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"Clary! Duck!" Isabelle yells. Clary ducks just a second before a claw reaches out at her. A moment later Clary reaches out with her blade, slicing a cut about three inches deep into the demon. A black liquid spills out and the demon lets out a sound that sounds like a scream before disappearing. "That was almost too easy," Isabelle comments as she comes to stand in front of Clary.
Clary shrugs, placing her dagger back into her weapons belt, "Maybe. But remember, we only came after this one. Jace and Alec said there were at least two demons with them. We just got the easier end of the deal." Isabelle mutters something about how unfair it was that they got the easy demon as she and Clary walk out to leave.
"Very impressive," someone comments.
Isabelle and Clary both jump in surprise. Clary silently curses herself for not hearing the person approach.
"Calm down, it's just us," Alec says. Isabel and Clary both turn to see Alec and Jace leaning against the wall.
Clary and Isabelle both relax. As Clary and Isabelle start to walk towards the two boys it becomes evident that Jace is cut up pretty bad.
"Are you okay?" Clary asks, rushing up to him. She places a hand on his cheek, just a bit away from a bad cut on his chin.
"M'fine," Jace replies. He leans a bit into Clary's hand and places both his hands on her waist, drawing her into him.
"He says he's fine, but you should see his shoulder," Alec adds. Clary looks up at Jace with a questioning look.
"I'm fine, really-" Jace tries to say but Clary's already pushing his jacket and shirt sleeves off his shoulder. Clary tries to hide her surprise when she sees Jace's shoulder but she most have done a pretty crappy job at it because Isabelle turns her attention towards them.
"What?" she asks, trying to see Jace's shoulder over Clary, who's still standing in front of Jace.
"It's just um…nothing," Clary says, quickly pushing Jace's jacket and shirt sleeve back into place, although she regrets it when Jace winces in pain. After all, he did have a pretty nasty gash on his shoulder.
"When we get back to the Institute, you're going to let me give you an Iratze." Clary says it as a fact, she's not asking. Jace nods his head and takes her hand, pulling her towards the exit of the old warehouse they had been fighting in.
Isabelle and Alec follow behind them, muttering something under breathes as they walk. They've walked about halfway to the subway station when Clary's phone goes off.
"Who is it?" Jace asks as Clary pulls her phone out of her pocket.
"My mom," Clary replies as she presses 'answer'.
"Clary, sweetie, where are you?" Jocelyn asks.
"Uh, just walking to the subway on our way to the Institute," Clary replies. Jocelyn breathes out a sigh of relief.
"So you're all okay? You? Jace? Isabelle? Alec? You're all alright, right?" Jocelyn says.
Clary looks down in confusion, "Yeah, of course we're fine. We know what we're doing when we go out hunting, Mom."
"No, I know. It's just…. There was a shadowhunter found dead in Central Park, they haven't been identified yet but we know it's a teenager. No one could get a hold of you guys so we didn't know what to think," Jocelyn says.
"Oh," Clary replies.
"Yeah, hurry back, okay?" Jocelyn says.
"Yeah, okay. Bye Mom. I love you," Clary says.
"Bye, I love you," Jocelyn replies before hanging up.
"What was that about?" Alec asks, although it's clear they all heard what Jocelyn said.
"There was a shadowhunter found dead in Central Park. They don't know who it is but they know it's a teenager, and they couldn't get a hold of us so they just kinda started thinking and well, yeah," Clary says.
They hurry their pace then, making it to the subway ten minutes earlier than they would have if they continued to walk as slowly as they had been before. On the train they're all nervous and distracted. What if they know the dead shadowhunter? It could very well be one of their good friends.
Clary sighs and Jace grabs her hand, lacing their fingers together. Clary smiles softly and leans her head against his shoulder. She is worried for her friends, and she feels terribly upset for the dead shadowhunter, but she can't help but be happy that she's here with Jace.
She's almost lost him quite a few times, and every time she's reminded that he's still fine and alive and here with her, she can't help but smile. After all, she loves him more than she's ever loved anyone else.