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Chapter Six - Loss

The Warlock gently lowered Alec's body into the freezing water and ran to the room to bring another compress and the thermometer, forgetting to use magic in his panic. He returned and found the Nephilim shivering but when he checked his temperature it was still too high. "Alec, My Alec, Alexander, God, what do I do? I don't know how to heal-" he stopped, remembering: "Catarina!" He hastily called her, keeping his eyes on Alec.

"Magnus? I'm busy, what do you-?" His control slipped again and he started rapidly talking while sobbing. "MAGNUS!" She shouted on the other end of the phone. "Calm down! I can't understand a word! What on Earth happened?"

"Alec…" he managed to choke out and now she sounded worried too.

"Is he… alive?"

"Yes…"

"I'm coming over, make me a portal…" she said and hang up. He took him out of the water and after drying him up with a towel and putting him on dry warm clothes again, laid him on the bed, temporarily placing a cold compress on his forehead. The Nephilim was by now muttering incoherently from the fever and Magnus hurried on, going to the living room and making a portal.

A minute later Catarina was there. As soon as he saw her, Magnus hugged her crying, "Help me…"

"Shh…" she said petting his hair, "What happened?"

"He… he is burning up… And I… I don't know what to do… I'm not a healer…"

She gently disentangled herself from his desperate grip. "Take me to him."

He led the way telling her, "I put him in an ice bath to drop his fever but it didn't work, and he's shivering but also burning and hallucinating and-"

"Hush." She cut him off "It'll be fine…"

She walked there and sat down beside him placing a hand on his forehead. He opened his eyes again at the cool touch and looked at her, surprise colouring his weak voice. "Cata… rina? What…?"

"Don't speak…" she said softly and he closed his eyes drawing a ragged breath.

"I knew… it was… a dream… He…"

A sob wracked his body and she turned to glare daggers at Magnus mouthing 'What the Hell did you do?!' Then she gestured furiously for him to come closer.

Magnus practically ran there, and fell on his knees beside the bed taking Alec's hand in his own and kissing it. "My Angel…" he wept "I'm so sorry…"

Hearing his voice, Alec opened his eyes, but couldn't see him where he stood "Magnus?"

"I'm here, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" he answered crazed with worry. Alec just sighed content and his breathing relaxed.

Catarina smiled tenderly watching them, muttering, "Stupid boys…" affectionately. She then leaned over Alec and started healing him as Magnus sat on the floor still clutching his hand.

Ten minutes later she fell on a nearby chair, tired. "He'll be fine…"

Magnus got up and touched the Shadowhunter's face softly. He was breathing normally now and wasn't burning anymore. "Thank God…" he turned to Catarina and hugged her tightly chanting "Thank you, thank you, thank you…"

She pet his hair again, "No need to thank me silly… Now," she ordered, "Go get me something to drink and tell me what did you do to him this time."

"Now that he was no longer terrified for Alec, he retorted, "Who says I was to blame?"

She raised an eyebrow critically "Don't take me for a fool Magnus. Your reaction for one. Crying and apologising like that screams 'guilty'. So? What happened?"

He sighed defeated and conjured a cold coffee for her, then sat on the edge of the bed, gently running his fingers through Alec's raven hair and told her everything. She managed to refrain from saying anything until he was done.

In the end Magnus dropped his head whispering "I didn't mean to… What if…" he choked out, tears returning to his eyes at the mere thought. "What if he hates me now? What if he leaves me…?"

"You dumbass…" she muttered not unkindly "Just make sure to explain to him when he wakes up and I'm sure he'll forgive you. You know he adores you."

He nodded tearfully "Thank you…"

She got up and stretched. "Just… don't fight anymore… Stupid boys… I hate seeing you both like that…" She ruffled Magnus' hair affectionately and leaned to kiss Alec on the forehead. "Make me a portal… I want to go home and sleep… And next time you make that sweet child sad I will personally kick your ass."

He chuckled softly. "Deal."

"Now let him rest." She went on. "Call me if anything else happens."

Once she was gone, he knelt by the bed taking hold of the sleeping boy's hand and kissing it, then laying his head beside it, looking up at him, waiting, watching over him as he slept. He calmed down seeing him look peaceful and before he knew it, he had sunk in a restless sleep.

Note: Loss saves the day! That wasn't so bad, was it? Sorry if I scared you! Next chapter is the last! Hope you're not disappointed so far!