"Gather all the men." Brian ordered. "We're at war."
"I know we're at war." Isabelle followed, "But slow down a bit." she quickly grabbed his arm and stopped him in his haste.
"Izzy." Brian sighed.
"Don't emIzzy/em me." she glared.
Brian looked down at Izzy, noting her hurt expression. He stopped his statement and sighed, "I'll watch myself. I'm worried about you Izzy, and the others, but mostly you." he caressed her cheek.
"I can take care of myself. You sound like the power couples in this institute."
"I thought we were the power couple in this institute." He teased.
Izzy smiled at him, feeling reassured, "You'll come back to me." she stated.
"We'll come back to each other." Izzy and Brian embraced each other and kept their warmth around them, making sure they won't forget that the both of them were there for eachother.
/
"Jace." Clary was walking around the institute looking for Jace, it was quite the difficult feat, knowing how large the place is and how everyone was preparing for the war up ahead after the incident with Alec.
"Clary." Jace spotted Clary quickly walking up to him in relief. He hugged her in his arms. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be -"
"Don't give me that shit Jace. I've been looking for you. Where have you been? I'm sure it doesn't include … this." she flared her arms at his whole entire being.
"Rude." he simply stated.
"Hey war does that to me." Jace and Clary laughed together, knowing they needed that.
Jace sighed, Clary simply gave him a small smile and caressed his cheek, "It's like Valentine, it'd be done in a quick speed of light."
"Did that feel like a quick speed of light? If so, we both need help." Jace groaned.
Clary laughed, "Just, come back to me, just like you always do."
"I will." he smiled.
/
"Raphael!" Simon quickly ran up to him and embraced him.
Raphael turned around and welcomed the embrace and held him in his arms. "Simon." he whispered into his hair, as though it was a sacred word and it will be the death of him if he ever let that word fall from his lips.
"I'm going with you." he tightened their hold and whispered the words on his neck, not wanting to let him go.
"What?" Raphael questioned, still not breaking their state of comfort.
"I'm coming with you." Simon restated this time loud enough for only the both of them to hear.
"Simon." Raphael was pained at this statement. Of course Simon wanted to go.
"Don't say otherwise, the institute already called for me. I'm coming with you."
Raphael groaned. "The-"
"The kids will be safe. They will have strongboth/strong their parents, and everything will go back to normal." Raphael was still a little iffy on this subject. Simon released their tight hold and looked into eachother's mesmerizing eyes. "Raphael, I love you."
Raphael smiled down at his love, "I love you to, mi amor."
Simon returned the smile and tip toed leaning in closer and gave Raphael a soft warm kiss. "No worries, I'll be here, there, wherever, if it means you and me and our little babies."
/
"Jace, have you seen Alexander?" Magnus asked, walking around in a hurried pace.
"Last time I checked, I think I saw him in the training room." Jace pointed.
"Thanks." Magnus quickly ran over towards the direction of the training room.
He ran through the room looking around the room, looking for his beloved. After noticing Alec was nowhere near to be found, he roamed around the room, just in case… but then suddenly, Magnus got stuck. "What's going on?" He tried to move around and he only got to a small minimum point of where he was standing.
"Well, well, well, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Magnus quickly turned to the voice, and growled at him. "Jonathan, how did you get in here?"
He grinned, "This dump? Well, it lacks...power."
"Right, and you didn't get any help." Magnus glared at him, keeping his distance. His current situation, does not place him under a favorable position.
Jonathan slowly walked up to him, circling around him, "Aren't you a little bit curious."
"About what?"
"Why I'm here. Why your here, why I came after you." he replied.
"To get to Alexander." Magnus answered with a growl under his breath.
"Smart boy. I can see why Alec fancies you."
"What's your plan?"
"Thank you. I thought you would never ask. I mean, I can't tell you everything, but I will tell you your current situation." Magnus glared at him as his reply. "I'm fine with this relationship we have here. Let's get to the point, How did I know you were going to be here? In this specific room, in that spot?" Jonathan grinned. "It's simple."
/
emHey Jace./em Alec walked over to Jace, emHave you seen Magnus, I've been looking for him and I can't see him anywhere./em
"No, have you asked Izzy, those two are usually together." Jace answered.
emThanks./em Alec was about to walk away when Clary stopped him.
/
"That was you." Magnus went wide eyed.
Jonathan grinned wider. "Shapeshifting, is quite the trait. Don't you think?"
"I swear, if you hu-"
"Hurt?" Jonathan interrupted, "Now, why would I do that? I need Alec alive. Or the spell wouldn't be complete."
"Spell?"
"Yes, spell."
"That could kill him." Magnus's voice rose an octave higher, expressing his fears.
"Oh, no emMr. Bane/em, You're going to kill him. If you two haven't met in this first place, we wouldn't be in this mess. And his end result wouldn't be such horrid death. What a miserable way to leave this cruel world. Death by the woven soul. Has a nice ring, does it not?"
"You're a monster." Magnus tried charging at him, but he couldn't go far, he got blocked by the force field around him.
"Thank you, it's not that difficult. You should try it, it would be quite fitting for you. It's too bad you couldn't join us, you would've been quite the asset, but alas there are wasteful things in this world, and you can't do anything about it."
/
"Izzy." Jace walked up to her, "Have you seen Alec or Magnus?"
"No, I was just about to ask you."
"Where the hell could they be?"
"Making out." Jace replied with a joke.
"That's not funny."
"But it's more realistic than anything."
"I think we should still go and find them."
"Alright, I'll go and get Clary."
"Okay."
/
Alec knocked on Isabelle's door, when he didn't hear a reply, he wasn't sure what to do, but needing to see Magnus he went in, as it is an urgent matter. He walked through the door, and walked in closing the door behind him.
emIzzy?/em he asked, emMags?/em he asked again walking around her room. He froze still in his spot and slowed his breathing. "Jonathan." he whispered and slowly turned around and faced the door.
"Hello, old emfriend/em." he grinned at him.
"How'd you get here?"
"Through the door." he smiled and walked towards him.
"This is no time for any jokes."
"You're right. Your talking now, how fortunate I am, I'm here to pick you up in person."
"I don't need a voucher, thanks." Alec glared down at him.
"Well, then we should go then, there are a lot of busy plans on our schedule." Jonathan turned around and was about to open a portal and Alec stopped him.
"I'm not going with you."
Jonathan sighed, and turned around to face him again, "Excuse me?"
"You heard me."
"No, I believe I heard wrong. What was that again?" Jonathan voice turned from commanding friend to leader like seriousness.
"I won't go with you."
"Well, I'm sorry Alec, but there is no way in any universe, says that you have a choice."
"I chose to stay. And I will do anything to keep it like this."
Jonathan's form broke down, and his sinister pissed off face was plastered on. "You are coming with me Alec, whether you like it or not."
"No."
"I will not turn this into those cliches. But, since I was prepared for this outcome…" Jonathan snapped his fingers and showed a emscene/em from their reality.
"Magnus." Alec panicked and went wide eyed. "What have you done?" he fisted his hands and growled at him, ready to pick a fight.
"Nothing. Yet." Jonathan grinned.
"Let him go. He has nothing to do with this." Alec gritted his teeth.
"Well, there have been rumours, the great Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, is with child." Alec lost it, he threw the hardest fist he ever exerted and flung it at Jonathan's face. He took the hit and knocked down to the floor. He coughed out some blood and wiped it off his face. "It's great to know you have some juice."
"And it would also be great to know when you would be out of my life."
"Alec, are we not family?"
"Let him go." Alec glared.
"I don't know, I kind of fancy him. He's quite the looker."
Alec grabbed Jonathan and held onto his church bringing them face to face, "You touch him, I will take you to hell myself."
"What effect will that do? It's boring down in hell, and it's not real pain."
"If it's pain you want you masochistic bitch I will double it."
Jonathan hummed, "I really have no time for this. I lied, you have a choice, we leave here the easy way or.." Jonathan snapped his fingers and Magnus was slightly hanging off the floor and gasping for air.
"Stop it!" Alec yelled.
"Why should I?" his sinister grin returned.
"Stop! I'll Go! But you have to promise me not to hurt him!" Alec panicked, the sight of his Magnus in pain, was heartbreaking to endure.
"That's more like it." Jonathan rolled his neck and cracked it, "But, I'm enjoying myself way too much right now. I don't know, if I..."
"Stop it!" Jonathan continued to strangle Magnus in front of Alec's view. "You monster! What do you want?"
"You ask that question as though you don't know." Jonathan looked over, loving the view of Alec in a horror state.
"I don't! You asked for me to follow you without a hassle and here I am willing to give myself up to you, and now you're playing with me! What. DO. YOu. WAnt!" Alec panicked at the state of Magnus, he didn't know what to do, he can't do anything. Jonathan has this place runed and he can't get to his loved one.
Jonathan hummed, he placed his hand down, Magnus now on the ground gasping for air. Alec's look of relief passing by his face, "The deal is still set on foot. You are still to come with me willingly," Jonathan slowly walked over to Alec, with a serious gesture, "And you will tell me where my vampies went." Jonathan stopped in front of Alec's personal space and gripped his face, forcing him to look at him straight in the eyes. "Is that understood." He stated more. Alec was silent. "Is that understood." he spoke louder.
"Yes." he spoke weakly.
"Good." he grinned. "Let's go." he opened a portal and waited for Alec to follow.
Alec looked back at the large screen of Magnus on the floor. And whispered low to himself. emI'll Be back/em.
/
"Jace!" Isabelle yelled across the institute. "Jace! Hurry up!"
"I'm coming, what's the huge problem?" he asked, Clary following behind him.
"The door won't budge." Isabelle pulled on the door to the training room.
"Move back." Jace ordered Isabelle. Isabelle moved out of the way for Jace and watched him charge at the door.
/
"What are you going to do to him?" Magnus asked, in a calm steady tone, concealing his fear.
"You're smart, you'll figure it out." Jonathan walked past Magnus and around him, observing his every move. Magnus returned the look over, watching his every sudden move. "You know, I would expect a lot more questions from you."
"And?" Magnus glared.
"You know…" Jonathan stood from his spot and quickly grabbed Magnus's arm and spun him around twisting his arm pulling him back not to a point where it broke. Magnus screamed in pain, "I haven't like the way you've been speaking to me since the beginning."
"And you think I give a fuck." Magnus gritted out.
Jonathan sighed, and twisted further more, Magnus screamed louder in pain, it was close to a snap until Jonathan let him go and let him fall forward toward the ground. "That was close."
"Why didn't you snap it?" Magnus groaned comforting his arm.
"Did you want me to?"
Magnus observed his movement, and the way he spoke, "You're afraid of him."
"Oh, and what makes you say that?"
"You could've killed me here right here and now, that would make it one less of a threat."
"That doesn't prove anything." Magnus continued to glare up at him, not wanting to poke at the bear any further. "But, I'll let you in on a secret." Magnus didn't reply, "Alec thinks I still need more time to open the gates, but that's a lie." Jonathan leaned down towards Magnus and whispered into his ear, "He's the last one I need." Jonathan walked off, "I would hurry if I were you. You haven't got much time. Oh and one last thing," Jonathan turned around, and faced Magnus, "Once the gates are open, Alec would be dead, and you will have nothing." Jonathan grinned, "Bye." and like that Jonathan disappeared.
Magnus was wide eyed, "He was stalling."
The door was quickly blown open and finding Jace, Isabelle and Clary running through the room. "Magnus!" THey all ran quickly towards him, and helped him up.
"Magnus, you okay?" Clary asked.
"No." Magnus replied, "He was stalling." he whispered out.
"Stalling?" Isabelle asked, clearly hearing what he said, "Who was stalling?"
"Jonathan. He was just here. Well, sort of, it was like a clone. Apparently, and then he disappeared. Alec, Where's Alec?!" Magnus suddenly grabbed onto Jace and grabbed his shirt anxiety hitting him.
"Umm…" Jace replied not knowing what to say.
"We haven't found him yet. We found you first." Isabelle answered for him.
"Well, find him! Jonathan is somewhere here, and either he's got him already or we're...we're..." Magnus shook in fear, not able to hold him together.
"Izzy." Jace held Magnus up, "Take him somewhere he can … be calm or something, I'll find him."
"No, I'm going with you." Magnus cut him off.
"Not in this mess you will." Magnus looked away not wanting to argue with him. "You're arm looks fucked and you can barely stand on your own, if I find anything you will be the first one to know. Alright?" Magnus didn't reply and balled his hands into fists and stood there. "Izzy." Isabelle nodded and helped Magnus out the room and towards somewhere they can feel safe. "Clary, do you have any idea where Alec can be?"
"Well, where are the places we haven't been to?" she asked.
"We should start off with the rooms."
"Good, then I suggest we hurry, because Magnus is really anxious, and it's best not to keep him waiting." Jace nodded.
/
"Jace!" Clary yelled across the hall.
"Move out the way!" he yelled giving a running start.
"You can't be serious." she told herself.
Jace ran towards the door and knocked it down, well, tried to knock it down. "Damn, that hurt like hell."
"I bet it did, you idiot." Clary rolled her eyes at him.
"The support." he winced in pain.
Clary sighed and helped him up. "Well, this has to be where he is."
"You think you can blow it up?" he asked.
Clary thought about it for a second, "What could hurt?" Clary drew a rune on the door. "We should move out the way.
Clary was pulled by Jace in his arm, his back shielding her from the bomb that was about to blow up. Then a few seconds later the door blew up, and it was blown open. "It worked."
"Yeah it worked. Come on." Jace pulled Clary along and entered Isabelle's room. "We're too late." Jace growled and punched at the wall.
Clary noticed the portal and the empty room, in a few seconds that portal closed and nothing was to be found, but a smoke screen in front of them of a Magnus in pain. "An illusion." she whispered to herself.
"What?" Jace heard.
"Looks like an illusion." she pointed at, Jace looked at the screen and saw what Clary saw, "We just got Magnus out of the training room, this smoke screen should be empty. Yet Magnus is still there, Alec got tricked."
"All the more reason to kill the bastard."
"Let's go, you promised Magnus." Clary pulled on Jace's arm and headed out the door.
"Clary, call them." Clary nodded.
/
"I just got a call." Isabelle walked over and set a cup of tea down in front of Magnus. "They're on their way."
Magnus sat there cuddled up in a ball. "Thank you." he whispered not trying to pick up the tea.
Isabelle sighed and sat down next to him, "How's your arm?" Magnus didn't answer. Isabelle sighed, "What happened?"
"I was an idiot, that's what happened. I should've… I should've noticed the signs. I should've known he had Alec all along." Magnus whimpered in his arms.
"Woah, Magnus, don't say that about yourself. know one could've had known what was going to happen. I mean we all thought you two were making out." Magnus glanced up at Isabelle. "Sorry, bad joke."
"Sounds like something Jace would say." Magnus gave her a light smile.
"How did you know?" Magnus let out a small laugh, and Isabelle smiled at this, finally cheering him up a little at a time. "They should be here any moment."
"You mean my prowess." Jace grinned while walking in.
Clary sighed, "Was Jace always this dumb?" she asked, to no one in general.
"You tell me, you're dating him." Isabelle pointed out.
"Hey." Jace glared.
"You've lived with him." Clary walked past Jace and sat across from Magnus and Isabelle.
"Hey, I'm right here, don't act as though I don't exist." Jace grunted and sat beside Clary.
"Any news?" Magnus asked worried, unfolding himself from his huddled position. Clary and Jace's expression was enough for Magnus to know what happened. "If you look like that, there's nothing to tell. Is there."
"From what we found…" Clary tried to put it easily, but Jace cut her off.
"Jonathan has Alec, and he was an ass about it to. He trickced him into going with him, and now we don't know where he is. We're sorry Magnus."
"Tricked? What do you mean by tricked?" Isabelle asked.
"We don't know specifically, but judging by the mess, he tricked Alec into thinking Magnus was being hurt, he had no choice but to follow." Jace answered.
"He was being hurt." Isabelle retorted.
"Well, yeah, bu-" Jace was cut off by Magnus's outburst.
"It doesn't matter how it happened. All that we know is that Alec's gone and he's with some psycho maniac trying to murder the whole entire universe. And we're sitting here doing nothing, just like the time I did nothing when Alec was in pain, when he helped us, when he needed our help, when…" Magnus broke down in tears, not being able to hold anything back anymore.
"Magnus." Isabelle tried to comfort Magnus. "We'll find him."
"I'm going to kill that bastard to shreds when I find Jonathan." Jace gritted.
"Jonathan." Magnus wiped his tears away, and under his breath, he said, "Jonathan said we're running out of time."
"Running out of time?" Clary asked.
"Yeah, ummm… he said that after he get's Alec, he can open the doors and it'll be all over."
"Why would he tell you that?" Isabelle asked.
"What do you mean why?" Jace asked, "That asshole is being cocky and he thinks we won't get to him in time."
"It's probably a bluff." Clary added.
"Probably." Magnus repeated.
"Is there something that tells you it's not all just a trick?" Isabelle asked.
"I-" Magnus froze in his seat.
"Magnus?" Isabelle asked. His breathing got heavy and all he could do was sit there and not make a sound. "Magnus?" Isabelle got worried and hurried over to him and crouched down next to him, Jace and Clary followed suit and looked him over.
"I don't know what's wrong with him." Clary followed.
"Alexander?" Magnus whimpered out, tears in his eyes.
"Magnus?" Isabelle asked.
/
"Where are we?" Alec asked, once he was out the portal and took in his surroundings.
"We, are in a place, where you will feel safe." Jonathan answered.
"Why would I need to feel safe?" he asked, standing in his spot, not wanting to move any closer towards him.
"Well, I'm certain this will sting...a bit, once we start the process." Jonathan turned to face him, "Shall we move along, I'm sure the others are waiting."
Alec didn't say anything, knowing that Jonathan was waiting for him to follow along, and which he did. He followed him down the steps to the basement of the raggedy old building, a place where no one was any likely to find anything. No reason to come in or out through the door, a perfect place for a mad man to conduct his experiments.
Once he was down the stairs into the basement, it was all cleared out, nothing to be seen, just plain empty. But two chains from individual sides of the wall, lying on the floor. Alec took in a breath, knowing that he'd be here for a while. "Come on. It'll be fine, I promise it won't hurt a bit. But if it does, you're a big boy, you can handle it." he smiled while he walked past him and walked over towards the chains and gestured Alec to walk over. Alec couldn't exactly say anything against his words so he walked over towards him and stood right in the middle of the room and let him do his dirty work. "Good boy." em Fucking hate it when he treats me like a dog./em
Jonathan locked the chains on both Alec's wrists and tightened the restraints on him and walked over to the chains and pulled on them so it was tight to a point where he couldn't move around in any position at all. He was in total restraint from his movements. "Comfortable?" Jonathan asked in one of his friendly tones. Alec didn't reply and glared at him for acting fake. "Good."
Jonathan stood in front of Alec's view and focused his magic in the center of the room. A circle was being drawn and it was large around Alec's area, never touching Jonathan. Knowing what does circle does Alec was prepared for the worst. "You know, I really do hope your comfortable, because this might be a pain."
Alec glared at him and spat on the floor. Jonathan scoffed, "I'll see you at the end." Jonathan walked off and left Alec waiting for his upcoming pain.
…
Alec watched Jonathan walk back up the stairs to leave him writhing in his next turning of agony. em"Magnus."/em He watched the circle be drawn and waited until the two ends meet each other and his screams of terror were heard throughout the room of the sleepless night.
/
"Alexander?" Magnus spoke up loudly standing from his sitting position.
"Magnus?" Isabelle followed suit, "What's wrong?"
"Alexander. I hear him." he replied.
Jace looked over at Isabelle asking if he's crazy or something. Probably needing more sleep than he thinks.
Isabelle rolled her eyes, thinking about her brother's thought process, "Magnus, what do you mean you hear him?"
"He's…" Magnus was trying to figure out the voice in his head, but he suddenly collapsed to the floor and was knocked out unconscious.
"Magnus!" from all three of his friends were the last thing he heard until he blacked out.