A/N: I want to thank mostamaziing, Nightshade08, and IowaFarmer for reviewing. Before I begin, I just want to say a wolf whistle, is like one of those flirty whistles a guy would give to a girl to let her know she's attractive. Just keep that in mind for later on. Enjoy chapter 5…
Chapter 5: When Reality Hunts You Down
"Aladdin I'm hungry, the sun is going to set sun honey. If you don't go buy us food now the market place, is going empty out. All the stands are going to close up you know it's the food stands, which are the first ones to go." Jasmine begged as she got on her knees and walked over to Aladdin, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind.
He felt as she left a sincere kiss on his cheek "Alright I'll go now, pass me my carving knife?"
Jasmine's eyes opened up, as she grabbed the miniature knife off the ground.
"You need a carving knife, why? My goodness Aladdin I'm sending you to go buy food, not to go start a fight with someone. I know that Agrabah is dangerous, but I'm more then sure you'll be fine without this. Now go before the sun does set, and hurry back please." she ordered him sliding the knife across the ground, and then crossing her arms.
"Jasmine please, just let me take the knife for safety purposes?" he begged trying to walk over to the knife.
She haste fully stopped him shaking her head. He could tell he wasn't going to win this time. All Aladdin had to do was look into her eyes, and there was his prediction of the argument. If it was a stern glare he had a better chance of giving up, if it was an annoyed one the odds were in his favor.
"I love you now go, before something dangerous does happen." Jasmine smiled giving him a kiss on the cheek, as he reluctantly left the hideout.
Aladdin walked down the street that was staring to close up, he watched as all the children retreated to their house. He noticed as some men stopped working, and walked into their humble houses. Aladdin watched as all the woman stopped everything they were doing, and made their way back home. It seemed as if all of Agrabah had a curfew, but Aladdin knew very well why everyone was returning home.
"It's getting late it'll be getting dark soon, so I better buy the food now." he told himself as he ran deeper into town, and farther from the hideout.
Once Aladdin was in the market place he realized how empty it was. He noticed how many stands had closed, and how many men had already gone home. There was only one stand open and a tall, wide, buff man covered in many blankets was standing behind it. On the stand was the warmest bread it had recently came out of the oven, the shiniest apples you could see your reflection, the sweetest orange you could practically smell the sweet juices. Next to it was also the ripest strawberries they had been recently washed, and lastly there were richest blue berries that had been picked from a foreign country.
"Good thing I have bags of gold." Aladdin thought to himself, as he grabbed a loaf of bread and some fruit.
He gave the merchant his money and filled the food in a spare bag. He then ran out of the market place, and dashed somewhere in an alley. Some of the alleys he remembered from memory as a child, there are just some things you don't forget. However this alley was one that he just couldn't remember, something seemed oddly new about it. Aladdin continued to walk down the alley making sure not to run. His footsteps were practically stomping through the alley, even though he was trying his hardest to be light on his feet. He immediately stopped to make sure he was alone- there was no one else in the alley. Soon he started running merely to get home faster, and because it really was getting late. He ran down the sun set-lit dark alley and froze the moment, he heard footsteps. Footsteps that weren't his own, one that made him tense up but he had to remain calm. Before he could do anything else he felt a stranger, grab him violently by the shoulder. Aladdin let out a soft gasp as he felt a sharp dagger, gently poke at him from the back.
"Drop the food, or I swear you're not going to see the light of day ever again. Drop the food now!" The anonymous stranger threatened him through gritted teeth.
Aladdin without any hesitation dropped the bag of food.
"Drop the money too, don't lie to me I know you have money on you. I saw you back there… with the bag of money. You're not about to stand here, and tell me you don't have money now drop it!" The mugger threatened again, bringing his dagger closer to Aladdin's back.
Immediately Aladdin dropped a bag of coins. Thankfully he had another one stashed in his clothing. He tried to stay as still as possible he was afraid, the coins would jingle in his clothing.
"I'll just give the man his food and money, and then I'll go get more." he thought to himself, noticing he still hadn't gotten a glance of what the male looked like.
"I don't have any more money I swear, it's all I have man!" Aladdin begged faking a sense of fear, but at the same time the thought of not seeing Jasmine again seemed terrible.
The mugger bent over to pick up the bag of money, and the food on the floor he wore a black mask. Suddenly Aladdin jumped on the man's back, and gripped onto his back trying to grab the knife. The moment flashed so fast one second Aladdin was riding the muggers back, trying to get a hold of the knife. The next moment the man through Aladdin on the floor, Aladdin found himself pinned to the ground by the man in black. Before he could say a word, let out a single cry the man plunged the dagger into his chest. He felt as the anonymous stranger slowly twisted it, and then without any hesitation ripped it out of him. The mugger quickly recollected the money and food, and ran off leaving Aladdin injured.
"Oh god I need to get back home, I need to get to Jasmine." he whispered as he rolled over against a wall, and then used the wall to stand up.
He watched as the red liquid poured out of his body, and onto the sandy ground. He walked down the alley solemnly, for what seemed an eternity.
"I don't remember the alley being this long." Aladdin thought shaking his head, as he found he limped through the alley.
To his surprise his vision was starting to get blurry, and the liquid just kept on pouring out. There was a large wound in him but all he could focus on was the ladder at the end of the alley. He could see the hideout so he started running but running only made it worse, as the humanely fluid started leaking out of him. Once Aladdin had reached the ladder there were circles of blood puddles, which covered his trace of footprints. He haste fully climbed the ladder and limped up the stair case.
"Oh my god Aladdin, what happened to you?" Jasmine screamed the moment she saw her husband, his white pants were soaked in red.
She gently laid him down over an orange carpet, and kept a lantern about a foot away from her husband's body. Jasmine frantically searched the hideout until she finally found a dirty rag. She quickly ripped a large part of it. She then kneeled down next to Aladdin and wrapped the rag around his wound. She wrapped it around his torso as tears rolled down her cheeks she placed her hand on his heart, and felt the beating.
"Please Aladdin don't give up on me, I can't have you give up on me. I can't make it a day on the streets without you, I need you." Jasmine whispered as he grabbed her hand, and lightly mumbled her name.
"Hang with me please, I promise from now we'll both be carrying knifes. We came into this together and I should've given you the carving knife. Did you get mugged on the streets, is that what happened Aladdin?" she questioned as she dried her tears, trying not to have a meltdown.
"I love you, I love you Aladdin do you hear me? I love you with all my heart, I love you!" Jasmine found that she was only able to whisper the same words, but in her mind it was a different story "I swear if you leave me Aladdin, I'm never going to forgive myself. I'll kill myself… I'll hunt down the mugger who tried to kill you. Please just keep it at that, just keep it at tried to kill you."
Jasmine simply watched as her tears rolled off her cheek, and onto the man she loved. They rolled onto the man she given everything to- correction her tears had rolled off onto, her everything. She cupped her face inside her hands, shaking her head softly trying to think positive. She stopped crying placing her hand onto his chest she felt the beating of his heart. His heart was pounding slowly, slower than ever. She gasped as she felt it slow down, she counted down the beats 1…2…3 and then it stopped. Jasmine winced the moment she felt the beating stop, the life had just vanished. Just like that her everything had been taken from her, she softly kissed his cheek. And just like that…
His heart was beating, he was back.
The following morning Aladdin opened his eyes again, everything seemed anew. He took a deep breath of the clean oxygen, and he eyed the room taking in all the colors. He felt as the bright sun lit the room, he could feel as the sun touched his cheek. Aladdin looked next to him Jasmine slept soundly, he placed his arm on her shoulder. She was shivering her body was ice cold he looked around for the blanket. It took him about a second to realize she had rested his injured body, onto her blanket.
"Jasmine, wake up it's me…" Aladdin whispered immediately her eyes darted opened, as she sat up.
"Aladdin oh my god you're okay, don't you ever leave without the carving knife again. I'm so sorry I didn't let you leave without it. I didn't know I'm sorry it's just that everything is so new. I should've taken your word for it Aladdin, please forgive me?" Jasmine apologized and without any hesitation, she kissed her husband with all her force.
"Calm down its okay, you didn't know and neither did I. I'm so sorry last night you went to bed starving, and you're freezing cold." he told her sympathetically as he wrapped her in his arms.
"Aladdin, last night I was terrified that in the morning I wouldn't have you. Believe being a little cold and craving a little snack was nothing. Sure I wouldn't have mind eating a piece of bread, but I wanted you more. We promised each other we would take care of each other, and I'm not doing such a good job." she explain as he kissed her on the head.
"Hey if anyone has failed it's me, I should've never let that mugger get me. Now how are you going to stay protected? Who's going to pick up food, for us today?" Aladdin inquired as he wrapped his hand around her thin waist.
"I think we can handle staying out of trouble, and as long as we buy our food in day light we'll be fine. I mean I'll be fine all you're doing today is resting, end of discussion. Now we should really get you cleaned up. There is a bath tub here, right?" Jasmine asked as she stood up and casually searched the hide out.
"Jasmine, do you think it was wrong of us to leave? I mean yesterday the guards were looking for us, who knows what we'll run into today. Just promise me you'll be careful out there?" Aladdin begged as he nodded, he then flashed a smile "Also define what you mean by, bathtub?"
Jasmine slowly helped Aladdin out of his clothes, first she took off his vest. She then took off his pants, leaving him in his underwear.
"Do you think you can take that off, on your own?" Jasmine smiled jokingly, as a tempted look appeared on her husband's face.
"You know if I didn't feel so guilty about last night, I would say no." he told her as he slowly took off his underwear.
Jasmine then helped him get inside, the wooden crate filled with water. She found the crate to be rather funny it was a wooden, 3-D octagon that gave Aladdin enough space to sit in. She had filled it with warm water, knowing it soothed his aching body. As he sat down he let out a gentle moan, feeling as the warm water caressed his body.
"You poor thing you have a huge scar, you must feel so torn up. Mind if I help wash you up?" she winked as she took out a wet sponge, from a miniature bucket of water.
"Please, my body hurts so much Jasmine you have no idea. Besides it's always been a fantasy of mine, for you to give me a warm sponge bath." he winked making her laugh, which made her feel sick to the bone.
"This is entire thing is my fault Aladdin, I should've never let you leave without your knife. I hate myself for all of this. I love you so much I don't know what I would've done, if you had actually been taken from me." Jasmine explained as she gently rubbed the sponge, over his blood dried wounds.
She softly rubbed circles on his wounds, making some of the blood dry up on the sponge. Once the sponge had shades of red on it, she would dry it into the bucket. Then again she would rub his wounds in the water. Once Jasmine was done she merely stared into his eyes, and noticed how relaxed he was.
"Mind if I come in to join you, handsome?" she inquired as she stood up, placing the sponge back in the bucket.
"Nothing would make me happier, then to have you all to myself right now." he replied as she slowly took off her pants, and then her top.
He gave her a wolf whistle making her blush, as she slowly took off her panty. She then made her way into the bathtub, and sat in between his legs. Jasmine felt as he wrapped his arms around her waist, and started casually kissing her neck.
"I love you so much Aladdin, oh god I was so scared last night. Do you realize that if it wasn't for me praying like there was no tomorrow, you might not be here. How can you be so calm knowing that, I mean you could've died last night?" she cried as he slowly teased her body, moving his fingers lower and lower.
"I know Jasmine, believe the first thing I thought of when he stabbed me is I might never be able to see you again. I thought I was never going to see the sun rise above your beautiful face, or I was never going to hear you laugh. I was never going to be able to make you laugh or blush, I was never going to be able to make love to you again. Believe me Jasmine I know very well what was stake last night. You want to know why I'm so calm today." Aladdin started as Jasmine nodded.
"This morning I saw your gorgeous face, and I knew everything was going to be fine. As long as you're by my side nothing we will always be fine. Through thick or thin, I promised you I would protect you. And I don't plan to break that promise any time soon, or any promise I make to you." Aladdin told her as he gently pushed her hair to the side, giving her more space to kiss her neck.
She felt as he slid his hands down closer to her thighs, and she felt as he opened her legs.
"Aladdin, what are you doing down there?" she asked as he opened her legs, moving his fingers up and down her thigh.
"Oh come on just this one time, I promise I'll be gentle. Last time was my first time at it. I'll be a lot more gentle with my finger. Please Jasmine I swear time it won't hurt, because your legs are underwater." he begged pouting, as if he was a little kid being denied of his candy.
"Aladdin, you're such a baby when it comes to these things." she laughed forcing her to blush again, she felt as the butterflies took over again.
"Hey as long as I'm your baby, I'm fine." Aladdin joked around, but watching as a smile vanished from her face.
"Oh, Jasmine I'm so sorry I didn't mean it like that. I was only trying to…" he was cut off as Jasmine jumped out of the bathtub, and grabbed a towel.
Before he could say anything else she dried her body, and quickly put her clothes back on. Aladdin found himself speechless, as she quickly put her clothes on and her brown cloak on. She put the brown hood over her head, and made her way towards the Aladdin.
"Jasmine wait, I'm sorry I honestly didn't mean it as-" he was cut off as Jasmine started waving goodbye.
"No, Aladdin its fine I'm just going to go buy us breakfast and lunch for later. Love you sweetie, I'll be back soon!" Jasmine yelled as she ran down the stairs, he could faintly hear as she fought back tears.
A/N: Okay so this chapter is sort of short, but I really wanted to get something out there. Sorry these past few weeks have been kind of hectic. Until next chapter everyone…