"Numbuh 5? Numbuh 5!"

The sound of Numbuh 3's voice made Numbuh 5 wake up and groan wearily while the Carpet rose up, lifting her.

"You OK?" asked Numbuh 2.

"Yeah, I..." Numbuh 5 began, stopping herself short when she and the others looked up to the cave entrance sealed, trapping them inside.

"I knew it!" exclaimed Numbuh 4. "I knew that guy couldn't be trusted, even if he is a Kids Next Door operative."

"Well, whoever he was," said Numbuh 5. "He's long gone with that stupid lamp of his."

"You mean that over there?" Numbuh 3 asked, pointing at...the lamp!

It must've fallen out of Jafar's cloak when Numbuh 4 whacked his foot.

"Huh, talk about sheer luck!" said Numbuh 2.

Numbuh 4 picked up the lamp, asking. "So...what do we do with it?"

"Oh, maybe I could use it for a tea party with my toys!" Numbuh 3 said, taking the lamp from Numbuh 4, who said. "I had to ask."

But as Numbuh 3 rubbed off the dust, she noticed the lamp starting to shake, glow and spark, returning it to Numbuh 4, who said while tossing to Numbuh 2. "Uh...you take it!"

"No, no, no, you take it!" Numbuh 2 said to Numbuh 5, who tossed the lamp back, saying. "No, you take it!"

As soon as Numbuh 3 caught the lamp, a blue cloud came out of its spout, forming into an enormous shape with arms, a chest, a head, and a wild-eyed face with a long, black curling beard.

"Oy!" the strange blue creature exclaimed. "Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck! Hang on a second."

He hung Sector V on a nearby rock, then pulled his head off, spinning it around, yelling as he did so.

"Whoa! Does it feel good to be outta there!" the giant blue creature said, using the lamp end of himself as a microphone. while Sector V got themselves down.

"I'm telling ya, nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, where ya from?" the blue creature asked.

Sector V looked at each other, then introduced themselves.

"Uh, Numbuh 5..."

"...Numbuh 4..."

"...Numbuh 3..."

"...and Numbuh 2. We're the Kids Next Door, and..."

A neon sign lit up with the words "Kids Next Door" on it, circled by chase lights, changing to reflect what the blue creature was about to say. "Well, hello, Kids Next Door. Nice to have you on the show. Can we call each of ya 'Kids?' Or maybe just 'Numbuhs?' Or how bout 'Kitty?' Sounds like 'kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty!'"

The creature disappeared, then reappeared as a purring cat.

"Numbuh 5 must've hit her head harder than she thought." said Numbuh 5.

"Do you smoke? Mind if I do?" the blue cat asked before changing back to his original form with a poof, frightening Numbuh 3.

"Oh, sorry, cutie. Hope I didn't scare ya." the creature apologized, then turned to the Carpet. "Yo, yo, yo, Rugman! Haven't seen you in a few millennia! Give me some tassel!"

The Carpet flew over and high-fived the blue creature, who looked down at Sector V.

"Say, you're a lot smaller than my last master." he said, lifting his beer-gut. "Either that or I'm gettin' bigger. Look at me from the side. Do I look different to you?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, back it up!" said Numbuh 4. "Are you sayin'...we're your masters?"

"That's right! He can be taught!" the creature exclaimed, slapping a diploma and moratarboard on each of Sector V's hands and heads.

"What would you wish of me, (as Arnold Schwarzenegger) the ever impressive, (inside a cube) the long contained, (as a ventriloquist with a dummy) often imitated, (tosses the dummy aside) but never duplicated..."

While echoing the word, "duplicated," the blue creature multiplied himself, hovering over a spotlight, introducing himself as...

"Genie! Of! The Lamp!"

...who transformed into a caricature of Ed Sullivan, adding. "Right here direct from the lamp, right here for your very much wish fulfillment. Thank you!"

The multiple Genies clapped and whistled, so did Numbuh 3, when Numbuh 5 spoke up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. Wish fulfillment?"

"Three wishes to be exact." the Genie explained while making his multiple selves disappear. "And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's it!"

He turned into a slot machine, arm pulling down, making three little Genies appear in the windows, saying. "Three!"

"Uno, dos, tres." added three more genies, who had popped out of the slot.

"No substitutions, exchanges or refunds." the Genie added as Groucho Marx while a duck dropped with the secret word "Refunds."

"Either this is a dream or this is actually happening." Numbuh 3 said to her Treasure-Huntin' Rainbow Monkey.

"Numbuhs, I don't think you quite realize what you've got here!" the Genie said, using his magic to sit Sector V down. "So why don't you just ruminate, whilst I illuminate the possibilities.

Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves
Scheherazade had a thousand tales
But, buster, you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails

As the Genie sang, the 40 Thieves appeared from his fingers, surrounding Sector V, pointing their swords at them. But they were soon no match, for the Genie appeared through Numbuh 2's shirt, sticking his arms out and boxing the thieves into submission.

"You got some power in your corner now, some heavy ammunition in your camp..." he went on singing, as a boxing ring appeared with Numbuh 4 in the corner, being massaged by the Genie, who turned into a pile of fireworks and exploded.

You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp
And I'll say

My little Kids Next Door
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order
Jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me

The Genie conjured up a table and chairs for Sector V and the Carpet to sit on, then wrote down on a note pad, like a waiter.

Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maître d'!
C'mon, whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me

The Genie kept singing as four more of himself appeared, each of them grooming the kid of their choosing a haircut, shave, or manicure.

Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
You're the boss
The king, the shah

Say what you wish
It's yours! True dish
How about a little more Baklava?
Have some of column "A"
Try all of column "B"
I'm in the mood to help you, dude
You ain't never had a friend like me

While singing, Numbuh 4 found himself rising up on a column of food with a giant A on top, then jumped to another column with a B on top. He fell off, but was caught by a cushion held by the Genie, who opened his mouth, his tongue turning into a staircase.

A miniature Genie dressed like a magician came out, doing a little dance with the his two giant hands. At the end, they surround the mini Genie and squish him into nothing.

Wah-ah-ah (Oh my!)
Wah-ah-ah (No no!)
Wah-ah-ah (My my my!)

"Can your friends do this?" the Genie sang as he pulled off his head, which he duplicated and juggled.

"Can your friends do that?" he sang, tossing his heads to Numbuh 2, who juggled with one hand and spinning one of the heads on his fingertip like a basketball, then tossed back to the Genie.

Can your friends pull this out their little hat?
Can your friends go, poof?

The Genie pulled himself out of a hat at his base, spiraling around and around until he turned into a white rabbit, then transformed into a purple dragon, who breathed fire which turned into three harem girls, who dance around Numbuhs 2 & 4.

Well, looky here. Ha ha!

Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?
So don'tcha sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
I'm here to answer all your midnight prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for your chargé d'affaires
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So whatcha wish? I really wanna know
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
Well, all you gotta do is rub like so, and oh

My little Kids Next Door, have a wish or two or three
I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never
Had a
Friend
Like
Me

Ya-ha-ha!
Wah-ha-ha!

As the Genie sang, he zapped four dancing elephants into existence. To the other direction, he zaps in four dancing camels, with a grand finale dancing number ensuing while Numbuh 4 grabbed as much gold as he can.

"You ain't never had a friend like me!" the Genie sang as he warped everything up in a cyclone, zapping them away they're all back in the cave.

On seeing the "APPLAUSE" sign on the back, Numbuh 3 and the Carpet clapped while Numbuh 4 crossed his arms over the loss of the treasure...again.

"Simple as that." said the Genie.

"So, you can grant any three wishes we want?" asked Numbuh 2.

"Ah, almost." explained the Genie...impersonating William F. Buckley. "There are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos."

"Such as?" asked Numbuh 5.

"Ah, rule #1: I can't kill anybody." the Genie explained, slicing his head off with his finger. "So don't ask.

"Rule #2..." he went on, putting his head back on his body. "I can't make anyone fall in love with anyone else."

His head, then, turned into a big pair of lips which kissed Numbuh 4. "You little punim, there."

Dejected, Numbuh 2 asked. "You mean, I can't get Cree to..."

"Rule #3..." the Genie interrupted, lying flat, then rose up, transforming into a zombie. "I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture. I don't like doing it!

"Other than that," he said, returning to his original form. "You got it!"

As the Genie covered his face, Sector V looked at each other, exchanging their sneaky smiles.

"Provisos?" asked Numbuh 3.

"You mean limitations? On wishes?" added Numbuh 2. "Pfft, some all-powerful genie."

"Can't even bring people back from the dead." said Numbuh 4.

While they were talking, the Genie lowered his hands, not liking what he was hearing.

"I don't know about you, guys," said Numbuh 5. "But he probably can't get us out of this cave."

"Yeah, looks like we'll have to find another way out of..." Numbuh 2 said before the Genie stomped his foot down in front of them, saying. "Excuse me? Are you lookin' at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here?"

Sector V just smiled slyly to each other as the Genie went on, ranting. "And all of a sudden, you're walkin' out on me? I don't think so. Not right now! YOU'RE GETTING YOUR WISHES, SO SIT DOWN!"

Sector V did as they were told, sitting on the Carpet, on which the Genie joined them, saying. "In case of emergency, the exits are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, anywhere! Keep your hands and arms inside the carpet. Weeee'rrrrrreee...outta here!"

The Carpet flew the Genie and Sector V out of the sand and off into the distance.