It was all a Dream Ch. 6
"Mundane? Clary what are you talking about?" Jocelyn looked at her daughter confused at the term she had used.
Clary shook her head trying to clear it. Why didn't her mother know the word mundane? She tried asking the question differently, "Why aren't I in the infirmary at the institute?" Jocelyn's tears had stopped but the look she gave Clary was more confusing than the last. "Where's Jace Mom? Is he ok?"
"Institute? Jace? Clary who are you talking about?"
Clary started to panic. "Mom, you have to tell me where Jace is, if he's hurt I have to go to him. Where is he?" Her voice had gotten higher to the point of shrillness. Jocelyn still looked confused at her daughter's questions and was now started to worry about her sanity. Luckily Dr. Catrina walked in the room upon hearing that Clary was awake and talking.
The sight of the doctor confused Clary even more. The woman looked familiar but she wasn't sure why.
"Clary, so nice to see you awake. How do you feel?" Dr. Catrina walked to Clary's bedside and began taking her vitals. "Any pain, discomfort, confusion?"
"Pain no, confusion yes. Who are you?"
"I'm Dr. Catrina the attending physician here at St. John's Hospital. I've been looking over you while you were in a coma for the last several months."
"A coma! What the hell happened? Mom where is Jace and Izzy and Simon are they ok?"
Jocelyn ignored the names she didn't recognize and concentrated on the facts. "You were in an accident outside Pandemon. Someone tried to mug you, they knocked you down and you hit your head hard enough that you've been in a coma for the last few months. Simon will be here tomorrow. I know he'll be excited to see you and Luke too." Jocelyn continued to ramble telling Clary that they had visited everyday and about the paintings she had made for Clary's hospital walls. But Clary wasn't paying much attention. The last time she had been in Pandemon was when she had first seen Jace kill a demon. It seemed like ages ago now. And why wasn't her mother telling her where Jace was. The only people she mentioned where Simon and Luke. And why weren't they at the institute? Mundane doctors didn't know how to heal Shadowhunters. Something wasn't right and Clary was going to find out what it was if it killed her.
"Mom," Clary interrupted her mother mid ramble, "Where is Jace? If you don't tell me right now I'm going to get out of this hospital bed and find him."
Jocelyn looked at Dr. Catrina before answering, "Clary honey who is Jace?"
Clary stared at her mother. "Jace, fellow Shandowhunter and my boyfriend. I know you don't like him very much mom but you can't keep him from me."
"Clary you don't have a boyfriend and what is a Shadowhunter, is that some kinda gang?" Jocelyn looked even more concerned than before.
Dr. Catrina interrupted at that moment, "Jocelyn I think we should let Clary get some rest. Her mind might still be fuzzy from the medications." Dr. Catrina's face had turned an odd shade of blue at the mention of Shadowhunters.
"I don't want to rest!" Clary shouted, "I want to know whats going on here." She tried to move from the bed but her muscles wouldn't support the movement.
Seeing Clary begin to get hysterical Dr. Catrina injected her IV with a mild dose of sleeping medication. It worked quickly and Clary's eyes began to close. Jocelyn sagged with relief to see her daughter no longer screaming.
"I told you this wouldn't be easy Jocelyn." Dr. Catrina said," It's not like the movies where coma patients wake up and everything's fine. This is going to take time."
Jocelyn looked at the doctor, her eyes seemed to have aged ten years in the last ten minutes. "I know, I know, but the people she was talking about – Jace, and Izzy I've never heard of them and I know all her friends. And the institute and Shadowhunter and mundane what does all that mean?"
"Sometimes when people wake up from a coma their brains forget things that happened before the accident or sometimes they speak an entirely different language. Sometimes it's like they have been living in another universe and they believe it's real. Most times this wears off but you have to be prepared for it to take time. Clary might have been dreaming while in the coma and now she might think it's real. We'll talk later about a program to get Clary's mind and body back on track." Jocelyn nodded and watched Dr. Catrina walk out of the room.