Chapter 13: That Broken Man Is Me
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 Stone Sour. (*) means the character is thinking. (^^^) is when the place changes from Agrabah to the "realm." I got the idea from the gateways from the Chaos Gates from .Hack//Sign. The first part is told from Aladdin's POV.
*When I open my eyes I will be home and everything is going to be fine.*
Slowly I opened my eye but quickly closed them again when I saw that I wasn't home. *And nothing is going to be fine.*
"Aladdin?"
*No, not here. Not him*
"I know that your awake."
I opened my eyes again to find that...that thing looking down at me. I tried to pull away but I was tied down.
"What? Let..m..me."
"It's for your own good Al," the genie said. "we don't want you to hurt yourself."
"I..can't. This...this isn't r..real. So I...I can't."
"Aladdin, you have to trust us. We're going to help." Her eyes looked so sad, but their not real.
"You..d..don't want to he..help me."
"Who said anything about helping you?" came a another voice.
Jasmine turned and leaning in the doorway was Mozenrath with a pleased smirk on his face.
"Mozenrath! What are you doing here?" Jasmine demanded.
"Well, what better time to come? The hero's own has him tied down like some kind of wild animal, sounds like right time to come and finish him off."
"You are not getting near him Mozenrath."
"Oh! We'll see about that Princess." he said with a smile and stepped back from the doorway as Mamluks came through the door.
I watched. Wasn't much else I could do. Not that I would, nothing here is real so none of this is happening. As long as they don't bug me. I need to find a way out of here. I pulled all I could but it did no good. *Now what?*
"Hello Aladdin," there was Mozenrath, smiling looking very happy with himself. "how are you doing?"
"Get a..away from m..me."
"But your the reason I'm here." he reached out and grab my wrists.
"No! D..don't. It's on you like.. like a disease!"
He didn't pay any notice to me. He untied me and pulled to me feet.
"Ready to go?"
I just stood there. *None of this is real. It's fake. It's in my mind.*
Jasmine was about to fight another of Mozenrath's undead salves when Genie grabbed her.
"Time to go Jas!"
"What?"
But Genie didn't answer her. He picked her up and ran toward Mozenrath and just as Mozenrath was finishing his spell, Genie and Jasmine jumped in. And in a flash and blue and black fire all four were gone.
(Okay Angie couldn't write a fight scene wroth nothing but hey give me a break :)
^^^ "What is this place?" Jasmine looked around. Where ever it was, it was either Agrabah or The Land of the Black Sands.
The sky was black with endless clouds that looked like frighten faces looking down on them. The ground was cold stone, no plants but a few dead trees grew here. The wind was cold and seemd to pull at Jasmine's clothing like talons.
"Ah, Princess. I must say that I'm glad you came along. I can't wait to see the look on your face."
"The look on my face?" she question.
Just then a sound like metal against stone cut through the driving wind. In between where their were stand two towering rings that looked like their were make of pewter appeared. Inside of them was what looked like light blue glass, yet it moved like water. The rings turned arouned a few time before silently slowing to a stop.
"What are these things?" Genie reached out to touch one when a voice boomed loudly.
"They ae beyond you genie." the voice spat. The voice sounded as if was everywere, yet nowhere at the same time. "It is time to finish this."
Mozenrath shoved Aladdin toward the rings. Aladdin looked so confused and stood there in front of the rings, never saying a word.
"Time for a choice. Time to find out what is real and what is fiction. The gateway to your right will take you back to your mother, the one on the left will take you back Agrabah. It's your choice."
*His mother!* Jasmine was shocked. *But Aladdin's mother is..*
"Aladdin! Listen to me, you have to come home with us. Your mother is dead but we're still here. Aladdin, you know it's the truth."
"Lies! My mother is alive. I...I know she is." Aladdin snapped at her.
"No, she isn't" Jasmine said sadly.
"Yes, she is!" Out from the ring on the right came a woman. Her hair was long and black and her eyes the same deep brown as Aladdin's. But, there was nothing in those eyes at all.
"M..mom?" Aladdin smiled for the frist time in what felt like forever.
"Yes, sweetheart." she smiled.
But that smile never came to her eyes. They stay blank and unfeeling.
*Something isn't right* Jasmine thought.
The woman held Aladdin and whisper to him. "Just don't listen to them Alan. Trust me and soon we'll be home together."
Jasmine felt helpless. *What are we going to do? Wait!* "Genie, do you have the dagger?"
"Yeah. Right here Jas." In a puff of smoke the dagger was in Genie's hands. Jasmine took it and held it up.
"Aladdin! Do you remember this?"
Aladdin looked up at the dagger. *A knife?*
In a rush of pain images flew through his mind. Going to the Citadel. Mozenrath attacking them. And the Dagger! Then the institution, the doctor and...and his mother. It was all a lie! He pulled away from his mother and looked in her eyes. Their were dead, dead from all feeling. These were not his mother's eye. "Your...not my..m..mother." he muttered.
Her smile fell away and pushed Aladdin aside.
"You fool! What did I tell you?" she yelled at Mozenrath. "I said not to yet them have the Dagger!"
She faced Jasmine and with a filp of her hand the Dagger flew out of Jasmine's hand. "I will not allow this boy to leave!"
"I..I'm not..s..staying!"
She turned to face Aladdin and paled when she did. He now held the Dagger. She smiled as sweetly as she could and tried to spin her lies again.
"Sweetheart..."
"No! Your n..not real. It's all a..a lie."
The look of defeat fell onto her face. Aladdin now held the Dagger and as the voice had said, it was his choice.
"Well, then," she walked over to the left ring and stood there with her arms wide open. "it's up to you. The only way you can go back there is through me. Your choice. But can you kill your own mother?"
Aladdin slowly walked over to her, the Dagger held tight in his hands. He stood there, looking at her for a minute; studying her. She looked just like his mother in everyway but one very important way, her eyes. He raised the Dagger, his eyes glistening with tears.
"Y..your not h..her."
And plunged the Dagger into her chest.
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 Stone Sour. (*) means the character is thinking. (^^^) is when the place changes from Agrabah to the "realm." I got the idea from the gateways from the Chaos Gates from .Hack//Sign. The first part is told from Aladdin's POV.
*When I open my eyes I will be home and everything is going to be fine.*
Slowly I opened my eye but quickly closed them again when I saw that I wasn't home. *And nothing is going to be fine.*
"Aladdin?"
*No, not here. Not him*
"I know that your awake."
I opened my eyes again to find that...that thing looking down at me. I tried to pull away but I was tied down.
"What? Let..m..me."
"It's for your own good Al," the genie said. "we don't want you to hurt yourself."
"I..can't. This...this isn't r..real. So I...I can't."
"Aladdin, you have to trust us. We're going to help." Her eyes looked so sad, but their not real.
"You..d..don't want to he..help me."
"Who said anything about helping you?" came a another voice.
Jasmine turned and leaning in the doorway was Mozenrath with a pleased smirk on his face.
"Mozenrath! What are you doing here?" Jasmine demanded.
"Well, what better time to come? The hero's own has him tied down like some kind of wild animal, sounds like right time to come and finish him off."
"You are not getting near him Mozenrath."
"Oh! We'll see about that Princess." he said with a smile and stepped back from the doorway as Mamluks came through the door.
I watched. Wasn't much else I could do. Not that I would, nothing here is real so none of this is happening. As long as they don't bug me. I need to find a way out of here. I pulled all I could but it did no good. *Now what?*
"Hello Aladdin," there was Mozenrath, smiling looking very happy with himself. "how are you doing?"
"Get a..away from m..me."
"But your the reason I'm here." he reached out and grab my wrists.
"No! D..don't. It's on you like.. like a disease!"
He didn't pay any notice to me. He untied me and pulled to me feet.
"Ready to go?"
I just stood there. *None of this is real. It's fake. It's in my mind.*
Jasmine was about to fight another of Mozenrath's undead salves when Genie grabbed her.
"Time to go Jas!"
"What?"
But Genie didn't answer her. He picked her up and ran toward Mozenrath and just as Mozenrath was finishing his spell, Genie and Jasmine jumped in. And in a flash and blue and black fire all four were gone.
(Okay Angie couldn't write a fight scene wroth nothing but hey give me a break :)
^^^ "What is this place?" Jasmine looked around. Where ever it was, it was either Agrabah or The Land of the Black Sands.
The sky was black with endless clouds that looked like frighten faces looking down on them. The ground was cold stone, no plants but a few dead trees grew here. The wind was cold and seemd to pull at Jasmine's clothing like talons.
"Ah, Princess. I must say that I'm glad you came along. I can't wait to see the look on your face."
"The look on my face?" she question.
Just then a sound like metal against stone cut through the driving wind. In between where their were stand two towering rings that looked like their were make of pewter appeared. Inside of them was what looked like light blue glass, yet it moved like water. The rings turned arouned a few time before silently slowing to a stop.
"What are these things?" Genie reached out to touch one when a voice boomed loudly.
"They ae beyond you genie." the voice spat. The voice sounded as if was everywere, yet nowhere at the same time. "It is time to finish this."
Mozenrath shoved Aladdin toward the rings. Aladdin looked so confused and stood there in front of the rings, never saying a word.
"Time for a choice. Time to find out what is real and what is fiction. The gateway to your right will take you back to your mother, the one on the left will take you back Agrabah. It's your choice."
*His mother!* Jasmine was shocked. *But Aladdin's mother is..*
"Aladdin! Listen to me, you have to come home with us. Your mother is dead but we're still here. Aladdin, you know it's the truth."
"Lies! My mother is alive. I...I know she is." Aladdin snapped at her.
"No, she isn't" Jasmine said sadly.
"Yes, she is!" Out from the ring on the right came a woman. Her hair was long and black and her eyes the same deep brown as Aladdin's. But, there was nothing in those eyes at all.
"M..mom?" Aladdin smiled for the frist time in what felt like forever.
"Yes, sweetheart." she smiled.
But that smile never came to her eyes. They stay blank and unfeeling.
*Something isn't right* Jasmine thought.
The woman held Aladdin and whisper to him. "Just don't listen to them Alan. Trust me and soon we'll be home together."
Jasmine felt helpless. *What are we going to do? Wait!* "Genie, do you have the dagger?"
"Yeah. Right here Jas." In a puff of smoke the dagger was in Genie's hands. Jasmine took it and held it up.
"Aladdin! Do you remember this?"
Aladdin looked up at the dagger. *A knife?*
In a rush of pain images flew through his mind. Going to the Citadel. Mozenrath attacking them. And the Dagger! Then the institution, the doctor and...and his mother. It was all a lie! He pulled away from his mother and looked in her eyes. Their were dead, dead from all feeling. These were not his mother's eye. "Your...not my..m..mother." he muttered.
Her smile fell away and pushed Aladdin aside.
"You fool! What did I tell you?" she yelled at Mozenrath. "I said not to yet them have the Dagger!"
She faced Jasmine and with a filp of her hand the Dagger flew out of Jasmine's hand. "I will not allow this boy to leave!"
"I..I'm not..s..staying!"
She turned to face Aladdin and paled when she did. He now held the Dagger. She smiled as sweetly as she could and tried to spin her lies again.
"Sweetheart..."
"No! Your n..not real. It's all a..a lie."
The look of defeat fell onto her face. Aladdin now held the Dagger and as the voice had said, it was his choice.
"Well, then," she walked over to the left ring and stood there with her arms wide open. "it's up to you. The only way you can go back there is through me. Your choice. But can you kill your own mother?"
Aladdin slowly walked over to her, the Dagger held tight in his hands. He stood there, looking at her for a minute; studying her. She looked just like his mother in everyway but one very important way, her eyes. He raised the Dagger, his eyes glistening with tears.
"Y..your not h..her."
And plunged the Dagger into her chest.