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Magnus' Apartment - Living Room

Magnus opened the door and led the way for Alyssa and Simon to carry Luke inside with Clary following.

"What happened?" He asked.

"He was attacked." Simon said.

"He challenged Theo and fought him." Alyssa said. Luke groaned softly in pain making Alyssa worry more. "Magnus, he needs you." Magnus laid a white sheet over the couch and gestured for them to bring Luke over.

"Put him here." Alyssa and Simon carried Luke over and laid him down on the couch. Luke started muttering as if trapped within a dream of sorts.

"Where are you? I can't find you. Where are...where are you?" Clary knelt down and tried to comfort him. "Jocelyn! Jocelyn!" He called out, thrashing on the couch.

"No, Luke, it's Clary." She said, taking his hand in hers. Luke opened his eyes slightly as he panted and looked at Clary.

"You have to listen to me. I have to tell you, just in case..." He tried to say.

"No, don't even say it, don't." Clary said, tears in her eyes.

"No, listen to me." Luke insisted.

"Luke..."

"No, you need to know. Listen..." He tried to say again but fell back onto the couch, slipping in and out of consciousness.

"Magnus." Alyssa said, her voice laced with evident worry.

"Was he bitten by an alpha?" Magnus asked.

"Yes, why?" Simon asked. Magnus backed up and counted back from three then Luke's body shot up with his eyes wide open and glowing green. He lets out a loud growl then falls back to the couch and begins to thrash around.

"Oh my God." Clary gasped. Alyssa moved to hold him down and Clary helped her, Alyssa's superior strength being a great help. Magnus walked away.

"Where do you think you're going?" Simon asked.

"Help them hold him down." Magnus said, walking out of the room. Simon did as asked just as Magnus ran back into the room with some items including a piece of bark. "We don't have a lot of time." He put the bark into Luke's mouth and Luke reflexively bit down on it, still in pain. "It'll take a few moments to take effect."

"What's happening to him?" Clary asked.

"Random werewolf transformation. It's a side effect of the poison in the alpha bite." Magnus explained. Luke's body began to calm then. He stopped writhing and thrashing around and finally settled into unconsciousness.

Magnus noticed the anxious state of Alyssa and moved to place a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him with a grateful smile and he returned it before walking away to gather more items. She paid no mind to the quiet conversation Clary and Simon were having, her eyes focused on Luke's prone form on the couch.

After sometime, she got up to pace around slowly. Magnus walked in with more items and set them on a work table. "The bark will stop the transformation for now but Luke needs an antidote to stop the poison in his system. And I don't have all the ingredients here."

Clary got up immediately. "Just tell me what you need and how to get it." She said.

"No, you stay here." Magnus said. Clary looked ready to protest. "Luke will need you if he wakes up."

"When he wakes up." Alyssa and Clary corrected simultaneously. Magnus gave the older girl a sympathetic look.

"What do you need? I'll..." Alyssa began to say but she was cut off by both Simon and Jace who had just walked in with a bloody nose.