Solomon changed direction immediately. If Aladdin was calling him and asking for his help, something was wrong. She hadn't called him daddy in years, since they had grown apart after Sheba first became sick. He looked at Paimon and mouthed to her to cancel whatever he had to be at today.

He listened to Aladdin's broke explanation of what had happened and tried to understand; but her words weren't making sense, they were barely words. She wasn't making much sense. She was panicking. "Aladdin, I'm on my way. I will be there in two minutes. I need you to relax and take a deep breath, just calm down. I won't let anything bad happen." He listened to Aladdin breathing and heard the insults from the fight in the background. He sped his car up, breaking the speed limit. He wasn't that far away. He got out of the car and ran over to the fight. The cops were just behind him, pulling up as he reached the scene.

"I could have you arrested. Aladdin is sixteen. She isn't allowed to be in a relationship with anyone older than eighteen."

"You don't have any fucking proof. And you are guiltier than I am on that account. There are witnesses who saw you kiss her!"

That was news to Solomon. He and Sinbad were going to have even more problems then he had thought.

Solomon held onto Aladdin, asking her to explain to him very clearly what had happened. This time she did, relaying everything. To say Solomon was furious would be an understatement. He felt the need to destroy the Sindria Label. He looked over and saw the officers cuffing Sinbad and Judal. He let go of Aladdin a bit, holding her hand instead and walking over to the officer leading Judal away. Jafar arrived and moved towards Sinbad. He stopped when he saw the look in Aladdin's eyes. Something was very wrong, especially if she was clinging to Solomon like that. Her poor relationship with her father wasn't a secret to anyone.

Solomon spoke quietly to the officer. After a moment Judal was free to go. Jafar was talking to the officer holding Sinbad. The officer was in the middle of taking off the cuffs when Judal's officer spoke into his ear. A look crossed the other officers' face and he tightened the cuffs instead. Jafar was confused. Sinbad wouldn't tell him what happened. He walked over to Aladdin, demanding to know what had happened. She just leaned against Solomon more, reaching out and pulling Judal closer to her with her free hand. She didn't want to talk to anyone right now, especially not Jafar. He would always take Sinbad's side.

Solomon led the two away from the crowd and the police. He was starting to calm down. One look at Aladdin and he felt the rage try to take over again. Aladdin just looked back and forth between him and Judal before closing her eyes for a moment. When she opened them she spoke quietly.

"I don't want to be here. I want to go away. I don't want to go back." It wasn't a very clear statement but Solomon understood what she wanted. She wanted to get away from Portland, away from the reminder of this incident until she had had time to cope with it. She didn't want to go back to Sindria. He didn't want her to go back to Sindria either. He wasn't going to deny her anything at this point. He should have been more careful about the people she was working with. He pulled out his phone. Ugo picked up in seconds. He relayed what had happened, saying Ugo needed to come pick him up at the park. He looked over at Aladdin again.

"Do you want to drive or fly?"

"I don't know. I don't even know where to go." Judal looked confused. 'What the hell is the old man talking about? He's sending her away? Well, in that case-'

"Use my house Chibi. You can practice all the piano you want and play in the snow. It should start snowing soon."

Solomon was a bit surprised that Judal had offered. He hadn't expected that. Solomon nodded. He liked that idea. He pressed the keys to his corvette into Aladdin's hands. He looked at Judal and asked for the keys to his rental car and his hotel room.

"Why?"

"So that I can take care of things while you two are away. There is no point in you paying for a rental car or a hotel room you aren't using. I'll take care of it. Just get going." He saw the disbelief in Judal's face. "Yes, I am giving you permission to go with my daughter for a vacation to Tahoe with just the two of you for however long you want. If you hurt her I will destroy you and everything you have worked to build as an artist with Al Thamen. Stop wasting time and give me the keys." Judal handed them over.

"I can't tell if you are the best dad in the world or the worst. Thanks for not letting me get arrested old man."

Solomon would have objected to the nick name on a normal day, but this wasn't a normal day. He just turned to Aladdin and kissed her on the cheek. "Go have fun and get this incident out of your head. Call Ugo or me later so we know you are okay. I'll transfer money into your account so you can get whatever you need down there. He pushed the two of them over to the car, smiling as Aladdin climbed into the drivers seat, waved, and pulled away. Then he turned back to the scene of police. Ugo walked up beside him. "We have things to do, Ugo. You should have seen the look on her face. I don't think I've ever seen Aladdin scared like that."

"I have been meaning to talk to you about the label. I don't think she has been very happy with them. Like I said before, I think they overwork her. And they have been pushing her to do things she isn't comfortable with. That kiss was the last straw for her, I think."

"What do you think I should do? If I make a move against the label it could be bad for her."

"Don't make a move against them. Sindria and Al Thamen are the only label's worth signing with recently."

"Are you saying what I think you are saying?"

"Expand Alma Torran. You have all the other departments under control and running smoothly at this point with the research and overseas business. I know enough about the entertainment business. I've heard rumors about how poorly Al Thamen treats its artists, and I have first hand knowledge of what Sindria does. We could draw enough current artists and find new talent to make it work. I have connections to choreographers and directors, and if we are talking seriously they all go where the money and the talent is. It's a reasonable move."

"So this is the proposal you've been waiting to tell me about?"

Ugo smiled and nodded. "There is a friend of Aladdin's that could wreak some real havoc. He is quite protective of Aladdin. We can give him a call if Aladdin doesn't tell him or a rumor doesn't reach him first. I don't think Sindria should get off without any form of retaliation, I just don't think you should be the one to make a retaliatory move on that level. Run them out of the business."

"I see. Fine, let's get to work. I want this up and running by the time those two get back. Whatever it takes I want to crush that man."

They left, first taking care of things for Judal, moving his things out of the hotel and returning the car. Continuing on back to Alma Torran headquarters to begin their work.

Hello!

So Solomon and Ugo have a new plan. Sheba will start appearing pretty soon too. Aladdin and Judal have a few obstacles to get over coming up.

What did you guys think? Let me know.

For clarification purposes:

Ugo thinks that all the pressure Sinbad has put on Aladdin over the past few months had been weighing her down. The kiss Sinbad forced on her was just what pushed her over the edge and to the point of no return. She will not go back to Sindria.

Alma Torran is a company that works in all different industries (medicine, law, business, ect.) They started as a researching company about the lost Kings of the old world and grew after Solomon made a big discovery.

Since Alma Torran is so influential around the world, bringing down an entertainment company the size of Sindria wouldn't be that difficult. The reason Ugo keeps Solomon from doing that is it may hurt Aladdin's reputation or image to audiences, and since Aladdin has worked so hard to get where she is they don't want to do that.

~So yeah. Questions, comments, concerns, or requests? Let me know

Until Next Time!

-Kizuna