Some Enchanted Genie part 2

"You left without telling anyone!" Al snarled and I flinched back against Genie as Al's temper rose. "What if something happened to you? I've been worried sick about you!" We were on the beach where I should have been earlier and Al was really, really mad.

"Sorry." I said.

"Sorry? Sorry! Is that all you've got to say?" Al yelled at me.

"Well…yeah." Al sighed trying to calm himself and then shook his finger at me. "Don't think this is over. You are grounded when we get back to the palace." I grumbled under my breath and Genie ruffled my hair.

"Ah, go easy on him, Al. He's just a kid." Aladdin frowned a bit but he relented the yelling and instead decided to ignore me.

"So, you found another jinni?" He asked and I frowned. That's Genie had talked about on the way there. Eden this, and Eden that. I was really getting bothered by it.

"Yep, Genie of the Bottle."

"Wow, I mean what are the chances?" Genie turned into a machine and spat out a long white paper and read it off.

"According to this, not very good. Oh, Al, it must mean it was meant to be!" That statement made me uncomfortable and I moved away from Al and Genie, as Genie hugged Al, not seeing me. Abu looked at me in concern but I only patted him. What if they decided to be together? Would Genie leave?

"I didn't even know that genies fall in love." Al stated and Genie gasped.

"What? You think we'll only here to grant wishes?" Al looked embarrassed.

"Well, I never really uh…" Al trailed off and I'll admit I hadn't thought about it either.

"You know when music seems to fill the air?" Genie asked getting back into his lovey dovey talk.

"Yeah." Al answered.

"And entire hills of flowers mysteriously bloom overnight?"

"Uh-huh."

"And when flying pigs play croquet with the stars?"

"What?" I arched an eyebrow and Genie shrugged.

"Well, it's dark out, you can't see the pigs too good," He said quickly and then sighed lovingly, "But that's what happens when genies fall in love."

"Did you say….flying pigs?" Al asked still in shock and I rolled my eye biting back a retort.

"In space! But that comes later. If everything goes right. What will I say? What will I wear?" Genie started to panic and Al told him to just be himself, but he was too busy being nervous. I tuned out the rest of his conversation, still angry.

"Yoo-hoo, earth to short man." I blinked as a hand waved in front of my face. I looked up to see Genie beaming down at me. "You didn't fall asleep did you?"

"No, I-"

"Good, we've got to get going!" He stated and picked me up. I frowned, but didn't say anything.

"Good luck Genie!" Al called and then he waved at me. "Don't wander off and keep an eye on Dhandi."

"I'm not stupid, Al." I retorted and he blinked at my angry answer before realization went across his face.

"Rick…"

"Thanks, Al. I hope I look alright." Genie then waved to Al and took off with me over his shoulder again. After a while of flying silently Genie jostled me a bit.

"You're awful quiet, back there. Is something wrong?"

"No." I said angrily and Genie paused.

"That doesn't sound like a happy kid. What is it?"

"Nothing." I said stiffly.

"Oh, I get it."

"You…do?" Oh, does he know?

"Yeah, it's normal to be nervous you're first time babysitting. But c'mon it'll be okay and Dhandi isn't that young and she seems like a good kid. You'll get along fine."

"Yeah…right." I muttered sighing to myself as Genie flew faster. "Just drop me here. I'll walk the rest of the way." I pointed at the ground and he paused.

"You sure?"

"Do you want to be late?"

"Well, just be careful, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah." Genie set me down and ruffled my hair again and this time I pushed his hand away. He didn't notice, he just smiled at me and it made my blood boil.

"See ya, later kid. Don't let Dhandi stay up to late." He was off without another glance and I didn't watch him leave. Instead, I stalked down towards the river of water that Dhandi lived on. I saw her waving off Eden.

"I'll rub if I need anything, now go on." Dhandi urged and Eden hugged her. She soon spotted me. "Alaric's here. You better go!"

"You know, this has been some day. I've never had a date before and I've never had a master as nice as you." Eden gave her a kiss and then waved to me and I smiled at her, not raising my hand. She smiled back and flew off. I watched her fly off and composed myself before turning to Dhandi. After all it wasn't her fault. It was Genie's. What was wrong with him? He met a girl and that was it? He was going to just forget me?

"Hi, Alaric." Dhandi pulled me from my thoughts and I smiled at her.

"Hey, Dhandi. What are you doing?"

"Oh, nothing really…Do you want something to eat?" She pointed at the fridge that Eden had put there in her small home.

"No, thanks. Not yet anyway." She giggled. "How old are you?" I asked trying to keep my mind off of Genie.

"Eight."

"So, um, have you always lived alone?"She nodded and I felt bad for asking. "Sorry, I just-"

"It's okay." She said brightly. "I've been living alone for a while now. But I have lots of friends." I smiled at that. She really was nice. "Have you always known Genie?"

"Just for awhile." I said coolly, though she didn't pick up my mood. I flushed feeling bad that I was talking rude to her. I backtracked giving her a real answer. "Um, for about a year or so now."

"Oh? How did you meet?" I launched into the story and she listened with wide eyes, giggling at Abu's antics and frowning at Jafar and Rasoul. I even went further as to explain what happened when Jafar came back.

"So, anyway, Abis got away from us and every since then that short, fat, balding freak has been making a nuisance of himself." I saw her face make a scared expression and I frowned. "What's wrong?"

"Does he look like that?" Dhandi asked nervously and I turned in time to get grabbed by a familiar guy. Haroud grabbed my arm and twisted it back making me hissed in pain.

"Now, where's that genie bottle?" Haroud asked and then I saw Abis Mal come up in front of Dhandi, arms crossed.

"Yeah!" He said and I rolled my eyes. Dhandi got a look on her face then.

"Jinni of the bottle? No it's jinni of the…vase." Dhandi stated and I held in a snigger as Abis Mal got a confused look. This was going to be fun.

An hour later, Haroud and Abis both were digging through Dhandi's home tossing things here and there. I was in the back next to her tears of laughter rolling down my face as I laughed silently.

"Oh, it's not working! It's not working!" Abis Mal whined as he rubbed a colander. Dhandi giggled a bit.

"Oh, did I say colander? I meant jinni of the summer squash." Abis tossed the colander and pounced on the vegetable.

"My genie of the summer squash!" He rubbed it and it burst into his face. "Haroud, I killed my genie." He said slowly.

"Ahahahaha!" I couldn't hold it in any longer and I burst into loud laughter rolling on the ground now. Dhandi giggled beside me and we laughed together. I was grabbed again my Haroud and he held me by the throat. I gagged and tried to get him off me, as Dhandi gasped.

"Little Miss, it is time to end our game and reveal the whereabouts of the bottle before your friend shares the fate of that overripe fruit." Haroud gave my neck a threatening squeeze and Dhandi gulped.

"Don't do it!" I choked and Haroud glared at me.

"Okay, I'll tell you! Just stop hurting him!"She cried. Haroud grinned and resigned to holding my arm, so that I couldn't run off. Dhandi got the bottle out from where she had hidden it and Abis Mal beamed.

"Finally! Ha ha in your face! I win!" Abis shouted and I aimed a kick at him that he was to slow to dodge.

"Just wait until Al shows up, fatso." I said to the winded thief on the ground.

They took us to a secluded place under the docks and there they rubbed the bottle summoning Eden from her date. Haroud shoved Dhandi in a cage while we were waiting and then he tied me, from my neck to my ankles, to one of the dock support beams.

"Hey, not so tight!" I snapped at Haroud who only rolled his eyes at my response. Once he walked away, I tried to get free, but the rope wouldn't budge. Suddenly a flash of magic appeared and Eden materialized into the air.

"Oh, Dhandi! Dhandi! He's so wonderful, I think I'm in love and…"She paused as she spotted the little girl in a cage. "Why are you in that cage?"

"Sorry, I guess I'm not a good sitter." Eden turned to me and gasped.

"Oh, what happened!?"

"Ahem!" Abis elbowed Haroud and the tall skinny man scowled before clearing his throat.

"Allow me to introduce you to Abis Mal, your new master."

"And the local moron." I muttered. After casting me a glare Abis Mal held up Eden's bottle.

"Nooo!" Eden cried and Dhandi sniffed.

"I'm sorry, Eden." She said.

"It's not your fault, sweetie." Eden replied and I nodded.

"Yeah it's fatso's."

"Don't call me fatso!" Abis shrieked and I grinned. I liked making him mad. "Now for my wishes!" Eden started telling him the rules and I rolled my eyes as Abis stumbled over all of them.

"Can't kill anyone? What kind of genie are you?" He yelled at her.

"I'm sorry, master." Eden mumbled downheartedly.

"You'd think you'd remember that the first time, stupid." I retorted and Abis glared at me.

"Shut up!"

"Well, I mean come on, are you that dense that you can't remember Jafar?"

"That was….that was different!" Abis shouted, though he shivered at the name.

"Was not." I said, grinning.

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too! Oh, shut up!" Abis Mal grumbled.

"No! Say it ain't so!" A voice hollered in a shocked and angry tone. I looked over to see a very livid Genie standing there.

"Genie!" Eden cried and Genie disappeared and reappeared in front of her in seconds, giving Abis Mal a shove out of the way. Genie didn't even look in my direction and it made me mad again. Al I saw was being held by Haroud and he had a sack over his head.

"So, it was all a trick! You were working with the enemy all along, is that it?" Genie accused and Eden panicked.

"What!? Oh, no, no!" Genie ignored her protests and went to stand by Dhandi's cage.

"Oh, and the kid was a nice touch. What, you only let her out when you need to make a chump out of somebody."

"No, it's not true!" Dhandi exclaimed and then Genie spotted me.

"And you took my kid? Is one not enough?" Oh, now I'm his kid?

"Whatever, I bet you didn't even think of me until now." I stated bitterly and Genie didn't even hear me and he turned looking back at Eden.

"You only pretended to love me. I'm a sucker fish." He turned into a fish, hopping up and down as he spoke. "You set the bait and reeled me in!" He turned back to normal and turned from her folding his arms across his chest and it was then that my anger went away a little and I felt ashamed that I had spoken to him like that even though he hadn't heard me.

"Genie, I…." Eden tried but then Abis came back into view and he cleared his throat to get our attention.

"For my first wish…" Abis starts and then Haroud whispers in his ear. "Rid me of Aladdin's genie!" Again Haroud whispers in his ear. "You will imprison him in the farthest, deepest." There was a huge paused.

"Farthest, deepest what, fatso?" I snapped and Haroud rolled his eyes leaning down to whisper again.

"Ocean." Abis concluded and I scowled.

"Gee, you can't make a wish on your own can you?"

"Shut up!" Abis snapped at me and I only stuck my tongue out at him. "Jinni!" he snapped at Eden next and she flinched.

"Yes, master." Eden raised her hands.

"What do I care? A quiet place to mend my broken heart." Genie said moodily and the rest of my anger disappeared. I had been too hasty being mad at him. He really loved her.

"No! Genie!" Al hollered, but it was too late. Eden zapped Genie into a giant safe and Al ran to bang on the front of it. It didn't do anything, but fly up into the air, breaking part of the dock and then went slamming down into the ocean somewhere far away.

"Genie…I'm sorry." I whispered feeling really bad now and slightly hopeless.

"You must be Aladdin." Eden sniffed and I looked over at them. "I'm sorry."

"I know, you had no choice, Eden." Al told her and she gave a small nod.

"Yoo-hoo! Jinni-dear! Wish number two coming your way!" Abis shouted. We all looked in his direction. "Make me the biggest tough guy ever. A cosmic one! I wanna blow up things and, uh, possess mega-brain energy!"

"Yes, you'll be needing that." Haroud muttered and I tried not to snicker as Abis Mal shot him a look.

"We have to get that bottle." Al murmured and I looked at him.

"Yeah, but can you do me a favor first? GET ME DOWN!"

"Okay, Rick, calm down." Al started to untie me as Abis continued his wish.

"And don't forget the deadly eye lasers. Red ones that really sting!" Abis shouted as Eden's magic surrounded him. Al freed me and we both ran to tackle Abis Mal, but he was growing at an incredible rate and we bounced off him.

"Ah, ah, ah! Too late, Aladdin."He laughed at us and then looked around at his new height. "Hey, I can see our hide-out from here!"

"Have you noticed he has a one track mind?" I asked Al as we got up from the ground. Al rolled his eyes at me. Suddenly something zapped the ground between us and we looked up to see the giant fatso aiming his laser vision at us.

"Run!" Al shouted and we jumped up as Abis cackled with laughter at us running around.

"Ha, ha, ha, not so tough without a genie, eh, Aladdin?" Abis taunted and he almost got Al with the laser. He then turned his sights on me.

"What's the matter? You can't think of something smart to say?" Abis grinned and I glared back.

"Is that what you ask yourself?" Abis growled and Al tugged me out of the way of an attack.

"Stop making him mad!"

"He started it!" I shouted back and Al groaned. We dodged again and this time, Abis hit his own foot.

"Ow, ow, ow! That hurts!" He hollered hopping up and down cradling a foot. I sniggered as he howled.

"Wonderful, soon enough you'll be good enough to play birthday parties." Haroud muttered lowly and I let out a brief laugh.

"I heard that Haroud!" Abis Mal yelled. "I heard all! In fact I hear the distance conversation of grazing antelope." He paused to listen, a hand cupping his ear. He pulled back with a frown. "Boy, are they boring."

"Stupid." I muttered and Al grinned.

"It's payback time!" A familiar voice shouted and we all looked up grinning at Genie.

"Ooh, loud." Abis winced and he looked to see Genie flying towards him in a blaze of red and yellow.

"I am your worst nightmare, Abis Mal. I am a genie in love!" He was standing on a rock now in heroic pose and behind him a white flag with a heart on it waved back and forth. "Powered by the energy of flying pigs from outer space, I fear neither bullets, nor intimacy, nor the likes of you, vile nemesis!" He announced and Eden beamed at him. Again, a twinge hit my stomach but I ignored it this time. Genie disappeared and reappeared behind Eden who was near Al and I and he whispered in her ear.

"So how do I stop the vile nemesis?"

"Like any other all-powerful, cosmic being; pull the plug!" I laughed at her answer and Genie grinned.

"I like your style, genie woman!" Again he poofed away and back again this time with a gift. "Salmon jerky from the Wharf." He gave it to her sheepishly.

"You tricked me!" Abis shouted and we looked up at him. "Bad jinni!" Genie took off to stop the fat thief dodging the lasers that were aimed at him. Once Genie was out of sight, Abis turned his sight to the rest of us. Al and I fled as he started zapping at us. Suddenly Abis paused and Al and I watched as he started to shrink.

"No, no, no!" Abis whined like a baby and soon he was back to normal short size. Eden floated by in a relaxed way not all sorry and he seethed.

"That's twice you tricked me!"

"You said cosmic tough guy. You didn't say forever."

"Fine, for my last wish, I want Aladdin, his brother and the jinni mashed!" Eden shook her head.

"Rules! You can't kill anyone."

"Oh, bother. Then, turn them into little cockroaches so I can mash them!" We all gasped as his sudden cleverness and Al gripped my shoulder as Eden looked at us in shock.

"I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish!" Abis shouted childishly hopping up and down. Genie came over and stood behind us as Eden lifted her hands.

"Yes, master." She said solemnly and gritted my teeth. As she was about to cast the wish, Abu grabbed the bottle from Abis Mal and ran away with it. Eden couldn't stop her spell, but she could make it go slower. We had to hope Abu got to Dhandi. He ran as fast as he could, dodging Abis and Haroud. They ended up slamming into each other as the little monkey ran by and Eden couldn't hold back any longer. I shut my eyes as the magic shot towards us and turned to bury my face into Genie who put an arm around me.

"I wish for Eden not to grant the wish!" Dhandi shouted and I opened my eyes to see Eden's magic stop just short of us and go in a new direction. I grinned in satisfaction as it hit the two thieves on the ground. Abis and Haroud won't be bothering us anytime soon.

We all turned as Abu picked the lock on Dhandi's cage freeing her. She came out and looked up at Eden in confusion. "But I didn't wish that." Eden shrugged.

"Freebie!" I poked Genie and he gave a laugh as he remembered.

"No more freebies." He whispered in my ear and I grinned. It faded though as I thought of how I had been acting and wondered if I should even mention it. I decided to not tell him. It would only make things between him and Eden hard. It wasn't my place to tell him that I was jealous. I had no right to be. I looked over to see him holding his lamp to a smiling Eden.

"Add on a second bathroom, put a little white picket fence around it, home sweet home." Eden smiled at Genie's words and laid her head on his chest.

"Sounds cozy." She murmured and I turned away from them, again feeling my stomach drop.

"Thank you for saving us." Al told Dhandi getting on one knee to speak to her.

"Yeah, thank you." I added coming over to her. "But I'm sorry you had to use your second wish." Eden came up behind her and gave her a hug.

"She'll just have to make her last one a special one. Won't you sweetie?"

"Free the jinni." Genie whispered to them, though it really wasn't that quiet.

"Of course I'll free you, Eden." Dhandi beamed. "I just wish we could always be together." Everyone froze and she clapped a hand over her mouth. "I didn't mean that! I mean I…" But it was too late. The wish had been done. Genie's jaw dropped and Eden came up to him.

"I'm sorry, Genie. Dhandi has no one else. I can't leave her." Genie got over his shock and smiled gently.

"I understand." He said and Dhandi ran up and hugged him. Another wave of jealously hit me and I had to bunch my hand into fists to stop from getting really mad.

"Thank you, Genie!" She said and Genie hugged her back.

"Besides, we jinni's have all eternity." Eden winked and Genie grinned the widest grin I had ever seen on him.

"You, uh, free sometime next century? Say eight-ish?"

"Eight-ish. It's a date." Eden replied. I hadn't realized that I had my back turned until I was startled by a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Al looking at me.

"You okay, Rick?"

"Err, yeah," I yawned. "Just tired." Al nodded, obviously my real yawn worked.

"Me too." Dhandi said and Eden kissed Genie on the cheek.

"I'll see ya around, handsome. I've got a kid to get to bed." Eden picked up Dhandi and they waved to us.

"Bye!" Dhandi called. "And thanks for the story!" I waved at her.

"You're welcome!"

"Fair well, Eden!" Genie called out and then he turned to us. "So, shall we get on our way?"

"Definitely." Al said and then Genie grinned. I sighed with relief as we headed out. Maybe if kept it to myself, I wouldn't be so jealous next time. With that thought, I ran up to Al and poked him.

"Am I really grounded when we get back?" Genie looked at Al and made his lower lip jut out. Al sighed.

"No, I guess not. But I really mean it, Alaric. Don't do that again." Abu shook his finger at me too and I grinned at them both.

"Aye, aye sir!" I said playfully and saluted him. Genie laughed and tucked an arm around me as Al rolled his eyes.

Fast right? Yeah, I already had it typed up! The next on the list it Sadira! She's next! Review, so I can get to typin! And don't forget to check out Blackmoondragon1415's new crossover fic with Alaric in it! Look for it under my favorites! Until next time,

PWT!