~Hey, I'm back with another story. I know it's been awhile since I've written anything. I just recently watched the season finale of shadowhunters and I just had to write a one-shot about their reactions, so here it is. It's basically everything that happened with a little bit of the inner struggles that they faced.
Alec walked into the alley and looked up into the face of his parabatai. He watched the smirk that played on the demon's face and it sickened him. It sickened him to know that Jace felt like he now had more deaths on his hands. It was like no matter what his brother did, what good he tried to accomplish, or the sacrifice he tried to make, the universe continued to screw him over. They locked eyes for a moment and all Alec could think about was how broken Jace was when he and Izzy traveled inside his head. How he begged them both to kill him before he hurt anyone else. And how he and Izzy convinced him that they would save him and they wouldn't let Lilith get him again. Only for that exact thing to happen. It hurt knowing that they couldn't keep that promise, that he couldn't keep that promise to his parabatai. But he promised that if he couldn't save Jace, then he would stop him even if it meant killing him.
The two charged each other, both dodging and slashing where they could. From the outside looking in it would seem as if Jace was better skilled, better equipped, but the truth was that Alec didn't have it in him to kill him. Because it may have been the demon he was fighting, but killing him would also kill his parabatai and he didn't think that that was something he could do. So he stabbed his blade into the demons leg hoping it would slow him down. Because although he knew that this wasn't Jace, wasn't his brother, he still looked like him, he knew Jace was still trapped inside and it was stopping him from doing what was necessary for both their sakes. Alec succeeded in getting him to drop his weapons and attempted to corner him into a wall, throwing punches in quick succession at its midsection. It quickly turned though and the demon was now the one with the upper hand. It slammed him into the wall and held a tight grip on his neck with one hand. Alec pushed at his chest but the demon just grabbed onto his wrist. Alec groaned and then screamed in pain as the demon slowly and deliberately broke his wrist. It let him go and Alec fell to the floor. He desperately dragged himself across the ground with one hand but grunted in pain when he was kicked onto his back.
"Your boy is crying you know." The demon mocked as he picked up one of Alec's arrows. He walked over to Alec sprawled out on the floor and leaned in front of him. A cruel smile on his face. "He's begging me, begging me not to do this." The demon pulled its arm back and moved forward to stab him but Alec reached out with his uninjured hand and stopped him. But Alec wasn't strong enough to hold him off for long, not with one working hand, and he slowly felt the demon making headway. His hand shook with the effort to keep the demons at bay. To stop that arrow from stabbing him. To stop Jace, his parabatai from unwillingly adding another death to his list, because he knew that no matter what Alec told him or what the truth was, Jace would never recover from killing his parabatai, possession and all.
"Jace, I know you're in there." He tried one last time, but just like everything else, he failed. "It's okay," He tells him "I forgive you. It wasn't you...I'm sorry we couldn't save you" Alec gasped in pain as the arrow painstakingly, and oh so slowly pierced his chest.
The demon glowered at him "They say the worst pain a Shadowhunter can feel is the loss of his Parabatai." The demon continued to push the arrow into his chest and Alec could feel himself losing consciousness. "Come here, it's time for Jace to finally feel it." The demon said, pulling Alec's head forward as the arrow continued its decent, blood squirting from the wound.
"Alec!" Magnus shouted. The demon looked up growling at the warlock. He got up only to be shot with magic so powerful that even he couldn't survive it. He slammed into the wall and the last thing he heard was his master scream out before he could feel himself being ejected out of the body he'd been occupying.
Jace heaved a black substance onto the floor and looked around completely confused. That was until he looked up in front of him and saw Alec on the ground. Jace's eyes opened wide in surprised horror.
Alec looked up at Magnus and smirked "Mom said... you'd make a dramatic entrance." Alec gasped out. He was finding it extremely difficult to breathe.
Magnus stared at Alec unsure what to do "Wise woman." He said with a wobbly smile. He had no magic, he couldn't heal him. He wasn't used to being helpless.
Jace came crashing down in front of him wanting to touch Alec, to comfort him, but not knowing where else he might be hurt. "Magnus please you gotta fix him." Jace looked at Alec's frame and knew it was bad.
"I can't," Magnus told him and Jace looked up in confusion.
"You can't? What do you mean you can't?" Jace questioned
"My magic, it's gone. I traded it to break Lilith's hold on you." Jace's eyes filled with tears. He looked absolutely wrecked. He quickly pulled out his Steele drawing a rune to ease Alec's pain.
Alec gasped "Jace, it wasn't you." He closed his eyes as he continued his struggles to breathe. Tears filled Jace's eyes threatening to fall because this was his fault.
"I'll take care of him," Magnus told Jace as they locked gazes. He knew that Jace needed to help Clary and the others right now. Jace nodded and placed his Steele in Alec's hand. When he looked up his eyes glowed bright yellow, a sign that he'd activated one of his runes without the need of his Steele, a skill that only he could do.
"I'm going to get Clary." He told them and rushed off to finish what he helped start.
Jace fought through the demons and followed Luke's direction to where Clary would be. Halfway there though an explosion knocked him off his feet, flinging him into the railing of the stairs. He got up a little off balanced but continued to run the rest of the way only to open the door and walk into the aftermath of whatever explosion occurred a few seconds before. His face was set in shock. It was nothing but wreckage everywhere he looked. There was absolutely nothing left. A noise in front of him grabbed his attention, and he watched as someone slowly came up the edge of the building. He prayed it was Clary, but when did things ever go his way.
Simon landed on the building dazed. He looked around at the disaster surrounding him. He'd done this. "My mark, there was an explosion" he mumbled as though in shock. Turning around searching for something, or someone.
Jace dropped his blade and walked over to Simon. Jace gripped his jacket though Simon attempted to fight him off. "Hey, it's me. It's me, Simon it's me, it's me." Jace grabbed both sides of Simon's face worry etched into his features. Simon still looked confused though. "Where is she?" Jace asked Simon slowly, looking him in the eyes so he was sure he was listening. "Where's Clary?"
After a moment Simon answered brokenly "I killed her" he said, his voice hitching. "Clary's dead" Simon reiterated. Jace stared at him in confusion. No, that couldn't be right. It had to be a mistake. But the tears falling down Simon's face and the clear destruction surrounding them, he knew that it was the truth. She was nowhere in sight. He let go of Simon's face and backed away. His eyes showing his distress. He didn't blame Simon though. No, no this was on him. Yet again someone else was paying for his mistakes. He ran his hands through his hair and looked around the room. "God" he mumbled. This couldn't be happening, how could he let this happen. He couldn't lose another person he cared about. He touched his side where his parabatai rune resided and looked down at it. It ached, but it was still there which meant Alec was still alive. As much as it pained him, he needed to check on Alec. There was literally nothing he could do for Clary. So he pulled himself together and walked back over to Simon who was still worryingly standing in the same position he left him in.
"Simon" he called to him, but it seemed he was locked in his own head. "Simon!" He shook him causing Simon to look up at him. Tears were still streaming down Simon's face making it hard for Jace to stay focused. "We gotta go Simon." He said
"Go? But, but I can't go. What about Clary." He looked around the room for what seemed like the thousandth time. As if he were searching for her.
Jace looked away for a second. "We'll come back for her okay?" And this time the tears misting in his eyes made a trail down his face. "We have to go right now though okay? We have to let everyone know what happened?" It was kind of like talking to a child. Trying to find a way to appease them so that they would do what you wanted them to. Simon nodded his head and they both walked through the opened door. Neither one daring to look back at the destruction that was left behind, the destruction that took with it the person that they both loved so dearly.
~And there it is everyone. Thanks to those who read the story and like I said before I'm cool with constructive criticism. If you liked the story and want me to continue I can add a couple more chapters if you want. I hope you enjoyed it and hopefully, I'll be back with more stories to write.
