Chapter 9: Looking
I an SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry! I told you I was a horrible typer! I'll just keep this short since I know you just want to read. Happy 4th of July!
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Magnus POV
I got almost no sleep last night. At first I kept waking up every few minutes because Alec kept whimpering in his sleep. It felt like I was getting shot through the heart every time because I wanted so badly to comfort him but couldn't. (After hours of trying to get an answer out of my Alexander, it was very obviously a one-way connection.)
Also, sometime during the night, Alec started screaming again. I must've slept through the woman – Rachel May, I now knew from the smell and initials – coming to retrieve him, but I could hear him begging, crying, and screaming just fine. It was horrible – hearing him beg for me, Jace, Isabelle, anyone to help him. He must've not been coherent for a while because I heard him yell for Max, too.
Currently, I sat sleep deprived in the arm chair flipping through The Book of White, looking for anything that might help Alec. I was mindlessly flipping through useless plant growing spells (seriously, who even needs those?) when I suddenly froze.
There, on the page in front of me, was a two-way connection spell. It was in The Book of White, so it had to be powerful. Even if it didn't work, I still had to try. For Alec.
The spell was long and extremely complicated. By the time I finished it was two hours after I started and I was totally exhausted. Now to see if it worked…
~rRr~
Alec POV
Angel, it was freezing in here. I know I've said it before, but by now I was convinced that I was getting pneumonia or something. I was broken out of my self-pitying by a soft voice.
"Alexander? Alec, darling, are you there?" It sounded like Magnus. Great, I thought. Now I'm going crazy. "It's Magnus. Please baby? Please answer me…" He sounded close to tears. Well, since it means so much to him…
"Hey, Mags," I answered. My voice was scratchy and held no volume. Honestly, I probably wouldn't be able to talk for the next year.
"Alec, darling, you sound horrible! Do you have any idea where you are?" Magnus asked, his voice full of concern.
I wracked my brain. I was sure that Rachel had said something about location… She had said… Come on, brain. Work!... She… Oh! "Welcome to Alaska…" That was it! "Alaska," I answered at last. I had no idea why Alaska of all places but no one had found me yet, so…
"Don't worry, Alec. We'll come find you soon I promise," he sounded like he was getting ready to leave and I started panicking. Even if he was a figment of my imagination, I did not want him to leave.
"Magnus? Please don't leave me," I begged. I could feel tears prickling behind my eyes. I was so tired of being alone.
"I won't baby, I won't. I'm coming for you. You won't be there much longer, I swear," Magnus said, attempting to sooth me. "I'm just going to get your family to come over alright?" He asked. It was like he was standing in the room with me. I could even hear the buttons on his phone clicking as he typed.
I was about to answer my affirmative when Rachel walked in with her hands sparking. Magnus really needed to hurry.
Magnus POV
When I heard the door open on Alec's side of the connection, I decided to "disappear" for a while – meaning I put a silencing spell on my side so they couldn't hear my sobs.
There was a knock on my door and I knew Jace and Isabelle were probably here. I snapped my fingers and they walked right in.
Jace brought Clary with him. I don't know why I was surprised, but I was kind of glad. As much as it pains me to admit it, Clary was just as capable with a portal as I was, and my magical energy was already low enough. They were all dressed in fighting gear, Izzy with her whip around her wrist, and probably with enough concealed weapons to last them a few weeks.
I didn't bother with pleasantries. "Clary, make us a portal to Alaska," I ordered. She did so, and we stepped right through it into a snow covered forest. I was feeling generous today, so I snapped fur coats onto all of us. Now to figure out where to go…
"Where are we? Narnia?" Jace asked. Obviously he learned what that was from Clary because every Shadowhunter – minus Isabelle – was for some reason uneducated on pop culture.
"No, Jace don't b…" Izzy started. They began bickering and I tuned out. How would I find Alec without using a spell?
An idea slowly started budding into existence. I looked at Clary, who was the main component of this idea, and it looked as if she had the same idea – and like she wasn't too jazzed about it.
"Clary, darling," I said, ever so sweetly. "I believe you have a brilliant idea."
This statement worked just as I had wanted it to. Jace and Isabelle stopped their bickering and snapped their attention to Clary.
"Well, what is it?" Isabelle demanded. Clary shifted uncomfortably and glanced over at Jace. Izzy looked about ready to smack it out of her, so the red-head started talking.
"I could modify Jace's Parabatai Rune into a rune that would allow him to find Alec, but I don't know how it would affect either one of them…"
"Well if anything happens we could get Magnus to fix it, right Magnus?" Isabelle asked. I nodded eagerly and she looked back at the other girl smugly.
The only person who hadn't said anything was the guinea pig. Clary must have noticed too because she turned her worried gaze onto him. "Jace, are you okay with this?" she asked gently. The blonde nodded and Clary hesitantly stepped closer.
"We are in a hurry, aren't we?" I scowled. I was getting impatient of their stalling. My boyfriend was captured for God's sake!
Clary walked over to Jace a little faster and raised her stele over his shoulder, where the parabatai rune was located. Her eyes were shut tight in concentration, and when she again opened them it looked as if she wasn't really seeing Jace. She retraced the original rune and then proceeded to draw swirls branching off of it, making it more elegant. As she worked, Jace paled and by the time she was done his pupils were dilated; the golden irises taken over by black.
"Jace? Are you alright?" she asked nervously. Jace focused on her and his pupils constricted a little.
"I'm fine," Jace replied. He sounded distant and in pain. I don't think any of us believed him – Clary defiantly didn't – but Jace interrupted before she could say anything. "Come on. We need to hurry."
The sense of urgency in his voice is what scared me the most.
Again I am sooo sorry for how long this took! There is a reason teenagers are not mothers! I can't even handle babysitting all day! I'll try to get the next chapter up before July 18 though, since the chapters after that need to be typed and actually written down – like not in my head.
Please review and I hope you haven't given up on this story! I really want to finish it! It's just a timing issue.
~ Nikki
