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"You could've handled this easily by yourselves. You just wanted disturb my alone time with Magnus."
They were just walking back to the institute after taking care of a small group of shax demons. It was a really easy patrol route, and could've been handled by two adult shadowhunters with ease. Especially by ones like Jace and Isabelle. But Izzy and Jace had wanted to spend some time with their big brother, so they decided to take (more like drag) Alec with them, on the small patrol. "In and out in no time" as Jace had said.
"Come on big brother, we missed you! You've been off for almost a week! You'll get rusty. We just want to make sure you'll stay in shape!" Izzy said with a grin.
"It's been three days Izzy, and you're the one who ordered me to take time off."
"It has felt like more!"
"And I'm sure you've had more than enough time to practice the horizontal tango of yours." Jace added with a smirk and glancing towards his parabatai.
"Jace!" Alec shouted looking at his brother with a red face as he blushed madly.
Both of his siblings just laughed at him, teasing him further. Alec let them banter with each other and was thinking of how he just wanted to go home to Magnus and away from everyone. He could use a few more days with the man he loved, since neither of them had too much time being the leaders of the shadow world. He got out of his thoughts as he heard a loud shout. "Jace Wayland!"
His head snapped up and he was looking at a young male, with piercing green eyes. A werewolf. The man looked at Jace with a murdering glare, his eyes burning with hatred. "You killed my brother when you activated the soul sword, now I'm gonna kill yours." he snarled and turned into a wolf. Before the three shadowhunters stood a large black wolf, with glowing yellow eyes. "Calm down! Don't do anything you'll regret!" Izzy tried, but the wolf was having none of it.
Before the shadowhunters had time to stop him, to let alone react the huge wolf jumped over both Jace and Izzy, going straight for Alec. Alec had his bow out, shooting an arrow towards the wolf, but missing by a few millimeters only nicking the thick skin. The wolf was fast, wrenching the bow out of Alec's grasp, jumping on top of him. The giant wolf growled at him, and before Alec had time to get his seraph blade, the wolf bit down on his chest crushing his rib cage. Alec let out a gut wrenching scream as his ribs gave in under the pressure.
"ALEC!" both siblings called out to their brother in unison, Jace grabbing his seraph blade, piercing the wolf's chest. The wolf gave a surprised yelp, letting go of the bloody mess it was holding, that had once been Alec's chest. Izzy ran straight to Alec trying to see how bad the injury was, as Jace continued to fight off the werewolf.
The wolf turned around, growling at Jace with blood covered teeth. Jace felt his stomach tighten and couldn't help thinking how that blood was his brother's. He felt Alec's panic and pain through their bond, while he was trying to gasp for breath with a crushed chest and a collapsed lung. He heard Izzy trying to talk to Alec, while applying pressure on the wounds, trying to keep him calm. He also heard the howls of agony coming from his brother as Izzy pressed down harder, trying to stop the bleeding. Jace was furious. He might lose his brother, his parabatai. He was looking into the glowing yellow eyes and let out a frustrated yell, attacking. The wolf had time to duck just in time to avoid the seraph blade. But it wasn't fast enough to do it again, as Jace swinged the blade down. He'd known the wolf would duck, doing a fake attack and turning around to give the real blow. The young werewolf howled in pain as the blade left a deep gash on it's back.
Jace rolled a little further away from the wolf, as it got back to its feet, growling. The blood covered wolf jumped at Jace, who dodged easily, slashing the wolf again, this time hitting the neck. With a yelp, the wolf landed roughly on the ground whimpering as it was bleeding out. Jace gave a killing blow by piercing the creature's heart. As soon as Jace was done, he heard Isabelle's scream. "Jace! Call Magnus, quickly!"
He turned around sharply eyes landing on his siblings. Isabelle was kneeling next to Alec talking to him in a soft tone. Jace ran to them, skidding to a stop beside his brother, hands already going through the pockets of his leather jacket trying to find his phone. Finally he got it, and dialed Magnus with shaking hands, never looking away from his brother's face. Alec got blood on his chin, as he coughed. Izzy had ripped off the remains of his jacket and Jace could see the full extend of the wounds. Alec's chest was a bloody mess, most of the ribs were broken and dislocated. Jace felt some of the pain, but couldn't even imagine what his brother was going through.
Magnus answered on the third ring. Jace had never been so relieved for someone to pick up in his life, and he silently thanked the angel. "Alexander? Are you ok?" came the warlocks concerned voice through the line. "It's Jace, Alec's hurt, badly. We need you to portal here, now!" Jace shouted into the phone, tone sharper than he'd intended it to be. "I'm on my way!" the warlock said hanging up. In a matter of seconds, a portal appeared next to them, Magnus walking through with a worried expression.
As soon as his eyes landed on his injured boyfriend, he ran to then kneeling down next to Izzy, who was still trying to stop the bleeding.
"We have to get him to the institute!" Jace shouted looking at Alec's sweat covered face, while holding his brother's hand.
He saw Magnus had summoned a heating blanket, syringes, towels, and bowls of water before he'd started to heal Alec. A blue sheet of magic was surrounding Alec's torso, as Magnus was talking to him in a soft tone, trying to soothe his young lover.
"We have to get his breathing sorted before we can move him! His right lung has collapsed and I need to drain and re-inflate it so he can breathe." she said giving Jace an apologetic look. "It's going to hurt and we can't have him moving while I do it." she continued while putting gloves on and preparing everything she'd need.
Jace looked at her with a horrified expression, then looking back at his brother who was sobbing, begging for the pain to stop, pleading for his loved ones to stop hurting him. Jace's heart broke when he heard his brother's weak voice.
"S-stop… hu-rts, Magnus, please stop..."
No matter how much they wanted to do just that, to stop causing pain to the archer, they couldn't. They had to keep going to save his life.
Alec's chest was on fire. He couldn't breathe, and it felt as if someone was sitting on his rib cage. He heard Magnus' voice, talking to him continuously. He felt the familiar tingling of magic around and inside his crushed chest, but the pain wouldn't go away, it only made it worse. Alec found himself begging for them to stop, for the suffering to end, but it was futile, as the pain continued, and all Alec could do was gasp for air, and try to bear the pain.
He heard Izzy and Jace talking, even though the voices seemed to come from far away. "...can't have him moving while I do it…."
He felt Jace's hands securing his arms, pinning his hands down on the cold ground. Then there was the soft voice of his beloved. "Everything's gonna be okay, just hold on love. It'll be all over soon." Then he felt a sharp pinch on his side and he felt Izzy sliding a needle in the skin of his right side, stabbing it all the way into his lung. It hurt so much, and all he could do was scream. He tried to fight back, to get away from the pain, but found himself unable to, as Jace's hands pinned him down, along with Magnus' magic. He could only scream, beg, gasp for air.
"Stop! Ple-aaaaaahhhh! Let go, please! STOP!"
The pain was unbearable as Izzy worked to get the blood out of his lung, while Magnus was healing all he could. And he could only scream for the one thing his barely functioning brain pointed out. His safest haven. His last hope for the agony to stop.
"MAGNUS!"
Magnus felt himself panicking more by every passing moment, as the gasps of Alec were getting more frantic. He was trying to get the bleeding stopped, letting his magic knit the muscles together and seal the blood vessels, praying on everything he did and didn't believe in to save his young lover. He could see how much the healing hurt, and tried to talk to his boyfriend in a calming tone, hoping it would bring the slightest of comfort. He had summoned healing supplies for Isabelle when he arrived, hoping she would be able to help the archer enough to get him stable for the transfer.
He moved a little, allowing Isabelle to have more space to work. He knew what had to be done, and hated the mere thought. Even if he knew that it was to save Alec's life, he couldn't help feeling horrible. He watched as Isabelle prepared all of the supplies he'd need for the act, swallowing soundly, before turning back to Alec. He kissed Alec's forehead, talking to him gently. "Everything's gonna be okay, just hold on love. It'll be all over soon." Then he moved back, watching as Jace took hold of Alec's arms. He whispered a spell, clenching his left hand in a tight fist, stopping Alec's torso from moving for even the slightest. As soon as Isabelle slid the needle in, Alec let out a pained scream. His voice was hoarse, but the pure agony he was feeling was clear. Magnus felt his eyes watering as he had to hold his beloved still, no matter how much he wanted to stop, to shield his beautiful boyfriend from the pain he was feeling.
Alec was screaming, begging for them to stop, to set him free. But they continued, Magnus silently apologizing to Alec. Then came the moment he knew he'd remember his whole immortal life. The moment that would haunt his nightmares for years after. That one word, his name, howled in agony by his beloved Alexander.
"MAGNUS!"
He was Alec's last hope, the one he turned to when there was no one else to help. When he really needed help. In that very moment, the warlock knew, how much the shadowhunter loved him. And so, he leaned closer to the head of his lover, talking to him with so much love and care.
"I'm right here love, I'm here with you. Just, hold on, it'll be over soon, I promise! Just hold on..."
The archer screamed the name of his loved one anew, and Magnus could only offer words of comfort to Alec, hoping that they'd help, for even a little. Even to just let him know Magnus was there, that he wasn't fighting alone. Yes, the warlock would fight beside the shadowhunter 'till the very end.
When Isabelle got the blood out of her brother's lung, she tried to re-inflate it with the needle. She knew her actions posed a big risk of not only infection, but also shock, and if Alec went into shock he could die very quickly. After a few tries she succeeded, sending a silent thanks to angel Raziel. She pulled the needle out, still holding one of the towels on the bite marks, as she instructed her brother.
"Alec I need you to breathe in, okay? I know it hurts, just hold on!"
She saw how Alec was too out of it to actually comply, cursing under her breath. But before she had time to do anything, she saw how Magnus let go of the immobilizing spell on Alec and used his magic to relieve the pain for Alec so he could try to take in a breath. After a few seconds, she heard her brother trying to breathe in. Relief washed over her, but she knew Alec wasn't out of the woods yet. They needed to get him to the institute for further treatment, but she let herself have that one moment, to just hear her brother breathe.
'Alec will be okay. He's breathing, he'll be okay.'
Magnus took the blanket he'd summoned, propping Alec up a little to wrap it around him. Alec gasped in pain at the movement, and Magnus was quick to react, trying to relieve as much of it as he could. He wrapped Alec in the warm blanket, then snaking his hands around the young man, lifting him off the ground, all senses hyper active to catch any kind of reaction from the shadowhunter in his arms. He maneuvered Alec in his arms a little to free one of his arms, creating a portal. He looked in the direction of the two other hunters, before going through the portal, the shadowhunters right after him. They were transferred straight to the Institute's infirmary wing, and Magnus walked to the nearest hospital bed, laying the now unconscious Alec down gently. Magnus had put a light sleeping spell on the man while they transferred, sedating him for further treatment. He kissed the man's forehead, before pulling away and watching Isabelle take over. It was clear that Isabelle was in her element connecting IV's and reading machines, while treating her brother. She also had ordered a few nurses to help her while she washed her hands. Jace was pacing around the room, checking on Alec every few seconds or so, as if he'd disappear if he dared to blink.
"We need to put a chest tube in, and I want a CT done on him when we get him stable enough. He might've hit his head in the fight." Izzy said connecting saline and antibiotics to Alec's IV, before adding morphine to the mix. The nurses complied, getting all the equipment, while Izzy was checking the vitals of his brother.
The only thing heard beside the loud beeping of the machines was Jace's quiet voice "Will he be okay?"
Izzy turned to look at the tired looking warlock, who's eyes never left the still frame of Alec, and her brother, who looked at her worriedly.
"I promise I'll fix him up. I have all the equipment I need now, and he won't feel a thing." she said, trying to offer his brother and Magnus a reassuring smile. "You should rest, I'll come get you once we're done."
Neither wanted to leave, but they knew there was nothing they could do for Alec at the moment. They left, but not without glancing at the unconscious man once more.
Isabelle activated a healing rune on Alec to take care of the bite marks on his chest, and to heal the broken bones. As soon as the chest tube was placed and Alec's vitals were stable, the nurses left Isabelle alone with her brother.
The exhaustion and emotions caught up to her when she was looking at her unconscious brother lying there on the infirmary bed, looking dead. She buried her face in the side of her brother, mindful of his injuries and cried.
"I'm sorry for what I had to do to you Alec. I'm so sorry..." she said sobbing. "I promise I'll make it up for you when you wake up."
There was the one possibility she was afraid to even think, to even consider.
'If you'll you wake up.'
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