Recovery
Chapter 1
Jace POV
Alec sat watching Jace with worried eyes as he forcefully paced back and forth the length of library. Finally he just couldn't take it anymore, and stood in front of Jace. Jace came to a screeching halt infront of Jace. Alec reached out and put his hands on Jace's shoulders, "They're gonna find her Jace...she's going to be fine." Jace's head dropped, and all he could think about was it has been 1 month, 1 week, 4 day, and 13 hours since "He" took Clary. No one in the institute would offically confirm it, but Jace knew deep down Sebastian took Clary. Jace deep down knew they were doing everything they could, but he just couldn't sit here and do nothing while his Clary was missing. He was growing more and more unstable and unpredictable as every moment passed, he could feel himself slipping away into the darkness, and the scary thing was he didn't mind the darkness.
Magnus burst through the library door, and Jace looked up to meet Magnus' waiting eyes. Before Jace could even ask, Magnus nodded his head.
Jace ran over to Magnus, "They found her? Where is she? Is she okay?" Jace was almost shouting.
"We have to move quickly follow me I will explain on the way." Magnus said in a hurried tone and took off out the door Jace went jogging after him while Magnus spoke, " I managed to use a tracking spell to locate her. The Clave sent their best shaddowhunters to take out Sebastian, but he managed to slip through their fingers." Magnus spun to turn around to face Jace he looked him square in the eyes, before he spoke his face soften and his voice almost a whisper, "I need to tell you something before I take you to her..."
Jace couldn't hide the worry, "What magnus? What's wrong?"
Magnus lowered his eyes a bit..sadness in his voice, "They found her in a basement Jace...she's been hurt in every way imaginable...They finally agreed to let me come get you because she wont let anyone near her."
Jace couldn't hide the pain anymore his voice shook as he told Magnus, "Just take me to her..."
Magnus nodded and created the Portal, and they both stepped through. After coming out of the portal Magnus had done an excellent job at portaling them exactly where they needed to be. They were standing infront of the basement door. Magnus gave the order that all Shadowhunters should stand down so Jace can be alone with Clary. Jace gave Magnus an appreciative and in return .
Jace opened the door and headed down the stairs. The farther down the steps he got the darker it got. Finally Jace took out his witchlight so he could begin his search for Clary. It didn't take long for his Shadowhunter hearing to kick in and he could hear something in the far corner. When he finally reached the corner he sees Clary in the smallest ball possible as far in the corner as possible. Jace stopped about 5 feet from where Clary was attempting to hide and just dropped to his knees and in a whisper he said, "Clary?..." The sound of Jace's voice made Clary pick her head up and look in his direction without looking directly at him.
Jace took this time to take a look at Clary. She was dirty, she was bruised, she was in nothing but bra and panties. The more Jace looked the more he realized there weren't many places on her body that wasn't cut or bruised.
"Clary..can I please come sit next to you?..I promise I wont touch you unless you want me to." He could tell Clary seriously had to think about it but eventually faintly nodded. Jace slowly made his way next to Clary, and as promised as hard as it was not to scoop her up and hold her close to his chest,he didn't touch her. He couldn't help but notice she was shivering, and he wished he had brought his jacket, but his shirt would have to do. He pulled his long sleeve gray henley style shirt over his head. As he turned to Clary he saw her eyes get wide and she began to back away from him, realizing what this may have looked like he hurried to say, " no no no..Clary I promise I'm not going to hurt you..." he held the shirt out towards her, "You look cold..here put this on..." Clary relutant at first reached out and took the shirt from Jace then shrank back into her hiding corner. She very quickly slipped the shirt on. Jace just quietly watches as Clary snuggled into his shirt he couldn't help but to notice that she seemed to relax just slightly.
Clary POV
The shirt felt so warm, it was way to big but somehow it conforted her. She couldn't help but to notice the scent on the shirt seemed to make her happy, and seemed farmilar. She had been beating so severally that she barely remembered her name. She wasn't sure why, but she had a really good feeling about the guy sitting next to her something farmilar. Jace brought her out of her thoughts finally speaking, "Clary...please can hold you? I've missed you so much, but if you say no I wont be upset." Clary could hear the pleading in his voice. She was scared, but something about him made her trust him. He really seemed to care about her even though she wasn't exactly sure why. Instead of nodding she began to slowly crawl out of her hiding corner into his lap. His armed went around her instantly as he pulled her close against his chest. She felt safe, she knew this guy wouldn't let anyone hurt her. She just wished she knew who he was, she felt so frustrated because here is this guy that seemed to care very much about her and she couldn't even remember his name. Should couldn't help, but to bury her face into this stangers chest, she let his scent surround her as she began to cry.
