You never want to get on Max Lightwood-Bane's shit list.

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Somebody's knocking on the door. Magnus leaves the potion he's working on and walks out his office. As he nears the door, it flies open.

Magnus recognizes Connelly, but doesn't remember having any problems with him in the past. Connelly smiles, "Hello Magnus".

Magnus glares at him and gets ready to throw a fireball, but Connelly snaps his fingers and Magnus' hands are cuffed. Magnus is slammed into the wall. Magnus' cat eyes flare, "Why are you here?"

Magnus sees Alec running out their bedroom, seraph blade in hand. Magnus tries to break free as Connelly smiles at him and flicks his hand. Alec slams into an invisible wall. Alec's eyes narrow, "Get out of our home."

Connelly smiles and opens a portal in back of Alec. Magnus screams as he sees Aldertree walk out the portal, pull out a seraph blade and walk towards Alec.

Then stop.

Magnus watches as Aldertree narrows his eyes and tries to get to Alec, but is unable to. Alec looks at Magnus, and mouths, "You?"

Magnus shakes his head as Connelly walks towards Magnus and slams into an invisible wall. He glares at Magnus, "How the fuck are you doing this?"

Max drops his invisibility glamour. He's standing by the sofa. He looks coldly at Connelly, "He isn't doing anything."

"Who the hell are you?"

Max smiles, "Somebody you don't want to fuck with."

Connelly shakes his head and turns to the door. There's another Magnus standing there, "Who the fuck are you?"

Magnus coldly laughs, "How stupid are you?"

Connelly looks from one Magnus to the other, "Why are there two of you?"

Magnus2 smiles, "It must be your lucky day."

Aldertree walks towards Maxine's bedroom, "You can't win, Bane."

Magnus smiles, "Common sense would dictate, that if there are two of me, then there would be..."

Alec walks out of Maxine's bedroom, seraph blade in hand, "..two of me." Aldertree's jaw drops as Alec cuts off his hand. Aldertree screams as he holds his wrist and drops to his knees.

Alec kicks Aldertree in the head and he's knocked out.

Connelly coldly looks at Alec, "I will kill you."

Alec smiles, "I doubt that."

Before Connelly can bring magic to his fingertips, he is hit by two fireballs. Connelly is dead.

Max drops the protective barriers from around Magnus2 and Alec2. Magnus removes the cuffs from Magnus2's wrists.

Maxine runs out her room and into Alec2's arms. Magnus2 walks over and hugs his husband and daughter.

Max smiles at Alec, "Garbage duty, Daddy?"

Alec laughs, "It's one of the services we provide."

Magnus laughs as Max walks over to Connelly, creates a portal and gets rid of the body. He does the same to Aldertree.

Magnus2 looks at Magnus, "What happened?"

Magnus glances at Maxine and shakes his head, "Not now."

Maxine stands in front of Magnus and puts her hands on her hips, "I'm fourteen years old, Not Poppa."

Magnus nods and kisses her forehead, "Yes you are my darling. But if I wanted you to have the memories, I wouldn't have taken them away."

She blinks and looks at Alec, "I know what happened, Not Daddy?"

Alec sadly nods, "You did."

"Oh." She looks at Max, "Thank you."

Magnus laughs, "We do all the work, and Max gets the thanks."

Alec nods, "Welcome to the life of a ShadowHunter. Thankless job but somebody has to do it."

Max giggles as he walks over to Alec, "Poor Daddy." He hugs his father.

Magnus shakes his head, "I'm even a second class citizen to my own son."

Maxine giggles as she walks over to Magnus, "Poor Not Poppa." She hugs him and whispers in his ear, "Thank you."

He smiles and hugs her tight, "You're welcome, my darling."

Magnus2 walks over to Magnus, "I will be paying you a visit."

Magnus nods, "I would assume so."

Magnus2 looks at his husband and looks at Magnus, "Thank you."

Alec2 nods, "Yes, thank you."

Magnus smiles, "You're welcome."

Alec smiles, "Another job well done, Max. Time to go home."

Max nods. Another round of hugs, then Max opens a portal. Max and his fathers leave.

Maxine hugs Alec and reaches for her other father. Magnus puts his arms around his husband and daughter and thanks all the deities he can think of, for blessing him with friends in other worlds.

-tbc-

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Maybe now I can get back to work on Once a Protector, Always a Protector. Otherwise I'll finish this up.