AN: This is a joint effort between me and my friend and I don't have a beta reader so any mistakes are ours. Please like and review!
Ezra Herondale was out hunting with Rose Lewis. They were both glamoured and were walking towards a demon nest. Bessie was strolling around the wood humming quietly to herself as she walked along, not really paying attention to her surroundings. A man walked up to her,
"Please, help me." She blinked at him,
"Um… What's wrong?"
"I've just been attacked."
Ezra followed the direction the sensor told him and saw a girl through the trees. He motioned for Rose to go round the other side.
"Oh my goodness, are you alright?" She put a hand to the gun in her pocket, "Are they still around?"
"I- I think I'm ok. I don't know where they went."
Ezra slowly edged out of the cover of the trees so as not to attract the demons attention.
"Sit down, I'll be back in just a second, let me check they're not going to attack again." She pulled the small purple gun out of her pocket and walked around in a circle around them, checking that the attackers weren't going to pounce.
Ezra stepped out of the way and moved through the shadows to get behind the demon. Bessie headed back towards the man when she was satisfied that there was nobody around and crouched down,
"I think they're gone."
"Thank you." Ezra had to hold back- he couldn't let her see the man disappear into thin air.
"Are you injured anywhere?" She asked, looking him up and down.
"Just a bit battered really. They left as soon as they got what they wanted…" Ezra removed his seraph blade and murmured an Angel's name.
"Did they take your money or anything?" She asked, leaning against a tree.
"My wallet and my phone." Ezra rolled his eyes, Get on with it already so I can kill you. Bessie nodded and looked around,
"Why're you even in the woods?"
"Um, I was just…" Ezra smirked. Bessie giggled,
"I guess you could ask me the same though. Sometimes you just need to get away, right?" She gave him a warm smile. He smiled back and nodded,
"Yeah." Bessie looked around her,
"I'm Bessie by the way."
"I'm… Jace." Ezra paused and moved closer, wincing as a twig cracked. Bessie jumped up pointing her gun at the direction the snapped twig came from. Ezra stayed calm until he realised his glamour was wearing off. He quickly hid his blade behind his back. Bessie faltered as a figure started to appear in front of her, but coming where she came from she was used to things not exactly going to plan and she pointed the gun directly at him,
"I have this and I will use it. So… Back off."
"Hi, yeah, gun." He nodded, "I've had various weapons pointed at me before but not a gun." The demon behind her transformed and came towards her quickly.
"Move!"
"No. You're going to have t-" She was cut off as the demon crashed into her and pinned her to the ground, she let out a little scream before cutting it off, she should really be getting used to this by now. This thing wasn't the usual thing that pinned her down and tried to kill her but still, all in a days work. She tried to wriggle away.
"I told you to move." Ezra rolled his eyes and jumped, stabbing the demon in the back, "You should have listened to me, I think you'll find I'm quite trustworthy… Mostly." He wiped his blade on his sleeve. She sat up and watched him,
"I've learnt not to trust guys who appear out of nowhere. Nice trick, by the way." She smirked a bit, "What the hell was that thing?"
"None of your business. Rose?" He called and she stepped out of the trees.
"Oh there's two of you." She scrambled to pick her gun up again, "How many more of you are there? What d'you want?" She pointed the gun at Ezra, hoping 'Rose' wouldn't pull a gun on her.
"It's just us. No one else." Ezra sounded bored, "We don't want anything from you."
"You from the Lakeside Crew? They don't like us very much… You don't look like their usual lot…"
"I don't have any clue what the heck you are talking about."
"Which gang then? Come on, who you with?"
"We're not part of any gang."
"Hm…" She stood up, "Then who are you?"
"I'm Ezra and this is Rose."
"I'm Bessie." She frowned, "Who was that man? And what was that…Thing?"
"That information is… Classified." He smirked, "Lovely to meet you." He said and turned to walk away with Rose.
"No no no, you're not walking away. You saved my life Derek'll want to thank you."
"We're on a tight schedule."
"Well I'll come with you. I don't need to be back 'til ten tonight… And I don't really want to go back even then."
"I'm afraid you can't come with us."
"Ezra, let's go. I told dad I'd be home before it got dark." Rose complained.
"Aw, diddums." Bessie laughed, "Live a little, sweetie." She put her gun away and stepped between Rose and Ezra with a grin.
"Leave it Rosie." Ezra said warningly as he saw Rose getting angry. Bessie laughed,
"Yeah, Rosie, let 'im fight your battles for you. That's what Derek does for me…" She smiled, "Although that usually ends in someone dying… Please don't kill me." She turned to Ezra and winked. He looked unimpressed,
"I need to go."
"Well I'll come with you." He sighed,
"Rose, you go. Can you get your mum to tell mine I'll be back soon?" She nodded and walked off.
"Yay!" Bessie grinned, "Will you come with me to Derek? I'm a bit late and I don't want him to be cross… But if I say someo- something attacked me and you saved me then he'll be fine… I hope." He nodded,
"It'll have to be quick though."
"Sure, he'll probably just grunt at you and drag me away…" She shrugged and headed back towards the city. He put his seraph blade away and followed after her.
"So Ezra, is Rose your girlfriend?" She asked as they walked.
"Just a… Good friend."
"Friendzooooned." She grinned at him and gave him a little wink.
"Yeah, right." He rolled his eyes, "I'm not like her dad."
"You're so friendzoned." She laughed.
"If you say so." She giggled again and they walked on in silence,
"So you don't have a chick then?"
"Nope." She nodded,
"And you're still not going to tell me what that thing was?"
"It's best if you just forget about it." He muttered.
"I don't think that's a brilliant idea. I'm Black Bess, I don't drop things." He shook his head, not bothering to argue. "Come on Ez, please?"
"I can't tell you."
"Sure you can. I can keep a secret." She winked.
"That's not what I mean. I can't tell you, you're… Never mind."
"I'm what?" She glared, "What were you going to tell me?"
"Nothing. You can't make me tell you."
"Is that a challenge?"
"I don't know. What do you think?" He lifted a brow. She pushed him up against the nearest tree and held a knife to his throat,
"I think you ought to tell me." He started laughing,
"Oh, that's just so adorable." She pressed the blade in a little more,
"Don't." He glared at her.
"Tell me. Now." He stayed silent. She moved the blade from his throat and cut into his arm. His opposite hand moved slowly down to his weapons belt. "Tell me." She repeated. He pulled out a dagger and held it behind her head,
"Two can play at this game, sweetie." She gasped as the cool metal pressed into her head,
"Don't you dare. We're nearing our patch, the lads'll kill you if they see this."
"I can handle myself in a fight. Drop your knife."
"What if I don't?"
"Then I'll kill you."
"But you just saved my life. Wouldn't it kind of be a waste?"
"Drop the knife and I won't have to." He'd done this so many times, the lie slipped out easily.
"No. I won't." She smirked, "What now, tough guy?" She knew when to stop, knew how far she could push people. He used his knife to flick hers away before quickly getting out of the way. She rolled her eyes and pulled her gun out again, she could be further away from him with that,
"You're going to have to try harder than that." He pulled out his stele and started to draw the glamour rune on his arm along with an iratze. She frowned, "What… What are you doing?" He smirked,
"See you later."
"What?" She frowned as he seemed to get dimmer.
"I told you, I'm busy and we were taking too long." She frowned deeper, trying desperately to focus on him. He turned and started to run back to the Institute. She gave it a moment before running after him, not letting him too far out of her sight, scared that she'd lose him. When he got into the Institute gates he started to murmur but they swung open before he finished what he was saying. He went inside. She watched him walk through the gates and waited until he was inside before going up and standing in front of the gates. He explained to Jace and Clary where he'd been and went to the music room. The world started to spin in front of Bessie and she gripped onto the gates,
"Ezra! Help!" She swayed a bit before collapsing in front of the gates in a rather elegant heap. Ezra's head shot up as he heard a shout from outside. He left the piano and went outside. Upon seeing Bessie he went and scooped her up, taking her inside.