Chapter 10

Gabi's POV

I woke to the sound of my alarm clock. At 6am!? Why on earth would it be going off at 6am? This better not be Max playing on of his-Oh right yeah. We were going to rescue Celine! I think I said it out loud in a singsong way. Silently, I repremended myself. The adults couldn't know. They would drone on about how it's so reckless of us to go off like this, We could die, yaddah yaddah. Whatever. It's not like any of them were very careful anyway. I quickly put on my gear and went to the training room. Oh the choices. All the weapons I could choose! After much deliberation I decided to bring my trusty whip, some throwing knives, and 2 seraph blades. Strapping the blades into my belt I took off at a run, every so often, glancing at my watch and speeding up. I had already spent so much time looking at weapons that I was running late, which meant we would have less time taking back Celine, I that was not going to happen.

I ran outside to the courtyard to be met with a very impatient looking Max.

'Well look who decided to spend all the morning choosing which gear to wear.' he said, tapping his foot to emphasise his annoyance as I jogged up to him

'It was weapons actually' I said, mainly to myself than him but he heard it nevertheless.

'Of course. And what a difference that has made. Let's see we have the whip you always bring, the knives you always bring, and the blades you always bring.' he said, Indifferent to my eye roll.

'Just shut up. I didn't even have time to get coffee. You know not to talk to me until at least an hour after I've woken up, and it's only been 30 minutes.'

'Of course, my deepest apologies' he replied, clearly taking the piss.

'Oh fuck off,' I muttered under my breath, at a volume that I thought was inaudible to him.

'I heard that!' came his answer

'Do I look like I care?'

'Yes, a lot'

'Fuck you'

'You wish'

'You know If you carry on making all this noise then we will get caught. You do realise that,right?'

'Oh you do not get to tell me what to do, you're younger than me, which means that you can't tell me off, but I can tell you off, and you can't even tell any of them 'cause then they'll know what we're doing, and-'

'Shut up. We need to go.'

'Oh no you don't,you do not get to boss me around like that'

'No seriously Gabi, we need to-'

'No you seriously need to learn to stop interrup-'

''Gabrielle! Maxwell! What do you think you're doing?!' shouted a dark figure. But I didn't need to see him to know who it was. Jace. I had barely seen him this angry before. In fact I had never seen him this angry, and I wasn't about to stick around when he got close enough to properly have a go at us. I could feel the portal next to my skin. Blaring blue, welcoming me to step over. Before I had time to reconsider, I imagined Stockholm and stepped through.

Jace's POV

I was returning from our early morning demon hunt to hear yelling. Not that loud, but still distinct enough that with my wonderful senses, I could tell they were having an arguement. What over i couldn't tell yet. I started at a jog.

'What now, are there more demons?' asked Clary. I could tell from her tone of voice that she was tired, even if she denied it. Sometimes she really was the stubbornest person in the world.

'Maybe, I can hear yelling.' I said. That got her attention. She immediately perked up, almost cartoon like,and started listening.

'Its Gabi and Max.' she said 'And they're fighting over something, something important that we're not supposed to know.' She set off at a run. Whatever they were arguing over in must have been pretty important for Clary to set off like that. I looked at the others, they didn't have a clue. Hastily I set off after I ran closer, I Started to see a dim blue light casting shadows of 2 teens. Gabi and Max.I called out to them.

'Gabrielle! Maxwell! What do you think you're doing?!' I shouted as loud as I could (which was pretty loud). I was still in the shadows but I knew that they knew who I was, and exactly why I was so angry. I looked back, I could slowly see Simon Izzy and Alec catching up (Magnus had just had a manicure and was supposed to be babysitting Gabi and Max, but was no doubt giving himself a pedicure), looking out of breath. I jogged a bit further, just close enough to see Gabi give me a look of annoyance and fear, before jumping into the portal.

'Gabi!' I cried. But I'm afraid my voice got lost in the whirl of sounds that portals give out whenever anyone goes through one.

'Gabi!' I cried out again, with more desperation seeping through into my voice. But it didn't matter. Not anymore, she was gone.