New York Shadowhunter Institute, Alec's office.
Magnus and Alec still on a discussion of how to make the protection ward stronger.
"Alexander. There's a demon here!" Said Magnus when he noticed something weird.
"What? Really? But the security ward not down and the alarm is not ringing." Said Alec.
"A familiar demon scent." Magnus frowned.
"Can you sense the exact location?" Alec looking around the peaceful atmosphere.
"I'm not sure. But it's somewhere deep in this building." Said Magnus.
"Show me the way. Let us go to check on it first." Alec did not really want to alert the other people if he was not sure what going on yet.
Magnus nodded and lead the way to the place that he sensing something wrong. However, they were stopping in front of a door with a few of shadowhunter guards.
"Where is this place?" Magnus asked.
Alec whispered in Magnus's ear. "We put the soul sword and mortal cup inside this."
When Magnus thought that they might be unable to go into and wanted to make a u-turn, Alec suddenly took out his stele and the security guards make a way for him to pass through. Magnus raised his eyebrows, looked surprised indeed. Alec gave Magnus a grin, then he drew a special strong rune mark to open the door. Both of them walked into the door once the door opened magically.
"I must say that I'm impressed." Magnus smiled and said in an excited tone.
"Thanks to my title of the head institute." Alec shrugged in a cool manner. Then, he gazing around. "It looked normal here." Once the last word dropped, Alec gasped and added softly. "…Or not."
Jez was standing in there and waved hands towards them. However, it seems none of the security guards noticed her presence. It must be something like a hidden cloaking spell on her. Magnus looked in shock too when Alec was busy to answer his shadowhunter teammates.
"Is there any problem, Sir?" One of the security guards assigned to protect the mortal instrument asked.
"It's okay. I have some job need to do here. The clave had instructed me to check on the mortal instrument with the high warlock to ensure the condition of the mortal instrument is in good control. You all can be leaving here for a moment, don't come in after we get out from here." Said Alec, of course, it's a lie.
Magnus frowned at Alec with a weird look. After making sure all the security guards leaving the hall, Alec sighed in relief. "Finally…"
"Someone truly good at lying, huh?" Magnus teased.
"I will never lie to you again," Alec swore. "Not anymore."
"Just kidding. Relax, Alexander." Magnus smiled.
"Why you two coming here?" Jez asked.
"It's my question, Jez." Magnus shrugged. "What the hell you are doing here? Luckily you are using the spell to cover up yourself."
"I'm not alone here, by the way." Jez pointed her fingers at the above of them.
Alec and Magnus looked up together and noticed Kazaf sat on the beam with a relaxed pose.
"What are you all doing here?" Magnus asked. "And, why Alec and I can see you two but the other security guards not even noticed your existence?"
"Jez is using our father's unique hidden spell. So, Chocolate, I'm not surprised that you can see us. But your Alexander…" Kazaf changed his sight from Magnus to Alec.
Magnus looked surprised too. "Alexander, why you can see my brother and Jez?"
"What?" Alec looked confused. "Am I not supposed to see them?"
"By technically, there's no way for you to see them. Unless…" Magnus said.
Jez continued Magnus's rest sentence. "Unless Lord Asmodeus must have put something special on you."
"Yeah. Look like our father adore your Alexander that much, Magnus." Kazaf grinned and jumped down from the beam. Then, he walked to Alec and commanded. "Stand still."
"…What?" Alec looked confused when noticed Kazaf put a hand on his forehead.
"Kazaf, you shouldn't use your power! The blood oath curse!" Magnus reminded quickly.
"It's okay, Magnus. He's not using his power." Said Jez with an understanding tone.
Kazaf gave Jez a surprised grin before continued his work. By what they can see, there's nothing changes at all. However, Alec did feeling some warm heat from Kazaf's hand on his forehead. After a while, Kazaf put down his hand and moved backward.
"Alec, it seems our father secretly marked his angelic rune inside your head." Kazaf pointed to his head when saying this. The rune power should be last eternity until the sired angel removed himself.
"Rune? What sired angel?" Alec frowned and exchanged a quick glare with Magnus.
Magnus looked confused as well. "Care to elaborate?" He's can see Jez and Kazaf after they're using the clocking spell is because of his bloodline of Asmodeus. But how come his Alexander able to see them too?
"In a simple word, father gave you the right to use his power in a certain situation. The rune power will be activated when needed." Kazaf explained.
"Father seriously marked a rune on Alec?" Magnus looked surprised indeed.
"Yeah. It's an angel's sired rune some more." Kazaf said.
"What is that mean? Angel's sired rune?" Alec asked.
"It means the rune was directed gifted by certain Angel. It will only disappear once the original angel removed it. It's similar to your other runes. However, the sired angel rune normally have direct and strong power. If an angel or high-rank demon sensing your rune mark, most of them won't dare to touch you. Trust me. Because when they hurt you, they might offending your sired angel at the same time as well." Said Kazaf.
"…Okay." Alec swallowing hard and gazing back at Magnus. "This is … curious. So, the last few days you got told me that father is still an angel…"
"New to me too." Magnus trying to recall when Asmodeus get a chance to mark such sired rune on Alec.
"Whatever… Hope it not a bad thing though." Alec shrugged.
"Of course, it's not a bad thing. It's the best thing indeed. That means my father quite dote on you like his son."
"Glad to hear that." Alec grinned.
"But still, back to the point where we begin. Kazaf, why you and Jez coming here?" Magnus asked when crossed his arms on the chest. "I keep feeling the familiar demon scent just now. It is Jez, right?"
"Jez and I were doing some small test here." Kazaf sighed. "But the results not that good."
"What is it?" Alec asked.
Kazaf sent Jez a glare. Jez nodded and explained on behalf of Kazaf.
"We got very deep trouble here. To our very new, the head of the institute here. Sorry to inform you that the guardian angel who assigned to look after your institute had been missing." Said Jez.
"…WHAT!?" Alec and Magnus stunned and asked in sync voice.
Two weeks later.
Edom.
Asmodeus really in a very bad mood now.
He staring at the man in front of him, fire burning in his eyes.
"So… You want me to continue to stay here and watching my own son die in the human world?" Said Asmodeus angrily. "Amenadiel, if someone out there planned to kill your Nephilim son, then will you do the same?"
The Angel Amenadiel sighed but replied in a soft tone. "Ash, you need to calm down. No one can kill Kazaf, as long as we stay alive. But the problem now is Lilith went too far, she's not only marked the blood oath curse on Kazaf but also killing the angel and planned something evilly behind us. What she had done is unforgivable, BUT you are not leaving here because you are the ruler of this hell! We will certainly figure out a way to handle her. However, we can't afford the risk of the demons rebellion war after you leave here."
"You all handle her? Don't be ridiculous. She is not an easy target."
"You are right though. But please be patient a little bit."
"Patient? No… I'm not going to stay here and watch Kazaf died because of that stupid curse! Besides that, Magnus is dangerous and will be suffered too. Who knows what the crazy bitch's next moves?" Asmodeus looked impatiently.
"You need to stay calm, Ash." Amenadiel tried to persuade Asmodeus. "To see you losing control because of your sons, this is exactly what the Lilith wants. I'm afraid Lilith's master plan is want to overpower all of us and create the new order as a new ruler."
Asmodeus hissed, his eyes gazing coldly back at Amenadiel. "She will never get what she wants!"
"Are you so sure?" Amenadiel sighed heavily. "Ash… Kazaf and Magnus… All of us well aware that how your sons affecting you. They are your fatal weakness…"
Asmodeus clenched his fist tightly and his demon-cat-eyes shining in golden green.
"Lilith knows about your weaknesses too. Ash… If you are leaving Edom now, the demons surely will be leaving too once the hell ruler no longer here to overpower them. Then, both human and hell dimensions will be completely in chaos. And, don't you forget that the curse mark on Kazaf. If you meet him before removing the curse, you might be causing Kazaf to die because of this." Gentle warning by Amenadiel.
Asmodeus looked a little bit calm after heard what Amenadiel said.
"New York Shadowhunter Insitute angelic ward temporary down at this moment. This is the third time that Lilith killing the angel who in-charged in there. We are not going to sacrifice the fourth angel, so… We must find a solution to lure Lilith come out from the shadow and finish her at once."
"Her target is me. She's not going to stop until I settle this with her myself." Said Asmodeus.
"But I do not suggest you leaving Edom at such crisis moment." Amenadiel sighed heavily.
"I will figure a way out." Asmodeus shrugged in a cool manner and continued. "No one can mess up with my sons like that. I will never allow it!"
"Kazaf and Magnus are our nephews too. We will be taking care of them as well." Amenadiel promised. Then, Amenadiel added. "Even we want to allow you to leave here, then what's your plan to make sure Kazaf won't have died after he meets with you?"
After a short while of silence, Asmodeus said quietly.
"I will need some extra help. I think HE is the one who can provide some useful assistance…"
Amenadiel first looked in confusion. But his eyes widened once he finally gets what Asmodeus meant. "This is a risky insane way."
"Other than this, do you have another better plan?" Asmodeus shrugged.
Amenadiel shook his head silently.
"Then, that's it," Asmodeus said with a wicked smile.
[To Be Continued]