Chapter 4: Putting Names to Faces
The street was practically empty as the Shadowhunters walked to the Sydney Institute, which Eliie had informed them was in the suburb of Pyrmont. It was 3am in Sydney so the Shadowhunters had to glamour themselves up so they wouldn't draw too much attention to themselves.
"So, why couldn't we just portal into the Institute?" Simon asked Ellie. "Wouldn't that have been easier than some alley?"
"As I explained earlier there are wardings around our institute to keep demons out," Conor explained. "The downside to those wardings is that it blocks anyone from portalling in or out of the Institute."
"Why didn't we just portal outside the Institute then?" Isabelle asked, joining in the conversation.
"We don't have any walls around the Institute. We can't portal there hidden. That is why we use that alley. It's out of the way, just in case some mundane with the sight wanders by."
"I hardly think that will happen," Isabelle laughed
"You never know what might happen. We do it just in case." Ellie replied. "Anyway, we don't mind the walk. Gives us time to think, to ponder on the meaning of life."
At this joke everyone laughed, which drew Jace's attention to them. He was straddling behind, dragging his suitcase behind him, taking in his surroundings.
"So," Isabelle said. "What do you do around here for fun?"
"Well, when we aren't out demon fighting we usually play sport, go swimming, go shopping. The usual," a voice interjected, which turned out to be Evangeline, who had slowed down to listen into their conversation.
"Oh, shopping. Where do you usually shop? Nordstrom? Macys? Lord and Taylor?" Isabelle asked, looking excited.
"Oh for the Angel's sake, don't get Izzy onto shopping. She'll drag me along with her," Clary said.
"Well, we usually just go to David Jones, George Street, sometimes Myer," said Evie.
"Wait, you go shopping at Meijers? Well, we are going to have to change that won't we?" said Isabelle, shocked.
"Of course we go shopping at Myer! Why wouldn't we? It's… oh no, wait, I mean Myer as in M-y-e-r not M-e-i-j-e-r. Myer is sort of like Macys. It's a big department store. All the big brands," replied Evie, clearing up all confusion.
"We're here!" Annabelle said, coming to a stop and looking up at an abandoned apartment building. It only took a second for Isabelle to break the glamour away and what she saw was a tall building about 10 stories high covered with windows. Annabelle led them through some glass doors and the interior was just as magnificent as the exterior was. It looked just like a hotel lobby with lounge chairs and couches.
"Are you running the Institute or an hotel?" Asked Simon.
"Haha, very funny," said Annabelle. "No, when we took over it was like this, just a lot more run down. We decided to keep the style, just jazz it up a bit. Now we have somewhere to sit when we are waiting each other to come down."
The group made their way over to the elevator, which was completely different to the one in New York. This one was sleek and new and was about twice the size of the small one in New York.
Evie pressed the button that had 3 neatly painted on it and they rode up in silence. Once they reached the third floor they all clambered out and stood around in the hallway.
"Right, Ellie will show you to your rooms. I'm off to bed." Evie said, turning around and heading down the hall.
"Wait, you can't be going to bed? We only just got here." Isabelle said.
"Yeah, well, It's twenty past three in the morning. You may not be tired but I'm buggered so I'm off to dreamland. Pleasant dreams everyone." Evie said as she walked down the hall and went into what Isabelle could only guess was her bedroom.
"Okay, Simon, Isabelle, Magnus, follow me and I'll show you to your room. The rest of you, you can go with Annabelle." Ellie said walking off to the right of the elevator, followed by Simon, Isabelle and Magnus.
They got halfway down the hall when Ellie came to a stop. "Simon, you're in this room on the right and Magnus you're in this one on the left. Isabelle, you're the next door on the right down this hallway. Now, I'm off to bed as well. If you need anything, I'm just back two doors on the left. Night." She said and then turned around, heading to her room to go to bed.
Isabelle wished a good night to the boys and then headed to her own room. Once she entered her room she immediately noticed that it was different from her room in New York. The first difference she noticed was the view. One side of her wall was just glass, which over-looked Sydney Harbour.
"Wow!" Isabelle whispered. The towering bridge glowed with the light of the city, with dashing lights rolling over it telling Isabelle that even at this hour there were still cars racing over the bridge. The Opera House had lights shining up at it, making the curves and edges more prominent.
Isabelle then turned to look at her room. She noticed that her new room was a lot more modern than her old room. 'They've really done this place up,' Isabelle thought. Her bed was a sleek, white platform bed covered in plain white sheets with a black streak across the doona cover.
Isabelle next noticed the chest of drawers and the second door leading out of her room which she guessed led to her bathroom. She saw the full length mirror on a sliding door which she again guessed was a wardrobe.
The next thing Isabelle did was throw her two suitcases on her bed and opened the first one. She slowly unpacked her clothes, trying to take up as much time as she could so that when she finally finished, she would probably be tired enough to go to sleep.
About an hour later Isabelle had finally finished unpacking and getting ready for bed. after she brushed her teeth she went over to one of the lounge chairs around the small coffee table and pulled it over to the window. Then she just sat there, watching the traffic go across the bridge.
Author's Note: Hey guys, I'm really sorry but I can't continue this story. I had all the chapters on my external hard drive but it crashed so i have lost them all and I can't remember where this story was going. Really Sorry