Welcome back! Yay, school is done and my finals are overrrrr!Anyways, here you go! By the by, I'm finding it real hard to kill Clary. Not because I don't have a good way of doing it, but because I'm no longer extremely willing to. At the beginning of the fanfic, I thought it would be a good idea to change the storyline and see what would happen if she died. I realized, throughout the months, that her death would be something horribly sad. Imagine how Jace would feel. How her friends and her parents would feel. How Simon would feel. But I'm not changing what I meant to write. I'm using this reluctancy to write with more emotions and the views of the other characters once it happens. Sorry, I just thought it was important to mention. Without further ado, here's chapter 11.

Previously in Chapter 10

"Make sure Livvy, Ty, Dru and Tavvy stay here. Mark and Cristina could come with us. Just don't forget to lock up the place, this might be a distraction to attack the Institute." Clary added.

Five minutes later, Clary, Julian, Emma, Jace, Mark and Cristina had grouped around near the back of the Institute, all dressed in Shadowhunter gear. Julian gave details about the demon attack on the mundane and said they ought to split up when they arrived. He then asked if Clary knew the place.

"Yes, it's the alleyway right behind that restaurant, right? Jace and I went there a few weeks ago when we arrived here." she said, glancing at Jace. "I can make a portal there." she added with certainty, looking at the group.

Approaching the wall with her stele in hand, Clary thought about the first time she made a portal. It had been years ago, at the New York Institute, when she had been eager to get to Alicante to meet Ragnor Fell and save her mother. It had taken a lot of concentration, though with practice it was now fairly easy for her. Biting on her lip, Clary reached out and let her stele glide on the wall, thinking about the alleyway.

When she was done, she turned to see the shocked faces of Mark and Cristina as well as the amusement in Jace's eyes.

"Even after all these years," Jace said, "It still surprises me to see you able to make a portal. Every time."

"Same goes to you, Jace Lightwood. Seeing you jump from the Institute's roof still gives me heart attacks." Clary added, punching his arm lightly.

Before he could respond, Clary gestured for the rest to go first. As they went, she turned to Jace and kissed him lightly, just a brush on the lips. "Clary, you know what surprises me above everything else?" he said to her, looking down at her beautiful green eyes.

"That my love for you gets stronger every day. There's no limit to it. It's stronger than anything in this world. Every day I think, 'Maybe this is the limit. Maybe this is how much you can love a person.' Then I realize, when it comes to us, when it comes to you, there's no limit. There never will be."

Her eyes shining, Clary whispered in his ear. "You've always been so good with words. I love you so much, Jace. There's nothing I believe in more. Now come on, the others must be waiting."

When they arrived, Clary was shocked to see the mess left behind. There was blood splattered on the walls of the alleyway and on the floor. There was also around half a dozen demons present. As soon as they arrived, Jace had ordered Mark and Cristina to find the mundane while Julian, Emma, Clary and himself fought the demons.

Among the demons, Clary recognized two Raveners. They looked strange, however. They were twice as big as she remembered and looked stronger than most Raveners. Clary glanced around to see each of her partners fighting the other demons and she jumped into battle.

Clary swung her seraph blade expertly, meaning to decapitate the demon, but the moment she set her hand onto the handle of the holy weapon, the blade caught fire. It was no ordinary fire, either. It was blazing gold, and it reminded her of the heavenly fire of the sword she used so long ago to free Jace from Sebastian/Jonathan.

With a gasp she let go of the blade and ducked to avoid the incoming blow from the Ravener. It approached her slowly, hissing and growling. Clary aimed a kick at its head and heard a satisfying crunch. The second Ravener seemed to have disappeared, but more demons were coming in the alleyway. Jace glanced at her with wide eyes once he saw the discarded burning seraph blade. Suddenly, Clary had an idea.

Picking up the weapon, who was actually cool to the touch, Clary quickly marked the blade with a rune that meant to concentrate the heavenly fire in it. As soon as she finished the rune, though, her stele also inexplicably caught fire. She had no time to wonder about it.

"Stop, guys. Stop fighting them. I've got an idea." Clary said loudly to the group of shadowhunters. She caught their looks of bewilderment and decided to clarify. "Stop fighting the demons, I've got a way to destroy them all at once. Move farther back behind them." she added with certainty.

"By the Angel, Clary, are you nuts? We're not leaving you alone with these demons." Julian said, still fighting the demon.

Clary aimed the burning seraph blade towards the Ravener in front of her and threw the weapon as if she were throwing a dagger. It flew at the speed of lightning and exploded in the demon's chest, sending it straight back to where it came from. The blade then exploded into the sky, leaving many golden particles falling from the sky.

"What the hell-" Jace said, looking at Clary with wide eyes.

"-whatever blade I touch, it turns up and starts burning. I don't know what's happening, but it helps. Give me your weapons, now! Keep only your blades, pass me the daggers! It's the mundane we should worry about." Clary said. The others did as she asked though Jace refused to leave her side. With Emma and Julian's daggers, Clary now had enough weapons for each demon. With the speed of light, she threw each dagger to the demons and in a few seconds they were all gone. Clary was starting to feel dizzy, and she had to hold onto the wall to keep from falling.

"Clary, are you hurt?" Jace asked, running towards her. He took hold of her hand, and his eyes widened even more.

"What's wrong?" Clary asked, though she knew the answer already.

"Clary, you're burning up. What's happening? We need to get you to the Institute, you need to get help, Clary." he replied, trying to help her get up. She had slid down the wall and was looking quite feverish indeed. A second later, he sat down and Clary felt the cool touch of stele on her inner arm. Little did Jace know, as his stele slid on her skin and formed an iratze, that his rune was directly above the one placed by Jonathan, the rune that kept Clary bonded to this world. The golden rune shone even brighter, and Clary closed her eyes to keep from tearing up. Suddenly, she heard a gasp and found Jace fighting off the second Ravener. Having only a seraph blade at hand, he wielded it with experience and killed the demon in no time. That wasn't the reason he gasped, though. Right over his chest was a wound turning a dark shade of blue because of Ravener poison. Jace started to fall towards the ground, and Clary rushed to keep him from falling. Wrapping her arms around his waist, she lowered him to the ground as gently as she could. He kept his eyes open and looked at her.

"I guess it's just how it all started. A Ravener, me and you." Jace said, laughing slightly. "That should be the name of a song or something, shouldn't it? Sounds very romantic." he added, trying to make things seem less serious than they actually were.

"Shh... Jace," Clary said, reaching into his pocket and taking his stele. Despite her feeling that she was burning up and her dizziness, Clary managed to sit up and lay Jace on her lap. Slowly and with infinite gentleness, she traced an iratze near Jace's wound.