Chapter 11: Drowning
By: DarkDuelist
Disclaimer: Aladdin, Jasmine and Co. are copyright of Disney and I used them without permission. This idea came from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again, which belongs to Joss Whedon. The ep 'Normal Again' was written by Diego Gutierrez so tons of credit to both of them. The title of this chapter comes from a song by Stabbing Westward. (*) means the character is thinking. (^^^) is when the place changes from Agrabah to the institution.
Slowly Aladdin's eyes opened. The first thing he saw was Jasmine looking over him, she looked so worried. When she saw that he was awake she smiled.
"J...Jasmine?" Aladdin mumbled.
"Yeah. It me." she tried to laugh but couldn't.
Aladdin forced himself up at of bed and looked about the room. "Where is everyone?"
"They left. It was Genie's idea. We thought it be better for you not to have so many people in the room. Do you feel better?"
"Yes, thank you. I think I was...umm..."he walked over to a table and pick up a large sized book. "Did you find anything?"
"Yes, we did." Jasmine turned around to another table. "Iago found a book that had some information about the..."
Before Jasmine could finish she was hit hard on the head from behind. She fell to the floor and was hit again, this time it was enough to knock her out. Aladdin looked down at Jasmine's still form and let the book fall to the floor.
"No more lies" came a wicked whisper.
Aladdin nodded. He looked up to meet black barren eyes.
"We're very pleased that you see things are way now, Alan." it looked into Aladdin's eye and sighed. "Don't feel bad for that thing. It isn't real after all. So if it isn't real, then how does it feel pain? Remember Alan, these things will lie and do anything to keep you in this place. Just be a good boy and I'll get you back home."
"I...I'll b..be good. Do..everything...you...w..want." Aladdin stuttered.
The thing reached over and patted Aladdin and the cheek. "Good boy. Now tie it up before it wakes up, okay?"
Aladdin nodded and did as he was told.
{I'm drowning in nothing Nothing real Nothing left...nothing I'm losing myself Sinking deeper down-Drowning}
Jasmine's head was pounding when she woke up. When she went to move her hand she found it tied. She looked down and saw that both her feet and hands were tied down to a chair. Another she relished was that she wasn't in Aladdin's room anymore too. Now she was outside on a balcony and standing by the rail was Aladdin.
"Aladdin?" Jasmine called out to him.
Aladdin turned and looked at her. The look in his eyes made Jasmine feel so cold. Aladdin's eyes seemed to hold no feeling, their were so very empty.
"Whats going on?" She tried to break through the ripped bedspread that he had used as rope. "Why are you doing this?"
"If I knew I wouldn't be here. What am I doing? Don't know. Just what was said. Told and do or it'll make it hurt."
"Your not making sense. Aladdin, please your sick you don't know what your doing." Jasmine felt so desperate. "Please, let me help you."
"There isn't any. If there was I wouldn't be here. Nothing matters here." he turned away and looked out over the city. "Because there isn't a here to matter. All of this is in my mind. Nothing is real. Your not real. I may not be real for all I know."
"Aladdin, I'm real. It's Mozenrath that did this to you. You have to believe me. I can help."
"Help me?" he turned back to look at her. "Help me how? With your lies? With your fake world? Is that how your going to help me? I don't want your help. I have help."
"From who?"
"From me." came another voice.
It looked like Aladdin in every way but the eyes. This thing's eyes were black pools. It smiled at Jasmine and walked over to Aladdin. It leaned over and whisper something into Aladdin's ear and Aladdin nodded and sat down and the floor. *This is the thing Aladdin was listening to.*
"What are you? Mozenrath?" Jasmine questioned it.
It laughed and smiled evilly at Jasmine. "Mozenrath. Ha! We're much more than Mozenrath. We are far beyond him. "
"We?"
It got closer and whisper low so Aladdin wouldn't hear. "We are the demons. Agramon and Balbah in one form. Thanks to your dear boy. You would think a hero would have more faith. But we know were his weakness is. And it's here." The thing pointed to where Jasmine's heart was. "And now, Alan."
"Y..yes?"
"Do you want to go home?"
"Yes...I..w..want to...go."
"Well, then all you have to do is leave and to do that you need to die."
"Aladdin! Don't listen to that thing It's a trick by Mozenrath."
The thing shook it's head. "Like I told you Alan, it'll lie to try to keep you away. Now be a good boy."
Aladdin turned his back on Jasmine and the demons and stepped up on the rail of the balcony.
"No!" Jasmine screamed. "Please Aladdin, don't listen!"
The thing laughed again. "He listens to me as a dog does it's master. If I say jump, he'll do it. Well, it's been fun but I really must be going." With that it was gone.
Before Jasmine could call out to Aladdin again, he brought his foot over the edge and fell.
By: DarkDuelist
Disclaimer: Aladdin, Jasmine and Co. are copyright of Disney and I used them without permission. This idea came from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again, which belongs to Joss Whedon. The ep 'Normal Again' was written by Diego Gutierrez so tons of credit to both of them. The title of this chapter comes from a song by Stabbing Westward. (*) means the character is thinking. (^^^) is when the place changes from Agrabah to the institution.
Slowly Aladdin's eyes opened. The first thing he saw was Jasmine looking over him, she looked so worried. When she saw that he was awake she smiled.
"J...Jasmine?" Aladdin mumbled.
"Yeah. It me." she tried to laugh but couldn't.
Aladdin forced himself up at of bed and looked about the room. "Where is everyone?"
"They left. It was Genie's idea. We thought it be better for you not to have so many people in the room. Do you feel better?"
"Yes, thank you. I think I was...umm..."he walked over to a table and pick up a large sized book. "Did you find anything?"
"Yes, we did." Jasmine turned around to another table. "Iago found a book that had some information about the..."
Before Jasmine could finish she was hit hard on the head from behind. She fell to the floor and was hit again, this time it was enough to knock her out. Aladdin looked down at Jasmine's still form and let the book fall to the floor.
"No more lies" came a wicked whisper.
Aladdin nodded. He looked up to meet black barren eyes.
"We're very pleased that you see things are way now, Alan." it looked into Aladdin's eye and sighed. "Don't feel bad for that thing. It isn't real after all. So if it isn't real, then how does it feel pain? Remember Alan, these things will lie and do anything to keep you in this place. Just be a good boy and I'll get you back home."
"I...I'll b..be good. Do..everything...you...w..want." Aladdin stuttered.
The thing reached over and patted Aladdin and the cheek. "Good boy. Now tie it up before it wakes up, okay?"
Aladdin nodded and did as he was told.
{I'm drowning in nothing Nothing real Nothing left...nothing I'm losing myself Sinking deeper down-Drowning}
Jasmine's head was pounding when she woke up. When she went to move her hand she found it tied. She looked down and saw that both her feet and hands were tied down to a chair. Another she relished was that she wasn't in Aladdin's room anymore too. Now she was outside on a balcony and standing by the rail was Aladdin.
"Aladdin?" Jasmine called out to him.
Aladdin turned and looked at her. The look in his eyes made Jasmine feel so cold. Aladdin's eyes seemed to hold no feeling, their were so very empty.
"Whats going on?" She tried to break through the ripped bedspread that he had used as rope. "Why are you doing this?"
"If I knew I wouldn't be here. What am I doing? Don't know. Just what was said. Told and do or it'll make it hurt."
"Your not making sense. Aladdin, please your sick you don't know what your doing." Jasmine felt so desperate. "Please, let me help you."
"There isn't any. If there was I wouldn't be here. Nothing matters here." he turned away and looked out over the city. "Because there isn't a here to matter. All of this is in my mind. Nothing is real. Your not real. I may not be real for all I know."
"Aladdin, I'm real. It's Mozenrath that did this to you. You have to believe me. I can help."
"Help me?" he turned back to look at her. "Help me how? With your lies? With your fake world? Is that how your going to help me? I don't want your help. I have help."
"From who?"
"From me." came another voice.
It looked like Aladdin in every way but the eyes. This thing's eyes were black pools. It smiled at Jasmine and walked over to Aladdin. It leaned over and whisper something into Aladdin's ear and Aladdin nodded and sat down and the floor. *This is the thing Aladdin was listening to.*
"What are you? Mozenrath?" Jasmine questioned it.
It laughed and smiled evilly at Jasmine. "Mozenrath. Ha! We're much more than Mozenrath. We are far beyond him. "
"We?"
It got closer and whisper low so Aladdin wouldn't hear. "We are the demons. Agramon and Balbah in one form. Thanks to your dear boy. You would think a hero would have more faith. But we know were his weakness is. And it's here." The thing pointed to where Jasmine's heart was. "And now, Alan."
"Y..yes?"
"Do you want to go home?"
"Yes...I..w..want to...go."
"Well, then all you have to do is leave and to do that you need to die."
"Aladdin! Don't listen to that thing It's a trick by Mozenrath."
The thing shook it's head. "Like I told you Alan, it'll lie to try to keep you away. Now be a good boy."
Aladdin turned his back on Jasmine and the demons and stepped up on the rail of the balcony.
"No!" Jasmine screamed. "Please Aladdin, don't listen!"
The thing laughed again. "He listens to me as a dog does it's master. If I say jump, he'll do it. Well, it's been fun but I really must be going." With that it was gone.
Before Jasmine could call out to Aladdin again, he brought his foot over the edge and fell.