Alec winced slightly as the knife pierced his flesh. He felt the trail of blood dripping down his neck to the edge of his shirt.

"Let him go Azazel!" Magnus shouted, with his hand raised.

"Warlock, drop your hand or your little boy toy dies." Azazel laughed at the pained expression on Magnus's face as he dropped his hand. "That's a good boy. Now bind your hands."

"With what?" Magnus asked. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Jace sneaking backwards. He needed to keep the attention on him so that Jace could do whatever he was planning.

"You're creative." He gave him a sickly sweet smile.

"Magnus, just get out of here." Alec called out. He didn't want anyone hurt because of him and it was his fault. He was the one who came up with the plan that had completely backfired.

"Alexander, there is no way in hell I'm leaving you here alone." Magnus declared as he made a rope appear.

Izzy glared up at him. "What do you want?

"World peace of course." Azazel laughed.

"Wait, is this your audition for the miss underworld competition?" Simon asked completely serious. "I really thought I had it in the bag."

"Would anyone even care if I killed you?" Azazel shot back.

"You can't kill the undead, duh." Simon rolled his eyes and looked over at Clary. "Are you sure he's a greater demon because he first seem all that great to me."

"You little," Azazel hissed as he leapt forward, still holding Alec. The knife dug deeper into his throat.

"Maybe we can not piss off the demon that has a knife to my throat."Alec said with a glare at Simon. Why did the vampire have to come along anyway?

"But then how else could I sneak up on him?Jace asked, holding a blade against Azazel's weak spot. "Drop the knife or you go poof."

Azazel dropped the knife and glared. "It's not often that someone catches me off gua-"

Azazel's words were cut short as Jace inserted the knife causing Azazel you screech in pain before disintegrating.

"Alec, are you okay?" Magnus rushed forward and touched his cheek before healing his throat.

"I'm good Magnus." Alec said, but there was something off in his voice. "Thank you Jace."

"What are parabatai's for?" Jace shrugged and smirked. "I was pretty amazing wasn't I?"

"About as amazing as you are humble." Clary teased.

"You sure know how to hurt a guy." Jace clutched his chest.

"Can you wait to flirt until after we've gotten the girl out of the cage?" Alec asked, motioning to the cage in the air.

"It's strange that it's still in the air." Magnus commented. "I thought it was Azazel who was doing it."

"That doesn't mean it would have dropped just because he died. Maybe it's a set spell or something." Izzy said.

"Maybe." Magnus touched his chin. "Let's keep our guards up just in case."

"Agreed." Alec nodded. "Magnus, you and I will work on getting her down, the rest of you, stay on the look out."

"Fine, but hurry. I have a bad feeling." Izzy tapped her foot.

"Magnus can you get me up to the cage?" Alec asked once they were under it. The little girl seemed to be unconscious, but still she floated.

"Of course. But I could easily go up." Magnus started to lift up.

"No, stop." Alec grabbed him. "I need to do this. I'm not sure why, but I know it."

"Fine, Mr. Needy." Magnus smiled and Alec tried to smile back but he couldn't quite manage to.

"As soon as the cage is unlocked get her out of it." Alec said as Magnus lifted him into the air.

"Of course." Magnus said with a worried look.

"Ready?" Alec asked and Magnus nodded.  Alec reached out and flipped the lock just as an enormous electrical current coursed through his body. He had never experienced such pain in his life.

"Alec?" Magnus screamed and the others ran towards them as he was laid on the ground.

He moaned and his eyes fluttered closed. He had fulfilled his mission just as the vision had shown him he would. The world went silent around him as he lost feeling in his legs then arms.

Was this what it felt like to die? He wondered before the world went black. 

A/N Ahhhh! Don't forget to breathe and um, don't kill me.  But, what do you think about me taking a week off or something?  That could be fun, let the suspense build... jk! I wouldn't! Thank you so much for getting this to #291 in fanfiction! That's amazing!