AU!Catarina meets the powerful but precious Mikey.

Enjoy.

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AU!Catarina stretches. It's been a long day, and now it's time to go home. She walks down the hallway, towards the nurse's station and sees a boy sitting on a chair in the waiting area, smiling at her. No adult is sitting beside him, he seems to be alone.

Unable to keep herself from smiling in return, she walks over to him. He can't be older than five, olive skinned, brown hair. She is amazed to see he has purple eyes. She kneels in front of him, "Little one, where's your parents?"

Mikey giggles, "Daddy is at work. Poppa is with Not Poppa. He told me to wait here for you."

She sits next to him, "Wait for me?"

He giggles, "I'm Mikey."

"You're Mikey? I was expecting a teenager, somebody Max's age."

Mikey giggles, "Uh huh, Mikey is me."

She leans closer, "You broke the spell?"

Mikey nods, "Yes, I fixed Other Daddy."

She kisses his forehead, "You did good, Mikey."

"And I killed the bad man that hurt Other Daddy."

She raises an eyebrow, "YOU killed him?"

Mikey nods, "Yes, me. I don't like any Daddy being hurt. I killed Master, because he hurt my Daddy."

"Master?"

Mikey nods, "Master was a bad man."

"And he hurt your Daddy?"

"Uh huh. Daddy was on the floor and I kept him safe until Poppa showed up."

"Oh and then?"

"Then Poppa took Daddy and me to the Institute and Maxine was there and she gave me a name and kissed me and hugged me and then we went home and nobody ever hurt Daddy again or else I kill them."

AU!Catarina sits back, "Wow."

Mikey nods. He looks down the hallway and giggles as he climbs off the chair. He runs over to Magnus2, "Poppa, I found Catarina." Magnus2 picks his son up.

Magnus2 laughs, "I can see that, raspberry." He walks over and sits next to AU!Catarina, with his son in his lap, "So you met Mikey."

AU!Catarina nods, "He's not what I pictured."

"Oh?"

"I saw him as older, not practically a baby."

Magnus2 nods, "He's only five but his powers are extraordinary."

"But killing at so young an age?"

Mikey looks up from playing with Magnus2's wedding band, "Bad man hurt Daddy."

Magnus2 kisses his son's nose, "Yes, Mikey, we know." Mikey nods and returns his attention to his father's rings. Magnus2 smiles at AU!Catarina, "He saved my Alec, that's how he came to be with us."

"Oh, he told me that he killed 'Master'."

Mikey narrows his eyes, "Master hurt Daddy."

Magnus2 hugs Mikey, "Yes, can Catarina and I talk without you interrupting, please?"

AU!Catarina laughs, "Hold that thought, Magnus. I gotta clock out. How about you go to my place and I'll be there in a few minutes."

Magnus2 smiles, "I'll have martinis waiting."

She laughs, "A glass of wine will be fine for me, thanks."

"Consider it done. See you in a few." Magnus2 stands with Mikey in his arms.

She walks over to the nurse's station as Magnus2 walks out the waiting area. He takes an elevator downstairs and leaves the hospital. He walks down the block, then opens a portal and walks through.

They arrive in AU!Catarina's apartment and he puts Mikey on his feet, "Don't touch anything."

Mikey nods, "Okay, Poppa." He walks around the living room as Magnus2 goes over to the bar. Mikey stands on his tiptoes, in front of a credenza, so he can see the pictures on top of it. Pictures of AU!Magnus and AU!Alec's wedding. Mikey squeals.

Magnus2 laughs, "What is it, raspberry?"

Mikey points, "It's Daddy."

Magnus2 pours the martini into a glass and laughs, "Only Daddy?"

Mikey shakes his head, "And you and Catarina and Grandma and, who's that man, Poppa?"

Magnus2 pours wine into a glass then glances over, "That's Ragnor Fell, a friend of Catarina and mine."

"Ragnor, Poppa?"

"That's his name, raspberry."

Mikey giggles, "Ragnor is a silly name, Poppa."

Magnus2 laughs as he puts the two drinks on an end table, "Gideon is a silly name."

Mikey's eyes widen as he walks over, "Gideon is an awesome name."

Magnus2 laughs as he sits in a chair, "And why is it an awesome name, Mikey?"

Mikey's eyes sparkle, "Because it's Daddy's name."

"I see."

Mikey giggles as he climbs onto the chair next to his father, "Thirsty, Poppa."

"You want orange juice?" Mikey nods. Magnus2 flicks his hand and a small glass with juice appears in Mikey's hands, "Thank you, Poppa."

"You're welcome, raspberry. Hold it tight."

Mikey nods, "I will." He holds the glass in both hands as he drinks his juice.

A portal opens and AU!Catarina walks out. She smiles at her guests, "The one night I need to leave early, Patricia wants to gossip."

Magnus2 laughs as she walks over and takes the glass of wine from him, "We are in no hurry."

"Okay, but I am, to find out more." She changes her clothes with a flick of her hand, then brings a chair in front of Magnus2 and Mikey. She sits and drinks her wine, "So where were we?"

Mikey's eyes narrow, "Dead Master."

AU!Catarina laughs, "Moving on, so is Alec able to leave the loft now?"

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, the warlocks responsible for his condition are no longer a problem."

Mikey nods, "Bad men hurt Daddy, bad men get hurt."

She smiles, "I'll toast that." She clicks her glass against Magnus2's.

Mikey giggles and holds his glass out to her, "Toast, Other Catarina." She laughs as she leans forward to tap her wineglass against it. Mikey taps his glass against Magnus2's, "Toast, Poppa."

Magnus2 laughs, "Toast, Mikey."

AU!Catarina smiles, "I'm a bit confused, who's Maxine?"

Mikey giggles, "Maxine is my sister."

"Okay, but what about Max?"

"Max is my brother."

She looks at Magnus2, "I thought Mikey was from a different world than Max."

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, Mikey and Maxine are my children and Max is the other Magnus' son."

"Wait, you aren't the Magnus I met yesterday?"

Mikey giggles, "That was Not Poppa."

"Not Poppa?"

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, Not Poppa and Not Daddy are what my children call Max's fathers. You met that Magnus yesterday."

"Oh. I see. I didn't realize that, sorry."

"Don't worry about it, Catarina."

Mikey hands his empty glass to Magnus2, "Tired, Poppa."

Magnus2 makes the glass disappear, then reaches for his son. Mikey gets comfortable in his father's lap. Magnus2 puts his arms around him, "I'm sure Catarina would let you nap on her bed."

Mikey shakes his head, "I'm good here, Poppa."

Magnus2 kisses his head, "Okay then." Mikey rests his head on his father's chest, wraps his arms around Magnus, and closes his eyes.

AU!Catarina smiles, "He's precious."

Magnus2 nods, "That he is. And deadly, which is why Emil was so interested in him."

"Emil?"

"That would be 'Master'."

"The dead Master?"

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, he stumbled across a mundane woman screaming about the weird coloring on her baby. He killed her right there in the street. He grabbed the baby and named him Freak."

"Oh my god, Magnus, what a horrible name."

Magnus2 nods, "That was Mikey's name for the first four years of his life. Emil didn't care about the boy, all he cared about was the his power."

She looks at Mikey, sleeping peacefully in his father's lap, "Mikey said something about Master hurting your Alec?"

Magnus2 nods, "Emil and another warlock, Rogan, were going to declare war against the ShadowHunters with the boy as their weapon. But Mistress Destiny had other plans. They were going to grab a ShadowHunter, cut off his runes and deliver his dead body to the Institute as a message that they wanted respect."

"Emil and Rogan? I don't know them."

"They were from Pennsylvania. They got tossed out by the High Warlock and ended up here in Brooklyn."

"So they grabbed your Alec?"

Magnus nods, "They were told of a ShadowHunter who used the subway on a regular basis. They watched him for over a week then grabbed him when he was coming home."

"How do you know all this?"

"Emil kept a journal after he obtained the baby. He jotted down observations of the baby's growth. How the boy's powers were developing. How he got angry when the boy wanted affection. How he disciplined the boy with a wooden spoon."

AU!Catarina's eyes narrow, "What the hell did Mikey do that he needed to be disciplined for? He was only a baby."

"Emil didn't want his weapon to talk."

"Are you kidding me, Magnus?"

Magnus2 shakes his head, "From what I read in his journal, Emil forbid Mikey from talking. Mikey's first couple of days with us, he was silent. But when he woke from a nightmare, he called for 'Daddy'."

"My God, that's horrible."

"Yes, the last entry in the journal is, tonight our respect begins with a dead shadowhunter."

She refills their glasses with a flick of her hand, "Your Alec."

Magnus2 nods. He looks down at the sleeping warlock in his lap and hugs Mikey tight, then kisses his son's head. He flicks his hand and Mikey's glamour disappears, "When I walked into that room, I saw two dead bodies and my angel laying on the floor. This beautiful boy had Alec's head resting on his legs and a hand raised to protect him. Emil had this grand plan of Mikey walking into the Institute and slaughtering all the ShadowHunters there. Instead, his weapon was used to protect a ShadowHunter against him."

AU!Catarina gently reaches over and touches the red mark on Mikey's scalp. She runs a finger down the red mark on his forearm, "Mistress Destiny is wise."

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, she is. Mikey also has the red mark on the bottom of both his feet to mid calf. Anyway, once I convinced him that I wasn't a threat, he let me come closer. I picked Alexander up and we left. When Maxine showed up, she fell in love with him. She named him 'Mikey'. The rest is history."

"Wow."

Magnus2 nods, "Wow indeed."

She smiles, "So how did you and your Alec meet?"

"I followed him into the Institute when he was seven."

"You did what?"

Magnus2 laughs, "Actually Max's Poppa and I both followed a seven year old Alec through the streets of Manhattan. Except he protected Alec from afar and I invoked order 144.45."

AU!Catarina smiles, "I haven't heard anybody use that order for ShadowHunters."

"True, but that doesn't mean it can't be, especially for the young son of the Heads of the Institute walking through New York at the late hours of the night."

"Oh, Maryse and Robert's heads must have exploded when you invoked the order."

"Yes, they did. But they had to back down and allow me to take Alec to the safety of my loft."

"Oh my God, Magnus, I wish I could have seen their faces. Priceless. So your Alec has been living with you since he was seven?"

Magnus2 nods, "In the bedroom to the left of mine. It's now Maxine's room. Mikey's bedroom is to the right. We were married when he was twenty."

"That's incredible."

"It is."

"Is Maxine a warlock as well?"

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, she is also blue skinned like Max. Her mother left her by the door of the loft when she was a baby."

"And Max?"

"Baby Max was left outside the Institute."

"How did he end up with you, I mean that other Magnus and Alec?"

"They were still in the Institute at the time and from what I remember, the baby was screaming until Alec held him."

AU!Catarina smiles, "Not sure about your Alec, but I find it funny to think of this world's Alec holding a blue baby."

Magnus2 nods, "As far back as I can remember, I've had no love for the Lightwood family, and yet I fell hard for Alexander. We all have and I believe none of us would change that."

She nods, "When Alec first got sick, Magnus accepted it as fate. He figured fifty five years was long enough to be with the man that he loves. Then as Alec got sicker and he went blind and deaf, Magnus asked me if it was selfish of him to find a way to save Alec. We had no idea what was wrong with him, so we had no way of reversing it. I would sit with Alec and hear Magnus in the other bedroom," She smiles as she looks at Mikey, "His room. Magnus would beg Mistress Destiny to help him. He didn't just beg her, but he pleaded. And cried, oh Magnus, how that man cried, it broke my heart."

A tissue appears in her hand and she wipes her eyes, then continues, "Yesterday, when I dropped by after my shift at the hospital, Magnus greeted me with a hug and a name."

Magnus2 smiles, "Max."

She nods, "Yes, he said that he was directed to open a portal window and observe what was going on. Magnus still had the window open and he sat me down, so I could watch. It was amazing. There was an Alec about to get mugged and Max calmly kept him safe."

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, that is how I found out about Max and his world as well."

"Magnus told me that he knew of other worlds where he and Alec were together. He found it comforting to know that no matter what, he and Alec were meant to be together. He had checked those other worlds to see if they held a clue on how to save Alec but they didn't. Until he found that world where Max intervened. After he showed me that, he went back to the other worlds and we found out that Max had actually jumped into them and put things right, I guess you can say."

Magnus2 nods, "He definitely does that. Max had a vision about my Alec getting killed and we were able to save him."

AU!Catarina squeezes Magnus2's arm as she gently says, "Max's father mentioned he was stabbed in the Institute."

Magnus2 shakes his head, "Oh no, this was before that happened. He was killed by demons controlled by his father."

"Robert?"

Magnus2 nods, "Yes, that also seems to be a common theme in all the worlds, what a crappy father he was."

AU!Catarina sniffs, "Yeah. So after seeing all that Max had accomplished in the other worlds, Magnus hoped that Max could help our Alec. Magnus prayed and Mistress Destiny answered."

Magnus2 nods, "Mistress Destiny takes care of us."

"That she does."

Magnus2 smiles as Mikey's eyes slowly open, "Hello there."

Mikey giggles, "Hello, Poppa." He looks at AU!Catarina, "Hello, Catarina."

She smiles, "Did you have a nice nap."

Mikey nods, "Uh huh, where's Daddy?"

Magnus2 laughs, "I think he and Maxine should be home by now." Magnus2 puts Mikey on his feet, "Ready to go?"

"Yes, Poppa."

"Say goodbye to Catarina."

Mikey walks over and hugs her, "Goodbye Other Catarina."

She holds him tight and kisses his forehead, "You are beautiful."

Mikey giggles, "You are too."

She stands and hugs Magnus2, "Thank you so much for helping."

Magnus2 smiles, "You're welcome." He holds Mikey's hand and opens a portal. Mikey waves to her as they walk through. The portal closes.

AU!Catarina smiles as she walks into the kitchen. She'll give Magnus a couple of days to enjoy a healthy Alec, then it's her turn.

-tbc-

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I can already see all the Mikey is precious comments. Not that I'm blaming you, because he is. :D