Hi everyone! This update is a lot quicker than the last one, again I am so sorry it took forever to update! Anyhow I'm back now! (this is from Magnus' POV)

The scream tore through Magus. Hearing it made him want to shout, scream, yell, do anything at all if it meant Alec's suffering would stop. And he was about to. He opened his mouth to yell but suddenly he felt a hand aggressively grasp his mouth, muffling the sound he made. He turned around to look at his aggressor and found Jace staring at him, clearly furious.

"Don't be such an idiot!" he hissed in an angry whisper. "We have the element of surprise for Raziel's sake, don't give us away! We need to be silent!"

"But Jace..." Izzy said in a voice that sounded like a dog in pain "Jace we need to go! You and I both know that if somebody screams like that it isn't good! We have to get in there before they do anything serious!"

"It sounds like they're already doing stuff that's pretty serious" said Jem sadly, staring at the dark stone floor, trying to avoid the eyes of the warlock and shadowhunters which were so filled with pain. Magnus saw him glance sideways to stare at Tessa, who had balled her hands into fists in anxiety. The look of love the he gave to her seemed to immediately relax her and Magnus turned away. Even though it was only a look her couldn't help but feel like he was intruding upon an intimate moment.

"I have a plan." said Jace out of the blue, looking excitedly at them all.

"Don't leave us hanging..." said Magnus sarcastically, unable to think of a funnier retort for fear for Alec. He couldn't help but think that something worse was going on behind that door. After all, the screaming had stopped. So what were they doing to him?

Magnus' train of thought was interrupted as he saw a blonde blur whiz past him and take a flying leap at the door at the end of the corridor, bursting it open. Obviously Jace's plan was to be a complete and utter idiot, not inform anyone else of the plan and get them all killed by acting like a reckless little shit. Perfect.

Izzy sped off after him at shadowhunter speed. Jem and Tessa looked concerned but nevertheless followed them into the chamber. But Magnus stood fixed on the spot. He knew Alec was in there. But he couldn't bring himself to move. He was too afraid of what he might see behind that door. He didn't want to see his Alec, his beautiful, gorgeous, adorable, blue-eyed Alec damaged. He heard Jace's raised voice in the chamber. He was no longer taking control to hide the anger in his voice as he had been doing earlier. Magnus heard a torrent of expletives followed by a large crash. This broke him out of his trance and he sped into the chamber to see what was going on.

Inside the chamber was chaos. In the middle of the room was what looked like an operating chair with straps, with a limp body strapped into it. Izzy was bent over the body, her tiny shoulders shaking. Magnus' stomach dropped. He felt like he was going to throw up. Meanwhile, he could hear fighting going on beside him. Jace was still swearing at the top of his voice, attacking a shadowhunter who Magnus recognized to be Alec's captor with his blade, whilst Jem and Tessa were taking on the other two between them. Magnus, seeing that his friends were clearly the superior fighters and would soon be victorious, dashed over to the center of the room, narrowly avoiding the shadowhunter that Jace had literally picked up and tossed across the room.

"Izzy", Magnus said, touching her shoulder.

Isabelle pulled back, tears streaking her pale face. Magnus thought the worst.

"No..." he managed in a hoarse whisper, looking at Alec's body, still in the horrific chair. It was beaten and bloody. He was shirtless, and his entire torso was covered black with bruises. His face hadn't fared much better. There were tiny cuts all over his body, and both of his arms were bent at funny angles - they were clearly broken. And he was clearly dead.

SORRY TO END IT LIKE THIS! THE STORY ISN'T OVER YET THOUGH SO PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! XOXO