Chapter Eleven

Clary's pov

After Zack had caught us, the demons roughly dragged us down to the basement. They chained Jace up on the wall again, and this time, I was on the set of chains next to him. The cold metal cut against my wrists as I struggled. My tip-toes barely touched the ground. Zack came over, gold whip in his right hand, and made a disappointed face.

"I hate to do this, I really do, but I can't let you think you can do this. Mr. Red demon, flip Jace around." Zack walked towards us as he spoke. The demon did as he was told, flipping Jace around, and redoing his handcuffs so he was stuck in that direction. He turned his head to look at me, his eyes sad, but his expression showing nothing. Zack pulled back the whip, and crashed it against Jace's back. Pain flashed on his face, but only for a second.

"Now, little brother, we will be the same. Scars on our backs. I have over two-hundred, but we'll do your in sets of 20's, so I can do this ten times. And remember, this is demon mental. No iratze can heal it." He whips Jace four more times.

"If you two would have just stayed put, we wouldn't be in this mess." I cringed as the whip continually hit Jace. 10, 11, 12 times... only eight more.


Isabelle's pov

"It took 9 days, 13 hours, and 42 minutes, but I figured out where Alec is," Magnus was speaking to me. His voice sounded hollow. "And, I found out that he's d-dead." Waves of sadness and anger crashed against my insides.

"DEAD?! NO, ALEC IS NOT DEAD. DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME. IF YOU'RE PLAYING A JOKE, THEN THIS IS TOO CRUEL AND I WILL KILL YOU." I screeched. It felt good to let it out, but I felt like I myself was dying. Maryse runs into the room.

"What's all the screaming about? Have you found Alec?" I burst into tears, and as I wipe away the tears, it stains my sleeve. Damn mascara.

"Yes, but-" Magnus starts, but he's interrupted by Maryse.

"Where is he? Where did you find him?" A huge grin is on her face.

"He's- he's dead." I choke out. The smile falls off my moms face. She looks at me, mouth wide, eyes clouding up.

"No, no no no. Alec was a good fighter, he's fine." She whispers to herself.

"He had been with Jonathon Morgentstern. He was helping him and Jonathon killed him. He was left dead in a shop in Florida. Jonathon also took Clary and Jace with him when he left the shop, and we haven't seen them for two weeks. I say our next move should be to save Clary and Jace."


Time skip to two hours later

"I found where Clary is! She took her phone with her when she was kidnapped and right now they're in New Zealand." I show mom the satellite image of where Clary should be. Just an hour and a half ago, my mom and I sat together, sobbing into each others shoulders. She's lost two sons to Sebastion, and I've lost two brothers to him.

He needs to die in a hole.

"How did you do that without magic?" Magnus asks, perplexed.

"I need to have some secrets." I smirk, feeling some confidence come back. I just wish Simon was here... but no, he died (again), last month. Maureen had still been running ramped and killed him. Another death, another reason for me to kill myself. No, I tell myself, roughly. Stay for Clary. Stay for Jace. Stay for mom. What the heck, stay for Magnus!

"Okay, well I know a way to get there in a matter of seconds." Magnus says. "Ready?" Mom and I nod. Magnus speaks a few words in Latin, and snaps his finger. A rippling hole appears in the wall. I sigh, and walk through.


Everything goes black for a second, and then we are standing in front of a tall building. The stench of demons is almost suffocating here. This is definitely the place. I gesture for mom and Magnus to be silent, and follow me. I walk in the door, and make a search plan. Magnus and mom upstairs, and me on the normal floor. I hear a scream from a spot behind the wall. I walk over and as my foot gets close, a door magically appears. I gasp.

"Mom, Magnus!" I whisper-shout. They rush quietly down the stairs.

"What?"

"There's a secret door, and I think they're down there." I open the door and walked down the stairs. I see demons, tons, and Sebastion, Clary, and Jace. Clary and Jace are chained to the wall. Sebastion holds a long gold rope that he whips against Jace. I gasp softly, but not soft enough. The demons, all of them, even Sebastion, turn to me. Clary looks up, and I see the tear-stains on her face.

"Isabelle!" She shouts. Jace tries to look at me but can't. The demons eyes shift between me and Sebastion, as if waiting for a command. They probably are. Mom and Magnus choose to come down the stairs now. They gasp, as I did, taking in the basement.

"Nice of you to join us."