Seems Like Old Crimes: Part 2

Iago: Aladdin, pal. The Destiny Stone is broken. If it's not our destiny to sell the pieces and become filthy rich, what is?

Aladdin: Who knows? That stone is not the only thing that can affect our destiny. It's every choice we make.

(Genie turns into a grocery store bagger)

Genie: Will that be paper or plastic, ma'am?

Aladdin: Every chance we take.

(Genie turns into a shopper)

Genie: Oh, surprise me.

(The bagger hands the shopper a paper bag. Abu jumps out of it and into Aladdin's arms)

Aladdin: And every friend we make.

Iago: Yeah. Well, looks like our friends from the Temple blew the destiny right out of this place!

(Aladdin looks down; the ground surrounding another temple is burnt and dead)

Genie: And how!

(The group enters the destroyed temple; Genie makes a torch appear.)

Iago: These, uhh... magical entities that broke out of the Destiny Stone- are they here?

(Genie turns into Pluto and sniffs around)

Genie: (Returning to normal) Nah, we missed 'em again.

Abu: Phew!

(Abu sneaks off)

Genie: (Looking at the destruction) What a cryin' shame.

Iago: (Looking inside an empty treasure chest) I'll say. They took all the good stuff this time.

Aladdin: We've got to stop whoever or whatever did this.

Iago: How? If they could pick this place like a prune, just think what they'll do to us!

Aladdin: We'll stop them.

Genie: (Genie is trapped inside a sarcophagus) Hey, somebody let me out of here.

Iago: Right, good thing we have a genie on our side! (The sarcophagus opens, hitting Iago) Hey!

(The ground begins to shake)

Aladdin: Come on, we better get out of here while we still can. (Genie, Aladdin, and Iago jump on Carpet; they start flying out)

Genie: Wait, we seem to be one fur ball short.

(Aladdin sees Abu crawling toward a treasure on the other side of the temple)

Aladdin: Abu, no! (Carpet flies to Abu; Aladdin grabs him) Gotcha!

Iago: Somebody get me out of here! (Genie's tail turns into a rocket, sending Carpet speeding out of the temple)

(The group makes it out just before the temple collapses. Abu is cuddled in Aladdin's arms, frightened)

Aladdin: Don't worry. I wouldn't let anything happen to ya, Abu. I have a feeling our destiny is to be together for a long, long time.

(Setting: The Marketplace, Evening)

(Omar and other merchants are closing up shop for the evening)

Merchant: Good day, Omar.

Omar: (Holding up a tomato) Oh, I pray tomorrow is as fruit-ful. (Laughs)

Merchant: Good night to you, Omar. (Walks away, mumbling) If I hear a fruit joke one more time I think I'm going to...

(Omar screams; he is on the ground with Aziz is standing over him. The merchant yells; Aziz exhales, releasing a hand that grabs the merchant. His cape and treasure chest become under Aziz's possession; the chest is full of gold. Minos shows up and begins turning over carts gold. He sees another merchant carrying golden wares; he stomps his foot on the ground, sending out a shockwave that sends the merchant into the air; Minos grabs the treasure; the merchant falls into his own stand. Minos stomps his foot down again, causing the ground the separate. Omar nearly falls in.)

Minos: This is too easy!

(Aziz corners the merchant he already robbed; he blows smoke at him, encasing him in ice. Aziz takes his turban and puts it on).

Aziz: Ah, Minos, it's time I enjoyed the finer things in life.

(A merchant runs around the corner, pushing a cart full of mirrors.)

Merchant: I escaped them. I'm safe. (He hears a piercing scream) Mercy! (Fatima flies down to him) No, my mirrors! (Fatima looks into one of the mirrors, tears forming in her eyes; she screams, breaking the mirrors, then grabs the merchant with her talons) No, no! (She flies into the air with him) Oh please, don't drop me.

Fatima: And why shouldn't I?

(On the ground, a little boy and a little girl are following Fatima)

Little Boy: Papa, papa, come back!

(Hearing them, Fatima softens)

Merchant: I beg you, spare me!

Fatima: Quit your gutless whimpering.

(Fatima drops the merchant off on top of a high spire; she flies away)

Little Boy: Papa, papa!

Merchant: Papa's okay... sort of.

(Setting: Inside a high building)

(A large pile of treasure is sitting on a table)

Minos: Well, we made quite a haul.

Aziz: No thanks to Fatima. She destroyed more than she stole.

(Fatima is standing against a pillar, facing away from them)

Fatima: Too bad!

Aziz: Wha... (Aziz tries to blast magic at Fatima; Minos stops him)

Minos: There's plenty for everybody. Finally, we're rich! (Laughs)

Fatima: We're freaks! What good is all this? We're not even human anymore.

Minos: But we have wealth beyond our wildest dreams. We can have whatever we want!

Fatima: I want to be myself again.

Minos: Fatima... (Goes to her)

Aziz: Why would you want to be human again? We're better now. We have power.

Minos: Why, Agrabah itself would be but bauble I could give you. And I will. (He puts his arm around her; they look toward the Palace) You will be the Sultana and all of Agrabah will bow at your feet.

(Setting: The Marketplace, Night)

Aladdin and the gang fly into the city; they see the man on the spire and help him down onto Carpet)

Aladdin: What happened?

Merchant: (Shaken) If you wouldn't mind, I'll tell you on the ground.

Merchant 2: Yes, down-down here!

(Genie sees the merchant encased in ice; he goes to him)

Genie: (Touching the ice; in shorts) Oooh... chilly. (A tanning bed appears; Genie places the merchant inside) Got this baby cranked up to "Bahama Bronze". (The ice melts away)

(Carpet lands on the ground)

Merchant: Thank you, thank you... Mr. Boy on Carpet.

Little Boy: Papa, papa, papa you're okay!

(The kids run into his arms)

Merchant: No one is safe. You must stop those monsters.

Aladdin: Monsters?

Merchant 2: Yes, three of them.

Genie: Coincidence? I think not.

Aladdin: Come on, Genie, we have warn the Jasmine and the Sultan.

(Setting: The Palace, night)

(Jasmine is on her balcony, looking over the city)

Jasmine: Where is Aladdin?

(Jasmine enters her room and sits in front of her mirror; she picks up Aladdin's picture and looks at it.)

Jasmine: Why are they taking so long? (Puts the picture back down)

(Jasmine sees Aziz's reflection in the mirror)

Aziz: Are we late?

(Jasmine turns around to face Minos, Fatima, and Aziz. Rajah tries to jump Aziz; Aziz exhales smoke, freezing Rajah)

Jasmine: Rajah! (Runs to him)

Minos: Worry about yourself, girl. The palace is ours now. We're kicking you out.

Jasmine: You can't... what are you?

Fatima: You think you're so rich, so beautiful! Better than us. Well, it's your turn to live on the streets.

Aziz: You'll be lucky to find some beggar to marry you.

Fatima: (Holds up the picture of Aladdin) Oh, maybe she already has.

(Minos takes the picture from Fatima)

Minos: Wait... I know this street rat. Why is he dressed as a prince?

Aziz: Let me see that. (Takes the picture from Minos) Yes, his name is Aldin or Allan or...

Fatima: Aladdin.

Minos: The Princess of Agrabah and a thief?

Aziz: How long have we been gone?

Fatima: Too long. How dare he leave us in that stone prison. Aladdin will pay.

Jasmine: But it wasn't his fault!

Aziz: Oh, life's just not fair, is it? (Aziz inhales; he exhales, sending swords toward Jasmine. They pin her against the wall)

(The gang flies into the room)

Aladdin: Jasmine!

Fatima: That's him!

(Aladdin sees Jasmine against the wall)

Aladdin: Jasmine.

Jasmine: Aladdin, stay back!

Aziz: (To Minos, exasperated) He has a magic carpet now! And a Genie! How long have we been gone?

Fatima: Remember me, sweetheart?

Aladdin: Fatima! What happened to you?

Aziz: You mean after you and Abu left us for dead in the Stone?

Fatima: You made us monsters!

(Minos grabs Abu)

Genie: Hey, you can't pin this one on the kid. He tried to stop you.

Iago: And, uh... may I inform you that Abu is the umm, Sultan's uh... official royal monkey!

Genie: We're talking diplomatic immunity here.

Iago: You'll have no idea the world of trouble you'll be in...

(Aladdin sneaks away from the group, trying to help Jasmine. Aziz sees him and, as Aladdin jumps, makes a bed of spikes appear where Aladdin is to land; Aladdin lands, his feet between the spikes)

Minos: The boy is as agile as ever, eh monkey?

Abu: Oooo...

Genie: (As a hippy) Flower power, Al.

(Genie turns the spikes and Jasmine's swords into flowers; Jasmine falls to the ground)

Iago: Hey, you lost the royal monkey!

Minos: Huh?

(Minos opens his hand; Abu runs out and escapes)

Aladdin: Uh oh...

(Fatima and Genie are fighting for control of Carpet)

Genie: Let go!

(Aziz blasts a sword toward Genie)

Aladdin: Watch out!

(Genie uses his magic to send the sword back to Aziz, who eats it)

Iago: (To Abu) You know, I'll bet ya he's the kind of guy who could eat anything and not gain an ounce.

Aladdin: Carpet!

(Minos grabs Carpet, ties him into a knot, then throws him aside; Aladdin tries to grab him, but Minos slaps him aside)

(Genie is throwing various items at Aziz; Aziz eats them)

Genie: Come on, know when to say when. (Pulls out a kitchen sink) Okay, it's come to this.

(Minos grabs Genie, spins him in a circle, then throws him against the wall; Genie crumbles like a jigsaw puzzle)

Aziz: Genie power. Ha!

Aladdin: Genie!

(Fatima grabs Jasmine, then flies into the air)

Aladdin: Jasmine!

Jasmine: Let go, now!

(Jasmine swings and kicks Fatima; she falls onto her bed, Fatima falls to the ground)

Minos: (Running to Fatima) Did she hurt you? Oh, she'll pay.

Aziz: Hmm. Yes...

(Aziz blows out a flame, setting the floor surrounding Jasmine's bed on fire)

(Iago and Abu are trying to put Genie back together)

Iago: Come on, pull yourself together!

Jasmine: (To Aladdin) Look out!

(Aladdin grabs a pole from Jasmine's curtain and pole-vaults onto the bed; he hugs Jasmine)

Aladdin: You'll be okay. (Aladdin jumps on the edge of the bed, sending Jasmine over the flames and onto safe ground; Aladdin, however, is stuck) Not sure about me though...

(Abu and Iago get Genie back together; Abu starts moving his legs, trying to wake him up)

Genie: (Dazed, his eyes bulge when he sees the fire) Al!

(Genie throws a bucket of water onto the fire, extinguishing it)

Aladdin: Thanks, Genie.

(Genie emerges from the leftover steam, wearing a towel)

Genie: No sweat Al. Well, maybe a little.

(Aladdin hugs Jasmine)

Fatima: Aladdin risked his life for her. How... odd.

(Genie wakes up Rajah)

Genie: You must be starving after your cat-nap. Look, pretty birdie!

(Rajah tackles Fatima, who screams)

Minos: No!

(Minos runs across the room to her, throwing aside everything in his path, including Rajah and Genie, who he hurls against a wall; Genie melts into a multi-colored puddle)

Minos: (Holding Fatima's wing) My love!

Jasmine: (Gasps) He loves her...

Minos: Aziz, get us out of here!

Aziz: What? This is just starting to...

Minos: Now!

Aziz: Fine, but I want my monkey back.

(Aziz grabs Abu, then exhales smoke; when the smoke clears, they are gone)

Aladdin: Abu! He's gone...

(Setting: The Tower)

(Abu, chained, is screeching)

Minos: Be quiet.

Aziz: You stinky little... (Aziz goes to hit Abu).

Fatima: Not now, Aziz! Listen! You want riches, don't you? And you want power, don't you, Minos? And I want Aladdin to pay for turning me into this...creature! (Begins to cry; Minos tries to comfort her; she shrugs him off and walks away) He was near the stone! Why did he escape? Why was he spared?

Minos: (Goes to her; tilts her chin upward to meet her gaze) I promise you, Fatima, the boy will pay.

Fatima: (Ducks away from Minos) Make him suffer as we have.

Aziz: (Doing Yoga) And this time we stay until the job's done. No last minute chicken exits. When we get Aladdin out of the picture, Agrabah is ours.

(Abu is in the corner, humming, and picking the lock on his chains with a lock pick; Minos grabs it, Abu yells)

Minos: You forget who gave you those, Abu. (Breaks the lock pick) We know your tricks.

Fatima: We'll use the monkey. Aladdin and Abu have been together all this time. The filthy, little creature must mean a lot to the boy. (Fatima takes his fez) It's the perfect bait to lure Aladdin to his...destiny.

Aziz: Allow me!

(Aziz blows the fez off the balcony and into the air)

(Setting: The Marketplace)

(The gang is flying on Carpet.)

Jasmine: (Yelling) Abu?

Aladdin: (Sadly) Abu and I, we've been through so much together.

Jasmine: We'll find him. Look! (Abu's fez lands on Carpet)

Iago: (Picks it up) How sad. It looks like Abu's fez. (Sniffs it; he drops it, his eyes bulging) Ew, this is Abu's fez!

Aladdin: They must be around here somewhere.

Jasmine: The wind could have blown his fez from anywhere.

Genie: (As a sailor) The wind be a fickle mistress fer sher, (spins his finger in a circle) but I know her squirrelly ways. Climb aboard, matey. There's one blustery lass callin' Abu's name! (A boat appears; everyone gets on. The boat flies through the marketplace)

Aladdin: (Yelling) Abu?

(Iago belches and holds his stomach, he is turning green. A sonar beeps)

Genie: Red alert! We've got monkey movement on radar.

(They hear screeching)

Jasmine: That's him!

Aladdin: Carpet, up there. (They fly to the tower)

(Setting: Inside the tower)

Minos: (Holding Abu, now unchained; laughing) You worthless little monkey, even your best friend has abandoned you.

Aladdin: Abu! (The gang flies inside; Aladdin attacks Minos, but is shoved aside)

Fatima: Well, the boy came back after all.

Aladdin: Let him go, Minos!

(Aziz sends purple magic toward Aladdin)

Jasmine: Aladdin, watch out!

(Jasmine shoves him out of the way; she is wrapped in the magic; when the smoke clears, she is inside a crystal. Aziz exhales again, and he, Fatima, Minos, Abu, and the stone disappear)

Genie: (Gets rid of the smoke) Where's Jasmine?

Aladdin: They meant to get me, Genie.

Iago: Jasmine's not their only surprise passenger. (Hands Aladdin the fez) We still got one unclaimed monkey fez.

Aladdin: Come on, I think I know where they went.

(Setting: The Temple of Destiny)

(Minos, Fatima, Aziz, the stone, and Abu appear)

Fatima: Finally, Aladdin trapped like we were!

Minos: That's not the boy.

Fatima: What?

(Fatima wipes some dust off the stone; seeing Jasmine inside, she rests her fist against the stone, frustrated

Minos: (Grabs Aziz) You got the princess! Can't you do anything right?

Aziz: No problem, no problem. We'll get Aladdin.

Minos: How?

Aziz: Call me coo-coo, but if Aladdin came to rescue his monkey, it's possible he'll come to rescue his princess. I'll bet he's on his way.

Minos: Then, move it. We'll get him on the way in. (Minos and Aziz leave, Abu follows)

(Fatima screams; the stone explodes, freeing Jasmine)

Fatima: You were a fool to get in our way.

Jasmine: I would never let you hurt Aladdin.

Fatima: What does it matter to you? You have beauty, and wealth, and power! Why would you risk your life for Aladdin? Why?

Jasmine: Don't you know, Fatima? Wouldn't you do the same for Minos?

Fatima: (Softly) I...I...

(Setting: Outside the Temple of Destiny)

Minos: No sign of him!

Aziz: I knew it! Here they come!

(The gang is flying toward the Temple)

(Aziz tries to blast them; Abu holds his mouth shut. Abu tries to flee, but runs into Minos)

Minos: You!

Genie: Coming through.

(Carpet passes the two of them; Genie takes Abu and fly inside)

(Setting: Inside the Temple)

Fatima: (To Jasmine) You can compare yourself to me?

Aladdin: There she is!

(Aziz appears; he blasts smoke at Aladdin)

Aziz: Enjoy your revenge, Fatima!

Aladdin: Genie...

Genie: Blowhard!

(Genie turns into a fan; the smoke goes over Aladdin and Genie and heads toward Minos; Fatima flies down and grabs Minos before it hits him. They land on the ground)

Minos: (Surprised) Fatima... (she smiles at him)

Aladdin: (Runs to Jasmine) Jasmine, are you alright?

(Aziz exhales, causing the broken stone pieces to fly in a circle around the room)

Genie: (To the camera) No breath, no matter how putrid, stands a chance against Genie's mystical mint spray. (Genie turns into a spray bottle) Kills germs, too!

(He tries to spray Aziz, but is hit with a piece of stone)

Aladdin: Genie! Uh oh... (Aladdin is hit in the chest with a piece of stone; he falls to the ground) Wha? (A large piece of stone is about to fall on Aladdin; Abu dropkicks it, causing it to barely miss Aladdin) Thanks, Abu.

(Abu runs into Aladdin's arms and points; Aziz has Jasmine cornered)

Jasmine: Aladdin!

(She runs to Aladdin; she doesn't reach him, however, when Aziz sends a blast of magic between them, causing the floor to separate)

Aladdin: No!

Jasmine: Ahh!

(Jasmine nearly falls into the forming pit; she is able to jump away. Aladdin, however, falls into the pit)

Genie: (Still trapped by the stone) Al!

(Carpet flies down the pit and grabs Aladdin)

Aziz: It's over, Princess.

Fatima: (Running in front of Aziz) No, Aziz! Vengeance will never bring us what we want.

Aziz: Well, what do you want? First you want to be human, then you want Agrabah, then you want revenge.

Minos: Aziz, stop!

Aziz: No! I won't be bullied around by either of you anymore. I have the power now, and I'm running with it. So, you have a little moral dilemma? Allow me to solve it! (Inhales)

(Minos runs to block Fatima; Aziz blasts Minos in the back with fire, sending both Minos and Fatima onto the ground across the room. Minos his burnt and weak)

Fatima: Minos! (Rolls Minos onto his back; he is gasping for breath) Please, you can't leave me now, Minos. I finally see what you knew all along. (Running her wing over his cheek) Even as monsters, we have something real. We have love.

(Minos gasps, then dies. Fatima rests her head on his chest, crying. Jasmine is also crying; Aladdin comforts her)

Abu: (Crying) Oh, Minos...

Iago: (Wiping a tear from his eye) Ahem, it's just Aziz's breath. Makes my eyes water.

Aziz: Well, I guess that's their destiny.

Aladdin: You-

(The shards of the Destiny Stone glow, then spin in a circle around Minos and Fatima. Minos and Fatima are wrapped inside the shards, which reform into the Destiny Stone and land on the pedestal. They walk out of the Stone, human again)

Fatima: Minos... (Touches his face) You're alive. You're human again!

Minos: As are you, my love. (She looks at her hands, they embrace from a moment, before turning to Aziz) Aziz, you have a choice. You can change your destiny.

Aziz: Well, thank you, but nasty is my destiny.

(Aziz exhales smoke, which surrounds him and sends him flying out of the Temple)

Aladdin: We've got to stop him!

Minos: No. We will find Aziz; he will be stopped. (Laughs) You two are not the only thieves to make good.

Fatima: What's done can't be changed, but we can, and we'll work hard to make up for our old crimes.

(Setting: Outside the Temple of Destiny)

(The gang leaves on Carpet; Minos and Fatima wave goodbye to them)

Guardian (Voice Over): The Destiny Stone turned Fatima and Minos into monsters. But, only in their hideous condition could they discover real human compassion.

(Minos and Fatima kiss)