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Alec stepped through the portal with his mother by his side. Magnus was waiting for them at the other end. As soon as they were clear, the warlock closed the portal and rushed Alec into his arms.

"I missed you so much, darling." Magnus cooed in his ear.

"I missed you too." Alec answered, breathing in his scent and relaxing for the first time in a week. He felt safe and his head had finally stopped being a bother.

"Not to interrupt." Maryse said kindly, "but, Magnus, if you wouldn't mind looking at Alec to see what's wrong."

"Of course."

"Well, I will give you two some privacy then. Come tell me if you find anything." With that she spun on her heels and strolled toward the Institute entrance, casting one last worried glance behind her before going in.

"Now that we're alone," Magnus whispered seductively. He leaned in and placed his lips on Alec's. But not two seconds later Alec pulled away. Magnus's confused glance met Alec's. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know." Alec's voice was filled with turmoil. He felt so confused and didn't know why.

"Alexander…"

"Look, don't take this the wrong way. I love you. It's just…something felt wrong."

"Is it my new chap stick? 'Cause I don't have to use it ever again."

"No, that's not it. I just felt uncomfortable. Like it was weird to be kissing you."

"There is something really wrong with you isn't there."

"Gee, thanks Magnus."

"Well, I'm just stating the obvious. How can you not want to kiss the magnificent me?" Magnus teased.

"Then tell me what's wrong with me and we can go back to what we were doing earlier."

"Sounds good to me." Magnus took Alec's hand and led him to the stairs of the Institute. He pushed the shorter boy gently down so he was sitting on the stairs. With that, Magnus let his magic flow. His hands glowed blue and he placed them on Alec's head. A puzzled look came over his face as he stood frozen for almost a minute. Then, suddenly, he pulled away with a gasp and fury replaced the puzzlement.

"Magnus?" Magnus' gaze softened as he looked at Alec.

"Don't worry. Everything will be all right. I just need to have some strong words with you mother first. And maybe Goldilocks while I'm at it." He stepped around Alec and headed into the Institute and straight for the library where he knew Maryse would be. Watching him go, Alec's eyes widened and he rushed after.

Magnus through the library door open and stomped in like he was on a mission. As expected Maryse was sitting at the desk just inside the room. She looked up, startled at Magnus' bold entrance.

"Magnus, that was fast. Did you find out what is going on with Alec?"

"Why don't you tell me?" Magnus said in a cold voice.

"What?"

"Magnus, calm down." Alec soothed laying a hand on his arm. The tension in the air was thing enough you could cut it and the last thing he needed was a full blown fight between his mother and his lover.

"Hey, Mom, I was just about…" Jace trailed off upon entering the room as he got a taste of the environment. "What's going on in here?" He asked looking at each of the three other people in turn.

"Magnus?" Alec gently prodded.

"Yes, Magnus. Why don't you enlighten us about what's going on before you come in throwing out accusations."

"Then maybe you should tell me how Alec got possessed. Or maybe I should ask you, Blondie." Magnus said, turning on Jace. "You're supposed to protect him after all."

"Possessed?" Alec whispered.

At this Maryse slowly lowered herself into a chair. Jace's face lost all its color and his eyes widened as he stared in horror and guilt at his parabatai. Alec's hand fell away from Magnus' arm and his eyes fell to the floor. He had never felt so lost before.

"What do you mean 'possessed?'" Maryse asked in a soft voice.

"When I went into his mind, there was another thing living in there. A parasite."

"Oh." A silence filled the room. No one knew exactly what to say. This didn't stop the three pairs of eyes that drifted to Alec, who stared at the floor. His head was pounding and he was so confused. His vision started to blur and everything seemed so loud. The white noise filled his ears just before everything went black.

"ALEC!" the three other people screamed in unison. Magnus knelt by his side and started examining him. Jace and Maryse were at his side in an instant.

"Magnus, can you help my son?"

"Of course I can. They don't call me Magnificent for a reason. There is only one problem. The only way I can save Alec is by drawing whatever is possessing him out of his mind. Meaning into the institute."

"So Izzy, Clary, and I will just have to be prepared to kill whatever comes out." Jace said.

"NO!" Maryse yelled. The two men looked at her as if she was out of her mind. "Please, help Alec but don't kill her. I will explain later but you have to trust me." Magnus and Jace exchanged a look before turning back to Maryse.

"Fine but at least let me stay with a weapon. Just in case." Maryse consented to this and Magnus picked Alec up in his arms, heading for the infirmary with the other two closely behind.