It has been a week since I last updated and even thought that isn't very long I am sorry for the wait. The reason it has been so long since I updated was because I know this one will have not very much action at the beginning at least which won't be fun to write but is necessary. Please bear with me so that I can get past this part and into the more interesting stuff. So without further adieu, here is chapter 7.
Three hours later
Clary POV
As soon as we had healed Simon as best we could and when he was yelling his head off at us to go get Izzy, we changed into some clothes and headed off to follow Alec's trail. We got Simon to alert our parents and then have them alert the Clave.
Jace and I walked silently down the streets of New York him in the lead, following his Parabatai ties and slight traces of Izzy's blood. By now it was dark and only the faint street lights or single windows still being used illuminated our path. Jace and I were gaining on him just barely, but only because he was carrying Izzy. Even her beautiful form was heavy when she is unconscious.
Jace seemed to have noticed something new, and he picked up the pace considerably. I was soon going to start breathing much too heavy to be able to keep silent, just as I heard the slight patter of leisurely footsteps adding noise to this silent street. Jace motioned for me to be silent and we peered around to corner to see an ecstatic looking Alec carrying Izzy over his shoulder like a fireman and quietly humming to himself.
Alec doesn't look tired at all. Whatever is possessing him has given him strength. That's for sure. He seemed to sense Jace and me, because he quickly turned himself around and surveyed the area. We slip back behind the building and don't return until we hear the rhythm of footsteps again.
We continue on his trail until he reaches a marked off entrance to an old subway station. The street is nothing compared to the darkness the entrance leads into. I hear Alec's footsteps pattering down the stairs lightly and can almost sense relief in him after taking cover in the dark.
I feel sick and utterly deserted. Was Jace really going to go into this dark hellhole with just us? We needed back up or something. What if the clave hadn't gotten our message? Along with this sick feeling I feel this overwhelming frenzy going on inside me. The danger excites me. I can tell that Jace sees it in my eyes. He just nods, gives me one of his signature smiles, puts a finger to his lips to silence me, and we make a descent into the darkness.
Magnus POV
So far my search in these tunnels has found nothing. The damp, dirty walls made shivers go up my spine. I can tell there is evil down here, I just can't find it. I am walking through a different part of the tunnels. It is at the opposite end of were I had broken up with Alec and where he had gone missing.
This dark silence was making me think, which is, usually something I try to avoid at all costs. Thinking leads to problems for those who are immortal. All you really can think about is mistakes and the past. My past is riddled with mistakes and Alec is my biggest, or at least at the time it is. In another hundred years my pain from this will be numb, but that is another hundred years of misery that I don't want to go through. Alec's name is pounding in my head which is why at first I doubted myself seeing him walking in the opposite direction of me. I tried to look closer; Alec is immediately followed by a rush of red and gold hair.
I guess Jace and Clary have been on his case just as much as I have. I follow the figures into the next part of the tunnel. My heart is leaping at the thought of seeing my love one more time, but I'm worried about what condition that might be in. This is going to be interesting.
Alec's POV
I had won the battle of getting half and arm back, but everything was progressing slowly. Half my face is out of the water and I can now easily see out of one eye. I so much want to help Izzy, but right now I need to keep my cover. My body seems to be quite oblivious to the fact that I am slowly taking over. I am almost embarrassed about how stupid my body can be.
I can tell Jace and Clary have been trailing me for the past 40 minutes but my other self still hasn't noticed.
Wait.
There is someone else. I see a slight bit of glimmer in my peripheral. I blink and all I see is the bottom of a pair of sequined pants turning a corner. MAGNUS!
He is here. I still have quite a few holes in my memory, but I remember enough to know something happened between us. Magnus came to save me anyway!
The dull thud of his name in the back of my mind becomes more prominent now until it is my mind screaming at me. I gain more strength and pull both my arms out of the clear liquid sea. My foot still follows until I am uncomfortably hanging from my two arms one ankle and half a face and have lost all my energy.
I see the ground in the real world approaching and know I have tripped. I use my arms to twist and cradle Isabelle so she doesn't take most of the fall.
My other self seems to have picked up that something is wrong and has begun writhing o around. I pull out a flashlight for my stalkers benefit not my own and start using sign language to tell Jace what is happening, in quick short messages.
I am only half myself. I can see and have control over my arms and one foot. I believe Magnus is following you so he can come out. At the moment I am half vampire and am fighting a demon inside of me. Literally. Maureen did this to me. Keep watch. I must go back with Izzy but attack if she is in any danger. Now hide.
Magnus stepped out and looked at me with horror and longing etched across his face, but to anyone else it would have just looked light a slight pout. Jace and Clary looked surprised and angry at Magnus but I don't have time for that now.
Jace needed to keep quiet so he signed back
Okay. Magnus come with us. Alec you go.
I got up and continued my way along the path to Maureen's hideout.
Yes, this was a terrible chapter, but now it is over and we can finally have some action. I want to get better, but the only way that will happen is with suggestions. You may think I have this story planned out but I don't, so please tell me what should happen. If you give me suggestions I will update sooner. Also just a plain, good job does wonders for me and I love it so please review. I will try to get another chapter out tomorrow but I have homework and softball so idk. Anyway tell me how you liked it and thanks for reading. (:
