Disney Wizards: Dark Anomalies [UPDATED 4/7/2020]

Chapter 9 - Arabian Nights

Ben led the way through the many rooms and trails of the Cave of Wonders as the others and I followed closely behind him. 

Jafar had to be hiding out in one of these rooms. These tunnels just don't go down for all eternity! 

After travelling down for what seemed to take a eternity, Mushu sprang a head, coming up at a large arch. He poked his head around it and his tail flinched. He zipped back around, shushing the rest of us as he motioned as to come forward. 

I looked back and glanced at the boys with confusion before I tip-toed my way over to Mushu, the boys following behind me. One by one, we each poked our heads around the side of the arch, scanning the room. 

The walls were dark blue with dark grey marble flooring. A giant metal chandelier hung from the ceiling, flames spewing over head. Jafar stood in the middle of the room, holding his staff with one hand, and Mickey's hat in the other. Iago perched himself on his masters shoulder, squawking loudly.

"What's he doing?" Sebastian whispered.

"... This must be the rendezvous point." My eyes widened with a gasp.

"Wait, to meet up with the Dark Anomalies leader?" Aladdin clarified.

"What?!" Ben yelped before Genie used his magic to zip his mouth shut. Literally, he zipped the boys lips and now his mouth his a white metal zipper. 

"But, I don't understand. If the Dark Anomalies can affect anything from anyway, why go through all the trouble to have Jafar deliver it to them?" I asked with confusion. 

"We haven't been able to pin-point the Anomalies origin yet. We have speculated that whoever or whatever is controlling them, probably can only summon the anomalies and choose what to affect, but can't keep them for themselves." Sebastian explained. 

"So in other words, from where their leader is, they can't actually get their hands on whatever they're affecting?" I replied. 

"Correct." The British boy nodded. 

The two of us heard muffled screaming as we looked over to see Ben, struggling to try and unzip his lips. 

Aladdin sighed, shaking his head. "Okay, you can let him go now Genie." 

"Alright, alright, just as long as he doesn't blow our cover." Genie muttered. With a wave of his hand, the zipper vanished, changing back into Ben's lips. 

The blonde covered his mouth with his hands before sighing with relief. He shot Genie a glare before looking back over at me, lowering the sound of his voice to a whisper. "Whoever their leader is must also realize the risk in affecting The Sorcerer hat. Since it's been affected, who knows what kind of power it has."

"Because... he... if it's a he... I'm calling their leader an it  for now. If it  left the hat out in the open, then the Disney villains would jump at the chance to try and get their hands on its corrupted power." I pondered. 

"But one questions still remains."Aladdin stated, squinting his eyes as he watched his arch enemy. "Why would the leader of the Dark Anomalies hire Jafar?" 

I looked around the room, turning my attention up to the chandelier when I froze with a gasp. Black smoke took form, pouring out from the flames. It sank its way down the walls of the room, forming a big black cloud, sparking some purple lightning. Then, two flashes of yellow light took form, creating big light eyes in the smoke. 

"You're late. What was the delay?" A voice boomed from the smoke. 

"Just a little Wizard brat nuisance. But I assure you, they have been taken care of." Jafar replied.