HEARTS OF STEEL
by Gunman
Disclaimer: I do not own Colossus, X-Men, Aladdin or their characters.
Summary: Colossus saves Jasmine from getting her hand cut off, and helps her find a new life.
Inspired by 'Caught In The Web' by FrivolousThoughts, and 'Everyone Loves Spidey' by Maximus-Reborn.
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Chapter 4
Princess Jasmine
"You know the price for thievery." the large man said as he raised his large knife over his head.
The woman gasped in fear, trying to pull away from the large meaty man who had her arm in gripped tightly in his fist.
Jasmine looked on in horror, her world frozen at what was going to happen next. All she had been trying to do was give a starving boy and apple, not realizing that she herself was without money to pay for it.
The merchant himself had been very upset.
It made her wonder just why, or how, the people of Agrabah had become so cruel and brutal that simply taking an apple constituted cutting off someones hand.
Suddenly, the merchants arm was grabbed.
"What do you think you are doing?" a tall man dressed in a black robe said.
Jasmine looked at the newcomer. He was tall and athletic with dark blue eyes and short black hair. He was handsome to her, with fair skin and a strong-looking jaw.
"She stole an apple." the large merchant said.
"And where's the apple?" the large man asked her.
"I gave it to a young boy. He was hungry." Jasmine said.
"And you're going to cut her hand off for that?" the large man asked the merchant.
"Yes. It's the law." the merchant replied.
"No." the large man said as he produced a silver coin from his bag and offered it to the merchant. "I trust this will pay for your apple?"
"Very well." the large merchant grumbled as he accepted the coin, releasing Jasmine and walking away.
Jasmine rubbed her wrist as she glared at the merchant.
"Thank you for that." Jasmine said to the man.
"You're welcome. I swear this market gets more dangerous every time I visit it." the mans said.
"How many times have you visited it?" she asked.
"This is my fourth time traveling to Agrabah. It's nice to meet a fellow traveler." he said to her.
"Fellow traveler?" she asked.
"This is your first time in this market place, yes?" he asked curiously.
"Well, yes, actually." she said.
"I figured as much." he replied.
"My name is Jasmine." she said.
"I am Piotr Rasputin. My friends call me Peter."
"You said you were a traveler?"
"Yes. My friends and I are traveling across the deserts on our way back to my homeland." he said.
"Oh. You... wouldn't have room for another person, would you?" she asked timidly.
Peter looked at the woman, thinking that something was off about her.
She was beautiful beyond compare. Long black hair, bright brown eyes, medium tanned skin, and shapely hour-glass figure that was apparent even beneath her brown cloak and robes. She was also quite young. Maybe 16 or 17 years of age. Peter could tell that she was intelligent, kind, and seemed to be as a local to this city. But if that was true, how could she be alone in this city with no money? Surely someone as beautiful as her had to have something to her name. Was she running away from her home, perhaps?
Considering she was just about to get her hand chopped off by one of the merchants, perhaps it would have been better to take her with them.
"I think we do." he said to her, getting her to smile.
Within a couple of hours, the caravan lead by a man wearing a ruby-color visor, was heading away from the city and following the Jordan River.
Jasmine was looking out across the sands, seeing the city of Agrabah, her home since she was a baby, shrink into the distance.
She would miss her father, and Rajah her pet tiger.
"We've got a problem!" one of the men in the caravan, a short and gruff looking man smoking a cigar, said.
"What's wrong?" Peter asked the man.
"There's a tiger heading for the caravan!" he said.
"A what?" he asked as the members of the caravan turned around to look back at the city, and indeed saw a tiger rushing towards them.
Jasmine gasped when Piotr jumped down from his wagon, and transformed his skin into solid steel. The tiger jumped at Jasmine, only to be caught by Piotr, who wrestled the fierce beast to the ground.
"RAJAH?" Jasmine gasped when she got a good look at the tiger.
"What?" Piotr asked as the tiger stopped struggling in his grip. "You know this tiger?"
"He's my friend!" Jasmine said as she jumped down from the wagon.
Piotr let the tiger go as the large tiger jumped on Jasmine and started to lick her face.
"Rajah!" she cried happily as she hugged the tiger tightly around the neck.
"Rrrrrrr!" the tiger purred as he rubbed his face into her stomach.
"You left the palace just to find me?" she asked the tiger.
"Rrrrr." he purred and nodded.
"Oh, I missed you too." she said with a smile.
Jasmine looked at Piotr.
"You can turn yourself into metal?" she asked him.
"Yes. It's my power." he explained, as he turned his skin back into flesh and blood.
"That's amazing!" she gasped.
"You seem to have a power as well." he said.
Jasmine looked at the large tiger and smiled.
"He's my friend, though everyone calls him my palace pet." she said to him.
"Well, if you can keep him under control, he can come with us." Piotr said to her.
"Thank you, Piotr." she said, even as she stepped up to him and kissed him on the cheek. A feat that required her to stand on the tips of her toes and for Piotr to lean down just a bit.
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Back in Agrabah, the young thief known as Aladdin, would eventually meet another thief, a young woman named Sadira, who had a great deal in common with Aladdin himself.
Aladdin, and his monkey friend Abu and his eventual girlfriend Sadira, would go on to accomplish great things in Agrabah, even without Jasmine around to help.
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Authors Notes:
Yes, this one is very short, but I liked writing it, mostly because it sheds a different light on what could have happened in Aladdin.
Jasmine is one of my favorite Disney Princesses, so I thought 'why not pair her up with Colossus and see what happens'.
The chapter is very short, mostly because I wanted something lite and cheery that just came with an introduction. Anymore more, might happen in a later chapter.
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