Alec had not been to the bookstore of Lucian Greymark often. He had been the apartment that Clary had inhabited when she lived with her mother, but so much had changed since that day they had fought Madame Dorothea in the apartment complex which was a home to many Downworlders and rogue Shadowhunters. Alec had remembered one of the only times he had been at that place of residence when he had been given the fearless rune and his parents were about to find out that he had been dating Magnus. It was another memory that involved him…how was it that all he could remember now was Magnus? Alec had had a life before Magnus, but it seemed that all he had done was wrapped around that warlock now. He missed him too much for words to explain, and now? He had to deal with this fact in every memory and step he took. Everything seemed to scream of Magnus Bane.
Coming to the bookstore, which was also an apartment complex behind it. Alec made his way to the back door, and knocked tenderly on the door. He had hoped that only Clary would answer the door. He didn't need Simon, Luke, or Clary's mother to answer and to suddenly wonder why Clary was missing and why Alec was seeing her alone. To Alec's pleasure, it was the familiar red head in front of him that allowed him to only see Clary.
It was funny; so much Alec had had a personal vendetta against this woman. He had thought that she was going to steal his precious Jace from him. But it was not long ago that Jace had made him realize that Alec hadn't truly loved Jace. Sure, Jace was very attractive, but he was not the love he wanted. It was now that he realized that Clary was not a threat to him, though he did realized that Clary was perhaps one of the most reckless people he knew, but he also knew that she was perhaps one of the bravest and strongest people he knew.
"Alec, what are you doing here?" Clary asked, closing the door behind her.
"I came here to see you." Alec replied, running a hand through his dark hair.
"Really? I thought you would want to be with Jace at a time like this. I'm really sorry for what happened to Magnus by the way." Clary replied, her face full of sorrow as well. Despite them not being as close as they had been in the past, it seemed that through this, there was a connection they could feel with one another.
"That's what I'm here to see you about." Alec explained, taking Clary by the arm and pulling her away from the house. "I need you to make a Portal." He stated, his eyes staring into her's.
"What? Why?" she asked, her face startled, and her face contorted into confusion.
"I am going to find Sebastian and kill him for what he did." Alec replied, staring at Clary with determination.
"Alec, listen, you can't just go after Sebastian. He's more dangerous than you know—" Clary began, and was cut off before she could finish.
"You mean dangerous enough to slice open my flesh? Kill the one I love in front of me? Yes, I got the picture Clary." Alec spat.
Clary shrunk a little at his words. She knew that she had stepped on his toes ever so slightly with this topic.
"That isn't what I meant Alec. We have gone up against him countless times and we have almost died each time. One person has gotten so hurt. I don't want you to do this alone. Why don't you just wait for the Clave to take care of him?" Clary asked, knowing that it was stupid of her to say as she would not be the kind of girl to let the Clave take care of it, and she knew Alec well enough that he was seeing that the Law was flawed as well.
"The Clave…" he laughed, scratching the back of his head. "No, I need to do this Clary. Either you help me, or I am going to a warlock to help me." Alec threatened. He knew that Clary wouldn't want him going elsewhere for this help.
"Fine." Clary replied, sighing. She held out her hand for the stele from Alec. He handed the crystal object to her and walked with her and she made her way to the side of the house. She took the crystal to the wall and carved a rune. Alec tried to memorize it for his own future use, but it seemed too complicated for him to figure out himself.
Before long a bright blue swirl appeared, showing the Portal that Clary had created in front of them.
"I wish you would reconsider Alec." Clary replied, staring at the blue eyed man longingly, wishing that he could do something different.
"I need to do this Clary." He added, sighing as he looked back ahead to the blue vast void.
Alec closed his eyes and pictured New Orleans. From what he had thought of before, he thought of the different French homes, the places that seemed to be thriving with jazz, enhancing the streets with rich culture and devising a long history that he had heard about from Magnus himself. Alec took a step forward, and as he did so, he felt a tug on the back of his shirt as he was halfway through. It was too late to stop going through now.
Feeling his body be jerked forward into the Portal, he felt his body twist and turn in other directions. He didn't know where he was going to end up, feeling his body pull and tug and almost split, still, he felt his shirt being tugged on by another hand. Wondering who it was, he wasn't going to know until he came out on the other end .Though it felt like hours, it was only seconds before he was pushed out of the Portal into an alleyway. Feeling his face hit the pavement, he grunted and quickly scrambled to his feet and turned to look to who had come with him.
Clary had grabbed his shirt and had decided to come with him on his little excursion.
"Clary what the hell?!" Alec yelled, looking to the dark red headed girl.
"I couldn't let you go alone Alec, you need help, whether you like it or not." Clary replied, staring at Alec with sadness in her eyes.
"You stupid, stupid girl. Why do you always put yourself in these situations? Make a Portal and go home." Alec commanded, trying to sound authoritative like he did with Isabelle.
"No Alec, if anyone might be able to help with Sebastian, why not his sister?" Clary said sternly.
"Of course, and it isn't like I can get you to do what we want anyways. You always do the opposite." Alec said rolling his eyes.
"I wouldn't want her to go home just yet either." Another voice replied.
The two New York Shadowhunters turned quickly behind them and saw there were two others who were dressed similar to Alec.
"And why is that?" Alec asked, staring them down awkwardly, he didn't know who to trust now a days. Many Shadowhunters had joined the other side at times, and they had thought that they needed to be against the Law.
"Well," said the male Shadowhunter of the two. His hair was a white blonde, much similar to that of Sebastian, and the girl next to him had blonde hair as well, but slightly darker than the male's. "I wouldn't want to miss meeting my cousin." The man replied with a smile.