Lexi walked into the training room, pulling out the selection of weapons, located inside a cupboard. A smile appeared on her face seeing a pair of katana blades, with pink handles.
"My mother must have replaced them for you" Alec spoke up, standing on the other side of the cupboard. An eyebrow rose on Lexi's head.
"I hardly doubt it" she mumbled.
"Actually that was me" Both heads turned towards Hodge. "I thought it was best to use the spares, we got them made just in case, my request" He smiled.
"Thanks..." Lexi shook her head before grabbing them, and placing them in the belt of her leather trousers, the blades sliding into the handles.
"Can we talk?" Alec asked, standing beside her "I want to apologise for what I said, I never meant it"
"You meant every word Alec, everything you say means nothing to me. We are done" she told him before leaving the training room and heading outside for fresh air and to head to the police station. She needed the walk.
As the police precinct came into view, she stood behind a large garbage bin, between two walls, forming an alley way. Lifting up her mesh black top, which had a black top underneath, her glamour rune, came into view. Grabbing her stele, she glided it over the rune, watching it glow as her body turned invisible.
"Didn't want to travel with us?" Izzy asked, standing beside Jace and Alec as they were all glamoured.
"I needed air" she said "let's find this body, and then head to the beach" She told them, walking through the group of mundanes.
"Just be careful, Downworlders might have shifted into police officers or morticians" Jace informed them.
As the four of them walked out of the alley way and towards another door, Jace started drawing the unlocking rune on the door.
"You okay? You look a little distant?" Izzy asked. Lexi let out a sigh.
"Please stop asking. I know you're worried because I am your parabatai, and your brother's secret ex girlfriend. I am over it, I want to get this over with and go home" She informed her before the door opening and Jace turned around frowning.
"Wait, w-what?" Jace asked "You two were together?"
"Were, past tense" Lexi told him crossing her arms
"We are working on it" Alec mumbled. Lexi turned her head to frown at him before shaking her head and kicking the door open before walking through the hallway and to the elevator.
"Are you lot coming?" She asked, watching the three of them confused. Seconds later they joined her in the elevator and the magic box closed before going down to the bottom floor.
As the doors opening, the lights were on, but no one was in sight.
"Let's do this quickly. We need pictures and Izzy's expert mortician solutions"
"Thanks Jace" she smiled as they all walked over to the large metal wall, with large square doors. "Okay which one?" she asked.
"B5" Alec spoke up holding a clipboard in his arms. Jace grabbed the handle and pulled open the door, followed by the white sheet covering the dead body.
"You ready?" Izzy asked, looking at the three of them. As all of them nodded, she only removed one quarter of the sheet, revealing the ripped out throat.
Lexi suddenly got thirsty, then hungry. No both. She then frowned. "You smell that?" she asked
"A decomposing body?" Jace asked
"No. Salt water, it's really strong, can you not smell that?" she asked again
"No, just a rotten corpse, Izzy, we need details" Jace ordered gently. Nodding at her adoptive brother, she looked closely.
"Whatever it was, mum was right, it must of hand fangs to cut that deep, and then really strong to rip out all of the flesh" She explained before eyeing closely "here and here, the top fangs, too close compared to a vampire. We are dealing with a new Downworlder. Alec, take some pictures"
Alec pulled out his phone and started taking pictures of the corpse. Lexi turned around and walked over to the evidence tray, picking up a plastic bag containing a tiny piece of something.
"What's this?" She asked turning around. Alec walked forward and looked at the clipboard.
"It says he found a chipped piece of tooth stuck in the throat of B5. Take it; they can't delve into what kind of tooth it belongs to"
Lexi nodded in agreement and shoved it into her pocket, before frowning. Something was in the room. Turning around, she looked at the wall.
"Lexi?" Alec asked. Tilting her head like a curious puppy, she frowning seeing the wall move slightly. Suddenly an arm grabbed her and pulled her towards the wall. As her hit something other than the wall, Lexi struggled against whatever it was.
Alec, Jace and Izzy launched into action, holding their blades.
"Make a move, and I will rip out her throat" It was a female voice.
"Who are you, or better question, what are you?" Jace asked, gritting his teeth together.
"Something new and improved" She spoke, before pulling Lexi into the room beside the morgue, chucking her onto the floor.
Lifting her head up, she looked around. Only one thing caught her attention, the fiery oven, to turn corpses into ashes for loved ones.
"Don't worry, I won't chuck you into the furnace yet, I wanted to meet you" The girl turned visible. Blonde, blue eyes, wide lips.
"Why would you want to meet me?" Lexi asked
"I wanted to meet the newbie, this was the only way to do it" She smirked. Lexi frowned, turning her head to the wall, before turning back to the girl.
"You killed those men, so that us Shadowhunter's would investigate, you would grab me, and then what?"
"Take a look, we want to know what we are up against" she smirked before launching towards Lexi.
Lexi quickly got into a stance, when she was close enough; she swung her leg up, kicking the girl into the closed door of the furnace, before landing on her feet. The girl groaned, before gasping.
"You broke my other tooth!" She shouted. Quickly running over to her, she pinned her down and looked at her.
"What are you?! Tell me!" She shouted. The girl groaned in pain.
"You're burning me!" She shouted. Lexi frowned, before seeing her hands glow on the girl's arms, but it was too late, the girl turned to ashes.
Quickly standing up, she composed herself.
What the hell just happened?
The sound of the door trying to be kicked down bought her out of her day dream. Whatever just happened wasn't something a Shadowhunter would do. Closing her eyes to breathe, she got out her katana blades, making it look like she killed the girl with her weapons not her hands.
The doors burst open, before Izzy and Alec rushed over to Lexi.
"You okay?" Izzy asked holding her best friends head in her hands.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine" she assured her before looking down and frowning. She picked up pieces of two fangs "I guess we have our evidence" she said.
"Put it in the evidence bag, and then we head to the beach" Jace ordered.
Feeling the salty air hit her pores, she closed her eyes, as she felt home, in content, a connection.
"You okay?" Alec asked standing beside her while Jace and Izzy looked around the area where the men washed up.
"I'm fine Alec"
"When girls say they are fine, they aren't. I have known you since we were little, we grew up together, we..." Alec was stomped for words
"Sleeping together?" Lexi asked, letting out a sigh.
"We were a couple for about two years"
"Friends with benefits Alec"
"That isn't true"
"Never once did want to tell anyone"
"But I told you I loved you" Lexi turned to face Alec, tears in her eyes
"I didn't feel loved Alec. You may of told me, but I never felt it, and I hated it, but before you say it, I didn't want to say anything it was because you would of dismissed it, like you always do" she told him before walking off towards a small rock pool.
Sitting on the rocks, she looked at the water, a clear reflection of her staring back at her. Kicking the water with her boot, the water rippled, her face wasn't the only reflection, a brunette.
"You killed my best friend!" She shouted before pushing Lexi off the rock and into the water. The water then formed around Lexi, pinning her down. A smirk formed on the other girls face.
"What the hell are you girls?!" She shouted, feeling the water tighten around her neck, making it hard to breathe.
"Something new and improved" She smirked.
Lexi frowned remembering the other girl said the same thing. And then something else happened. She managed to burn the girl and combust her. She was angry at the time. Closing her eyes in fury, she formed fists in her hands, feeling her body temperature rise, the water bubbling, before it exploded. Standing up, the girl stood back, shocked.
"So it's true. You have fire, it's in your eyes" She spoke up, before running away from the rock pool and towards the water. A loud splash echoed the beach.
Taking deep breathes; she closed her eyes and turned around seeing the three of them looking at her.
"I fell over" she said feeling the back of her whole body, drenched in water.
"Okay...let's get back to the institute, nothing is here, everything we need we have" Jace said before walking off. Izzy looked at her parabatai, with raised eyebrows before walking away.
"You okay?" Alec asked.
"I'm good"