Magnus didn't waste much time before running out his apartment to join the search for Alec. They had tried ringing him, texting and even both shadowhunter and warlock tracking but nothing was coming up – Alec was purposefully blocking them from finding him. Magnus silently cursed himself that the first thing he taught Alec was how to prevent Valentine from finding him and now he was using it against them. If it wasn't for the accords Magnus would have stormed into Maryse Lightwood's office and give her a piece of his mind for dare upsetting his Alexander.
"Any luck?" Clary asked when she and Magnus met up with Izzy and Jace, they had checked everywhere that Clary could think of but there was still no sign of Alec.
"No, we searched all the places you've listened that he could be but nothing" Izzy said, she felt bad for Clary. Izzy and Jace had been there when she was worrying and believing that Alec had been kidnapped by Valentine to only discover that he was safe and hidden away with the High Warlock of Brooklyn and now Alec had once again vanished, and no one could find him. Izzy was kind of glad that Max was younger than her and wasn't at the age to try any stupid that Alec was pulling, she would hate to have a brother like that.
"I've tried calling Simon, but he isn't picking up. He has this club on tonight so, I doubt we'll get a reply until later and we can't wait until then. We need to find Alec now" Clary said before checking her phone for the tenth time in the last few minutes just in case Alec had messaged her, he hadn't.
"We've looked in places that Alec would expect us to look, any chance he's hiding somewhere you'd never expect him to be" Jace suggested.
"Maybe… I dunno – Alec's never done this before" Clary answered.
"Blondie's got a point, if Alexander didn't want us to find him then he would hide somewhere we could expect him to be… I have an idea" Magnus said opening a portal beside him and stepping through before anyone could question him on what he was talking about. Clary looked at Jace and Izzy then sighed.
"Great we've lost Magnus now".
Simon looked down at his phone wondering whether he should call Clary back but decided against it, she knew he had his 'club meeting' tonight so instead he turned his phone off and slipped it into his bag before opening the hotel door and slipped inside. The hallway was deserted but Simon could hear movement upstairs and the sound of his boyfriend's voice echoed through the empty corridors. Simon jumped from one floor to another, the stairs had long since broken not that they needed them anyway.
"Sorry I'm late, my accounting class overran" Simon apologised as he walked into the common/ games room. His fellow vampires barely paid him any attention as they were focused on playing X-box or pool. The head of the clan Raphael was sat in front of the bar storing the stolen hospital blood and ripped open a blood bag of A-positive and poured it into a glass. Simon gratefully took the glass off his boyfriend and pressed a quick kiss to Raphael's lips.
"Raph, I'm planning on telling Clary and Alec about being a vampire and a daylighter. They've discovered the shadowworld, Alec had found out he's a warlock and Clary knows she's a shadowhunter. I can't keep up the normal mundane act any longer, I think Jace and Isabelle, umm… two shadowhunters might already be suspicious. They're my best friends, I shouldn't have to lie to them anymore" Simon said, when Alec disappeared, Simon had been tempted to tell Clary that he was a downworlder and a vampire but refrained himself since he didn't trust the shadowhunters who Clary was with but now they knew that Alec was safe and he had no reason to hide that part of him any longer.
"If that's what you want Amor then it's your choice. You don't need my permission" Raphael said pulling his boyfriend closer and capturing Simon's lips with his own. Simon melted into the kiss wrapping his arms around Raphael's neck. He couldn't believe how he was able to snag the world's best boyfriend, Raphael was so understanding, yes he didn't let most things bother him expect when it came to his boyfriend. Even if Alec or Clary hated him for hiding that he was a vampire he would always have Raphael and the clan to protect him.
Magnus' hunch had paid off as he found Alec slumped on a bar stool at Pandemonium surrounded by empty pints drunk off his ass. Magnus remembered when Alec first came to his home and explained his problem, he said that clubs weren't really something he enjoyed going to. So, if something bad had happened between Alexander and Maryse Lightwood then the first place Magnus would go would be somewhere he could get smashed to forget even meeting the woman.
"Alexander, I'd figured you'd be here" Magnus said looking down at the wasted warlock. Alec barely paid any notice to the older warlock instead he reach over to his refilled drink and tipped it back.
"Alexander, Maryse is something and I know you haven't really been exposed to downworlder discrimination. Shadowhunters believe they are superior because they have angelic blood, but they are no better than the downworld. I'm sure this was a shock to you, but it will have to be something you'll get use to now you know that you're a warlock" Magnus said placing a reassuring hand on Alec's shoulder which Alec quickly shrugged off and turned around to face Magnus.
"It's not that. That I'm expecting. It's something she told me. She told me…" Alec started, his head was hurting, and the room started swaying. A frown appeared on Magnus' face just before Alec's eyes closed and he collapsed. Magnus' arms shot out and he caught the passed out warlock.
