Jace:

He landed on something soft and fleshy… Clary.

"Get off me please." Her voice was a breath.

He rolled to the side and laid an arm across her back. "Sorry Clary." He said helping her to her feet and looking around. Will was already on his feet and helping up Jem who had a huge gash on his forehead. Isabelle had blood dripping on her knees and now that he looked so did Clary. Their little shredded mini skirts might be incredibly hot but they did nothing for protection, Clary's legs were shredded much worse then Isabelle's… because Isabelle did have someone landing on her.

"Alec." He turned to see Alec and Magnus in a tangled mess on the ground.

"What?" He whizzed.

Jace walked over and helped to the two love birds untangle. "Got your Stele on you?"

Alec brushed off his pants and looked at him then to his sister, then Clary. "Oh jezz." He said and took out his Stele.

"I've got mine." Izzy –In front everyone- proceed to reach up and under her dress. Jace looked to see if Will and Jem where watching but Will was drawing a healing rune on his parabatai. Isabelle pulled out her Stele and handed it to Jace.

"Thanks." He muttered and turned to Clary. He wrapped an arm around her and helped her sit down on the steps outside the bar. She was limping badly. He touched the tip of the Stele to her thigh –the only part of her leg that wasn't all scrapped up. She winched and her leg muscles tensed under the Stele. "Almost done." He assured her.

"Came some one explain to me how we're back in London." Izzy said.

"The same way we got too the Castle, it was a one way Portal." Magnus said pulling bits of what looked like stone out of his hair.

"Why here?" Isabelle asked, her rune done. "I mean why would he have a door that leads too…" She broke off and motioned to the bar.

"I think it's like a wild goose chase." Will said.

"Done." Jace told Clary who smiled at him thankfully.

"Like-" Will continued. "-someone goes into the castle and find a door that leads somewhere, even if it leads somewhere stupid he knows the Clave wants him enough to look at every lead so it drops them off someplace…" He trailed off.

Jace looked at his great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather and wondered if Clary really did see a similarity between them or if she was just messing with him. Jace didn't see it. He tried too, but didn't.

"So what know?" Alec asked.

"We go back to the institute." Will said. "We tell the Clave what happened and you all go home."

Jace turned to Alec. "We're done." He said calmly, "We've got the girls, let's go home."

The walk back to the institute was tiring. It took a while for Clary to stop limping –for the healing rune to take affect. She walked with an arm slung over Jace's shoulder, and his arm around her waist.

"Is the Iratze working?"

She looked up at him, "Slowly but yeah." Her face had a dark look to it.

"Does it hurt?" He asked lagging back from the group.

"A little, I'm just mad that I wasn't able to finish Jem's painting for Will."

Jace couldn't help but laugh. "Everything that just happened and that's-"

"He was my first paying customer." She whined, "And I didn't get to finish it for him."

"Well, under the circumstances I think your buyer will understand." He said in between fits of laughter but she did not look amused. "Clary." He said softly and wrapped his other arm around her, making her stop. "What is it?"

"They have a real problem here Jace, I just wish there was more we could do. I mean… that guys a real piece of work."

"Hey… They can handle it Clary." Jace told her. "They don't need our help, besides it we stay any longer… interfere in any way we could really mess up time."

"I know," She snapped, "I just…" She let the sentence drop.

Jace opened his mouth to say something too her but Alec called out to them.

"What?" Jace called back.

Alec looked at him with concern, not that that was anything different, Alec always looked at Jace like that. "You guys coming?"

Jace took Clary's hand and lead her over to where Alec was waiting. "You okay Clary?" He asked.

"Yeah my legs just hurt."

The institute loomed over them, the tip of the cathedral puncturing the sky. Simon was standing on the steps, arms around Izzy. Charlotte was next to him talking to Jem and Will, she looked worried.

"Clary!" Simon rushed over to Clary and swept her up into a hug. Jace left them too it.

"Jace, Alec." Charlotte called.

Jace followed Alec up the steps. Charlotte had her hair down around her shoulders and she was wrapped in night robe as though she had gotten out of bed.

"Jem told me you were all leaving."

"Yes, now actually, Magnus has the Portal ready and we'll be going through once we get our stuff."

Charlotte nodded. Before she could say anything else the door to the institute flew opened and Tessa came out. Her eyes passed over all over them before landing on Clary. "I am so sorry." She said sadly.

Clary just smiled and gave Tessa a hug. "Don't worry about it."

Tessa nodded then froze. "What happened to your skirt?" She said appalled.

"We had a run in with a cheese grater." Izzy joked. Poor Tessa looked horrified.

"Don't worry about it Tessa." Jace said, "She was dropped as a child."

Isabelle gave him a look but before she could retaliate Magnus's voice flowed through the air. "Are we going to get this show on the road Lightwoods?"

Jace looked at him. He didn't look happy at all.

"We're coming." Alec said then turned to Jace. "Let's get our stuff so we can go."