Alec sent up a prayer for small miracles and turned the key. The lock softly clicked open. Sighing out in relief, he opened the door and stopped shortly. Jace, Clary, Isabelle and even Simon were all sitting and crying around Magnus’ living room. Pulling his key out, he left the door to slowly close behind him. The noise made the others whip in his direction. Alec hoped they didn’t get whiplash with how fast they all swiveled their heads.
“Why are you all dark and gloomy? It’s like someone died or something.” It was like standing at a funeral with the way they were a mess with tears and grief.
“Alec…?” Jace whispered leaning forward in his seat, almost dislodging Izzy from her place on his shoulder. “But how can you-?” He looked at the closed door then back to Alec, sitting up straighter, eyes clearing from his tears.
Glancing at the others to see confusion and hope all on their faces painted the picture pretty clearly for him. “Oh. I died.” So that made sense why he didn’t have as much trouble as before.
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That must mean that Magnus was with the other him, no doubt trying to save him. He waved off the rapid fire questions aimed at him and jogged into the master bedroom. Inside was a scene that broke his heart. It was a scene that he’s come used to seeing and he hated it. Strong and pretty Magnus was torn and heartbroken, holding tight onto the limp Alec, sobbing.
“Magnus…” He said solemnly, wanting to comfort the man but knowing that it wasn’t his place.
Hearing his familiar voice, Magnus pulled his face away from the body and dull yellow eyes took him in. They quickly glanced at the body in his arms before looking back at him, wandering if he was hallucinating or seeing Alec’s ghost one last time before he sets off into the afterlife. Alec hated that look so much.
“Alexander?” Magnus whispered, pulling the other Alec’s body closer to his chest.
“Yes and no.” He shook his head to cut off any further questions. “How long ago did he stop breathing?” He’s learned not to say die anymore.
Magnus, clearly confused but willing to go along if only to keep talking to Alexander for a little bit longer, replied, “A few minutes ago.”
“Good, then there’s still time to save him.” Alec quickly lost his jacket and rolled up his sweater sleeves.
Gently he pried Magnus off the body, which was easy to do as he was shocked that he could actually feel the ghost of Alec’s hands on him. When Alec managed to set the body lying on the bed again, he started to remove his shadowhunter gear. This wasn’t the first time he’s brought back an Alec, and he’s learned after that first time not to have any conductors on his person.
“Okay, now where is his stele?” He looked around and found it discarded by the bottom of the bed along with a torn shirt and a seraph blade. Grabbing it, it went back to his place on the other side of the body where Magnus was not occupying. “Okay, so I’m going to need your help in bringing him back.”
“My help?” Magnus asked. “I don’t know what more I can do?”
“I just need your life force. I’ll do most of the work.” He started drawing a rune on Alexander’s chest, over his heart to be exact. “-and we need that there, then this, and then a little loop there and-” He paused and glanced at Magnus. “You are a warlock and immortal right?” Cause that was something that has to be true in order for the ritual to work.
“Yes, I am. Why are you asking?”
“Good. I need you to be immortal since I am taking your life force, and since you are immortal, you-”
“-have enough to supply for an extra life.” Magnus finished, getting it now.
“Yes. Now,” he drew the last line on the rune and then held out his left hand from Magnus to take. With no hesitation, Magnus grasped it and help on tightly. “Clench your teeth!” And he placed his hand on top of the rune, activating it.
The rune was complicated in design but simple in its function. Sparks flew from his hand before transforming into lightning that slithered and arc over his arms up around his shoulders and straight down into his hand clasped in Magnus’. Alec was happy to see that Magnus had taken his advice and clench down on his teeth, holding in a scream. He grunted and groaned, but he didn’t let go of Alec’s hand. In a matter of minutes, the lightning receded away from their hands and back down into Alexander’s chest. As the last streak of lightning absorbed into the pale chest, the body beneath his palm shuddered and heaved as it came back to life.
Releasing the warlock’s hand and taking his palm away from the chest, now sans the rune, he watched as hazel eyes fluttered open. Grinning he clapped Magnus on the shoulder. “It worked! Congratulations!”
“What the hell is going on? Who the hell are you?” The voice of Jace startled them all. Alec didn’t notice the four people gathered around the door.
“W-what?” Alexander croaked out, trying to sit up. Magnus gently stopped him, pushing him back on the bed.
“Seeing as my work here is done, I’m going to go raid the fridge!” With that, he pushed passed the door jams and made his way to the kitchen.
The others were torn between him and their brother, and Jace made to follow him while Izzy and the others checked on the now revived Alexander. Searching the fridge, he found left over Chinese and eagerly, he opened the container, letting out a whoop when he saw it was mushoo pork.
“Who are you?” Jace asked, pulling the container away from him.
“Alec Lightwood.” He said going after the food.
“Try again, Alec Lightwood is laying in that room.”
“A Alec Lightwood. Or is it an Alec Lightwood?” He shook his head. “Your Alec Lightwood is laying in that room, but another’ Alec Lightwood is right here. Hi. Look, once everyone is okay enough to process information, I’ll explain everything and what’s going on. But right now? I’m starving, so thanks, I’ll have that mushoo pork now.” Grabbing the plate back, he dove into the cold food.
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“Everyone’s okay now, now explain.” Jace demanded.
They were all in Magnus’s bedroom again, surrounding the two who were on the bed. They didn’t want to be any further away from Alexander than what was necessary. He could understand that so he didn’t fight them on it.
“Hello, I am Alec Lightwood. I’m from another dimension.” He held up his hands when mouths started opening to ask questions. “You want proof? There are two Alec’s in this room. Now, where I’ve come from, we’ve been dealing with something that is able to travel to other parallel worlds. It was a recent new development as it couldn’t do that before. Everywhere that it goes, it’s been doing the same exact thing in each realm. And that is, for some reason, it’s been killing off the Alec Lightwoods in that dimension. Whether they were a shadowhunter like us, or a downworlder, or even a mudane. It’s been killing them before jumping into a new world. I’ve been following it, trying to get to the other world before it does to warn the Alec’s there, but so far I’ve been coming in too late. A lot of other Alec’s have died, but I’ve manage to bring some of them back, like I did to you.” He gestured to Alexander. “I’ve been keeping contact with the others I’ve saved. They’re trying to piece together it’s motive. And it’s slowly coming, and I must say. I don’t like what I’m finding one bit.”
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