defeat to a vizier and parrot. It couldn't get worse. Jasmine yelled below her.

"Stop it!" she yelled, "Jafar, leave him alone!" Jewel turned herself around to look down at them. She couldn't see much, but she could hear everything they said.

"It pains me to see you reduced to this, Jasmine." Jafar said, "A beautiful desert bloom such as yourself should be on the arm of the most powerful man in the world." He paused, something held out in front of him. "What do you say, my dear? Why, with you as my queen..."

"Never!" Jasmine said, throwing something at Jafar. He yelled out in anger.

"I'll teach you some respect!" Jafar said, standing. Jasmine fell. "No. Genie, I have decided to make my final wish. I wish for Princess Jasmine to fall desperately in love with me." Jasmine gasped at the request. Jewel was absolutely disgusted. She walked away from that side of the cage.

"Ah, master," Genie said as Buckley again, "there are a few addendas, some quid pro quo-"

"Don't talk back to me, you big blue lout! You will do what I order you to do, slave!" Jafar yelled

"Jafar," Jasmine said in a tone nobody had heard before, "I never realized how incredibly handsome you are."

"What?" Jewel said to herself. Now, she felt like throwing up. She went to the bars and looked down at them. Genie's jaw was hanging low next to Jafar.

"That's better." he said, pulling Genie's jaw down before it wound itself up like a shade. "Now, pussycat, tell me more about...myself."

"Pussycat?" Jewel said. She looked down at Genie and suddenly heard a small crash behind her. She spun around and saw Abu and Carpet.

"Abu?" Jewel said, making sure her volume was low. Abu pulled out a pick and unlocked the cage. Jewel ran up to him and gave the monkey a hug once she was freed. Being half his size, she wasn't afraid of hurting him. He seemed to say something looking down at her.

"Please don't ask." Jewel said, having a good feeling what he was curious about. She let go of him and jumped onto Carpet. Abu was right behind her.

"Where's Aladdin?" she asked. Abu pointed to where Aladdin was zipping Genie's mouth closed and sneaking off behind the curtains. Jewel surveyed the grounds. Iago was a problem. From his position, he could see Aladdin going for the lamp.

"Get us over to Iago." Jewel pointed and whispered. They silently flew over to the oblivious parrot.

"Go on." Jafar said. Jasmine walked up to him and leaned against his shoulders.

"And your beard... is so... twisted!" Her hands were out of Jafar's image, so he didn't see the motion for Aladdin to get the lamp. Iago saw him though.

"Jaf-mmmmmm!" Iago almost yelled. Abu and Jewel grabbed onto him and kept his beak shut. The task was easier said than done, as Iago was thrashing around to be freed.

"And the street rat?" Jafar asked

"What street rat?" Jasmine responded. Jewel was thrown off the bird, but noticed the metal bowl of fruit getting too close to the edge. She grabbed for it, but it fell and clattered to the ground.

"Oh bugger!" she whispered. Jafar started to turn to look, but Jasmine pulled him back into a long kiss. Iago winced at the sight, while Abu said a monkey version of 'yuck'.

"I think I'm going to throw up now." Jewel said, staring in horror.

"That was-" Jafar paused. He focused on Jasmine's tiara. As if he could see something in it. He did. It was Aladdin's reflection reaching for the lamp.

"You!" He yelled, spinning around to zap Aladdin to the wall with his staff, "How many times do I have to kill you, boy?" Jasmine rushed the sorcerer, grabbing his staff. Jafar threw her to the ground. Jewel let go of Iago and ran over to where Genie left her bag.

"Get the lamp!" Aladdin yelled. Jewel grabbed her bag and began dragging it to where the lamp was.

"No!" Jafar yelled, pushing Aladdin away. He aimed his staff at Jasmine just as she was grabbing the lamp and zapped her.

"Ah, ah, ah, princess! Your time is up!" Jafar yelled. A giant hourglass appeared around Jasmine. She put her hands against the glass and looked out at Aladdin.

"Jasmine!" Aladdin said

"Oh, nice shot, Jaf-" Iago said, before he was knocked out by Abu. Jewel stopped before the lamp and Jafar saw her. She reached into her bag.

"Please let me find something useful!" She said, grabbing hold of something heavy and big.

"Here's something shocking for you Sparrow!" Jafar zapped lightning at Jewel, but she suddenly pulled out a giant shield from the bag. It blocked the lightning, but sent Jewel flying back with the shield. It scooted along the ground before stopping slowly.

"Don't toy with me!" Jafar yelled, zapping Abu. He was turned into a toy monkey. This made Jewel angry. She felt the tiled floor.

"Abu!" Aladdin yelled. Jewel jumped off of the shield and ran before jumping and sliding on the floor on her stomach. She saw Carpet grab the lamp before Jafar zapped him.

"Things are unraveling fast, now boy." Jafar yelled. Carpet unraveled into nothing but a pile of string, the lamp falling on top.

"Carpet!" Jewel yelled as she continued sliding to the lamp.

"Get the point?" Jafar asked. Aladdin reached an arm out and stopped Jewel before a sword cut off her head. Aladdin reached through the swords for the lamp. Jewel stood and ran through them to grab it. Jafar picked it up and walked out of the sword circle. Aladdin pulled one out of the ground and held it up, ready to strike Jafar down.

"I'm just getting warmed up!" Jafar yelled out. He breathed fire on the swords. Aladdin and Jewel were surrounded by a ring of fire. Jafar cackled evilly. Jewel clung to Aladdin's ankle.

"Are you afraid to fight me yourself, you cowardly snake?" Aladdin challenged

"A snake, am I?" Jafar asked, walking through the fire. "Perhaps you'd like to see how ssssnake-like I can be!" He smiled broadly. He stuck his tongue out like a snake. His clothes combined with him and he grew into a giant cobra. The ring of fire became part of his body.

"Oh bugger." Jewel said, her button eyes seeming to grow twice their size. Jafar tried striking at Aladdin. He kept dodging, jumping out of the way. The third time he did, Aladdin sliced at his mouth with his sword.

"Rickem, rockem, rackem, rake, stick that sword into that snake!" Said a group of Genie cheerleaders that alternated between wearing a sweater with an A on it and a sweater that had a J on it.

"You stay out of thissss!" Jafar hissed at him. Genie waved a small black flag with a J on it.

"Jafar, Jafar, he's our man," he said weakly, "if he can't do it, GREAT!" Jewel pulled at Aladdin's pants and pointed to Jasmine's hourglass. He understood, although she didn't speak a word. The two ran for the hourglass, but Jafar blocked their path and threw them away. Aladdin lost his sword but Jewel, had hers, although it was reduced to the size of a needle.

"Go get your sword!" Jewel yelled as she made a mad dash at Jafar with her needle sword. She plunged it into Jafar. He looked away from Aladdin to glare at her.

"Isss that all?" He asked, only feeling a slight prick.

"It's only the beginning." Jewel jumped off, but he caught her with his tail and threw her into a wall, head first. She fell to the ground, a little dizzy.

"Aladdin!" Jasmine yelled. Jewel watched Aladdin jump onto a large gem and slide across the floor. Jafar was following behind him. She took this chance to run over to Jasmine's hourglass. She banged on it as hard as she could. She grabbed two gems and started using them to pound on the glass. It didn't even scratch the surface. There was a loud scream from Jafar. Jewel spun around and Aladdin ran toward them, grabbing a chunk of the ceiling along the way.

"Hang on, Jasmine!" He yelled, his make-shift club raised to break the glass. Jafar grabbed onto the two with his coils.

"I hate snakes!" Jewel cried out. Jafar laughed evilly and looked down at them.

"You little fools! You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on earth!" Jafar said

"This isn't over yet!" Aladdin yelled

"Yeah!" Jewel agreed

"Is it now? You, girl, are nothing but a doll. And without the genie, boy, you're nothing!" Jafar growled, or hissed. Aladdin looked over at Genie. Jewel could almost see the wheels turning.

"The genie." Aladdin said. "The genie! The genie has more power than you'll ever have!"

"What!" Jafar yelled

"He gave you your power, he can take it away!" Aladdin yelled back.

"What are you saying?" Jewel whispered

"Al, what are you doing? Why are you bringing me into this?" Genie asked, fear in his voice.

"Face it, Jafar, you're still just second best!" Aladdin said

"You're right!" Jafar said, seeing the logic. "His power does exceed my own! But not for long!"

"We're doomed." Jewel said. Jafar looked away from them and moved towards Genie.

"The boy is crazy." Genie laughed. "He's a little punch drunk. One too many hits with the snake." he turned his hand into a snake puppet and used it to punch his head. He tried to get out of the situation. It didn't work unfortunately.

"Slave, I make my third wish! I wish to be an all powerful genie!" Jafar commanded

"This should work." Aladdin whispered

"Your plan to kill us all, you mean?" Jewel asked. She was not liking where this plan was going at all. She tried to think of what Jack would do, but nothing came.

"All right," Genie said, reluctantly, "your wish is my command. Way to go, Al." He put one hand over his eyes and pointed the other one at Jafar. With a zap, Jafar's snake form began to dissipate and his red genie form began to rise up.

"Yes! Yes!" Jafar said, rising up still. The snake tail that held Jewel and Aladdin turned into smoke, letting the two fall to the ground. Aladdin took this moment to run over to Jasmine's hourglass and break it. She and the sand fell out.

"The power! The absolute power!" Jafar said, crashing through the ceiling. There was a large windstorm in the room. Jasmine and Aladdin held onto eachother. Jewel tried to walk through the wind to reach Aladdin's pants. She held on as her body was lifted in the air.

"What have you done?" Jasmine asked over the wind.

"Trust me!" Aladdin said. He looked around the floor. Jewel followed his gaze until she saw what he found: a black lamp with Jafar's smoke tail leading into it.

"I got it!" Jewel yelled. She tried to jump for it, but the wind picked her up. Aladdin caught her and stood over the lamp.

"The universe is mine to command, to control!" Jafar yelled. He was so busy conjuring in the skies, that he did not notice a single thing that happened below him.

"Not so fast, Jafar! Aren't you forgetting something?" Aladdin yelled up to him. Jafar looked down at him questioningly. "You wanted to be a genie, you got it!" Golden manacles appeared on his wrists.

"What?" Jafar yelled

"And everything that goes with it!" Aladdin held up Jafar's lamp. Jewel grabbing onto it to not fall.

"No! No!" Jafar yelled as he was being sucked into the lamp.

"Phenomenal cosmic power!" Jewel yelled. Jafar grabbed onto Iago and began pulling him with him. The two were finally in the lamp.

"Itty bitty living space." Aladdin added

"Al, you little genius, you!" Genie said. One by one, the spells cast by Jafar began to break. Abu returned to his normal monkey self. Carpet re-raveled and flew up to hug Abu. Rajah jumped into Sultan's arms before the spell on him, Jasmine, and Sultan were broken. Sultan fell back when Rajah returned to normal size. Jewel sparkled in Aladdin's hands and turned back into a normal human in Aladdin's arms. She looked back at Jasmine then at Aladdin.

"This could be awkward." She said climbing out of his grasp. The entire palace sparkled and returned to where it was in Agrabah.

"Get your blasted beak out of my face!" Jafar yelled inside the lamp.

"Oh, shut up, you moron!" Iago yelled back. Aladdin rolled his eyes and looked to Genie.

"Don't tell me to shut up!" Jafar yelled once more.

"Allow me." Genie said. He went to the balcony and grew ten times his own size. He wore a baseball cap on his head.

"Ten-thousand years in the cave of wonders ought to chill him out!" he said, winding up his arms to throw the lamp. But he stopped and held his palm flat, flicking it far into the desert.

"It's good to be skin and bones again." Jewel said, looking down at herself. Abu climbed onto her shoulder and chattered as he rubbed against her face. "I'm glad you're back too!"