Chapter Fourteen
Battle Royale
Getting in the throne room through the upper balcony, I knew that Jafar would most likely have traps along the way; otherwise it would be too easy. I could see Jasmine, who was trapped inside the hourglass, and the Sultan, tied to his own throne while Jafar stood before him. Jafar's usual methods would be taken to the extreme, so I had to be extremely cautious.
Almost directly in front of me, hidden in the corner, was an axe primed to swing forward and chop anything that triggered the wire a few feet in front of it. On the right side of the room there were several guards posted, it would be impossible to avoid them. Further along the way was a chandelier, set up similar to the axe trap and finally the hourglass in the center of the room, if I laid a finger on it, the sand would go down and Jasmine would be dead within minutes.
Flying over the wire and avoiding the axe itself, I managed to hide myself behind a large pillar. The guards were armed with large swords, facing them head on would be suicide. Above my head was a large shield, silently grasping it, I could only think of one thing to do, run blindly, hope that I hit somebody and that they felt extreme pain.
Aladdin was tossing and turning as the tower flew through the air, landing roughly on a mountain side in the wilderness of Northern Serbia. Taking Abu by the neck, Aladdin noticed a window opening in the building and took it, making an impression in the snow and escaping the tower just in time for it to fall off the cliff face.
It was at this moment that my clone appeared. "Come on" he said, "We have to get out of here" Aladdin stood up, "What you want?" he asked, the clone sighed, "There's no time to explain. Just trust me if you want to help save everyone that you ever cared about" Aladdin wasn't buying the story, "What's going on?" The clone then frowned and transformed into Genie, "Just shut up and listen to me!" he said, then suddenly transforming back into the splitting image of me. So that's what Genie meant when he said he would take of it? It didn't make a lick of sense to me, but all I could do was watch anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
The shield running not only worked, but it was flawless. I didn't even know I could do that, I guess it's true what they saw, you never know what you're capable of until your life or someone you care about is on the line. Avoiding the chandelier just like the axe, there was only one thing remaining, Jafar. I was now exactly opposite the balcony that I had entered the room, giving me the prefect vantage point and within listening distance to hear Jafar's conversation with Genie, who was cowering slightly behind the throne.
"I trust you can guess what my next wish would be?" Jafar hissed, Genie shook his head, "I have no idea sir. I grant wishes, I can't predict them" Jafar smiled at Genie for selling himself short, "Quite right Genie. For my second wish, I wish to be the greatest wizard in the world" You have got to be kidding me! Jafar would be unstoppable if that happened.
Before I could react, fly over or do anything, Genie had made it so. Jafar was now the most powerful being in the room, well almost. He had overlooked the fact that Genie was all powerful, his ego had gone entirely to his head. As if on cue, Aladdin, Abu and the clone burst into the room. The clone disappeared, and I felt a slight tingle in my body.
"Give it up Jafar" Aladdin said, "You already lost" Jafar laughed, "And what part of me losing was because of you?" he sneered, "Face it Aladdin. You've done nothing! Nothing but fall in love with Jasmine, and only one person can do that- me!" Aladdin was now extremely confused, "So that's what this is about? Love!" he then began to laugh, "How pathetic is that Abu? This clown actually believes that he has a chance with her" He pointed towards Jasmine, who only looked on in shock. Jafar moved closer, "You're nothing but a Street Rat. You were born a Street Rat; you will die a Street Rat. When you are gone from this world, your fleas will be grateful, Jasmine will leave you, and that monkey will eat at your bones without a second thought!" Jafar was starting to scare the living hell out of me. His extremely detailed description was not only terrifying but it sounded as if he would make it happen.
I was done talking, and so was Aladdin. Great minds think alike I suppose, because we both rushed towards Jafar at the exact same moment. Jafar blindsided Aladdin with his staff, knocking him over, but I had managed to grab his robe and hoist him above the air. "I've had enough of you Jafar!" I yelled, gaining some strength as my adrenaline increased, "Let go of me you fool!" Jafar screamed, "If you insist" I replied, I let go of Jafar, unintentionally sending him hurling into Aladdin.
Jafar was quick to pin him to the ground. Pulling out a dagger, I could tell that he wasn't about to waste any time in doing the deed, "Any last words boy?" he sneered, "Yeah" Aladdin said turning towards me, I nodded and spoke in Jafar's voice, "I wish to be an all powerful Genie" Jafar stopped, he couldn't believe what I just said. But even still, Jafar thrust the dagger into Aladdin anyway, missing his heart by almost inches.
Standing up and bowing, Jafar smiled at me, "I knew you would come around eventually" He looked over at Jasmine, not caring that Abu had broken the hourglass, setting her free. "You see Iago, I always get what I want" Then, a loud smoke cloud appeared, followed by several rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning. Jafar the Wizard/Grand Vizier was no more, for he was now Jafar the All Powerful Genie.
Jafar turned to Genie, "Genie! I had one final wish!" What? "I did not wish for this directly. But I will gladly take it." Jafar saw the appearance of his own Lamp and smiled demonically. Genie knew that what Jafar said was technically true, since I had spoken in his place; Jafar still had one wish remaining. Jafar laughed as he spoke once more, "I wish for Iago to join me in the Lamp and make Aladdin and Jasmine forget he even existed" Genie nodded, ignoring that the fact that Jafar had granted two wishes, but then noting to himself that my wish didn't count and as a rule automatically awarded Jafar an additional free wish to his third one.
A whirling vortex then consumed both me and Jafar, I tried to escape it as best I could, but Jafar grabbed me in a death lock. I was completely powerless. I watched as the second part of the wish took effect, Aladdin and Jasmine's face were glazed over; Jafar was crushing me with hatred and misery. I wanted to scream, but the wind had taken my breath away, as I continued downwards into the Lamp, I let my mind become free of everything, the last thing I saw was Aladdin take Jasmine by the cheek as he kissed her lovingly. Then it all went black.