Aladdin and His Wonderfully Infernal Device by Tee Morris

Author:Tee Morris [Morris, Tee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ImagineThat! Studios
Published: 2012-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

“Give me the lamp, Aladdin,” Jaha pleaded through gnashed teeth.

“Pull me up first!” he implored.

“Very well, boy,” Jaha said, shifting his weight and then giving a great heave.

Aladdin felt himself inch higher as the wings on his back twitched. Something had stuck in the works. It would require his attention once he was free.

His head shot back up to Jaha who was still pulling him free, but only using one hand to do so. Jaha’s other wrenched free of Aladdin’s hold and reached for where the modest lamp hung. Aladdin tried to roll his body and keep it from him, but his false uncle had grasped it quickly.

The lamp dully caught the light of the cave as Jaha held it over his head. The magician let out a triumphant howl, and Aladdin caught in his eyes a wild, maniacal look that had been there since the cave had been opened.

As Aladdin suspected, once Jaha held the lamp, he wrenched his arm away.

This was why Aladdin had not removed his grappling hook from the lamp.

Aladdin fell. As he slipped free of the cave’s lip, he grabbed the cable still connected to the lamp’s handle and tugged. The brass work flew out of Jaha’s grasp and returned Aladdin’s. He could hear Jaha’s scream, the rage of the cave, the collapse of various piles of treasure, and the repetitive click-click-click of the contraption on his back. He twisted as he fell, turning in the direction of his desperate yank against his ornithoper’s starter cord, and he held his breath as the click-click-click turned into a clack-clack-clack. He felt himself lurch and suddenly he swooped up into the air, his body spinning like a top. He was descending deeper into the cave, deeper into the collapsing towers of precious metals, gems, and trinkets. Aladdin twisted the throttle, feeling a surge of heat as the boiler released precious pressure. It would be thrust that, on breaking free of a rich man’s avalanche, would save his life; but cut his time in flight.

Aladdin plummeted to the ground, hitting a pile of treasure that scattered bowls and coins everywhere. He pushed up with his arms and looked behind him. Sand from outside was now pouring into the mouth of the cave. The slab that had one been blown clear by Jaha’s bombs now apparently slid down the dunes to return to its original resting place. The madness unfolding around him compelled Aladdin to run deeper into the vault, looking for any safe shelter from what he was resigning to be his fate underneath the sands of the great desert.

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