Ok, here is chapter eleven

All rights belong to Cassandra Clare


Alec POV

We turn a corner by the park and I point to the familiar yellow building with peeling paint. "There," I shout to the others. We speed up, but when we reach the abandoned building we are stopped by demons. A LOT of demons. I pull out my bow and Magnus grabs a sword. Jace is already in the heat of battle, beheading three demons at once.

I let my arrows fly, each one hits it's mark. No demon gets within a few feet of me. I hear a shout and look up to where Magnus is pointing. There, in a window encircled by jagged glass, stands Sebastian. He is calmly watching us, and seems certain he will win. I aim towards him, but my arrow pierces thin air. Sebastian is gone.

A demon takes advantage of my surprise, and soon I am laying flat, my back grinding into to gravel beneath me. My head is throbbing, but it's going to take a lot more than a headache to stop me. I reach for the seraph blade in my back pocket, trying to ignore the demon's smelly breath hot on my face. I easily decapitate it and am soon standing again. There may be many of these demons, but they sure are stupid. I just saw one impale itself on Magnus's blade.


Isabelle POV

I hear a lot of banging outside and see Sebastian streak by my room, headed upstairs. That must be my family, here to rescue me. It would be nice, but I don't need to be saved. I finish melting a hole in my demon and lightly step through and retrieve my whip from a nearby table. Sebastian has a whole bunch of weapons lying out, meant to frighten me. I select a few sharp looking ones and walk out the door.

Should I go after Sebastian or help Alec, Clary and Jace? I decided on the latter and head to the front door. There is a huge number on the front lawn, fighting with my three saviors. I watch another dozen run out the door. Where are they coming from? I follow a trail of red and black ichor through the building to a small dark room. There are a few demons running out. I sweep their feet out from under them. They are dead before they even notice they aren't running anymore. I peek in the dark room. There is a large pentagram set up. There is no one in the room, aside from the demons that occasionally appear, running out of it before I kill them.

I'll go help Alec, Jace, and Clary later. First I need to stop demons from coming through this pentagram.


Alec POV

We have been fighting these demons for an hour a half now. We're getting exhausted and it's starting to get hard. Jace looks fine, but Magnus is drained and his demon is giving him a hard time. He looks relieved when my arrow hits it's heart and it disintegrates. The demons seem to have stopped coming though, and there are only about twenty left, so there is hope.

Jace is battling some demons around the back of the abandoned building and Magnus has his back to me, trying to hold off demons when I run out of arrows. As I reach for a seraph blade I am knocked backwards hard. A demon shoves me into the building. Loose nails dig into my side and the demon keeps squishing me. Just as I hear a snap and feel the sharp pain of a broken rib, I get the blade free. All it takes is one slash up its side and it's dead. I throw the blade at a demon pinning Magnus down and reach for another knife.

Two demons come running from the back of the building. Where is Jace? Was he not able to stop them? He couldn't be dead. I would know if he was dead. We are pabarati! I throw the knife at them. I missed. When have I ever missed? I sense a demon approaching me from behind. I do a backflip over him, slicing his skull open as I do. Demon blood splatters all over me. In the split second it takes me to wipe ichor from my eyes, the two demons have reached me and pin me down. My right arm is held by one of the demons, but with my left one I reach for another demon blade. I put my hand in my front pocket, but feel only fabric. Same with my back pocket. Did I run out of seraph blades? I start to panic. Where is Magnus?

The demon's breath is in my face. I feel a heavy pressure on my neck. I close my eyes and turn my head to the side. At least I died fighting. Then the pressure disappears. I crack my eyes open to see a soft hand outstretched in front of my. I grab it and haul myself up. I look into a face nearly as familiar as my own. Isabelle! She looks unhurt and almost smug as she curls her whip back around her wrist. I hug her, but pull away when I realize there are still demons to kill.

We work as a team and the demons are soon all dead.

"Where are Jace and Clary?" Isabelle asks.

"Clary.. Uh.. came before us.." I said awkwardly. I'm still not sure when to tell them about the Clary/Leanne situation.

"You didn't see her?" Magnus asks, worried.

Isabelle thinks a moment, " I might have heard her.. He locked her in a room."

Magnus and I exchange a look, "Jace is in the backyard,"

We ran around to the back. Jace is hanging, frozen, in a red blob of demon. He looks terrified. Only his eyes are moving. They are watching us, worried and begging. He is inside a demon. The one demon left. Magnus and I slash at it, but the demon isn't effected. We give up and step back, panting hard. I reach in the demon to pull Jace out, but my hand gets stuck in the demon before I can grab him.

Izzy seems to know what to do. She dumps a bucket of water over the demon and it cracks and fizzles as it disappears.

"How...?"

"I was in one of those demons when Sebastian caught me," Izzy explains.

Jace was already at the door, "We have to get Clary."

Inside, Isabelle leads us up the stairs. When she reaches the top, though, she is sent flying back down. Her fall is broken by me. Her skull cracks into mine and I fall backwards, disoriented. Before I get my bearings, I hear the unmistakeable voice of Sebastian, "Took you long enough," That was all it took for Jace.


Isabelle POV

Jace leaps toward Sebastian with his blade drawn. Sebastian easily steps aside and kicks Jace's legs out. Jace gracefully does a back roll and surprises Sebastian with a kick in his side. Clary's brother wheels on him and shoves him against the wall. Jace escapes his grasp and their blades make sharp pinging noises as the two return to fighting. Magnus's hands are sparkling, but there is no opportunity for him to fight back.

Alec and I are back on our feet and join Magnus watching Jace and Sebastian wrestle around. I start to tiptoe around the flying fists and blades to find Clary. Sebastian's hand whips out so fast I barely see it and soon I'm hurtling down the stairs again. My head smacks against a step, knocking me out.

When I return to consciousness, Alec is beside me. Jace and Sebastian are circling eachother. Sebastian pounces and Jace throws a seraph blade. Sebastian ducks, but Magnus is not so lucky. The blade buries itself in Magnus's side. Jace is distracted for a moment, watching Magnus with a concerned and apologetic expression, and Sebastian takes advantage of the moment. He knocks Jace's sword from his hand and pins Jace against the wall and hold his blade against Jace's chest. Alec is just coming to beside me and Magnus is struggling to stand up and help Sebastian. This is it. Sebastian will kill Jace, and then it won't be hard for him to finish us off too. I close my eyes.

"Sebastian." I hear and angry feminine voice say. I open my eyes to see a red head standing, fists clenched, on Sebastian's right side. I forgot about Clary. Can she help? Maybe she could make a rune? Sebastian whips around at her, his sword cuts a shallow line in Jace's chest as he does it. Sebastian steps towards Clary with his blade raised.

Jace quietly grabs the sword Sebastian knocked from his hand only moments ago. Sebastian hears and turns to face Jace. He lifts his sword, but Jace is too quick. Jace's sword cuts deep into Sebastian's chest.

Sebastian eyes are full of hatred. He stretches his arms out behind him, as if he is goin to catch himself from falling. It's stupid, I think, he'll be dead before he hits the floor.

Only when I hear the scream do I realize his true intent. His right arm still holds his sword, and it slices right through Clary's chest. She screams, but her eyes are full of triumph. Her eyes are locked with Alec's, and she mouths something to him. I'm not sure exactly, but it looked like "she'll remember now". That makes no sense. I suddenly wish I had paid attention when we learned about reading lips. Clary's eyes flash with lots of emotions I've never seen on her before, and I could swear they even turn blue for a second, but soon it's over, and she's lying unmoving on the floor. Jace crouches over her. How many times does he have to lose the one he loves?


Ok, wow! That was the longest chapter yet!

So, what do you think? What's going to happen?

Please review!

I think there will only be one more chapter in this story, and it might be sort of short...

but, I am thinking about starting a new fanfiction. It would be called forgotten, or remember, or something like that. It would be about Clary having a concussion and waking up with Sebastian and Valentine, who seem to think she is on their side.

Does that sound interesting?

Again, please review!

-Carrie