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At first it looked like a sheet of glass, a transparent lair which sparkled when the light caught it. A mixture of colours began to swirl around before settling in to a picture. At first all they could see was Clary's bed but with a swipe of Magnus's hands the Imaged moved and focused on a different area of Clary's room.
They all had the exact same reaction, in the corner of the Image they could see one of Clary's hands laid across the floor.. Magnus turned to the group, "you don't all have to watch this, it may be difficult. If you want to leave I suggest you do so now." They all remained speechless but one by one the all held their hands together in a long line of love and support. Jace nodded towards Magnus, he swept his hand to reveal Clary's body lying across her bedroom floor, her wrists where red, indicating where the warlock had held her, Clary's other arm was wrapped around her baby bump. Her eyes were closed and her body was completely still. It was impossible to tell whether Clary was breathing or not. After a few moments a black mass appeared next to Clary. Although there wasn't any features on the mass it clearly had a man's build.
The mass lent down other Clary's lifeless body. "Oh Clarissia you had to do it the hard way didn't you. Sleep tight little girl" he snarled. "you will need all your strength in order for my payment to be paid in full." A disturbing laugh came from the mass. He bent down and pulled Clary up into his arms. He rubbed his hand across Clary's stomach. The mass spoke once more Causing Jace to tense and squeeze the hands he was holding. "My child" he hissed "With your life I improve and expand my own, your sacrifice will make me much stronger than you can possibly imagine" as he stepped closer to the portal and gently pushed Clary through it before closing it behind her...
The second the portal closed the image disappeared. "Wait" said Alec "that thing didn't go through the portal. You said that two people passed through it." his eyes widened with disbelief "He's still in the institute. "
After a moment of silence Jace spoke. "Two people did pass through it, Clary and the baby. Which means he's still here." Jace looked towards his mother. "We need to put the institute on lock down, nobody goes in or out not until he is found!" He shouted. His voice was full of anger and determination. Jocyln was still staring at where the portal was formed. Every time she blinked she could see her daughters slumped body lying on the ground. Jace moved to leave the room. "Hold on Jace" shouted Magnus "If he is still here then he will use glamour's so we need to stay together" "Jace shook his head. "There's five of us. You lot break into too teams I can look after myself." Before anyone had time to protest Jace had picked up one of Clary's serph blades an left the room.
Maryce and Jocyln teamed up and Magnus and Alec did the same. They all head towards the weapons room to equipped themselves. Magnus felt rather unsure and uncomfortable he had never really trained to fight like shadowhunters where. He picked up a simple looking dagger and a long sword. Once the teams where both securely armed they separated. The boys headed down to the library and the girls went to the office's .
Jace found himself simply running randomly around the institute. He didn't know the first place to look for a evil warlock. He lent his back against the wall for a few moments but then his anger go the best of him. Jace ran forward and kicked the cabinet on the opposite wall. The cabinets was solid so it barely moved. This only frustrated Jace more. He picked up an old lamp of the top of the cabinet and launched it across the hall way. The lamp fluw against the wall and smashed into thousands of pieces.
Jace pulled himself together and set off again. There were parts of the institute that where more a less abandoned. Jace thought if the warlock wanted to hide or by some time then hiding there would be a safe place. Jace ran down the corridor towards the final door. This lead upstairs where the rooms where unused. his slowly turned the door knob and with a rune of silence he walked up the stairs and out onto the corridor.
The walls and floors where covered with a layer of dust and cobwebs. Jace had an terrifying feeling. as he continued to walk he began to hear muffled sounds coming from one of the doors. He picked up his pace and continued down the hall. Now he could see a crack of light shining from underneath one of the doors. as Jace ran towards it the muffled sounds got louder and louder until Jace was able to identify that the sounds where words muffled by tears. He stopped outside the door and waited until the voice spoke again, tightening the strings around Jaces heart.