A/N: Thanks a lot for RedCoral, cheesekun and MrsMagnusB who gave me ideas for two more chapters. This one´s for MrsMagnusB. Hope you enjoy ;)
Magnus put a hand on his hips and glanced around. He was standing near the entrance of Pandemonium, blocking the way for the people behind him who glared at him, but he couldn´t care less.
This is pointless, he thought sighing. Jace is a jerk and he just wants to drive you up the wall.
He honestly didn´t know why he was playing in the blonde´s hands like that. Once again he took out his phone and looked at the text message he had received half an hour ago.
You better come to Pandemonium right away.
Your sweet innocent Shadowhunter is being naughty without you.
– Jace
Magnus rolled his eyes. He didn´t know what he expected. Maybe he just wanted to come partying a little. Yep, that´s it. Totally harmless. He wasn´t here to check on his boyfriend, no, absolutely not. Because he trusted him. And no way in hell was he going to be jealous... again.
When he finally spotted the blackhaired shadowhunter, he had to reconsider his thoughts.
Alec was sitting with his back to him at the bar, chatting with a gothic styled guy. Fine, so far. Nothing´s wrong with talking. As long as it stayed at just talking.
Magnus certainly didn´t like the way Alec was caressing Goth Boys chest, though.
Oh hell, he probably just wiped away a fuzz from his shirt. Still harmless.
In his pocket he felt his mobile phone vibrating. He picked it out.
Seems like you´re getting rivalry over there.
Magnus´ head jerked up and his eyes met the stupid golden and totally not beautiful ones of Jace. He narrowed his eyes as Alec´s parabatai waved a hand at him from the distance, smirking. Oh, he so wanted to slap him right now.
You´re an incredibly stupid shadowhunting idiot. And I hate you.
I am very conscious of the fact that I could outgun every rival
blindfolded and with my hands behind my back.
Goth Boy is nothing compared to me.
Btw, I hate you.
He texted back. After a moment he added:
And I´m fine with Alec talking to another guy.
Doesn´t bother me, if you ever thought so.
Not at all! He was so fine. Cheerful, in fact. Very very cheer- …
OH. MY. GOD. He did not!
Magnus bit on his lip hard. He was fuming.
Well, fuming wasn´t the right word. Actually he was pretty composed – although he had every right to be angry at his boyfriend right now!
Alec apparently was oblivious to the fact that he had a jaw-dropping warlock boyfriend as he was leaning in to the touch of Goth Boy.
There was a parameter of the appropriate proximity one can have to a stranger.
To a boyfriend (or girlfriend) there were no limits. A boyfriend can come so close that it seemed like the two partners were melting into one personality. A sibling can hug you, maybe kiss you on the cheek, as well as a close friend can.
Strangers, however, weren´t allowed into that particular zone of intimacy. Goth Boy was currently crossing the invisible line. And Alec let him.
Yeah, I take it you´re totally fine.
Jace that bastard. Magnus decided to ignore him and his idiotic grin and made his way towards his shadowhunter instead of showering Jace with insults. Seemed like Alec deserved them more at the moment anyway.
He didn´t turn his eyes away of Alec as he came nearer and nearer, shouldering his way determinedly through the crowd. He narrowed his eyes to slits and couldn´t hold back a gasp as Goth Boy placed a hand at the back of Alec´s head to pull him closer – and kissed his neck.
„Alexander Gideon Lightwood." he called out furiously and he saw Alec freeze. With a quick movement he gripped the hands of Goth Boy and pushed him away, not letting go of his harsh grip. Then he turned his head towards Magnus.
Magnus searched Alec´s face for guilt, which he should feel, a great trackload of guilt at that. Instead he found Alec just looking at him in utter confusion as if he had just disrupted his plan.
„Magnus! You- you´re not supposed to be here!" he said and his blue eyes were suddenly filled with fear. Magnus set his mouth into a thin line. „I´m sorry if I interrupted you. You appear to be very... occupied." he spit out.
„What?" Alec said, genuinely confused and Magnus felt like something was going very very wrong.
Alec´s eyes widened with sudden realization. „Oh, you think – oh, no! That´s not it. Definitely not!" As he spoke the words his grip on Goth Boy relinquished and he turned around so that he stood no longer with his back towards Magnus. It was like he was building a wall between Magnus and the stranger.
„Oh? So you weren´t about to let Goth Boy into Second Base?" Alec let out a nervous laugh. „No, Magnus, listen..."
„Wait, what did you say his name was?" Goth Boy asked Magnus all of a sudden. His features were sharp, Magnus noticed, and he smelled bad, like rusty metal. Up close he didn´t look attracive at all and Magnus wondered how he had been able to seduce Alec.
„Alec. Alec Lightwood. And he´s not single by the way-" Magnus wanted to say so much more, but he was cut short as the ugly Goth Boy recoiled from Alec as if he had been burned by his mere proximity. „You´re a shadowhunter!" he hissed and Alec, with immeasurable speed, turned around and went after Goth Boy, pulling out his seraph blade in the movement. „Yes. Yes, I am." he growled.
„And he´s not the only one." Jace had appeared out of nowhere behind Goth Boy, making it impossible for him to escape. Goth Boy looked like a trapped mouse by now. And Magnus – Magnus was simply too stunned to react. With an odd fascination he watched as Goth Boy´s body shifted, his chest became wider so that his shirt was ripped into pieces and his skin changed into a hideous muddy-green colour. His face was no longer the face of a man.
It was a demon.
Somewhere, at the back of his mind, Magnus thought he should have seen it. But unfortunately, he had been too absorbed in his jealousy to notice.
He heard a slicing sound, like a whip being flung through the air, and the demon – an Eidolon, apparently – fell to his feet. Magnus noticed that the sound had indeed been a whip, just as he saw Isabelle standing there, looking down at the writhing figure smugly.
In almost accurate simultaneity, Alec and Jace´s seraph blades hurtled down towards the Eidolon demon, finishing him off and a second later, all that was left of Goth Boy was a heap of ashes.
„That ran smoothly." Jace remarked. Alec shot him an incredulous glance. Isabelle tossed her hair back and draw a visible rune on herself, to remove her glamour. „I think we deserve some fun. A good party after slaying demons is always the best way to end a day."
Magnus, who was still staring at the three shadowhunters open-mouthed, finally managed to shake off his frozen state. „Can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" he shouted out.
Alec turned around. „Yeah, you owe me an explanation, too. Why are you here? You endangered our mission." he sighed. „Magnus, I was worried something could happen to you."
Magnus lifted an eyebrow. „Oh, please, it´s not as if I couldn´t defend myself. And as for your question: you should ask that Jace. He told me to come."
Alec turned around again and looked at his parabatai in disbelief. Jace just shrugged. „Oh, well, I was bored." he said simply.
„You were bored?" Magnus scowled at him.
„However, that doesn´t answer my question at all. Why were you flirting with Goth Boy and why was he a demon? Do I have to worry about becoming infected with demon pox in the future?"
Alec stared at him, bewildered.
„Demon pox? Does that even exist?" Isabelle asked curiously.
„It does." Magnus said. „In fact, one of your ancestors had been rather keen on becoming infected, but that is a long story. Though, there is a song –"
„By the Angel, what are you talking about?" Alec asked. Magnus was mildly offended that he interrupted his interesting anecdote so rudely.
„Honey, I am the one who should be angry. Which I still am, by the way. Although it strikes me that there is a slight misunderstanding in here." he gave Jace an accusing sideglance.
Isabelle who was the only one who was seeing through and cared to explain, began to speak. „There´s nothing to worry about, Magnus. We were called to Pandemonium to find and slay a demon, which, as you can see, we did. But before killing it, we had to gather some important information for the Clave, and no, we´re not allowed to talk about it. Alec was simply the one who had to lure him, which was," she glanced at her brother who nodded. „successful. No betrayal going on here."
Magnus let out a breath of relief. „Good – Not that I thought you betrayed me, Alec! I was just... a bit..."
„Jealous." Jace offered. Magnus narrowed his eyes at him.
„Why did it have to be Alec who lured the demon?" he asked, partly because he wanted to change the subject and partly because he really wanted to know. Alec shrugged. „It was supposed to be Izzy, but he appeared to be... kind of more interested in me."
Magnus grinned. „However obnoxious Goth Boy was – he definitely had taste.", Izzy elbowed him. „What? I didn´t say you don´t look beautiful. It´s just that I have a certain preference for your brother." Izzy snorted, but he could see her laughing.
„And as for you," he turned to Jace. „If I were you, I would lock myself in my room and dare not to fall asleep, because my vengeance will be more terrifying than your worst nightmare coming to life."
Jace remained in his posture of indifference. „I have no fear in me, warlock, for I am the slayer of Abaddon and Quakie the duck."
„Simon slew Abaddon." Alec corrected matter-of-factly whereas Izzy looked concerned. „Jace, what did you do to a duck?" she asked warily. Jace crossed his arms over his chest and looked at her, clearly pleased with himself. „Just what it deserved." he said vaguely.
„And you named it Quakie?" Alec raised an eyebrow at him. „Doesn´t sound very intimidating, if you ask me."
Jace´s smile fell. „But it is. It´s the evil sound ducks make when they prepare for an attack."
Magnus smirked diabolically. „You just gave me the perfect idea for my revenge." he announced.
Jace suddenly looked sick.
A/N: I had no idea for why they had to get some information from the demon, so I let Isabelle say they weren´t allowed to tell Magnus. And Jace is probably not that mean, but I like him teasing Magnus, so I let it happen ;P
I hope what I wrote made sense, and if not I don´t really care :P
I´m going to work on at least one more chapter, but I don´t know when I can update, because I´m going on holiday soon :)
So, till then, have fun ;)