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So this is a series of sort-of-songfics more of a fanfic with a soundtrack. Each song for each chapter is at the top... hope you like it!
Hysteria- muse
Jace reached to his belt and pulled out three seraph blades. He tossed one to Clary.
"Clary! Come over here. Put your back to the wall, it is more defensible. Keep close to me, I will try to hold them off from you." he rapped out feeling a bit like a fighting textbook. He just hoped they would be lucky enough to get out of this one.
"Jace!" Clary shrieked. He whirled to find the demons charging down the alley. He pushed Clary behind him, determination flooded through him as he tore his eyes from her face and turned to meet the attackers.
As the first demon launched itself at him he swung both blades across its torso and ducked as incor flooded out of it. He spun and dodged a blow and sank a blade deep into the back of a second demon. It let out a cry as it went down. Not sparing it a thought he used his momentum to hurl a blade at a large demon in the group. The blade took the demons head clean off. Jace allowed himself a second of pride before he ran to meet the rest of the demons.
He drove a seraph blade into a demon who looked like a cross between a squid and some kind of spider. He stepped over it as it crumpled to the ground.
"Kill, kill the girl!" Jace heard a demon near him hiss. He spun and tackled it to the ground before it could give the others more directions. The demon may have been a leader of some kind to this horde, he was dismayed to find it was also stronger than the others. It seemed hardly fair that one could be both strong and moderately intelligent. The demon rolled pushing Jace underneath it. He tried to stab the demon with the hand it wasn't holding, but found the blade had slipped out of his grip at some point. The demon bent over him crushing him into the cement. He could feel its breath on his face as he scrambled to free his hand from its grasp. He heard Clary scream his name. That seemed to distract the demon for a split second, Jace jerked his hand free and grabbed a chakaram he had in his belt, and slammed it into the demons eye. It reared back howling. Jace used this time to push it back off of him and scoop up the seraph blade he had dropped and slam it into the dying demon.
Jace straightened up sparing a moment to inspect his hand and wrist to make sure he was OK. His back was hurting from being pressed into the ground. After evaluating he was in one piece with no major injuries he tightened his grip on the blades in his hands. His heart racing as the adrenaline flooded his system.
From behind him he heard a strange noise and on instinct he ducked as a demon with wings flew over him toward Clary.
"Clary!" He yelled to warn her. He turned, panic rising through him as he realized he had just let it get by him to Clary. He turned just in time to see Clary expertly slash at the demon and then turn the blade in her hand to stab it. The demon barely had time to shrivel before it disappeared.
Feeling pride and relief he grabbed the dagger from his belt and threw it into the ribs of a raum demon and cut another in half with an angel blade as he made his way across the alley toward Clary. When he reached her he grabbed her shoulders.
"Clary-" Jace started but was cut off when something grabbed his ankle. He swung his arm behind him and felt it connect with the demon who had grabbed his leg. He turned back to Clary her fiery hair blowing in the light breeze coming down the alley bringing the unnatural chill of demons with it. He was about to congratulate her on the kill when he heard a snarl from the shadows. He put his arm around Clary pulling her slightly to the side and behind him as an enormous oozing skeletal demon slunk out of the shadows toward them.
"Keep hold of that blade," Jace said suddenly scared, "focus on your target, believe in yourself." Jace had to admit despite her lack of training and experience as the demon bore down on them he honestly believed in her, he trusted her. He felt almost safe with her by his side.
The demon lunged at them faster than he had expected he pushed Clary to the ground and out of the way. But he wasn't fast enough getting himself out of the way, he felt something slash his shoulder. The feel of blood trickling down his arm only seemed to fuel his instinct. He stabbed up from his crouched position under the demons shadow and put his blade up under the demons chin, knocking it to the ground.
Jace could feel the burn as the poison touched his hand. But he sunk the blade further still into the demon feeling the exhilaration of the fight, of the victory. He watched as the demon disappeared from under his hand. He straightened up and turned to see Clary standing at the end of the alley still holding the seraph blade he had given her. She looked like a shadowhunter for that moment. A sort of aura surrounding her and brightening the whole area around her. Jace couldn't decide whether he was happy to see she was part of his world or not. He thought he might understand why Jocelyn had worked so hard to protect Clary, there was something so pure and innocent about her. And yet the shadowhunter in her blood still shown out so dominant at times it was hard to believe he couldn't see it all the time.
He walked over to her carefully collecting weapons from the ground as he went.
"You OK?" he asked softly.
"Are you?" she countered
"You think I can't handle a few of the hellish masses Fray?" he answered. She scowled at him for a second before looking at his hand.
"Let me see you hand, it's bleeding" Jace surrendered his hand to her. He honestly hadn't noticed the wound.
"Clary we have to get out of here in case there are more of them coming." Jace explained as soon as she was done drawing the healing rune. He took her hand as he lead her out of the alley and quickly down the street where he hailed a cab. She jumped into the cab seeming to welcome the safety. He glanced around after them before he slid in next to her ready to enjoy a trip back to the institute with Clary.