I'm sorry it took so long to put this story up! I have to use a crappy laptop, because my other laptop broke, and the laptop that I wrote this on will blocked this website, I had state testing (wish me luck), national French tests, AND the only computer that will not block this web site not at a library doesn't have a space bar!!!! Sigh. Okay, well I hope you enjoy it!
The reflected sunlight made my eyes burn, but I kept looking at the glass building anyway. I refused to look at the lake in front of me, or even the people milling around in Central Park. But most of all I wanted to keep from looking at the shadow behind the tree. A flash of brilliant light reverberated out from the water, people stopped and moved towards it. Idiots. I closed my eyes as a smooth arm descended onto my shoulders, "Clary, Clary, Clary. You don't want to see the show? I made it just for you." I could feel his smile from the tightness of his body against mine. My eyes flew open and I watched the water fall down into the earth, pulling all matter of objects with it, like our very own Charibdis. Gabriel chuckled as a child was swept off his feet and into the water. He twirled around with high pitched screams, flailing his tiny arms. He breathed in time with the violent motion, crashing into the ground as the water drained. Gabriel stopped it just as the boy got to the hole, an invisible force plucked him up and planted him into the arms of his hysterical sister. "Stop playing, Where is he?" Gabriel glared, his voice coming out forcefully, "Where is who?" Just thinking the name made me shiver. "My brother."
"No! No! I don't wanna! You can't make me!!!" Jace started beating his hands on the table. "Stop whining!" "No, pwease?" He jumped (literally) across the table and put his lips on mine. "Please? Please?" For each word there was kiss, soft, and sweet. He moved down lower, "Please?" After he'd kissed my chest I'd had about enough. "Stop!" He stopped and looked at me. "I'll go, but you have to catch me first!" He ran out the kitchen door exactly as Simon appeared. Smack! "Crap," Simon lay crumpled on the ground holding his head and Jace leaned against the doorway holding his chest. "Dude, that felt like a freaking massive heart burn." It was quiet. That is until Jace burped. A flash of gold flipped out from behind Simon and wrapped itself around Jace. Isabelle stepped out of the doorway, "Did someone say dentist?"
The walls at the dentist office were cotton candy blue. Jace sat at the Lego table trying to teach a three year old how to build a chaos demon. "No, no. The eyes are there, and the fangs are right here. No, here. No-hey!" The little boy slapped Jace's hand and threw a Lego at him before stomping away to a giggling mother. A sharp bell sounded as someone opened the back door. It was a woman, wearing a black scrub suit, red glasses and red pumps. Her eyes were surrounded by an excess of eyeliner but…she reminded me of someone I knew. "Um, a…uh…Mr. Wayland?" Her voice was so high a violin player would have to shift to 5th position to make the same sound. Jace looked back and I could have sworn I saw a little nod between the two of them. Jace stood up, "Well, uh. Looks like its time for me to go…to the dentist. Who will look at my teeth. Yup. Just me, like a big boy. Without my girlfriend." He turned to the little boy and pointed at me. The boy smiled and gave a thumbs up. "…" Jace backed up slowly to the door nodding, as soon as he got out the door he started fast walking. Something was not right. I slid a Lego across the floor and thankfully it was big enough to stop the door before it closed.
Clary just snuck into the dentist office
The hallways were empty except for creepy finger paintings of teeth and maniac tooth brushes. The woman from before came out of the bathroom to my left, scrubbing the eyeliner off her face. "Dude, I thought for sure Clary recognized me." I tilted my head and waited for Alec to recognize me. I knew she looked familiar He just stared. He glanced over my shoulder so quickly I almost thought I imagined it. That was until I heard quiet footsteps. I turned and ran flat out down the hallway. I tackled Jace before he had reached the door and we fell sideways into a dental chair. "Clary! I was just, uh, following the dentist!" He hit a button and we both rolled off onto the tray of dentist tools. "Yeah, right! What kind of shadow hunter is afraid to go to the dentist?!" He looked around, "One who loves sweets a little too much." He threw a spit sucker at me and sprinted out the door. The top came off, so it sprayed left over spit all over my face. I turned around screaming and took off after Jace. I ran past a room with a young female in it, a room full of dentists, and a room with a blond dude and black haired woman making out. Wait… I ran back into the room. Alec was standing closest to me while Jace rubbed his arms over his back pretending to make out. What freaked me out more were the groaning noises. "Jace!" Jace dropped Alec and sprinted behind me to the door. Again I ran after him. He ran threw an automatic door at the end of the hallway and paused while air dramatically flew in his face. He looked back at me as if in slow motion then, he jumped. I ran faster and stopped at the edge of the door. Jace had jumped in a ball pit. Alec ran from behind and tackled me throwing us both into the pit. I pushed my way to the surface, slapping my hands down and spreading balls everywhere in frustration. "What kind of office has a freaking ball pit?!" A red plastic ball hit me in my face. I looked up to see Alec do a flawless front flip out of the pit and onto the platform of the other doorway. Jace turned and blew a kiss already out, "See you later baby!" I huffed and swam to the door. Once in the hallway I heard screaming, "No, you can't! NO!" I ran towards the voice. It was Jace. He was tied down in a dentist chair while a dentist with a mirror and drill leaned over him. That was fast.
The sky was dark as Jace and I made our way back to the Institute. "Sf, why did chu meat wif den Arfangel?" Jace was trying to talk through a numb mouth and an ice pack. "Gabriel has information on Sebastian. He is not an Archangel." Jace frowned as he massaged his jaw, "Close enough." "My brother needs a key, I want to find it." This time he frowned in confusion. "What key?" "Sebastian is a pissed off human demon hybrid. The demon world is not only sealed with portals and such but also with a key. If he finds that key literally all hell will break loose and under his control. He doesn't want to purge demons like my father, just revenge. He needs to be stopped." We were silent the rest of the way. Both thinking of Sebastian, and the key. "So, he would control a demon army?" Jace broke the silence first. "Yes, if we find it we could seal it back and destroy it so only a few select demons could travel through dimensions or whatever." Another heavy silence. I wasn't as brave as Jace so I whispered. "What are you thinking about?"
"I was wondering if that new bar-b-q place down the street is open. Also, I wondered if they have pickles."
