The distant whisper of voices carried its way upstairs to Clary and Jace's bedroom, she pressed her ear against the door, curious, and strained to make them out, the closer one was Jace's, she was sure of it and the other Clary thought was Simon's, she cursed under her breath, Jace knew that Simon would be able to convince her to stay and she secretly regretted announcing to Jace that her and Simon were to be parabatai so early.

She ran through her options in her head and decided that she would have more of a chance climbing out the window than running through the entrance hall where both Jace and Simon were ready to catch her, she slid Heosphoros into its sheath, the stars on the blade twinkling up at her and wrapped the belt around her waist, it was sad that she was leaving for her mission like this she thought, as Clary bid the Institute farewell and slipped through the window landing steadily on the sloping overhang.

Clary crawled along the tiles of the institutes roof, thinking about the look on Jace's face earlier that day when she had told him of her mission, and held back a cry as she stubbed her toe on a splintering piece of broken wood-- it had fallen when she slammed the window shut-- she risked a glance down and dizziness washed over her as she realized she had not quite thought this through.

Jace and Clary's bedroom was on the third floor of the institute which put it a good 30 feet off the ground, she couldn't help but think what Jace would do if he caught her up here sneaking off on to the mission he had forbidden her to do, she quickly pushed the thought away as she reached the edge of the overhang, supporting herself against the chimney, she drew a quick silencing rune welcoming the sting, took a deep breath and jumped.

The doors to the Institute flew open as Simon crashed through,

Jace didn't exactly like Simon, but he had to give him some credit for getting here in less than ten minutes, and by the way Simon's cheeks were flushed and his breathing was hard it seemed like had ran the whole way.

When Jace had caught up to Clary in central park her cheeks had been wet with tears and he had pulled her into his arms and dropped the subject regarding the Clave's mission. He had stood there, holding her as she cried, and had felt terribly guilty for being the one two had caused her tears, when he finally managed to convince her to go home she had marched through the doors, and stormed up to their room, declaring she was going to go pack, he had protested but she had ignored him and marched up the stairs anyway then slammed the door in his face when he followed, in response he had threatened to call Simon if she wouldn't come out and talk and now Simon was standing in the entrance hall looking flushed and angry.

"Where is she?, you wanted me to talk to her so where is she?" he demanded scanning Jace's expression, and by the look Simon was giving him, he guessed he didn't look as calm as felt.

"Relax Simon, shes in our room, but I'm not going to let you march in there looking like you just committed a crime then fled the scene" he explained placing his hands on Simon's shoulders encouraging him to take deep breaths "Well technically this jacket isn't mine" He joked relaxing a bit

"I just don't understand why she would want to go to LA alone in the first place just for some stupid mission" Jace couldn't stop himself from laughing but regretted it instantly as Simon glared at him

"I mean what did you expect Simon, she looks for danger and when she finds it she jumps in front of it" he stated, to his surprise Simon laughed and looked up at him shrugging Jace's hands off his shoulders

"Wonder who she learned that off" He breathed, before pushing past Jace to the elevator and waiting for him to follow before yanking the grate closed and punching the buttons on the wall,

They walked down the hall and Jace stopped outside His and Clary's bedroom, positioning himself comfortably against the wall "Go on" he prodded Simon

Simon crossed the, pushed the door open and then disappeared as he slipped into the the room the door clicking shut behind him

"Jace, come here" Simon's voice sounded from inside and Jace suddenly had a terrible feeling

"why?"he wondered aloud

"Clarys gone"

It was a slow, silent fall fall Clary thought, even peaceful, she smiled despite herself, the ground came closer and her scream came out as a warm puff of cloud against the frozen air, she screwed her eyes shut bracing for the impact.

The ground came to her and Clary hit it with a sickening crack, pain shot through her body, knocking her breath away, her vision swam with black stars,

"Jace" she whispered her voice raspy, before the darkness reached up pulling her down into it.

The door flew open as Jace flung himself into the room, his golden eyes darting back and forth before widening as he realized Clary wasn't there, Simon mirroring his look crossed the room in to strides and pushed a piece of paper into Jace's hands, he stared at it forcing the letters into words and started reading:

I know you specifically told me not to go on this mission, but since when do I ever listen, try not to hate me to much, you know why I did it.

Love Clary.

There was a small noise from outside, and Jace dashed to the window Simon close behind him, there was a small crumpled figure lying in the grass, she wore black gear and her orange hair was shining in the streets light,he recognized her instantly, beside him he heard Simon take a sharp in take of breath

"She jumped" he said sounding genuinely surprised, Jace stared at him,

"Of course she jumped, she's Clary"