General Pov
The cave roared one final time, its jaws crashing together and then sunk back into the sand. Jafar, sprawled backward, breathing heavily through his laughter then pulls off his disguise.
"Heh heh heh! It's mine. It's all mine! I," he paused as he starts digging around in his pockets first slowly then more frantically, "- where is it? No. NO!"
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The Sultan stands in the doorway to his daughter's room, visibly concerned. He starts forward toward Jasmin who sat slumped on the edge of her lounge chair. She absentmindedly ran her hand across Rajah's fur. The tiger looking almost as miserable as the princess.
"Jasmine? Oh, dearest. What's wrong?"
Jasmine turned to reveal her eyes were still very red from crying; and between sobs she was able to stutter, "Jafar...has...done something... terrible."
The Sultan sat next to her and placed an arm around her comfortingly, "There, there, there, my child-we'll set it right. Now, tell me everything."
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Zoey Pov
I almost regrated regaining consciousness, as my head pulsed painfully, and I bit back a groan. Blinking blearily around I could barely make much out it was so dark. I slowly sat up and looked around the cave. I was then practically knocked over by a chattering ball of fuzz. Abu buried his head in my side, hugging my waist. I smiled down at the frantic monkey, brushing my hand gently down his back calmly.
"Glade to see you're ok Abu, but where is Al?" the monkey grabbed my free hand and helped me to my feet and led me by the hand over to where Al was still unconscious by carpet who was gently helping him to his knees.
"Oh, my head." He groaned. I knelt down beside him; I reached up and brushed some of his hair aside. There was a little blood, but it had mostly dried, we'd been out for a while then.
"Follow my finger" I said as I held my pointer finger up and slowly moved it side to side. He complied and his eyes followed my pattern smoothly. I couldn't check his pupil reactivity in the dark, but it would have to do.
"I don't think you have a concussion, but we're likely to have a lump or two for a few days." I said, pushing to my feet. I brushed the sand from my knees. "But if you start feeling sick or dizzy. Let me know."
Al nodded but tilted his head back to glare up at the ceiling, now closed off. "We're trapped." He snarled and shook his fist at the sky. "That two faced son-of-a-jackal!" I raised an eyebrow as Abu mimicked him. Al slumped defeatedly and looked at me from beneath his bangs. "I suppose this is where you tell me I told you so? I'm sorry Zoey, I should have listened to you."
I shrugged, " Whoever he was, he's long gone with that lamp."
"Uh-uh" we both looked down to see Abu produce the lamp from behind his back, and Al laughed in disbelief.
"Why, you hairy little thief! Looks like such a beat-up, worthless piece of junk."
I leaned against the cave wall as Al inspected the Lamp from all angles before squinting at the side of it. "Hey, I think there's something written here, but it's hard to make out."
I rolled my eyes as he started rubbing at the side. "Gee I wonder if that's because its dark." I said evenly. Before Al could retort, suddenly smoke comes pouring out of the hole. The lamp begins to shake and glow, but Al holds on to it, and in a swirling vortex of blue smoke Genie Poofs into existence.
"Aaaaahhhhh! OY! Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck!"
I could almost swear my eyes were sparkling, the movie didn't do him justice, he was massive. I had always loved Robin Williams, but Genie was something of an idol of mine, creative, and loyal, but so kindhearted, and he was funnier than hell. I grinned amused as he gently hung Al from a spike in the wall. ""Whoa! Does it feel good to be outta there!" Genie twirled the smoke tail into a microphone. "Nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, where ya from?" He then proceeds to stick the mic in my face, "What's your name?"
I held out my hand to shake, "My name is Zoey, what's yours?"
I Was surprised when instead of shaking my hand he shrunk down to size and gently took my hand and kissed the back as he bowed over it. "Pleasure to meet you my dear!" I ignored Abu and Aladdin who I could hear snickering as heat rose to my cheeks. He turned and held the mic out to Aladdin. "And what would your name be young master?"
"Uh, Al-uh-Aladdin."
"Aladdin," A neon sign lights up with Aladdin's name on it, circled by chase lights. The sign changes to reflect the Genie's upcoming line. "Hello, Aladdin. Nice to have you on the show. Can we call you 'Al?' Or maybe just 'Din?' Or how bout 'Laddi?'" Genie disappears, then a dog wrapped in plaid jumps in. "Sounds like 'Here, boy! C'mon, Laddi!'"
Al shook his head, "I must have hit my head harder than I thought."
Genie, who is still a dog continues, "Do you smoke? Mind if I do?" Dog Genie poofs into smoke, then back to normal Genie. Abu screeches wildly and hides by Aladdin. "Oh, sorry Cheetah-hope I didn't singe the fur! Hey, Rugman! Haven't seen you in a few millennia! Slap me some tassel! Yo! Yeah!" Carpet flies over and high fives the Genie who then looks down and Al contemplatively. "Say, you're a lot smaller than my last master." Genie then morphed into a fat guy and lifts his beer-gut. "Either that or I'm gettin' bigger. Look at me from the side-do I look different to you?"
"Wait a minute! I'm-your master?" Al responded in shock, and I shook my head in mock dismay.
"Wonderful as if the kid didn't have a big enough head as it was."
Genie then slapped a diploma in Al's hand and a mortarboard on his head. "That's right! He can be taught! What would you wish of me," he morphs into Arnold Schwarzenegger, "the ever impressive," now he was inside a cube, "the long contained," next he was a ventriloquist with a dummy, "often imitated," he finally tosses the dummy aside and makes copies of himself surrounding them, "but never duplicated-"
"Duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated."
Now he was in a spotlight and acting like he was the ringmaster of a boxing match. "Genie! Of! The Lamp!" Genie quickly morphs into Ed Sullivan, "right here direct from the lamp, right here for your enjoyment wish fulfillment. Thank youuuuu!"
"Whoa! Wish fulfillment?" Al said awed and I slapped my palm to my face with a groan.
"Good lord can he wish for a common sense, is that a thing?" I grumbled and ducked as Al chucked a handful of sand my way. "Honestly, what do think Genies do Al? Play poker?"
Genie turns to me and smiles, "Actually we are pretty good at poker, and almost all board games unless we are facing off against magic carpets I haven't beaten Rugman in the years I've played against him!" I laughed and he turned back to Al. "Three wishes to be exact. And ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes." Genie then turned into a slot machine, his arm pulled down and three Genies appear in the windows. "That's it-three." Three Genie caballeros come out of the slot. "Uno, dos, tres." He then changes into a black and white Groucho Marx. "No substitutions, exchanges or refunds." Then a duck drops with the word "Refunds" in it's bill.
"Now I know I'm dreaming."
"Trust me kid." I said, "If this where a dream there would be more shirtless guys and less dark spooky caves."
I blinked as all of a sudden several muscular blue men proofed into existence, flexing around me and my face felt it was on fire as I blushed. I ducked my head behind my hands, "Wait no! I didn't mean….." I snarled as the boys laughed at me when Genie proofed back to normal.
He turned back to Al with an extravagant bow.
"Master, I don't think you quite realize what you've got here! So why don't you just ruminate, whilst I illuminate the possibilities." Genie lights up like a fluorescent light.
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves
Scheherazadie had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeve
You got a brand of magic never fails!
Genie produces 40 thieves who surround Al with swords. Genie then appears in his vest, then sticks his arms out and boxes the thieves into submission.
You got some power in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp
And I'll say
Boxing ring appears, Al in the corner, being massaged by Genie. Then Genie turns into a pile of fireworks and explodes. Then he appears inside lamp and grabs Al's hand and rubs lamp with it.
Mister Aladdin sir
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me
No no no
Genie produces a table and chairs, then writes down things on a note pad, like a waiter.
Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maitre' d!
C'mon whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me.
Genie appears as a plate of chicken, then returns to normal, but enlarges his ear to listen to Aladdin. Finally, he explodes into four duplicate Genies.
Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
You're the boss, the king, the shah!
Say what you wish, it's yours! True dish
How about a little more Baklava?
The Genies give him a shave, haircut and manicure, and then Al appears in a comfy chair surrounded by the treasure and being fanned by women. I'm in my own thrown and in a fancy outfit and I blushed crossing my arms over my suddenly bare midriff. Then Genie appears and fills the room with baklava.
Try some of column 'A'
Try all of column 'B'
I'm in the mood to help you dude
You ain't never had a friend like me
I rose up on a column of food with a giant A on top, then jumps to another column with a B on top which Al is currently on. He falls off and is caught by a cushion held by Genie. He opens his mouth, and his tongue turns into a staircase. A miniature Genie dressed like a magician comes out. The mini Genie does a little dance with the Genie's two giant hands. At the end, they surround the mini Genie and squish him into nothing.
Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
Do your friends pull this out their little hat
Can your friends go poof!
Well looky here
Can your friends go Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?
Then Genie pulls off his head, duplicates it, then juggles them. He tosses them to Al, who juggles with one hand and spins one of the heads on his fingertip like a basketball. He tosses the heads back onto the Genie, who proceeds to try and pull himself out of a hat at his base. He spirals around and around until he turns into a white rabbit. The rabbit transforms into a purple dragon. The dragon breathes fire, which turns into three harem girls, who dance around Aladdin. Just as he begins to enjoy them, and I'm about ready to hurl, they disappear.
So don't you sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for a charg? d'affairs!
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So what you wish I really want to know
You got a wish that's three miles long, no doubt
So all you gotta do is rub like so, and oh!
Genie imitates what he is calling Al, then turns into a certificate which rolls up and surrounds Aladdin. Then he pulls a list out of Al's ear, which he uses to rub his behind like drying off after a shower.
Mister Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or three
I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never...had a... friend... like...me!
You ain't never had a friend like me!
The dancing harem girls reappear, and Al leans in to kiss one. She turns into the Genie, which makes me snicker, served him right for laughing at me when the shirtless men where about. Genie then zaps four dancing elephants into existence. To the other direction, he zaps in four dancing camels, and a grand finale dancing number ensues, which I can't help but join. Abu grabs as much gold as he can, but the Genie wraps everything up in a cyclone and zaps it away until they're all back in the cave. Genie has a neon "APPLAUSE" sign on his back. Abu turns his hat over and sees that it is empty.
"So what'll it be, master?" Genie smiled down at us.
I smiled as Al began pacing. If nothing else at least it would be more interesting with Genie around.