Not really much to say. Everything that I felt the need to say is in my author's note at the bottom. I do, however, want to take some time real quick to apologize for all of my mistakes and typos. I've been skimming over my chapters before I post them when I should probably be rereading them fully to check for mistakes. I'll try to do a better job of that.

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Chapter 7

Clary POV

"Hello, little sister. Nice to finally see you again."

Sebastian. How the hell did he find me?

"How did you…" I trailed off.

"It really wasn't that difficult. I knew you ran away because you were hoping that I would chase after you and leave your friends alone. Did you seriously think I was that stupid, Clarissa? All I had to do was up the demon population and put your precious friends in danger, and I knew you would come running right back. Which you did. You may have become more confident, a better fighter, but you're still as naive as you were the day you left." Sebastian smirked.

Honestly, I wish I could say that I had some epic plan forming in my head, some way to get me out of this, but I had nothing. The minute I heard his voice my mind went blank. I hate that he can scare me this much.

The door to the supply closet jiggled, shaking me out of my thoughts and catching Sebastian's attention.

"Well, that's too bad. I was hoping to have some more time to catch up with you. I guess we'll just have to cut things short. Keep an eye out for me, dear sister. One of these days, we'll be together," Sebastian said. He made a hand gesture, and immediately the demon lunged. Two more came out from behind the shelves.

"Don't beat her up too much," Sebastian said with a smirk before vanishing. I stood there frozen, before being knocked off my feet by one of the demons. Before I got the chance to regroup, the second demon had me pinned. It scraped a claw down my cheek.

"Mmm, you smell so good. Absolutely mouth-watering. Obey masters orders. One bite wouldn't hurt. But master said no."

I could tell it was growing frustrated.

'Hm, I didn't know I was that irresistible,' I thought to myself.

So I had two choices. I could lay here and trust that the demons would obey Sebastian's orders - whatever they were - and not eat me. Or I could send these assholes back where they belong. I chose the latter. I mustered all the strength I had, and threw the demon off of me, quickly flipping back onto my feet. I had a dagger in his chest before the demon could even make a sound. The next one flew into my view as the first faded away. I flipped over it, catching it off guard, and quickly stabbed it through the back, crippling it. I watched it fall to the ground, grappling for something, anything, to use as it's lifeline. I raised my blade up, and just as I severed its head, I was thrown against the wall. All the breath was knocked from me.

'Damnit! I forgot about the third demon.'

As I tried to catch my breath, I realized it hurt to breathe in. Must be a fractured rib.

'Suck it up, Clary. You're gonna get way worse than a fractured rib if you continue to lie here,' The little voice inside my head chastised.

So I started to get up. Which turned out to be a mistake. I had been so focused on my ribs that I hadn't noticed my head. My head, which throbbing with each heartbeat. I turned it a fraction to my left, only to be stopped by a blinding flash of pain, like hot rods were being driven into my skull. A small whimper escaped my lips.

There was no way I could go on like this. I watched as the final demon stepped closer to me.

"Just one little taste shouldn't be a problem. Master won't be too mad. So mouthwatering."

He slinked closer, closer, then lunged. Before I knew it my leg was in his mouth, fangs sinking into my skin. He started to drag me across the floor, then released me, as if leg were a lightning bolt that had shocked him.

"Master…" I heard him growl with a far off look in his eyes. Then he was gone. If I had blinked, I wouldn't have seen him vanish. I didn't have enough time to think about his strange reaction, or his disappearance, because darkness soon overtook me. Before I slipped into the black waves, I heard a door burst open, and a horrified gasp. Then I was lost.

Simon POV

It was horrible. There was blood everywhere. Everyone else stood there dumbfounded, so I took it upon myself to go see where she seemed to be injured the most.

"Good thing I filled up on blood before this trip," I thought.

Olivia was bleeding badly. She seemed to have hit her head on the wall, and had a trail of crimson liquid flowing from the right side of her head down her cheek. She also had a gash along her left side, but that didn't seem too bad. What scares me the most was her right leg. It looked as if she'd been bit. Blood poured from the puncture wounds, soaking her jeans all the way down to her ankle. She was losing too much, too fast.

"Is she...dead?" I heard Izzy's timid sounding voice behind me.

"No, at least not yet. She's losing a lot of blood, though."

"Here. Move over." Jace didn't give me the chance to shift myself before he pushed me to the side. He brought out his stele, and decorated her shoulder with a rune, one that I know I've seen before, but I couldn't remember the name.

"It's an amissio rune. It'll slow down her blood loss and speed up the natural blood replacement," Jace said, noticing my intense gaze.

"She might have some poison in her system. We'll have to get her to the Infirmary. I can treat her there. Go ahead and apply a couple iratzes while I conjure a portal," ordered Magnus.

Jace quickly got to work, burning the runes into her skin with his stele. I walked back over to Alec and Izzy.

"Poor Jace," I faintly heard her mumble under her breath. I shot her a questioning look, along with Alec.

"He likes her. Did you guys really not notice?"

We both slowly shook our heads in response.

"Actually, I had come to think that he hated her," Alec said. I had to agree. He seemed to try to avoid her, give her the cold shoulder.

"No, idiot," Izzy whispered, glancing over at Jace, "Jace likes her, but he doesn't want to. He's still hanging on to Clary. He doesn't want to love again, but I can see through the act. He's drawn to her."

"Maybe. It could also be the fact that she looks and talks like Clary. Oh, and let's not forget, she even acts like Clary sometimes," Alec stated in false exasperation.

"Yeah, there is that," I mumbled.

"Hey! Let's go, you three," Magnus said.

I looked up to see him holding Clary in his arms, poised and ready to go through the portal. Jace stood a couple feet to the side, staring down at the ground with a blank look on his face. Magnus turned and jumped in, and we started after him.

"You know," Jace said in a cold, detached voice, making us draw short and look over at him, "you guys are really bad whisperers." Isabelle seemed to pale at his comment.

"I don't like her, and I don't know why you would think that." He turned and walked through the portal. We glanced at each other before following him through.

Jace POV

By the time we all made it through the portal, Magnus had already rushed Olivia to the Infirmary.

"I'm hungry. Anyone want to run down and see if we have any leftovers in the fridge?" I asked indifferently.

Alec immediately volunteered. He seemed eager to get something in his stomach. The idiot must have skipped lunch. Simon and Isabelle looked more hesitant.

"I think I'm gonna go check on Olivia. It's not like I would be able to eat anything anyways," Simon said. It took a while to get used to Simon's ability to travel anywhere in the Institute. The extra angel blood he obtained from drinking from me not only caused him to be able to walk in daylight, but also have access to anywhere in the Institute. The one set back was he could only stay for a certain amount of time. The holy ground of the Institute would eventually affect his damned soul, and he'd have to leave, or at least go down to the Sanctuary.

"Yeah, I'm going with Simon," Izzy said.

"Suit yourself."

As Alec and I made our way to the kitchen. I realized how hungry I actually was. At first I was just coming up with a reason for not going to see Olivia. I didn't want to be in the same room as her for longer than I needed to be. She just reminded me so much of Clary. It hurt. See, this is the reason I avoided falling in love for so long. It ended up just hurting you in the end. It wasn't worth it.

'Was Clary really not worth it, Jace? Would you have rathered her be your sister instead of your lover? Or better yet, do you wish you had never met her?' the small voice in my head chastised.

No, I was beyond happy that I had the chance to call her mine. I just wished that hadn't slipped through my fingers the day we realized she was gone. I found myself lost in the memory of that terrible day.

Flashback

"Clary, we're running to Pandemonium. We haven't been demon hunting in a while and the Angel knows Izzy will blow up if she doesn't get the chance to whip some Raum ass," I said with a smirk and a roll of my eyes.

Clary laughed. "Okay, just let me get ready real quick. I'll meet you guys down there," she responded. I turned to leave. "Oh and, Jace," I heard, causing me to stop and look back at her. "Tell Izzy that I decided not to go. I honestly don't need help getting ready to go out and dance and kill demons. It's actually quite unnecessary," she told me.

"Okay, I'll be sure to lie to my sister and keep her from attacking you with plastic makeup tubes and hair products," I said with a false, dramatic salute. I winked at her and slipped out of the room.

After picking out weapons from the Weapon's Room, Alec and I headed to the Library to wait for the girls. Clary stepped through the doorway soon after us. She was absolutely breathtaking. She always is. I reached out and pulled her to me. She leaned up to give me a peck on the lips, but I deepened it into a kiss. I heard Alec gag beside us. It was an indignant "Hey!" that finally broke us apart. Izzy was standing in the doorway. Neither of us had realized she was there.

"I thought you weren't going!" She accused, staring at Clary.

"Well, I wasn't planning on it, but there was nothing better to do here, so I changed my mind," Clary defended herself in a smooth lie. I didn't even know she was capable of lying.

"C'mon, guys, I'm getting bored standing around here. And we've got demons to take care of," Alec reminded us.

Clary drew a portal rune, and before we knew it, we were standing in front of the club, perfectly glamoured. We slipped past the bouncer. Simon and Magnus suddenly appeared beside us. I didn't even know they were meeting us here.

"Hey, Clary," I heard Izzy say.I looked over. Clary seemed to be lost in her own world, deep in thought. She obviously hadn't heard Izzy. Smiling to myself, I nudged her. She looked up at me, seemingly in a daze. I gestured to Izzy.

"I was wondering if you wanted to be the bait tonight," Isabelle suggested.

Clary seemed to think for a little bit. "Actually, I was thinking about sitting tonight out. Maybe just having a couple drinks and dancing for a little bit."

I frowned. Clary hated it when she wasn't in on the action. It was strange for her to turn down the offer like that. The others were thinking the same thing judging by their reactions.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her. She looked up at me and gave me what must have meant to be a reassuring smile.

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired." I wasn't convinced. But if she didn't want to talk about it right now that was okay. I could ask her later.

I turned to Izzy. "You guys go ahead. I'll stay here with Clary."

"No!" Clary said. Then again in a lower voice, "No, it's fine. You go and knock out one or two demons. I'll… I'll still be here when you get back." It didn't go unnoticed by me when she dropped her eyes to the floor during the last sentence.

"Um...okay, I guess. If there was something wrong, you would tell me, right?" I asked.

"Of course. Now go out and kick some demon ass."

"Alright, I'll come check on you in a little bit," I responded hesitantly before turning to the others with a small shrug.

"I think she's wanting some time alone," I whispered to them as I drew closer. "She clearly has something on her mind. I'm planning on asking her about it later. I don't want to push her right now." They nodded in understanding. We took our places, watching as Izzy worked her magic in getting the attention of a lesser demon.

She had the demon in the closet in no time,and we made our way over to the entrance. Simon and Magnus stood guard outside, letting us do our job, but ready to interfere with help if anything went wrong.

It wasn't long before we had the demon executed, sending it back to its home dimension. When I stepped back out, I looked over to the bar, only to find the spot where Clary had been sitting empty. She was nowhere in sight. I looked back and forth between the sweaty bodies, but couldn't see the red head anywhere.

"I saw her run to the bathroom," Simon informed, noticing my panicked actions. "She's been in there for a while, though."

"I'll go check on her." Izzy made her way through the sweaty bodies and into the bathrooms. We waited anxiously for any sign of her or Clary. Eventually Izzy did emerge from the bathroom, but Clary wasn't with her. When she looked over, the suppressed panic in her eyes made my heart clench in fear. We fought our way through the swaying bodies to reach her.

"She wasn't in there," were the first words to leave Izzy's mouth. The five of us spent the rest of the night looking for Clary, and each minute that went by with no sign of her sent me further into despair. After what felt like forever of searching, we admitted defeat. Or at least the others did.

"M-maybe she got sick and went back to the Institute," Simon suggested. So we tried the Institute. There was nothing. She had disappeared.

End

After three days of searching for her, we decided to report her as a missing Shadowhunter. Some immediately jumped to the conclusion that she was dead. But we quickly objected to that. We would have found a body. Others thought that Sebastian got a hold of her. We took that into consideration, but then decided there was no way he would have taken her and not rubbed it in our faces that he had her. He would tell us, give us a reason to fight back. He didn't like things easy. The most logical solution that came up was she had run away. But that left all of us wondering why? And where was she now?

Alec and I ate some leftovers from the other night, Then made our way to the Infirmary. We found Isabelle and Simon talking in hushed voices, sitting next to a bed that held Olivia. I quickly averted my eyes away from her. That's when I noticed Isabelle studying me.

"Oh, by the Angel, please don't tell me you guys were talking about me and my certain interests again," I moaned.

"Ha!" Izzy exclaimed. "You just practically admitted to it." Noticing my strange look, she decided to elaborate. "First of all, you knew exactly what we were talking about in the first place. You jumped to the conclusion before we even said a word to you. And you said 'me and my interests', suggesting that you are interested in her."

I just stared blankly at Izzy.

"She has a point, Jace," Alec said beside me, giving me a smirk.

"Who's side are you on?" I shot back.

"Jace," I turned my attention back to Isabelle, who looked back with sympathy in her eyes. "I know she was special. I really do. She was special to all of us. But we learned when it was time to let go. It's your turn now. If you really do like this girl, you should let her in, and let go of the past. It's only going to-"

"You don't understand shit, Isabelle," I seethed, losing my temper inside. "I have tried to let go. I've tried so damn hard, but every time I get close, I start thinking too hard. She's probably still out there, and I want to be ready the day she decides to come back-"

"SHUT UP, JACE," Simon yelled for the first time since my arrival. His voice was loud and heavy with anger. "I spent night after night wondering if and when she would come back to us. I almost killed myself the first six months that she was gone, refusing to drink. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't live. I'd known Clarissa Adele Fray since long before I could remember. She was there when I broke my first bone, when I noticed my first crush, when I had to get glasses, when I got bullied in middle school. She was there through it all. And I was there for her, too. We grew up together, practically siblings. I know her, Jace. And if she left us it must have been for some damn good reason. But she wouldn't have just left without telling someone why. Without telling someone what was bugging her. And she would've come back. For all we know, she's dead. DEAD, Jace. So would you pick your sorry ass up, quit wallowing in your own self pity, and notice the people around you for once. We suffered, too. I fucking lost my best friend, my sister. So would you open your eyes and accept the fact that she's GONE. It make it a whole lot easier on the rest of us." Simon's voice broke on the word 'gone', and he was holding back several years by the time he was through.

"Si…" Izzy breathed out, then trailed off.

"I'm going for a walk," he mumbled, sounding spent. He stood up and rushed out the doors. I waited, then upon hearing the front doors shut, and knowing when I had enough self control to keep from teaching him a valuable lesson, I turned and swiftly walked to my room. Only seconds later did the tears start to fall.

Please, please, please read the author's note for today, or at least just the second paragraph.

So...yeah. My fingers hurt. I was sitting there typing furiously, like a maniac. Like, "I'M ON THE ROLL PEEPS! CHECK THIS OUT! JDZHGJSERBJUDSZHJBNSJTHG!" Like, I could feel the emotion through my fingers while typing out Simon's monologue. It was weird.

Aaannyyywwwaaayyyysss, I hope you all enjoyed. Sorry it took so long, and sorry again, because I say that practically after every chapter. But yeah, I've been working hard on this chapter for you guys. Hope you liked it, loved it, enjoyed it, whatever suits for you. I also wanted to let you know that I have plans to post a new Mortal Instruments fanfic. I already have an idea that I wrote down, so I'm just debating whether or not I want to be working on two stories at the same time. To add to that, I also have an idea for a Maze Runner fanfic. (If you haven't read the books, you NEED to. They are great! Or at least I think they're great. Sorry If there's anyone who doesn't like The Maze Runner trilogy. I won't do anything but silently judge you through narrowed eyes. JK I LOVE YOU ALL!). Let me know what you would like regarding the two subjects above.

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