Chapter XXV- Agrabah (Part 3)
Jafar looked around in delight. He was in the very chamber that originally held the Keyhole. Jasmine lay unconscious by his side. Coming here before proved difficult but thanks to the power bestowed on him by Maleficent he forced the cave to let him in.
"Are you sure about this Jafar?" Iago asked. "Without the Keyhole there won't be an Agrabah to rule."
"Oh I have no intention on destroying the Keyhole, only to use it as a bargaining chip so no one dares oppose me."
"Maleficent won't like that." Iago said shuddering at the memory of her raven glaring at him.
Jafar scoffed. "There are many more worlds to destroy, she can go without this one." He then acknowledged the Genie in the room who hung his head sadly. He pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. "And now Genie, my first wish. Reveal to me the Keyhole!"
Genie gave him a side glare and snapped his fingers. A section of the wall exploded. Once the dust settled there was a part of the wall with carved sandstone in the shape of a Keyhole, in it's center lay the Keyhole itself.
Jafar cackled.
Once again the group found themselves at the place where they found Aladdin. But this time there was something very different. In the center was a large cave entrance in the shape of a tiger head with glowing eyes, the mouth acting like the entrance.
"Where did that come from?" Sora asked. "It wasn't here before.
"It's magic." Aladdin shrugged.
Carpet settled them down in front of the cave and they made their way towards it. Suddenly the head became animated and everyone jumped back.
"WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER?" It roared glaring down at them.
"Uh, the cave just talked." Goofy said.
"Go on Sora, introduce yourself. You to Koga." Aladdin said.
The twins nervously approached the head. It's eyes gazing heavily on the two.
"I am Sora."
"A-and I'm Koga."
The head's eyes narrowed slightly. "Bearers of the Key." It said. "Proceed, touch not the sacred treasure and let the Keyhole remain undisturbed."
The two nodded. The head opened it's mouth for them. They all stuck together as they entered and ventured down the stairs.
"So why were you digging your way out of the sand if there was a cave?" Koga asked.
Aladdin gave Abu a glance, the monkey looking away embarrassed. "Let's just say that you should remember to follow what the cave said." They silently made their way down the long staircase. Eventually they saw the glow of the next room through a doorway. In the next room lay something that nearly brought out their inner avarice. There was piles, no, mountain of treasure and gold as far as the eye can see.
Koga and Donald's eyes gleamed at the sight.
"Guys, don't even think about it!" Aladdin said glaring at them.
Koga looked at him with sad puppy eyes. "Just a handful, please?"
"No, don't touch anything unless you want to dig your way out of here."
Koga let out an exasperated huff of air and continued forward with the group. Suddenly his Keyblade started ringing with a faint hum and glowed.
"Uh, is it supposed to do that?" Aladdin asked.
Koga shook his head. "No, unless." His eyes widened. He pointed his blade out and aimed in different directions. Eventually it started humming and glowing loudly when he pointed to a cracked clay jar. He rushed over and peeked in. "AHA!" He said triumphantly as he held up a scrap of paper.
Sora's face broke into a grin. "Is that Pooh's page?"
"It totally is! We are heading back to him after we kick Jafar's butt."
"What are you doing?" Aladdin shouted freaking out along with Abu. "The Cave said to not touch the treasure!"
"Relax, I know for a fact that this particular piece of paper doesn't belong here. I am just returning it to its proper place, right Mr. Cave?"
There was no sound except the echo of his voice.
"See, it's all good."
Aladdin and Abu looked to each other and shrugged.
"Alright, lets move, Jafar isn't much farther!" They ventured further into the cave.
"Those boys again?" Maleficent glowered. She stood next to Jafar by the Keyhole. She arrived as soon as she was given word that the Keyhole was found.
"They are more persistent than I expected." Jafar said. He glanced down at Jasmine to make sure she was still unconscious. "Why not explain t the situation to that boy Riku? Doing so might actually prove useful to our-" He stopped when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned and saw the boys they were talking about along with their friends and that pesky street rat.
Koga and Sora glared at him but then noticed the witch in the room.
"Wait, are you Maleficent?" Sora asked.
Maleficent barely gave them a second glance before she vanished into a dark portal.
"Jafar, let Jasmine go!" Aladdin said brandishing his scimitar.
"Not a chance." The Vizier said. "You see she is more than just a child of a sultan, she's a princess. One of the seven somehow needed to open the door."
Goofy tilted his head. "Open..."
"...the door?" Donald questioned.
"But you fools won't live to see what lies beyond it." He grabbed the lamp and rubbed it. Genie looked up sadly. "Genie, my second wish. Crush them!"
Koga smiled. "Nice try Jafar, but you can't wish for the Genie to kill anyone."
Jafar sneered. "You can be surprised what you can live through." He started floating in the air, his staff glowing. "I just need him to soften you up."
"Genie, no!" Aladdin cried out.
"Sorry, Al. The one with the lamp calls the shots. I don't have a choice." He said before lazily swiping his hand at him. Aladdin jumped out of the way and saw Genie give a small wink at him. He immediately realized what he was doing, he was going to pull his punches. The two of them proceeded to do what is perhaps the most pathetic fight to the death ever.
"Genie, stop playing around!" Jafar growled floating over to the two.
"Not so fast!" Sora said, him and the others stepping in his way.
The vizier snarled. "Fine then. You wish to play with? Then I will give you what you want!" He muttered an incantation before his staff lit on fire. He rushed at them swinging it around. Sora stepped back only to release a blizzard spell on him. Jafar recoiled in pain before Koga came in and kicked him in the stomach. He quickly backed off before teleportation himself to the other side of the chamber. "You expect me to freeze in place and allow you to attack me?" He muttered another incantation and summoned a large ice storm that trapped them. They all backed away from the attack. "Not finding away out of this, isn't this quite a shock." He fired a electrifying laser from his staff that almost hit Koga but Goofy deflected it.
"Can you please stop with the puns!" Koga said.
"What's so wrong playing with your foe, would it cost you earth?" He slammed his staff on the ground and the group found themselves in quicksand. They struggled to pull themselves out to no avail. Jafar cackled. "Even with the power of the Keyblade you are powerless to stop me! I have the power of the lamp, the Keyhole, and the Heartless at my disposal. Nothing can stand against me!"
"Except Maleficent." Koga muttered.
"What was that?" Jafar said eyes narrowing.
Suddenly Koga had an idea. He looked to Aladdin who was looking at him as he was avoiding Genie, noticing the glint of his golden cuffs.
"Maleficent gave you the power to control the Heartless. She can easily take it away."
"What are you doing bro?" Sora whispered, the sand reaching to his waist.
Koga held up his Keyblade. "You think me and Sora are strong just because we have the Keyblade? Everyday I struggle to even hold it properly in my hand but I never give up to make myself stronger. We need to learn to master it and call it's power our own before we can call ourselves strong. You, you rely on others to reach your goals. So who's truly the most powerful thing in the room huh, you? Ha, you wish!"
"Wish?" Koga froze at the sinister calmness of his voice. He and the others were suddenly pulled out of the sand, and the ground turned back to stone. "Wrong choice of words boy. You will witness as I become the most powerful thing in the world. I don't need Maleficent, I don't need the Keyhole, and I don't need anyone. GENIE!" He rubbed the lamp. "My final wish, I wish to become an all powerful genie!"
Genie covered his eyes before he shot a blast of magic at Jafar. He glowed with energy before he started sinking into the earth. The ground crumbled as everyone fell down with him. They landed on a stone platform. They were in a lower chamber surrounded by lava. Bursting from the lava was a big red genie that they easily recognized as Jafar. He was ten times larger than Genie and covered in rippling muscles.
Jafar laughed and looked over at the others. "Look upon me and tremble. The power of a genie is all mine!"
"That's right Jafar..." Aladdin said. "You got what you wanted and everything that comes with it!"
"Yes and now to dispose of you pesky brats." He summoned an enormous ball of lava and was about to throw it at them before his cuffs glowed stopping him mid swing. "What, what is this?"
Koga grinned. "Remember Jafar, phenomenal cosmic power..."
"Itty bitty living space." Aladdin said holding up a black lamp.
Jafar's eyes widened. He felt himself being pulled towards the lamp. "No, I will not forget this! I will be back for you, this I swear!" Jafar roared as the lamp swallowed him up.
Aladdin looked at the lamp and the others. Genie, now free from Jafar, was back to his happy self.
"Nice thinking Koga." He said patting him on the back. Koga rubbed his neck sheepishly.
Jasmine felt herself laying on something hard and cold. She opened her eyes and saw she was in a chamber of some kind of cave. There was a giant hole in the center, she looked over and saw Aladdin, Sora, Koga, and the others talking to each other at the bottom of the pit. She smiled relived to see them, she reached here hand out to wave.
"A-" The princess was cut off when a hand covered her mouth. The person behind her grabbed her by the waist and pulled her away from the edge.
"Sorry, but you're coming with me." The mystery person said.
Suddenly everything went dark. She was thrown into a dark corridor. The kidnapper glanced down the hole.
"See you next time guys."
The group's conversation was cut off when they felt the very earth rumble loudly.
"INFIDELS, YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE FORBIDDEN TREASURE!"
"What's going on?" Goofy asked putting his shield over his head.
"NOW YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!"
Lava started pouring out of the walls as parts of the chamber crumbled.
"Someone took treasure from the cave, it's gonna collapse on us!" Aladdin said.
"You guys gotta get out of here before your become roasted!" Genie gasped.
Carpet flew down and picked them all up and landed them next to the Keyhole. Aladdin looked around for Jasmine as Sora approached the Keyhole.
"Jasmine? Where are you?" Aladdin called out panicking, she wasn't where Jafar left her.
Sora quickly sealed up the Keyhole as they gathered back together. Aladdin was too busy calling out for her.
"Jasmine!"
"Aladdin, we have to go!" Sora said grabbing Aladdin's wrist.
"But Jasmine is still ou-"
"Maleficent took her!" Koga said. "She's not here anymore."
"C'mon, we won't find Jasmine down here!" Abu gave a warning screech. They all looked and saw the lava chamber completely overflowed with lava and now flooding the lamp chamber. "We're out of time, let's go Carpet!"
Carpet did as he asked and they all flew into the tunnels. Lava spilled from the walls as the ceiling collapsed but they kept flying nonstop. They barely made it out of the Cave before it shut it's mouth.
Carpet flew for a little while longer before it felt like it was safe to land. They all sat down on the desert sand as the night sky loomed over them.
"So where is Jasmine?" Aladdin asked.
Koga gulped looking at Donald.
'Sure, I could tell him about the other worlds but that might be a lot for him to take in. I don't want to put that burden on him, but I can't just let him suffer in ignorance.' He thought to himself.
"That Maleficent lady took her!" Sora said. "Wherever she is, it's not in Agrabah." Koga looked to his brother thankful for his interjection.
Aladdin had a determined look in his eyes as he stood up straight. "Then let's go find her together!"
"No!" Donald said. "You will only slow us down." Aladdin slumped back on a rock and hanged his head in defeat.
"Could've said it a little more nicer Donald." Sora grumbled. Abu patted his friend on the back of the head comfortingly.
"Don't worry Aladdin. We will find her." Koga said putting a clenched fist out. Aladdin looked at him surprised but nodded his head.
"Uh hello, everyone forget the Genie in the room?" Genie said looking at them. He handed Aladdin the lamp. "Al, you still got one wish left remember? Just say the world and I'll bring her back lickity split!"
Aladdin looked up upset. "But Genie, you-" He bit his tongue. He looked between him, and the others. His face hardened as he stood up and rubbed the lamp. "Alright then. I wish... for your freedom!"
Genie's jaw dropped in surprise, not expecting to hear that. "Al!?" The lamp started glowing and lifted into the air. The blue smoke and sparkles surround Genie. When the smoke dissipated he had two human legs and his cuffs were gone. The lamp clattered to the ground. Genie looked at them with a astonished expression. He quickly grabbed the lamp and gave it to the nearest person to him, Koga. "Quick, wish for something!"
Koga rubbed the lamp. "I wish I can fly?"
"FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" Genie shouted snatching it out of his hands. He then broke into joyful laughter jumping around the room like a bouncy ball. "I'm free, now I can finally see the world. Or worlds." He said winking and whispering that last part at Donald and Goofy.
"That's right, a deal is a deal Genie. Now you can do whatever you want." Aladdin said. "But if you can it'd be great if you went along with Sora and helped them."
Genie crossed his arms and looked away. "Sorry Al but I'm free now, I don't take orders from anyone anymore."
Everyone looked at him a little hurt. Then Genie looked back with a sly grin. "But I could do a favor for friends. Use this." He tossed them the lamp. "Just call me when you got it and I will be there in a snap to give a helping hand."
"Another summon charm, great!" Koga put it in his backpack.
"Oh yeah, I found this paper next to where Jasmine was back in the cave, I think Jafar dropped it you might find a better use for it." Aladdin said handing them a piece of paper. Goofy and Donald looked at it and noticed it said it was from, Ansem.
"Don't worry Aladdin, we will find her I promise." Sora said.
"And I hope you find your friends too." Aladdin said giving him a handshake.
"C'MON EVERYONE, BIG GROUP HUG!" Genie said pulling all of them into a tight embrace.
"I can't breathe!" Sora wheezed.
Maleficent and her allies were in their darkened room looking at Sora and the other's through the magic projection.
"That smarmy Vizier would've had them if someone stuck around to lend a hand." Hades said glaring at Riku.
Riku rolled his eyes and turned to Maleficent. "Hey, I did my part. I brought the princess didn't I. And I gave them a hard time on their way out." He said holding up a gold coin he nabbed from the cave.
"Jafar was beyond help." Said the dark witch. "Consumed by his own hatred. One should beware of letting it burn too fiercely."
Hade's was running a hand over his fiery blue hair. "I'm as cool as they come, okay?" The god gave the boy a wry smile. "By the way kid, have we got something special for you."
Riku looked at them in surprise. "Huh?"
Maleficent smiled. "We had a deal, yes?" Maleficent asked rhetorically. With a wave of her hand the image of Sora and friends turned to an image of a sleeping girl.
"Kairi!" Riku gasped, eyes wide. "What's wrong with her?"
"Her heart is missing yet she still lives, stuck in an endless slumber. She's safe inside the belly of a beast that lost it's world currently drifting in the space between worlds." She raised her hand. "Go to her, your vessel is waiting."
Hook walked in and sneered at the boy. "Just remember, this is no pleasure cruise. It won't be a pleasant voyage."
Riku looked at the pirate and then to Maleficent with a look of suspicion.
"Why are you doing all this for me? You take me in, give me this sword, show me to my friend and give me a ride to her? What's the catch?"
"There is no catch." Maleficent chuckled. She put a hand on his shoulder. "Silly boy. You're like a son to me. I only want you to be happy."
"I seriously doubt that. And don't call me your son." Riku growled smacking her hand away.
Maleficent smile dropped and she stood up straight. "Believe what you wish. But lest we for forget I kept my end of the bargain." She said.
Riku narrowed his eyes before following Hook out of the chamber. "I'm on my way Kairi."
Oh yeah, before we wrap this world up I wanted to explain the heartless boss of the last chapter. As some of you know, Kurt Zisa is the secret boss of Agrabah that you encounter near the end of the game. Well I honestly wanted it to be put in the story but I couldn't think of a way to put him in near the end of the story.
Also people complain how annoying the world order is and yeah I agree but at the same time I also see why they put it there in the first place, it would be absolute chaos! But since the Heartless are an active threat to the worlds, I think some leeway is allowed.
And I scrapped the Jafar Genie fight because it makes no sense that he didn't immediately go into his lamp upon transformation. Why do I got to beat up a parrot that apparently sucks at flying away?
Anyway, that's all for now. See you guys next time.
HAVE FUN!