The tingle in my hands travelled up my arms and it hurt so bad I wanted to cry. But the anger that came with that tingle, was way more powerful than the fear. My eyes went black and I screamed, pulling my arms and legs against the ropes; snapping them.
I stood up and threw the chair at Jonathan's chandelier, causing glass to rain down upon me. I felt a sting in my arm as I found a shard lodged in my shoulder. I pulled it out with a look of pure rage, squeezing my fist around it.
Blood cascaded down my wrist and pooled onto the floor. I threw the sharp into the opposite wall, trashed the living room and punched a pretty good dent in the refrigerator.
In the middle of my rampage, the front door's doorknob started to turn. I grabbed a dagger from the counter and when the door opened, I threw it at the incoming person. It happened to be Valentine, who dodged it with ease, causing it to be embedded into the wall across the way. He smiled with satisfaction as he came up to me.
"I see you got free." Said Valentine
"I'm going to rip you limb from limb!" I screeched, lunging at him. Valentine reacted quickly as he turned and grabbed me by the throat. I tried to scratch at his face but he kept dodging my attacks.
"We're on the same side, Carly. If you're with me you can kill whenever you want. With your friends they'll put you in pain and hold you back. Speaking of your friends, I saw them today. They're hunting you like a dog." Said, Valentine, spouting a little white lie.
"Then I'll kill them. All of them." I said not noticing his lie. My conscience and mind were too buried in murderous rage. How could they hunt me? I thought they were trying to save me? I guess they already gave up and so did I.
"Excellent." Said, Valentine, as his phone went off. He kept one hand on my throat and the other hand reached into his pocket. He checked his messages and a big smile spread across his face, "Looks like Jonathan spotted your friends. I'm going to take you to them and you can kill as many as you like. You can get that tingle to stop."
Valentine let go of my neck and handed me a weapon. He lead the way and I held back the urge to stab him, repeatedly. He and Jonathan are the only ones who are not hunting me. They don't want to change me. They don't treat me like a monster.
Meanwhile, Dot lead the group to a park only a few blocks from Magnus'. She walked like she was in a trance and her eyes were glazed in blue. Her eyes kept darting back and forth, analyzing an invisible path. Once they arrived her eyes changed back to normal.
"There." Said, Dot, pointing to a statue in the middle of the park. The others nodded and followed her up to the spot she said. Dot put her hand on the statue and the stone book the male was holding, lit up blue. That tattoo showed up on the book and a compact mirror fell into Dot's hands. It looked ancient and had the same mark on the outside.
Dot handed the mirror to Jace. Then within seconds of it touching his hand he was thrown backwards onto the grass. When Jace turned so he could see his assailant, he cringed away. The "man" standing above him was burned to a crisp. No hair, barely any skin and the blackest eyes. The creature lifted Jace up with ease and started squeezing his throat. Once Jace was held back, the creature stole the mirror and held It in his other hand.
"What is that?" Asked Dot
"I think it's Jonathan." Said Clary
"How do you know?" Asked Ethan
"I don't know. But it's worth a shot." Said, Clary, putting her blade away and walking toward the man and Jace. When she got up to them she put her hand on the burned man's arm, catching his attention.
"Jonathan, put him down and give me the mirror." Said, Clary, as she saw surprise in the figure's dark eyes, "Jonathan, you don't have to listen to Valentine. You can join us and we can get rid of Valentine for good. He won't be able to hurt you anymore."
Jonathan looked at her for a long moment and then he dropped Jace. Once away from Jonathan's grasp Jace backed away and pointed his blade at him. As Jonathan contemplated giving Clary the mirror, Valentine and I showed up. Valentine had other business to attend to so I was left on my own. Everyone else was distracted with Jonathan so I snuck up behind the others and pushed them off the platform the statue sat on. This caught everyone's attention and I smiled a very sadistic smile.
"Did you miss me?" I asked
"Carly, what did he do to you?" Asked Ethan with worry.
"He didn't do anything. Valentine just revealed the real me." I said
"This isn't you, Carly. Fight through the urges. Come back to us. To me." Said Simon stepping forward.
"Not really in the mood for a nice chat and more pain then I'm already in, so no. I think it's time to get some blood on my hands." I said
"You're in pain?" Questioned, Isabelle, as my fist clenched.
"I won't be soon enough." I said as I jumped off the platform at my friends.
While he was distracted, Clary stole the mirror from Jonathan. As she took it he tackled her to the ground to get it back. Jace and Isabelle went to help Clary, Ethan and Simon went after me, and Dot moved back from the fighting. Jace and Isabelle pulled Jonathan off Clary and pushed him back. When he tried to advance again, they stood and blocked his path.
Meanwhile, Simon and Ethan kept trying to grab me but I blocked everything they tried. I took out my blade and lunged at them. They dodged every attack, until I finally got the blade imbedded in Ethan's arm. He screeched out in pain as sparkly red blood spilled down his sleeve.
"Even your blood is freaky." I said spinning around, grabbing the knife and yanking it out.
"I'd say special, not freaky." Said, Ethan, throwing a fireball at my chest.
The fireball threw me into the statue, cracking it. While I got back to my feet, Jonathan threw Jace and Isabelle across the park. Ethan watched Isabelle smack into the ground and he couldn't just stand there. Simon said he could go, so Ethan ran to check on Isabelle. Once he knew that she was okay, he went after Jonathan and threw a ball of wind at him, knocking him across the street.
"Carly, please fight through this. I want...I need you back. Please..." Said, Simon, as I gave him an onslaught of kicks and punches to the face, abdomen and legs. He took the hits without flinching.
"I don't want to fight through the urges. I want to give up, just like you all gave up on me." I said lunging at him again but this time he grabbed hold of my wrists.
"We never gave up on you. Whatever Valentine said is a lie. I've been spending the last few days trying to find a way to save you without damning you further." Said Simon
"Let me guess, you didn't find anything." I said struggling against his grip. I used my foot to kick his knee, making him fall. Except he fell on top of me and now I was pinned to the ground.
"Yeah, you're right. I didn't find any other way to save you. I wish It didn't come to this but if it will make you you again then it's worth it." Said, Simon, as his fangs extended.
"Those fangs are getting nowhere near my neck, Simon." I said getting my leg loose to knee him in the balls. His face showed agony but he kept his stance and moved his face closer to mine. I thought he was heading for my neck so I struggled with all my might, but his lips met my lips instead.
It was cool and soft on my rough cracked lips. I still felt that spark but nothing else. No joy or any other feeling. While he kissed me his grip loosened giving the ability to grab a hold of my blade that I dropped when he fell on top of me. I got a good hold on the handle and shoved the blade into Simon's side. He winced as I pushed him off onto his back.
"Thanks for the kiss but I don't feel anything for you anymore. I've realized I don't need you. I never did. All I want to do is to watch the life fade from your eyes." I said twisting the blade inside Simon's stomach.
"You and I both know that's the blood talking, not you. I won't stop fighting for you Carly and I will save you. Even if it kills me." Said Simon wincing.
"You're going to have to wait a very long time." I said pushing the blade deeper into Simon's stomach. The tip of the knife went all the way through and was touching the grass. He winced in pain as I got to my feet.
I turned and noticed Jonathan had the others handled. The tingle in my body lessened when I stabbed Ethan and Simon, but it still burned. I looked over and noticed Dot hiding behind the statue. I used my speed to run around the other side and catch her by surprise. When I suddenly appeared in front of her she screamed and I grabbed her by the throat.
When I came around the corner with Dot in a chokehold, Ethan had gotten Simon to his feet with the knife removed. The others attention turned toward me as Jonathan vanished into the shadows. I didn't know if he was coming back but I didn't need him anyway.
"Give me the mirror and I'll let her go." I said
"Carly, please don't do this." Said Clary
"Oh, I'm doing this and I'm not going to stop doing things like this. Now hand me the mirror or she dies." I said squeezing harder on Dot's throat.
"Don't give it to her." Gasped Dot
"Shut up!" I screamed as Jonathan appeared, stealing the mirror from Clary's grasp. Jace reacted quickly and went for Jonathan. Jonathan was stronger and much faster so he threw Jace across the grass, putting a blade to Jace's throat.
Dot couldn't stand this any longer so she used her strength to shoot a fireball at Jonathan. He went flying as Jace grabbed the mirror. When Jonathan started to get back up Dot opened a portal, "Get out of here. Before one of you gets seriously hurt."
"We can't leave you." Said, Clary, as Ethan helped Simon through the portal.
"You have to, now go." Gasped, Dot, as Jace pulled Clary, Isabelle and the mirror through the portal.
Jonathan used all his speed to run to the portal but when he was a feet away it closed. He screeched a loud and rumbling no as he punched a hole into the dirt. I on the other hand did not really care for the mirror. I just wanted the pain to go away so I started squeezing Dot's throat tighter.
"This isn't you. I know the blood is controlling you but I also know you can fight through it." Gasped, Dot, as her face started turning red.
"Stop saying it isn't me! I was made this way. It is part of me, the better part of me. The only way to make it stop is to kill and I can't take this pain anymore. The tingling burns and I want, I need, it to stop. Goodbye Dot." I said crushing her windpipe with my hand. She looked at me with horror as her face turned blue. I dropped her onto the ground as only a few more gasps escaped from her purple lips.
The pain completely vanished and my eyes went back to their normal color. When I looked at the unmoving Dot I felt nothing. The blood had taken control and I liked it. Jonathan put his cloak back up and made his way over to me.
"I called Valentine and told him they got the mirror. I'm going to go to the Institute to spy and try to get the mirror back. Dispose of the body and go to my apartment. Valentine is waiting." Said Jonathan
"But I want to help." I said
"Oh you will. Just not yet." Said, Jonathan, as he left me with Dot's corpse and utter silence.