Authors Note:

Hope you all had a fabulous week! Thank you for every single person who favorited, followed, or reviewed! No matter what I can always count on your dedicated readers to brighten even the gloomiest days! Here is the next installment of Chaos! I hope you all like it!

I will let you all know, this story will contain Clace. It just might not be as fast as you all would like, considering Clary is a little wounded right now, but I definitely plan on adding it in the later chapters, and who knows, Malec might make a little cameo, but no sure about Sizzy yet. I might not add Simon in this story at all, but we shall see when the time comes! :) Let me know what ya'll think, and I'll see you next week! :)

Chapter Three

Jace POV:

Clary had gone upstairs once she was finished her apple, but Izzy, Alec and I had a hard time processing what she just told us. No wonder she was afraid, someone had been experimenting on her for who knows how long, and she probably ran away from that person, and is now scared for her life. We had all just mindlessly walked to the training room, not wanting to train, but just to talk out what the hell we just heard her say.

"What the actual hell." Alec said first, breaking the silence.

"Who in their right mind refers to a little girl by the name Experiment #2?" Izzy asked and I just shrug.

"It explains why she flinched when I grabbed her, and why she barely talks." I said and they both took a deep breath.

"What are we going to do with her?" Alec asked.

"I don't know, but she can't go back to wherever she came from." I said and they both nodded.

"We have to report this to The Clave." Alec said.

"No." I said.

"It's the rules Jace." Alec said.

"I know, but screw the rules. She's scared, and alone. The last thing she needs is my grandmother breathing down her neck." I said.

"Imogen isn't that scary." Izzy said.

"Tell that to her." I said as I pointed in the direction of Clarissa's room. "Who knows how long some strange demented person was experimenting on her. She probably doesn't trust adults."

"It's risky as hell keeping her a secret. Not to mention she's in the institute. Someone is bound to see her." Alec said.

"I'll talk to her. I'll tell her that she needs to stay out of anyone's eye sight until we can figure something out." I said.

"You really think you can talk to her? She barely told us her name Jace." Izzy said.

"She probably didn't even remember it at first." I pointed out. "Look, she's going to have to trust us, otherwise she has nobody, and let's face it, you and Alec aren't going to be able to talk to her."

"And why is that?" Izzy asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"You are too demanding. You'd scare the shit out of her in the first minute of the conversation, and Alec isn't really all that warm and fuzzy." I said.

"Hey, that isn't true." Alec protested and I just looked at him.

"You're as cuddly as a flail." I said and he glared at me. "All I'm saying is I'm more likely to get something out of her."

"You aren't as compassionate as you're trying to make yourself sound." Izzy said.

"Maybe not, but I got her to tell us her name, and that's more than you two got out of her." I said and they just gave up. "I'm going to go see if she's awake." They nodded and I left and made my way to her room. I knocked on the door and since I figured I wouldn't get an answer I just opened it anyway. She was sitting on the window sill looking out at the New York traffic. "Hey." I said and she turned around and gave me a smile, which shocked me. "Mind if I come in?" I asked and she shook her head. I closed the door behind me and made my way over to her. "We need to talk about a few things, but I need you to respond okay?" I asked and she nodded. "First off, I never introduced myself. I'm Jace." I said and she nodded. "I promise that I'm not going to tell anyone you're here. Not the heads of this institute or The Clave, but we have to work together."

"Okay." She said and I was happy because it was progress.

"So I know your name is Clarissa, but you don't peg me as a Clarissa, so is there any nickname that you remember having?" I asked.

"Experiment #2." She said and I laughed.

"That isn't a nickname, that's a label. Let's think, Rissa?" I asked and her nose scrunched, and I had to admit, it was pretty cute. "Okay, no on the Rissa. Clare?" I asked and she shook her head. "How about Clary?" I asked and I could tell she was thinking about it. After a moment or so she nodded her head. "Okay, Clary it is. How old are you Clary?"

"I'm not sure." She said and I sighed.

"Did you never celebrate your birthday?" I asked and she looked confused.

"Birthday?" She asked.

"The day you were born. People celebrate it when they age. For instance, my birthday is January 20th. I'll be 17." I said and she nodded.

"There was one day." She started. "It was different than other days."

"Okay, what day was that?" I asked.

"August 23rd." She said.

"Okay, which just passed, so happy belated birthday." I said and she smiled a little. "Since we aren't reporting you to The Clave, you're going to have to stay out of sight. Nobody can see you, otherwise it'll raise suspicion, and a trail will be held, and let's be real. Nobody has the time, or the will for one of those."

"Stay here?" She asked as she gestured to the room.

"This institute is pretty empty, so most of the day people are gone. The heads of this institute are actually in Idris for the next month, so really it's just Alec, Izzy and I, but people do pop in from time to time, so be cautious of that." I said and she nodded. "The training room is down the hall. I don't know how much training you've had, but it's available for you to use. The kitchen is always stocked, but stay away from Izzy's cooking, if a demon doesn't kill you, her cooking will." I said and she laughed. "That's pretty much all you need to know."

"Okay." She said.

"Oh, and currently Alec, Izzy and I are on a mission. We attend school during the week, so on Monday we won't be here from 7 in the morning, until about 3 in the afternoon." I explained.

"Monday?" She asked and I took a deep breath.

"You really don't know anything do you?" I asked and she shrugged. "Monday is a day of the week. Like today is Friday."

"Friday?" She asked and I nodded. "What's the difference?"

"For Shadowhunters, nothing is really different. It's just another day, but for mundanes it pretty much schedules their whole week. They do certain things on certain days." I said.

"Like train?" She asked.

"Kinda. But we train whenever we want, whereas mundanes would pick a certain day and train." I said and she nodded. "How often do you train?"

"All day." She said.

"When?" I asked.

"Everyday." She replied.

"You never get a break?" I asked and she shrugged. "Well here you can train as much as you like, and take as many breaks as you want." I said and she nodded. "Well, it's late. I'm going to let you get some sleep." I said and she nodded. "Goodnight Clary."

"Goodnight Jace." She said and I left the room. I didn't get much out of her, but I got more, and now we could finally start trying to piece this girls life together. Part of me debated if I really wanted to know what she went through, but the other part of me wanted to know so I could make sure nothing like this ever happened again.

Authors Note:

Just a little note for you all! I don't know how many of you know what a flail is, but it's one of those weapons that has a ball with spikes on the end of the chain! I reckon they hurt like a bitch when hit with one! :) Okay, that was all I wanted to clear up for those who didn't know what it was! :)

Sneak Peak for Chapter Four:

"What the hell happened to this girl? And how did she get this good?" Alec asked as we pulled the daggers out of the wall.

"I have no idea, but something tells me the more we learn, the more horrible it's going to get." I said and Alec nodded. Something about Clary didn't make sense. I've never seen her in the Shadow World before, but she was a far better Shadowhunter than most of the adults that I knew, and that scared me.