Rose POV

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6AM

Sofia and I walked down the stairs and to the kitchen to go get some water. Clary and the group must still be asleep or having a meeting. Thank god no one saw me because then they wouldn't let me leave. I got in the elevator and put Sofia's leash on then we started running as soon as the doors opened. We ran for about half an hour before stopping at the treat shop. It was ran by one of my greats friends in New York Janelle .She is a great cook and thought it would be great to sell dog treats at her coffee shop. She was turned in to a werewolf at a young age, She lived in a small town on one of the Hawiian Islands that had a rouge werewolf that they thought was a stray dog that was looking for food. He tried to attack Janelle's brother but Janelle fought back. In the end the "wolf" was shot and retreated in to the woods. She was 12 then now she's 34 and has a beautiful family. "Oh morning Rose, How are you?" She asked while giving me a hug.

"Great actually, How about you? Are the girls ok?" I replied

" We are all doing great. I didn't know you were in town. What brings you here?"

"Oh well I decided I was going to stay at the institute and start going on missions again, I just came bye to get some tea and dog treats, though a doughnut or two wouldn't hurt either". I said back

"Well, your brother hasn't told me to not give you any so I guess it will be fine. I still can't believe he wouldn't let you eat any while you were training last time you were here." We shared a laugh at that.

"Yeah me neither, actually he didn't even let me have any normal mundi food ( Burgers, Mac N Cheese, Pizza...) till I beat him at sparing on the roof slope." God sometimes he was stupid I thought as I said this." He thinks its his job to protect me, I guess food is to dangerous next he will make me eat mash potatoes and applesauce for the rest of my life. Oh speak of the devil!" I said as I answered my phone

"ROSEMARIE! Where the hell are you? Why did you leave? You aren't supposed to leave!" He yelled through the phone.

Janelle gave me my stuff and a wave good bye before he stopped yelling. Sofia and I started our run back but instead of music on my headphones it was Jace. Finally I walked through the door of the institute. Before Jace had called I planed on going for a 6 mile run but I knew that wasn't the best idea right now. Jace hadn't noticed me coming up the elevator until I was right behind him. I hung up the phone and yelled his name so he could hear me. "Jace! I'm right hear come the hell down! Why are you so worried? Its the morning no demons or strigoi are out. I just went for a run and some tea. I even had Sofia with me. You seriously need to chill." He looked at me the whole time I was talking but after I was done he assessed my body.

"What is that?" He asked pointing to the bag of dog treats and donuts.

"Dog treats for Sofia. Why haven't you answered my questions?" I responded. He took one good look to my face and then Sofia and I were off, running to my room and locking the door. I put a quick anti unlock rune and sat on my bed to unleash Sofia so that we could eat our breakfast in some what peace. It wasn't till after my first donut and Sofia's second treat that I heard uncle Luke yell through the door.

I opened it to see him, Jace, Clary, aunt J and Abe looking at me. "Really Jace all this for some donuts?" I yelled, everyone gave me a look then turned there eyes to Jace.

"Jace was all this really because she wanted some donuts?" Luke asked.

"Yes. And she left the institute without permission." Jace told everyone.

" We are almost 19 Jace! I don't need permission!" I yelled at him

"Whats all the yelling about?" Izzy asked as her and Alec came walking down the hall.

"I got donuts, Jace is mad, and I'm apparently 5." I said to her

"Did you bring me any?" She asked back so I handed her one.

"Ok Rose stay here with Clary and your aunt. The rest fallow me to the kitchen with Jace." Luke said to everyone.

Jace POV

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"Why am I in trouble". I asked as we walked into the kitchen.

" A DONUT! Really Jace a fucking donut? Is that all it takes now? What is so bad about a donut? You eat them all the time when she's not here, why is it different now?" Luke yelled at me once we were all in the kitchen.

"There not good for her, but thats not why I'm mad. I'm mad that she left without telling me or asking me to go with her." I answered him

" You and Clary were still asleep, she was doing nothing wrong, and you know it helps with the darkness. You need to stop seeing her as something you need to protect. She's a grown woman, she would never freak out if you went on a morning run without her. Ok? Are you ok now because Its to early to deal with any more drama. Now Izzy go tell Rose and Clary to go get ready, you three have a mission ..." I cut Luke off right there

"She's not going on a mission, she isn't ready! I'll go for her." I said to him

"No Jace Rose is fine it is just a quick check of the upper levels of the old Parker mansion. Its no big deal." Luke was not happy and any one could tell. He wasn't looking after my sister and thats not okay, maybe I can ask Izzy to keep an eye on her.

Rose POV

" He asked you to do WHAT?" I whisper/yelled at Izzy "Did he forget that I'm almost 4 years older then you or was that not important. God he treats me like a child, I have more experience in the world and a higher body count?" I don't like bringing up the number of kills I have but he is really getting on my nerves.

"Rose hes just trying to be a good brother, he missed you and you really scared him when you went missing. Just cut him some slack k?" Clary was trying to get me to forget it so we could all focus on the mission.

"He is treating me like I'm 5, He is not my older brother he's my TWINE , he just needs to remember that. I'm done with this conversation right now, lets focus on the mission. Izzy what does you necklace say mine is still at home in my suitcase." I didn't want to alert any demons to our location.

"It's not moving but its lighting up a little .We're still outside so it may just be one or two on the second floor, or it could be strigoi on the first floor. What does your stomach say? Strigoi?" Izzy reported.

" I don't feel anything but I do feel like its dark and twisted but a little desperate, I think there may be a child in there, I can't tell if its human thought." I said as I peeked into the nearby open window then I heard something and saw movement in the bushes." Hey did you guys hear that?"

"I't was probably a rat, Its midday no demon can come outside." Izzy said then gave Clary and me a look and realization fell onto her face. "You don't think Jace would fallow us do you? Mom and dad would have a fit not to mention Luke." We didn't have time to talk because there was movement inside the house. "K Clary get behind me Rose in front. If you feel strigoi are near then give the signal. Ready?" We nodded " ONE, TWO, THREE GO" We burst into the first floors side door, I was ready with my long dagger or as Jace calls it my minnie sword and a stake in my hands. Their was nothing moving but we could see foot prints in the dust on the floor but they were very small a child maybe two. My stomach was flipping around by the time we hit the stairs. I gave the signal and the girls took out there stakes. I signaled to them that around three were here but they may have unwilling/willing feeders. The second floor was somewhat cleared when we heard movement down stairs a few minutes later Jace and Simon were behind Clary with there stakes out. We finished the floor sweep and then Izzy told Jace and Simon that they were on feeder watch. If they saw any creature that wasn't 100% strigoi or demon they were to get it to safety and not engage in combat.

As we entered the second stair case we saw a drained corps on a landing. I checked the pules seeing as I was still in front and shook my head at the others. They were here to save lives not play protect your sister. We were getting closer I could feel it. There were 3 more stories but the top was all glass and old dead vines (Old green house kind of thing). We entered the third floor hall and we were confronted with 2 of the now estamaited 4. Clary and Izzy took on the older one, he was probably around 130 years seeing as he was turned around 28 years old, he was also a old dampire. I took on the female who was probably a moroi and around 50 but she was looking around 35. They were out in minutes. " Rose, didn't you say a child may be in here?" asked Clary pointing into a room.

"Oh God." I said as I entered our last fight before dinner. It was the last two strigoi and two willing feeders that we needed to fight. The girls and I tried to clear a path as much as possible so that they could sedate the two willing and the other 3 who were clearly unwilling with how they were tied up. Jace got the willing down and now Simon was helping him untie the others while tying the other two. Clary was about to stake the one her and Izzy were fitting until it back handed her, then it happened all of a sudden I was surrounded by black smoke, it was filling up the room I had used it to put the girls with the boys. I was done in seconds, a quick muscle twitch and they were dead and in a pile. I settled down easily and went to help the others. "Jace, take Simon and Clary and go try to get the survivors outside. Call for backup and tell them we need an ambulance to there nearest hospital that will take them without question. Try to get info about what they know and try to tell them they were drugged till the time we can get your parents and Luke down here. Izzy you and I are going to go look for any one else here. Okay everyone know what to do?" I finished and they all nodded. Izzy and I stood up. " Clary when you get the chance put a healing rune on for you cheek." She nodded and then we left the room. We had checked every room on this floor and were on the next when we heard something in the farthest room from the stairs. We still checked every room first and found nothing. When we got to the room we found out it was locked. We give each other a look and together we kicked it down.

"What the hell? Are those puppies?" Izzy asked me

"No those are spi hound puppies. They aren't attacking, strange."

"Are those wipe marks on there backs? What should we do?" Izzy was upset and we weren't even done.

"We will close the door and then finish our search. When we are done we will call Abe and get them home." I told her. We Got to the top floor when we found her. A child about the age of 5. She was scared at first but once she saw my eyes she was ok. "Hello, My name is Rose I'm like you. I can see it in your eyes. Something happened to you and a spirit user saved you. Your not the only one here are you?" I asked her she looked at me then past me. Izzy was by the door. She pointed in her direction and gave me a look. " The monsters are gone. They can't get you now and my friend, she's my friend, she's safe."

"The puppies are down there, are they ok?" She asked me. I smiled and nodded "Rose will you keep us safe? Can you two keep them away? My mommy and daddy could but I don't think I can any more."

She was so scared and protective, She was like me. She was guarding her feelings like I would. "Yes we can but we need to find your friends. Ok?" She nodded and stood

"You need to be quiet and let me talk. My name is Nina by the way." She trusted me now I needed to keep this trust. " Scarlet are you and Kiela awake. The savers are here come on Scarlet we are safe now we can go home now and you can get food."

"Nina how do you know," We were getting closer "Nina you know the ghost won't be able to help any more."

"No its a guardian and her friend, they are here to save us. Rose said the monsters are gone. She said Im like her, I can see it. She has the shadows too, in her eyes, she new that you saved me. She can help us Letty I believe in her just like the ghost said to." Nina saw the shadows? She was a bright little girl but for her to see my darkness and not be afraid then she new how it works, thats why she trust me. I had now realized we had come to a stop.

"If she can help then let me see her." Scarlet was protective but I couldn't figure out why she was here and not in the front where Nina was. "I'f she can help then she will know what to do with me." What did she mean by that.

I stepped through the thick curtain to find Scarlet holding her baby sister, but there was something wrong. Scarlet was too pail to sick looking. "Scarlet let me see your face please." I said to her, But when she turned I could see what was wrong. "Scarlet? They turned you. But you have not killed either of your sisters? I have a way to turn you back to a moroi but you must trust me. Do you trust me?"

"Should I, you were trained to kill things like me not to help us. They turned me into a strigoi and put me in here to eat my sisters because they wanted to, who's to say they won't come back to that door and do the same to you? Did you check the closets are you sure they won't come and do exactly that." She was scared and scatter brained but she was still letting me in a little already.

"There gone and I have a friend that was like you, she turned a strigoi back to a dampire so I know I can do it to you. You see her power bleeds into me through our bond. Do you and your sister still have a bond?" She could see I wasn't lying and she was ready to be helped.

"Nina take Kiela to Roses friend and wait there, we will be there soon," The girls left and Scarlet answered my question " Yes but its faint I didn't want her to feel my hunger yet I needed her to stay alive. How does this work? Can you fix me now or do we need to wait?"

"I'm going to talk you through it but first promise me you and your sisters will go home with me," She nodded "Ok, close you eyes and relax, you will feel a little pain, there will be a flash of light, and then you will be back. Ok" And then I did it, I put all the spirit I had built up and the stake Lissa had charmed for me in to her heart and the light came and then so did the tears. At first I thought it didn't work and I was the one crying but then she rouse head and looked at me. She smiled for the first time and about to say something when a thought came to here mind.

"I can go hug my sisters and show them I'm ok, I can walk my sisters out of this reached house. And we can go home with you. And we will be okay?"

"Scarle..."

"Letty, all my friends and family called me Letty" She said. this brought a smile to my face.

"Okay Letty we will go home and eat but then you need to tell me what happened. Can you stand?" And with that we finished up and went home.

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