Hi friends! It's been months since I've wrote something for ff but I'm back with a new story. I would also like to make it clear that this story idea has been taken from 'Seventy two hour -Insomnia by TheEliteLabRatsLover. She is been very generous by allowing me to borrow the base and few lines from her fic. Do check it out, it's written for flash fandom and is AWSEOME. Thanks a lot dear.
On with the first chapter. Sorry for mistakes
Enjoy :-)))
Alec groaned in his sleep when his phone buzzed with a ring tone. He streched his hand with closed eyes ignoring the protest of his sore muscles. Raj informs him there is an demon attack and he's needed at the institute. He lazily sits up on the bed and turns around to look at his boyfriend. Magnus was sleeping peacefully without his makeup looking absolutely amazing. Alec bend down and placed a soft kiss on his cheek. He waited for few seconds to muster up the energy to make his legs support his own weight
Alec sighed picking up his shirt and was about to pull over his head when it was grabbed from behind. He turned around to see Magnus had fisted his shirt "Where do you think you're going?"
"Institute. We've a demon attack"
Magnus frowned getting up "But you just got home two hours back. You barely slept Alexander"
"I'll be back soon then I can sleep all I want"
"But..."
Alec bend down again and kissed Magnus hard on his lips. He pulled away panting and grinned when he saw Magnus's was breathless himself "Will you hold on to that until I return"
"Ye..Yeah sure" Magnus blushed receiving a small peck on his lips "Come back soon"
"I promise"
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The demon had sharp looking pointy spikey things all over his body and was nearly seven feet tall as he towered over Alec. His long uneven nails were ready to pounce on the shadowhuter as a deep growl escaped from his throat. Alec narrowed his eyes adjusting the grip on his blade. He flickered his eyes just for a second to confirm Jace and Izzy were alright. His siblings are in their own fight, slashing one demon after another
The demon charged forward with a loud yell and at the same moment Alec plunged his blade into demon's chest watching as dark ichor oozed out of his chest. The demon screamed in agony, body starting to dissaper into thin air. Alec looked satisfied with his work and turned around. What he didn't expect was the demon to cut his upper arm by his tail before completely melting into ashes. Alec let out a painful hiss, hand clutching his wounded arm which was now dripping blood
"Alec!" Jace yelled on seeing his brother get hurt. He stabbed another demon and ran towards Alec "Are you okay? Oh shit you're bleeding"
"I'm fine" Alec gritted his teeth "Are we done?" Jace looked at Izzy who was running towards them "Got them all. Are you okay Alec?" she asked in concern
Alec nodded but next second his legs buckled and he crumbled on the ground
"ALEC!" Jace could feel his parabatai rune burning as he rushed to keep his brother upright. Izzy's eyes widened and she quickly got into action by drawing healing runes on her brother only to realise they were fading as if refusing to take any help "It's not working!"
Alec was breathing hard and fast and face glistened with sweat. His eyes were drooping close and lips partly open trying to take air into his lungs. He cried out in pain when Jace pressed hard on his bleeding arm
"Sorry Alec but I've to stop the bleeding" Jace turned his gaze on Izzy "Call Magnus!"
Izzy nodded pulling out her cell. Her hands fumbled to dial Magnus's number. She could see Alec was getting pale as the seconds ticked by. She sighed in relief when finally heard Magnus's voice at the other end "Isabelle..."
Izzy cut off Magnus's words getting straight to the point "Magnus we need you. Alec's hurt"
Magnus's chest tightened, heart racing widly at the news. He hated whenever Alec got hurt and guessing by Izzy's desperate voice the warlock knew the matter was serious "Where are you?"
Izzy shut off her cell after informing Magnus about their location. She saw Alec's head had lolled on Jace's shoulder still breathing heavily through his clenched teeth. She grasped Alec's hand and gave a light squeeze "Hang on Alec"
Not a minute later Jace saw a portal open infront of them. Magnus stepped out and the sight broke his heart. Alec was cradled between Jace and Izzy with his eyes tightly close and skin almost grey. He hurried his steps and helped Alec from the ground who groaned in his dazed state "I'm here darling. Everything is going to be alright"
Together they reached Magnus's loft where Alec was laid on the couch. The shadowhunter took a shuddering breath when hot pain shot through his entire arm quickly travelling to whole body. Dammit he had suffered worse injuries before and sometimes didn't even bother to inform anyone but right now he felt like his body was being stabbed with hundered knives. With blurry eyes he saw Magnus's worried face and felt guilty for causing trouble "Mag..nus"
Magnus didn't reply. He was more focused on healing his boyfriend. Jace and Izzy took few steps back giving Magnus room to work on their brother. Hands swirled in air, blue flames danced as Magnus's magic shone on Alec's arm. The venom was difficult to pull but Magnus pushed harder until he saw the wound slowly closing
Jace sighed in relief now that his parabatai rune was beating steadily. He gave a assuring nod to Izzy who mentally thanked all the angels above. Magnus flickered his eyes on Alec who looked much better than before. His harsh breathing had slowed down and fingers uncurled from the edge of the couch, told him, his boyfriend wasn't in pain anymore. Just when he was about to pull his hand back his eyes fell on the scar beneath Alec's torn shirt. He frowned blinking couple of times "No.." he whispered "No no not this..."
Izzy stepped forward "What is it?" Magnus pulled his magic back and ran towards the shelf "Stay here. I need to confirm something"
Alec slowly got up from the couch with Jace's help "What's...going on? Where did Magnus go?" Jace shook his head "I don't know. He just took off. How are you feeling now?"
"I'm good. Just a little dizzy" Alec looked at the direction where Magnus had gone. Izzy stood beside him "That's because of the blood loss. You should rest. Take a nap and..."
"NO!" Magnus rushed back into the hall holding a book in hand with a distress look on his face "You can't sleep Alexander"
"What do you mean he can't sleep?" asked Jace
Magnus showed the book to Alec "Is this the demon that hit you with it's tail?" Alec looked at the picture and nodded "Yeah. This was the same demon. Why?"
Magnus pressed his lips
"Magnus what's going on?"
"The demon had a virus in his body...a deadly virus. Something that latches into your bloodstream and duplicates itself"
"What?"
Magnus nodded "Once it becomes strong enough, it will start shutting down your organs and literally start tearing down your veins"
Everyone in the room stood stunned at the news
Magnus continued "However it can only do so, if you fall asleep. It's potency is strong enough when your body is relaxed so you can't fight it yourself"
"No! There has to be a way" Jace protested "Can't you take the virus out?"
"I was able to heal the wound but even my magic can't stop the virus from spreading"
"Is that the reason healing rune didn't work?" asked Izzy and received a nod from the warlock "Like I said this virus will be more effective only when Alec is sleeping so..."
"So we can't let Alec fall asleep" Jace finished his sentence and Magnus nodded again "We just have to wait for the virus to burn through his metabolism"
"How long will it take?" asked Izzy and Magnus looked towards his boyfriend "Seventy two hours"
"What!?"
"Are you sure?"
"I'm afraid so" replied Magnus with heavy voice.
Alec blinked at Magnus in shock. This stupid simple arm wound could actually kill him if he slept before seventy two hours. He swallowed hard but then forced himself to think straight. He could do this. He waa a shadowhuter after all "I can do it"
Magnus crossed the distance and cupped Alec's face "It's not going to be easy Alexander. You haven't slept well last night...you already are sleep deprived"
Alec shook his head "I'm fine Magnus. I can do this" Jace placed a hand on Alec's shoulder "You're not alone Alec. We will do whatever it takes to keep you awake"
Izzy nodded "Jace is right big brother. We won't let anything happen to you"
Magnus smiled at the siblings but he knew this wasn't as easy as it sounded. It was going to be very difficult to keep Alec awake with the virus inside him but there was also no way he was giving up on this task. He needed to be strong. He was not going to loose the love of his life. The warlock took Alec's hand in his "You're going to be fine"
"I know. I trust you" said Alec "What about the institute? I can't stay away that long"
"You seriously can't think about institute right now Alec. Your life is at stake here" Izzy scolded and Alec rubbed his face in frustration "You don't expect me to sit here for seventy two hours right? I can stay awake in the institute"
"No. What if something goes wrong. You need to be here so Magnus can help you"
"But I feel fine"
"Izzy is right Alec. You're not leaving"
"Jace..."
Magnus silently watched the banter between the siblings. He was proud of his shadowhunter for thinking about his duties even when his life was in danger but Jace was also right. Alec couldn't be left alone "What if you ask that Raj guy to report you every two hours. You can run the institute from here. If there's any situation Jace or Izzy can handle it for you"
"Magnus..."
"Please Alexander. Stay close to me"
Alec stared at Magnus's pleading eyes before giving a small nod "Okay"
"Thank you"
Jace too sighed in relief "So what do you wanna do first? How about we watch some TV?"
Alec shrugged nodding and Magnus clicked his fingers. They took places on the couch with Alec and Magnus sitting together while Jace and Izzy occupied the chairs. Though Alec's focus was on the screen, he knew three pair of eyes were solely focused on him "Guys stop staring at me. I'm not going to sleep"
Magnus smiled crossing their fingers and shifted his eyes on the screen. Not half way through Alec let out a yawn, rubbing his eyes. Suddenly he was feeling drowsy and weak, like someone was draining his energy from inside. Magnus was on alert when he saw Alec yawn. Worry filled his heart as mind desperately tried to think of another to distract Alec from sleeping "This movie is boring. Why not we do something else...something more active" he looked at the Jace who also noticed Alec's pale face "I agree. Alec likes archery. Why not we do some practice"
Alec got up from the couch and swayed on his feet. Magnus jumped from the couch and caught Alec's arm "Are you okay?"
Jace and Izzy ran to Alec's side "Alec?"
Alec massaged his temples trying to stop the oncoming headache "I'm fine...just dizzy" Magnus nodded "It's the virus" he saw Alec's eyes were squinting in the bright lights but didn't dim them as they would only make him feel comfortable and sleepy. He needed to distract Alec "Let's do the bow and arrow thing"
Izzy went to grab her brother's bow and arrow while Jace opened the balcony. Magnus felt a tight knot in his stomach when he saw Alec stifle another yawn. This was going to be a long seventy two hours.
Sooooo how was it? Should I continue? Please leave a review :-)))
