Too many problems need to solve at once. But no matter what, as long as they are together, then they should be able to overcome everything successfully. However, the life is always has exception happened sometimes. Because the plan is the plan but it doesn't mean that we are able to do whatever follows the plan in reality.
Alec's phone ringing during the breakfast time, he answered the phone and left the dining table after shot apologetic glances to everybody.
Magnus sighed and spoke to Kazaf. "Well… Look like we have to settle the rest troubles by ourselves later, brother dear."
"Why? I thought Alec did promised to join our mission." Kazaf asked.
"Wanna bet?" Magnus shrugged. "It's must be the call from the institute. I can hundred percents sure that they are asking my Alexander back to the institute now for their… whatever emergency case."
Kazaf frowned then he stared at Catarina who sat beside him.
"Quite true. I'm actually think the same thing." Catarina said. "But I'm sorry that I cannot join you all as Madzie shouldn't be alone at home after she back from the class later."
"It's okay, my friend. Fully understood on your difficulties. Actually you did helped me a lot, especially when you kind enough to bring my old-man style brother for a shopping trip this morning." Magnus grinned naughtily.
"Excuse me? Why I am your 'old-man style brother'? I feel nothing wrong on my style, okay?" Kazaf complaint softly.
"Shame on you, Kazaf. Maybe next time you can try to learn some fashion tips from your very cool and very stylish brother, a.k.a me, Magnus AWESOME Bane." Magnus smiled proudly.
"Uh huh…" Kazaf laughed uncontrollably.
"Hey, what so funny?" Alec just ended the call and walked back to the dining table again. He sat down and looked at Magnus.
Magnus sighed. "Nothing special. So, about the call…"
"Yeah… I'm sorry, I think I have to…" Alec spoked in hesitation.
"You have to go back to the institute now." Magnus continued the rest of Alec's sentence.
"Yes… How did you know?" Alec asked.
"Always the same situation that we are facing when your phone ringing. It's okay, don't worry, my shadowhunter. Just get back to work, I'll be fine." Magnus said with a very kind understanding attitude.
"I…I'm truly sorry, Magnus." Alec sighed heavily. "I'm worried about you too. Can you just wait for me, I will be right back soonest as possible, so we can go to find Azazel and Jonathan together?"
"Alec, don't worry. You may just going back to the institute. I will babysit Magnus for you until you back from work." Kazaf said with a confident tone. "Trust me, I'm specialized in babysitting Magnus TROUBLEMAKER Bane, no matter how difficult and how troublesome he is."
Magnus sent a dead glare on Kazaf. "Excuse me?"
Ignored Magnus's complain completely. Kazaf ensured again in a more serious tone. "It's okay, Alec. You can counting on me."
Alec then looking at Magnus and asked softly. "Is it okay if I leave you alone with Kazaf? I'm really need to go back to the institute now, but I don't want to leave you alone either."
Magnus sighed and replied in a tender tone. "I'll be fine. Just do whatever you need to do. When you coming back later, then you will see me back in a powerful warlock mode again."
Alec apologized again. "I'm sorry that I have to leave you alone to facing these problems."
"Alexander, I'm not alone." Magnus pointed to Kazaf who sat in front of them. "See? I have a super annoying and super powerful big brother, Kazaf accompany me all the time."
"Just erase the super annoying, I'm super powerful indeed." Kazaf tickled with a humour tone.
Catarina and Alec shared a speechless wry smile glare.
"Okay… Then, let's do it. I will be back to here soonest as possible once I settle the matter at the institute." Alec promised to Magnus.
"Sure. Keep in touch with me, Alexander." Magnus pressed a tender kiss on Alec's lips.
Alec smiled warmly. "You too. Please always bear in mind to be careful and always be a good boy listen to Kazaf. Okay?"
Magnus pouted. "I can take care of myself."
"Magnus… Please let me worry less about you." Alec pleaded.
"Fine." Magnus sighed unhappily. "I'll listen to you."
"Thank you. Be safe for me. I will coming back to you soon." Alec gave Magnus another kiss on cheek before he said goodbye to Kazaf and Catarina.
Magnus standing up and tried to say something else, but Alec already rushed out from the loft very quickly. Magnus sighed quietly and stood in a daze.
"Shall we finish the breakfast?" Kazaf said gently when eating another toast.
Magnus looked back at Kazaf with a weird glare. "How many toasts did you eat? Still feeling hungry?"
"Not really hungry but I want to eat." Kazaf smiled. "I missed the mundane food."
"It's weird as I bet you do not really need to eat in heaven. Angel supposed not feeling hungry, doesn't it?" Magnus asked. "You don't even need the food to survive when we both living in Edom in the past too."
"You are right. I don't need food to survive, but it doesn't mean that I'm not feeling hungry. The desire of tasting the food always made me a hungry angel all the time." Said Kazaf.
Magnus sighed again when he get back to the seat.
"Magnus, maybe next time you should be honest to yourself and also to Alec as well. It's okay to let Alec know that you need him by your side, especially at this moment." Catarina said sincerely.
"What should I telling him? It must be very hard for him if I force him to choose only one side between me and his shadowhunter work. This will tear him apart…" Magnus said sadly.
"Or maybe not." Kazaf commented softly. "Your fiancé is a shadowhunter indeed. The shadowhunters are born to be a warrior who follow their rules naturally. But it doesn't means that he less caring about you, Chocolate. What you have to do is to be honest to him. If you really need him, just telling him honestly. Even it's hard for him to make a choice, but I believe as a wise man like him, he will certainly find a way to handle the problem well. If he seriously want to be with you, he will definitely find a way to live through this."
Catarina nodded. "Absolutely agree on Kazaf's points of view. Magnus, I have the same thoughts. Maybe you just need to try to be true to yourself, trying to please yourself first and care about your needs first. Don't be that eager to help Alec make any decision. Just telling Alec your real thoughts and the feeling deep down your heart. I believe Alec will find a balance to maintain your relationship and handle his shadowhunter work well at the same time."
"Didn't you all hear what he said? He said that he need to back to the institute now because it's kind of emergency! He's always saying like that, although I know that it's a truth anyway…" Magnus said.
"Yeah, of course he said like that. He didn't lie to you because it's a truth." Said Catarina. "But you must know that he choose to back to the institute is because you never tell him that you desperately need him by your side at the same time! Magnus, however, on the contrary, you persuaded him and made him actually believed that you are okay to handle everything yourself and urged him to focus on his shadowhunter job instead."
"But what if he didn't choose me even after I told him that I need him…?" Magnus replied with a worried tone.
"If he did cared about you, then he will choose you. Even he didn't choose you on whatever reason, I think he will come back to you and help you in him whenever you need him, like what he always did. Still remember that time when the New York institute get attacked by the Valentine team? When all the downworlder facing the life crisis, your Alexander choose you over his people. I can still remember how happy you are when you told us he hugged you and told you he loves you when the rest of shadowhunters in chaos busy to handle the messes."
Magnus smiled when the old sweet memories replayed in his head. But the smiling face dropped because of his endless worries again. "What if… What if he seriously didn't choose me? No matter whatever valid reasons he provided, but I'm sure I will be very upset and sad… I don't want to hate him because of this. Maybe this is the reason why I keep maintaining a safe distance with him, even until now… I'm afraid to face disappointment if demand more than what I deserve…"
"Chocolate, it's possible to be happened if Alec really didn't choose you but…" Kazaf smiled sincerely at Magnus. "I have faith in Alec. He surely will pick a right choice and handle both sides well. Don't you ever think that it might be possible for Alec to take good care of both sides at the same time? And, please always remember that you are deserve to be happy. Believe in yourself, Magnus. You deserve Alec's unconditional love, got it?"
Magnus nodded silently but still in a racing heart that full of worries.
"Stupid Chocolate." Kazaf took the last bite of toast and announced happily. "I'm done. Have you finished your breakfast?"
Magnus pointed at his empty plate and asked back in a challenge tone. "You tell me?"
Kazaf laughed. "Good. Then, I think we should start our job now."
"Where you planned to go now? Do you get the location of Azazel and Jonathan?" Catarina asked Kazaf.
"I'm working on it. No worries, you may going back to take care of your adoptive-daughter." Said Kazaf. "Oh, remember to send my regards to our little Madzie. Tell her that I will visit her again soon."
"Sure. Then… You two please be careful." Catarina sent a soft glare at Magnus. "Be an obedient brother, Magnus."
"Haiz… Don't be nagging like a grandmother." Magnus sighed in an annoyed face.
"Okay, I think I should back home now. Thank you for the breakfast, Kazaf." Said Catarina before she leaving by a portal.
After Catarina left the loft, Kazaf looked at the Magnus with a big smile.
"What now?" Magnus frowned.
"Come, let's clearing all of these…" Kazaf started to tidy up the messes on dining table.
"Why don't we just use the magic?" Magnus tried to use the magic as usual but then the unexpected incident happened. A dark red magical frame burnt the half of dining table before Kazaf able to stop it.
"Chocolate!" Kazaf shouted and used his own power to stop the fire.
Magnus stunned at there in a totally blur mind. "What happened?"
"You can't control my power." Kazaf reminded. "Please just don't try to use any magic before you get your own power back."
Magnus looked sad. "I'm sorry…"
Kazaf continued the explanation when he tidying up the messes at the same time. "My protection rune on your left wrist is enough to protect you during this transition period. If any bad guys try to hurt you, my protection ward will reflex their attacks in a multiple times power back to themselves automatically. That means, you don't have to do anything. Please just stay still."
"Okay…"
Kazaf gave instruction again. "Go to take a seat and have some rest, I will handle this."
"But I…" Magnus tried to retort but Kazaf stopped him.
"Magnus." Kazaf's facial expression was getting serious.
"I'm sorry." Magnus said sheepishly.
Looked at Magnus's shameful face made Kazaf laughed. "Don't be stupid. Nothing to apologize, kid always make troubles, doesn't it?"
"But I'm not a kid anymore, Kazaf." Magnus sighed and pulled a chair to sit down. "Why don't you just using your power directly? It's troublesome to do the clearing job."
"I love to try the mundane living style." Kazaf said in an honest tone.
"Not a good timing for you to experience a mundane life now. Maybe we should go to find Azazel and Jonathan first." Said Magnus after a pause. "Tell me the truth. How high the chances do you think that I can get my power back?" Magnus asked.
"It's nothing to worry about, Chocolate. I'm sure that our uncle Azazel will be showed up himself very soon. He's always that kind of person who can't keep a low profile." Kazaf started to move the plates to the kitchen. Then, he raised his voices and looked back at Magnus. "By the way, maybe there's something you can help on it now."
"What is it?" Magnus said.
"Please help me contact your Alexander and ask him what the situation on his on-hand job." Kazaf reminded. "Remember to get the address of location for me."
"You want to find Alexander?" Magnus asked in confusion.
"Not only me to find him but both of us." Kazaf smiled at Magnus. "Get yourself ready, later I'll bring you to find your fiancé and get your power back."
Kazaf's confusing statement made Magnus blurred. However, Magnus decided to follow Kazaf's instruction too. After calling Alec, what caused Magnus feeling shock is that Alec told him that there's a few groups of mundane get killed cases happened at different locations in the city. The killing method is quite similar with Azazel's.
Meanwhile, Kazaf done washing and clearing the messes of their breakfast. However, he choose to ignore the half-burnt dining table.
"You should clear up this mess by your own later once you get your power back. This will be your punishment as you ignored my advices." Said Kazaf, he walking to the living room and picked out one denim blue jacket from the shopping bag.
"How am I looking?" Kazaf showed Magnus his new look.
"Nice." Magnus answered perfunctorily, then he asked continuously. "Do you think Azazel is the one who attacked and killed the mundane people?"
"Do you think I need to wear a sunglasses? The weather is hot outside and Catarina bought me a new sunglasses as a present." Kazaf shrugged and kept looking his new sunglasses in the shopping bag, when he also managed to reply Magnus's earlier question at the same time. "It's a high chance because Azazel is the only one person I can think of who totally has good reason and motivation to do so. One of my sired angel informed me that Azazel is lingering around the mundane people this morning too."
"But why did he wants to kill those innocent mundane?" Magnus asked.
"How is it?" Kazaf wore the new sunglasses and looked back at Magnus. "Catarina did praised me this morning that I'm looking good when wearing all of these."
Magnus gave Kazaf a weird fake smile, then he said. "I think I should get Catarina to plan a proper medical checking on her eyes soon."
Kazaf rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Whatever. Stupid me, how can I discuss the fashion with you? You see yourself, your style is obviously… quite unique if compared with the others. Only your Alexander will appreciate it."
"Don't be so mean, please." Magnus sighed. "And you, you haven't answer me yet."
"Answer you what?" Kazaf asked when he took off the sunglasses. Maybe he should just make it simple, keep a less is more style is much easier for him.
"Why Azazel killed those mundane?" Magnus said in confused tone.
Kazaf took a deep breath and asked back seriously. "Quick question. What happened on a greatest demon if a demon crossed the magical barriers between the hell dimension and the normal world? Any side effect on the demon? "
"The magical barriers will be weaken the demon when he crossed the border."
"Then, what's the quickest way for a demon to regain the energy loss?" Asked Kazaf.
"Absorb the others' powers or strengths." Said Magnus without think twice.
"That's it." Kazaf sighed. "Azazel is not only a normal greatest demon but a prince of hell. However, the side effect is the high rank demon like him will get a same level damages when he crossed the magical barriers between the two dimensions."
"That's why he killing those mundane." Magnus gasped.
"I heard Alec said that he's the one who banished Azazel back to hell, doesn't it?"
"Yeah."
"That means this is the second time of Azazel crossed the border. He seriously need to regain his power before he can do whatever he wants to do." Kazaf sighed heavily again.
Looking at Magnus's worried face, Kazaf said softly.
"Just stay behind me in safe no matter what happen later, okay?"
"I will try." Magnus promised.
"Still a stubborn brother and a troublemaker." Kazaf teased.
Magnus rolled his eyes when heard Kazaf's comment. "Alec said they are now doing investigation at one of the mundane restaurant."
Kazaf walked back to Magnus. Then, he gave his hand to Magnus. "Come with me. Thinking the location in your mind, Chocolate."
"Sure." Magnus hold Kazaf's hand and closed his eyes to fully concentrate on imagined the location.
[To Be Continued]