At 8pm sharp, you were standing outside the institute waiting for the others. You got ready earlier as you didn't want to fuel the already existing tension between you and Alec. You've been waiting for about 5 minutes when all of your friends walked out the door together. Alec lead the team towards the portal, Magnus created once again and all of you stepped in one by one to arrive to a dark and hidden part of Brooklyn. 

This time you arrived with more information as one of the Shadowhunters woke up from his coma and informed Alec of the vampires hiding place. You weren't really sure this was the right place though. It's not that you didn't believe the Shadowhunter, but even though it was a quite hidden area of Brooklyn, it still seemed way too exposed.  

Even though Alec's tactic was to stay together, he changed his mind after all, but he didn't explain his decision. He sent you and Izzy together to check up on some of the alleys he has pointed towards, while he continued on the same path along with Jace and Clary. In a normal situation he would have joined you, but you kind of understood why he decided differently. You were not a good team together. Or at least that is what he thought. For you it didn't matter if you hated or loved someone, when on mission, you were always clear-headed and focused, completely putting your problems aside. But then again, it was Alec's decision and you didn't want to fight about it. 

Izzy and you were jumping on top of the buildings to avoid a surprise attack. But you didn't see anything suspicious. You went through the streets, looked at the back alleys, even went further than your designated area, but there was nothing out of ordinary. Not a single thing. 

Not long after you have finished looking around, you started walking back to where you came from, when Izzy got hold of your arm and stopped you, while putting her hand on your mouth to keep you quite. 

You carefully listened to the sounds around you, when you faintly heard the sound of metal objects colliding. It reminded you of blades for some reason, but it wasn't loud enough for you to be completely sure.  

You and your parabatai quickly headed towards the street you came from, when your friends' figures started to appear in your view. You could clearly see that they were fighting. Izzy started running immediately to help them out, but you stopped. It seemed too easy. The first thing in your mind was that something just did not seem right. You looked up on the buildings to find something or someone. But your senses left you helpless once again. Your friends were keeping up quite well against the vampires. Many of them were already dead. But you still couldn't shake that negative feeling radiating through your bones.

As you got closer your eyes met the vampire Alec was fighting with. You couldn't have forgotten his face. Shivers ran through your body from disgust, but you tried to shake it off. 

"Y/N." You saw his lips moving. A huge grin appeared on his face, seeing you. He tried to get to you, but Alec stopped him and occupied him. You saw them exchanging words, but you couldn't understand, you couldn't read off their lips what they were saying. The vampire was strong, too strong. You could see Alec struggling to keep up with his speed, even with his runes activated. As his focus was completely on the vampire he was fighting with, he didn't realise the other one trying to attack him from behind. You ran as fast as you could and just got there in time. You took out your seraph blade and pierced it through his heart, then cut his head off. Alec's head snapped back for a second and your eyes met. However you couldn't focus on him for too long as you realised that the other vampire was about to stab Alec. You jumped in and pushed him on the ground while the vampire vanished into thin air. But something wasn't right. You looked down and saw that he was bleeding on his side while the blade was proudly standing still in his flash.

"Alec!" You shook him, but he didn't answer. His face showed pain and you suddenly didn't know what to do. Your head snapped back looking up at a vampire who was about to attack, but before you could have done anything, Jace attacked him instead. You looked down at Alec and picked him up from the ground. He was half unconscious and his weight seemed to slow you down even with your strength rune doing its job. "Jace, Alec needs help." You shouted. 

"Just go, we will take care of this." He replied.

"I can't leave you here." You screamed in despair. 

"Go!" He shouted while avoiding an attack from a vampire. 

You stood there for a couple of seconds, thinking, but then you decided Jace was right. Alec needed urgent care now, not minutes later. You stepped back through the portal and arrived to the Institute. You dragged Alec's body along the hallway and put him down on one of the beds in the infirmary. The nurse sitting on the side immediately got her equipments and started sterilising them one by one as quick as she could. She pushed a button on the bed and two Silent Brothers ran in to help her. They gently asked you to leave, while forcefully pushing you out when you resisted. 

You wanted to know what was going on with Alec, you wanted to know if he was going to be okay. You wanted to stay next to him, even if you were the last person he wanted to see in that moment. But you couldn't do a single thing. You just sat down on the floor, right next to the door. 

Hours passed by, but still noone came out of the room. You were worried about Alec, but now you were anxious about your friends too. Luckily you didn't have to torture yourself with all the what-ifs as soon enough your parabatai appeared in front of you, followed by Jace and Clary in a close distance. She wanted to go straight into the room, but it was closed. She tried pulling it, pushing it forcefully, but it didn't budge. 

"What the hell?" She swore in anger, but the door didn't give itself up. "I want to know what is going on." She cried. 

You pulled your parabatai down next to you and embraced her shaking figure gently. She couldn't stop crying even though you tried to comfort her. Your tears have stopped already, but your fear for Alec has grown bigger. 

Your friends and you were waiting in front of Alec's room impatiently all night long, but there was no information about his well-being. You couldn't do anything, but sit tight and wait as if it was the easiest thing to do in such situation.