I have just noticed that my last chapter looked as if I had not pressed the return button. I had. Evil wee sods........
I'm glad everyone was surprised by what happened in the last chap! Shadow Shi13, I'm sure it will come together. Kai's babe, sorry I mean Ishtar's babe (He loves you for that!), and he is not homophobic, after all, he spent alot of time in Malik's body. Space Medagerbil X, your a duck trapped in a human's body? Poor wee Malik. (Hugs Malik.) Naroruru, here's some more chocolate. Have fun!
Malik's POV So, Ishtar is actually someone else then? His soul left his own body and was sent to one that looked more like him......... Oh Ra, this is why it all happened, but why is he calling on me to help him?
/Help me...... Malik help me............... Help me Malik............./ Ishtar said, his voice was soft.
I have no choice in this matter, I have to help him, even if this means that I have to go back to the asylum and stay there forever. I walked to see Ishtar, only the top half of him was showing, the rest of him had vanished. What was going on?
/The coma Malik........... The coma is taking me way....... You have to wake up............/ Ishtar said, strangely his voice was sounding a bit like Kai's.
/Ishtar! What are you talking about?!/ I yelled at him, but he seemed powerless.
/You have to wake up Malik. You have no choice in the matter, you must wake up soon! Otherwise I shall never leave your body./ Ishtar informed me.
If Ishtar left my body, I would be normal once again........... But do I want to be normal again? And what about Kai? What if he goes back to Tyson? Suppose he won't love me any more?
/Ishtar! I don't want you to leave....../ I said, sounding weak and pathetic.
/Don't be a fool!/ Ishtar roared, and it showed on his facial features; /I must return to my own body! They are planning to take me off!/
/Off what?/ I had to asked.
/Life-support!/ Ishtar told me, and I gasped.
/But Ishtar, i can't wake.................. It won't let me............./ I told him, and he snorted.
/You can wake up, you will wake up, and you MUST wake up. Kai has been at your side every since he woke up Malik, do you honestly believe that he does not love you? Do you think that if he knew, he would continue to love you? That you never fought for your own life?!/ Ishtar said and hit a sore spot.
I was not confident in my relationship with Kai. I don't think I should be confident in my realtionship with him, look at him and then look at me. But I wanted to try. And I was willing to try.
/What do I have to do?/ I asked him, and he smirked.
/You must go back the way, go to back to where you came to see me, and then you will know./ Ishtar said, I was hesitant; /GO!/
I walked away from him, turning my back against him. Ishtar, I will let you go back to your own body. I will not leave you, you have been a friend to me......... A weird one, but a friend none the less. The time you told Kai of my love for him, always popping up when ever Rita was around...... And you being on a sugar high. Over all, event hough i was physically there to witness all of this, I know you had a good heart.......... Maybe not when you were on the sugar high, but the rest. Everything you did, you never thought of what could happen to you, and when you felt uncomfortable you always left me to clean up. Like after you attacked Dr Miko. I notice that its dark, still this dark void. However I see a small light to my left, naturally when I see light, or when anyone sees a light, we follow it. After all I was in a space of darkness, what else could I do? I walked towards it until it was too bright for me, then it died down, showing me something that I have never seen before, a phoenix? A red phoenix is in my mind? Why? What was it doing here?
/Malik./ The phoenix, female, said softly, and gently, however its beak did not move, it was speaking telepathicly.
/Hello?/ I said, unsure of this phoenix inside my mind, or soul, which ever one comes first!
/I know you are confused, once this is over, completely over, you shall understand, remember Ryou, and Kai. And I shall help you wake up./ The phoenix told me, how odd.
/What do you mean? Kai and Ryou? What do they have to do with this? Explain!/ I demaned, but the phoenix just spread her wings out, making me move back.
/You should not make such demands, esspecially since Ishtar needs you for his.......... Survival shall we say./ The phoenix informed me, and I nodded; /Good. Now, you must remember everything good that has happened to you, don't argue, just do it, before you ever arrived at the asylum./
Oh god, so I can't have Kai in my thought's at all.......... What is she playing at? Is this a trick?
/Trust me Malik, I do not sink so low as to trick you./ The phoenix informed me.
I decided to remember everything good that had happened to me before my life in the asylum. My sister Isis, my adoptive brother Rishid, Egypt, my home........... What?! I'm crying?! Why??
/You are ready to face a danger Malik, that could be the end of you. I know that I sound like a martyr, but I cannot lie to anyone about this. However you shall get through this Malik, I can sense it, you will live through this and regain control of your body, go now, for Ishtar does not have a lot of time left./ The phoenix told me, but as I ran on, I stopped and looked at her.
/What is your name?/ I asked her, if I did not know any better, I would swear that she is smiling!
/My name is Dranzer./ She said, and in a bright light vanished.
I did not have time to think, for I felt something crawling up my arm, I could not see it. Now this must be what Dranzer told me, how can i defeat something that I can't see? There is much to lose, and a lot to gain, and I will win! I took hold of the invisable thing, and thew it away from me, only to have another latch on to me. Once more I saw light, in seemed far away, and I felt like resting.
/Give it up Malik........... Your a weak coward......../ A male voice said to me.
I remembered why i was here, what I must do, and what was at risk. I shall not lose to this! I will win and I will be back with Kai. I could only through these odd invisable things away from me, after all I had no weapons at all, so i kept walking towards the light, and I had no idea what I was thinking. The creatures back away from me the moment I was bathed in the light, it appeared that they feared light. After all this was a dark place, why should they like light? Darkness most likely makes them feel strong, as nearly everyone is unsure of the dark. I enter the room of light, and I let out a sigh that I never realised that I was holding on to. I looked around, but it was a white room, plain white, but light came in............ I noticed some stones that I could climb up. It was my only way out of here, and I must help Ishtar return to his own body! I reached the top, nothing could stop me, I saw a hole, what was going on? I already went up, now I have to go down again? What game are the fates playing?
/Malik, go down, trust me, you shall not be harmed./ I heard Drazner speak to me, but before I could make a reply I fell down the hole. Shit!
I slid down the tube, and fell onto my knees. Ouch. I looked around and saw three doors.
/You must pick one door Malik, and fate will do the rest./ Dranzer told me.
/What is behind these doors?/ I asked, but I could not see the red phoenix.
/Each door has a way to end this, a door has you entering Ishtar's body, instead of your own. Another has you going back to where you starting, evidently killing Ishtar, and yourself. Another door has you going back to your own body, and Ishtar going back to his./ The phoenix informed me.
/And I must do this on my own then............./ I said.
/Yes./ Dranzer told me, and I felt like I was running out of time.
Door number one, two or three. Which one to pick? And how can I pick any of them when i know what is at stack?
/Malik.......... Help me Malik................./ Ishtar, I heard him, he sounded so far off; /Pick the middle door............./
The middle door? I walk towards it, and then I stepped back. No. The middle door was not the right door to go through. The first door wasn't either. So the last door? It must be. Door number three, here I go....... Please Ra let this be the right door...................
/You shall be leaving now./ Dranzer said, her voice was fading from my mind.
Kai's POV I have not left Malik's side, unless I absolutly had to. Usually that was when Isis and Rishid came to visit. Rita told me that it would be best to leave them alone with there brother, and I had to agree, after all I was not his family and they were, I had no right to be around him when they were here.
'Wake up Malik, please,' I said softly, touching the boy's forehead.
His tanned skin makes my own skin look blue, it seemed so strange to be thinking about that though. What on earth was I thinking about? I heard a soft moan, and looked down at Malik. His eyes were half open, and then his hand moved to rub them.
'Malik?' I said, unsure if he actually was awake or not.
'Kai,' Malik said with a smile; 'Where is Ishtar?'
'How do you mean?' I asked him, did he know Ishtar had his own body?
'Is Ishtar awake too?' I could not answer him, but Kirsty the nurse came in with a smile.
'Both of our coma boy's a awake. Rita is with him,' She said and I nodded my thanks.
'He's awake,' I told him, and he tried to sit up.
'I should see him,' Malik told me, but I had to gently push him back down onto his bed.
'No Malik. You need to gain strenght, and Rita has been so stressed out with worry over you and Ishtar that.........'
'BROWNIES!!!!!!!!' We heard a load, almost insane cry come three doors down.
Needless to say, we both laughed, as it would only be Ishtar who would say such a thing with all excitement in his voice. I took out a shopping bag from Malik's drawer, and gave it to him.
'Food?' He said, unsurely, taking out half a cake that Rita made for him.
'I told you, she worried about you and Ishtar,' I said to him, and he smiled.
'She would be a nice grandmother,' Malik said and I nodded.
'She is a nice grandmother,' I told him, and he looked confused; 'Rita is my own grandmother,'
'You deserve it,' He told me, and he held my hand.
'Poor Kirsty, I really don't think I should have left her alone to deal with Ishtar, but......' Rita said and walked towards Malik; 'I shall have to phone Isis to tell her that your awake,'
'Thank you, and thank you for the........' Malik started and Rita shook her head.
'Don't be silly, I would have baked you things even if you were in the asylum,' Rita told him, and he smiled; 'I had better phone your sister, and then try to calm Ishtar down,'
'You are lucky,' Malik said once Rita had left.
'We both are,' i told him, and kissed his forehead.
Malik's POV So, Ishtar is actually someone else then? His soul left his own body and was sent to one that looked more like him......... Oh Ra, this is why it all happened, but why is he calling on me to help him?
/Help me...... Malik help me............... Help me Malik............./ Ishtar said, his voice was soft.
I have no choice in this matter, I have to help him, even if this means that I have to go back to the asylum and stay there forever. I walked to see Ishtar, only the top half of him was showing, the rest of him had vanished. What was going on?
/The coma Malik........... The coma is taking me way....... You have to wake up............/ Ishtar said, strangely his voice was sounding a bit like Kai's.
/Ishtar! What are you talking about?!/ I yelled at him, but he seemed powerless.
/You have to wake up Malik. You have no choice in the matter, you must wake up soon! Otherwise I shall never leave your body./ Ishtar informed me.
If Ishtar left my body, I would be normal once again........... But do I want to be normal again? And what about Kai? What if he goes back to Tyson? Suppose he won't love me any more?
/Ishtar! I don't want you to leave....../ I said, sounding weak and pathetic.
/Don't be a fool!/ Ishtar roared, and it showed on his facial features; /I must return to my own body! They are planning to take me off!/
/Off what?/ I had to asked.
/Life-support!/ Ishtar told me, and I gasped.
/But Ishtar, i can't wake.................. It won't let me............./ I told him, and he snorted.
/You can wake up, you will wake up, and you MUST wake up. Kai has been at your side every since he woke up Malik, do you honestly believe that he does not love you? Do you think that if he knew, he would continue to love you? That you never fought for your own life?!/ Ishtar said and hit a sore spot.
I was not confident in my relationship with Kai. I don't think I should be confident in my realtionship with him, look at him and then look at me. But I wanted to try. And I was willing to try.
/What do I have to do?/ I asked him, and he smirked.
/You must go back the way, go to back to where you came to see me, and then you will know./ Ishtar said, I was hesitant; /GO!/
I walked away from him, turning my back against him. Ishtar, I will let you go back to your own body. I will not leave you, you have been a friend to me......... A weird one, but a friend none the less. The time you told Kai of my love for him, always popping up when ever Rita was around...... And you being on a sugar high. Over all, event hough i was physically there to witness all of this, I know you had a good heart.......... Maybe not when you were on the sugar high, but the rest. Everything you did, you never thought of what could happen to you, and when you felt uncomfortable you always left me to clean up. Like after you attacked Dr Miko. I notice that its dark, still this dark void. However I see a small light to my left, naturally when I see light, or when anyone sees a light, we follow it. After all I was in a space of darkness, what else could I do? I walked towards it until it was too bright for me, then it died down, showing me something that I have never seen before, a phoenix? A red phoenix is in my mind? Why? What was it doing here?
/Malik./ The phoenix, female, said softly, and gently, however its beak did not move, it was speaking telepathicly.
/Hello?/ I said, unsure of this phoenix inside my mind, or soul, which ever one comes first!
/I know you are confused, once this is over, completely over, you shall understand, remember Ryou, and Kai. And I shall help you wake up./ The phoenix told me, how odd.
/What do you mean? Kai and Ryou? What do they have to do with this? Explain!/ I demaned, but the phoenix just spread her wings out, making me move back.
/You should not make such demands, esspecially since Ishtar needs you for his.......... Survival shall we say./ The phoenix informed me, and I nodded; /Good. Now, you must remember everything good that has happened to you, don't argue, just do it, before you ever arrived at the asylum./
Oh god, so I can't have Kai in my thought's at all.......... What is she playing at? Is this a trick?
/Trust me Malik, I do not sink so low as to trick you./ The phoenix informed me.
I decided to remember everything good that had happened to me before my life in the asylum. My sister Isis, my adoptive brother Rishid, Egypt, my home........... What?! I'm crying?! Why??
/You are ready to face a danger Malik, that could be the end of you. I know that I sound like a martyr, but I cannot lie to anyone about this. However you shall get through this Malik, I can sense it, you will live through this and regain control of your body, go now, for Ishtar does not have a lot of time left./ The phoenix told me, but as I ran on, I stopped and looked at her.
/What is your name?/ I asked her, if I did not know any better, I would swear that she is smiling!
/My name is Dranzer./ She said, and in a bright light vanished.
I did not have time to think, for I felt something crawling up my arm, I could not see it. Now this must be what Dranzer told me, how can i defeat something that I can't see? There is much to lose, and a lot to gain, and I will win! I took hold of the invisable thing, and thew it away from me, only to have another latch on to me. Once more I saw light, in seemed far away, and I felt like resting.
/Give it up Malik........... Your a weak coward......../ A male voice said to me.
I remembered why i was here, what I must do, and what was at risk. I shall not lose to this! I will win and I will be back with Kai. I could only through these odd invisable things away from me, after all I had no weapons at all, so i kept walking towards the light, and I had no idea what I was thinking. The creatures back away from me the moment I was bathed in the light, it appeared that they feared light. After all this was a dark place, why should they like light? Darkness most likely makes them feel strong, as nearly everyone is unsure of the dark. I enter the room of light, and I let out a sigh that I never realised that I was holding on to. I looked around, but it was a white room, plain white, but light came in............ I noticed some stones that I could climb up. It was my only way out of here, and I must help Ishtar return to his own body! I reached the top, nothing could stop me, I saw a hole, what was going on? I already went up, now I have to go down again? What game are the fates playing?
/Malik, go down, trust me, you shall not be harmed./ I heard Drazner speak to me, but before I could make a reply I fell down the hole. Shit!
I slid down the tube, and fell onto my knees. Ouch. I looked around and saw three doors.
/You must pick one door Malik, and fate will do the rest./ Dranzer told me.
/What is behind these doors?/ I asked, but I could not see the red phoenix.
/Each door has a way to end this, a door has you entering Ishtar's body, instead of your own. Another has you going back to where you starting, evidently killing Ishtar, and yourself. Another door has you going back to your own body, and Ishtar going back to his./ The phoenix informed me.
/And I must do this on my own then............./ I said.
/Yes./ Dranzer told me, and I felt like I was running out of time.
Door number one, two or three. Which one to pick? And how can I pick any of them when i know what is at stack?
/Malik.......... Help me Malik................./ Ishtar, I heard him, he sounded so far off; /Pick the middle door............./
The middle door? I walk towards it, and then I stepped back. No. The middle door was not the right door to go through. The first door wasn't either. So the last door? It must be. Door number three, here I go....... Please Ra let this be the right door...................
/You shall be leaving now./ Dranzer said, her voice was fading from my mind.
Kai's POV I have not left Malik's side, unless I absolutly had to. Usually that was when Isis and Rishid came to visit. Rita told me that it would be best to leave them alone with there brother, and I had to agree, after all I was not his family and they were, I had no right to be around him when they were here.
'Wake up Malik, please,' I said softly, touching the boy's forehead.
His tanned skin makes my own skin look blue, it seemed so strange to be thinking about that though. What on earth was I thinking about? I heard a soft moan, and looked down at Malik. His eyes were half open, and then his hand moved to rub them.
'Malik?' I said, unsure if he actually was awake or not.
'Kai,' Malik said with a smile; 'Where is Ishtar?'
'How do you mean?' I asked him, did he know Ishtar had his own body?
'Is Ishtar awake too?' I could not answer him, but Kirsty the nurse came in with a smile.
'Both of our coma boy's a awake. Rita is with him,' She said and I nodded my thanks.
'He's awake,' I told him, and he tried to sit up.
'I should see him,' Malik told me, but I had to gently push him back down onto his bed.
'No Malik. You need to gain strenght, and Rita has been so stressed out with worry over you and Ishtar that.........'
'BROWNIES!!!!!!!!' We heard a load, almost insane cry come three doors down.
Needless to say, we both laughed, as it would only be Ishtar who would say such a thing with all excitement in his voice. I took out a shopping bag from Malik's drawer, and gave it to him.
'Food?' He said, unsurely, taking out half a cake that Rita made for him.
'I told you, she worried about you and Ishtar,' I said to him, and he smiled.
'She would be a nice grandmother,' Malik said and I nodded.
'She is a nice grandmother,' I told him, and he looked confused; 'Rita is my own grandmother,'
'You deserve it,' He told me, and he held my hand.
'Poor Kirsty, I really don't think I should have left her alone to deal with Ishtar, but......' Rita said and walked towards Malik; 'I shall have to phone Isis to tell her that your awake,'
'Thank you, and thank you for the........' Malik started and Rita shook her head.
'Don't be silly, I would have baked you things even if you were in the asylum,' Rita told him, and he smiled; 'I had better phone your sister, and then try to calm Ishtar down,'
'You are lucky,' Malik said once Rita had left.
'We both are,' i told him, and kissed his forehead.