A Whole New Love

by Hyperteenager24

Prompt from Saphira Winters: What if It was Hercules and Aladdin as the couple and instead of the pillar falling on top of Meh like in the movies, it fell on Aladdin and Hercules has to go to the underworld to retrieve his soul to bring him back to life. I'm always wanted to see that happen. So if it wasn't too much trouble could you perhaps do it? :-)

5. Chapter 5

"I'm his Master…" the man sneered, "… you are nothing to him."

Hercules stared at the man in shock, eyes darting to Aladdin, who was really struggling to get free. "You were the only one keeping me from going to prison and being executed!" he protested, "You were kind to me! Please Hercules, I never knew- "

"- I know." Hercules gently interrupted, straightening up despite how weak he felt, "I know Aladdin."

Aladdin audibly sighed in relief, only to yelp as Hades pushed him away with a derisive sneer.

"Sickening…" The God muttered, "…. Well, I gotta go kids. There's a whole cosmos waiting for me up there, with my name on it!" A chariot appeared out of nowhere as he climbed onboard, "Goodbye to the preliminaries and off to the main event!"

As the God flew away, Hercules could stand it no longer and fell to his knees, Aladdin rushing over to him.

It was over… it was all over.

….

Up in the sky, the planets all aligned, sending a burst of cosmic energy straight down to the earth, causing a large whirlpool in the ocean.

Hades peeked over the edge of his chariot, peering into the void left by the energy to see bars made of lightning and eyes peering through them, roars and shrieks echoing throughout the area.

"BROTHERS!" He called down, "TITANS! LOOK AT YOU IN YOUR PRISON! WHO PUT YOU DOWN THERE?!"

"ZEUS!"

Pain and Panic yelped in fear at the deep, rumbling voices from down below, hiding in the chariot as they trembled.

"AND NOW THAT I SET YOU FREE…" Shadowy tendrils shot down, prying the lightning bars apart, "… WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU ARE GOING TO DO?!"

"DESTROY HIM!"

"… Good answer."

One by one, the Titans emerged from their prison.

One made of rocks and boulders, "CRUSH HIM!"

One made if snow and ice, "FREEZE HIM!"

One made of molten lava, "MELT… ZEUS!"

And finally, one that was a giant tornado, "BLOW… HIM…. AWAY!"

As the Titans slowly moved towards the city, destroying everything in their path, Hades face-palmed in despair.

"Guys!"

They all turned to face him, as he gestured in the opposite direction they were going.

"Olympus, would be that way?"

"… ZEUS!" "FREEZE HIM!"

As the Titans headed in the right direction, Hades caught sight of the cyclops trailing on behind. "Hold it one-eye!" he called out, catching the creature's attention, "I've got a special job for you my optically-chalaladdinged friend!"

…..

Hermes groaned at the loud rumbling that seemed to echo throughout Olympus, slowly rubbing his eyes and glancing down.

"ZEUS!" "DESTORY HIM!"

"Oh, that is not good!" Hermes exclaimed in alarm, leaping to his feet in complete panic, "We're in trouble! Complete and utter trouble!"

He raced up to where Zeus and Hera were having their evening meal.

"Sorry, but we have a problem!" he announced, "The Titans have escaped, and they're practically at our front gates!"

"SOUND THE ALARM!" Zeus bellowed, "LAUNCH AN IMMEDIATE COUNTER-ATTACK! GO! GO!"

"Gone man!"

One of the first people he went to see, was Hephaestus, who immediately set about constructing the lightning bolts needed for Zeus's attack, finishing them just as the rest of the God's went on the attack.

"Thank you Hephaestus!" Zeus yelled, before throwing a bolt down and shattering a part of the Earthquake Titan.

Unfortunately, his glee was short-lived as the Tornado Titan started to suck some of the Gods into it's arms, chariots, winged horses and all.

And they were all unaware of Hades laughing in the distance.

…

Meanwhile, back in the city;

"HERCULES! WHERE ARE YOU?"

The cyclops knocked into buildings and smashed tribute statues in its fury.

"HERCULES! COME OUT AND PLAY!"

Hercules watched the figure towering above the buildings, bellowing his name in anger. When he started to weakly make his way towards the figure, Aladdin suddenly darted in front of him, hands out in front of him as he managed to stop Hercules in his tracks.

"What are you doing?!" he asked frantically, "Without your strength and powers, you'll be killed!"

"I can't let innocent people die!" Hercules immediately protested, moving Aladdin to the side and continuing.

"Hercules! Stop!"

Hercules didn't. As he got closer and closer, the scared people started to cheer at the sight of him, grabbing the cyclop's attention.

"SO, YOU MIGHTY HERCULES?!" The cyclops crouched down and sneered at Hercules, before backhanding him away with a loud "HA!"

Hercules went flying, propelled straight into a billboard as the crowd below went siAladdint in shock and Aladdin winced.

He had to do something… and then he heard a small clanking sound coming from a nearby area.

Racing towards the sound, he flung open the door and instantly spotted Pegasus pulling against ropes and harnesses that held him down.

"Steady! Woah!" he called out, reaching out to steady the winged horse, placing a calming hand on Pegasus's face in order to settle him, "Listen to me… Hercules is in trouble and he needs our help. We need to find Phil, he's the only one who can talk some sense into him!"

Almost as soon as Pegasus was free, he had Aladdin on his back as he shot off into the sky, flying towards the docks as quickly as he could.

…..

The Titans were getting higher and higher, closer and closer to the gates of Olympus.

"GET BACK! I COMMAND YOU!" Zeus ordered, throwing another bolt at the Earthquake Titan… but I had no effect. With a mighty grunt, a boulder was thrown at the golden gates and they crumpled, falling to the ground and allowing the rest of the Titans accessed.

"ZEUS!"

….

Phil battled through the cold winds and the crowds to try and get onto the last boat

"Phil! Phil!"

Frowning at the voice, Phil turned around to face Pegasus and Aladdin, glaring at the human.

"What do you want?" he asked Aladdin rudely.

"Hercules needs your help!"

"Why does he need me, when he's got friends like you?!"

"He won't listen to me! He just wants to save the people in the city!"

"Let him!"

Before Phil could go to leave, Pegasus flew in front of him, stopping him in his tracks.

"Look!" Aladdin begged, "I didn't know my Master was like that, and I swear I never helped him, but it's not about me, it's about Hercules! And if you don't help him now, he'll die!"

…

"I NEED MORE THUNDERBOLTS!"

Hermes shook his head in desperation, knowing that he'd just watched the last of the Gods and Goddesses being dragged away. "Everyone's been captured my Lord!"

Someone grabbed his arms.

"I've been captured!"

As he watched Hermes being pulled away, Zeus spun around, only to come face to face with the Volcano Titan, who spewed lava all over him, with the Frozen Titan freezing it as it got harder and harder to get out of.

"Zeusy! I'm home!"

Zeus glanced up to his right in shock before he came to a sudden realisation. "Hades! YOU'RE BEHIND THIS!"

"You are correct Sir!"

…..

Hercules grunted and groaned in face as the cyclops treated him like a football, kicking him up into the air… and then flicking him into a nearby building.

Which of course, was hilarious to the cyclops.

"Hercules!" he heard a familiar voice from above, causing him to glance up and sigh in relief… and a little bit of guilt.

"Phil?"

"Hercules!" Phil leapt off of Pegasus and rushed over, closely followed by Aladdin and Pegasus, "Come on Hercules, fight back! You can take him, look at him, he's a pushover, barely two brain cells to rub together!"

"We didn't… r-really train how to fight without m-my strength." Hercules muttered weakly, forcing a smile onto his face.

"Yes, we did!" Phil exclaimed, "It was all about using your brain! Your intelligence is way more powerful than your strength! I'm willing to go the distance, are you?"

Before Hercules could answer, footsteps caused the ground to quiver vioAladdintly underneath them as a giant hand reached down and lifted him into the air, until he was eye to eye with the cyclops.

"ME, BITE OFF HEAD!"

Thinking quickly, Hercules lashed out with both fists, punching the cyclops in the eye, causing it to cry out in pain and drop Hercules. Thankfully, he landed on wheelbarrow, that somewhat broke his fall… although it still hurt.

Grabbing some rope that had been in the wheelbarrow, Hercules ran around the cyclops's legs, wrapping the rope tightly around them before pulling it taunt.

With a desperate cry of fear, the cyclops toppled to the ground, its skull striking the corner of a nearby building, before it tumbled off the edge of a cliff.

It was over.

The adrenaline leaving his body in a rush, Hercules, fell to his knees unaware that he was still in danger.

"HERCULES!"