37) Final Fight
Alice looked at Valentine, she was exhausted, but she managed put a shield around Valentine.
Sammael looked at Alice through completely different eyes, as if something was lifted from him, "You're from the Shadowhunter family?" Then he realised something, he didn't feel pain anymore. He looked down and saw there was no wounds, he looked over Alice another time and realised everyone wounds were on her. His eyes widen.
"No! Heal yourself!" Sammael begged her, kneeling by her side holding her.
"You don't even know me…" Alice say softly. Looking at him with soft eyes.
"I know the King, well knew the King, I know he put me in prison but I know he done the right thing, what I done was wrong. He could have killed me and he didn't, now I have betrayed him by attacking his family. Please Princess...please heal yourself." Sammael looked at her through teared eyes.
Alice looked at Sammael, "My name is Alessandra, I do not have the energy, that blast took the last of my…my energy."
"Princess Alessandra, you cannot die by my hand, you can bond me with." Sammael was desperate to help her survive.
Valentine yells banging against the shield, "Bitch! Let me out here and fight me!" he punches the shield.
Alice and Sammael just ignored him, Alice looked at him in the eyes. "I am already bonded with my uncle…The King."
Sammael's eyes widened, "No! No! Then you definitely cannot die, the King cannot die by my hand! Bond the shadowhunter way then. Please. Let me help you."
Alice smiled a little, "You be bonded with all of the young shadowhunters and a warlock over there." Alice's eyes turned for the first time to look at her family and friends. Jace was in tears, Alec holding him back, Clary trying to comfort him. Magnus was just staring back at her theirs find each other. The eyes simply read, 'Fight!'
Alice nodded once to him, Sammael looked to who she was looking at, "Magnus? Your bonded with Magnus?" Alice nodded once, before pushing herself of the ground and out of Sammael's hold. "Princess Alessandra? What are you doing?"
Jace was watching Alice all of a sudden his tears stopping. Alec let go of him as Jace had stopped thrashing about.
Sammael felt a little sting on his arm, the Angelic Bonding rune was on his arm, he grinned a little. "You're a fighter Princess." Alice held her arm out for Sammael, he quickly drew the Angelic Bonding rune on her arm. Their hands slamming against the runes, Sammael cries out in pain at first, as he felt all of Alice's pain, when Alice was healed he looked at her and saw only scars.
"Damn your strong Princess, to be able to feel that pain." Sammael spoke before backing away from the fighting ground, walking and stands beside Magnus. A very old friend of his.
Valentine was shouting at Sammael, "You are a traitor!"
"Actually, he was just coming home, he used you to get home. Like the gullible rogue you are, you fell for it." Alice spoke, obviously it was all a lie, if she wasn't the Princess of Angels she would be dead by now.
Alice let the shield around Valentine drop, as soon as it was gone he ran towards Alice his eyes full of hatred and anger, Alice just stepped aside and tripped him up. "You should have listened to my fighting lesson when I was 4, Valentine." Alice hissed.
Sammael looked at Magnus confused, Valentine took Alice when she was 4, he promised to train her, she had two training lessons, but most of the time she was here she was tortured by Valentine's son, Jonathan. Then she found out that Valentine was putting demon blood in her.
Magnus explained to him, Sammael's eyes turned to anger. I should have killed him.
Shut up the both of you! He could be acting terrible to get me off my guard, now just shut up and let me concentrate! Alice shouts the bond, Jace, Clary, Isabelle and Alec all look at Magnus and Sammael with a smug grin on their faces, as if to say 'Ha, you just got shouted at by a teen.'
Magnus looks sheepish, Sammael lets a soft chuckle out, muttering. "Someone is bossy." He got an elbow in the ribs by Magnus who gave him a stern look.
"Sorry." Sammael whispers also silently then folded his arms watching the fight that was only just beginning.
Valentines eye's narrowed, "Ahh, your pointless lesson! To know your surroundings, of course I know my surroundings, I have lived here all my life."
"That was not my lesson!" Alice shouts with frustration.
Jace, Clary, Isabelle and Alec all said in harmony almost silently, "Become one with your surroundings." The adults all turn to look at them slightly confused, then shook their head. "It's because Alice trained them." Magnus informed Sammael quietly. Sammael just nodded.
Valentine grunted, "You killed my son, now I will kill you!"
Alice looked at him, "You didn't even love him I remember, 'My son thinks I favour you…I keep telling him that it is nonsense but it is true, I do favour you, I see so much greatness in you and you will be on my side.' I am pretty sure those were your exact words pervert."
Alice saw realisation in Valentine's eyes then anger. "You were awake! You heard everything!" He threw an attack at her, a sloppy one, her blade collided with his and she kicked him back.
"Stop fighting like Jonathan." She felt like a hypocrite, she told Jace not to taunt, but she couldn't help it when it came to Valentine, he tortured her and made her mother betray her, it was his fault that she had to kill her own mother.
"Don't dare speak of my son! Murderer!" Valentine yells back, then he starts to fight with passion and anger, he sliced in a downright angel, Alice blocked, he pulled his blade back to a jab, Alice just jumped back, the blade just skimming her skin.
"Use your powers, Princess!" Sammael shouted, trying to help her out, Alice just shook her head, her eyes still on Valentine. She used her Shadowhunter speed not her angel speed to move behind Valentine and kneed him in the back of his legs just like she did with his son on their first fight.
"Well, De-Ja-vu." Alice whispered in his ear, but backed up allowing him to stand back up.
"What the-" Jace started but he was hushed by Sammael.
Jace glared at Sammael, but Sammael understood what the Princess was doing. Ignoring the Princess's request to shut up, he explained what she was doing, she doesn't want to execute him, she wants to fight till death, that move she just done, that is the move for execution, that is how we execute people, from behind, she wants to look into her enemy's eyes whilst the life drains out of his body.
Valentine stood up, confused too. "Why didn't you kill me?"
Alice smirked, "Enough chit chat, I sentence Valentine Morgenstern combat till the dead. Both fighters can use whatever power or abilities they possess during this fight. This fight will go on till the death. If Valentine Morgenstern wins this battle, then he will be sent to Arena to fight for the rest of his days." She made the official statement.
Valentines eyes show fear for a second but then covers it up, Alice smirks, she has been waiting for this day for so long.
Her weapon disappears. Sammael grins excitedly. Sammael please put a shield up. He hears in his mind. He drew the symbol with his hand then clicked his fingers, a dome blue shield moved over everyone that Alice cared about.
Valentine glanced behind him then gulped, "I surrender!" He shouts sounding terrified.
"I have set your sentence, now fight." Alice says, her voice harsh and had order in it.
Valentine ran towards her, she dodged pushing him forward, making him fall on his knees, she uses water power first, so Valentine would laugh about it. I'm going to kill him just like I killed mother. She thought, her water ball formed into her hands and threw at him. It forced him forwards and stung a little by the impact. He was drenched but she was right. Valentine laughed.
"Is that all you have?" he taunted her like he did with all of his enemies.
Alice's closes her eyes, combining her element together. Valentine took the opportunity, running at her plunging her blade straight into her heart, he laughed with triumphant. "Ha! See you're not that powerful!" Alice's body goes limp, then drops to the floor.
Jace and Magnus screams, "No! Alice!" Tears fall down Jace's face again.
With a straight face, no pain or hurt showed in Sammael's eyes, he took the shield down. "Valentine Morgenstern you have been sentenced to fight in the Arena for the rest of your life."
"I beat her! I beat her! Your Princess is weak!" Jace was running towards him with anger, Sammael pushed him back. "This was the Princess's sentence; you do not interfere." Sammael was hoping it would sink in that Alice would have a plan like she always did.
Sammael, draws the portal to the Arena, with his hand grabbing Valentine's wrist so he couldn't get away. After a few moments the portal opens, Sammael pushes Valentine into the portal, all was heard at first was his screams. Sammael couldn't help but give a satisfied smile.
"Have fun in hell." He shouted then closes the portal.
He turned to see Jace cradling Alice's body. His heart sank, but surely the Princess had a plan? Sure she didn't just sacrifice her life.
Jace ran to Alice when Sammael pushed him away from Valentine. He pulled her lifeless body onto his lap. "No Alice, come back to me please!" He checked her pulse, she had no pulse. Blood came pouring out of the wound on her heart.
"No! Alice you promised we would all be alive after this battle, you said you would look after us all! Magnus do something! She doesn't have a pulse please, she's my sister. Please!" Jace shouts at the top of his voice.
Magnus was by his side checking the wound, He saw demon blood in her heart, in her veins. He was now crying, "No, Alice why would you do this? You could have killed him! You could have! You killed your mother, she was a bloody angel why couldn't you kill him?"
Sammael stared at them, No way! She must have had a plan, there wasn't even any demon blood on his blade, was there? Alice wouldn't have let him stabbed her. She would have been one with her surroundings, she would have known he was right there ready to attack.
Clary ran to Jace's side and turned him to cry into her, she held him close, moving a comforting hand up and down his back. "Jace…we have to get back home now, to the institute. We have been here to long, the institute is unprotected."
"I don't care Clary! I want my sister! I just want her to tell me everything is ok, that it was just part of one of her stupid crazy plans the ones I never agree too, but they always work!" Jace shouts at Clary who flinches a little.
"Ok, but we can't leave her here, this is where here worst memories are, if we take her back to the institute then we can think of a place of where she can lay and be at peace." Clary tries to comfort even though she could feel the anger and rage of Jace's body.
"She is not dead! She cannot be dead! She will wake up! Like she always does, she won't leave me! not after everything she has done to prepare herself for this battle." Jace puts his head in his hands crying hard. "Oh Alice why? Why!" He shouts at her, shaking her, her head flopping back and forth.
"Jace stop. I know your angry at her but come on, we can lay her in her room till you're ready to say goodbye." Clary gently takes his hand and squeezes it softly.
Jace looks at Clary and nods, "O…ok" his voice breaks, he lifts his sisters lifeless body.
Magnus walks to the centre of the building, making a portal. When the portal is open, Jocelyn, Maryse and Robert walk in first.
Alec and Isabelle walk up the three of them looking at Alice's body. "I…I'm so sorry Jace." Isabelle says softly.
"She's not dead! I'd feel it if she was! She doesn't feel dead!" Jace shouts at them.
"Jace, how can she not feel dead? Look at her!" Alec shouted back at him, he was emotional about Alice's death too.
Jace just stormed through the portal, ending up in Alice's room. He gently lay her on her bed, moving her hair out of her face.
"I know you're not dead, Alice. Just come back to me. Please. I love you. I cannot lose you." Jace pleaded.