My Fair Aladdin part 2
"I said that which is everyone's business is no one's business." Daru stated and I groaned internally. Once again boring conversation seemed to fill the dining hall that evening. Al and Jaz had switched places, so he could talk all hoity toity with them. So Jasmine sat in between us.
"Ha ha ha ha." Al fake-laughed in a haughty manner and soon everyone else did too. Jaz and I exchanged eye rolls.
"Very amusing story Daru." The Sultan said and then he looked confused. "Whatever it meant." I held in a snigger then. "Perhaps you would favor us in a joke?" Daru chuckled and I sighed, making Jaz giggle a little. A smile came to me and she patted my hand.
"I am but a humble businessman, not a humorist. Perhaps our young friend Aladdin would tell one of his jokes?" Al grew very uncomfortable as we all looked at him.
"My jokes are but a threadbare jest of a threadbare jester." The room filled with 'oohs' and 'ahhs' as the guests took in what Al said.
"Oh, brother." Jaz muttered and I smiled a little when she looked at me.
"But," Daru spoke again. "Jesters do often prove wise men."
"Even a fool when he holds his peace is counted wise." Al quoted back and I resisted the urge to bash my head against the table top. While the guest applauded Jaz gripped Al's cape and drug him out the side door to the garden. I jumped up to follow them.
"Jaz, Jaz, Jaz! The hair, the hair!" Al moaned and Jaz turned to toss his cape onto his head.
"Aren't you worried about Genie?" She demanded. "He should've been back by now." Al looked ashamed then.
"You're right." I'll send Carpet after him." Jaz glared before whistling for Carpet.
"Jaz only fools rush-" Al started, but Jasmine cut him off.
"Then we're going to be fools." Jasmine stated and shoved Al backwards onto Carpet. I turned and called for Abu, who ran and jumped onto my shoulder as I got onto Carpet, keeping Jaz between me and Al. Iago came out as we were leaving and I grinned slyly. Whispering in Jaz's ear we swooped back down and I snatched him off the railing.
"Hey!" He screeched and I grinned at him before letting him drop onto Carpet.
We flew out across the desert searching for any sign of Genie. He wasn't anywhere to be seen as we look about and soon we came to a canyon to look down.
"What's wrong with the ground?" I asked pointing at the shimmering bottom of the canyon.
"I dunno." Al said. "Carpet, bring us closer." We flew down and exiled the ground closer.
"Is it water?" Jaz asked and I got off Carpet to get a better look as Jaz touched the ground. "How strange, it's…glass." She concluded and we looked around wondering what made the ground look like that. A crash came from behind us and I got back onto Carpet as a giant blaze of fire rose up and melted the rocks behind us. And there stood a giant centipede!
"That's a big centipede." Al muttered and Jaz clutched at him.
"Can we please get out of its firing range?" I asked and Carpet inched us backwards. I grabbed Iago, who was still hovering in shock and tugged him down with us. The centipede started towards us and Carpet shot out of the canyon as quick as he could. I turned and blanched when I saw what was headed towards us.
"Al!" Al turned and we all screamed as a net wrapped around us all and we were jerked back down out of the air and into the centipede. We all started to fight at the trap then, struggling in the small space of net and we soon were lifted into a small room. And there with his back to us was….Mechanicles!
"People might ask, why install a net." He spoke and I winced at his voice. Definitely hadn't missed that.
"Mechanicles!" We all said and he smirked at us. Abu blew him a raspberry. Mechanicles just ignored it and started to write in his scroll.
"Get more nets." He muttered and I rolled my eyes.
"What did you do with Genie?" I hollered at him and he just waved a hand towards the small table in the corner. Genie was trapped in a ship bottle.
"Arrr, me hearties!" I heard Genie holler and then he spotted us. "Batten down the-the…Oh, hi guys. Uh, he tricked me, sorry."
"It's okay, Genie. We'll get you out." I told him and he grinned. Mechanicles came over to us and looked at Al thoughtfully.
"Say, nice hair, very cultured." His manacled eye jutted out at him and looked him up and down. "How do you keep it from getting mussed?" Al glared down at Iago.
"Oh! So, it's my fault you listened to me? You could've at least listened to the kid!"
"Nice of you to stop by." Mechanicles grinned at us speaking before Al had a chance too. "I hope you don't mind if I catch up on my ironing….while I divulge my latest diabolical plan to impose order on the chaotic world." A white board came down and he took the iron and started to iron out his scarf as he spoke. What a freak!
"Uh, no be my guest." Al muttered.
"Oh, yes," I said sarcastically. "Please tell us." Mechanicles launched into his plot.
"I hate wrinkles and bumps and things, don't you? They're so," He paused for a moment and a shudder went down his spine as he gripped at his tunic. "-they just plain give me the willies!"
"You've got to be kidding me." I muttered and Mechanicles frowned at me.
"Is there a problem?"
"Yes." I stated and he glared at me.
"And just what is that?"
"Well for one you could-" Al slapped a hand over my mouth and grinned at Mechanicles.
"I think he just wants to hear what your plan is." Mechanicles rolled his eyes and then straightened up.
"Do you know how glass is made?" We all shook our heads murmuring that we didn't. "Sand! Melted Sand. I like glass." He stated running a hand over the bottle that Genie was in. "It's so smooth and even. No bumps, no wrinkles. Oh, imagine if you had a machine that could melt the entire desert into a smooth plane of glass."
"Let me get this straight." Iago said leaning against the rope. "You're going to iron the desert?"
"Yes! Correct!" Mechanicles hollered his eye jutting out at Iago and the parrot landed on me.
"Sure. Yeah. That'll work. Yeah. Good, good, good."
"Observe." Mechanicles turned the wheel to his contraption and the metal bug turned towards some large piles of sand and rocks. Pulling a lever, fire shot out onto the ground and melted the rocks, making the ground hot. Once it cooled, glass was in its place.
"Wow." I muttered and Iago nodded.
"Gee, I wish I had one of those."
"I can hardly wait till Daru sees it." Mechanicles stated and we all blanched.
"What!" I yelled.
"Daru? Daru Tavelevil?" Al gaped.
"The merchant?" Jaz asked and Mechanicles beamed at all of us.
"You know him? Nice guy, hmm? Very cultured. Nice hair. he's the merchant who sold me the iron to build this thing. Well, he wasn't too thrilled with my plan to destroy Agrabah, but he did get a mint out of the deal."
"Daru got rich selling out Agrabah! Ooh, that jackal!"
"Yeah, but think of about all the jobs he created." Iago sated and Jaz glared at him. "What? What is it?" Iago turned to me. "Did I say somethin'?" I rolled my eyes and he frowned.
"And you wanted to be like him?" I asked Al and he glared at me.
"Shut up, Rick." He growled and then I saw his eyes lit up with a plan. "Oh, Mechanicles? I was wondering…How did you get the ship into that bottle?" I smirked a little at Al, before looking to see if Mechanicles would buy it.
"Well, I'm so glad you asked." Yup he did. "I've been working on this for years!" He picked up Genie's bottle. "See you don't build the ship and put it in, you build it on the inside, and-" He uncorked the bottle, releasing Genie.
"Way to go, Al!" Genie shouted and Mechanicles started having a fit. Weirdo. He was plucking at his pigtails in fury.
"Gahhh! I can't believe I fell for that old 'how do you get the ship in the bottle trick' again!" Genie got us out of the net and grinning we all turned to use the net on the mad inventor.
"Get 'em!" Al hollered and we were about to nab him, when he turned and jerked down one of his levers. Screaming we were ejected from the centipede. Luckily Genie and Carpet caught us before we hit the ground. As soon as we were settled we started off into the air. Once we were high enough away we looked back down at the giant centipede going across the ground.
"It's headed for Agrabah!" Jaz shouted pointing down into the valley below.
"Sure glad we didn't pay next month's rent." Iago muttered and I gave an odd look before sighing heavily. Carpet took us to the top of the canyon and we all stood to watch as Mechanicles started turning his path to glass as he made his way towards Agrabah. I sat down on the ground and watched as Jasmine glared at the metal bug below.
"Ooh!" Jasmine stomped her foot angrily and I smiled a little. When she got mad she really got mad. "I swear if it's the last thing I ever do, Daru is going to pay for betraying his people."
"I can't believe I looked up to that guy!" Al snarled coming over to where Jaz was. "I thought he was so cultured!"
"Oh, it's okay, Aladdin we were all taken in." Jasmine patted Al.
"Yeah." Iago agreed and we turned to look at him. "You know it amazes me how people fall for that Daru. He had even less charm than Aladdin. Until I lent him the scroll and taught him the hair thing." Iago turned to see everyone, but me glaring at him and he flew up to get in Al's face. "Oh! Again with the staring! Is it my fault, you guys are so gullible?" Al snatched Iago out of the air and I stood up.
"That does it! It's time for me to stop listening to your stupid advice and do things my way!"
"Hey! Like I told ya before! You shoulda listened to the kid!" Iago snarled back and Al blinked before looking at me. He sighed.
"You're right, Iago. I'm sorry Rick. I should have listened to you."
"It's alright." I grinned and he grinned back.
"Okay. Aladdin, you take Carpet and Alaric and go warn Agrabah." Jaz told us. "The rest of us will stay here and try and hold it off."
"Look, I'll go with Al and 'Laric and gather the palace guards-" Iago started.
"We don't have time for that." Al cut him off. "We'll have to handle this ourselves, maybe we can trap it in the canyon." Al found some boulders that we could push onto the metal centipede.
"A few of these boulders ought to put a dent in Mechanicles' plan." We were all shoving with all are might and when we didn't get anywhere, we suddenly discovered why.
"Genie?" Al asked. "Why don't you try pushing it the other way?" I sniggered and Genie grinned sheepishly.
"Oops, my mistake." Soon we were all shoving the boulders and managed to knock them all off. Iago caught Abu before he fell and they sighed with relief once they were safely on the ground.
"That was close, pal." Iago muttered to Abu and the little monkey grinned back.
'Thank you.' he chattered and they hugged. I let out a small snigger as they suddenly realized what they were doing.
"I-I mean that was close, you squalling, flea bitten, monkey!" Abu started batting at him and he flew over to land on my shoulder.
"Don't you say a word." He warned me and I grinned.
"Of course not." I said and he huffed.
"Come on!" Al pulled us onto Carpet and we all flew down to access the damage.
"We did it!" Al exclaimed and it certainly seemed like it, the centipede was broken up and dented badly.
"The winner and still champion, Aladdin!" Genie yelled dressed in white and black shirt and I grinned at him, then he came up beside me and whispered in my ear. "You didn't tell, Al how you were feeling this afternoon did you?" How did he know?
"Well, I, uh…"Mechanicles' machine started to move then and we all turned to see all the pieces picking themselves off the ground and standing up.
"Uh, perhaps we should hold off the victory party." Genie muttered and all started backing away. One of the pieces came up towards us and opened its middle. We all yelped and jumped out of the way as it sprayed fire at us, leaving the spot on the ground glass as it cooled.
"Okay, Tin-men." Genie came up to the pieces of centipede and puffed out his chest. "Meet your worst nightmare." He turned into a strange object and went to attack the metal pieces of bug, but he tripped over a rock and ended up flipping up until he got stuck halfway into the top of the machine. We all gasped as the machine started to swell up and then it blew up. Genie went flying up into the air and came back down with a smash into the ground.
"Sorry, Al." Genie said getting up from the crater he had made in the ground. "Guess I blew it." He then looked down and saw that a piece of the machine was around his waist. "Oh, this could be a new look for me." he stated and I laughed.
"Genie, you just figured out how to stop those things." Al told him and Genie beamed. Al picked up a big rock and grinned. "Come on, everybody let's plug up those pipes!" We picked up rocks to carry and Genie pretended to be a basketball player. Dribbling the ball he shot it into the open pipe of the machine and clogged it up. The machine tried to free itself but it blew up instead. Genie took the rock I had and tossed it into another one. I hopped onto Carpet and me and Abu gathered more rocks. Iago complained of having a bad back, so he couldn't lift the rock he was on. I rolled my eyes at him and Carpet flew us above the machines. Abu and I tipped the rocks into each machine and Carpet flew us away as they exploded. Soon they were all down for the count.
We all celebrated after we surveyed the damage and Genie pulled me into a hug. Iago was still struggling with rock and I shook my head at him
"Uh, I don't want to sound pessimistic, but…Where's Mechanicles?" Jaz asked and as soon as the words left her mouth the ground started to shake and the head of the centipede shot up from the rubble of rocks and it had wings! Mechanicles was shouting at us from inside the machine, but I couldn't hear what he was saying.
"I got it!" Iago still had the rock and he had flown up above the machine. He then dropped the rock and it smashed the machine into the ground. Then Mechanicles must have pulled a lever because next thing we knew he was launched up and out of the canyon. Mechanicles was officially defeated. For now at least.
"At least that is over." Iago muttered and I caught him as he fell exhausted from the sky. "Time to sleep." I laughed and walked back over to where Genie and the others were.
"Alaric?" Genie started and I gave him a cheesy grin.
"Er…yes?"
"Do you want to tell, Al something?"
"No." I said quickly.
"Alaric." Genie warned and I shook my head. He sighed knowing that I wasn't going to tell.
"What's going on?" Al asked looking from me to Genie.
"Alaric, here thought that you were mad at him for showing off yesterday." Genie said and Al opened and closed him mouth several times before sighing.
"Rick, I'm sorry. It wasn't fair of me to take it out on you like that." Al hugged me then and I hugged him back. "It wasn't your fault. I wasn't thinking."
"Yeah." Genie agreed. "It was Iago's."
"Why the isolation?" he squawked and we laughed before heading back towards the palace.
The following afternoon we sat on a rock in the canyon watching Daru pick up the cogs and broken metal pieces. The Sultan had demanded that he be in charge of picking it all up since he sold it. Behind him was Rasoul making sure he picked up every single piece.
"Come on you worthless slacker!" Rasoul snarled at Daru. "You sold this iron and now you're going to clean it up! Now move!" I sniggered as Daru gave the burly guard a pleading look.
"Oh, what about my nails!" he whined and I sniggered louder.
"Daru is working much faster than I expected." Jaz commented slyly and Al grinned.
"Yeah, at this rate he should be done in, oh, ten or fifteen years." We all laughed then. A frustrated growl came from nearby and I looked over to see Genie following Iago with a scroll in his hands. Ever since last night, he had been pestering Iago with quotes.
"Will you just leave me alone?" The parrot snarled and Genie looked down at the scroll in his hands.
"Here it is. 'Will you just leave me alone?' Wow, this is really weird." Genie murmured and Iago scowled.
"But how can everything I say be on the scroll?" Genie pointed at the scroll.
"Look! 'But how can everything…" Iago screeched cutting Genie off and Abu fell over laughing so hard.
"This is the stupidest…"Iago and Genie said at the same time and Iago growled in frustration again. "I've never heard of anything so preposterous! How can everthing I say be stuff some stupid joker put down on paper? This is awful! Have I no free will?" He continued as Genie matched him word for word. Finally Iago burst into anger.
"STOP READING THAT THING!"
Okay, so I hope you enjoy this! Please Read and Review!~~PirateWizardThief
Uvrjgr: Thank you so much! Yeah, i do plan on doing the third movie! i just got through the series first!