♛ City Of Lost Wishes ♕ Malec ♛

10) ''Look After Him For Me''

~A~

It hurt. My shoulder felt as if it were on fire and my feet were crushed after each bone-shattering kick. 'Please.' I begged, though there was nothing to reply to. I was oblivious to the man on the other side of the door that heard every pound of my fist as I heard nothing. I heard no begging, I heard no banging- I was alone in the world. It was as if my worst fear was becoming reality.

'Someone.' I pleaded but there was still nothing. I wanted to rest, I wanted to cry, I wanted to be free but I knew none of those were possible.

I was stuck and I was alone. So, I gave up. The glimpse of hope that was once in my eye was extinguished as the crack in the door had hardly extended. It had begun at only a centimetre and it couldn't be more than fifteen now.

I had no idea of time but what I could only have believed was forty-five minutes later was there finally a noise. I was hunched over on the bed, my face in my hands when I finally heard a noise that wasn't the irritating tap of my own foot on the hardwood flooring. I glanced up to see a shadow in the corner of the room. 'I'm sorry, Alec.' I recognised that voice but it wasn't the one I wanted to hear.

'Hodge?' I whispered into the darkness. 'Hodge, are you alright?' I asked warily, his voice didn't sound quite right, nor did his sentence. 'Is something wrong, Hodge?' Still silence.

'I really am sorry, Alec.' Then everything went to hell. Hodge had vanished, a demon's teeth were clamped onto my shoulder and the door had swung right open revealing a heaving warlock, Magnus.

We caught each other's eyes and he brought himself off the floor and ran towards me shooting the demon back to hell with a flick of his hand. He looked tired but not exhausted and I was just glad that he was okay.

His lips seemed to be moving but no sound was coming out. My shoulder hurt, really hurt. I was in a daze and my whole word seemed to be turning black. 'What-' I was cut off by a lack of consciousness.

~M~

Alec was unresponsive, gaunt-looking and the colour of death. His eyes were partially glazed over and his lips were slightly open as he breathed shallow and short breaths. He was alive but not for very long.

I was physically tired and my magic seemed to coincide as sparks failed to fly from my fingers as they did on such a regular basis. I held him in my arms, bridal style, and was making my way to the infirmary- ignoring the pleas and cries coming from nearby.

When I had reached the infirmary, Isabelle was there, her face tear-stricken and worrisome. 'Magnus!' She cried out and ran to get Alec out of my hands and onto the bed which I gladly accepted. My arms were weak, my body was weak. I had spent so long trying to break that door down that I barely realised my fatigue.

'How bad is it?' Isabelle asked from the other side of the bed, Alec resting between us. I just shook my head and focused on my hands. They flickered under the dancing sparks but this was no pretty sight, this was bad. An unknown demon had left a rather large bite on his shoulder, dotted around it was ten, already healing, teeth marks- although there was no doubt that they would scar. Isabelle hurried to draw an iratze as close to his heart as possible but it only seemed to heal the marks around the wound. This demon's poison was lethal and it seemed Alec would die without help.

Shutting my eyes, concentrating all my last strength on my magic, I finally felt it flare. That was what I was used to. Unaware of how much energy I was using, I held my hands above Alec, softly letting my fingers dance over his muscled frame.

'I'm not letting you go just yet.' I teased looking down on him, sending another burst of magic towards the injury. I slowly felt myself fainting but smiled when I saw the skin grow back at an inhumane pace.

'Magnus, are you alright?' I heard Izzy worry from my right, or was it my left? I really was out of it. I stumbled towards the bed and barely caught myself before I would fall onto Alec. I nodded but it was a lie, I was on the brink of unconsciousness. Maybe if I just...lay down...No, I woke myself up with my own thoughts and looked towards Izzy who hadn't said a word. Or had she? Her lips seemed to be moving but no sound was coming out. My head hurt, really hurt. I was in a daze and my whole word seemed to be turning black. 'What-' I was cut off by a lack of consciousness.

-

I woke up with a groan to see Isabelle hovering above me. 'What happened?' I rubbed my eyes and leant against the headboard. Without an answer, Izzy sighed and made her way towards Alec's bed.

'Magnus, a lot went down and we don't need any more people here. The clave are already on their way.' I nodded in acceptance, knowing she was politely asking me to leave. It was common knowledge that a warlock would not be accepted within the institute.

'I'll be on my way then.' I stood up, glad to see that the waves of dizziness and pain had seemed to fallen into oblivion.

'Goodbye, Magnus.' She sighed, looking over to her brother, letting her gaze soften. She really did love him and I trusted her to care for him.

'Look after him for me.' I smiled and left without a reply, praying that Alec would be alright.

~A~

I woke up to a searing heat. Lights, it was just the lights. Why could I feel their heat, though? No, the heat wasn't coming from them. It was coming from another object. Human, that was definitely the feeling of a human. I blinked a few times to finally see Isabelle atop of me, her head laying on my chest and gentle snores coming from her open mouth.

What the hell had happened?

word count: 1045

published: 22.01.17