"Do you really think Rasoul could have possibly been in on this?"asked Aladdin, as he paced back and forth.
"I never did like that guy, Al."said Genie, crossing his arms.
"I think you're going too far. Besides, Iago was probably so frightened, you know."said Jasmine, as she put her hand on Aladdin's arm.
"I just can't get that idea out of my head."said Aladdin sitting down.
"I know this is hard."said Jasmine.
"I think I'll make tea."said Genie, and he came back with a tea tray, with crumpets, and cucumber sandwiches.
"Genie, not now!"said Aladdin, waving the tea cup away.
"Oh, well."said Genie shrugging, and soon, Carpet and Iago were joining him.
"Maybe...and if..."Aladdin began hopefully.
He didn't finish. He got up and walked away.
"This is just so terrible, Genie."said Jasmine.
Genie nodded.
"Poor Al. But don't worry. I'll make sure the parrot keeps his big mouth shut next time."said Genie as he saluted. "Word of honor."
"But what if Iago was really telling the truth?"asked Jasmine.
"There's only one way to find out!"said Genie.
He immediately recruited Abu, and Carpet.
"And my assistants will make that possible. He gave Jasmine a thumbs up sign, and they left the room.
At the thieves' lair, Cassim thought, They should be in Agrabah by now. Rasoul had taken them early in the morning, and by this hour, they would probably be at the Palace. At least that was one good thing he did in his life. After all, he had never been a good father. He had spent his time looking for a treasure. Greed and ambition had blinded him to what was the real treasure for so many years. It was because of that that he had lost what was the real ultimate treasure.
He knew that sometimes Aladdin and even Jasmine overprotected the children so much, especially Fahriha. Although Jasmine would sometimes insist that Aladdin was too overprotective of her, he would say that he thought only of her own good. He knew that Aladdin was a much better father than he had ever been. After all, he had never been a father at all. At least this way, he could make up for it in a way. And he wasn't much of a loss, anyway. He had done nothing good in his life. Only stealing, and being King of Thieves.
It was his only chance to make up for it. He could not have lived with himself had he not done something to save them. Even Iago. He smiled. Iago, who always just complained, and though he insisted on finding more treasure, Cassim knew that even Iago knew what was truly important. Perhaps even before he himself did . No matter how greedy Iago was he at least was much better than he was and would never have done the things he did.
Perhaps this was the way he deserved to die, anyway. At the hands of his own worst enemy. Here, in this lair, where he had spent most of his life, being King of Thieves. What other death could he have expected? He deserved nothing better. He looked around at the hideout. Yes, it was what he deserved. No one else but him.
Saluk grabbed his claw-like weapon.
"And now, King of Thieves,"he said. "You will cease to bother me! You not only ruined my career among the Forty Thieves, but also all my plans! But now, you will pay for it."
He put the weapon on his hand.
"Before that raid in Agrabah, at the princess's wedding, I said that someone would have no head if that turned out to be another wild goose chase!"he said, raising the weapon in front of his face. "Unfortunately, you were too popular among those idiots for them to know that that would have been for their own good! But now, I shall finally have the chance to kill you!"
Saluk drew back his arm, and pointed the weapon at Cassim.