To be honest I´m not very happy with this chapter but on the plus side there is Malec in it and its the longest chapter by far xD

What if the storm ends?

And I don't see you

As you are now

Ever again

Snow Patrol- What if this storm ends?

Chapter 5

Blake had runes going up his arms and the way he moved was so much like a shadow hunter if he had not known Alec wouldn't have ever guessed he wasn't one. It seemed that when he turned it was more than his appearance that changed.

Alec pulled out his blade swiftly and threw another one at Blake who cached it as the demons started to approach them. He didn't feel like he was up to killing at the moment since almost all of his attention was on Blake, he couldn't keep his eyes off him. It was strange for him to feel that Blake was his paratabai when it's only ever been that way with Jace, he must have done it on purpose thinking it would help them fight better he thought. One of the demons started to run towards Alec, he just had enough time to jump out of the way and to stab it´s knee in the process, the demon fell head first to the ground but it was still obviously alive breathing frantically like a wild dog but before Alec could do anything there was a flash of red and Blake was above the fallen demon plummeting his blade through its head – clean death-

The other two demons seemed to get angered by the death but Alec did not notice that; he was still looking at Blake, the way his red hair fell around his shoulders and his piercing green eyes full of amusement from his kill; the smirk he had, it was almost contagious until Blake looked up and into Alec´s eyes. Whatever moment he was in he snapped out of it and now looked terrified. "ALEXANDER, BEHIND YOU!" he yelled. Alec turned around to see a demon leaping in the air for him, he tried to roll out of the way before it could hit him dead on but the demon was too fast and by the time he had moved its claws where inches away. Being a shadow hunter he knew he shouldn't had flinched even if it was just a second but that moment was long enough for the demon to plummet its razor sharp claws into Alec´s stomach. It left a long cut that was surprisingly painful for the type of demon; something was wrong but before he could contemplate it more he got up and quickly stabbed it right in the heart.

Blake saw Alec deliver the final blow to the demon and felt somehow proud; the demons were now dead so he let himself change back to his normal self and went over to the boy, he was standing where the body had just evaporated. "Where's the other one?" Alec asks when he knew Blake was near "I killed it as well" he said and then proceeded to hug Alec from behind "I´m glad you're alive" he whispered. Alec was relieved that from his position Blake couldn't see him blush "It´s just a little cut, I`ll heal it when I get home".

Once Blake walked Alec the rest of the way to the institute he went straight to his bedroom and sat on his bed trying to work out his feelings for him and came to a conclusion. Thinking back to his appearance he knew that he did fancy him but then there's his personality, there's something about him that makes Alec forget all the bad things – There's no doubt, I do like him….. But could we actually work out?-

Alec was brought out of his thoughts by the throbbing pain in his stomach and decided to use an Iratze to heal the cut but it still didn't feel any better-weird- he thought. Then he noticed how cold he was, so freezing cold that he went under the covers of his bed and hugged himself till he fell asleep.

Jace knew that Alec was back since he could hear someone walking around a few minutes ago; Isabelle said she had stuff to do and that she wouldn't be back for an hour so it must be his paratabai. – Okay, time to get this over with – he thought and then knocked on Alec´s bedroom door; no answer. "Alec, it's me" he said then slowly opened the door a bit wearily in case he found him crying or something on those lines, he had never been good at comforting people.

He scanned the room and quickly realized that Alec was on the bed under a heap of covers – oh shit, he´s crying – he thought as he approached. Jace leaned his knees on the mattress and pulled the covers down so he could see his face, he was trembling all over –Was he having a bad dream?-. He decided to shake him awake, "Alec" he said "wake up" -He wasn't waking up-. He started to shake him more violently and call his name; nothing, he didn't seem to react at all and from then he felt that something was terribly wrong "Alec?"

Isabelle pressed the button for the intercom expecting something on the lines of – "WHO DARES TO DITURB THE MIGHTY MAGNUS BANE"- but instead the voice that answered simply asking "who is this" sounded broken. "It´s Isabelle" she said "We need to talk about Alec". There was a click and the door was now unlocked, she walked in and up the stairs to find Magnus lying on the couch facing the ceiling, "Why?" she asked and got no response from the warlock "Why did you break up with him?" she snapped.

He sat up and Isabelle was shocked to see his appearance, his hair looked like it hadn't been brushed in weeks and his eyes wear puffy from crying "so you know" is all he said. – I knew it- she thought –but it still doesn't make sense-. "I hate you for doing that to my brother but seeing you now I don't understand" she continued "If you're this miserable why don't you just fucking fix the problem!" she shouted "I want my brother back! I thought you would have been good for him but you´ve just made him even more distant that before!" she yelled. She knew it was wrong to take it all out on him, she knew her brother did tend to complicate things but deep down Isabelle felt really guilty for encouraging Alec´s relationship with the warlock not thinking about the consequences, knowing that one day it would end in tragedy, knowing that Alec isn't the type of person to let go and she needed someone to blame it on.

After a moment Magnus who was currently looking at the floor started to talk. "Alec, he lied to me about something important. At first I was really angry at him but the reason I broke up with him was because I was scared and I used the situation to end it. I really love your brother but Isabelle there isn't a way our relationship would ever work out, I could already see the effect it was having on him. The fear he got from just getting older like he´s the abnormal one when it's really me." The silence stretched on and she felt like her fears had been confirmed but then her phone went off. "What!" she answered "Have you spoke to him yet?" and then there was a long pause "What do you mean by that Jace…" she said unsure "okay, I'm coming now" and then she hung up.

"Magnus, you're coming with me" she demanded.

Alec was standing in a room full of demons; they had him surrounded. It appeared that they were waiting for someone to make the first move for the shadow hunter. Alec knew that if he even dared to flinch he would get attacked by them but being the warrior he was instinctively he reached down to grab his blade to find that it had once again disappeared and by the time he locked back up the demons were running towards him.

The first one jumped into the air and landed his feet on Alec´s chest smashing him onto the floor as the rest proceeded to pin him down. He tried to fight one off but it bit his hand in return and like the last time the rest followed by also biting Alec in a way that resembled savage dogs, the more he struggled the more painful it was so it got to the point where Alec literally just gave up and lied motionless on the floor in a pool of his own blood.

He couldn´t keep his eyes open anymore and he kept passing out, forcing his eyes open again he found that the demons were now gone and a little while after that he heard something; someone was speaking. The voice belonged to Jace who was now leaning over him with a wicked smile "so do you want another Iratze?" Alec tried to answer but he was so tired from all the screaming he had done, by the time Alec managed to say the word Jace had already completed the rune "no" he croaked as the dream started from the beginning again.

He was stuck in a room full of demons, if he moved they attacked, if he didn't eventually Jace comes and kills everything in the room including himself, like he couldn't distinguish him from the demons –is that what I have become?-. He was in a never ending nightmare. He dies; it repeats. He survives; it repeats, but every time it ends with one person; Jace.

Alec was in hell his own personal hell and it was cold.

Magnus was now at the institute besides Alec´s bed, the boy was in it but it was obvious that something was amiss. His hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat and he was twitching frantically like someone was electrocuting him. It pained him so much to see Alec this way – why did I ever let you go? - He leant over on the bed and gently pushed his hair out of the way to put his hand on the boy's forehead to find out that he was freezing cold, too cold to even be alive but yet he was…

He almost forgot they were there until Isabelle stepped closer "what's wrong?" she asked. "He has demon poison running through his veins but it isn't like anything I ever seen" Magnus said worried "I´m going to try to expel it but it's probably going to take all night". Jace understood from the way Magnus said it that he wanted to be alone with Alec so he took Isabelle by the hand and left the room.

Once they were gone Magnus stopped putting on a front and started to cry because he knew that whatever this mysterious poison was it was going to affect Alec permanently. Using a spell Magnus determined that it started from a wound on his stomach that had healed over and now the poison was throughout his body. There was no real way to expel it, all he could do was keep the boy alive and try to use spells to wake him up but he was in a dilemma. After sending a bit of his magic trough Alec´s body he understood that the shadow hunter was stuck in a sort of comma where the poison was affecting his mind in a way that was mentally torturing him and the only way to release him from that at the moment was too let him die but he was to selfish to do that. Even if he woke up crazy he would still love him, he would be there for him, anything but let him die. – I finally understand now – he thought in tears.

With that decision Magus used a spell he had never used before. One that would bind them together, if Alec needed his magic to survive then he would have it; he could drain it all from him. After completing it Magnus already felt a bit weaker but knowing that it could help to gain Alec´s strength enough to fight of the poison and wake up, Magnus put a smile on his face – I will see your eyes again soon, whether it's here or some over place, I will be with you, my darling- he thought as he laid his head down and passed out besides Alec´s bed.

Today the nightmare was different, Alec didn't know for sure if it was another day but something told him that it was. He was so happy to re-open his eyes to something that wasn't a room full of demons; he was in a field in Idris. Alec knew because he had been there before with his sister, he remembered playing there when he was younger. The grass looked so green and healthy so despite what he has been through these past hours he couldn't help but smile. Now that the immediate danger getting eaten alive was gone he could now think clearer. Like he had just woken up from a dream Alec realized that even if it felt like it what happened wasn't real. He remembered that he fell asleep – I knew something was wrong with those demons- he thought annoyed – so… am I hallucinating right now?-.

Walking across the field he came across a yellow rose, it was the only one there and it looked out of place. He was immediately interested in it since the color reminded him of Magnus´s eyes - so pretty- he thought sadly then got hit with a compulsion to pull it out the ground and keep it for himself.

He reached down to do just that but as he touched the stem something pierced his skin, looking closer at the flower he noticed that it was covered in spikes. The flower had deceived Alec by its beauty and he understood that he shouldn't trust anything that appears to be so perfect. Pulling him out of his thoughts was a voice, a voice that he knew belonged to Magnus - I will be with you, my darling- the voice rang in his head. It was the first time he had heard his voice since breaking up and it tore him apart "Magnus?" he whimpered feeling lost.

Magnus awoke the next morning feeling drained and to a sound of a phone, he looked around the room and located Alec´s on the bed side table. He had a text and the person who it was from gave him chills; Blake.

-I want to ask you in person but that never seems to work out. Let's make it official?-

Now Magnus was defiantly shaking, he felt so angry he didn't know what to do with himself – I´m not letting him take you away from me- he thought and before he knew it he was sending him a text of his own.

- You're not right for me and never will be so leave me alone-

Looking down at Alec´s sleeping face he felt a little guilty but it still didn't change the fact that overall he was doing the right thing. When Alec wakes up he would apologize to him and then they could spend the rest of their lives together.

"Alec!" a girly voice shouted and he looked up to see Isabelle at the other end of the field. She was smiling but that scared Alec even more –I can't trust this person- . When Alec just stood there and Isabelle had to walk over to him when she finally was in front of him she seemed annoyed "Alec, what are you doing here?!" she said irritably. "Isabelle is that really you?" he asked, "Of course it is" she snapped. "Iz, I´m stuck here, I´m on my bed. I was in a demon fight and it seems to have affected me" he said. "What are you talking about? Jace. You need to fight with him." She insisted then grabbed his hand and took him to the very top of the hill that was at the end of the field. Before Alec could question why, Isabelle had already pushed him of the edge and he fell to his death.

He was now standing in a room full of demons again; they had him surrounded again. He knew that if he even dared to flinch he would get attacked by them again but being the warrior he was instinctively he reached down to grab his blade to find that it had once again disappeared.

Checking again Magnus was happy to see that Alec now had more of a chance of waking up – my power is helping him after all- he thought relived. There was a knock on the door and a second later Isabelle came in "Is he..?", "He´s not awake yet but he's well on his way" he interrupted knowing what she was going to ask. "That's great news but what do you think did this?" she asked, "Truthfully, the only way he could have got in this state is by getting hurt by a very powerful demon" he sighed "where he came across this demon, I don't have the slightest idea". "I guess we will worry about that later" she suggested and then left Magnus to look Alec.

By the time Alec managed to say the word, Jace had already completed the rune "no" he croaked as the world went dark but this time it felt different like he could channel all of his fear and he did just that; it came out as a scream. A scream so loud and scary he wasn't sure if he was the one producing it but then arms grabbed him and his eyes opened to see terrified yellow ones staring back.

"ALEC!" Magnus sobbed and held him close. Alec didn't know how to react to the affection so he just laid there still until Magnus let go and sat back up. It suddenly sank in that he wasn't asleep; he was so scared that he was stuck there forever. The nightmare was over "Why did this happen?" he asked distraught. "You got poisoned and it put you into a comma for two days Alec my darling but it's alright now" Magnus hushed.

-Two days? Is that all? Those days felt like forever, how could it be?-. He thought while looking around his bedroom room frantically. "Alec, it's okay. I´m going to get your sister and Jace" Magnus said calmly. Jace….Alec knew he didn't really kill him but his paratabai´s name now sent shivers through his bones "NO!" he yelled and tried to get out of the suffocating covers by kicking them free "Alec" Magnus called but his mind was somewhere else so he didn't respond and kept struggling until Magnus grabbed his face so that he could look right at him. "Alec, you're here, you´re back. I´m here" he pleaded and the shadow hunter finally relaxed and took a breath in so he could focus.

Magnus hand was cupping my face, it felt so familiar and yet I wanted to push it away so I lifted my hands up to do just that but he put them in his own and kissed my hands deliriously, obsessively. He was looking at him weirdly, "What is it?" Alec murmured. "Later I want to tell you something" he answered. Straight away he got an image of Magnus saying -I do love you but this doesn't mean anything- and knew that was most probably what he was going to say. "Don't" Alec replied coldly with his blue eyes looking distant and dark giving a look that scared Magnus, it was a look that made him feel he had lost a part of himself and it hurt.

Alec couldn't stand looking at his ex-lovers face in case he started crying so he turned to his side to face the wall. After a second he felt the bed shift and was scared of Magnus touching him –if you're just going to leave anyway…-. He was lying right behind him and then his arms came around him holding Alec tightly "It´s okay now, Alec" he said not very convincingly like he was actually trying to reassure himself.

Just wondering, Who should Alec end up with?