Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(126) TTotSS: Capable Assist!

There was a sound of rustling that managed to wake Azul from his light sleep. Slowly, brushing Floyd's hand from his face, he sat up and reached for the glasses that he put on the floor near his head. The twins sandwiching him were still sleeping, Jade on the left and Floyd on the right. Since Jamil only prepared two extra beds (with the assumption of Azul sleeping on it because Jonah slept in Kalim's room last night), the trio needed to share. On the actual bed, he could saw Grim curling up near the pillow, but the other occupant wasn't there.

Turning to the rustling sound, he saw the boy kneeling at the corner of the room, crouching in front of the open suitcase. Curiosity got the better of him, so he stood up and walked toward the boy. "Jonah?"

Jonah let out a small gasp before turning toward him. "Sorry. Did I wake you?"

Azul noticed that the suitcase that was opened was Jonah's, the same one that Grim brought during his crash. There was a visible glint of metal among the clothes from the prosthetic hand that Azul had packed without the cat knowing, along with the bronze orb. Realizing that he was still waiting for his answer, Azul shook his head. "No. I can't sleep. You?"

Jonah sighed. "I need to check on something." He turned around and sat on the floor, revealing the orb.

"What is that anyway?" Azul asked, sitting on the floor in front of Jonah.

The boy shrugged, finger tracing the pattern of the orb. "I don't know. I found it way back when I first arrived at Ramshackle Dorm. Ever since then, it had been showing these weird visions of the Great Seven before everything went to shit. Riddle has the Queen of Hearts, Leona has the King of Beast, you have the benevolent Sea Witch, and this time is the Vizier of the Desert. And for some reason, whatever it was show me, it'll somehow happen in real life." Looked up to Azul with a questioning look. "Do you have an idea what can it be?"

Azul shook his head. "I don't have the slightest idea." After all, he had only seen the orb in action once, back when he could see through Jonah's eyes under his contract. There was too little information for Azul to decipher. Looking at the orb again, Azul realized it was blinking rapidly along with the sound of a storm from inside of it. "So, it wants to show you more vision now?"

"Yeah. Can you hold this for me?"

Azul nodded and Jonah handed the orb toward him. He tried to tap the orb, vaguely copying Jonah's action from his memories. But it didn't do anything.

"Here." When Jonah tapped the circular patterns, they sunk.

"It only responds to you," Azul mumbled.

Jonah frowned. "Weird..." He twisted it twice and suddenly green neon light flooded the room. Azul looked at the room changed. Jade, Floyd, and Grim disappeared. In turn, two people appeared, a girl and a man, both were bowing to the ground.

"Oh, princess~ There someone I'm dying to introduce you to!"

The girl suddenly rose but appeared to be dangling like a puppet on a string. She wobbled toward a man with the snake staff. The Great Sage of the Sands.

"Jafar! Get your hands off her!"

Both boys turned toward the sound where he saw a boy in royal clothes, flying sharp on a carpet toward the sorcerer. But the man just laughed and raised his snake-staff toward the boy. Azul knew that this was all just a vision, but he couldn't help to pull Jonah closer when the sorcerer shot his magic toward the boy, pushing him off the carpet.

"His lies were too good to last! Say hello to your precious Prince Ali!"

The clothes of the boy suddenly changed into a simpler, almost raggedy, vest and pants.