Alec ran alongside Jace at what felt like the fastest he had even ran. The thought of something bad happening to their little sister a motivation was like no other, and they were at the institute in no time. Jace burst through the front door first, spotting the fiery red of Clary's hair and running to her, barely choking out the question on Isabelle's condition. The red head was barely holding back tears as they came up to her, and since Clary's answer took a little too long for Alec's taste he ran over to Jenna who was standing a little bit away.
The sheer force at which Alec grabbed her and she looked at him in surprise, unused to this side of Alec. He didn't notice until she let out a small, choked gasp of air that he had been holding her by the throat.
"I'm sorry," He choked, tears in his eyes, "is my sister okay?"
Jenna, still looking startled, choked out a reply "She's in the infirmary, we don't know what attacked her … didn't even see what it was . . . not even the vampire heard it."
The Shadowhunter part of Alec knew the fact that something that managed to get past a group of Shadowhunters and a vampire without being heard was a dangerous threat and ought to be taken care of immediately, but the brother inside of him only heard that his sister was in the infirmary.
He quickly dashed off towards the room in which is sister was being held, muttering a halfhearted thanks. He ran past Jace, who was comforting a weeping and apologetic Clary, which he simply waved off, there was no time for apologies when his sister was hurt. Isabelle, she was hardly ever injured, and Alec didn't know quite how to react when anything bad happened to someone he loved and cared about.
He barreled into the infirmary room, barely taking note of Simon in the corner, and stood at the edge of Isabelle's bed. In just a moment, Simon was at his side his expression sad and worried.
A hand was on his shoulder, "I'm sorry; we didn't even see it coming. None of us heard a thing," Simon whispered, his voice strained.
Alec nodded, he wasn't angry at Simon, just concerned for his sister. She was lying there, motionless and her breathing was slow to the point he could barely tell if she was doing so.
Suddenly she jerked in her unconsciousness, limbs moving as if having a sort of seizure, and the most piercing shriek left her lips. Alec quickly grabbed her, afraid of what was happening but a feeling of hope because she wasn't just lying there.
Jace burst into the room quickly after the screams, helping Simon and Alec pen her down, Clary was in the doorway; hand over her mouth looking horrified.
"Iz, Iz! Izzy!" Alec shouted, her arms pinned down underneath her, and Simon and Jace holding her legs.
"It won't work she just does this and passes out again." Simon explained, as Isabelle's limbs went limp and she stopped screaming.
Alec refused to take this for an answer, releasing her arms and putting his hands to either side of her face, "Iz, it's Alec, are you in there? It's your brother, Iz."
"Alec." Jace warned, grabbing his parabatai's shoulder.
Alec jerked back and glared at his brother, "What are we supposed to do?"
Jace matched his glare, "I don't know Alec, and I wasn't fucking there either."
He turned to Simon and Clary, "So what was it that attacked her?"
"We have no idea, it's something we haven't ever seen before, and even Jenna was lost about what it was."
"I found out," A voice interjected, and they turned to see Jasper brushing past Clary, a large textbook in hand.
Jasper ignored Jace's outstretched hands and handed the book to Alec, leaning over and placing his finger on the passage of interest.
"A Drabon demon, they were thought to be extinct since then 1900s, it fits the description Jenna gave and the symptoms your sister has- thrashing and screaming then passing out, repeat- the healing would require either a Silent Brother or"
"Warlock," Alec finished, slamming the book and walking out the door.
"Where are you going?" Jasper asked, following him out.
"To get my phone and call Magnus, I know from personal experience to not even bother with the brothers." Alec replied, grabbing his coat from where he had tossed it in his excitement earlier, and grabbed his phone.
"We've been trying that, no luck," Jasper explained.
Alec felt a little disconcerted at the words, but when Magnus picked up on only the third ring, he felt the overwhelming hope he had earlier. Hope for his sister and hope for something else.
"Alec," Magnus answered quickly.
"Magnus," Alec began, his voice crackled with emotion, "I'm sorry if you're busy, but Izzy's hurt and I-she needs you here."
"I'll be there soon."
"Thanks." Alec replied, his voice still hoarse, and he promptly hung up.
"We've been trying him since she got here, I mean we didn't know what had attacked her at the time but we thought he could, I swear." Jasper began, as if Alec would have thought he had lied earlier.
Alec gave him a half smile, the most he could give under the circumstances, "I know Jasper, thanks anyway."
Jasper nodded a bit sadly, "Are you alright?"
Alec raised his brow, and Jasper must have realized how dumb the question sounded, because he quickly corrected himself.
"No, I mean with everything going on with your sister right now, you obviously aren't alright. I mean with everything else . . ."
Alec shrugged, "No offense Jasper, but everything else really isn't my first priority right now, Izzy is."
"No, I know that. I just want you to know. . .that there is someone here looking out for you too."
Alec offered him another half-smile, "I know that, thanks Jasper, but I should be getting back to Iz right now."
Jasper nodded, "I'll wait by the door for the warlock. Magnus, I mean."
"Thanks" Alec replied, heading back to check on his sister.
Jasper watched Alec leave; just wanting desperately to help the boy he loved, when a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He quickly opened it, feeling ambivalent towards the man standing in the doorway. Magnus, however paid little to no attention to Jasper, bursting through the door.
"Are they in the infirmary?" Magnus asked impatiently, already heading that direction.
"Yes, but before you go in there you should know something." Jasper explained, grabbing the warlock's wrist only to jerk back as blue sparks escaping the warlock's hands shocked him.
He stared at the warlock a moment, gripping his hand in pain, "I was going to say that it was a Drabon demon attack."
Magnus's eyes widened at the information, but he didn't ponder why an demon that was thought to be extinct had attacked Isabelle, partly because he knew why and partly because he had no time. He simply nodded at the boy, and turned back towards the infirmary, a shrieking and kicking Isabelle greeting him. Alec and Jace were both holding her legs down, Alec with a fat lip from where he had taken a boot to the face, and Clary and Simon holding down her arms, trying to whisper words of comfort which only fell upon deaf ears.
A snap of Magnus's fingers and the flailing and screaming halted and everyone's attention was immediately on the sparkly man.
"Everybody out, I'll need full concentration for this spell to work."
Clary immediately complied, dragging a distraught Jace with her, Simon did the same, only after giving Isabelle a small kiss on the forehead, and Alec just stared a moment longer, following the three out slowly. Magnus grabbed the blue eyes boy's arm, forcing their eyes to meet.
"After this, we'll talk." Magnus said, his voice firm.
Alec could only nod, glancing once more at his unconscious sister before leaving the room and shutting the door behind him.
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I'm sorry this took so long, and I know it isn't much but I've been so busy with school. Next time the chapter will be about where Magnus was and Alec and Magnus will get a real sit down, heart to heart talk. Thanks for those who are reading!