The restaurant in the city.
"Total 5 cases reported in the city, this restaurant included. No one survive in this killing spree and all of their bodies don't have any obvious injury. Furthermore, the only evidence that we get is this kind of dark sand, which looked same as the earlier previous case when the greatest demon Azazel stopped by this city." Said Luke.
"Any idea of which demons caused the mystery death of these innocent people?" Luke asked the young shadowhunters who checked on the dead body.
The shadowhunters gazing at each other silently. After a pause, Alec spoke his opinion. "It's probably done by the same killer. I think Azazel is the one we are looking for."
Jace and Isabelle nodded in agreement.
"So… Where should we find him this time?" Clary sighed. "Magnus is losing his power now. Maybe we can try to find other warlocks to summon the demon out and kill him one more time."
"No. It's far too dangerous. Don't you remember last time how easy of him to play tricks and attack us?" Said Isabelle calmly.
"But Alec did banished him one time successfully at Magnus's home." Jace commented.
Alec looked cool as usual. "No, that method may not suitable. Don't you remember that last time I did it successfully is because I thought he was going to hurt Magnus? That's why the super power inside me get activated. In short, we need a more proper super safe plan this time."
"I will handle the rest of the cops. You guys can bring one of the body back to the institute, if needed." Said Luke.
Isabelle shook her head and smiled. "Don't worry, Luke. I think that's not necessary for us to bring the body back to the institute. I'm prefer to bring some dark sand away from here instead." Isabelle took out a small plastic bag to collect small amount of the dark sand.
Alec frowned and took out his vibrating phone from trouser pocket. Then, he answered it immediately when noticed the caller name.
"Hi, Magnus. Is everything fine?" Alec greeted in concern.
"I'm perfectly fine. Just our dining table sacrificed in unexpectedly accident…" Magnus replied on the other side of phone.
"What?" Alec looked worried. "What happened?"
Alec's raised voices gained everybody's attention at the same time. Everybody stared at Alec, wondered if any troubles and worried that he might need any help.
"Don't worry, I'm really good. However, Alexander, I wish to know how your situation now? What kind of emergency today?" Magnus asked softly.
"Speak of this matter… We think Azazel is back in town now. There are lots of innocent mundane died mysteriously." Alec answered in a defeated sigh. Then, he tried to warn Magnus. "You should be careful and stay close with Kazaf."
"Don't worry about me, Kazaf is a perfect bodyguard that you can't even imagine." Magnus teased which caused Alec laughed and everybody looked at him with weird glance.
"Alexander, send me your location as Kazaf requested it." Magnus said.
"Okay, but why?" Alec asked.
"I don't know. Do you need him to pick up the phone?" Magnus sent a glare at Kazaf who washing the dining plates in the kitchen.
"No. I'm sending my address and GPS coordinates of my present location to you. You can check on it." Alec looked at his surrounding, then he told Magnus. "I have to go now. See you soon back at home. Be careful."
"Okay. See you, my dear fiancé." Magnus sent a flying kiss over the phone.
Alec smiled gently and said goodbye before he hung up the phone.
"Spot checked by your clingy fiancé?" Jace teased.
"Shut up." Alec rolled his eyes and looked away from Jace.
"Is Magnus doing fine alone at home?" Isabelle worried indeed. "He is now without any power, we should look after him as well."
"Yeah. Izzy is right. Maybe Alec you should back home to take care Magnus. I'm afraid Azazel maybe will hurting him too." Said Clary.
"Don't worry, Kazaf is handle everything nicely." Alec sighed in relieve.
"Oh ya, we still have your outstanding powerful, secretive angel brother-in-law accompany with Magnus." Jace nodded his head and now become more relaxed.
"What does it means? What all about the powerful secretive angel brother-in-law? Who is Kazaf?" Luke looked confused.
"Kazaf is our new member. He is Magnus's big brother and also a secretive angel." Clary answered in excited tone.
"What are you talking about?" Luke sighed.
"It's a long story, tell you next time." Alec gazed around the dead bodies in the restaurant, then continue in a firm tone. "Luke, we will back to the institute to see if we can get any clues to trace Azazel or not. Meanwhile, please assist to make sure the mundane world in a proper order."
"Sure, I will handle it. Make sure you all keep in touch with me if any further updates." Luke walked out from the restaurant to find his police teammates.
At the same time, everyone gave Clary a glare to urge her open a portal, so that all of them able to back to the institute. Clary then took out the stele and drew an angelic rune on her left hand palm.
After that, a portal showed up but then the portal disappeared itself immediately in the blink of eyes before everybody able to walk through in time.
"What happened?" Jace took out the seraph blade and looked alerted at surrounding.
"I don't know." Clary looked at her own hands in confused. "This should be worked, right?"
"Magnus?" Alec whispered his lover's name in shock when he noticed Magnus and Kazaf appeared in front of them from nowhere.
Luke who just stepped out from the restaurant seems noticed the unusual movement those young shadowhunters too. He looked back at them, feeling weird indeed. Then, he once again returned back to the restaurant.
"What's going on here? Why all of you not leaving to the institute yet? So, Magnus is here?" Luke asked. But when he noticed Magnus's existence, Luke changed to looked alerted at Kazaf. "By the way, who are you?"
"Hi, Luke." Magnus greeted and introduced in a calm tone. "This is my brother, Kazaf."
"Your brother? When did you have a brother?" Luke asked in a weird tone.
"Started from yesterday." Magnus answered. Then, he gazing around those dead bodies with sympathy look. "Poor them…"
"It's Azazel." Kazaf kneeled down beside one dead body and measured it with a sharp cold sight.
"Able to trace him or not?" Magnus asked.
"Why both of you coming here?" Alec get closer to Magnus.
"Didn't I told you? We are looking for Azazel and Jonathan. So that I can get back power back." Magnus smiled.
"Fine. Please be careful." Alec reminded in a soft tone.
Magnus shrugged. "I am always be careful."
Alec looked at Magnus with a soft defeated glare in the silence.
"Hi, angel brother. So what now? Are you wanna to trace that big bad demon?" Jace asked Kazaf.
Kazaf didn't reply Jace but he collected some of the dark sand on dead body with his hands. He gazed at the dark sand and whispered some unknown languages. After that, the dark sand looked alive and flowing in the middle of air. Then, the sand slowly formed a shape of something magically.
"What is that?" Isabelle asked.
"His location." Kazaf snapped his fingers and the sand once again dropped on the dead body. Then, Kazaf looking around the young shadowhunters and Luke. "Magnus will come with me to get his power back. I think it's better for you all just stay at the institute."
"I want to follow you." Said Alec firmly.
"Alexander…" Magnus looked worried.
"Fine. You are the only exception that I can still allowed. Come." Kazaf grabbed Alec's arm and pulled Magnus's hand without wasting anymore time. Then, three of them disappeared immediately in front of everybody.
"Alec?!" Isabelle shouted to the missing Alec.
"Nice tricks… Who is him again? Seriously that person is Magnus's brother?" Luke still an unbelievable facial expression.
"What the hell." Jace cursed angrily. "How dare Kazaf left us at here?"
"Don't complaint it, Jace. Since they are all gone, I think we should back to institute now." Isabelle urged and looked at Clary. "Mind to open another portal for us?"
"Sure." Clary nodded and make a new portal quickly. "Well… Luke, let us keep in touch ya. We should leaving now before those cops bring troubles to us."
Luke nodded in understanding. "See ya, kiddo."
Clary smiled back at Luke. Then, she brought the rest of shadowhunters back to the institute by a portal.
It's a dark underground on somewhere.
"Thank you for leaving my siblings them alone from this." Alec said sincerely.
"Is this necessary to say thank you? Actually I'm just thinking they are too troublesome and I'm not really want to look after them when I'm fighting with Azazel." Kazaf replied in a hilarious tone.
"Whatever." Alec smiled and took out his bow and quiver, get ready for war at any time.
"Be careful, he is here." Kazaf warned when he sensed someone else was coming to them.
"Stay close with us, Magnus." Alec reminded in a concern tone.
"Don't worry, I can take care myself. Alexander, you should be careful too." Magnus looked at Alec in a worried face.
Alec nodded but stood in front of Magnus in fast moves when he noticed Azazel had showed up. Magnus stopped and stared at the man in front of them carefully.
"Long time no see, Kazaf. What a surprise to meet you at here." Azazel said. "Huh, coming with your favourite little brother and his little toy some more."
Kazaf smirked and replied in a lazy tone. "It's been a long time indeed. Oh, my dear uncle, how's your short vacation in this dimension? I'm sure that you had enough fun, ready to go back home now?"
Azazel hissed angrily. "It's none of your business, Kazaf."
Kazaf shrugged and squinted his eyes at Azazel. "Are you sure? Come on, we both know the game rules that no demon allowed to mess up with the mundane. However, look like you did broke this rule again. Those poor innocent souls… It seems aunty Ray will get angry at you too. You should know how busy she is lately, many people dying in uncountable wars and unpredictable diseases all around the world. But you, you killed those innocent people at this crisis moment just for your own desires. Such a bad move, uncle Azazel."
"No matter what I've done, it's nothing to do with you either. Get out from here, Kazaf." Azazel gritted his teeth and stared at Alec and Magnus. "But since you are here and kind enough to bring the fun for me… Should I accept your present and finish this bastard Nephilim's life? He did caused a lot of troubles to me lately and he killed me once!"
Alec and Magnus looked alerted when heard what Azazel said.
"Don't you ever dare to touch my brother-in-law." Kazaf looked angry and warned in a threaten voice. "Thank you for remind me that I haven't settle the score with you yet. How should I express my gratitude to you on how you switched my brother's soul into that damn Valentine's body?"
"It's your stupid warlock brother messed up with me at first! Didn't he told you that he summoned me to that sacred institute for some ridiculous reasons? I'm already been too kind and tried so hard not to kill him, but he deserved a little punishment." A wicked smile showed on Azazel's face.
"Well… Look like I had missed up this interesting part." Kazaf looked at Magnus with a stern look. "Why do you summoned him?"
"I… It's… Well… I…" Magnus stuttered and sent a pleading look to Alec.
"It's my fault. Magnus tried to assist me to find my sister that time. So, I begged Magnus to help me to summon him. I'm sorry." Alec apologized sincerely to Kazaf quickly.
Magnus sighed and sent another glare at his fiancé. "Alexander, you are being too honest. I thought you may just speaking any excuses or make up another story…"
"Stop it, Chocolate! You have gone too far." Kazaf said angrily. "I will settle this with you once we get back home later."
"It's not my fault…" Magnus looked frustrated. He took a deep breath and continued to argue with Kazaf. "Don't listen to Azazel, he just trying to distract you. You should stand up for me and help me!"
"Magnus!" Kazaf sent a warning glance at Magnus, which made Magnus stunned and stopped to talk immediately. Magnus looked sad and looked down shamefully.
"Magnus…" Alec couldn't bear to see Magnus in hurt, then he looked up at Kazaf and trying to say something else. However, Kazaf raised his hand in the middle of air and stopped Alec to talk.
"Alec, just stay at here closely with Magnus. I'll be right back." Said Kazaf when he walked to Azazel.
"Wait…What?" Alec looked confused and Magnus was feeling nervous too.
"Kazaf, where are you going?" Magnus shouted at Kazaf's back but Kazaf didn't reply any words to them.
"May I have some private talk with you, uncle dear?" Kazaf spoke with an evil grin.
"What do you want?" Azazel looked alerted at Kazaf who get closer to him, and then he raised his right hand trying to use his power for stopping Kazaf to step forward anymore. However, Kazaf's moves are faster than Azazel. Kazaf managed to use the magic power at the same time and disabled Azazel's movement.
"Chill~ I was wondering where is Jonathan. Do you mind to share me your…thoughts?" Kazaf sent Azazel a wicked smile, then he put his hands on Azazel's head.
"Get out from my head, you this hateful bastard!" Azazel screamed painfully after that when he lost the ability to stop Kazaf.
"What's going on?" Alec took a deep gasp and looked frighten. "What had Kazaf done to him?"
"I'm not sure." Magnus frowned with a serious look. "Maybe he is reading his minds…"
"Reading his minds?" Alec seemed thought back some similar memories. "Well… It make sense to me. Last time when father played that trick on me, the feeling really not that nice. But why Kazaf want to do that on him?"
"I don't know. He must has his own reason." Magnus bit his lips nervously when his heart beating fast worriedly.
A moment later, Kazaf put down his hands from Azazel's head and released the Azazel. Azazel kneeled down weakly in sweats and stared at Kazaf with his burning eyes.
"Damn you, Kazaf!" Azazel cursed angrily. "I'll kill you!" With the last word ended, Azazel get up his feet and waved his right hand. Then, lots of smoke appeared and surrounded Kazaf in the blink of eyes.
"Kazaf!" Magnus shouted in a worried tone. And, Alec immediately get ready his bow and quiver to aim on Azazel.
However, Kazaf's calming voices raised again. "Don't do anything rash, Alec! I can handle it myself, please just keep an eye on Magnus and stay close with him!"
Alec sighed but listen anyway. "Okay, I will look after Magnus, don't worry!"
"Kazaf!" Magnus shouted again but Kazaf somehow ignored him because Azazel was started to attack Kazaf again.
"Calm down, uncle dear. I know you are getting furious and trying to kill me, but it's not the time yet. Furthermore, you will have to join the queue. A long queue indeed, as you should know the people who want to kill me are getting increased over the centuries." Said Kazaf with a teasing tone. At the same time, Kazaf was using his magic power to defence against Azazel.
"Go to hell!" Azazel released his angriness and increased the power with all his strengths.
"KAZAF!" Magnus raised his tone and getting worried this time. "Alec, please just go and help my brother!"
"No, you heard what Kazaf said, doesn't it? I should stay with you…" Alec sighed.
"Please… I'll be fine." Magnus tried to convince Alec.
Alec shook his head firmly. "I'm sorry."
Magnus looked defeated and sighed in frustration. Then, Magnus looked down at his own hands. The marks of his left wrist that Kazaf gave to him was shining in red. A strange feeling raised in Magnus's heart.
"Kazaf?" Magnus called in hesitation, not sure should he using the power of Kazaf. He's not really powerless at this time. He got Kazaf's power to use, doesn't? But what if he failed to control the power, will he accidentally hurting Kazaf and Alec in the process?
"Don't do any stupid things, Chocolate. Please just stay still at there!" Kazaf warned immediately when he sensed that Magnus trying to do something.
Magnus looked up at Kazaf who still in fighting with Azazel, feeling worried indeed. Alec stood closer to Magnus, using practical moves to show Magnus that he's be with him.
Noticed that few of the magic balls flew to him over the air, Kazaf dodged in elegant fast moves. "Enough, Azazel! Are you seriously want to play hard with me?" Kazaf gritted his teeth and activated the protective shield wards in the blink of eyes. An invisible shielding wall raised between Kazaf and Azazel all of sudden.
"Damn it!" Azazel cursed again and finally gave up to attack Kazaf.
Kazaf hissed. "You are really pissed me off, uncle Azazel. I'm trying to play nice with you but you are obviously seeking death, doesn't it?"
Alec and Magnus exchanged a quick glare at each other.
"Look like Kazaf got hold back a trick or two." Alec commented softly.
"I never saw my brother get a serious fight with Azazel or with any high ranks demons in the past. Actually, I also not sure can him win over Azazel or not." Magnus said in an honest tone.
Meanwhile, Azazel continued his little chat with Kazaf.
"If you really adore your precious little brother, then you should bring him back to Edom and look after him yourself. Stop let him create more troubles to all of us! That's no point for you to get angry and fight for him after all the stupid things he done to us. You should lock him up to prevent any incidents to happen instead!" Said Azazel angrily.
Magnus frowned at Azazel's words and looked unhappy.
"Don't listen to him." Alec said softly when he still on the defending pose, with both quiver and bow on his hands.
Magnus sighed and continued to concentrate on Kazaf and Azazel.
"Maybe same theory should be applied on you too." Kazaf hissed. "Uncle Azazel, your ugly minds really disgusted me. I think it's better for you to stay in Edom and stop for create more dramas at here."
Azazel fixed his angry gazes at Kazaf. "It's none of your business, Kazaf. No matter what I've done, you have no rights to interfere!"
"Do you really think I love to interfere your dramas? Oh, come on. I just can't stand your stupidity anymore." Kazaf snapped his finger, then a black hole portal appeared beside Azazel.
"What do you want from me?" Azazel stared at that familiar magical portal which lead to Edom.
"This is the Plan A for you. Of course, I will still have plan B to plan Z, if you want to make any bad moves." Kazaf sighed. "Since you are useless to me on bring back Magnus's power, I don't think I need to waste my time to endure you anymore. Please do yourself a favour, you should just jumping into the portal and back home now!"
Azazel laughed and said in sarcastic tone. "Still a naïve and stupid fellow, Kazaf. After a long time to see you again, I thought you went to heaven got increased your intelligence. However, it looks like nothing helps on you. What make you think that I will listen to you and back to Edom? Why should I listen to you?"
"Even though Magnus is the one who mess up with you at first, but it doesn't means that you are allowed to make fun on him. What he had suffered after that due to your changing souls trick, you should take the responsibility and bear the cost." Kazaf said.
Azazel shrugged and replied in a lazy tone. "You should go to find those helpless Nephilim. They are the one who put the agony rune on your brother and tortured him for long hours, it's not my responsibility to pay their costs."
"Azazel, don't forget that Magnus is not only my brother, but he's also the favourite son of my father. Do you really think my father will let you go that easily after he knows about what have you did to Magnus and what the troubles you caused in this dimension? No one allowed to kill mundane for no reason. It's the rules set up by my father, you should know that well too." Kazaf once again commanded in a serious tone. "Go. Back. Home. Now."
"Your father did made some deal with me, Kazaf. Don't you ever think that how can I get through the border and reached here that easily?" Azazel smirked.
Magnus's widen eyes fixed on Azazel, totally looked in shock.
"Magnus, don't get affected by his words. Whatever you want to know, we can ask Kazaf later once we settled Azazel." Alec sighed and hold his bow and quiver tightly.
"Sound so easy." Magnus clenching his fist looked hurt by what Azazel had said.
"Don't play the fool with me, I'm not Magnus." Kazaf looked back at Azazel with a fake smile. "I knew you long enough to see through your motive behind."
Azazel hissed. "If you forced me back to Edom, then you will never get a chance to take back Magnus Bane's power!"
"Wow~ How dare you to threaten me? Dear uncle, I'm reading your minds just now for this reason, so that I can differentiate your lies easily. Now, I won't give a fuck on your crazy talk anymore. Stop wasting my time, I still need to find Jonathan and helping Magnus to get his power back!" Kazaf snapped his fingers again and the black hole portal became bigger than earlier shape.
Azazel stepped back quickly to make a safe distance with it.
"You will regret it, Kazaf! You will never get Magnus Bane's power back if you banish me back to Edom now!" Azazel shouted angrily in a nervous tone.
Kazaf hissed and said with a wicked smile. "You will regret to kill those innocent mundane peoples and take advantages on bullying Magnus while I'm not around too. Listen carefully, uncle Azazel. As long as I am here, I won't allow you to have any bad ideas on the mortal instruments! And, if you ever dare to touch Magnus again, I will make sure you rotten in hell forever and there's no chance for you to get out from there anymore, in the name of my father and the morning star! "
The portal was getting bigger and wider when Kazaf's voices getting louder and angrier. When the last word of Kazaf dropped, the portal already big enough to swallow Azazel and absorb him into it, no matter how Azazel tried so hard to fight against it.
Watching Azazel disappeared with the black hole portal together, Kazaf waved his right hand to remove the invisible magical shielding wall. After released a deep sigh, Kazaf turned back and walked to Magnus and Alec.
Alec put down his bow and quiver once make sure the dangerous on surrounding fully cleared. Then, Alec turned to Magnus, asked in a soft tone. "Are you okay?"
Magnus shook his head gently. After that, he looked up at Kazaf and asked in a harsh tone. "Father is the one behind all of these? Is that true?"
"Chocolate, I don't like your tone. You are not asking me but just want to force me to prove that you are right." Kazaf sighed.
"Then, you may just prove me wrong." Said Magnus.
Kazaf sighed again, not really want to argue with Magnus.
"Follow me, we need to go to the New York institute now."
Alec frowned and asked in concern. "Why we need to go there? I thought we want to go and find Jonathan, so that we can take Magnus's power back?"
Magnus looked confused too. "What's going on?"
"Just shut up and come with me." Kazaf's left hand gripped Magnus's hand and his right hand grabbed Alec's arm. Before Magnus and Alec able to make complain, Kazaf already using his power to bring them leaving here to the next destination.
[To Be Continued]