Author's notes: I know most of you thought the last chapter was pretty sad and some of you are upset (I know one author who is!) and I'm sorry. But hey, things may look up soon…

My Heroes: A Hero's Journey
Chapter 23: Malik's journey: Bring me to life

Meanwhile, the other heroes had finally reached the base…

"BOOYAH! We are here!" Leon said as he levelled the jet over a huge white building.

"YAY!" Mana cheered as she almost jumped out of her seat.

"Great, can we take these things off yet?" Bakura asked, referring to the blindfold over his eyes.

"Not yet," Leon replied as he pressed a few buttons that were in front of him. Suddenly, from underneath the jet, the building's car park started to open up until it made a hole in the ground bigger than the jet. "Going down," Leon said as he used the controls to make the plane go to the hole and it started to close up again after it had gone in.

After the jet was parked, Leon shut down the engines and got up out of the drivers seat.

"Okay, you can take your blindfolds off now, except for you three at the back!" Leon said referring to the tied up Duke, Alister and Rex as the other took of their blindfolds off and looked around.

"Where are we anyway?" Mokuba asked.

"To tell you the truth, I don't even know, Kirsty just gave me the coordinates and I followed them!" Leon replied.

"Oh."

"Well…follow me then," Leon said as he the others stepped of the jet to reveal they were in a large blue room. As soon as they were all off, Ishizu, Kisara, Mahado, Mana, Rapheal, Ryou, Solomon, Tea and Valon looked up at the jet in confusion.

"Isn't that?" Ryou begun.

"I think it is," Mana replied.

"It certainly looks like it," Kisara said as she took of her blue glasses to get a better look at it.

"Yes, you are correct," Ishizu said.

"I thought that I seemed way familiar!" Valon said.

"Kirsty must have saved it from our universe," Tea said.

"I think you're right," Solomon replied.

"Yeah," Mahado and Rapheal agreed.

"Well, are we just going to stand out here all day or are we going to go in?" Tristan said.

"Right, this way," Leon said as he led them down the corridor until they came to the lift. Mahado carried the three prisoners in his metallic form while Solomon carried Kaiba on his back. They all waited for a second and then the doors opened. Everyone stepped in.

When the doors opened again, Rebecca greeted them.

"Welcome to our new base!" she said as everyone looked around astonished at their new home before them. From the lift doors, it led into the main hall that was huge. It had white walls, a metal side on the back wall to cover up were the windows were, mix of grey tiles and red carpet on the floor, along with a few tables and chairs on the carpet area and some computers along the back wall.

"Whoa!" they all replied as they started stepping out of the lift.

"Yeah, I know," Rebecca giggled. "The medical room is just there, all set up," she said as she pointed to her left at a room with big clear windows along the front of it and it had aloud of hospital beds and medical equipment in it, along with a red cross on the door.

"Thanks," Tea said as she and Solomon took Kaiba into the room, while the others still looked around the main hall. Suddenly, Yami turned around to see a large block with green misty big windows all around the sides of it, starting from the first floor and continuing up to the second but on the ground floor underneath it was a white desk with a load of TV screens on it.

"Wow, what's that room?" he asked.

"That is were our new lab is going to be!" Rebecca replied before she then walked over to the desk. "And this is our security monitors!"

"Cool! Shot gun!" Mokuba said before he ran over to sit in the main chair front of the monitors as well as Leon.

"No I'm shot gun!" Leon yelled as they both reached the chair at the same time.

"Boys! You can both watch the monitors!" Rebecca said as she separated them.

"Yeah, I guess," Mokuba sighed.

"Just like odd times!" Leon replied as they both sat down in different seats. Rebecca smiles at her two odd team-mates before she turned back to Mahado. "Come I'll show you were to put the vermin," she said referring to Duke, Alister and Rex as they were still blindfolded and tied up.

"Hey!" all three complained.

"Be quiet!" Mahado said as he followed Rebecca as she went past the green lab block and past the stairs beside it into some rooms beside it. But suddenly, before they could get to there, a bright light entered the main hall, everyone shielded they're eyes from it as the light began to take form into people. Two were standing up, one was lying on the floor and the other one was kneeling down side it. Tea and Solomon came rushing out of the medical room. Once the light died down, anyone removed their hands or arms away from their eyes to see Brian lying stiff on the floor, Kirsty kneeling down beside him with tears running down her face looking distraught and Mai and Yugi stand over them not looking to happy either.

"Brian," Kirsty wept as the other stood in shock. After a while, Yami bravely came up to her and put his arms around her. Kirsty immediately learned into him and she broke down into tears.

"It's okay," Yami said he gave her a hug, while he was still pretty shocked at what happened. Tea looked at Brian's body in disbelief.

"No," she whispered as she to was on the verge of breaking down into tears. Meanwhile, Malik was also looking down at Brian's body, death was not a memory he would like to remember…

--Flashback---

Duke lifted Malik's injured body up into the air; Duke smirked at him and had one of Malik's Sai's in his hand.

"NO!" an injured Serenity yelled as she was pay lased up against he wall. Suddenly, Duke rammed the dagger into Malik as Malik gasped his last breath…

"Clear!" one of the paramedics yelled as they shocked Malik limp and stabbed body. But suddenly the heart monitor went dead.

--End flashback--

Malik instantly shock his head to try and get that memory out of his head. But suddenly, another memory started to appear as he closed his eyes…

--Flashback--

Malik's body was lying on a low table in a Japanese style room, with Shadi standing over him rubbing his hands.

"Do you know the way Malik?" Shadi said as he placed one hand on Malik's forehead and the other on his stomach and started chanting some spell under his breath. Suddenly, Malik's eyes opened up wide as he gasped his first breath.

--End Flashback--

Malik opened his eyes again as he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder, it was Shadi. Malik looked over at him for guidance as Shadi just gave a nod at him and Malik nodded back.

Malik took a deep breath and stepped up to Brian's body. Ignoring the other's confused looks at him, even Kirsty stopped crying to see what was going on, but Malik knelt down beside Brian and placed his hand together as if he was praying. He then started rubbing them together as he had his eyes closed and he was mumbling something under his breath. He then placed one hand on Brian's forehead and one on his stomach while still mumbling.

He remained in this position for a while, but nothing happened. Malik even opened he's eyes, but still nothing as he looking down disappointedly but with his hand still in the same position. Shadi looked on at him.

'I always knew there was good in your heart Malik,' Shadi thought. 'You just had to see it for yourself.' Just then, Malik looked back at him with a surprised look on his face, as if he just heard him…

Suddenly, Brian's eyes shot open and he instantly sat up!

"You were there in front of me!" he sang with his first breath as everyone suddenly went into an even bigger shock, especially Malik who looked down at his hands. "Whoa, where am I?" Brian asked as Kirsty instantly jumped at him and wrapped her arms around him.

"Brian!" she sobbed into his shirt as Tea did the same.

"Whoa, some welcoming comity!" Brian added as the others came around him.

"Oh thank Ra you're a live!" Tea sobbed as well as she hugged him.

"Thank Malik," Shadi added, as some immediately turned their attention back to Malik, who still sat there in disbelief looking down at his heads.