Saluk wondered where he would go. Where would he be likely to go. After all, it wasn't like he had anywhere to go, really. Saluk walked out of the hideout. Perhaps he could still make a deal with the Captain of the Royal Guards in Agrabah. After all, it was thanks to him that he had captured the Forty Thieves, and then the King of Thieves. He was in Agrabah, now only to wait until night time. Perhaps even give the guard himself a little surprise inside the Palace. He'd wait in the alley while until dark. He send in a note to the guard to be there at a certain time alone.
"You!"he exclaimed. "You were so close to ruining my career!"
"Ruining! I handed you the King of Thieves."
"That's not a man. It was a demon! And you probably helped him escape!"
"What! He escaped thanks to your incompetence!"
"No one had ever managed to escape that cell!"
They stared at each other.
"And now he's rubbing it in my face, that he's living in the Palace!"
"What!"
Saluk grabbed the guard.
"What do you mean, he's living in the Palace? Here?"
"Let go of me! Of course, where else! I have half a mind to resign myself!"
"And you stand for it! Why haven't you arrested him yet!"
"How can I? He's here at the Sultan's own invitation!"
"How can that be?"
"Because he is the Sultan's father."
"What?"
"I always knew it was no good that they let the princess marry the street rat! And now look what we have! Theives! Criminals! In the Palace! How are we supposed to keep the royal family save when the danger is inside the Palace walls themselves!"
"So he's living in the Palace now."
"Didn't I just say he was. He spends his time strolling around, even with the young princes and the princess."
"It looks like this is going to be easier than I thought."said Saluk, leaving a raged Rasoul behind. "You'd like to get rid of this theif from the palace, wouldn't you?"
"Of course! Is there any need to ask!"
"And now he's part of the royal family."
"No. I shall never consider that criminal a part of the royal family."
"Then we're allies."
Saluk knew just how he would get his revenge now. It was probably simpler than he had thought it would be. After all, Cassim was only a weak fool. He had been the only one who had been able to see that. The other thieves hadn't.