Okay, we survived the first chapter with a few tears. And you probably cursed me from New York to Idris. But here we are in chapter two and it's going to be smooth sailing.

Time to put things right.

Enjoy.

I hope.

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Magnus stops at the security desk.

The Shadowhunter sitting there, looks up from his phone, "Yeah?"

Magnus refrains from rolling his eyes, "I'm here to see Freak."

"Yeah, Clary told me that he was getting a visitor. Guess that's you."

Magnus suspects that Mistress Destiny is the more likely reason, then the Head of the Institute, for the heads up, but he keeps that to himself. Instead, he nods, "Yes it is."

"Do I know you?"

Magnus raises an eyebrow, "I doubt that."

"You look familiar."

Magnus curses himself for not having the foresight to create a glamour, on the off chance that a Shadowhunter might recognize him. Now he can just shake his head, "I'm new in town."

"Oh okay. You need to know anything about him?"

"No, I've already been told everything."

"That's good." He returns his attention to his phone, "You can go."

Magnus counts backwards from thirty as he walks away from the desk and goes down the corridor. Probably why this Shadowhunter has the easiest assignment possible, he has no people skills.

Magnus stops at Freak's cell.

The prisoner looks at Magnus with cold purple eyes as he sits on his bed.

Magnus smiles at him, "Hello."

"Who are you?"

Magnus thinks about his answer as he looks at what has become of Mikey. After seventeen years in the Institute cell, there's a hardness about Freak that only appears in Mikey during certain circumstances. Magnus flicks his hand at the cell door and it opens. He responds, "A friend." He walks into the cell.

Freak watches him, "I don't have any friends."

"You do now." Magnus snaps his fingers and a chair appears. He sits down.

"You're a warlock."

"Indeed I am." Magnus leans forward, "Tell me, do the words, They hurt Daddy mean anything to you?" Magnus nods as Freak's eyes widen.

"I've been hearing that in my head for years."

"That my friend, is Mikey."

Freak's eyes narrow, "Who the fuck is Mikey?"

Magnus chuckles as he leans back in the chair, "Mikey is who you should be if the timeline hadn't been fucked with."

Freak snorts, "What kind of name is Mikey for a warlock?"

Magnus smiles, "His sister renamed him. Or more accurately, she renamed you."

"My name is Freak."

Magnus looks disgusted, "You like that name?"

"Yes."

"Well, Mikey hates it."

"Tough for him. I'm here and he isn't." Freak suddenly grabs his head with his hands as he screams in pain.

Magnus nods, "That my friend, is Mikey telling you that he wants out."

Freak takes a deep breath as the pain subsides, "Yeah, well he ain't getting out." He holds out his arms, "These prevent me from doing magic. So he's out of luck."

"Did you love Emil?"

"What kind of stupid question is that? Of course I loved Master."

Magnus chuckles, "Do you even know what 'love' is?"

"Yeah. He provided for me. Taught me what I needed to know."

"That's not love, Freak." Magnus leans forward, "That's called taking care of a pet."

Freak shrugs, "Whatever."

Magnus nods as he leans back, "Mundanes have many sayings about how love gives us strength."

"So?"

"So, you have Mikey's power but you don't have his strength."

Freak rolls his eyes, "You know what, I liked it better when I had no friends." He points to the open door of the cell, "You can go. I'm done with you." He doubles over and screams as another burst of pain goes through his head.

"Mikey doesn't want me to leave." Magnus smiles, "And you are pissing him off. That's never a good thing."

Freak straightens up and narrows his eyes at Magnus, "Make him stop."

Magnus smiles, "Oh, I can, but you aren't going to like the result."

"What are you talking about?"

"I told you, Mikey wants out." Magnus gestures with both hands, "He wants this fixed."

"I like it just the way it is." Another burst of pain has Freak grabbing his head again.

"Mikey doesn't care what you want."

Freak gets to his feet and walks towards Magnus, "I said, make him stop."

Magnus chuckles as he also stands, "Okay." Freak glares at him. Magnus snaps his fingers and the band on Freak's right wrist opens, then falls to the floor.

Freak sneers as he brings red magic to his fingertips, "That's better. Now friend..." Confusion comes into his eyes as the magic quickly goes blue. His confusion turns to fear when he slaps himself hard on the forehead.

Magnus flicks his hand and his chair disappears. He takes a few steps back from Freak as the warlock's purple eyes blaze with power.

The warlock touches the band on his left wrist with his right hand. The band snaps open and breaks in two pieces that fall to the floor. Both hands have blue magic jumping off their fingertips as his skin goes brown. The tattoo of his fathers' anniversary date reappears on his right wrist and the three runes tattooed on his left arm also return.

Mikey's skin loses its glamour but not the tattoos as he smiles at Magnus, "Not Poppa."

Magnus1 smiles, "Welcome back." He opens his arms.

Mikey goes into Magnus1's embrace with a sigh, "Thank you." They hug for a few minutes then he steps away from the older warlock.

Magnus1 feels Mikey's power fill the cell as his purple eyes go cold with hatred.

The overhead lights in the cells on the other side of the corridor explode. Magnus quickly peeks out the cell, but the Shadowhunter is completely focused on his phone. Mistress Destiny has things under control.

Mikey's voice is ice, "Master killed Daddy."

Magnus1 nods, "Your Daddy died because you weren't there to keep him safe."

"I won't let that happen again." Then his eyes slowly fill with tears, "I killed..."

Magnus1 cuts him off, "YOU killed no one." He gently takes Mikey's face in his hands and wipes away his tears, "Max is working double time on this."

Mikey closes his eyes, "Master killed Poppa and Maxine."

"Yes, but your Poppa killed him and Rogan so they couldn't do any more damage."

Mikey opens his eyes, "But I did enough damage."

"You did nothing. This world doesn't exist."

"But it exists now."

Magnus1 shakes his head then gently kisses Mikey's forehead, "Freak existed, but now he's gone."

Mikey wrinkles his nose, "I didn't like him. But the bands kept me from doing anything."

Magnus1 nods, "Adamas is your only weakness. With both wrists restrained, his power was contained, so you were trapped."

"I didn't like being trapped."

Magnus1 smiles, "But once you got an opportunity."

Mikey giggles, "I took advantage."

"Exactly." He kisses Mikey's forehead.

"How did you know?"

Magnus1 smiles, "Max usually doesn't check this world, since he figures you can readily handle any drama." Mikey nods. Magnus1 continues, "But the Mistress whispered in his ear to take a look and it wasn't pretty."

Mikey closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, "He saw Daddy getting killed?"

"Oh no, my darling. He saw you here, a hundred years from now."

Mikey opens his eyes, "I would have found some way of breaking free."

Magnus1 shakes his head, "You couldn't. Anyway, Max found your Aunt Izzy's heartbreaking report of what happened and told me to get my ass here."

Mikey giggles, "He really said that?"

Magnus1 winks, "Not exactly in those words, because I am his father and he knows better. But that was the general idea. He told me enough of what happened to make me get my ass here."

Mikey kisses his cheek, "Thank you, Not Poppa."

"Don't thank me yet. Max still has to find out what caused this horrible thing to happen."

"He once told me that between my powers and his computer skills, we could fix anything."

Magnus1 laughs, "And he was absolutely right."

"Can we go now, Not Poppa? I really really want to see my family again."

Magnus1 takes Mikey's face in his hands and gently kisses his forehead, "Of course. I bet Max has already worked out a plan of action and is awaiting our return." He smiles, "Would you like to do the honors?"

Mikey nods, "Indeed I do." He opens a portal and they leave the cell.

-tbc-

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LMAO, did anybody really think that FREAK was going to better our Mikey?

Chapter 1 was finished but I didn't want to torture you, my dear reader, longer then was needed, that's why I waited until this second chapter was ready and I'm now posting them together.

Now I can start working on chapter 3 or finish up Daddy Gets Sick.