I know it's been forever since I last updated:/ I could give ya'll a boat load of excuses, but you probably don't want to hear them. So, I'll just say that I'm TERRIBLY SORRY, and I hope to never leave a story hanging again, I hate when that happens! Again, I'm SO SORRY GUYS! On with the next chapter.

Chapter Four

Magnus' POV

Mgnus stormed into the police station, vaguely aware that Alec was following him. He had never been this furious before in his life and was half expecting to end up in a jail cell after he was through with his worthless mother. Alec strode over to the counter after placing a calming hand on Magnus' shoulder, and murmuring a whisper of reassurance, for which he was extremely grateful. He felt like he was a volcano ready to erupt, his emotions the lava that would burn anyone in his path, hopefully his parents would end up being in the front of the line. He had long since given up even thinking about his parents, he knew that sounded awful, but could you really blame him? He had never felt at home with them, even before they kicked him out for his sexuality. They had abused him all through his child and he still had to deal with the physical and emotional scars it caused him. Clary and Luke were his new family, his real family, and now one of them was hurt and it was all his evil, demented parents fault. His chest was aching with sadness and he felt rage was the best way to deal with the hurt. So he pushed the aching back and let rage fill him to the brim and give him the strenght to drive him onward.

Alec was now speaking to a lady behind the counter and Magnus hurried over to listen to the conversation.

"Hello, we would like to speak with Mrs. Bane, my name is Alec Lightwood and this is Magnus Bane."

The woman's eyes widened a little at Alec's last name, then even more at Magnus' as she took in his exuberent, yet disheveled appearence. Magnus figured they Lightwoods were pretty well known here due to their status' of a high profile lawyer and the actual mayor. She also was probably surprised at Magnus' obvious relation to the woman behind bars, and the disinterested look Magnus was forcing on his face. Better to not give her a reason to believe he was hostile and deny them the chance to see her. He knew the confrontation would be ugly, but there was no reason to clue her in on that little fact.

"Yes, of course," the woman paused then seemed to collect herself as she reached for two clipboards and handed them to each of the boys," You'll need to sign these forms and we'll bring her out to speak with you. Are you both legal adults?"

They both nodded in unison and reached for their IDs. She ran a background check on both of them, as if they would be dumb enough to come to a police station with warrant's, while they filled out their forms. Alec held Magnus' hand on the counter the whole time, rubbing soothing circles on the back of his boyfriends hand, despite the looks they were getting from most of the people in the building. Alec didn't normally take on the role of comforter,whether at home or in public, but he seemed to know Magnus was a second from snapping and needed physical contact and comfort like a fish needed water. Magnus was truly awed by Alec's public step out of his comfort zone. Warmth from Alec seemed to be pouring into Magnus and he was like a snake drinking in the sun's ray's, he was holding on to Alec's hand like it was the only thing holding him to this earth.

Twenty agonizing minutes later they were through the metal detector and were searched before being seated at one of the tables in a large room. They had just sat down when Magnus' mother was brought out, her shuffling due to her cuffed ankles instantly noticeable. That and the "don't fuck with me" aura of her prison guard. Her resemblance to Magnus was startling for Alec, he felt his boyfriend stiffen and catch his breath at the sight of her. Magnus tried to ignore the feeling of hatred that went through him at the action and sound, not toward Alec, but toward the evil woman who's face he could not escape, for he wore it as his own. No amount of glitter and paint could change that, he should know he'd been trying ever since he escaped from them, and now he was back in her presence, something he'd sworn would never happen and it was as painful as he'd imagined it would be. All he wanted to do was escape from these people and it was seeming like that would never happen. That realization filled Magnus with dread and he worked to just focus on the present, starting with the devil herself, his mother.

She had an unreadable expression on her face as she sat across from the boys, the officer standing just a few feet away ready to intervene at the first sign of trouble. Staring at his mothers impassive face, unremorseful at what she had done to Luke was making his blood boil. The only thing keeping him from jumping across the table and throttling the woman was Alec's hand in his, and maybe the fact that an armed guard was standing a few feet away had some influence on his decision. It was his mother who broke the uncomfortable silence.

"You finally decided to come see me, I figured that would get your attention. If you had just come to me in the first place we could have saved everyone alot of trouble."

Her words made Magnus stiffen and rage took up residence in his body and mind, but he calmed down after a hard hand squeeze from Alec and was able to look his evil bitch of a mother in the eyes. His mouth opened and closed several times before he was able to force out the one word he so badly wanted her to answer.

"Why?"

He had expected scorn or indifference, but unexpectedly a look of sadness and fear crossed her features. For a startled moment Magnus wondered if he was the cause of her emotions, but of course he was wrong, his mother didn't give a damn about him, she could careless about him in fact, which made all of this so much more confusing. Why was she even going through all of this to see him?

"Your father," she faltered, then seemed to find her voice and resume, " your father's sick and dying his kidneys are failing and he needs one to be donated. You may be a match so we need you to go to the hospital he's staying at and check to see if one of your kidneys is a match, if so you need to start the process to save his life right away, he needs it within the month." She finished looking him straight in the eye demanding the last part. Not even asking just demanding this life threating major of him. Magnus was literally open mouthed and shocked as he stared at her.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?"

Everyone, including the guard, jumped a Alec's furious question. They guard started forward but Alec waved him off and pulled Magnus to his feet dragging him towards the exit. His face was as red as fire truck and he looked like flames should be coming out of his nose and ears. It honestly shocked Magnus he had never seen Alec like this before and frankly is was really frighting.

"Wait!"

Magnus' mother jumped to her feet yelling after them as the guard grabbed her cuffed hands.

"Tell me you'll do it Magnus, it's your duty to your father. We've given you everything we've had and you owe him, you owe the two of us!"

At that Magnus slowly turned around his face a mixture of anger and disbelief.

"'You two' tried to kill me when you found out I was gay.' You two' used to lock me in the closet for hours when I was younger as punishment. 'You two' would whip me with the belt so hard I bled if i so much as put a toe out of line. 'You two' would starve me for days when you were low on money so you could still have money for booze. 'You two' ran over the stray cat I rescued just to punish me for feeding it and having it around the house. You two are not my parents." Magnus was aware tears were streaming down his face at the memories, yet he didn't feel embarrassed, he had the right to feel this way and he was going to let the no good bitch know exactly why he was refusing to help them.

The fury on his mother's face was the last thing Magnus saw before Alec pulled him gently from the room, tears in his own ocean blue eyes. The last thing both of them heard was Magnus' mother promising it would only get worse.

Again super sorry ya'll! Next chapter should be up soon, and please don't hesitate to tell me what you think!

Much Love, Psalms