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As soon as the Seelie queen left out of the room, one of the lumps on the floor moved. More like, the lump popped up like a daisy. A daisy with a spring in its stem.

"Elijah forgot to drug me!" Maia said as she raced the incredibly short distance to where I lay, nearly passed out, on the floor. She stopped short when she got a good look at me. "I knew she worked you over, but you look worse than I thought. Can you heal yourself?"

I didn't say anything for a moment. I was so tired and in more pain than I had been in a while.

I finally spoke. "Please, I can barely blink right now. But I've had worse." I lied to her, although we both knew she wasn't buying it. "Don't worry about me."

"They didn't drug me. I have to take advantage of that. I have to leave as soon a possible. I heard one of the vampires saying something about David leading the shadowhunters into the hotel Dumont tonight. That can't be good. I have to get out of here while I still have the energy to fight back."

"You won't make it without my help." I reminded her.

"But you can't even do anything. You said so yourself. Magnus, I can't let their slip up go to waste. I have to try. You never know, I might get lucky."

I was all too ready to just close my eyes and drift off, but what this new information meant that the situation merited expeditious actions that much more.

"Maia, if anyone finds you outside of this room, they may torture you worse than what they've done already. They might kill you." My words were coming out so slowly. I wanted her to understand me, but my mouth was still swollen.

"I am not underestimating them. If I don't do this, like right now, so many will be kidnapped or killed. You might think it is impossible for me, but I have to do this, Magnus. And I'm also worried about Bat and the rest of these people here. Being passed out for days can't be good for them."

"Then give yourself the best shot at it. Let me help you."

Maia looked at me questioningly, but nodded.

I reached my hands out to hers. "Give me some of your strength. I'll take the spells off of this room and the building, so you can get out. Once I do that, I'll return it to you."

Maia sucked in her breath, but only nodded once again.

I took her hands. It was hard to not think about doing this a while ago, back on the East River, with Alec. He had done it so selflessly. At that time I hadn't wanted to take too much. This time, I also didn't, but for different reasons.

One reason was that we needed Maia to be as strong as possible in case she had to fight and she was already at a weakened state, as it was. I had no doubt in my mind that she would probably end up fighting anyway, because once she got out she would help the shadowhunters.

Another reason was because I didn't want to heal myself too fast. If the queen of the faeries came back in, she would see that my magic was stronger and just get Elijah to drug me or smoke me out again. And probably go at me with her whip again.

As it was, my energy was so low and my injuries were bad enough that I worried about draining Maia just to get the little energy that I needed to remove spells from this building.

Luckily, the process didn't take too long.

I made her wait until we were sure no one was lurking around outside our room. The guard outside was even gone. Then, Maia gave me a very careful hug and promised to come back with Alec to get me out.

Then she was gone.

I laid there on the ground, a bit more spent than before, if that was possible, but I wanted to give Maia as much energy as I could.

I could only wish and hope that she made it out without being spotted. The plan was for her to change into wolf form if she came across anyone. She would be more able to protect herself that way.

The plan for me was to rest up and hope that I was left alone until Alec, or hell, even Jace, could free me.

Of course, my plan was interrupted.

The door slammed open about 30 minutes after Maia had left. I thought it would be the Seelie queen, but, most unfortunately, it was Elijah.

I had been drifting in and out of a semi-state of consciousness, but he made enough noise to wake me up instantly. He stood there, just grinning at me for a second.

"Can I help you?" I asked him, my words coming out funny.

He laughed. "I doubt that very much. The queen wants me to move you. She's ready for your answer."

Ah. She wanted to know if I was going to betray the shadowhunters.

Elijah's grin fell a bit when I remained silent. "Well?"

"Well what?"

"What's your answer? Agree, or more torture?" His grin was back.

"I would prefer to just tell her, if you don't mind."

That fucking idiot had the nerve to grab a handful of my hair and yank. I just had to figure out a way to turn the tables on this fool. Nobody yanks my damn hair.

"Your answer, now." He growled at me.

"Tell her I said you bitches can choke on it."

That was met with a heavy punch to my jaw.

I passed out almost immediately.

When I came to, once I oriented myself somewhat, I realized that I was in the Hotel Dumont.

Sadly, I also realized that I was hog-tied and that the Seelie queen and Elijah were standing over me.

"What is your decision, Bane?" The faerie asked.

"I will never side with you." I managed, once I found my voice. There was definitely blood dripping down my face again.

"You say that now, little warlock." The queen leaned down to caress my cheek. The one that was clean. "I suspect you will change your tune very soon."

I swung my head out of her reach as much as I could. She exchanged a dark laugh with Elijah.

I heard footsteps and some shuffling.

The queen spoke to someone who had just entered the room.

"Ah. David. I have been expecting you. I see you have brought me a new guest."

It was hard for me to see from the position I was in, but a heavy weight was crushing on my heart. Before I could even see him, or hear his voice, I knew that Alexander was the guest she was talking about.

I forced myself over to my side to get a better vantage and sure enough, there was Alec. His shirt was ripped almost completely down one side and there was blood all over him. I couldn't tell if it was his or someone else's though.

He was being forced into the room by David. David, who had his filthy hands on Alec, the vamp's arms wrapped around his neck and waist from the back.

I wanted to hurl.

The queen cackled with obvious glee. "Warlock, make your decision. You join me, or your Nephilim dies."

David's head snapped up. "You didn't say anything about killing him. You can't do that."

Hmm. At least he was on my side on that front…I guess…

"Do not argue with me in front of the captives. I must remember never to deal with vampires in the future." She said that last part mostly to herself.

Alec spoke. "Let him go. Just take me, but let Magnus go. I'll do whatever you want with no resistance. I swear by the angel."

"Oh. By the angel, you say? That means a lot to you Nephilim, does it not?" She seemed to think it over. "No. I need a warlock with his kind of power."

"You can use me as a bargaining chip with the Clave." Alec said, desperately.

I had to get him to shut up. What was he thinking, offering up himself to this pathetic trifecta of awfulness?

"No. You need a powerful warlock and you have one in me. I only need insurance that Alec be returned to safety and that he will remain safe." I said.

"I knew you would come to reason, Bane. You have my word that the little shadowhunter can skip along home." She leered down at me.

At that moment, though, David let go of Alec and sprinted, at an almost impossible speed, to the queen of fairies. He shoved her roughly against the wall.

"This is not what we discussed. I am betraying other vampires to side with you and you repay me by doing whatever the hell you want."

The queen looked quite shocked. I was very sure that she hadn't ever had anyone lay so much as a finger on her. She recovered well, although Elijah was muttering words and restraining David with magic within a blink of an eye.

I looked over to where David had left Alec.

He was gone.

Next chapter's already written, but I might wait until I make some headway into the following chapter before I post it. Maybe, idk.

I hope you enjoyed reading! Thanks for doing so, as always!