Chapter 20: It's Our House Now
The city was a wreck when Merlin and I got back to my world. I knew that things would probably be chaotic when I found out that Jafar, Hades, Ursula, and Maleficent had arrived in my world to try to takeover, but I didn't think they'd all turn themselves into giants -or giant animals, for two of them- to terrorize New York City. Green and red flames torched the sidewalks and roads, large tentacle tracks created new ditches in the roads, and there was now a black and red cobra slithering itself through Manhattan as a black dragon flew over: Terrorizing the people of New York to submit to their power. This was like a scene in an old 50s giant monster movie, only much more frightening.
I looked at where Merlin and I had ended up after exiting the portal, and it was my dad's shop! Still intact amongst the chaos. I gasped and ran inside in hopes of finding my friends still alive and safe inside.
"Alex! Pearl!" I called as I began to run through the shop and try to head up to the apartment. "Where are you?"
"Frankie!"
I stopped halfway, turned around and saw my two friends standing right outside the shop door. I gave them a smile and rushed over to them and gave them a hug.
"I missed you guys so much!" I told them.
Pearl was the first to break off the hug. "Frankie, we need to get out of here!"
"The villains," Alex continued with a scared look. "They just showed up about an hour ago."
"This is worse than I thought." Merlin worried. "If they keep this up, they'll destroy the city!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" I said as I began to storm out to give the villains one last chance to surrender.
"Frankie, are you nuts?" Pearl stopped me. "You can't fight all four of them."
"I'm the one they want." I told her. "But they picked the wrong girl to fight."
Alex looked at Pearl and Merlin before looking back at me. "Okay, but if things get rough, we're stepping in to help."
"Gotcha." I nodded.
I turned and went back to head towards the villains. Lucky for me, Jafar, Ursula, and Hades were in plain sight and stomping -and slithering- down Times Square. Maleficent was still flying around the city, almost as if she didn't care that she was traumatizing so many people. Although, knowing her, she probably didn't. Still, it was pretty weird that she didn't notice me when I started yelling at the other three villains.
"Hey!" I shouted up to them. "Miss me?"
Jafar, Hades, and Ursula all turned around when they heard my voice, and while one of them gave me a sinister smile, the looks of utter rage and hatred on the other two said it all.
"You!" Hades and Ursula bellowed down at me.
"If you're ssssurrendering, then we accept it." Jafar hissed at me as he coiled up to try to strike me, his sly smile still on that snake face of his. No doubt, he was proud of himself for tricking me back in Agrabah.
"Why bother with just that?" Ursula cackled. "Let's kill her now! That'll settle things quick enough."
"I don't think you want that." I said calmly and coolly as I looked up with a smirk at the only immortal in the city. "If you thought I'm annoying alive, just wait till I show up in the Underworld. I'll annoy you for all eternity."
"Not if a one-way trip to Tartarus fixes that." he flared up red in anger. "Which can be arranged!"
I rolled my eyes up at him. Making him more angry was just too easy, but still oh-so predictable. C'mon, Frankie, let's speed things up here, you've got an entire city to save.
"Okay, let's cut the crap:" I spoke up again. "You all need to get out of my world, or I'll-"
"Or you'll what?" Ursula stopped me with a laugh.
"What doesss a powerlesss mortal like you have that can overpower the mossst powerful beingsss on Earth?" Jafar asked me.
Just before I could answer him, Ursula shrank down to her normal size, grabbed my waist with one of her tentacles, and started constricting it tightly around me. I tried to break free, but she used two more tentacles to pin my arms behind my back and another two to hold my legs together. I was trapped, again.
"I'm gonna enjoy squeezing the life outta you." Ursula grinned wickedly as her tentacle wrapped tighter and tighter around me.
"If this is for what happened back at your lair," I strained as I nodded towards Jafar and Hades. "Just know that those two bozos are the main reason why I refused your offer!"
"Face it, angelfish." Ursula chuckled. "You're alone. Nobody's gonna save you."
She then used one of her hands and grabbed my neck, attempting to choke me as quickly as she could. And while I was dangling and gasping for hair, I saw something hit her in the face and spread something orange all over her. Ursula dropped me in rage and started wiping the orange stuff off her face, only to have something else hit her and give her a large splotch of yellow on her person too.
"Get away from her!" Pearl shouted at Ursula as she and Alex threw paint bombs right at her.
I coughed as I tried to get the air back in my lungs while Merlin rushed over to help me up. Now all three of them were now stuck in the crosshairs of three villains. This was not good.
"Francesca, are you alright?" Merlin asked me.
"Run!" I started pushing him to move. "Don't just stand there!"
Merlin understood what I was doing the moment he saw Jafar preparing for a strike. The wizard grabbed Alex and Pearl by their shirt and jacket collars, and the four of us ran just as Jafar nearly pierced us with his massive, sharp fangs. But running was no good, we still had a giant snake slithering after us as the sea witch grew back to her giant size after getting the paint off her.
The four of us managed to hide away in a subway, where the snake thought he had the upper hand -or tail, in his case- when he thought that if we exited through either end, Jafar would be there to strike us. But we never did. Instead, we ran for miles down to the next stop, thanking God that there were no subway trains on any of the tracks during the chaos up topside, and we were able to stop and catch our breaths when we finally reached the next stop as we tried thinking about how we were going to trap the villains in the Crystal and save the city.
"Look, there's four of us, and four of them." Pearl said her idea. "I'd say, we fight them off one by one."
"Pearl, that's nuts." Alex told her. "They're too powerful for us."
"We must figure out how to trap them in the Crystal." Merlin said. "It's our only chance."
"I might be able to get close enough to one of them, but I can't do it if they see me." I suggested.
"Well, we better think of something quick!" Pearl said as she looked up from the subway entrance. "The cops are here!"
Alex, Merlin, and I looked out of the entrance, and lo and behold, cop cars were chasing after the villains in an attempt to gun them down. While it was unsurprising to know that the cops wouldn't hesitate to gun down a threat, it wasn't the villains I was worried about. There were tons upon tons of people still running around in a frenzy just to hide away from the villains. Ruthless authority with the usual shoot-first-ask-questions-never motto mixed in with frightened civilians and four giants?
"This is bad." I said with widened eyes. "If they shoot at them, it won't do anything except kill innocent civilians!"
"What do we do, Frankie?" Alex asked me in hopes I had an answer.
"I-I don't know." I said as I froze there as I tried to think of a plan.
I didn't know what to do next. Everything was in chaos, and I didn't know what I could do to stop it. Sure, I had the Beacon, but I was too stressed out to even think about what I should turn into to try to fight back. I didn't even think about having another giant fight without having to worry about hurting so many other people, I probably would've, but this was different. There was nothing I could do to stop them. There was no one who can help show me what to do.
"How about say "thank you"?" a familiar voice asked me.
Or so I thought.
The four of us looked up, and saw another portal open, only this time I could sense it wasn't villains coming out of the portal. My theory was proven right when I saw Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and the three fairies come out of the portal, and behind them were some familiar faces I thought I'd never see again: Aladdin, Hercules, and Ariel -holding her father's trident, no less. Those last three were accompanied by Carpet, Genie, Pegasus, and the imps.
"What are you guys doing here?" I smiled in relief as I went and gave my hero friends hugs.
"We told them about the villains." Mickey said with a smile.
The imps nodded in agreement as they hopped up on my shoulders.
"Don't think we're letting you fight those creeps by yourself." Pain told me. Well, at least now it seemed that he liked me now more than he did a few days ago.
"And after everything you did to help us," Hercules added. "We knew that we had to return the favor."
"But why?" I asked them.
"Because you're a hero to us!" Ariel grinned.
Aladdin nodded in agreement. "Say the word, and we'll follow you into battle."
I don't really know why, but I felt like what they were telling me was true. Everything I ever did in their worlds wasn't to cause any problems for them or making the villains' goals too easy. All I ever did was help them. I guess, even through all my doubts, I really did become a hero in their eyes. They believed in me, so now, I had to believe in me too. And now with that information and that I felt calmer about how to assess the situation, I went right back to doing what I do best: Plan under pressure.
I gave them all a more determined look on my face. "Alright, let's do it!"
"That's the Frankie we know and love!" Genie smiled. "So, what do we do first?"
"We just need to distract each villain long enough for me to trap them inside the Crystal." Merlin explained to them the main goal.
"Right. So, here's what we do." I started to tell everyone my plan. "Alex, Herc, you guys will handle Hades. Try to draw him away from anything flammable."
"Right." the two nodded. Hercules then helped Alex on top of Pegasus, and the three off them took off to fight the god of the Underworld.
"Pearl, Ariel, you two will lead Ursula to the East River." I addressed my other friend and the princess.
"Uh, won't that be sort of hurting her?" Pearl asked me. "You know how bad the East River is."
"That's exactly the point." I told her. "If Ursula gets weakened by the pollution and toxins in the water, it may damage her enough to do the job."
"Alright." Pearl and Ariel nodded.
"And Ariel, don't touch the water!" I warned her.
"I won't!" Ariel smiled in assurance. "C'mon, Pearl, let's go!"
Ariel then used her father's trident and summoned up some water from a nearby fire hydrant, and she was able to use it to help both her and Pearl soar into the air as if she was using movable water pillars.
"How are you doing this?" Pearl asked her.
"It's a spell my father taught me." Ariel explained.
"That explains why you're using his trident." Pearl pointed out just as she and Ariel went after Ursula.
With those two now off to face another villain, there left only two more villains to distract and capture.
I turned to Aladdin and Genie for the next part of the plan. "Okay, Aladdin, Genie-"
"I'm guessing we tackle Jafar?" Aladdin interpreted for me.
"Makes sense to me that we do." Genie said. "We fought him once, and we can do it again!"
"You're right. Let's go!" Aladdin said as he hopped onto Carpet.
"Al, wait!" I stopped him for a brief moment.
He stopped and turned to me. I knew that he came all this way to help me save my home, but I still felt bad that I wasn't there to save his. After getting sucked away by that portal in Agrabah, I wasn't able to help Aladdin face Jafar the first time he fought him. So, I felt like I needed to give Aladdin some closure after what happened before he went off to face the sorcerer once again.
"I wanted to say that I'm sorry I didn't stick around to help you when you needed it." I apologized. "Things just happened so fast, and-"
"Hey, don't worry. I get it." he smiled at me. "You saved me from getting lost in another world, and for that, I'm thankful."
"Stay safe." I told him.
He nodded. "We will."
"Don't worry about us, Frankie Stein." Genie gave me a thumbs-up as he, Al, and Carpet all flew after Jafar. All that was left was me, Merlin, the imps, the fairies, and Mickey and his closest friends.
"What about us?" Panic asked.
"We're going after Maleficent." I told him and Pain. "I think I might be able to get through to her."
"Are you certain this is wise?" Fauna asked me.
I'm not saying it's the smartest move in the world," I told her. "But it's all we can do to distract her long enough."
"We'll put a spell over the city so nobody else gets involved with the fight." Merryweather assured me.
"Good." I said before remembering one annoying little detail about this battle. "And could somebody please stop the cops before they shoot up half of Times Square?"
"Leave it to us!" Mickey said as he pointed at himself, Donald, and Goofy.
"Thanks, Mickey." I told him. "And be careful."
"Same with you and your friends!" I heard Donald shout back while he and the others went to stop the police. The three good fairies wished the four of us luck as they went to put a protection spell around the city.
Now, to get to Maleficent. This wasn't going to be easy. It was clear that she had no real interest in ruling over the Live Action World, only causing fear to anyone she sees. She wants that place of power just like she did back in her world. So, in order to get her to talk, I knew that fighting her wasn't the answer. There will be no Round 2 of another dragon fight, sadly. I was going to try to convince her to stop, like a civilized person.
So, instead of turning myself into a dragon, I touched the Beacon and focused on what I needed to have in a transformation: A large pair of feathered wings. Capable of giving me the speed and flight distance I needed to draw Maleficent's attention, get her somewhere to talk to her -and if things went rough, get Merlin the advantage to trap her in the Crystal.
"Let's ride!" I yelled at my crew.
Pain and Panic gave excited laughter as they turned themselves into dragon. Merlin turned himself into a bird, carrying the Crystal carefully in his talons, and the four of us flew up into the air to miraculously draw Maleficent's attention. While we were airborne, I got a glimpse of everyone else doing their part of the plan. Friends drawing away the villains, the fairies casting their spell on the city, and Mickey and his crew convincing the police not to fight. I wished all my friends, old and new, luck as we all did our parts to stop the villains and save the city.
As my group flew in the sky, I managed to catch Maleficent's eye while she was soaring over the Brooklyn Bridge. The dragon gave a mighty and furious roar and started flying towards us.
"Okay, she sees us." I told the others.
"You make that sound like a good thing!" Panic shouted.
I looked around for a safer spot so I could talk to Maleficent, and I struck gold when I saw a familiar building. One located right next to a billboard with a familiar painted floating lantern on it.
"Head for that roof!" I told my crew as I flew towards it.
They all followed me with Maleficent close behind. Once we reached the building, the three good fairies had joined us. Being successful in putting that protection spell over the city. But before any of us could go any further with the plan, Maleficent arrived. The black dragon ignored pretty much everyone on that rooftop as she stared me down angrily, turning back into her dark fae form for one final confrontation.
"You are either wilier than I expected or more foolish." Maleficent told me.
"Maleficent, please," I told her as I made my wings disappear. "Just listen to me-"
Maleficent stopped me in a threatening way. "You won't trick me with your fancy words, child!"
"I know I won't, but I still want you to listen to what I have to say." I said as I raised my hands defensively. "It's true, I don't know what it feels like to be betrayed by a boy I once loved."
Maleficent's eyes boiled with rage. "You dare bring-"
"But I do know what it feels like to be hated by a loved one!" I stopped her.
Everyone was silent for a moment, even Maleficent didn't try to attack me when I said what I said. I took a deep breath and began to try to reason with her. This plan has to work, otherwise, I've killed us all.
"I have spent sixteen years being a disappointment in the eyes of a loved one." I explained my pain to her, hoping she'd understand. "She doesn't know how many times she locked me up or how many times she made me feel worthless compared to my brother."
This was the moment I finally realized why I wanted to do so much good during my journey. It wasn't because I wanted to please someone who would always be disappointed in me or to become someone better than I already could be. I already was perfect the way I was. I didn't need anyone's approval or to stop being a vandal just to be someone everyone could be proud of. All I had to be was myself. My friends saw that, the characters I interacted with or saved saw that, and now -while talking to the Mistress of all Evil- I finally saw that.
"But I've realized something during all those years of neglect and criticism:" I finished. "I don't have to be perfect for her or even show her the pain she caused me."
"You expect me to feel sorry for you over some neglectful mother with a preference for your brother?" Maleficent asked me.
"I don't." I said. "I just wanted you to know that I understand you."
"How can you understand me?" she pointed at herself. "The Mistress of all Evil!"
"Because now I realized that I was going on an adventure for the wrong goals." I told her. "I spent so long wanting to be better to please her or please myself, that I forgot who I was along the way."
"If I may, Maleficent," Fauna spoke up. "You and Miss Francesca are quite the same when you think about it."
Maleficent narrowed her eyes towards the fairy. "What did you say?"
"Frankie used to cause trouble, but all that it came to her was just hate from her mom." Panic answered for Fauna. "But Frankie wanted to change for the better when all she got was hate."
"It took us almost a whole week to see it for ourselves." Pain added.
"Maleficent, you used to protect the moors from humans, you were a guardian." Flora said. "And what Stefan did to you was truly unforgivable."
"And that's how you became who you are today." Merryweather finished. "You changed for the worst when the worst happened to you."
"The women and the imps are right." Merlin agreed. "Do you even know why you wanted to join the other villains into taking over Francesca's world?"
Maleficent hesitated to answer after being asked that question. She then turned around to see the destruction she had caused while her and the other villains terrorized New York. From what I could tell, and from what I know, her vengeance against Stefan was on personal manners. She didn't care about dominating a kingdom or a city, all she wanted was her vengeance. Something she knew she wouldn't get in my world. Maleficent had been so clouded by her hate, that she couldn't even see why she joined a bunch of villains in the first place.
"...I don't." she softly spoke as she fell to her knees, her staff clattering as it fell out of her hand.
That moment should've been the moment I asked Merlin to trap her in the Crystal, but I just couldn't bring myself up to do it. Maleficent may be a villain, but she was still a broken-hearted woman who never healed after being betrayed by the man she once loved. So, I decided to try one last attempt to convince her to surrender without the use of the Crystal. I made my way towards her, against the warnings of the fairies and Merlin, and I stood next to her as we looked at the city in chaos.
"How can you be so kind to me?" she asked me to break the silence. "I took away your friends, destroyed your homeland."
"I got my friends back and my homelands can be fixed." I assured her as I helped her up. "But the hate that drives you forward has to be stopped."
I reached down and handed her back her staff, hoping it would convince her to help us take down the other villains, but there was something in her eyes that said otherwise. She was planning something else.
"It will stop," Maleficent said as she grasped the orb on her staff before giving me a hateful look. "When my vengeance is completed!"
She then used her staff and pushed me to the ground. The three fairies tried to help me, but the imps stopped them. The two knowing that this was something I could handle on my own. After all, the one flaw in Maleficent's actions was that she was now vulnerable. Something that I knew I would feel bad about only because of our talk.
"You may understand my pain, child, but that does not make us equals!" Maleficent told me as she raised her staff for another attack.
"I know, and I'm sorry for this." I apologized before I pulled Merlin's Crystal from my sweatshirt pocket and touched it against Maleficent's hand.
Maleficent gave a horrified gasp as she saw herself being sucked into the Crystal. She tried her best to break herself free from the force of the Crystal, but it was no use. The Mistress of all Evil was sucked inside the Crystal, and not even her magic could free her.
"One down, three to go." I said as I gave Merlin back his Crystal.
"How in the world did you manage to steal the Crystal?" Merlin asked me.
"I guess I learned one good thing after my encounter with Jafar." I shrugged. I didn't really know how to answer him, so let's just say that I snatched it between me talking to Maleficent and me comforting her.
"Look out!" Panic screamed as he pointed up at something.
We all looked and got out of the was the moment we saw Ursula falling down towards the building we were on. Thankfully, we got out of the way just in time for her to crash into the building, but thanks to the good fairies' protection spell, the building didn't collapse. I looked closer at Ursula and saw that her tentacles were covered with burns and nasty wounds. Pearl and Ariel were successful in getting her to the East River, and just like I had thought, the river's toxins had done their job. Lucky for Ursula, since she's a toon, the toxins won't kill her just hurt her long enough until she gets back to her world, or something like that.
"What have you humans done to the waters?" Ursula asked me as she winced from her injuries.
"You don't wanna know." I told her.
Merlin then took action and trapped Ursula inside the crystal. Giving Maleficent some company in her temporary prison and now leaving the rest of us with only two more villains to capture. After that, we regrouped with Pearl and Ariel so we could go help the others.
"You guys okay?" I asked the two.
"You were right about the East River's toxins hurting her." Pearl said.
"What is in that river?" Ariel asked me as she looked back towards the East River.
"Again: You don't wanna know." I told her as I summoned up my wings again. "Now, come one, we have to help the others."
They nodded and joined the rest of us to track down the others. We got lucky when we spotted Hercules and Alex trying their best to distract Hades, even if the latter was firing giant fireballs at them to try to burn them down. This next villain capture might be harder than the other two because, for one thing, he's a god. So, who's to say that Hades would even get trapped inside the Crystal. And the other problem was how Pain and Panic would feel seeing and fighting their former boss.
"You boys up for this?" I asked the imps.
Pain gave an unsure shrug. "Had to happen sometime."
"Promise you'll keep us safe?" Panic asked me.
I smiled at him. "Always."
"You and that little she-yutz may've stopped me from taking over Olympus," Hades told Hercules as the latter flew around him. "But you won't stop me from taking over this world!"
"I wouldn't be too sure about that!" I shouted.
Hades whipped his head around, and when he saw who I was flying next too -Oh, man- he was pissed.
"You two?!" his flames turned bright red when he saw his former henchman fighting alongside me.
"Consider this our letters of resignation!" Pain snapped at his ex-boss.
"Yeah!" Panic blew a raspberry in agreement.
"This is what betrayal feels like, you overgrown candlestick!" I yelled at Hades, reminding him of his betrayal back in the Underworld.
Hades growled at us and started throwing fireballs again. Lucky for the imps, being airborne moving targets proved to save their hides from being burnt to crisps, but there was still no way to shake Hades off of us so we could trap him in the Crystal. Even Ariel shooting water at him did nothing. He'd just kept on firing fireballs.
"Hey!" Pearl then smiled. "I got an idea!"
"What is it?" I asked her.
She had Ariel move a water pillar towards me, where she whispered me her plan on getting Hades' attention. Her idea was way riskier than us splitting up, but I decided to go with it. I gestured towards Hercules and Alex to follow me and the others while Pearl and Ariel went the opposite direction to distract Hades for us.
"Hey, hot-stuff!" Pearl called at Hades in a flirty way.
With Hades' attention towards her, and with the rest of us flying right behind his head, everyone flapped their wings hard against the air -aside from the fairies who just summoned forth gusts of wind to help us out- and we all blew out Hades' flamed hair within a manner of minutes.
"Whoa, is my hair out?" Hades said as he let his guard down and felt his bald head in surprise.
With that distraction all said and done, Merlin tapped Hades with the Crystal, and the immortal was sucked into the crystal ball alongside the two female villains. Hades tried firing fireballs to break himself and the others out of the Crystal, but it was no use. I guess even godly powers were no match against the Crystal.
"Don't be so burnt out." I smirked at him in the crystal. "At least you have some company."
"Pity," Pearl started to say. "I think he seemed interested."
"You do realize he tried to destroy your home, right?" Ariel asked her.
"Hey, a gal can dream." Pearl shrugged.
"Where's Aladdin and Genie?" Pain changed the subject to a more important one..
"They're leading Jafar towards Central Park." Alex answered.
"Oh! That reminds me!" Merryweather said as she magicked up something with her wand. "That parrot wanted me to give you this. He said it could help trap Jafar."
She then handed me a simple black Arabian oil lamp: Jafar's djinni lamp. I then had the idea of all ideas on how to stop Jafar from destroying and ruling New York.
"Is he still a genie?" I asked Merryweather.
"He should be." she told me. "I saw the gold cuffs on his wrists just before we arrived here."
"Good." I said before turning towards Merlin. "Can the Crystal trap objects?"
"Enchanted ones," Merlin confirmed with a nod. "And a genie's lamp should count."
I gave a determined smile as we all flew towards Central Park. With us now having the upper hand in this fight, and with Jafar's newest weakness, it won't be long until the city is saved and the villains can be sent back to their worlds. Hopefully without any other spell swaps or thefts this time.
"Francesca, do be careful." Flora warned me.
"Don't worry." I told her as I started to fly towards Jafar alone. "I got this."
I whistled at Aladdin and Genie to get their attentions and let them know that I was going to help them end their battle. And while they stood by me to back me up in case things went south, I still had a really nervous feeling about how I was going to get the giant cobra staring me down back into his lamp. I glanced over at Aladdin and Genie, and they each supported confident smiles at me. They believed I could do it, so it was time I believed I could too.
"You little foolsss." Jafar hissed at us with a mean smile. "You think you've won? Thisss isss only the beginning of the battle!"
"Surrender now, Jafar," I warned him. "I mean it."
"She'sss telling me what to do?" he chuckled as he slithered closer to me. "The street ratsss's bravery flickersss inssside, but I wonder how all that bravery will tassste."
"This is your final warning!" I yelled as I held up his lamp.
Jafar's snake eyes widened at the sight of his enchanted prison, and with a shrill roar, he turned from his giant cobra form into his oh-so phenomenal cosmic powerful djinni form. Ready to try to fight me before I rubbed the lamp and gained the upper hand.
"Where did you get that?" he demanded an explanation.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I snapped back and rubbed the lamp, bounding Jafar to obey my wishes. "I am the holder of this lamp, and that makes me your master!"
"All the powers of a genie," Jafar yelled into the skies. "And I am bound to the rules of the lamp!"
"Should've thought of that before you made the wish." Aladdin smirked at his enemy.
"But no, you just wanted more power." Genie added before blowing a raspberry at Jafar.
I smirked before I asked my first wish. "My first wish, is for you to undo all the damage you and the other villains have done to New York City."
"No!" Jafar tried to resist but couldn't. "I… must… obey!"
He then used his magic to fix all the damages he and the other villains had done to the city. Making it looked better, and a lot cleaner than he had been before he and the others arrived. Had to say, I was impressed, but that wish was only one out of three that needed to be done.
"My second wish," I continued. "I wish to have back the original spell that you had stolen from me."
Jafar bowed his head in defeat as he magicked up that small piece of paper that caused all this much trouble. I took the spell and gave it to Flora for safe keeping, because I wasn't finished with this evil djinni quite yet.
"You have one wish left." Merlin told me. "Use it wisely."
"And I will." I said before I spoke to Jafar one last time. "My third and final wish is for you to remain in your lamp until a new human master finds it, and you are to never mention my name to them."
"No!" Jafar screamed as he was dragged back into his lamp. "NO!"
Once he was inside, I tapped the lamp against the Crystal, and it was sucked inside with the other villains. They all tried to rub it so they could wish themselves out of their prison, but it was no use. None of them were human, therefore, my wish worked on them too. Again, if I wasn't such a B- student, I would have thought of doing all of that before that huge battle happened. It probably would've saved everyone else the trouble of backing me up, but then again, it was nice to have the extra help. After all, we all played our parts and saved the city.
That is, until we heard the explosion go off.
We all looked around as one section of the city started sparking with multi-colored lightning bolts. Scattering around and striking wherever it touched, even being proven to be effective against the fairies' protection spell. It couldn't have been a trap by the villains. They were all too busy trying to take over Manhattan or try to scare everyone in obeying their command. Whatever this thing was, was dangerous.
"What was it?" I heard Hercules asked out loud.
I felt my eyes widened the moment I realized that that explosion and lightning wasn't caused by some character. The rainbow lightning striking everything only meant one thing:
"The portal!" I gasped. "Something's wrong with the portal!"