Fear and panic in the air
I want to be free from desolation and despair
And I feel like everything I sow is being swept away
When I refuse to let you go

-Muse, Map of the Problematique

Raphael feels the odd feeling of déjà vu as he clutches the dying body of the female Shadowhunter to him. He has rung the doorbell of the Institute repeatedly for the last two minutes and is getting more impatient by the second.

Where are these people? Is nobody home? He looks down at the girl in his arms. Her hair had fallen out of the knot she had tied it in earlier, the shiny dark locks dried with blood clashing with her sallow skin, her normally pink lips are a hue of blue and if Raphael could feel cold, he'd comment on her dropping body temperature.

"Coming!" He hears a familiar female voice shout out from inside the institute. "Simon, is that you? What took you so–", Clary stops midsentence as she stands shocked at the scene before her, her green eyes wide with fear.

"Clary," Raphael greets genially.

She doesn't reply. "W–What–how–ISABELLE!" The redhead girl is at the unconscious girl's side at once, clutching the dark-haired girl's face in her hands with worry and sisterly affection. "What happened to her? Why is she–Oh Isabelle–is she alright? Answer me, Raphael! Is she dead?"

"Not yet." He answers, not fazed at all by the small girl's panic. "She was in a scuffle with a particularly difficult Downworlder; he landed a deep blow to her chest before she could finally kill him."

Raphael could feel the despair wafting off her as she stares sorrowfully at Isabelle, he remembers seeing her like this before – when had brought Simon there. He remembered the desperation and sadness he had seen with her as he saw her friend's body and learned the truth of what he was to become.

"We have to bury her, Clary." He speaks softly, clearly, knowing how fragile and distressed mortals could be in situations like this.

Clary shakes her head, tears were pooling in her eyes. "I could draw an iratze, I could–I–I can save her. I can save her!"

Raphael shakes his head. "She's lost too much blood. She's practically dead."

"But – but – this is Isabelle. She's my friend – I can't let her die. I can't bury her in the ground without her family even able to say goodbye to her. Alec, would be devastated and Jace – Jace, he'll be so torn up!-"

Raphael interrupts her, "Clary, calm down. I gave Isabelle some of my blood, she'll be fin-"

"WHAT?" Clary stares at him horror-struck. "You gave her some of your blood?"

"Yes," He answers simply, not concerned with her dismay. He couldn't really understand why she was so panicked about it; they had had this moment before.

"Why did you do that? Why?"

"She was dying; I did what I had to do."

"Oh, like giving her blood and turning her into a vampire is any better?" She crosses her arms over her chest, glaring at him in annoyance.

He could feel his ire rising as well. "Well, what would you have had me do?"

"I don't know, call for help, bring her to a hospital, transform to a bat and send a message – anything but turn her into one of the undead!"

"First of all, I am not a messenger bird and second, I doubt any hospital could have saved her in the state she was in. So yes, I turned her into one of the dead." He returns her glare with a much colder one and he could see her shiver in discomfort.

There's a tense pause as they glare at each other in contempt only to be broken as Isabelle releases a moan of pain.

Clary looks worriedly at the dark-haired Shadowhunter again. "Do we bury her?"

Raphael nodding, replies, "You need to bring the blood."

All right, since the people who reviewed wanted it to be continued, here it is. Rating may go up in the future, this story won't be very long but I'm stil sketching out a few things, so nothing is for sure.

I re-wrote this chapter because the original one was where Isabelle is healed because of the vampire blood and becomes a Darkling, thus that's how her 'attraction' to Raphael begins. But after re-reading City of Ashes and learning that vampire blood can't heal wounds and will only turn a person into a vampire when they die, the plot changed. Though, I might make another fic with the previous plot idea later on.

And lastly, I'd like to give my thank you to all those who reviewed, read and liked this story. This was supposed to be a one-shot but since you like it so much...