I really need to stop hurting Alec, and giving Magnus and Max stress.
Hold my hand as Max figures out what is wrong with his Daddy and fixes it.
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Max walks out of the portal and runs into his bedroom. He grabs his laptop and runs to the kitchen table. He powers it up and sits down. Max taps on the keyboard waiting for it to boot up.
He glares at the laptop and creates a portal window. He doesn't have time for slow laptops, his Daddy needs to be fixed NOW. It's weird looking at HIS fathers timeline with a window, more fun actually being there but right now, he needs to find out what happened and find it fast.
He sees Daddy in a bed. He watches as a small portal opens up and a blue toddler walks out. Max smiles as he realizes that the baby is himself.
Daddy looks at the blue baby speechless. Baby!Max giggles as he climbs on the bed and tries to kiss his Daddy.
Daddy grabs the baby with both hands and holds him at arms length as the toddler giggles and reaches for him. Baby!Max in between giggles says, "Daddy."
Poppa runs in, "Alec, how are you?"
Daddy doesn't look up as he continues to keep Baby!Max from kissing him.
Poppa walks over to the bed and finally gets Daddy's attention. Daddy asks him, "Is this your kid?"
Poppa stares at him. Max sighs.
Aunt Izzy walks in and tells Poppa, "Outside." They leave the room.
Max taps on the table, when does Poppa fix Daddy?
Daddy gently puts Baby!Max on the floor. Poppa walks back into the room.
Baby!Max smiles at Poppa, "Daddy sick."
Max nods.
Poppa smiles weakly at him, "Yes he is."
Daddy looks from one to the other then shrugs, "So where am I, and why am I here?"
Max takes a deep breath, this sounds too familiar.
Poppa rubs his thumb over his fingers, "You are safe."
"That didn't answer my question." He notices his wedding band, "I'm married?"
Baby!Max giggles, "To Poppa."
Max's eyes widen, oh shit.
Daddy looks at the toddler and shrugs, "Yeah okay." He notices the runes on his arms, "What the hell are these strange tattoos?"
Poppa whispers, "They're runes."
Max shakes his head, could this get any worse?
"Runes?"
Poppa nods.
Daddy glares at Poppa and gets out of the bed. He goes into the bathroom and looks in the mirror. He sees the love and deflect/block runes on his neck. He pulls up his tshirt and sees the runes on his chest.
Max taps on the table, when does Poppa fix him?
Baby!Max walks into the bathroom and sits on the floor.
Poppa walks over and stands by the doorway. Daddy glares at him, "Okay, what freaky shit is going on here?"
Max blinks back tears, it just got worse.
Baby!Max looks up at Poppa, "Poppa fix Daddy."
Max nods, yes Poppa fix him.
Poppa walks into the bathroom. Daddy backs away from him in fear but Poppa reaches out and touches the love rune. Max relaxes as it glows blue, but he screams as Daddy's eyes roll back and he collapses. Poppa grabs him and they fall to the floor together.
Poppa holds Daddy as he whispers, "Alec, come back to me, please. I'm not ready to lose you."
Max rubs his thumb over his fingers, as tears roll down his face. Poppa is crying but Baby!Max is calm.
Baby!Max, after a few minutes walks over to them, "Daddy better."
Daddy gives him a weak smile, "Hey blueberry."
Max wipes his eyes, as Baby!Max giggles and kisses his Daddy's face.
Daddy looks at Poppa, "Magnus? Why are we sitting on the floor? By the angel, Magnus what happened?"
Poppa holds him tight as Baby!Max giggles.
Max glances at the laptop and sees that it's finally ready. He doesn't need to see anymore, THIS is not the cause of Daddy's present condition. He closes the portal window and starts typing.
He taps on the keyboard as he waits for the program to give him answers.
He looks at the timeline and sees that Daddy was attacked by an Obliti demon again, six months later. Poppa never mentioned a second attack.
Max digs deeper and sees that this time, the love rune wasn't able to fix him AND the cure didn't heal him completely. It was only able to restore some of Daddy's memories. The Silent Brothers tried to restore the rest but they failed. And the cure was only a temporary thing because Daddy kept losing what memories he had, every six months or so.
Max pushes the laptop away when he sees Daddy tell Poppa that the next time he loses his memories, he wants Poppa to end his suffering.
Max takes a deep breath, pulls the laptop back and types. He finally gets a time to portal to. He syncs up his phone. Max stands, and creates a portal. Time to save Daddy.
He walks out of the portal and finds himself on Kings Highway. It's nighttime. He sees Daddy calmly walking towards the subway station. Max walks behind him. Max hears a woman scream, but only Daddy reacts to it. He starts running. Max follows.
They go down a side street. Daddy takes out his seraph blade and looks around. Max notices a demon sitting high up on a ledge waiting. Max narrows his eyes. He flicks his wrist and a garbage can crashes to the ground. Daddy runs over to check it out. The demon leaps from the ledge and Max hits it with a fireball. The demon is destroyed.
Daddy shrugs as he eyes the turned over garbage can. His phone rings.
Daddy takes it out of his pocket and smiles. Max giggles, he can tell by the twinkle in his father's eyes who is calling him. Poppa.
Daddy answers the phone, "Yes Magnus?"
Max giggles, I was right.
"I'm almost at the subway now."
"No Magnus, I don't need a portal."
Max nods, yes you do Daddy.
Daddy giggles, "Fine, you win."
Max's eyes widen as he sees the love rune glow blue and seconds later a portal opens up a few feet away from Daddy. Daddy walks through and is gone.
Max smiles, Daddy is safe. He creates a portal and returns to the loft.
He refreshes the screen on the laptop and smiles as the attack disappears. He checks the timeline and all the events caused by the second attack also are gone. Things are back to normal. Max turns off the laptop and closes it.
He takes a deep breath and creates a portal to the Institute. He crosses his fingers and hopes that Daddy is back to normal, as well.
-tbc-
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I hear you cursing me out. I still love you. xoxoox