Chapter 4
Clary's POV
"What do you mean?" I started to worry and tried to pull out the pencils that I had hidden in my sleeves. I took a firm grip around them, careful not to reveal them behind my hands. The woman studied me with her powerful eyes and turned around. She began walking toward a big chair, I hadn't even noticed. Now was my chance. If I wanted to kill her, it should be now. The only thing that stopped me was the huge man who had pushed me before. He stood near the door, besides the only way out, and watched us quietly.
"Well it's a well know fact by now that Valentine's daughter can draw any runes, even make new ones. It sounds like a very useful gift and it just happened to be, that I need such a gift right now." She sat down in the chair and her eyes were yet again on me." I must say tho, the kidnapping part was a little too easy. It was like you were begging to be taken. Walking around in that park, all by yourself, with no one to protect you and no weapons at all" she said and frowned. I didn't like to feel like something you should pity.
"I don't need someone to protect me. I can take care of myself" I said but regretted it the moment I said it. She gave me a smug smile.
"Yes I can see that. Is that why you're here? Because you wanted to get kidnapped? Sorry dear but I have a hard time believing that." I felt the redness on my cheeks but refused to look away from the woman's eyes.
"How did you even find me?" I asked to try to buy me some time to come up with a plan.
"Ohh it was quite easy actually. You should know how much faster people work when their lives is at risk." She had begun studying her nails and blew at the dark red nail polish that covered them to get rid of any dust.
"So you.. threatened them?" I asked and she looked up and looked at me like a was a dumb sheep.
"Yes" my thoughts went back to the man that had talked to me before. Suddenly I felt a little bad for him but I tried to push it away.
"How exactly are you planning on getting my powers?"
"That is something you don't need to worry about. All I can say is that it won't be pleasant and you need to give it up voluntarily."
"Well sorry, but that will never happen."
"I wouldn't be so sure if I was you. There is always ways to convince someone." my stomach turned and I didn't feel so great anymore. I knew that what she talked about, and it would hurt a lot." She stood up and waved toward the huge man at the door.
"Take her to her cell" The man nodded and started to walk toward me. The feeling of panic started to crawl inside of me and I hopelessly tried to buy me some more time.
"Wait!" I broke out and could see in the corner of my eye that the man stopped for a moment. "I don't even know your name." she looked bored and waved for the man to keep walking.
"It's Melinoe" the name didn't rang any bells and a hand landed on my shoulder from the back. I tried to remember what to do if your attacker came from behind but it was harder in real life then it was in the training room. Jace would probably be a little disappointed if he saw her now, standing without a clue on what to do. Jace. The name got my heart to beat harder and I started to wish that I would just wake up, realising that it was all a dream. I would embrace Jace, forget that I dreamt this. Sadly that would not happen, because it was not a dream.
When the second hand landed on my other shoulder, the instincts kicked in and i kicked my foot backwards, earning a grunt when it hit it's target. I wasted no time and turned around to hit him with one of the pencils I had. He took hold of my hand before it could hit him and I could see the annoyance in his eyes. With a loud thud, he hit me in the head and I blacked out for the second time.
Jace's POV
My thoughts were clouded with worry and I had a hard time focusing on what the other ones were saying. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to her. I know I can't always be there to protect her and she needs to be alone sometime, but I can't stop thinking that this is somehow my fault. I hated doing nothing, just sitting around and waiting. Magnus still worked on the locating spell. Clary was clouded in some magic that made it hard to track her but Magnus was positive he could do.
"I just need some time," he had said when Simon asked if we should maybe try something else. "and space, please leave me alone and shut the door after you." he had continued. That was several hours ago and my patience was running out.
"Jace, go and get some sleep. I will wait here" Isabelle brought me out of my thought and I saw the tiredness in her eyes.
"I'm fine. You however look like you could use some sleep." she gave me an exhausted look.
"Jace, it's late and you will help no one by being tired tomorrow. I know that you are worried but this could take a while. I will stay here and I promise, if we find out anything, you will be the first to know." she smiled at me sheepishly and I returned it.
"Yeah, you're probably right, and thank you." she nodded her head in response. "I still think you should get some sleep thoe"
"It's alright. Alec's asleep right now and we will shift later." I turned around and walked towards my bedroom. The thought of a warm bed did sound really inviting at the moment.
"Jace, you know we will find her. You will always find her." Isabelle's words made my heart ache. I didn't turn around, just nodded and kept walking, cause this time I wasn't so sure.
Clary's POV
My hands was chained to the wall and they had changed my clothes to a long dress that went all the way to the ground. It was a small cell with nothing more than hard walls made of stone. My head was spinning so much that it was exhausting to even look up and the chains that held me in place were making my wrists hurt. It felt like I had been in here for days, all alone, but I feared that I had only been here a fraction of that time. I studied the chains and was not surprised when I found out that you would need a key to set me free. After standing still for a time and helplessly trying not to think about the pain in my wrists, I felt the tiredness. It slowly crept onto me and I couldn't resist anymore. My eyelids felt heavy and I slumbered into sleep.
"Help me, please help me Clary" Jace screamed. He was holding onto a rock at the edge a couple meters ahead. His legs were dangling above a steep cliff and I could see that he wouldn't be able to hold on for so much more. "You have to help me Clary. I can't do this alone." He looked panicked and Jace's eyes locked with mine. I tried to move, too run and grab his hands but my body moved too slow. It was like I moved in slow motion and there was nothing I could do about it.
"Why don't you help me Clary?" Jace's cracked voice reached me and I felt my heart break.
"I can't, I'm stuck" I said and tried even harder to move forward. I could almost reach him now, just a few more inches.
"Why didn't you help me?" he asked again and I could hear that he had gave up his hope.
"I will" I said panicked and touched his fingertips. He looked at me and then he fell. I screamed.
I woke up in the cell sweating and panting heavy. It was just a dream, it was just a dream, I kept telling myself. Jace is okay, he's unharmed.
It took me awhile to calm myself down but I succeeded eventually. I didn't had to wait long before I could hear footsteps outside the door and a key. The door opened and Melinoe stood there, looking as smug as ever. She turned around and brought in a small table with different object on it. My eyes took some time to make out what it was on the table. I felt my eyes widen in horror as I saw some were sharp knifes. There was also some syringes, a hammer and some things I had no idea what they were for, but I assumed that it wasn't going to be nice.
"Now darling" she said and started and picked up one of the strange objects. She studied it briefly, put it down again and picked up a knife instead. Then she looked at me for the first time since she walked in and smiled. "Now it's time for you to sing for me"
