A/N: I don't have an excuse! It's been too long. But good news is, I actually have a plan for this fic now! Hope you all enjoy!
Alec's heart stopped but his fist didn't. He aggressively punched Aldertree directly in the nose, knocking him down long enough to carry Magnus' twitching body out of the awful office. "it's going to be okay Magnus... you're going to be okay..." he was saying to himself more than his boyfriend. Runes didn't work on warlocks, a proven fact. While they're claimed to be deadly, there hadn't been enough cases to be a fact. That was the only thing keeping Alec sane as he sprinted the first bedroom he saw.
Jace followed right behind Alec, calling out for any doctor he could find. Isabelle and Clary were not much farther behind, Izzy with a phone to her ear, calling Catarina and telling her the situation. Magnus groaned loudly, clutching hard at his wrist where the stele was placed.
Alec placed his love down on the bed with shaking hands and pulled over a chair and sat down next to him. He kissed Magnus' forehead as he went, holding back the tears behind his eyes the best he could. Never in his wildest dreams did he ever see Magnus being gone before he did. The thought made his stomach do flips and he quickly pushed it out of his mind. Magnus would be okay, he was sure of it. He had lived for hundreds of years. Surely a stele wouldn't kill him off just like that.
Just then, Catarina came bursting in the door. Her white hair was in a neat braid down the right side of her head and she was still in scrubs. The only thing that was out of the norm was the look of concern for her close friend laying on the bed.
"Hello Alec. What exactly happened?" Catarina said breathlessly, hurrying to her friends side. Her fingers were already bursting with magic before she had gotten to Magnus.
"Clary created a new rune, making us see some of each others memories. She put it on me but for some reason it showed up on Magnus as well.
It- the first one didn't hurt him. But uh, Aldertree held him down and the bastard tried to draw a rune on him. Is he okay?"
"I'm going to need you to leave the room. I'm sorry, Alec, but this magic is too powerful and it could hurt you. I'll get you as soon as I'm finished." Catarina said quickly, never taking her eyes away from her old friend.
"I understand, I have a certain diplomat to yell at anyway," Alec said, with no humor in his voice, turning towards the door.
"Hey Alec? He's going to be okay."
Alec turned around to face the blue warlock, nodding before leaving, closing the door behind him and putting his face in his hands. The thought of Magnus, the love of his life. The best thing that had ever happened to him, gone? Magnus was endgame for Alec. He could never fall in love with anyone else. Nothing like what he had with Magnus. The smartest, funniest, most powerful and, for the record, most attractive man he had ever met. Just eating Chinese takeout on the the floor of their apartment made Alec happier than he had ever thought possible.
With the sadness suddenly came the anger. At that jackass who broke the law and hurt his warlock. He started looking, room after room, for Aldertree, when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Alec? How is he? Magnus, I mean." Clary said, playing with her hair nervously.
"Uh, I don't know. Catarina said the magic she was using to heal him was too powerful for me to be around. She kicked me out. She said he should be okay. But, it was probably only to help me feel better." Alec's voice was shaking so much it took a little work to understand what he was saying.
"Magnus has helped me in so many ways, with my Mom, Jace, Simon, Luke, and pretty much everyone in my life. I will do anything to save him, Alec. I know how much you two love each other. It's kind of amazing, really." Clary said, looking into Alec's eyes, a small smile on her face.
"Thanks, Clary." Alec said back, trying to smile, but it only came out as barely a smirk.
"Clary, Alec. Come tell Mom and Dad what happened" Jace said, coming up behind Alec and placing a hand on his shoulder. Alec and Jace made eye contact, reading eachother in a way only parabatai could. Clary nodded at her boyfriend and followed the two boys out, looking towards Magnus' room with a worried glance.