Chapter 10: Pandemonium
We walked into the Institute, it's about 8:00, and Izzy is in a beautiful cream dress. The front stopped mid thigh and the back flowed to the ground, a black belt is around her stomach, and long sleeves cover her runes. She also had a red amulet just like mine. Her electro whip coiled around her wrist to make it look like bangles, and cute black 6 inch wedged heels that go past her knees.
"Pandemonium?" Jace asked. "Yeah, you have exactly one hour to get ready. Kristy, come with me." She replied grabbing my wrist and tugging me to her room. I looked back at the guys, who were wiggling their fingers at me, I flipped them off. She tugged me to her, room then sat me at her vanity table. Right when I sat down, Clary came out of Izzy's bathroom wearing a black skintight dress that went a little higher than mid thigh, her heels just like Izzy's. Her hair is neatly curled down, and she has her leather jacket on.
Clary walked over to me and they both started attacking my hair and face with all kinds of different brushes and makeup. "Her eyes are just like mine!" Clary said excitedly. She started putting mascara and eyeliner on me, then lipstick, then eyeshadow. They finished after what felt like an eternity, and spun me around to face the mirror. I looked different. Izzy must have straightened my hair 'cause it doesn't have any waves. Other than that my hair looked the same, halfway down my back, layered, voluminous, and side swept bangs. To sum it up, emo hair. My eyeshadow was smokey and made my eyes pop, the lipstick looked like blood. Izzy handed me a dress and pushed me into her bathroom.
I came out and she handed me heels, I put them on. They were tight and went mid thigh and had buckles all the way up the sides, and they were 6 inch pencil heels. The dress went a little higher than mid thigh. The top of the dress had a sweetheart neckline and long sleeves to cover my 'tattoos', and I had my amulet on above my angelic rune. I looked really pretty. We walked to the weapons room across the hall and walked in. Izzy handed me a 7 inch dagger attached to a thigh sheath, I just took the dagger and slid it into my boot and another in the opposite, I also slid my stele in my right boot. Izzy wouldn't let me bring my machetes. We were all wearing black except for Izzy's cream colored dress.
We exited the room and went to the front doors where the guys were waiting. When Manuel saw me, his jaw dropped. So they were allowed to wear regular shadowhunter gear? Not fair. "I hate dresses, let's get this over with." I mumbled, opening the doors. We started walking and Manuel glared at Izzy. "What?" She asked. "Nothing, I'm just glad you didn't give her a thigh sheath." Manuel answered shaking his head. "Yes I did." Izzy said then looked at me. Manuel stopped walking, looked at Izzy, then me. I rolled my eyes and kept walking.
Manuel took my hand and we walked to Pandemonium, with Glamors on obviously. "How many languages can you speak?" He asked randomly. Everybody turned to me, "All of them except Latin, believe it or not. How about you?" I asked. "Four. Latin, German, Swedish, and I'm the only one who can speak Russian, not including English." He answered. "I guess we can have our own secret language, huh?" I said in Russian. "Why did you let Izzy dress you up like a hooker?" He asked. I took my hand from his and slapped his arm hard. "You better be happy I won't tell her or she'll kick you ass!" I said. "Tell her, she can't hurt me." He said smirking. I told Izzy what he said, her whip uncoiled and Manuel looked at me with utter betrayal. She swung her whip back and I quickly ducked. The whip hit Manuel directly on the cheek, leaving a gash.
I calmed Izzy down and turned back to Manuel. I took his face in my hands, and he looked away from my eyes...almost like he's guilty or ashamed of something. The gash is healed. Ok, this is getting weird, is he hiding something? I wiped his blood on my dress sleeve and started walking again. Whatever, I'm too stressed out today anyway. "Just remember, Izzy's a force to be reckoned with." I said to him. "Yes I am." Izzy said. Everybody laughed, even Manuel who took my hand again. We walked up to Pandemonium. There was a long line to get in, but we just walked right in. The smell of alcohol and sweat permeates the air. I'm pretty sure no one would leave here without getting a little tipsy, even if they didn't drink. We split into groups, boys hide, girls went to the bar. Me, Clary, and Izzy sat at the bar, and almost suddenly, a guy and his two friends walked up to us. My amulet pulsed. Demons. We walked them to a big empty storage room, where the guys are hiding. They walked up to us and the leader of the group spotted one of Izzy's runes. They were about to run out until we caught them, Izzy has her whip wrapped around hers, a dagger against the necks of mine and Clary's. I held it in a headlock. We spun them to face the boys. Manuel walked up to my demon, Jace to Clary, and Alec to Izzy.
It was squirming to get out of my grasp, I pressed the dagger harder to it's throat, making black-red ichor drip on the floor. "Kill me! He knows where you are!" The creature yelled in Spanish. I looked at Manuel with confusion. "English." I demanded. "He knows where you are, Kristina." It hissed. I look up at Manuel. "How do you know my name?" "He will return and kill you all!" I looked at Manuel, he swung his seraph blade and sliced it across the stomach. It folded in on itself and vanished. I stood in the middle of Jace and Manuel, facing Clary's demon. "Are you going to finish what your friend started, or are you going to end up like him?" I asked. "I can't tell. He said it was secret." "Who?" "Your Father." He choked out. What? I don't know my father. Jace shoved the blade into it's stomach while I stood there in shock. I started slowly shaking my head in confusion. Alec killed the last one. "Come on, let's go." Manuel said, putting a comforting arm around my shoulders. I nod.