Chapter 9:

"You want us to do what?" Jace said, incredulous.

"I think it's a rather good plan," Will commented. "There should be just one slight adjustment made to it though. Instead of sending yourself in as bait, Simon, we should send Gabriel."

"Send me where?" Gabriel asked, walking into the room.

"As bait to distract the guards while we rescue Clary and kidnap Sebastian," Will said, grinning.

Gabriel glared at Will. "What is it with you and wanting to use me as bait, Will? For the last time. I AM NOT BAIT! AND I WILL NOT BE USED AS BAIT!" Gabriel's voice got louder and louder as he went on.

"What is going on here?" Charlotte asked, coming into the room. "I can here shouting all the way in my office."

"Will wants to use me as bait," Gabriel said, still glaring at Will.

"Will," Charlotte reproached. "I thought I already told you that no one is being used as bait."

"It was Simon's idea," Will said.

"Hey!" Simon protested. "It was my idea to use myself as bait. You're the one who suggested using Gabriel instead."

"Why does anyone need to be used as bait?" Charlotte said, utterly confused.

"We know Sebastian is holding Clary in the same house where the Dark Sisters held Tessa, but it's being guarded by automatons, which means that Sebastian is probably working with Mortmain. To get in, Simon is going to lure away a group of four automatons. Then Magnus is going to glamour us to look like automatons and we're going to go in and find Clary. And maybe, hopefully, we'll be able to get Sebastian too," Jace explained.

"Why don't you just kill the automatons?" Gabriel asked.

"We won't kill them because that would create a lot more noise than if they run after a thief or someone trying to break in," Simon explained.

"Okay. So who is going and how are you planning on catching Sebastian?" Charlotte asked. "From what I've heard he's going to be hard to subdue."

"We're going to try to drug him," Isabelle said.

Jace looked out the window. "We should get going. It's almost dark."