Chapter 25:
Jonathan felt Sebastian stockpiling energy. He needed to counteract it, or he would be destroyed and the world would become Sebastian's playground. Worse, his own nephew would be Sebastian's tool. Jonathan tried to intercept the energy flowing to Sebastian, but he was too strong.
"You might as well give up now," taunted Sebastian. "There's no way you can win." His grin was feral as he looked at Jonathan, and his eyes were wild and sparked with a malicious gleam.
"No," Jonathan grunted, redoubling his efforts to stop the build-up of Sebastian's energy.
Jonathan was distracted by a small burst of energy flying at him.
"See, you're already losing. If you give up now, I'll let you continue on as ghost on this earth," Sebastian promised.
"Your promises mean nothing. I won't let you hurt Clary and her friends and family or anybody else. Ever. Again!" Jonathan shouted the last part.
He was finally able to block some of the energy going to Sebastian and redirect it. Jonathan began to build-up his own stockpile of energy, using the energy siphoned from Sebastian.
"Wrong choice, Jonathan," Sebastian sneered. He took in a sudden burst of energy and flung it at Jonathan.
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Sebastian watched as the energy sailed through the air and hit Jonathan square in the chest. It sent him flying backwards. As soon as Sebastian saw he hit his target he took off for where he knew Liz was. He was able to feel her location through the connection created by the mangoes. If he was able to enter her body, he would be safe from any more attacks by Jonathan. Assuming Jonathan survived the blast of energy that just struck him. Besides, once in Elizabeth's body, he could convince his sister to have the warlock remove the freezing spell from Stephen's body. Sebastian would prefer to not spend his life in the body of a girl. He was a boy and liked it that way.
Sebastian arrived in Liz's room to find Clarissa, Jace, and Magnus already there. Elizabeth wasn't there though. Where was she? It didn't look like Clarissa and her friends were in a hurry to find Liz. They must have already frozen her and hid her. That's why he couldn't locate her anymore. Great! Just Great! The only other person he could possess was frozen as well. If he couldn't possess one of the children, he couldn't be with his sister. What was he supposed to do now? They couldn't keep the children frozen forever, he thought. If they did, they may as well just kill them. He would have to wait them out, Sebastian decided.
"I'm afraid waiting them out won't be possible. I'm not gone, so I'm going to get rid of you once and for all!" Jonathan said from behind Sebastian.
Sebastian whirled around to face Jonathan. He looked different somehow. Stronger maybe? How could that be possible? He should be extremely weak, trying to recover, assuming that he would have survived at all. But no, he was here now, looking stronger than ever.
No matter. He would destroy him, and make sure he did the job right this time.
"I see you survived," Sebastian observed. "No matter, I'll make sure you're gone for good this time." He smirked and shot an energy ball at Jonathan.
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Mango, Mango fruit divine,
Mangoes in this box of mine,
Where did you come from?
Why are you here?
Why do you make me feel so queer?