*-*-*-*-*-*SlightlyEvilMagnusUniverse*-*-*-*-*-*

Chapter 9;

Girls/Girls/Boys

Chapter Complete!

The team has a celebratory drink.

Izzy and Clary meet with Magnus, fill him in on (Almost) everything…

*~********~*~********~* Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus *~********~*~********~*

"Alright, here we are," Magnus said cheerfully, breezing into the room, perfectly balancing the drink tray, setting it in the middle of the first desk with a bit of a flourish.

Alec gave a disbelieving laugh, shaking his head eyes widening slightly as they all gathered around,

"You know, when you asked if we wanted a drink I kinda assumed you just meant you had a bottle or two stashed somewhere in the back…

I was not expecting an entire bar."

Magnus shrugged, giving a flourishing wave and playful wink,

"What can I say? I'm full of surprises."

Alec chuckled,

"No surprise there."

Magnus quickly passed out the drinks, handing Simon and Kevin two fun, brightly colored iridescent drinks similar to his, flashing Raph a subtle wink as he handed him his glass of 'wine'.

Alec smirked, taking the glass of whisky, teasingly quirking his eyebrow,

"What, I don't get one of the sparkly neon drinks?"

Magnus perked up,

"Do you want one? They're delicious...I can just make me another one."

Alec chuckled, shaking his head, holding up the whisky glass,

"No thanks, they look radioactive…

I'm good with this." he took a quick sip, pausing, giving an impressed nod,

"Really good with this actually."

Magnus shrugged,

"Hey, I own the hottest club in town, I only have the best."

Alec chuckled, tilting the glass,

"Definitely seems the case…"

Magnus smiled, giving one more playful wink, turning to the brothers, handing each of them a whisky glass.

"Thank you again boys, we really couldn't have done it without you."

They shook their heads, the brother on the left waving him off,

"It's fine, we were happy to help. I'm so glad Dick's gonna be out; he's been nothing but a pain for as long as we've known him.

His brother nodded, continuing,

"Like I said, we should have quit a long time ago. The guy's a total jackass but you know sometimes you just have to take what you can get; neither of us wanted to work for a loudmouthed homophobe, but that's usually the only type that'll hire us."

The first twin shrugged, glancing over at Alec and Simon apologetically,

"We really are sorry for whatever trouble we've caused you guys, I know your work has to be hard enough without having some arrogant bigot butting in, trying to screw things up just cause he can't accept you're better officers than he'd ever be."

Alec smiled, shaking his head,

"Hey, don't worry about it. Thanks to your help we'll never have to deal with him interfering on cases again."

The guy gave a bright smile, nodding

Magnus slipped closer, settling on the edge of the desk, tilting his head, glancing between the two brothers,

"I am sorry you had to give up your employment- such as it was- for us…"

They shook their heads, the second twin waving him off,

"Oh, no…don't even worry about it. It's definitely the right move; we really hated working for the dude…I mean it's bad enough the guy's so arrogant and backwards, constantly shooting his mouth off about this or that or some moronic, homophobic tirade-

Like he said, that's not really unheard within our circles…

But there's backwards and close-minded, then there's just out and out brain-dead, shoot yourself in the foot because you mistake a Glock 17 for a starter's pistol level stupidity…" he shook his head, gesturing towards Magnus, taking a sip of his drink,

"Clearly Dick falls into the last category. We don't need that drama." his brother nodded quickly in agreement,

Alec quirked his eyebrow, glancing over at Magnus,

"First a Ferrari now a Glock 17…you sure I shouldn't be worried?"

Magnus chuckled, giving a slight shrug,

"You? Never…besides a bit of danger never hurts. Makes life more exciting."

Alec scoffed,

"So does a high speed chase…"

Magnus smirked

"Which works much better with a Ferrari."

Alec laughed, shaking his head,

Simon settled closer to Raphael, raising his eyebrow,

"Any clue?"

He chuckled

"Well, they're talking about Magnus; though I don't know if it's about how dangerous he is or how fast…

Both more than apply so it's really anyone's guess."

"Hey!" Magnus snapped,

Raphael scoffed,

"What?"

"Just…hey…"

Alec laughed, shooting Magnus a kind smile and a wink,

Kevin giggled, eyes bright and playful,

"You're one to talk."

Raphael startled, tilting his head,

"What's that?"

Kevin shrugged,

"Well, once again you DID spend the night with Simon before you two even went on a single date…

Just saying…"

"Okay Bambi…"

Simon laughed, nodding quickly, slipping closer to Kevin,

"And dude we've all seen your place. You're the only person I've ever met who uses interior design to intimidate people."

Raphael sputtered faintly,

"They're gifts!"

Magnus quirked his eyebrow teasingly,

"That just happen to be perfectly placed just right to catch, gleam and reflect in the sunlight?"

"They are the best places for them…the hira-shuriken are a set, they need to be placed together."

"And the Katar on the desk?"

"The holder fits perfectly there…the fact that it faces the windows is totally coincidental."

Alec tilted his head,

"And the sword over the fireplace?"

Raphael glanced over at Magnus, giving a kind of soft smile,

"That is where it belongs."

"Which is exactly why I put it there when I gave it to you." Magnus added

Alec blinked, glancing between the two, settling on Magnus,

"You gave it to him?"

Magnus nodded faintly, slipping over near Raphael,

"Yes. It was my most prized possession, an irreplaceable family heirloom…one of the very few actual things that truly mean something to me. It's been part of my family for over eight centuries. It has always belonged to my family."

The first twin blinked, tilting his head in confusion,

"Then…why would you give it to him?" he startled, seemingly realizing what he said,

"Umm n…"

Magnus smiled shaking his head, settling next to Raphael, slipping his arm around his shoulders,

"Like I said; it has always belonged to my family…" he squeezed Raphael's shoulder gently,

"It still does."

Raphael leaned into him slightly, giving him a warm smile, before glancing over at Alec, meeting his eyes, shrugging,

"As I said…they are a lot more than just weapons."

Alec nodded faintly,

"I'm starting to get that." he said softly, glancing over, meeting Magnus's eyes, lingering, before catching himself, faintly shaking his head, trying to snap out of that, glancing around at the others, settling on the twins,

"S-so…uh…what are you guys going to do now? I mean you did just lose your jobs…I really don't want to have to run into you guys on another case…"

They hesitated, glancing between each other, kind of unsure, the one on the left giving a faint shrug,

"I really don't know…I'm sure we'll find something. It might be a while b-"

"Hmm…" Magnus murmured, tilting his head consideringly,

They glanced back at him,

"What?"

Magnus shrugged,

"Well as I said I really don't need your help here, I'm not planning on running my business anything like Dick's and…well…quite frankly if the need for intimidation ever did actually come up between me and Raph we more than have that aspect covered-"

The second twin snorted, nodding

"Understatement of the century." he muttered before startling, glancing at the others in the group,

"Oh uhh…n-"

Simon laughed, waving him off,

"Dude, relax. We've known them for weeks and I'm dating Raphael- and once again, we've all seen his place-"

"They. Were. Gifts."

Simon waved the glare off with a playful wink and unconcerned wave,

The brother's eyes widened, edging a bit further away,

"You're not telling us anything we haven't already figured out." he paused, glancing back at Magnus quirking his eyebrow,

"Anyways, what were you saying?"

Oh he adored this boy…

Raph really did have excellent taste…

He chuckled, giving a slight nod,

"Thank you darling…I really can't wait until Tuesday; Bella's alright for you?"

Simon nodded eagerly, both of them ignoring Raphael's aggravated huff, the brother's moved a bit further away,

"Umm…s-so what were you saying Magnus?" The second twin asked, still side eyeing the somewhat annoyed vampire,

"Oh yes! Sorry dear, I do tend to get distracted. As I was saying, I don't need any help here but one of my bouncers at the club is leaving at the end of the month and I really do need to hire another…

Or perhaps two?

If you would be interested, of course…"

They startled, giving surprised, bright smiles, nodding eagerly,

"Really? Yes absolutely, that would be amazing. Thank you Magnus." the first twin said, his brother nodding quickly,

"Yeah, thanks SO much!"

He waved them off,

"Nonsense, thank you boys. We couldn't have dealt with Dick without you and this way I don't have to go through the tedium of interviews. Come by the club tonight, I'll introduce you to everyone and we can start showing you the ropes, this way you'll have it down before Terrence leaves."

They nodded quickly,

"Yeah, absolutely. Thanks again, and really you won't regret it."

"I'm sure I won't darlings, n-"

He's cut off by the bell over the door

"What the hell did you do you m-" Dick cuts off, blinking in confusion,

"What are you two doing here?"

They shrugged, glancing between each other, the one on the left quirked his eyebrow, holding his drink up,

"Celebrating, obviously."

Dick sputtered,

"You're celebrating me being out of business?!"

The one on the right shrugged, smirking,

"Well, yeah that…and our new jobs." his brother nodded, clinking his glass against his brothers, taking a sip before picking up the conversation,

"Magnus hired us on at his club."

"And you took it?"

"Yup." they said in perfect sync,

"You'd rather work for him than me?"

"No contest."

He glared, looking between the two in disbelief,

"What the hell?! I can't believe you guys would rather work for some flamboyant over the top, gay club owner/spook hunter wannabe than me!"

The one on the left scoffs, shrugging,

"Hey, at least working for Magnus my husband might feel okay coming by my work every once in a while."

Dick sputters,

"Husband!? Pfft, right, no way you're gay."

Again he shrugged,

"I don't really do labels…guys on the other hand…totally good doing that." he smirked, giving a kind of cheeky wink,

Oh he liked these guys…they'll fit in just fine at the club…

He paused, tilting his head towards his brother.

"Ryder's actually the gay one." His brother, 'Ryder' apparently, nodded

"Yup, totally." He paused, glancing over, flashing a quick, interested smile at Alec,

Umm…no…that's SO not happening,

Alec blinked rapidly,

"Umm…"

Magnus slinked up next to the detective, slipping his arm around his waist, raising his eyebrow challengingly, eyes glowing bright,

"Keep it moving Cowboy, he's taken."

Ryder gulped, nodding quickly

"Noted."

Alec relaxed a bit, settling closer to Magnus, arm slipping around him, hand coming to rest on Magnus's hip.

Magnus turned his attention back to the oth- Ryder, giving an encouraging smile,

"But don't worry dear; the club is always packed with attractive, available people. I'm sure you'll have no problem finding someone."

He seemed to relax a bit, giving a slight nod,

"Cool…So you wanted us to start tonight?"

Magnus nodded,

"Yes please. We open at 10; if you can be there about nine thirty or so we can get started on the paper work and all that, t-"

"Hey! I'm not done here! W-"

Simon sighed, shaking his head exasperatedly,

"Yeah, you are.

This is a private business; you have no legitimate reason to be here…you never actually did. All this was is you trying to intimidate someone you stupidly thought was an easy target to cut down competition…

You ignored an insane amount of warnings coming at you from every source…you pushed and pushed because you can't stand the fact a gay person could be better at this job than you. Just like you can't handle the fact that a gay person could actually make it on the force when you never could.

It's childish and backwards and it has now cost you your business." he paused, shrugging, giving a carless wave,

"You need to just leave. We have more important things to do, Ryder and Gage have new- far better- jobs to get ready for, and you have to figure out what you're gonna do now that you're PI license has been pulled." he moved forward, beginning to usher Dick towards the door

Dick glared,

"I'm not-"

"Yes you are." Simon said firmly once more ushering him towards the door, beginning around the second desk, catching his arm, leading him along,

"Hey I'm N-"

"No you are. We're done…goodbye Dick."

Dick suddenly whirled around, pulling his hand back, aiming a sharp blow right for Simon's cheek,

Simon dodged the blow, reaching up, catching his hand. He spun using Dick's own momentum, pulling him off balance, turning, and pinning him against the desk. He pulled his arms behind his back, quickly slapping the cuffs on him so swift Dick couldn't even process what happened.

"And that would be assaulting a police officer…which means you'll have about a year to figure out what you want to do…

Though it'll be a bit more limited as you'll now have a record."

The others (Except Kevin and Alec who are just smiling knowingly) froze, staring in shock,

Simon caught their looks, shrugging,

"What? I'm a detective in one of the most dangerous cities in the world…I know how to defend myself."

Raphael snaps out of it first, glancing over at the twins, smirking, gesturing over to Simon,

"That's my boyfriend."

*~********~*~********~* Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus *~********~*~********~*

Clarissa: Mags, meet me at the shop at 6 please? It's important (Don't worry everything's okay)

Hmm…how odd…

Clary hardly ever texted, usually preferring to call.

Magnus shook his head, glancing once more at the vague text as he stepped out of the shimmering portal, closing it with a snap,

"Biscuit, what's wr-" Magnus startled,

"Isabelle…hello." he froze, taking in the slightly amazed, wide eyed look, bright, curious expression and oh so familiar mirage like shimmer surrounding her.

Well…that explains the oddness of the text…

Still,

He tilted his head, looking from Izzy over to Clary, quirking his eyebrow,

"You know darling, you could have given me a bit of a heads up…"

Clary sighed, pushing her hair back, giving a faint nod,

"I know, but it's really complicated and if I tried to say a bit it'd all come out and it was way too much to deal with over the phone."

He shrugged carelessly, waving her off,

"It's fine sweetheart, I'm nothing if not adaptive…" he paused turning back to Izzy, tilting his head, sharp gold eyes flickering over her, checking for any ill effects, he smiled, giving a faint nod in relief,

"Well darling it appears you are handling everything quite well so far. Am I to assume this is just a heads up, Supernatural introduction kind of thing?"

Clary nodded moving forward, catching Izzy's hand tugging her along,

Izzy seemed to startle, shaking it off, shrugging, bright, curious eyes slipping over him, still a bit wide, shaking her head faintly,

"Sorry, kinda zoned out for a minute there…

Everything with you suddenly makes SO much more sense…I mean Clary telling me it kinda fit but hearing it and really seeing it are two different things entirely."

He quirked his eyebrow, glancing over at Clary

"She told you about me?"

Clary shrugged,

"Well…her finding out was an accident and really insane and at first I didn't know if she was just the usual 'oh my god this is insane' freaking out or literal 'brain cannot process this, I'm going insane' freaking out and I told her if it was too much I knew someone who could fix it…

She actually figured out it was you I was talking about."

"Ah…" Magnus nodded glancing between them

"Well, as she seems to be handling it fine and you even went so far as to perform a sight spell on her I'm assuming it's alright now, yes?"

Clary glanced over at her, squeezing her hand, giving a soft smile. Izzy returned it, slipping closer,

"Yeah, it really is. I just wanted to tell you in person, not wait till you found out. I did the spell yesterday; so far I'm the only supernatural she's seen."

He nodded

"And as with this kind of spell they usually see the most powerful Supernaturals first she'd be able to see me right away."

Clary smiled,

"Exactly. I just don't want her to be overwhelmed…I tried to tell her I could just teach her how to see through individual glamours but she was pretty insistent."

Izzy shrugged,

"Sorry, I know it's probably a lot safer the other, slower way but it would drive me insane knowing there's an entire world hidden just outside my view. I work as an ME, I need to be able to see evidence to do my job…I can't do that if I can't actually see half of it…"

Magnus sighed, slipping closer, giving a faint nod,

"I can understand that…though you should know this will probably make your job far more complicated…"

She tilted her head,

"What do you mean? If anything it'll make it easier…There are a lot of things that'll probably make a lot more sense."

He shook his head, giving a slight wave,

"To you, yes. But your cases will be inherently more complicated.

Right now your job is pretty straightforward;

Find the evidence, go over the evidence, write up your findings, case is done…

Simple, by the book, clear-cut,

Yes?"

She hesitated, before giving a slight nod,

Magnus sighed, nodding back,

"That will likely change as of now."

"Wha-"

He shook his head,

"The supernatural complicates things.

When you can see the supernatural there will be times when you flat out cannot put everything in the report, when the evidence is not explainable to humans.

You will end up having to ignore things, falsify reports, and at times flat out lie."

Izzy tensed, shaking her head,

"I can't do that."

Magnus sighed, looking up, meeting her eyes apologetically,

"Isabelle darling, I'm sorry but you will not have a choice. We try to make it explainable to the public as much as possible, but sometime that just does not work. There's only so much you can twist something to make it conform to a human world explanation.

You can't put in a report the killer was a werewolf who lost control during their first change, or a demon who was affected with a primal virus. You cannot just write that the fire wasn't in fact arson so much as a young demon or Fae who's still trying to get a handle on their newly activated powers.

You cannot say this person did it, without a doubt, but they were under a spell and had absolutely no control over their actions- that they were in fact just as much a victim as the others, and the one who actually was behind it was banished from the human world. You cannot write a report that says this is the person behind the string of brutal murders when to every human that person looks like a harmless preteen girl.

When you factor in the Supernatural things get VERY complicated, VERY quickly." he paused, giving her a faintly apologetic smile,

"Isabelle, you are a brilliant, honest person and you want to help people, protect them…and you still can, absolutely. But I want you to realize that sometimes who is 'innocent' is very hard to tell. That is always the case but with the supernatural it is sometimes incredibly complicated…

A being that seems entirely fearsome; a demon, goblin, or ogre may be totally innocent, even a victim.

A cute, sweet, innocent looking, giggling little pixie could be behind a dozen vicious, brutal murders…

There is no rhyme or reason; no way to just know who is or isn't good or evil…and in many cases it's all more of a grey area.

Believe me I understand how hard of a concept this is…and I am not in any way saying you wouldn't be able to be objective, but it is human nature to fear the large hulking thing with fangs, claws, and scales…

But in the supernatural world that could be all but irrelevant.

No matter how good you are there will be a time when you see something and your immediate reaction is they're the culprit, they're evil, they're a threat.

But it's just not that simple.

It takes a lot to get the hang of and even then there are things that make you doubt yourself. I'm not going to sugarcoat it; from here on out your life will be far more complicated…probably far more difficult.

Not to overstep but it would probably help a lot for you to talk to Luke. He was the same way after he first turned."

Izzy blinked, tilting her head,

"When did he turn?"

Magnus thought, giving a slight shrug,

"About sixteen years ago, it was a few weeks after he got his detectives shield. It was really difficult for him to adjust to everything, but over time he did and has done quite well…I am sure you will be able to as well." he paused, giving a faintly encouraging smile,

"Darling I know how this sounds and I want you to realize I am not in any way saying you will have to just let someone get away with a crime. It is nothing like that…

We would never let that happen.

I would never let that happen." he paused, tilting his head, eyes shimmering bright, power flickering, licking up his arms like dancing violet flames,

Izzy gulped, blinking, eyes wide,

"Brooklyn is MY city.

I protect it.

I am not in any way, shape or form asking you to give anyone a 'pass'. You have my word that will never happen. We are just making sure that those truly behind a crime are the ones paying for it and those that are victimized by them- in any way- are protected."

He gave a slight chuckle, eyes flickering, glowing bright, giving a slight flicker of his fingers, sending shimmering violet sparks dancing though the air,

"Actually, if anything it's more just:

There's no backroom deals, no bribery, or getting away with it on a technicality. If a supernatural commits a violent act in my city, they will face the consequences,

Simple as that."

Izzy quirked her eyebrow,

"You…do realize you sound like some kind of combination of a supervillian and a vigilante…

Right?"

Magnus gave a surprised laugh, shrugging,

"Yes…yes I do.

Perhaps I'm a bit of both…depending on the circumstances."

Izzy gave a slight, huffing laugh, shaking her head,

"Remind me never to get on your bad side."

Magnus chuckled, shaking his head,

"I doubt that's possible sweetheart." he paused, something occurring to him, he glanced over at Clary, raising his eyebrow,

"Now that we have that sorted, for the moment at least, I am rather curious…

Clarissa? You are generally quite careful around humans with your magic, how exactly did Isabelle find out? You said it was an accident…"

Clary sighed, nodding faintly,

"Yeah…actually I meant that literally…we were in a car accident a-"

He froze, eyes wide,

"You were in an accident? When was that? Are you alright? Why am I just finding out now! W-"

Clary shook her head, giving him a reassuring smile,

"Mags, it's okay really. I'm fine, we both are. Like I said, it was complicated. It happened two days ago, I would have told you sooner but, well, it's been a really busy two days.

We were driving out of town to watch the meteor shower and hit a patch of black ice on a bridge…the car went off the edge into the river-"

He gasped, moving closer, eyes glowing, flickering his hand, the shimmer of Magic slipping over both girls. Izzy blinked in confusion, glancing over unsure at Clary, she just waved her off,

"He's just checking for injuries…" she turned back to Magnus,

"Mags like I said we're fine…now at least.

The car went off the bridge and there was no way out, we were twenty feet under water, no cell reception, no one around for miles, the river would have frozen over in an hour or less…

It was the only way we could get out alive."

He gasped again, moving forward, wrapping his arms around her, hugging her tightly,

"Sweetheart, you should have told me sooner."

She shook her head, squeezing him back,

"I know Mag's; sorry…like I said, there was just a lot to deal with.

I used my powers to get us out, teleporting us to my place…I didn't really have time to explain beforehand so she was understandably freaked by the whole 'shimmering girl teleportation' thing. She kind of ran out of my place and so I had to go find her and explain everything….and then she wanted me to do the spell and…

Well, I didn't want to just tell you without her here and she had to work today…and I ended up giving her a ride into work and back as, well, her car's still at the bottom of the river…

Like I said it was a REALLY busy two days."

"You definitely weren't exaggerating there." Magnus gave a faint huffing laugh, shaking his head, hugging her close once more, pressing a soft kiss to her cheek,

"I am so glad you are alright biscuit…both of you." he added glancing over at Izzy, giving a gentle smile,

"Isabelle sweetheart, I did not mean to be so blunt earlier, I just wanted you to be truly prepared. If there is anything you need, or any questions you have please don't hesitate to ask. I am more than happy to help…

Oh speaking of…" he paused, moving quickly towards the fire exit, gesturing for the two girls to follow.

Izzy tilted her head curious, hurrying along behind him, Clary falling into step as well, giving a slight chuckle,

He pulled the door open, quickly glancing around the alleyway, checking if the coast was clear, he tilted his head, rolling his shoulders, eyes glimmering brighter. Magnus raised his hands, making a few graceful motions, a shimmering, swirling iridescent blue violet cloud materializing in front of them. It rolled and churned, cut through with brilliant silvery flashes of lightning,

Izzy gasped, blinking rapidly,

"Oh wow…"

Magnus chuckled, glancing over at her, flashing a quick wink, flickering his fingers once more the cloud shifted, flowing back, curling and slithering around him before flowing back into his outstretched palm,

Izzy shook her head, staring at him in amazement, gaze flickering over to the spot the cloud was before startling, staring in shock,

"My car!" She exclaimed excitedly, rushing forward, looking it over in amazement, carefully running her hand along the side, seeing that in fact it was real,

She glanced back,

"Hey, the dents gone!"

Magnus chuckled, shrugging,

"Sweetheart; I pulled it out of twenty feet of water, repaired any trace of the accident and water damage, and replaced the tires just in case…

You really think I'm gonna miss a dent?"

She laughed brightly,

"Thank you Magnus, this is amazing…I so didn't want to have to go out and buy a new car. Plus it's not like I could explain to my insurance company that it was at the bottom of the river without a LOT of explanations and…

Yeah that'd be pretty difficult without 'Shimmering teleporting girlfriend'…"

Magnus chuckled once more,

"Well as I said, the supernatural sometime makes the truth a bit difficult…it does have its benefits though…"

Izzy nodded, glancing from the car over to Clary, giving a soft smile,

"Yeah, I'm definitely getting that…"

Clary gave her a warm smile before glancing over at Magnus, rolling her eyes playfully,

"You are such a showoff…"

Magnus gave an overly innocent, shocked look

"What?"

"Oh please! You and I both know you could have done the same exact thing with a quick snap of your fingers."

Magnus rolled his eyes,

"Yes, but what's the fun of that?"

Izzy laughed, shaking her head, glancing once more from her car over to Magnus, moving over again beside Clary, slipping her arm around her, tugging her close,

"Man, that's definitely gonna take some getting used to…"

Magnus smiled,

"Give it time darling, you'll be fine. And like I said, if you have any questions or concerns just let me know; I'm more than happy to help."

She nodded, before pausing, tilting her head curiously, gaze flickering over him,

Magnus quirked his eyebrow,

"Well that didn't take much time…you have a question already?"

She nodded,

"Yeah actually I do…

Clary said you blanked Alec's memory after the whole demon/vampire/warlock fight nearly raising hell on earth thing, right?"

Magnus blinked in surprise, glancing over at Clary

"Wow, you weren't kidding about going over everything were you?"

Clary huffed,

"I tried to distract her with the whole 'wide world of Supernaturals, sparkly magic' thing but it didn't work…

She's very persistent."

Izzy chuckled, shrugging faintly,

"What can I say? I'm a cop mixed with a scientist… when I get focused on something I'm kinda hard to shake."

"Try impossible." Clary teased, giving a playfully annoyed smile,

She shrugged again, tugging Clary closer,

"I know…guess I'm not the only one who'll have some things to adjust to."

Clary giggled, eyes sparkling bright,

"I'm okay with that."

Izzy beamed, she leaned over nuzzling against Clary cheek, pressing a soft, lingering kiss,

"Good."

Izzy smiled softly, kissing her cheek once more before glancing over, startling faintly at Magnus,

"Oh umm…apparently I can however be momentarily distracted though."

Magnus chuckled, eyes warm and bright, shaking his head,

"Quite alright darling…

So, what was your question?"

She nodded,

"Alright so if you blanked Alec's memory of all the Magic, supernatural type stuff, why does he still remember your real eyes?"

Magnus hesitated for a moment, before shaking his head faintly,

"Honestly, I don't know."

"You what?" Clary asked in surprise,

He shrugged, pushing his hair back, shaking his head again,

"I have been trying to figure it out since I realized. He remembers far more than he should have after the spell.

It's okay, I really think it is. He believes it's all a product of the concussion and whatever he was drugged with. That any of the more fantastical parts were just his imagination so we don't have to worry about him being in any danger of a mental break or any of the like…" he paused shrugging,

"But I genuinely have no idea why he remembers so much more than he should. The spell's quite thorough, I've done it countless times. I know it inside and out, and I've checked several times but there was nothing wrong with it.

The best I can come up with is that it's something to do with the concussion…which seems highly unlikely but is the only thing that makes any kind of sense." he glanced over at her, a shadow of doubt flickering behind the golden cat eyes,

"Does he seem alright to you?"

She nodded quickly,

"Yeah, he's fine, I know he is. He's my big brother I've known him my entire life, he can't hide anything from me…

Hell, I think I knew he was gay before even HE did.

I can read him like a book and I was watching him like a hawk for the entire week after the Branding murders.

He is totally fine…it just struck me as really odd that he'd remember something that was obviously a magic element."

He swallowed, nodding,

"Yeah, me too…I d-"

She shook her head, waving him off,

"Magnus I promise he's fine; even if the spell didn't work exactly how it was supposed to, it worked.

My brother is safe and sane and most importantly alive; all of which is because of you…" she moved forward, reaching over, resting her hand on his arm, meeting his eyes,

"Thank you so much Magnus. And I know it wasn't just about him, I mean, from what Clary said basically the entire world was at stake. But Alec's my big brother…him, Max and Jace basically ARE my world.

I really can't thank you enough for saving him."

Magnus swallowed, blinking, faintly shaking his head,

"Darling there really is no thanks necessary. Alexander is a wonderful, kind, incredible, utterly fascinating person…one of a kind.

I know what all was at stake, but honestly? When Raphael and I went in, went after them, I was not thinking about that…

Alexander was the first thought in my mind.

I don't know what happened with the spell, but I cannot tell you how very relieved I am he is okay."

Izzy swallowed, something curious and bright passing behind her eyes, giving a slight nod, squeezing his arm once more,

"I couldn't agree more." She paused, tilting her head, giving an impish smile,

"Thank goodness Alec had his Gorgeous knight in flawless eyeliner."

Magnus gave a surprised laugh, quirking his eyebrow

"Oh…I am SO using that…"

*~********~*~********~* _End Of Chapter Notes_ *~********~*~********~*

Okay so I know I should have probably had some of the things that the dug up on Dick but honestly they'd just be kind of tedious, figured jumping to the celebration would be a bit more interesting.

I love Raphael's reaction at the end,

I'm about to just give up saying whose POV it's gonna be…I swear these guys end up with a mind of their own…

This scene was supposed to be from Izzy's POV and in her office…

Somehow we ended up at Clary's shop and from Magnus's…

Oh well…I still like it.

What do you guys think so far?

*-*-*-*-*-*SlightlyEvilMagnusUniverse*-*-*-*-*-*

* 35 *