In the Lair of the Villain

L.A.: So, this was supposed to come out last week but I was extremely busy. Anyway here you go and I hope you enjoy!

She wasn't sure whether she passed out or simply fell asleep. What she did know was that it seemed like forever before the bag was finally taken off her head. It took her eyes a couple of seconds to adjust to the dim lighting.

Looking around her, she realized she was in some sort of castle/ ceremonial room. Judging from the dank air in the room and the strange hieroglyphics on the walls, Anna knew she wasn't in Agrabah anymore.

When she went to scratch her head, she realized she had another dilemma. Her hands and legs were chained to a wall. She tugged on the chains but there was no slack. "Just my luck," Anna mumbled.

A rattling sound to her right caught her attention. Carpet was also chained to a wall nearby and was desperately trying to fly away from his chains.

"Carpet, calm down," Anna called. "There's no point hurting yourself."

Carpet nodded and settled down on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Anna asked.

Carpet gave her the thumbs up sign.

She was about to ask him where they were when a loud voice said. "You idiots, I didn't want the girl, just the carpet."

A man stormed, clinching his brown gloved hand. It took her a moment before she realized who she was staring at.

"Mozenrath?" Anna said in disbelief. She remembered that Mozenrath was one of the main antagonists in the Aladdin series. She had never imagined she would actually meet him. His pale skin accentuated the sharp angles of his face. He wore a large hat over his long greasy black hair. His black eyes narrowed at her. "Stupid Mamluks."

Anna winced as she felt something wet and slimy wrap around her neck.

"Can we keep her?" Xerxes asked as he slid off her neck and floated towards Mozenrath.

"Maybe," Mozenrath said with a grin. "Depends on if this spell works."

"What are you planning to do?" Anna asked.

Mozenrath sighed as if he were annoyed with her presence. "Well, I could tell you but from previous experience, I've learned that the more talk, the more likely one of you goodie goodies will crash in here and try to save the day." He turned his attention to a couple of zombie-like men standing in the doorway. "Bring me the carpet."

Hearing his name, Carpet began to struggle once more.

"What are you planning to do with him?" Anna asked worriedly.

"I'm trying a spell out and one of the ingredients is a magic carpet…" He stopped abruptly and smirked. "Nice try, but you won't get any more out of me."

As a Mamluk struggled with Carpet's binds, Carpet was able to slip free. He smacked the Mamluks in the face before flying to the ceiling.

"Fly Carpet," Anna yelled. "Get out of here." She stopped when a glowing orb appeared in front of her face.

"Now, now, we mustn't be rash," Mozenrath said as his ungloved hand reached out and brushed a strand of Anna's hair out of her face. "We wouldn't want anything to happen to your friend here."

Xerxes giggled.

Anna resisted the urge to gag before looking up at Carpet. She hoped that he would fly away and get the others but from the way he hesitated she knew what he was thinking.

Carpet slowly floated back down towards Mozenrath.

"Carpet, no," Anna said as she struggled against her chains.

Mozenrath motioned the two Mamluks to grab Carpet again.

"Interesting," He said as he looked from Carpet to Anna. "To inspire such loyalty in the carpet." He shook his head as he turned his attention to Carpet. "Throw it into the center."

Looking down, she noticed that watery blue sand had been spread around the floor in strange spiral formations. As soon as Carpet was thrown into the center of it, the formations began to glow. Carpet tried to escape but some sort of barrier was preventing him from leaving.

"No," Anna shouted as she tried to pull away from the chains even more.

Although he was still floating, Carpet slumped. It was as if another entity were holding him up.

Mozenrath laughed. "This will be my greatest spell yet."

A loud explosion came from the roof sending Carpet flying out of the force field and Mozenrath and his Mamluks to his knees.

A blue whirlwind appeared in front of Anna. She was about to scream when she heard a recognizable voice say. "Did somebody need a rescue?" With a poof, the whirlwind transformed into Genie.

"Genie!" Anna said excitedly.

"Hey don't forget us, too," Iago said as he, Aladdin, and Abo jumped through the hole in the ceiling.

"You've ruined everything," Mozenrath said as he forced himself back up. "Mamluks, get them."

The Mamluks groaned as they approached to Aladdin.

Aladdin grinned. "Really, Mamluks again? You know this is getting old."

Mozenrath growled as Aladdin charged towards the Mamluks.

Meanwhile Genie was busy trying to free Anna's from her chains. He pulled out a massive key ring full of keys. "Hmm," He said as he thumbed through the keys. "Not this one…or that one…"

"Uh, Genie," Anna said her eyes never leaving Mozenrath as he stealthily crept towards Carpet. "You better hurry."

"Hmm, well, we could do it the quick way." The keys disappeared and in their place, Genie pulled out a giant chainsaw. He revved it a couple of times with a grin.

"Uh, yeah, you'd better be kidding me," Anna said. "Because there is no way I'm letting you near me with that."

Genie pouted. "If you want it to be anticlimactic." He snapped his fingers and the cuffs disappeared.

"Thanks Genie," Anna said as she rubbed the circulation back into her wrists. She quickly ran over to Carpet and scooped him up into her arms.

Mozenrath laughed, his gloved hand inches from her face. "Do you honestly think that you could stop me from getting what I want?" Lightning crackled across his glove.

Anna closed her eyes bracing herself.

"Genie," Aladdin yelled. "How about you get us out of here."

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Genie turned into a blue whirlwind again sweeping up Aladdin, Iago, Abu, Anna, and Carpet.

When the world finally righted itself, they were several miles away from Mozenrath's castle.

"Sand," Iago spit out a fountain of sand. "Why did it have to be sand?"

A blue hand appeared in front of her face, Anna grinned as she accepted Genie's hand. "Thanks for the save."

"Couldn't let you two get hurt," Aladdin said as he stood up and brushed himself off. "How's Carpet?"

Carpet weakly gave a thumbs up sign.

"Just get some rest, Rugman," Genie said.

"So, how are we getting out of here?" Anna asked. "Is Genie going to poof us back to Agrabah?"

They laughed at her.

"I'm a freed genie," Genie said. "I don't have all the powers I used to have."

"What fairytales have you been reading," Iago added.

"So, how are we going to get back then," Anna frowned.

Aladdin shrugged. "The old-fashioned way."

A loud grunt came from behind her. Turning around, Anna came face to face with two camels. One of the camels pawed the ground before grunting again.

"Oh joy," Anna murmured.

L.A.: So, Anna and Carpet were saved…for now. All I can say is that things are going to get interesting from now on. On a side note, there is a picture book out called My Name is Charlie. Now, I know you are probably wondering why a picture book is special. Well, the author is giving half of whatever she makes to non-kill animal shelters which I thought was awesome. So, if you want a sweet story and help animals you should totally buy it. Now that I'm done with my public service announcement I guess the only thing left to say is READ and REVIEW!