Clary POV:
"Ugh." I groan, clutching my parabatai rune. "Izzy's wasted." I call to the others. Jace laughs while Alec looks worried.
"You get a buzz off your rune?" Jace asks.
"You'll never find out." Alec says, causing me to laugh as Jace scowls.
"C'mon man, for experimental purposes?" He asks. Alec shakes his head, and I feel another wave of nausea pulse over me.
"God, how much can she drink?" Jace and Alec start listing off the many nights of Isabelle Hangovers. They retold stories for a good hour.
"Wait, so she egged the Inquisitor's house?" I ask incredulously. Jace bursts out laughing.
"Yeah! It was so funny! Imogen actually came outside and everything." I roll my eyes. Izzy's the only one who would ever egg the Inquisitor's house. I suddenly felt a sear of pain, different from Izzy taking a drink. I double over, and fall into Jace.
"Clary!" He shouts, and catches me. "Clary what's wrong?!" I look at my parabatai rune, as it glowed, pulsing brightly.
"Izzy's in trouble." I murmur, standing up and dragging myself to my gear. "We have to go get her!" Alec wastes no time getting his bow, and Jace helps me outside. I let out a cry of pain every once and a while as we walk, and had to stop to lean against a wall. I tried to locate the source of the pain, and flush when I realize where. "Guys… I think she's being raped." Alec gets very red in the face, and punches a wall, shattering the dry wood.
"There's no time for that!" Jace cries, grabbing Alec and ushering me out the door. We run the five block to Pandemonium, when we heard whimpers coming from the alleyway. Alec burst into the alley, where sure enough a curled up and unconscious Izzy lay.
"No… no!" He cries, and runs to his little sister. The second he stepped foot into the alley, a girl had a seraph blade at his neck.
"Don't you touch her." The girl growls, blocking the path. Was this the rapist?
"Don't you fucking tell me to not touch her, she's my sister you, you pervert!" Alec yells, and lunges at the girl. She steps aside, her gaze softening.
"I'm not the one who, did this to her." She says, staring pitifully at Isabelle. "I heard screams from the alley. By the time I got here, the bastard was gone. The least I could do was wait here until her family or parabatai got here." She sheathed her blade, and looks directly at me. "You her parabatai?" I nod slowly. She glares at me.
"What took so long?" I blush, and step past her to be with Alec. He was putting an iratze rune on her inner thigh, and I gasp at how much blood there was.
"Izzy…" I start to cry, so I ran back to Jace and let him hold me. The girl looks away, as if giving us privacy.
"Why didn't you heal her?" Alec asks angrily. "You're obviously a Shadowhunter." He points to her runes and seraph blade.
"I did, asshole." She mutters, causing Jace to laugh. "It just got worse again." Alec flushes, but recovers quickly.
"Who are you anyway?"
"I'm from the Institute of Maine. Skylar Lucas at your service." She says, bowing mockingly. I smile at her. She has Isabelle's spirit which was both comforting and heartbreaking at the time. Alec still doesn't seem too impressed.
"Lucas? Not a Shadowhunter's last name." Skylar rolls her eyes.
"My father was a mundane. Was dragged into our crazy world due to the love he had for my mother." Alec reluctantly takes the answer, and cursed when Izzy doesn't wake up.
"We should take her back to the Institute. Both of them." Jace suggests. Skylar narrows her eyes.
"Me?" I nod with Jace.
"To repay you for watching after Izzy." I say, and Jace laughs.
"Actually I was going to say because we need to question you, but yeah, repaying you sounds better." I roll my eyes, and thankfully Skylar does the same. Alec goes to find Isabelle's dress, which was a few feet away, and covers her with it before picking her up. She whimpers pitifully, and I see Alec's heart break.
"Let's go." He says, fighting tears. I nod, and walk besides him, holding Isabelle's limp hand. Jace and Skylar walk behind, and I shoot a few nervous glances backwards. I left my boyfriend to walk beside a hot mysterious girl.
"Oh please." She finally says, seeing me glance at her. "I'm not going to steal him. I bat for the other team." Alec sputters, and I have to laugh. She raises an eyebrow. "What's his problem? He homophobic?" I laugh harder, and so does Jace.
"If he is he's really bad at it. He's gay." Jace says, causing Alec to blush. Skylar nods at him.
"Good man." He nods back, but pales quickly, whirling around at her.
"Wait, you were alone in an alley with my naked and very attractive unconsciousness sister. Do I need to kill you here and now?" Alec demands seriously. Skylar scoffs, hurt.
"No, I didn't take advantage of your sister, asshole." She says again.
"It's Alec!" He cries.
"Oh that's right, we didn't introduce ourselves." I say. "I'm Clary, that's Jace, Alec and… Isabelle." She nods, frowning as she looks at Izzy. I feel Jace start radiating happiness, and I stare at him. He shakes his head in an "I'll tell you later" kind of way. Alec clears his throat and Skylar jumps, looking away quickly, as if she were caught doing something bad.
"We're here."
Well, there's my cliffhanger like thingy I did to you dearies. I don't know how fast I'll update, this was a pretty fast one, but I'm still not too happy about the length. Reviews are welcomed!