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Chapter8-

A Winning Combination

Raphael and Izzy realize just how much they have in common…

Notes:

Sorry about the wait guys, I really wanted to go through and read the entire thing to proof and everything.

But I did get an outline for the last 5 chapters…so that should help a lot. Hopefully I can pick up the pace now…

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Flashback:

"Magnus…what I- I can't wear this!" Alec stammered, blushing trying in vain to shrug the glaringly bright, shimmery purple shirt Magnus was trying to fasten on him, off.

Magnus pouted,

"Oh…but it's so pretty, and you're so pretty…so it works" he insisted, using the shirt to tug him into a playful kiss.

Alec stopped batting his hands away, slipping his arm around Magnus, kissing him back.

Magnus used the distraction to finish doing up the buttons on the ridicules shirt.

He pulled back, grinning triumphantly

Alec blinked slightly dazed, dreamy smile on his face before glancing down

"Hey! You tricked me!"

"But you liked it!" Magnus countered grinning playfully, standing back to admire his handiwork.

Raphael shook his head, rolling his eyes…

They'd been like that for hours. Once Alec agreed (Okay, well, once they'd dragged him here) Magnus basically decided he was his own, personal doll, and taken to putting him in the most garish outfits he could find.

The girl working the counter was paying them no mind, typing away happily on her phone, probably shopping for all the things she'd buy from the commission from this sale.

Raphael had tried to interject some semblance of subtly and taste into the crazy, but had since given up, letting Magnus have his fun.

It was fine, when Magnus was distracted playing dress up with Alec he and Izzy had picked out some decent, normal, suits and such for the hopelessly fashion challenged detective.

They had several bags, now he was basically just letting Magnus play…

They were happy, they deserved it.

It was sweet…

Simon would have been ecstatic.

He sighed, faintly

"What's wrong?" Izzy asked leaning casually against him, propping her elbow on his shoulder…

In her gold stilettos she'd insisted on getting to match her new outfit she was a few inches taller than him, making it fairly easy.

He shook his head

"I just wish Simon was with us for this…he would have loved all of this"

She nodded sympathetically

"Yeah, he would…but it's okay...we took lots of pictures" she said, lifting Alec's phone, snapping a few more pictures, including a selfie of the two of them…

"He'll just be happy to see them so happy…he's really great like that" she assured

Raphael smiled, nodding faintly

"Yeah, he really is…I can't believe I got so lucky…He's way too good for me."

She shook her head

"No he's not, you're both good for each other… you are exactly what the other needs…you balance each other…

That's why it works."

He gave a soft, real smile at that.

"Thanks"

She nodded, snapping another picture of him before turning back to Alec and Magnus.

Magnus looked over Alec, frowning slightly,

"No…you're right...that's not you…I think it's more me" he said nodding,

With that he reached down, grabbed the hem of his own shirt and tugged it off without a second thought, tossing it carelessly to the side.

Alec flushed brightly, eyes as wide as saucers, staring at Magnus totally dumbfounded.

Magnus reached up, undoing the buttons and sliding it off of Alec, slipping it on himself instead.

Of course it's Magnus, the ridicules color and sparkles looked fine on HIM.

"You are so gorgeous," Alec murmured, shaking his head

Magnus gave a delighted smile, reaching up, brushing his hand against his cheek.

"Thank you, my darling Detective"

Alec frowned slightly

"I know you probably hear that all the time"

"But not from you"

"Still I wish I could think of something special to say…"

Magnus shook his head

"It's from you…that makes it special"

Alec gave a soft huff of a laugh…shaking his head

"I don't know how you do that…make everything better…you really are one of a kind"

"So are you, Sweetha…" he trailed off, freezing

Alec tilted his head in concern

"Wha-?"

"I got it! I solved it!" Magnus said excitedly, bouncing slightly

He grabbed Alec's hand, tugging impatiently

"Come on! We have to go! I know where to find it, but we have to hurry!"

With that he turned and rushed for the door

"I-w-what, but, Wait, Magnus! I don't have a shirt!" he stammered, trying to rush after him

Raphael shook his head, quickly grabbing a green shirt he and Izzy had picked out when Magnus was playing, tossing it to Alec, before quickly handing his card over to the girl at the counter.

"Here, just ring what we have, I'll pick it up tomorrow," he told her dismissively

"What? Wait! Where are you going?" She asked totally baffled

He shrugged

"Crazy most likely" he muttered rushing out the door trying to catch up with the others…

Raphael gasped faintly,

"I remember!"

"I remember!"

He and Alec startled, glancing at each other, the rest of the group staring at them expectantly…

"I remember us at the apartment… sitting around, relaxing, and Magnus decided we had to go to the club…Me and you didn't want to go, and I tried to say I didn't have anything to wear…

You all took that as a challenge"

Raphael chuckled, nodding faintly so relieved to finally have an actual memory of the day…even just one, it was a start.

"Mine must have been after that…we were at the last clothing store, Magnus was trying every ridiculous thing he could find on you, then he said 'I solved it' and basically ran out the door…wait…find your phone, there should be pictures!"

Alec nodded quickly,

"Whe-"

"There are a few behind the bar, that's where we put the ones we fine when the club closes down." Dot offered, standing up with the rest of them, moving out of the office towards the bar.

Simon hit the button on his phone, calling Alec's

The tune sounded,

They followed it, finding the phone.

Alec quickly slid the screen, opening it, then froze, blushing brightly

"Umm…"

His background had changed,

It used to just cycle through random nature backgrounds…

Now it had a picture of Magnus giving a flirty, mischievous smirk…

Shirtless…

In rather low slung, distressed dark blue jeans…

Alec's eyes were so wide Raphael wondered if it was medically possible for them to actually come out…

He looked like he might hyperventilate.

Also, his mouth was nearly hanging open, and he hadn't blinked once…

"U-umm…well…t-that's, uhh…that is umm…" he trailed off, still not blinking, trying to look away, but still glancing back..blushing more.

Raphael sighed,

Well, this was getting them nowhere…

He shook his head, reaching over and plucking the phone out of his hand

"Hey!-" Alec stammered, reaching for it, before blushing, glancing away sheepishly

"Alec, relax, I just want to see what other pictures are on here… it seemed we were snapping them most of the night…

I'm just seeing if we have any other clues…

I'll give it back"

"O-okay, I just didn't want to lose it again…that's all" he said, quickly, still blushing.

Magnus smiled at him, giving a playful wink, before shrugging unconcerned…he'd never really been self-conscious,

Dot gave a loud laugh

Simon coughed slightly…though it sounded like a cover as well.

Kevin blushed brightly, glancing away from the screen.

Jace didn't blatantly staring…which caused Izzy to elbow him, none too gently

Raphael appreciated that…

Saved him the trouble.

He turned back to the phone, flipping through the pictures, looking for anything they could use, relieved to have some real, solid proof of the night before.

Maybe they could finally get some answers…

He'd kind of prefer those answers not come in the form of 'sexy' shirtless Magnus photos…but still…Progress…

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Izzy

"Make sure you don't delete anything…it could be evidence, and i-"

"Alec, I know how to work a phone"

Raphael snapped, rolling his eyes, flicking through the photos.

Hundreds of photos…Literally…

Alec had about twenty photos on his phone Friday…now he had 382…

This was going to take a while

She had to hide a chuckle. Alec was watching Raphael like a hawk (A blushing, stammering hawk, but still…) so worried he'd do something and delete that picture of Magnus.

She just hoped that was the most risqué thing on there…

She loved Magnus, and objectively he's really hot, but she really didn't want to see any of that.

She peered over Raphael's shoulder, watching the pictures, looking for anything to pop out.

"So, anything else important in the flashback?" she asked (They'd taken to calling them that, it seemed to fit), leaning closer, watching the photos fly by.

He shook his head

"No, not really…It seemed like we'd been going for a while, and I was getting kind of fed up with them, but they were happy so it was tolerable…and I was wishing Simon was with us…"

"Aww…" Simon said, leaning closer, kissing his cheek, glancing over his other shoulder

He'd somehow got between the phone and Alec on Raphael's other side…Alec didn't seem too pleased by that, but it was Simon and you couldn't really stay mad at the guy…it was like trying to stay mad at a puppy.

"Oh, wait!" he said, resting his hand over Raphaels, stopping him

"What, do you see something?"

He nodded, reaching over, clicking on one of the thumbnails, pulling the picture up to full size.

"That's not evidence…that's just a picture of me"

"Yeah, but you're smiling and it's really cute"

Raphael huffed, rolling his eyes. Simon clicked on the picture and sent it to his phone

"Okay, you can keep going" he said, smiling

Raphael shook his head, but couldn't help a slight smile at his boyfriend.

He glanced at the photo…

"Wait, I think that might actually be helpful…I think this is one of the pictures I remember Izzy taking"

He flicked forward a few more, spotting Alec in a garish purple shirt, he nodded excitedly.

"Yeah, this is what I remember"

"Okay, that you can delete" Alec muttered, a few of the other's snickered.

Alec glanced back at the photo, then over at Magnus raising his eyebrow

"Exactly how out of it were you?"

Magnus chuckled, leaning against his side

"Oh, it's not that bad"

"Yes it is" Jace muttered

Raphael seemed to agree, nodding, but getting a slight smirk…

Huh…

She didn't know what was coming next, but figured it'd be fun, she leaned closer to see.

"Yeah…Magnus decided it wasn't really your style" he said, smirking, flicking through the photos.

The next photo showed Magnus frown, then reach down, tugging his own shirt up and over his head, toss it aside before reaching forward and beginning deftly unfastening the button while Alec stood stock still, frozen, eyes wide, mouth open…

Much like he was now…

"Umm…I don't know if we should be watching this" Kevin said, blushing brightly, glancing away,

"Maybe we should let Alec and Magnus go through first, just in case…"

Alec smiled gratefully

"Thank you Kevin…have I mentioned how glad I am to have you along with this group…"

He absolutely beamed at that

"Thanks Alec" he said almost giddy

Jace glanced between him and Alec suspiciously

"Umm…so…I didn't ask, how did you end up with them today? Did you like, get assigned the case or something?"

Kevin laughed, shaking his head

"Oh, no…I was just getting off shift when I heard Magnus's phone. Figured an extra pair of eyes wouldn't hurt, and really any opportunity to see Alec and Magnus work is just amazing. Alec gave a demonstration when I was at academy and since then I've heard a lot about his cases…

His record is amazing. Then when he and Magnus started working together

Wow!

I still can't believe I actually know them! Much less get to work cases with them!"

"Uhh…y-yeah…" Jace said, deflating slightly.

Izzy shook her head faintly…

Yeah, Jace was kind of striking out there.

He shook his head, sighing slightly, before turning, glancing over at Clary, with a faint smirk,

Oh, hell no! Go back to hitting on Kevin…

"Oh, hey…I'm Jace by the way. In all this I don't think we've met, and you are?"

"A lesbian witch…"

"Who's dating your sister" Izzy interjected pointedly

Clary gave her a bright smile, slipping closer

"We're dating?"

Izzy nodded

"Yup…how's Saturday?"

She shrugged

"Kind of far away…"

"Hmm…you're right…what's better for you?"

"I don't have any plans tonight…"

Izzy chuckled, nodding, slipping her arm around Clary

"It's a date then"

Magnus chuckled, shaking his head

""Umm…so…w-when you say witch…you don't mean, like powers or whatever…right?" Jace joked

She shrugged

"Don't cross me and you won't have to worry about it" she said sweetly,

He startled at that, looking at the others for some kind of reassurance

Magnus shrugged

"What? I'm a psychic…I have very eclectic friends…

You've met Raphael."

Raphael gave a faint nod at Jace, sending a sharp smirk and wink his way…

Jace moved over a bit further, glancing at Alec

He chuckled, leaning a bit closer to Magnus, slipping his arm around his waist.

"Alec?" Jace asked

"I don't know…I generally don't believe in spells and curses and all that…Though…she DID make a tea to bring back our memories…

Which is working…" he trailed off with a shrug

"Uhh…you made a tea at?"

"My Occult shop"

His eyes widened

"Y-you're"

"Yup, everything a pagan, wiccan, witch or anything else could ever need for spells, charms, curses…all that fun stuff" she smirked, before stilling, tilting her head…

"Wait…Jace? You're the one who started this whole mess, Aren't you?"

"Umm…N-no…my f"

She giggled faintly, glancing away

"What?" he asked

"Oh, I was just thinking how funny you'd look bald" she said innocently, smiling sweetly

His eyes widened

"I-I, but th-"

"Hey! Shut up, I have something" Raphael interrupted Jace's panic,

They all moved closer, trying to see…

"Look!"

"Um…Raph, darling…that's a floor"

"Yes, it is…it's the floor at the precinct…and it's time stamped 12:15. So that's when we went back there…when you must have left your phone.

So we went back to the precinct, looking through the case file again…we must have found some kind of link…

I don't know what…

I don't know how this translates to us ending up with the crossbow m-

Flashback:

"Shh!" she whispers loudly as tumble through the window landing with a soft thud. They make their way through the first floor of the house, Magnus and Alec going round back, Her and Raphael coming through the front, keeping low to the ground, trying to search stealthily

She opened the closet,

"Now if I was a stolen crossbow…where would I be?" she mumbles

Raphael chuckles

"Shh!" she hisses

"You shh!" Raphael counters glancing in a chest next to the coffee table

"I am shushing" she says rather loudly

"Well you need to shush quieter!"

"I'm shushing plenty quiet!"

"No you're n-"

"Hey! Who are you and what are you doing in my house!"

"Shh!" She says

The blond man stares in confusion…lowering the flashlight. He doesn't seem to have noticed Raphael, who ducks behind the couch, just barely peeking out.

"W-what?"

"Uhh…I umm…Hi" she said, giving a slightly flirty smile

"You're cute"

He seemed more confused

She tries again

"I-I think I got the wrong house…I'm staying at a friends and I kinda had too much to drink and I lost the key she gave me, so I came through the window…I think she lives across the street"

"Umm…in the blue house?"

"Yeah!"

"That's been abandoned for three years"

"I mean the one next to the blue house"

"Your friend is Linda?"

"Uh, huh"

"Linda's 86, and hates everyone but her cats…"

"Um, I-Well, you see…t-the thing about that is that th-"

"We got it! let's GO!" Magnus shouts, running past her and Raphael, Alec close behind, carrying the crossbow above his head.

"Hey! What th-" the blond man spins in confusion, she turns to go after them, he catches her arm,

She whirls around on reflex, stomps his foot, twists out of his hold, using her momentum to bring him down, hard, he hits the ground with a bit more force than she intended, sprawling on the floor, unmoving…

"Oh hell" she mutters

"Did you kill him?" Raphael asks, curiously, not upset, just curious, raising an eyebrow

She shrugs

"I'unno"

"Well, if he's not dead, he's gonna be mad, we can't leave him here"

She tilts her head

"Basement?"

"Basement"

She gasps…

"Uh…guys…we may have a slight problem…"

_End Of Chapter Notes_

Okay, I don't know…I just don't…Figure Jace had to hit on Clary…I like him being kind of afraid of her…

And him hear Kevin fangirling over Alec and Magnus.

And being jealous...

And I love the flashback

(Don't worry, he's fine.)

I really love Raphael and Izzy as a team…they'd be terrifyingly unstoppable.

O28O

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