The shrill sound of the Institute doorbell rung through the ancient building, much to the surprise of Izzy and Jace, who were both doing useless tasks in order to keep their minds off of Alec's strange behaviour. When they'd returned home Alec had refused to say a word to either one of them, and Jace was now polishing his seraph blades even though they were already glistening, whilst Izzy filed her nails down to a blunt edge rather than their usual length. Both of the young shadow hunters jumped up and rushed to the door, and were relieved when they saw the High Warlock of Brooklyn standing on the other side. He was in a much better state than he had been earlier that day, however his clothes still lacked their usual colour and glitter. Magnus also wore no makeup, and his hair hung down having not been styled, but at least he was dressed properly and had at some point taken a shower, making him appear, overall, rather presentable.

"I believe that you were correct in worrying about Alexander, I do not think he is simply upset," Magnus said as he walked past the two Nephilim and into the Institute.

"Good to see you've finally come to your senses," Jace said, and Izzy elbowed him.

"Thank you Magnus, we've been scared, it's just not like him to act so…" Izzy said, her voice trailing off as she tried to explain what exactly was different about Alec.

"Where is he?" Magnus asked, seeming to ignore Izzy and Jace's comments.

"In the training room," Jace said, "but watch out, he is not in a good mood."

Magnus nodded and quickly headed up the stairs to the room, his mind completely focused on all the possible things that could be affecting Alec. He knew that demon poison alone shouldn't have such a profound effect, and shouldn't last this long, but this was definitely some sort of demon related issue.

Manus walked into the training room to discover Alec standing in front of a pile of weapons, all of them blessed by the Angel, and all of them looking like they'd been thrown into the hazardous pile with anger and a lot of force. Some of the weapons were actually sticking into the floor at strange angles, and Magnus had no idea what Alec was hoping to achieve. The shadow hunter in question had his back to the door and his head down, and Magnus presumed that he hadn't been heard until Alec suddenly spoke.

"Miss me, did you, warlock?" Alec asked, his voice dripping with venom and sarcasm, something that surprised Magnus.

"Yes actually, but that isn't why I'm here. You're siblings came to see me, they're very worried about –"

Magnus' words were cut off as Alec started to laugh, the sinister sound echoing off of the walls of the room.

"What is so funny Alec?" Magnus asked, although his voice was thick with concern even when he tried to make his words cold.

"They burn, all of them," Alec said as he looked at the blades at his feet, and he then laughed again, the sound almost inhumane.

"I don't understand," Magnus said, clearly baffled by Alec's behaviour, and he took a step closer to Alec.

As Magnus went to place a comforting hand on Alec's shoulder, an old habit from when they'd been together, Alec shrugged the hand away and then turned to face Magnus with lightening fast speed that startled Magnus.

"I thought this wasn't what you wanted," Alec said, taking a threatening step closer to Magnus, "I though you never wanted to see me again."

"Alec, about what I said-"

"Do you see me now Magnus?" Alec said when their faces were so close they were almost touching. "Can you see me?"

Alec whispered the final question, and as he did so his eyes darkened, until the black pupil had consumed all of the brilliant blue Alec's eyes usually held. Magnus gasped and took a step back, which only made Alec laugh again.

"What's wrong? Is the big bad warlock scared of a pathetic little shadow hunter?" Alec yelled at Magnus, a manic smile still on his face. "Or are you scared of something else?"

"Alec I need you to come with me, okay? You need help," Magnus said, once again stepping closer to Alec, but the younger boy just shook his head.

"Maybe I don't want help. Maybe I don't want to be saved," Alec replied as his lips curved up into what looked like more of a snarl than a smile.

"You don't know what you're saying. Something is controlling you, maybe it has something to do with Jonathan or Sebastian or whatever you're calling him," Magnus said hastily as he watched Alec for any other out of character behaviour.

"I'd almost forgotten about him! How silly of me, maybe I should go find him, what do you think? Like this I could actually fight him, maybe kill him…That would be nice, don't you think? To have his blood on my hands, to see his lifeless eyes stare off into nothingness?"

Magnus was too shocked to say anything, and his heart clenched as he saw the beautiful and caring boy he'd known shift into some sort of monster. He didn't recognize Alec like this, and he had no idea what was making him act so bitterly, but Magnus knew he would do whatever it took to help Alec.

"Alec, I don't want to hurt you, I'm just doing this to help you," Magnus said, and he then went to cast a spell on Alec that would make him slip into unconsciousness.

As Magus clicked his fingers and blue sparks fell from his fingertips Alec smirked, and then shook his head.

"No, I think not," Alec said as he raised his hand, and suddenly Magnus' magic was overwhelmed by a thick black smoke that Alec appeared to be controlling.

"What…?" Magnus said as he watched, and he looked at Alec with fear for the first time.

Within a second the black smoke was gone, but Magnus felt cold fingers around his throat, lifting him up until his feet weren't touching the ground.

"It was so nice of you to drop by Magnus, but I think it's time for you to leave, don't you?" Alec asked with amusement, and he then threw Magnus with more force then should have been possible, and the warlock crashed into the far wall of the room. "I am just so clumsy," Alec said as he watched the warlock's body slump, and he laughed at the scene of chaos he'd created, feeling content with the destruction that now surrounded him.

A/N Thank you for the reviews, please keep it up and I shall update quicker.