Reborn

Chapter eight

"Let's try one last time.", Alec said. He fought with Jace, trying out new techniques. Jace spent almost all the time at the gym, that's why Alec was surprised that he won all the fights before. Jace has always been the better warrior, but these days he couldn't concentrate. He always missed. Also, he got more and more injuries. Alec wouldn't say that Jace was a careful warrior, but he never hurt himself at doing simple stuff. He seemed clumsy the past week, and usually everything Jace did looked elegant and graceful. His attacks got harder. He wasn't able to hunt anymore. It was sad. Especially, considering that Jace has been one of the best Shadowhunters. Alec was scared, that's why he sent a message to the silent brothers. He wanted them to help Jace. He knew, his Parabatai won't stand it any longer. Of course, it was a risk, because if the Silent brothers would decide that Jace was insane, the Clave will withdraw his runes. He would be a mundane. And Alec knew there was nothing worse you could do to him than make him loose to one of them. But he talked with Jace about it. They had the same opinion.

The next day the silent brothers arrived to get Jace to the bone city. Only Alec was allowed to visit him. "It's going to be fine.", Magnus said to Alec. "I hope so.", he answered. Then, Magnus kissed him. Soft, then a little harder. The kiss was demanding, intense, full of emotions. It felt wrong to Alec to be happy with his boyfriend while his Parabatai was just taken away to the bone city, hoping for improvement. But he shouldn't push Magnus away. He has been right next to Alec all the time, he needs attention too. Alec sighed and kissed Magnus too. He put all of his emotions into the kiss: His sorrow, his sadness, his anger... Magnus pushed Alec into his room. His eyes were as glittery as his eyeliner. He pushed and pushed, then Magnus closed the door: "Do you want to?", he asked. "Why shouldn't I?", Alec asked. Alec took off his shirt. His body was covered with runes and scars. Then Magnus pushed him onto his bed. HE wasn't surprised by Alec's elegance anymore. They just kissed. And kissed. And kissed...

Jace was put in a small cell, deep down in the bone city. It was cold there, almost freezing. After some minutes, Brother Jeremiah appeared and brought him into a small room. When he turned on the light, Jace winced. As his eyes adapted to the light, he saw a surprisingly high-tech looking room, full of different machines. In the middle was a bed. He laid down on it. Then, brother Jeremiah stuck some different metal platelets onto Jace's body. Those platelets were connected to machines. Suddenly, the bed began to move. Jace shrugged. Usually, nothing could scare him that easily, but now he was afraid of anything. One of the machines began to make a weird noise. The bed stopped moving. As a yellow light appeared at another machine, the bed sunk deeper into the floor. Jace shrugged again. A needle appeared at the left corner of the bed, right above his shoulder. As he looked around, there were needles all around the edge of the bed. Some of them started to move towards him. Blood ran out od the spots where the needles hit him. He saw the blood being collected in some transparent bubbles. Then, brother Jeremiah gave him a potion to drink. It tasted disgusting. Afterwards, the whole process started from the beginning once again. Bed moving, Bed sinking into the floor, needles, a different potion. This repeated about thirty times, until Jace felt sick and tired. The spots where the needles hit his body hurt as hell. Finally he was brought back to his cell, he fell asleep immediately. But the silent brothers didn't let him sleep too long. They woke him up after two hours and brought him back to the high-tech looking room. And the torture was repeated. After the fourth cycle Jace saw Alec waiting for him in front of his cell. A wave of energy rushed his body:" By the angel, you're here.", he said. He has never been so grateful to see his Parabatai. Jace told him everything that has happened to him, although it wasn't much. He was tired, so he fell asleep holding Alec's hand