Chapter 8- The Escape.

Aladdin and Lexie ran to the main doors of the palace entrance. Lexie stopped him, " No! No! Bad idea! There's guards outside waiting for us."
" This way! " called Aladdin. " I know my way around the palace. There are escape routes in the rooms in case of emergency." They ran down the hallway and Aladdin was about to enter in a room.
" Wait! Rasoul is in there warning the sultan about us. This way." Lexie pulled Aladdin's arm and ran further down the hallway.
" There you are!" the guards spotted them. Aladdin and Lexie ran the other direction. Aladdin gave Lexie a glare.
" I know! I should've saw that coming. My mind isn't clear when my adrenaline is running sky high." said Lexie. She continued running and couldn't feel her legs. The adrenaline in her veins was rushing, Lexie felt like doing a triathlon.
Aladdin pulled her into the library. Lexie leaned against the door while she heard footsteps coming. " We're trapped! There's no way out! The guards are going to catch us. We're going to be in trouble!"
Aladdin pulled a book from the shelves and there was a hidden door that opened to a secret passage, " I thought you were psychic."
Lexie climbed in and smiled, " Yeah. I just want to cause drama." she said so coolly.
The secret passage led to the menagerie outside. Aladdin and Lexie were hiding bush to tree making sure that the guards didn't see them. The guards ran pass them and they squeeze together trying not to reveal any body part. There was an opening to run again. Aladdin and Lexie went towards that direction. He spotted Genie and Carpet playing poker.
" Genie!" called out Aladdin
Genie heard a familiar voice and he turned his head to see where the voice is coming from.
" Al?" Genie questioned. The two figures ran closer to him and one of them is Aladdin. " Al! Little buddy!" He said so happily.
" Genie, We need your help!" exclaimed Aladdin.
Genie transformed himself into Cat in the Hat, " We? What do you mean we? Yes, I see?" Genie sees that Aladdin's companion is a girl. " Who's is she?" He faces Aladdin. " Where have you been? Did you know that there's tons of trouble that you're in?"
" I'll explain to you later. Just help us disappear!" Aladdin pleaded.
Genie transformed the menagerie into a studio of an infomercial. Lexie, Carpet, and Aladdin is sitting in the stands with an audience full of Genies. Genie was the host of the infomercial selling his product. " Tired of bill collectors chasing after you? Suddenly you're in a jam and you want to disappear? You feel like that you need to get away from it all? You just want to be alone? Here's a brand new product! It's on sale for not only $19.95 but for $9.95 and the second spray for free! It's called BGONE! Look! Here my volunteers." A Genie dressed as a spokes model but more of a Genie in drag pushes Lexie and Aladdin on stage. "This is where the wonders of BGONE begins. Now you see them and now you don't." The can of aerosol sprayed a cloud of white smoke.
The smoked cleared out. Aladdin opened his eyes and he was still on the premises. " Genie. We're still here."
" But you're invisible!" said Genie. " See?" Genie flashed a mirror shown in front of Aladdin and Lexie.
The guards scurried into the menagerie and they find Genie and Carpet still into their game of poker.
" Where did they go?" asked Haroud.
" We lost them by the library." said Hakim
Aladdin sighed in relief. The guards didn't notice them because Lexie and him were invisible.
" I bet you if the Midnight Vigilante is here then he would caught them?" said Faazal
" Don't mention that name when I'm around." said Rasoul. " Besides he's even more stupid to set foot on these grounds. We will catch him."
" Good luck on that department." a voice called out from out of nowhere.
" Who said that?" said Haroud. The guards turned around in different directions.
A tap came to Rasoul's shoulders and he turned to Faazal. " What is it?"
" Nothing Captain. I didn't call you." said Faazal.
Another tap was on Rasoul's shoulder. " What is it? Now?" He yelled.
" Nothing." answered Faazal.
" You were tapping on my shoulders." Rasoul pointed his finger to Faazal.
" I wasn't doing anything. Rasoul."
Aladdin and Lexie were smirked trying to not make a sound. The guards turned to Genie for the weird jokes that just happened. " Something's fishy." said Rasoul
" Don't look at me. I was playing poker with Rugman here. Psh! Why is it always the comedian's fault?"
The guards took off looking for the intruders. Aladdin and Lexie were laughing to the ground.
" Okay, that's enough with the practical jokes. That was supposed to be my job." said Genie.
" Genie. This is my cousin Lexie." introduced Aladdin to Genie.
" You mean there's more of Al's family out there? I'm so happy for you! Oh! This is so exciting. Please to meet you Lexie. You have to come to the wedding." Genie extended his hand.
" Genie, I'm over here." called Lexie from his right. " Oops! Sorry!" as he turned to his right.
" How long does this last? asks Aladdin.
" Sorry, Al. You don't have much time. You have to reapply and spray longer for a lasting look."
" Cousin. We got to go. " Lexie led Aladdin to the direction of the palace gate.
" Al! Wait! Where can I find you?"
" I'll contact you when the time is right."
" No really. Al. You're invisible. Where can I find you?"
Aladdin noticed something that caught his eye, " You got to be kidding me." He saw Jasmine with gentlemen by the fountain. The gentleman leans toward Jasmine and it appears like they are kissing. But are they? Aladdin moves around to get a better view to make sure that wasn't he sees. He noticed that the BGONE is starting to wear off. Aladdin had to leave the premises. They were outside of the palace and back into the city streets.
" I'm so sorry that your evening was spoiled too early."
" Maybe it's better this way." Aladdin replied.
" Meet you back at home?"

When the moon hits in the middle of the night sky, the Midnight Vigilante is on the prowl. He sits on a shadowy roof top and he observes the night life below. Everything seemed so cluttered below, the canopies, vases, pottery, and the tourist that were being entertained. A faint voice down the street was calling for help. He ran swiftly and quickly jumping over roof tops. There was a main road that separated two buildings that was much wider than the spaces of the alleyways. The Midnight Vigilante grabbed his small stick and pressed the button, it extended to a beau. He used it to catapult across to the other side of the road.
The faint voice got louder and louder, " Where are the guards? Someone kidnapped my husband. He's been pulled into a stolen black carriage. I'm afraid that they might kill him."
The Midnight Vigilante headed towards the city walls and spotted the carriage rolling out at excessive speeds. He jumped onto his horse and went out after them. The bad guy looked behind and saw that the Vigilante was coming.
" I knew it! I told you that he'd be involved." the kidnapper cried out.
" Get him off of our tails." said the leader as he was driving the carriage.
His helpers climb on top of the carriage and throwing out their cargo. They were aiming at the Vigilante. He was weaving his horse side to side trying not to get hit. The Vigilante pulled out his gun that had rope and grapple. He fired at the carriage it took a hold and with a button the Midnight Vigilante was reeled in. The kidnapper kicked the grapple off the carriage and the Vigilante took a grip on the edge. The thug tried to stomp on his fingers but the Vigilante switched hands to hold on to the carriage. He swung inside the back window and found the captive. He was tied on his hands and his legs. The Vigilante pulled the gag off him.
" Thank you. Thank you!" he showed his gratitude. The Midnight Vigilante said no word and lifted two fingers to hold on. The thugs were climbing down and coming in through the windows. The Vigilante continued to untie the ropes off the captive. One bandit came into the entrance door of the carriage. The Midnight Vigilante turned to face him and shook his head ' No'. With a powerful punch the bandit was thrown outside the door. Another bandit was behind the Vigilante, without looking the Vigilante punched him on the backside of his fist, and he too was thrown out of the carriage. He motioned the captive to stay inside and climbed out the window to the drivers seat. The driver pulled his knife out and swung at him. The Vigilante ducked, protected himself with the cutlass in his belt and blocked the knife that almost sliced his throat. The carriage was running out of control because the driver's attention was no longer focused on the road. The two men fought furiously to throw each other off the carriage.
The leader pinned him down, " Ha! You think that you can't be defeated. It seems that I got control of things now." The leader of the kidnappers forcibly pushed his knife close to the Midnight Vigilante's chest. The Vigilante used all his might to prevent the knife from going in.
Suddenly the captive climbed to the other side and threw off the driver by surprise. " I thought you might need some help."
The carriage was slown down and they returned back to Agrabah. The captive turned around and the Vigilante was gone. The Vigilante followed him home to make sure that he was safe. He watched the reunion with the captive and his wife. They cried in each other's arms, couldn't stand losing each other and they embraced each other with hugs and kisses. Aladdin stood there in the shadows watching the couple, made miss Jasmine even more and the future that he'd could've had if he never had left. The stolen carriage was directed on the main road going to the palace.