Alec didn't know how he had come to this point. He felt as if time as slowing down. His body falling faster and faster, but he didn't know when he would get to the ground. He knew that he would feel his body crack, his bones smashing inside his body before he felt his body go unconscious and he wasn't going to be able to feel anything anymore. He was going to be nothing, exist into nothing. The only thing that he could think that he was going to be able to do is see Magnus finally. He would be in the same place as him. He wouldn't have to worry about what happened with Josh on the balcony, and none of it. He was going to be done with.
Just as the Shadowhunter closed his eyes, as if time was about to resume, and he was to accept death, he felt his body stiffen, feeling his body jerk to a stop. He wasn't falling anymore. How was it that he had stopped? There was no way that Sebastian would have stopped him from falling. Alec slowly opened his eyes, and he saw a figure move to the side of him, and squinting his eyes, out of the shadows…was Magnus.
Alec felt his body tense even further. Magnus had his hand outstretched, his body weary as he walked slowly to keep him steady.
"Magnus?" Alec choked, his voice staggering, trying to speak.
Magnus collapsed onto the ground, Alec's body slamming the remainder of the way down, which was only a couple feet. He felt his back spasm for a moment and Alec groaned for a moment and turned on his side scrambling to Magnus.
"Magnus is it really you?" Alec asked, feeling Magnus' body. It felt like him, he wasn't transparent, so he wasn't a ghost who was stuck in this plane, he was alive still. How was that possible? He watched Magnus die, his body limp in his hands. Looking, Magnus' eyes were his natural cat-like eyes again. It wasn't until he felt his hand sting for a moment that he noticed that Magnus' body was glowing faintly. Not as much as Jace had been since he had had the heavenly fire in him…the heavenly fire.
It seemed to click only for a moment. But how did Magnus get the heavenly fire inside him? Hearing a loud crash, Alec turned to see Jace land onto the table in the middle of the ballroom, crouched in a perfect position. Jace flipped his head up to smile at Alec, before turning back up to see where Sebastian was. There was still the faint glow of the fire that had been in Jace before, but now, it was faint, almost gone from his complexion.
Alec stared to Magnus, "How did he do it?" Alec asked. "Jem taught him. Apparently there was a way to transfer the angelic power into someone else. The power was so strong is brought me back. I don't know how, no power has been able to do it before, but I guess angels can do anything." Magnus said, his breath staggering.
"So what do we do now? Your father is apparently in possession of Sebastian." Alec asked, hearing slamming, and swords clashing with one another, as well as people slamming into other places. There had to be others up there. "Who else is here?" Alec added, looking around.
"You really do have the worst timing in asking questions Alexander." Magnus added with a half smile.
"Just answer." Alec asked, looking around quickly, making sure they weren't in the line of fire.
"Fine, Isabelle is here, along with Jace, Clary, and the girl Leah and Ephraim from the New Orleans Institute. I could only use enough power to open a Portal here." Magnus explained, afraid to touch Alec.
"How do we stop Sebastian?" Alec asked, looking into his love's yellow eyes.
"It won't be easy. I was the one who locked my father away in his prison. So, you are going to have to open the prison again, but this time…you need to put Jonathan inside." Magnus explained.
"How do I open the prison?" Alec asked, hearing the noise above, Alec worrying what was going on above.
"Pour my blood and your blood again over the altar. The symbol that Sebastian planned on using for the spell tonight was to open the prison to finish unleashing his minions, but if you open it up on the terms of the blood I am talking about, you will be locking him in, not letting anything out." Magnus explained.
"Got it," Alec replied, and watched as Magnus pulled a small vile out of his pocket.
"Here's my blood, go Alec, now." Magnus said hanging the blood to him.
Gripping the small glass, he ran toward the table that was slightly disarrayed from the where Jace had landed. Opening the glass, he poured the contents onto the white tablecloth, and quickly grabbing the dagger on the side, he sliced open his palm, spilling blood on top of it. In a loud cracking noise, Alec was blasted backward and a black hole erupted from the table. Looking toward the hole, he knew that there was only one thing that he needed to push him into the prison.
He looked above to see the damage that was happening. Josh was lying on the ground, his eyes closed, and his body limp on the ground on the balcony, watching Clary she was standing off to the side, waiting for the moment to strike, a seraph blade in her hand. Jace was moving in a fluid motion fighting with Sebastian in the most experienced way he always saw it. He never fought haphazardly. He was always intentional with his fighting. He never took a blow unless he knew it was going to hit home. Alec stepped out of his little muse.
"Jace!" Alec called, watching Sebastian and Jace both turn for a moment, looking from Alec to the prison.
"Oh how sweet, you think you can get both of us in there easily?" Sebastian replied, cocking his head to the side.
"Oh I know you'll go easily." Jace said, his face smiling brightly at his foe. Gripping Sebastian, he ran with him and they fell off the ledge.
Alec watched from below as Clary ran to the edge of the balcony. Alec couldn't get his love back and then lose his parabatai. That was not how the world went. He couldn't lose anyone else. First Max, then Magnus, then if he was to lose Jace, he was going to lose it all. Alec waited long enough to see that they were going to fall. He had only a second to get this right. If he was wrong, then he would lose Jace forever. Running to the wall, Alec jumped off a wooden chair, kicking off the wall and diving over the prison. Grabbing Jace by the back of the shirt, he watched as Jace let go of Sebastian.
"No!" he called out, watching as Sebastian, with Lucifer, the Demonic Angel inside of him, and fall into the abyss. As soon as he fell inside, the mansion shook, the prison closing as if it was sucked up by a giant vacuum. Jace and Alec collapsed to the floor, each of them on their back, breathing hard as Alec stared at the ceiling. He had done it…he had saved Jace, in a move that only Jace could ever think of. It seemed that being his parabatai made him a pretty good warrior in order to think of things like that.
"Nice move Alec, didn't know you had it in you." Jace played, punching Alec in the shoulder.
Alec couldn't help but smile and stifle out a laugh. Sitting up, Alec looked to see Magnus slowly stand up, smiling at his Shadowhunter. Alec couldn't help himself. Getting up, he raced toward Magnus, and before he could resist the urge or pay attention to who was around, he let his lips collide with Magnus'. His arms wrapped around Magnus' neck as Magnus held Alec by the waist, pulling the shorter man up a little toward his lips. Their lips played with one another for a moment before Alec pulled back, a grin splattered onto his face.
"I love you Magnus Bane." Alec replied, sighing into his chest.
"And I love you Alexander Lightwood." Magnus responded, chin nuzzled into Alec's hair.
"Well, seems your conflict is resolved, rather quickly I might add." Ephraim replied, coming down the stairs, Josh in the middle of them, his eyes not looking to Alec, and Leah next to him, as Josh draped his arms around his father and sister's shoulders.
"Seems so, it seems a little too easy. Sebastian made it far too simple. But I don't know why, or what could have been done to change it. It seems that he wanted us to find him." Clary replied.
"But we also need to remember that Sebastian was always far too impressive. He wasn't much into stealth once his plan was afoot. He wanted to show off. He wanted to prove himself, as a son of Valentine, he needed to. He was just a child seeking attention from what I guess he thought was his family." Jace explained, shrugging his shoulders.
"Wow, so sophisticated Mr. Lightwood." Magnus said, smirking.
"I have my moments." Jace replied winking.
"Well, I need to get to a bed if this is done." Josh said rather curtly, still not looking to Alec.
"Yes, of course son." Ephraim said, looking to the others.
"You are all welcome to come to the Institute for the night." Ephraim said, nodding to the others.
"Thank you, I'm going to need a rest if we are to travel in the morning." Magnus replied, looking to his love smiling.
"Sounds good to me. I can finally be touched…" Jace said, glancing at Clary for a moment before they looked away from one another, Alec noticing that Clary was blushing slightly.
"Then it's settled." Ephraim said a smile on his face, but all Alec could notice was that Josh looked upset more than anything, despite seeing the blue and black bruises appearing on his face, and the cuts on his face, all of it showing that there was something behind what his words were, and Alec could tell it was hostility to the fact that Alec was now no longer for taking.