Magnus finds out what he missed.

A/N: When you get to the end, my dear reader, please don't hate me too much.

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Magnus opens his eyes. Two bright purple eyes are looking back at him. He smiles, "Good morning, Mikey."

Mikey giggles, "Morning, Poppa."

Maxine groans, "Shh, too loud."

Alec turns to his husband, "Morning."

Magnus leans over their daughter and kisses Alec, "Good morning."

Maxine exclaims, "Help, I'm getting squashed."

Mikey pushes Magnus, "Poppa, stop squashing Maxine."

Magnus leans back, "Rude."

Maxine sits up, "Rude is squashing me."

"Rude is keeping me from kissing my husband."

"You could have waited to kiss Daddy."

"You could have slept in your bed."

"You could have slept in England."

Magnus glares at Alec and Mikey, "What are you two laughing about?"

Mikey giggles, "Silly Poppa."

Alec nods, "I think Maxine won."

Magnus sniffs, "Whatever."

Maxine giggles, "Poor Poppa." She climbs out the bed.

"Whatever, Maxine. What did I miss yesterday?"

Alec shakes his head, "Not until I've had coffee."

"Fine."

Alec puts Mikey on his feet, "Go get dressed and we'll be right in."

Maxine raises an eyebrow as she looks at her fathers, "Oh really?"

Mikey giggles, "No kissing."

Magnus sniffs, "Rude."

Mikey puts his hands on his hips, "You rude."

"No, certain little warlocks are rude."

"Certain big warlocks are rude."

Alec laughs, "Okay, this is getting out of hand. Give us fifteen minutes, now go."

Maxine folds her arms, "Ten."

Magnus laughs, "Get out of here."

Maxine giggles, "Fine."

Mikey shakes his head, "Not fine."

Maxine giggles as she picks him up, "Poppa misses his Daddy kisses. We can give them fifteen minutes."

Mikey sighs, "Ok."

Magnus sniffs, "That's real nice of you."

Alec laughs, "Magnus, behave."

"They started."

Alec shakes his head, "Blueberry, go."

Maxine giggles, "Ok, Daddy." She walks away. Mikey waves at his fathers.

Magnus waves then leans close to his husband, "Alone at last."

Maxine stops at the door, "Fifteen minutes."

Alec laughs, "Get out of here."

Maxine and Mikey giggle as she walks to Mikey's bedroom.

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Alec and Magnus are holding hands as they leave their bedroom. Mikey is sitting at the kitchen table eating a cream cheese covered bagel. Maxine fills two mugs with coffee and brings them to the table.

Her phone alarm goes off.

Magnus raises an eyebrow, "Were you timing us?"

Maxine smiles as she sits down, "Maybe." She turns off the alarm then takes a bagel off the plate that's in the center of the table.

Mikey giggles, "Maybe yes."

Alec laughs as he and Magnus sit across from their children. Magnus glares at his husband, "You think that's funny?"

Alec smiles, "It's a little funny." He sips his coffee then reaches for a bagel.

"Whatever, Alec." Magnus takes a bagel then gives it a funny look.

Maxine giggles, "Mikey wanted to spread the cream cheese."

"Oh let's why it looks like this."

Mikey smiles, "I do good job, Poppa."

Magnus sniffs, "I suppose so."

Alec winks at his son, "You did an awesome job, raspberry."

Mikey smiles, "Thank you, Daddy."

Magnus rolls his eyes, "Thank you, Daddy."

"Bad Poppa."

"Whatever, Mikey."

"Whatever, Poppa."

Alec sighs, "Do I need to separate you two?"

Mikey nods, "Yes, Poppa has to eat downstairs."

Magnus sniffs, "It's cold downstairs."

"Bad Poppa."

Maxine giggles, "This could get ugly."

Mikey looks at his sister, "Poppa is beautiful."

She rolls her eyes, "Whatever, Mikey."

"Whatever, Maxine."

Alec laughs, "Okay, enough. Wacky warlocks need to eat their breakfast quietly. Understand?"

Together Maxine and Mikey nod their heads, "Yes, Daddy."

Alec looks at Magnus with a raised eyebrow, "That goes for you too."

Magnus sniffs, "Yes, Alexander."

Alec nods, "Good."

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Magnus refills his and Alec's mugs with a flick of his hand, "Now can I find out why I couldn't get into my own bedroom last night?"

Maxine giggles, "Lazy love potion warlock came back, Poppa." She stands and starts clearing the table.

"Demetrius?" Alec nods. Magnus sighs, "He wanted another potion?"

Alec sniffs, "No. In fact, he didn't even need that one."

Maxine nods, "Turns out, he's a big fat liar."

"What?"

Alec leans back in his chair, "The potion was only an excuse to get into the loft. I guess he wanted to see what the best place was to open a portal."

"He portalled into the loft?"

Mikey nods, "Yes, Poppa."

"I need to upgrade the wards. Anyway, so he portalled in and?"

Alec continues, "He wanted to take Mikey back to Agramon."

"Agramon is dead."

"It would seem that Demetrius was unaware of that."

"That was two months ago." Alec shrugs.

Maxine giggles, "Guess the soothsayer forgot to tell him that."

Magnus raises an eyebrow, "What soothsayer?"

"The one that told him that he would meet his destiny here."

Alec snorts, "Oh he met his destiny alright, but not what he thought it was going to be." Mikey giggles.

Magnus shakes his head, "Okay, so what happened?"

Alec smiles, "Mikey had an issue with something he said." Mikey nods as he hands his empty glass to his sister.

"What?"

"I'll tell you later, the lamps have been through enough."

Maxine giggles, "I thought we weren't going to tell Poppa."

Mikey giggles, "Poor lamps."

Magnus sighs, "My lamps got punished again?"

"I said sorry to them."

"Did they accept your sorry?"

"Lamps don't talk, Poppa."

"Maybe not to you. You keep making them go boom."

Mikey giggles, "Poppa silly."

Maxine giggles, "That's not all that went boom." Mikey giggles.

Magnus sighs, "Sorry I missed it."

Mikey smiles, "There was hugging."

Maxine nods, "Lots of hugging and ice cream."

Magnus folds his arms across his chest, "I missed hugs and ice cream?"

Mikey nods, "Uh huh, none for you Poppa."

Alec smiles, "Poppa got kisses and hugs this morning."

Magnus sniffs, "We were timed."

Maxine giggles, "Yes you were."

Alec laughs, "Not to change the subject, but how was your get together, Magnus?"

Magnus sniffs, "The usual. Warlocks complaining about how horrible Shadowhunters are."

"Oh?"

"Yes, blah blah Shadowhunters are the worst. Blah blah Shadowhunters need to go away."

Alec and Maxine smile at each other as Mikey jumps off his chair, walks around Alec then stands in front of Magnus, "Who hurt Daddy?"

Magnus looks at his son, "Who the heck is talking about hurting your Daddy? I didn't say anything about any warlock hurting your Daddy."

Maxine giggles, "Mikey, Daddy isn't the only Shadowhunter in the world."

Mikey sniffs, "Yes he is." He walks around Alec, but his father grabs him and sits Mikey on his lap. Mikey giggles as Alec hugs him.

Alec kisses his nose, "Who is my favorite raspberry?"

Mikey puts his arms up, "Me."

"And who is my favorite blueberry?"

Mikey giggles as he points to his sister, "Maxine."

"And who is my favorite husband?"

Mikey points to Magnus, "Poppa."

Magnus sniffs, "Favorite husband, as if there's an unfavorite husband?"

Mikey looks at Alec, "What that mean?"

Alec shakes his head, "Poppa being silly."

Mikey giggles, "Silly Poppa."

Maxine nods, "Very silly Poppa."

Magnus sniffs, "Don't you have an Institute to run, Mr. Lightwood?"

Alec laughs, "Kind of formal there, Mr. Bane." He kisses Mikey's cheeks, "Later, raspberry."

Mikey hugs him, "Later Daddy." Alec puts Mikey on his feet then stands up.

Maxine walks over to Alec and hugs him, "Later Daddy."

He kisses her forehead, "Later, blueberry."

Alec lets Maxine go then leans closer to Magnus, "Favorite husband?"

Magnus sniffs, "What?"

Alec kisses Magnus, "Later."

Alec turns to walk away, but Magnus stands and pulls him close, "I want a proper goodbye kiss." They kiss as Mikey and Maxine giggle.

After a few minutes, Maxine clears her throat, "Do I need to set the alarm again?" Mikey giggles.

Magnus shakes his head, "Back to rude little warlocks."

She puts her hands on her hips, "I'm not little."

"You bigger than me?"

"No Poppa but I'm bigger than Mikey."

"If you're not bigger than me, you're a little warlock."

"Max is big like you."

Magnus shakes his head, "We aren't talking about Max, don't change the subject."

Alec sighs, "Wacky warlocks. Magnus, you going back to England?"

Magnus holds Alec around the waist, "No." He kisses Alec, "I prefer kissing Shadowhunters then listen to warlocks complain about them."

Maxine giggles, "You going to kiss Uncle Jace?"

He glares at his daughter, "You know what I mean."

Mikey giggles, "Poppa gonna kiss Aunt Clary." Maxine giggles.

Alec shakes his head, "I gotta go." Magnus kisses him. Alec laughs, "Goodbye, Magnus."

Magnus sighs, "Fine." He smiles, "I'll walk you to the door." They hold hands as they walk around their children.

Maxine giggles, "Daddy knows where the door is."

Mikey nods, "Silly Poppa."

Magnus kisses Alec when they get to the door. Alec opens it. Magnus grabs his arm, "One more." Maxine and Mikey giggle as their fathers kiss.

Alec laughs, "I'll see you later." He waves goodbye as he walks out the loft.

Magnus smiles as he closes the door, "I love that man."

Maxine snorts, "Really, Poppa? Could have fooled me."

Mikey giggles, "Silly Maxine. Poppa loves Daddy and Daddy loves Poppa."

She rolls her eyes at her brother, "Whatever Mikey."

"Whatever Maxine."

Magnus sighs, "Isn't there school today?" He walks away from the door.

Maxine shakes her head, "Winter recess."

"Oh, I forgot."

Maxine giggles as she hugs him, "Poppa's stuck with us."

Mikey giggles as he hugs Magnus and Maxine, "Poor Poppa."

Magnus nods as he puts his arms tightly around his children and rests his chin on the top of Maxine's head, "Yes, poor me."

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Maxine is curled up on the sofa, reading The Time Machine. Mikey and Magnus are sitting at the kitchen table. Mikey is writing out names, while Magnus works on the crossword puzzle.

When Magnus' phone rings, he takes it out his pocket and hits 'speaker' without looking to see who is calling, "Hello?"

Jace responds, "Magnus, kindly remind Alec that we are supposed to be patrolling. His phone is off."

Maxine looks up from her book as Magnus puts his pen down, "Alec left hours ago."

"Oh? He's not here."

Maxine saves her place with a bookmark then puts her book on the coffee table. She stands and walks over. Mikey looks from his sister to his father as he puts his pencil down.

Magnus closes his eyes then slowly opens them. He gets nothing from the love rune. He takes a deep breath, "I don't know where he is."

They listen to Jace shout orders at Shadowhunters, then he says, "Magnus, he's gotta be somewhere. I'm sending a team out now."

Magnus whispers, "Okay."

"I'll call you when we find him." Jace hangs up. Magnus absently puts his phone on the table.

Magnus closes his eyes. He reopens them then gives Maxine a weak smile, "Uncle Jace will find Daddy."

Mikey jumps off his chair, "I find Daddy." He opens a portal.

Magnus shouts, "Mikey wait." He grabs his phone then stands up. He puts the phone in his back pocket.

Mikey stops and looks at his father. Magnus takes Maxine's face in his hands, "Go to the Institute. Stay with Uncle Jace. I'll go with Mikey and when we find Daddy, I'll text you."

Maxine nods as she tries to smile, "Okay, Poppa." He kisses her forehead. She hugs him then walks over to Mikey and kisses his forehead.

Mikey hugs his sister, "I find Daddy."

"I know you will." She goes over to the bedrooms and opens a portal of her own. She looks at her father and brother then walks into the portal.

Magnus waits until the portal closes behind her then turns to his son, "Let's go." Mikey holds his hand as they walk into Mikey's portal.

Magnus and Mikey step out the portal into a hallway. Mikey lets go of his father's hand and runs ahead. Magnus runs his thumb across his fingers as he follows Mikey down the hallway.

Mikey runs into a doorway. He glares at the man standing in the center of the room. Aside from a few pieces of furniture, the room is empty. Mikey doesn't see his missing father.

Magnus walks in and recognizes the man, "Baal."

The Greater Demon bows, "Magnus Bane, I am honored that you know who I am."

Mikey's purple eyes are cold, "Where's my Daddy?"

"Agramon's son, I presume."

Mikey raises both of his hands, "Where's. My. Daddy."

Magnus doesn't like the cold feeling going down his spine. He takes a deep breath, "Baal, where's my husband?"

Baal sneers, "Asmodeus' son marrying a Shadowhunter, how disgusting."

"Yeah, whatever. Where is he?"

"You killed Demetrius, my beloved son."

Magnus takes a deep breath, "And?"

A cold smile comes to Baal's face, "So I killed your beloved Shadowhunter." He snaps his fingers. A shimmer appears in a corner of the room, then disappears. Alec is laying on the floor, his head at an unnatural angle.

Magnus pales as he runs to Alec. He screams as he falls to his knees by his husband. Alec's eyes are staring up at the ceiling. Magnus quickly brings blue healing magic to his hands but there is nothing he can do. Alec is dead.

The furniture bursts into shreds as two large fireballs appear in Mikey's hands. He throws them at Baal. The Greater Demon wails in pain as he's incinerated in seconds. Not one ash is left of him.

Mikey runs to his fathers, "I fix Daddy." He claps his hands together and blue magic flares from his fingertips. He runs his hands over his father's body. When that doesn't work, he gently puts his hands on the runes on Alec's neck. Nothing.

Magnus silently buries his face in Alec's chest and holds his dead husband tight.

Mikey sits on the floor as the magic at his fingertips goes red. Windows shatter as he sits there, unable to understand why he can't bring his father back to life. He stares silently at his hands as tears run down his face.

The only sounds in the room are Magnus' loud sobs and pieces of glass hitting the floor.

-tbc-

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It's not over.