Five days… five days.
Magnus was impressed. He didn't want to admit it but he didn't think that Alexander would be able to stay away for this long. He had made it obvious during his last visit that he wanted him… he just wasn't allowed to have him. Magnus had been deliberately avoiding all of the Shadowhunters. If Alec was going to make any contact with him then he was going to be the one to initiate it. Life's too short to be afraid all the time.
The familiar sound of his cell ringing brought Magnus out of his daze. Sighing he reached over and picked it up.
"Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn speak-
"Magnus! Magnus oh my God!", Isabelle's voice screamed down the line.
"Isabelle? Calm down, tell me whats-
"It's Alec! He's hurt! There was an attack, H- Hodge was helping V-Valentine. He's here. Valentines here!", her voice was shaking with fear, completely out of character for her. It only took Magnus seconds to rise to his feet and let the magic fill up in him.
"Don't worry. I'm coming", he said hanging up the phone, before running directly at the wall and vanishing into thin air.
He appeared inside the Institute. Exactly where he wanted to be. He recognised the corridors in front of him. Running towards him was Isabelle, her whip hanging free in her right hand. It didn't take long for Magnus to realise that she was running not just to him, but away from something. Seven ravenor demons that came into view at the other end of the corridor answered his question. He dropped his hands to his sides before walking slowly towards them, chanting in a demonic language. Isabelle looked at him. He was speaking in a sort of mumble, barely audible. Her eyes widened when she looked up and saw that the demons had nearly reached them.
"Magnus! Do something!"
His eyes glowed golden. Alec loved when they did that. He began to raise his hands into the air and stopped speaking altogether. They were only a few metres away. Isabelle looked on in horror, ready to let a scream escape her, but instead Magnus was the one to shout. Just one word.
Remortum.
And with that the surge of energy that had been building was realesed. Completely annihilating the demons with one blow. Isabelle stared at him in amazement and utter shock not able to speak.
"Come on! We have to get to Alec!", Magnus shouted, pulling her to her feet. The journey to the infirmary consisted mostly of Magnus killing everything in his path and Isabelle pushing open doors for them to run through. The Institute was completely overrun. There were demons everywhere.
"Can't you just kill them all?", Isabelle shouted at him whilst they ran. "Can you do that thing again?"
"I need to save my energy for Alec, I need to be careful. My father could be here helping Valentine for all I know", Magnus explained. When they finally reached the infirmary doors Magnus's heart sank to his stomach. The sound of Alec screaming out in agony filled the hall causing Magnus to run over to him.
"I need you to leave", he said to Isabelle. "Go back there and fight, go get help. I need to be alone to concentrate."
Too worried to argue, Isabelle just nodded before running out of the room leaving Magnus to deal with her brother. Alec's broken body lay across one of the infirmary beds. Beads of sweat were glistening on his skin and his blue eyes were wide with fear and pain. He didn't even realise that Magnus was there. The pain was excruciating, everywhere felt broken. Deep down he knew that was probably the case. His body had been thrown against the wall. He could still feel the demon's tentacles grabbing has torso and piercing his skin, causing its venom to enter his body. Almost immediately it had started to make its way towards his heart leaving Alec's body writhing in pain. Waves of pain kept sweeping repeatedly over his body. So bad that he kept slipping in and out of consciousness.
"I'm here Alec", Magnus whispered sweeping his hands over Alec's body, slowly drawing the poison out. He winced when Alec started to scream. "It's going to hurt first before it gets better", he said. Alec's screaming made Magnus almost want to cry. Without thinking he grabbed one of Alec's hands that was gripping the bed sheets. Quickly he began chanting, dark magic, forbidden magic. Almost immediately Magnus felt that pain that Alec was experiencing, as he continued to take it from him. It was almost unbearable, even for Magnus. It felt like forever until Alec relaxed, showing Magnus that no more of the poison was left in his system. He got to see Alec slowly open his eyes again and look at him before he collapsed to the ground.
