1Alright, third chapter! Now, this one turned out wayyyy longer than either of the previous chapters and has a lot more content besides Alec and Magnus, but that's just how this chapter was supposed to go. And when I say way longer, I mean it is over twice as long as one of the previous chapters. Anyways, I am rambling again. Hope you enjoy!
Please let me sleep now
I wanna go home
Yes, I want to make it back to him
I know I screwed it up
But I still love him so
Please let me sleep now
I wanna go home
Alec painfully gasps for air as he breathes in less than he breathes out each time. He clenches his eyes shut as he tries to even his breathing out, even a little bit, so that he can get a little control and management over the pain. He hears a chuckle above him and then footsteps away before he could feel that he now was alone.
Jonathan. His name courses through Alec's head as he starts to refigure why Jonathan was there and what had just happened. The battle between the Institute and Downworlders together against Sebastian and his amassed army…the fight…Jonathan found me.
*Flashback*
Jonathan, an evil devious twisted smirk plastered on his face, sauntered over to Alec. How Jonathan even found Alec amongst all this chaos around them was a mystery in itself-hell he lost Jace and Isabelle in this chaos, his parabatai and little sister! Though…he did not lose track of Magnus-even in this chaos he still knew where he was, just on the outside of his vision. But, that did not matter now for Jonathan was indeed walking straight to him, and with that look, nothing good is going to follow. Jonathan makes his was closer and stops just before Alec, coal black eyes locked on his icy blue ones.
Jonathan's smirk turned into a twisted smile before he spoke.
"You know Lightwood, I think we need a place a bit more private for our conversation and engagement, somewhere, not so crowded. Don't you think so?"
Alec, unsure of where this is headed, just stayed still. He tried to gauge Jonathan's reaction and what he planned on doing. Sebastian laughed again.
"Oh come on now Lightwood. Come over and we will play. We are just going to go over to the side a bit to have some well needed room."
Reluctantly, Alec slightly nods. Jonathan smiles again, which is sets Alec off a little, and motioned with his hand to follow him as he started to walk to the side. Alec followed, and now they were alone. The battle was literally right next to them, but the fights seemed to have made an invisible boundary that they did not cross-or maybe Sebastian did that. Jonathan turned around to face Alec again and sat himself down on a large rock, and never broke eye contact with him. Alec stayed standing, and simply watched him, still on high alert but he did not know exactly what to do anymore. Without warning, Jonathan started talking.
"Lightwood, before this battle started I decided on one thing, well on thing besides winning. I thought back to how the last battle had begun, what I had done, and I realized I wanted to connect the two battles. I wanted to connect them with a bond. I wanted to start off both glorious uprisings with a connection, and what better way than to connect my first kills of each battle."
Alec's eyes widen slightly as he had begun to see where Jonathan was going.
Connection, first kills, his first kill before had been…none other than Max. Connection, second kill, beginning of battle-
"And what better connection to have between the first kills then…"
Jonathan glanced as Alec, and before Alec had any time to react Jonathan no longer was on the rock. And Alec felt a sharp piercing pain. As he took it all in he felt the blade through his middle, felt the blood that poured from it, everything.
Connection, first kill, Max. Connection, second kill, Alec.
Connection. The Lightwood brothers.
Then he fell to the ground when Jonathan pulled the blade out from him. And he laid there gasping for breath-
*End Flashback*
Alec lays there on his back, keeping slightly pressure over his abdomen. The warm blood, his blood, is constantly flowing over his hand and down his side. He slowly begins to hear the sounds of fighting becoming louder and louder.
Guess Jonathan took down whatever he had up before. Over here I don't even think I could hear the battle before. Alec thinks before wincing and taking several sharp breaths.
No one is going to find me until this is all over. Just how he wants is I bet. For them to find me afterwards, just like we found Max. Not knowing he was dead, that he wasn't safe until he was long gone. The pain stabs him again and he scrunches his eyes shut even tighter trying to deal with the pain.
His one hand moves down his side and searches in a pocket. Then he scoffs-as best as he can since the action causes his to cough again, only this time blood came up with it too.
He took my stele out of my pocket to ensure there was no chance of survival. Though, I think he managed to knick some part of my lungs so even I did have it, no iratze can mend this kind of injury. Even if Jace were to put one on.
Alec starts to give into the pain and begins to see dots and blackness flicker across his vision. The battle sounds like it is still raging on, but seems as if it was somewhere near a closing. It did not matter either way to him, for even if Jonathan loses, the damage will be done. The Lightwoods will have lost both of their sons to the same person. They will only have Isabelle and Jace left.
Alec's eyes starts to flutter and he feels a heavy weight upon himself and an insatiable desire to sleep.
Sleep. Yes, sleep. When I sleep is the only time anything is right. When I sleep I can try to go home again, and this time I think I can make it. Yes, sleep.
Just then Alec hears a startling screams and a few yells. He groans, and shifts slightly for he was roused from an almost slumber. Shifting causes a slight wave of nausea and he coughs again, blood along with the air.
~Isabelle~
Isabelle looks around as the battle is beginning to come to a close at last. Surveying the Shadowhunters and Downworlders left. Yes, they lost many, but so far no one close to her is gone. She finds everyone in her family, but she is missing one. Frantically she starts whipping her head around and searching, a sinking feeling in her stomach.
God no, please no.
After a moment she finds him. Laying on the ground, covered in blood, and seemingly unmoving. She screams.
She runs. She always thought she was a fast runner, but she runs faster than she ever had before. Just to get to her older brother. Lying in a pool of his own blood. She hears Jace, her parents, and other people shout and yell after she screamed and took off.
Earlier she wondered why Jace kept on touching the rune on his neck and whenever he had a moment was whipping his head looking for someone. He was looking for Alec. He felt something wrong through their parabatai rune and had tried to find him. But in that chaos no one could just find someone else easily.
Erasing all thought she finally got to him, and noticed he was still breathing, although it was slight. He was worse than she had thought. From a distance she could only see the red of blood. Now she can see the wound, and a bone chilling shiver rolls over her body.
~Alec~
He hears when she reaches him, how could he not from the loud gasp he heard. He felt her drop to her knees beside them as he hears some shuffling of what he assumes to be clothing. He has yet to open his eyes, they are still screwed shut.
"Al-Alec?"
For a brief moment he manages to flutter his eyes open and finds hers before clenching them shut as a new wave of pain hits him.
He feels her fumbling over him before it hits him what she is trying to do with her shaky hands. Gathering some strength he lightly raises his arm and stops her hands, and opens his eyes again.
"No Izzy."
"What? Alec no please-"
"No Isabelle."
"…"
"It won't do you any-" He stifles a groan as nausea hits again. "any good. An iratze won't work."
"Alec, we have to try somethi-"
"Izzy please, no."
"But…"
He could hear other sets of rushed footsteps rushing over to where they are. He has to get it out before anyone else can hear.
"Izzy, please. Just let me sleep okay."
"What?"
"Just let me sleep. I am so tired."
Izzy shifts closer and gently lifts Alec. He lets out a hiss of pain at the movement. She holds him lying on her lap.
"Alec, please no. God, no."
"Izzy,"
"I can't. I can't lose you too! It's all my fault again, if only I had not lost sight of you-"
"Isabelle no." Alec says as sternly as he can.
"Alec."
"Whatever you do, please. Don't let mom and dad know it was Jonathan."
"What?"
"And don't let Magnus know. Please don't let him know. Just tell him I got careless of something."
"Alec, why-"
The voices were even closer, almost right where they were.
"Izzy, please. I want to sleep. Just let me sleep."
Isabelle starts to softly cry.
"I want to sleep, I want to-to go home…"
Alec eyes slip shut, hiding his blue eyes that had started to fade. Isabelle lets out another loud cry.
I want to go home.
And he thinks he can make it this time. After all, how else would he hear Magnus call out his name? And repeatedly like a mantra for that matter? There's no way he would call out for him unless Alec was sleeping, unless he finally made it home, and now he does not even have to worry about waking up. No he does not have to worry as he feels that all too familiar warmth flood his senses and body as it always did around Magnus. The warm, fuzzy, and almost electric feeling started around his midsection and buzzed through his whole body. Only one thought was still on his mind as he felt himself relax even more.
I want to go home.
Thanks for reading :) Hope you enjoyed and please review or comment. It would be nice to know if anyone likes this and thinks I am not doing as bad of a job as I think I am (I always have that feeling when I write). Now this originally was supposed to be where it ended. But, I had a change of heart when I started writing chapter one cause it was a little hanging, and kinda mean. So there is ONE more chapter to tell you what happens! Anyways, this is way too long as it is so I am ending it here. Again, thanks for reading and please review :)