The banging continued as the ground shuddered beneath their feet. Clary's heart was pounding against her ribs; she could already feel the adrenaline coursing through her veins. She was thanking the angel for the fearless rune – mainly for the fact that she was able to stand straight and confident next to Jace. She spotted Alec then, he had come to stand next to his brother – bow drawn. He leaned around Jace and smiled slightly at her – she knew that he was feeling the exact same way. Izzy appeared next to her then – whip out and a fierce expression on her face. Clary turned to look behind her to see Magnus had fallen back slightly, blue sparks flickering in his palms. Simon stood next to him and smiled warmly at her when he saw her looking. Everyone in the hall had formed a line, facing the splintering door – without command or orders they stood ready. Clary felt elated that she was part of this, not hiding behind pillars and spying to find out truths that might help beat Valentine like last year – she was on the front lines, with Jace and her friends. She knew that whatever came through that door wasn't going to be pleasant – but strangely, she didn't want to be anywhere else. The sound of the door shattering was defending as it thundered through the hall – wood splinters and chunks flew across the marble floor as Clary heard the first growl. She tensed and made herself ready, holding her sword firmly watching as the demons poured through the door. She didn't recognise any of them – well if it smells, drools and wants evil intentions, a demons a demon she thought to herself. She did notice the numbers, there were easily 100 or more advancing towards them. Arrows flew, and the battle began. Alec continued his flow of arrows, bringing down any demons in his path. Izzy was off with most of the line, bringing her whip down hard on anything she ran into contact with. Jace turned to her quickly.
"Stay close." He stated firmly and she nodded her head in response, he turned back to face the demons then and took off. She was quickly behind him – it wasn't long until she ran into a demon. It was extremely tall and sneered down at her – bringing one of it clawed hands down. She jumped out of the way and swung the sword – consequently cutting of the hand. The creature howled as it clutched its hand were black blood was oozing out. It bared its teeth and lunged at her. She quickly jumped back wards but it continued to lunge and snap its teeth – using its remaining clawed hand to try and swot her. She ducked and dodged until she was behind it and drove her blade into its back. Once it fell and began to seep away in a trail of black gloop, she looked around for Jace. He was standing over another demon, just drawing his blade out – a fair distance away. She quickly moved towards him, slashing and stabbing where it was necessary. She pushed through the crowd, dodging weapons and fights – helping where she could. Apart from the big demon, the rest seemed too quick or clever to actually strike – almost like puppets who were being warned of the coming attack. Well if Jonathan was involved, they were defiantly puppets. Finally she stood back to back with Jace, she was panting from the exertion but ready for more – maybe the rune wasn't such a good idea.
"What do you recon?" She asked Jace as she looked around. She could see Simon and Izzy wrestling with one of the big demons and Maia circling another one – in full wolf form.
"Could be worse." He panted from behind her, still battling with something. Clary gasped then as she saw it – Aline was a fair distance away, fighting another form of demon and one was sneaking up behind her, ready to lunge.
"Aline!" Clary screamed as she ran towards the girl- feeling the rune that bound her to Simon begin to work. She pushed her way through the fighting crowd, desperately. She was still a fair distance away but like lightning she threw her sword, aiming for the demon, the speed wowed her a bit but- she was bound to a vampire. It sunk into the creature's chest like a knife through butter. Aline brought her demon down and saw the one dead behind her. She turned with wide eyes to Clary before panic stained her expression.
"Clary!" The girl screamed, not looking at Clary herself but at something behind her. Clary spun quickly around but it wasn't quick enough. A demon behind her swung its arm, making contact with her chest – sending her flying out of the crowd until she crashed into the wall. She screamed out in pain as she felt her head smash into the marble.
"Clary!" Jace screamed from somewhere in the crowd, as she crumpled to the ground, tasting blood in her mouth. She tried to bring herself up onto her elbows but she couldn't. The room was spinning, she felt cold, and her hearing was slowly fading, along with her vision. She groped her belt until she found her stele – it felt foreign in her grasp as she slowly drew an Iratze trying not to fall unconscious. Her arms screamed in protest as she moved, grinding her teeth so she didn't scream again. She felt the familiar burning sensation and her vision immediately began to return as her pain faded. She pushed herself up onto her elbows and then her knees. She looked around the room, it wasn't spinning anymore – but she couldn't see anyone through the fighting crowd. She got to her feet but stood still for a moment in confusion – she heard shouting. The words "release me" and "get off" were being screamed throughout the crowd – loud enough to quieten the clashing of blades and the hissing of demons. She noticed it then; a thick black fog seemed to be descending on the crowd as she stood on the outskirts watching.
"Clary!" Jace shouted again – she dug into her belt quickly, her hand came into contact with something that she had forgotten she had. She gripped the Seraph blade and began to fight her way through the crowd. The fog continued to descend; she knew it was of magical origin and not of Magnus' doing – as it sent her into a couching fit. She spluttered and wheezed as she continued to push but it was burning her eyes. A demon gripped her arms from behind – bringing them behind her back painfully as she dropped her blade. Its claws dug in to her flesh and she screamed out, struggling. Jace screamed her name again then but he couldn't fathom breath – let alone words. Its grip only tightened as she continued to cough – her lungs becoming clogged up. But she was marked with a fearless rune so the usual common sense that would act and tell her not to struggle – was not working. She continued to fight as her arms were ripped to shreds, which was mainly her fault – the demon only seemed to want to restrain her. Wriggling and kicking, she finally made its grip loosen, she staggered quickly away from the creature, still coughing – the shouts of the crowd were building. The fog seemed to be getting thicker as she couldn't see anything; she continued to stagger until somebody grasped her forearms. Her head shot up as the fog suddenly disappeared, her blood ran cold as her heart fell silent. His platinum blond hair was slicked back and his eyes were the usual bottomless ebony as he looked down at her – smiling wickedly. Her skin began to crawl as she pushed away from him and stumbled backward.
"Clarissa." He greeted, his voice turning her stomach to ice. It was Jonathan – he was back.
And he's back!! I wonder what he is up to? Hmmmm ........ keep reading!! Thank you for reading and reviewing XD I'll update soon!!
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