AN:

Hey! Here is the next chapter for the Last Institute on the Left. There will only be one more chapter after this and I'll post that this weekend or next week. There really aren't any warnings for this chapter.

Please read, review, and enjoy!

Magnus POV:

I should have never come here today. I knew it was a mistake, but the Lightwood's did offer a lot of money to hire me. And helping to capture Sebastian and fortifying Idris is a good thing to do. It'll benefit a lot of people, including Alec.

The hard part is being around him. When the door opened and he was standing there it was hard to see him. He looked pained, like he didn't want to come in. And I noticed that he had lost some weight since we broke up. His eyes were dull, the blue I loved so much didn't shine anymore.

If my heart wasn't already broken, it would have shattered at the sight of him.

I had to force myself to look back down at the book in front of me. My eyes glazed over, the last thing I wanted to do was to read at that moment. I wanted to grab him and hold him and kiss him and never let him go. But I couldn't do that. Not after what he did, not after what I did.

I know he made a huge mistake but so did I. My life has been better since he walked into it. And it got worse the second I walked away from him.

Taking this job was stupid. When he walked through those doors and asked for the keys to the car I wanted to shake him and yell, "it's not safe! Don't go out alone!"

But I couldn't do that. And he's so stubborn, if I told him not to do something he would do it just because I said not to. Then the keys landed next to my hand. I wanted to toss them to him but I know I am a masochist when it comes to Alec. I want, no, need Alec to be near me.

He approached slow, and when he got close he reached down and picked up the keys. When he did his finger just barely caressed my hand. I looked up, he looked down, and I was lost in those beautiful blue eyes. He tore himself away and started back towards the door. Isabelle grinned at me before following him.

And that's all that led up to me being here, still at the Institute, six hours later. Luke and Jocelyn have already gone home. The three Lightwoods are sitting at the table with me, and Jace is pacing around doing nothing productive at all. Why does that surprise me?

"They should be back by now." Jace runs a hand through his hair.

Maryse glanced up at him before going back to her book, "the three of you often hunted from dusk til dawn on occasion. We shouldn't give up on Alexander just yet. Besides, we need you here."

Jace narrows his eyes at her, "We aren't getting anywhere. We haven't figured out anything productive this whole time. We've been sitting here for hours and what do we know about stopping Sebastian? Jack diddily squat, that's what!"

This time Robert looked up at Jace. "We still need to research everything we can. We need to find Sebastian. That is our priority. Not Alexander and Aline."

My hand clenches under the table. I understand that this is important but we are getting no where. I'm worried about Alec myself.

The rain starts slow but soon it's like a torrent is coming down outside and wind is whipping against the windows. Jace finally sits down but doesn't read. Isabelle looks at me and cringes.

Suddenly there's banging on the main doors. I'm surprised that we can hear it over the noise of the rain. Robert and Maryse get up and move out of the room. When they come back they're being followed by four people. A teenager around Isabelle's age, a woman, a man who's face is covered in blood, and a huge man. I can tell that they're all werewolves.

The big guy smiles at all of us grimly, "we were in an accident. The rain is bad, we veered off of the road."

Robert put his hand on the smaller guys nose. "This is healed but we'll have to rebreak and set it. Who's your pack master?"

The larger man speaks this time. "Luke is. He supports this Institute so I thought it would be safe if we came here."

Robert nods. "I know it's a hard time for all of us. Any friend of Luke's is a friend of ours." He turns to Jace. "Take Isabelle and go get some blankets for them." He turned back towards the smaller man. "Sit down, I can take care of your nose. What are your names?"

Jace and Isabelle walk towards the door but they keep throwing the wolves suspicious looks. I have to admit, I'm suspicious of them too. The smaller man sits down across from me and he groans. "I'm Frank."

The big guy looks like he's trying to hold back a smile. "I'm Krug." He points at the kid, "this is my son, Justin." Then he points at the woman, "my girlfriend, Sadie. Francis is my brother."

Robert sits on the table in front of Frank. He runs his finger over Frank's nose. "Why were you out this way?"

Krug answers, "we are coming back from vacation. With this Sebastian business we figured we needed to help Luke."

Jace and Isabelle re-enter the room and hand blankets to Sadie, Justin, Krug, and Frank. They sit down on opposite sides of me and I look at Jace. He shakes his head slowly. I don't know why but they rub me the wrong way, and it seems like he agrees with me. But Robert and Maryse are okay with them, so I don't know.

Robert nods at Krug. "Alright, Frank, are you ready?"

Frank laughs. "No, not really."

Robert squeezes Frank's nose and starts to twist it to the side and I hear it pop disgustingly. Frank cries out and I can see tears starting to fall from his eyes. It takes everything not to laugh at him. The dumbass let his nose heal like that,I have no sympathy.

Robert looks like he's about to re-set the nose when there's a huge crack of thunder and the lights go off. The only light in the room is the fire in the fireplace. Robert sighs, "I'll go get the generator started. Everyone sit tight. Don't move, Frank." He walks out of the room.

Frank laughs again. "No problem."

Krug smacks Frank on his shoulder. "Man up Frank."

"Fuck you Krug."

Maryse finally speaks up. "I'll make some coffee. Justin, would you like hot chocolate?"

Isabelle snorts and Jace laughs. I have a hard time not laughing too. If I was him, I would be asking for some whiskey or rum or something stronger. No hot chocolate.

Krug smiles, "if he says no, it'll be the first time."

Justin smiles wide at Maryse. "Yes, ma'am."

Maryse walks to the door to the kitchen and Justin follows her. The lights flicker back on and Robert comes back into the room soon after. Sadie sits next to Frank but Krug is still pacing the floor. Robert sits back down on the table and turns Frank's face towards him.

I look away and back to Isabelle. While Frank is screaming I meet her eyes, "he's alright. He'll be home soon."

Her eyes are shiny, as if she's trying to hold back tears. "They should be more worried about him. Especially now. And you know they won't let us leave."

Frank is just moaning now.

"He'll be home soon or I'll go look for him." She nods, her eyes grateful. I'm angry at Robert and Maryse for not being worried about Alec and not allowing Jace or Isabelle out. But I also understand why they won't. They've already lost Max. If anything happens to Alec, they don't want to lose him, Jace, and Isabelle as well.

Krug claps Robert on the back. "Do taxi's come out here? We don't want to over stay our welcome."

Robert wipes blood off of his hands. "They come out this way but they won't in this storm."

Krug shakes his head and looks at Sadie. "Not looking good for us. You don't have a car do you? Can you drive us into the city?"

Robert shakes his head. "We have a car but my son is using it tonight. When he gets home I'll take you into town."

Maryse steps back into the room with Justin on her heels. She has two cups that she hands to Frank and Sadie. Justin hands one of his to Krug before he starts sipping from his. Frank looks at his coffee before back up at Maryse. "Have anything stronger?"

Maryse smiles at him before going to the kitchen and coming back with a glass of wine. Isabelle groans and I look at her, she has a look of disgust on her face. I know she doesn't like her parents going through all of their problems.

Robert looks at Krug, "you can stay here tonight. It doesn't seem to safe to be driving out there. I'll take you to Luke's in the morning."

Krug seems to think about it. "I don't want to intrude."

Maryse smiles at him, "nonsense. We can't turn away members of Luke's pack. Isabelle and Jace will show you to your rooms. Right kids?"

Jace grumbles but he rises with Isabelle. I can hear "glorified servent" come out of his mouth and I fight laughter. Krug, Sadie, Justin, and Frank follow them out of the room. As Justin passes me I can see that he's really pale. What happened to him?

When Jace and Isabelle return I start to rise. "It looks like we aren't getting anywhere. We need something personal of his to track him but we have nothing. If he can get through the regular defenses of Idris, I have offered my best defenses. I think it's past time for me to leave."

Maryse frowns. "You want to look for my son. He could be anywhere in New York. Sebastian-"

"Is more important than Alexander. I understand you think that. But he's more important to me and you can't stop me from leaving."

She looks ashamed. "I love my son. But he's hunting and he's good at what he does. He'll be fine, he's probably just waiting for the rain to slow down, you should too."

I sit back in my seat. She's right, he's smart enough not to drive in this weather. He's okay.

The five of us flip through our books for half an hour or so but I can't say I really take any of it in. I'm not positive Sebastian can ever be stopped. He's got his group of dark Shadowhunters. Who knows where he is. This seems pointless.

There's a light tapping and we all look at each other. The hell?

Robert sits up, "someone's at the main door. Maryse come with me."

They walk out of the room and Isabelle groans. "I'm ready for bed. This feels so useless. Jace, let's just leave. We know where Alec and Aline were meeting up at. Maybe we can find them."

He nods. "Magnus, you can portal us there."

My eyebrow rises at him, "thank you for volunteering me."

He smirks back at me, "you're welcome."

I'm still chuckling when Maryse dashes back into the room, "move those books, now!"

Before any of us move she's using her arms to sweep all of the books and notes and pens onto the floor and into our laps. Jace starts to stand, "what the hell is-" He stops speaking and gasps. Isabelle cries out and I look up.

My heart seems to stop. Robert is running to the table. He's holding Alec in his arms. My beautiful, sweet Alexander is curled up in his father's arms.

Robert lays him down on the table and I can see the wound in his shoulder. He... was shot? A person did this to my Alexander?!

"Maryse, go get towels and a knife."

Isabelle, Jace, and I are motionless in our chairs. I could use magic to get the bullet out but in doing so, I could hurt him more. I feel hopeless... I know they do too.

Maryse runs back into the room holding towels and a knife. Robert immediately puts the knife in the fire to heat the blade. Maryse pulls Alec up so he's laying on his side. He's facing me and I can see he's moaning out softly in pain.

Jace gulps. "I hate to bring this up, but if this happened to Alec, what happened to Aline?"

Everyone's quiet. I speak up, "we'll find her. She may be okay."

No one replies. Alec would have never left her behind. She's probably not alive...

Robert comes back to the table. His voice is shaky, "this is gonna hurt buddy. But I have to get the bullet out."

Alec groans while Robert starts to pull the bullet out with the knife. I keep my eyes on his face while his father whispers to him. "It's alright... almost done..."

Soon the bullet falls on the table next to him and Robert is reaching for his stele. He uses an iratze on Alec before he lays him down on his back. Robert runs his hands over Alec's chest and sides obviously looking for more wounds. He stops at the top of his pants and I notice they're unbuttoned and not pulled up all of the way.

My breathing quickens and Robert pulls a blanket over Alec. His hands are moving under the blanket and I know he's checking to see if Alec's been...

Robert pulls his hand out from under the blanket and he growls, "you fucker."

Alec gasps and tries to talk. Robert moves up and presses his ear to Alec's lips, "what buddy?"

"I can't breathe..."

"I'm gonna fix that okay? Maryse I need a glass of water and a straw now!"

Maryse comes out of the kitchen with the towels, water, and straw. Her skin is ghost like. They move Alec so he's laying on his side again and hold his right arm up over his head. Maryse starts crying. "Mama's here, baby. Mama's got you."

I look at Isabelle and Jace and realize that they are both crying, stuck in place as I am.

Robert does it quick, he sticks the knife into Alec's side nearly at his armpit. "I just need to let a little air out." He sticks one end of the straw into the wound and the other into the cup of water. Alec's breathing instantly gets better. Robert must have made an IV of some sort.

Robert leans over Alec and whispers, "do you know who did this? Can you tell me?"

"Robert..."

He looks at Maryse. "What?"

She holds up a necklace. The... necklace I gave Alec... the stone is blue, exactly the shade of his eyes. "This was in the kitchen."

"Okay. Why?"

Maryse stares at him. "The kid. That kid, Justin, put it there. Alec was wearing this when he left."

Robert takes a few moments to reply. He seems to be in pain. "He was raped, Maryse."

My eyes shut and I listen to Isabelle and Jace and Maryse cry out. The blood is pounding in my ears and all I want to do is kill the werewolves.

Maryse gasps and I look at her. "Robert, they're still here. They can come down here at any second."

Robert looks at us. "Which means we gotta be ready, for anything. We have to be ready to do anything."

I look at Isabelle and Jace. Then all of us look at each other.

They will pay for this. Krug and Sadie and Frank and Justin will pay for what they did to my Alexander.