A/N: In honor of finishing Positive's and Negative's (Almost finishing it lol) I've decided to start this. I hope you like it :)

Chapter 2:

Magnus gasped and shot up, hitting his head against the surface above him and opened his eyes. He was in a box. A glass box. A fish tank. Whatever it was it was small and cramped and he didn't like it. He was also alone.

His wrists were bound together with metal chains. He took a few deep breaths to keep himself calm and closed his eyes.

He opened his eyes, hearing footsteps and saw the two young men from before. The tall one with black hair and pale skin that looked even paler under the Institute's lighting and blue eyes. Bright blue eyes.

And the shorter. He had a halo of blond curls and golden eyes and pale skin. He looked like an angel to Magnus.

He recoiled as much as he could as they approached the box seeing him awake.

The blond walked over to the box and a whimper escaped Magnus's mouth. He paused and looked over at the dark haired male. He walked back over to him and they spoke in hushed tones glancing at him over their shoulders.

This time the dark haired one walked over to him. He knelt down in front of the box.

"We aren't going to hurt you," he assured him. "I'm going to take off the lid okay?"

Magnus nodded a little and watched his hands as he opened the latches and lifted the lid off of the glass box.

He sat back on his heels. "Better? Not so cramped?"

"...We don't thrive well in small spaces," Magnus murmured, sitting up.

He looked at his tail and saw his fins slightly bent.

"I'm sorry...not really a lot of things to hold a mermaid...man…" the other corrected himself."But we have a nice tank...it's large, in the back of the institute…"

"I'll pass," Magnus deadpanned. "Take me back to where you found me."

"We can't do that," he shook his head. "We need a person of your...kind…"

"Wha...what are you doing?" Magnus panicked and tensed as he stood up and lifted him out of the water.

"I told you, we have a tank, it's large, it's filled with water and well you can't stay in a box," he answered carrying him out of the room.

"Pu...put me down," Magnus put his hands on his chest and tried to get him to let go.

"I can't do that. Stop squirming you're slippery," he told him.

Magnus ignored him and kept squirming, his tail was dragging on the ground and it hurt having his scales scrape across the floor.

"I'm six foot three and if I drop you, it will be a long and hard fall on your ass, and I highly doubt you want that. Besides, we have a nice large tank that I'm sure you'll like."

"I'm not a fish, I am not a pet, you can't keep me in a tank…" Magnus replied.

"I'm pretty sure you'll die if you stay out of water," he told him as he opened the door.

Magnus crossed his arms over his chest and stayed quiet as he was carried down the hall. It felt to exposed.

"...What's your name?" he asked after a few moments of silence. "I'm allowed to know the name of my captor right?"

"You're not being kidnapped," he answered.

"Then let me go," Magnus replied.

"I'm Alec," he said instead. "The blond, that's my younger brother Jace." He opened another door and took off the shoes he was wearing before stepping into the room.

The center of it had a large circle with thick glass coming up from the bottom. Water was filled to the top and there were steps leading up to stairs that went into the circle itself.

"It's...small…" Magnus wrinkled his nose.

Alec rolled his eyes and walked closer to the tank. "It's also very deep," he told him. "See?"

"It's still small…" Magnus mumbled. "And my tails getting dry…"

Alec walked over to the steps and carefully carried him up them until he was level with the top of the tank and held him over the water. Magnus stared at the water before wordlessly diving in and swimming to the bottom.