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"I'm going to kill that damn Warlock!" Izzy hissed.

"You know how much I want to do that too…" Jace told her, being reasonable for once, "…but we can't. Alec wouldn't want this."

"He doesn't have to know…" she pouted at him knowing he's right.

"I'm not dead yet…" Alec muttered and they both jumped. "Or deaf for that matter…" He added, as they both leaned over him.

"How are you feeling?" Izzy asked him concerned.

"What happened?" Jace added after her.

"I'm okay…" He raised his blue eyes to look at them seriously. "Leave him out of this… It's not his fault. I was just being careless."

"Of COURSE it's his fault! You're never careless!" Izzy shouted, furious.

"First time for everything… Please don't shout… My head feels like it's going to break."

"Alec…" Jace stepped in. "You were out drinking. That's not like you."

"Alec…" Izzy repeated. "Talk to us big brother… You can't keep everything inside forever…"

'Watch me…' "There's nothing to talk about…" He whispered avoiding their worried looks. "I promise I won't do that again."

A few days later…

Magnus heard his buzzer ring repeatedly and went to answer the door annoyed. "WHO DARES-"

"MAGNUS!" Alec's panicked voice cut him off, making him freeze in place. "Magnus, please open the door!"

The Warlock obeyed without a second thought, realizing immediately something extremely serious must have happened; that this wasn't 'just' about them. Later he'd think he had told Alec before that he would no longer be "their pet Warlock", but in that moment it didn't even cross his mind. Hearing Alec like that, terrified and possibly crying; Alec, who was so strong that Magnus had only seen him break once when his little brother was murdered by Sebastian, all he wanted to do was help him in any way he could…

He waited on the door anxiously as he heard the Shadowhunter darting up the stairs gasping when he saw him. Alec's clothes were torn and bloody, there was a deep wound gushing blood over his left eye, that was shut making Magnus sick with worry that he may have lost it. There was also a claw mark on his cheek and he seemed to be limping. "Alexander!"

Alec leaned against the door for a moment trying to regain his breath and Magnus realised he also had trouble breathing. He had never seen the Nephilim tire so easily.

Forgetting everything that happened between them and not caring about all those things he said, he swiftly went to his side putting an arm around his waist to help him.

"Come in, I'm going to heal you…" he muttered softly, pulling him inside.

Alec stared at him not understanding, not expecting that reaction, as he had come prepared to beg for the Warlock's help.

Once they stepped inside he managed to regain his composure and told him. "No! Magnus, I'm okay, not me, please-!" His words were cut short as he fell into a coughing fit unable to breathe. He doubled over covering his mouth with his hand, while Magnus watched with wide eyes, panicking. Alec finally relaxed after a few seconds and lowered his hands, looking at him. "I'm sorry." He said hastily. "Magnus-"

But the Warlock wasn't listening. He grabbed the boy's hand that was covered in blood, paling. "Alexander! You have a punctured lung! Let me heal you!" He pulled his hand to make him follow him but Alec resisted.

"No! Listen to me!" He said once more, urgently. "Magnus please, you have to come with me! Please! I will give you everything you want! ANYTHING!" He felt a stab of pain and grit his teeth.

Magnus was all over him in a second. "Alexander…"

"I'm okay… Please… Magnus…" He gasped, as it became progressively harder to breathe. "I beg you… Izzy… Save… Izzy… If she… dies…"

Magnus' eyes widened realising now why would Alec look that scared, why would he come to him after everything begging for help. "Give me your steele." He commanded. Alec looked at him confused again for a second but obeyed. "Sit down and listen to me." Magnus said seriously using a calm tone of authority to make it look like he had things under control, to calm the boy, even though his own heart was racing in his chest.

"Magnus there is no time!" He protested again, worried out of his mind.

"Alexander. Sit. Down. Now." He said again and the Nephilim obeyed this time. "Close your eyes, stand still, and tell me where is your sister." Alec tried to say something but he stopped him. "Just do it. We're running out of time."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, wincing from the pain in his chest. "Near the park at-" he stopped midsentence, tensing.

Magnus had touched his face, his touch feather soft, as he assessed the damage.
"Go on…" He whispered.

Alec gulped and went on, his voice trembling as Magnus gently pressed a bandage on the wound over his eye. "At… at the abandoned warehouse…"

"Good." The Warlock's voice said near his ear and he shivered, not daring to move or breathe. "I will be there in a minute. But you have to do something first."

"But…"

"Hush. I promise she is going to be fine. Now hold that in place." He said taking Alec's hand and putting it on his forehead to press on the bandage. He snapped his fingers and Alec's shirt and gear disappeared. Magnus gasped seeing the extend of his wounds and the large bruise that was already forming on his pale skin.

"Magnus, what?" Alec asked opening his eyes when he felt the shirt disappear.

The Warlock shook his head and knowing he couldn't heal Alec now, took his steele and leaning down to him started drawing an iratze on his chest over his heart. "Stand still." He said and in his surprise Alec obeyed, looking at him stunned, his blue eyes wide. "Now…" Magnus said finishing the rune and pressing a finger under his chin to make him look up, drawing one on his neck too. "You will stay here and sleep while I go heal your sister and bring her here…"

"NO WAY! I'm coming with you!"

Magnus got on his feet and looked down on him. "I said you're staying." He stated, towering above the smaller boy, his voice grave. "Are you going to obey or do I have to put you to sleep and waste on you, precious magic better used to heal Isabelle?"

Alec bit his lip and dropped his head defeated. "I'm sorry. Please hurry…"

"I will." He softly placed a hand on Alec's head. "I'm sorry too." Alec's eyes widened again and he looked up at him. He saw the apologetic look on his face and then Magnus leaned close to him and whispered. "I promise it's going to be okay…" Before Alec could ask why he's apologising, he saw a flash of blue and the darkness took him.

Magnus sighed heavily, and caught the boy in his arms making him lie down on the couch. He covered him with a blanket and practically fled the loft before he submitted to his urge to heal him. Alec was not in a critical condition now anyway. While Isabelle… who knows what had happened…

As he had promised he was there in a minute. He saw Izzy lying in a pool of blood on the floor and Jace leaning over her, frantically drawing Iratzes on her pale skin.

"Jace." He said steadily, and the blond boy looked up at him, his gold eyes terrified. He swiftly moved aside holding on to her hand, letting Magnus kneel beside her.

He immediately saw the grotesque wound on her leg oozing black liquid. The Warlock gulped but he had promised Alec to save her and so he went to work immediately, healing the poisoning…

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