I'm back! I haven't uploaded more City of Steel recently because I've been busy and I haven't had any real ideas for the next chapter. So I'm uploading another reading City of Steel. I know I'm probably only talking to Lady Kalee, but I don't really care! So here it is!
"Ok, whose reading next?" Asked simon.
"I guess we'll just rotate it. So it'd be Izzy reading now." Answered Magnus. Jace handed the book to Izzy.
CHAPTER 2: WHERE'S JACE?
"You really scared us." Clary told Jace. Valentine gave Clary a sideways glare.
Clary woke up in the front room of Simon's house feeling like her head was about to explode from all of the hammering in her head.
"Wait... What events lead up to this?" Asked Jace. Izzy glared at him.
"Maybe you'd like to tell us where you were, Jace." Replied Izzy with slight venom. Jace shut up.
The sun was just coming up, and it was laying a thin golden paste over the room.
"It should be-" Superior started.
"YES. WE KNOW. YOU'RE A GENIUS. NOW SHUT UP." Interrupted Simon, slightly annoyed by him. There was a short silence.
"It should be 'across the room.'" Superior stated quickly. Simon sighed.
The sun. She remembered Simon and quickly jumped to alertness.
"Save the bloodsucker!" Jace joked. Simon shot him an evil glare.
"You don't have to check." Said a voice. She spun around on her heels to see who was talking.
"Heel." Said Superior.
"What?" Asked Izzy.
"It should be 'she spun around on her heel.' No one can spin around on both heels."
"Ok, then..."
She was relieved when she saw it was Simon, wearing his normal clothes which consisted of-
"Stop right there." Said Simon.
"Could people stop interrupting me?" Asked Izzy.
"But-"
"Stop."
which consisted of ripped jeans with the color faded out of them, a dark green gamer tee that had a picture of a pixelated bunny with a caption that said "Do a barrel roll", a hand-me-down leather jacket with patches all over, and white and black sneakers.
"I got up before sunrise and moved to the shade. It's nice that you cared enough to check."
"Well you're my best friend, It'd be wrong if I didn't check."
Valentine shot Clary a look about this sentence.
"The capital I shouldn't be there." Stated Superior.
"How'd you even know?" Asked Simon quizzically.
"I see all."
"Must be a constant porno then." Joked Jace. There was silence.
"Yeah."
Everyone shot her a weird look.
"I'm reading again." Said Izzy.
"Oh..." Replied Simon.
Sensing the conversation was over, she started scanning the rest of the room. She could see Magnus, Alec, Izzy, Maia, Luke, and- wait- she couldn't find Jace. She started looking around the room frantically, searching for even the tiniest hint of the golden boy.
"Wait, golden boy? Not brother?" Asked Simon.
"And I'm pretty sure I left a shirt." Noted Jace.
She reached for her cellphone and called Jace's cell. No answer. She tried several more times, still no answer.
She was worried. The sun started rising and the other people were getting up.
"What's the matter Clary?" Asked Izzy.
"Yeah, you seem troubled." Added Alec worriedly.
"You know, I don't see that golden boy. What was his name? Jace." Stated Magnus.
"Oh. And let me point out that originally we all had different fonts." Said Magnus.
"Izzy's was beautiful and pretty and educated. Alec's was professional and serious. And mine was- well, it's hard to explain." Magnus showed Jace a picture of the font.
"Wow. Fits you perfectly. All big and flamboyant. Wow."
"Yeah, that's it. And he's not answering his cell." Aswered Clary.
Clary realized that she forgot to take in the surrondings. Maia was wearing a black tee, jeans, and sneakers. Luke was wearing his normal clothes, which meant a regular brown shirt, a tan leather vest, jeans, a leather belt, and sneakers. Izzy wore a black dress that almost came to her knees, and 3-inch stiletto heels. And then there was magnus.
Maia, Izzy, Alec, Jace, Simon, Clary, and Superior might have rolled their eyes and looked towards Magnus.
Magnus was wearing a colorful plaid checkers suit, a pink tie, formal blue-tipped dancing boots, and he died the tips of his hair in multiple colors in a rainbow pattern.
She felt a bit overtaken by this, mainly because she was only wearing a tie-die tanktop, dark purple shorts, and tan sandals. At least Magnus could pull of contrasting colors.
"Pull off contrasting colors." Noted Superior. Magnus made a mental note for Superior to read the next chapter.
Jace was running to get back the institute as fast as he could.
"Back to the institute." Superior said.
He had this weird feeling inside of him, it was like the feeling you get when you smell peanut butter when you haven't eaten in a while. It smelled horrible yet delicous at the same time. That's what he was currently feeling.
"Wait, you tied peanut butter to lying to us?" Asked Izzy, looking up from the book. Jace just shrugged.
He could already imagine the looks on Clary's face when she finds out that he snuck out in the middle of the night. He could also imagine Izzy's face, Alec's face, Maryse's face, and Magnus' face. None of them ended well.
"Wait, you were afraid of Magnus?" Asked Alec.
"He can get pretty scary." Replied Jace. Magnus shot them a creepy face that said 'I'm going to kill you in your sleep.' Jace shuddered.
He took a turn into an alleyway. It was dark, grimy, and smelly. The air was almost choking him.
Idiot! The voice was back. Great.
"Didn't you say that last time?" Asked simon.
"No. That was an accident." Answered Jace.
"Oh no! Jace made a mistake! Is the world spinning towards a fiery ball that's sure to destroy all of us?"
"Yes actually. it's called the sun."
"What is it now?" He asked.
What you did
"I know what I did."
Do you?
"What kind of question is that?"
The one that has to be faced
"Look, it's going to help us when the demon war."
For which side?
"What?" Alec asked.
"What's going on?" Izzy asked.
"Has Jace finally screwed up?" Simon asked.
"I don't feel like answering." Jace answered while sinking back in the chair.
So, did you like it? Do you want more? Is there anyone reading besides Lady Kalee? Not that I care that much. PM me!