Inbetween

17 - Greater Powers

Leo's POV:

"Shit, Leo wake up!" I heard a distant voice. It was angelic and it's warmth started to spread through my whole body, completely filling it out. When I finally opened my eyes, I met a pair of green eyes and a worried face. Nicky's face.

"Are you alright?" he asked concerned and stretched out a hand to help me get up from the hard floor.

"I guess so." I replied and shrugged my shoulders.

"What happened?" Nicky demanded to know.

I hesitated. Should I really tell him what had happened? What if I was just going mad? I did not want to concern him either.

"I really don't know. I think I just felt dizzy and I was exhausted from the fight earlier. It's nothing special."

Nicky just looked at me and I could see that he did not quite believe me.

"What should we do now?" he asked.

"I don't know, I think we should-"

I couldn't finish the sentence because a sharp pain shot down my arm, the one I hurt in the battle.

"What the hell?" I cried out and pressed my arm against my body.

Nicky looked alarmed and grabbed my arm to see what was wrong.

"The demon must have injected you some poison. It's spreading in you arm. Can you see that?" he pointed at a vein. "It's black, that's the demon poison. If we don't get it out of your body, it will reach your heart in a few hours and you will die."

I was very distracted by Nicky's touch on my arm and the soft look of his lips. Oh I just wanted to kiss him and ohh the way he talked and his cleverness it was so attractive and-

"LEO LIGHTWOOD! Are you even listening to me?" he suddenly yelled at me.

"Yes uhm sorry." I mumbled.

"I just feel so weird and high."

It was true. The poison must have weakened my body because suddenly it was exhausting to stand and talk and I could only think about Nicky and his attractiveness.

"Okay, don't panic, don't panic." I heard Nicky talking, probably more to calm himself down.

"We need to get help, now." he said.

"MM-Magnus ." I mumbled and walked into the direction of his Apartment. It was only a few streets away.

Nicky understood and laid one of my arms around his shoulders to help me walk. It was still extremely exhausting and I felt weaker with every step we took.

After what had felt like an eternity we reached Magnus' apartment complex and Nicky knocked aggressively against the door and screamed the warlocks name.

A tall black haired man opened the door and I felt relived when I saw the yellow cat like eyes.

"Shadowhunters in trouble, what a surprise! Come in boys but ignore the glitter on the floor.

Before we entered his apartment I felt the urge to turn around once more and all I could see were rows of demons with red eyes.

And then I blacked out.

Again.

Nicky's POV:

Leo blacked out the second we reached Magnus' apartment and I had to catch him so he wouldn't hit the ground. Magnus helped my to carry him inside and we laid him onto a very expensive looking couch.

"What happened, boy?" Magnus asked while examining Leo's body.

"We were attacked by a bunch of demons earlier and one of them managed to scratch Leo's arm."  I could clearly see the fighting scene. The awful looking demons and my brave Leo defending me and killing them all. He was such a good warrior and I had felt so useless...

"And I am pretty sure the demon injected him a poison through the scratch because a few minutes after the fight he fainted and I noticed the black veins in his arm."

Magnus nodded. "Alright that is very helpful, Thank you uhm-"

"Nicolas Baudelaire but just call me Nicky."

"Thank you Nicky now let's see what we can do for your boyfriend."

"How did you know that he is my boyfriend?"

"I see it in the way you look at him and speak about him. And I have many years of experience, believe me I recognise love." He winked and I had to smile and blushed.

"But now let's help Leo before he dies." Magnus continued.

"This is going to be very painful for him because I need to pull the poison out of his veins but it will try to resist. Please hold him tightly."

I just nodded and adjusted my grip on Leo.

Magnus started counting to 3 and then cast a spell.

Leo's body started shaking like crazy and I had to bring up all my strength to hold him in place. He cried out and tears started running down his cheeks.

"You are going to be fine, stay strong." I whispered and hoped he could hear it.

At first, the black liquid tried to fight against the force to the spell but after around a minute, Magnus could finally extract it from Leo's blood and he lowered his hands in exhaustion.

"That's it, he should wake up any moment. But please excuse me for a moment I need some alcohol now, preferable Gin." And he turned around and vanished in the next room, I guessed was the kitchen.

I stayed at Leo's side because I wanted to be there for him when he wakes up. I carefully raised his head a bit so I could down and put his head into my lap. Then, I started to stroke gently through his raven black hair. It was so soft.

After a while, he opened his magnificent eyes and started smiling when he saw my face.

Leo's POV: 

The first thing I saw when I woke up was Nicky's beautiful face. He looked a little worried but also relived and happy to see me.

I sat up carefully because I still felt a little dizzy but it was much better than before. Nicky helped me to sit up and pulled me into a deep hug.

In this moment Magnus entered the kitchen and I smiled.

" Hello Magnus, so good to see you again. And thank you so much for helping me."

"Oh it was nothing special, I am always here to help, especially my boyfriends family."

"You know that I am Alec's brother?" I asked surprised.

"Of course he told me about you and you resemble him very much. You are a true Lightwood."

I was just about to reply something sarcastic when a huge pillar consisting of shadow and darkness appeared in the middle of the living room.

Both, me and Nicky screamed in shock and jumped behind the couch.

A huge demon appeared in the shadows.

His eyes were red.