Clary didn't tell anyone about her conversation with Badger... Jace. This was upsetting her... She had spent the entire night after their talk losing her mind about everything that had happened. As the sun rose, she had come to the conclusion that she needed to get her memories back. So, she figured that if her brother had created a machine to wipe her memories, then surely he could create one to give them back. First, she just needed to find her brother.
That next morning, Clary was eating her breakfast with Simon. He sat across from her at the table and stared down at his phone as he scrolled through some feed. Her spoon was raised but she wasn't eating from it, she just stared at Simon. She knew it was a huge invasion of privacy, but she was reading his mind. If she was lucky, something about Sebastian would come up.
"Hey, Clare," Simon said looking up and Clary immediately looked away from him. She shoved her spoon (which wound up being empty) into her mouth trying her best to act normal. Simon turned his phone to her. "Check out this post."
Clary looked at whatever it was without really looking at it. She fake laughed and shoved the phone back at Simon. "Yeah, that's funny. So, Simon, I was thinking that we should all get together today. You know, you and me and Magnus and Alec and Alec's friends. What were their names? Isabelle and Jace."
Simon drew his phone back to him slowly. He looked concerned. "Umm, sure, I guess. Why?"
Clary shrugged. "I don't know. I just feel like being social. So, yes? Should I text Alec now? I'll just text Alec now." Clary pulled out her phone and did as she said. She was jittery. She didn't mean to be acting weird, but she couldn't help it. Knowing that her friends had been lying to her for nearly two weeks about this was unbelievable. Then again, she had lied to them for a year about having superpowers. But that was different; that was to protect them.
"Clary, are you okay?" Simon asked.
"I am perfectly fine," she said. "Just had a lot of coffee already."
"Right..." Simon didn't say anything else. He just stood up with his bowl, took Clary's, and walked into the kitchen.
Alec replied then saying he would have to ask Isabelle and Jace but that he was up for it. Clary didn't know if Jace had told Alec or Isabelle about their talk yet. She supposed she would find out later today.
Clary had suggested the group go out to Taki's. It was a relaxed environment in which all they would do is talk and eat. The perfect scenario for her to trick her friends into giving up Sebastian's location. It was around noon when they went out. Clary had specifically sat as far away from Jace as she could. She simply wasn't happy with him. She wasn't happy with the rest of her friends either, but he just angered her beyond anything else.
Right now, they were talking about something random. Something Clary didn't really care about. Her gaze drifted over each of her friends as she read their mind to see if there was anything about Sebastian or something else that could be helpful going through their head at the moment. When her eyes landed on Jace, he was glaring at her. Clearly, he knew that she was using the power she had stolen from him. She smirked at him and he rolled his eyes.
It was curious, though, that everybody had acted so naturally when they got together. Clary had been sure that Jace would've told one of the Lightwoods about their talk. She caught Jace's eye again and motioned to the table with a questioning look. He shook his head and mouthed, "you tell them."
Turning away from Jace, Clary went through her friend's minds one more time. Dissatisfied with the results, she decided to join in on the conversation.
"I never would've lived in California, though," Alec was saying. "The people there are so... warm. Just all the time. I need diversity."
"I thought it was pretty amazing when I stayed there for two months," Isabelle said. "But we always have differed so..."
"Yeah, but I'll always love you. Even if you do move to California," Alec joked. Isabelle rolled her eyes but she was smiling.
"I wish my brother and I were close like you guys are," Clary said, finding an opportunity here.
"Wow," Simon said, "Clary, that's the first time you've mentioned your brother in like three years."
"I didn't even know you had a brother," Alec added, but he had always been a bad liar.
Still, Clary ignored it. "Yeah, well I've been thinking about Sebastian lately. Wondering where he's been and what he's up to." At this point, Clary scanned her friends again. It was when she landed on Alec that she got what she was searching for.
I wish I could tell her, Alec was thinking. I'm sure that in his current state, Sebastian would love for Clary to visit him in the hospital. This would be the perfect opportunity for them to start over and reconnect; neither of them remember a thing.
Containing her excitement (and confusion), Clary picked at her food. "Or maybe not. I don't know. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to seek out Seb anyway." Pushing her plate away from her, Clary sighed a little. "I should probably get going, you guys. I need to call my mom." With that, Clary got up and started out the door.
When she reached the door, Clary felt someone grab her arm. To her dismay, it was Jace.
"Wait, where are you going?" he asked her.
"It's none of your business," Clary said pulling her arm back.
"Come on, Clary. What's gotten into you? You're acting weird; sneaky. The Clary I know wouldn't have used her powers to read all of her friends' minds."
Clary crossed her arms over her chest. "The Clary you knew was clearly a different person. And it's not like I liked having to do that. It felt wrong and dirty, but I need answers, Jace. And I think you need to get it into your head that whatever we were before is nonexistent right now." Clary wasn't sure where that last part came from, but she felt that it needed to be said. "I don't know what happened between Badger and Blindeye that led to such a mess, but that's done. As of right now, I don't like you like that. I never did before. I hated Badger. So, I'm sorry for the past two months." She shrugged not having anything else to say and left.
As Clary was headed to the hospital, she realized that for Sebastian to create a machine to reverse the effects done to her, he would likely need the original machine that he used. To find that, she would need to find his old hideout. So, Clary diverted her path and headed back to her apartment. The costume she'd seen in that picture of her and Badger kissing floated in her mind. Clary had changed her costume, apparently, and it had to still be in the apartment somewhere. Simon likely hid it. Meaning he likely hid everything else with it.
At the apartment, Clary ransacked Simon's room. She went through every nook and cranny she found. She tested floorboards to see if they would move and lifted pictures to see if there was a hole behind them. She was becoming frustrated when she remembered there was a cabinet in their kitchen that they just used for storing random stuff. Rushing over to it, Clary threw out all the useless items to find that her costume and a bunch of other superhero-related stuff was shoved in there.
Clary took all of these items and brought them into her room. She spaced them out across the floor trying to find something that would help her. There was a map folded up, and when Clary unfolded it she found a bunch of holes from where pins had previously been. There had also been a USB drive labeled "surveillance." Tossing it to the side, Clary focused on the map. There was a small x over one of the buildings. Considering that there was no x over any of the other buildings, she felt this was her best bet.
Putting on her apparent new and current costume, Clary put away the things she'd taken out of the cabinet. She went out into the city making sure to stay invisible as she scoured the buildings for the warehouse she was looking for. She found it without too much difficulty and searched inside only for there to be nothing in it. Quickly, Clary searched the warehouses immediately surrounding it. All empty.
While this was highly discouraging, Clary couldn't let herself give up yet. She pulled out her phone and looked at the map that she'd spent the last year marking. It occurred to her only now that Simon must have changed the date and time on her phone seeing as it said the day she would've thought it to be. That was unimportant though, and she had to move on. It seemed that the holes in the paper map she'd seen earlier matched the pins on this map. But there was one pin that was blue while all the others were red. Curious, Clary decided that it was her best bet to follow it.
When she arrived at the blue pin, Clary spent a little while looking for an entrance. Eventually, she found one. She walked the halls of the building for a long time opening every door she came across. The place was rather creepy, but she knew she had to keep going. Finally, she came across a room with a large contraption in the middle big enough to fit a person. Clary didn't spend much time inspecting it, she just prayed that was what she was looking for and left for the hospital.
Making sure to be in her civilian clothes, Clary arrived at the hospital. She asked the receptionist for her brother, was led to his room, and then was left alone. The door was partially open, so Clary peeked her head in to see Sebastian sitting on a hospital bed and looking out the window. When she knocked lightly on the door, he looked over. And when he saw who it was, he stood up.
"Clary."
"Hi, Sebastian." Clary took a few steps inside the room. She closed the door behind her. "How are you?"
"I'm doing fine. Better, I guess." Sebastian stepped towards her. This was strange. She hadn't seen him in so long, and apparently he was her villain. "How are you?"
"I'm okay," Clary said, "I've been better. Actually, that's sort of what I'm here about."
"What do you mean?" Sebastian laughed nervously. "You're not just here to see your favorite older brother?"
Clary swallowed hard. "I'm assuming you don't know."
"Don't know what? That dad's dead? I know."
Clary shook her head. She sat down on the bed and patted the space beside her for Seb to sit as well. "I'm not sure how to start this, mainly because I don't know very much myself."
"What are you talking about?"
"Sebastian, there are superheroes in this world. Real superheroes and I'm one of them." To demonstrate, Clary closed her hand momentarily to turn herself invisible. Sebastian looked astonished but stayed silent. "And there are supervillains too. Now, I've been a superhero for about a year and two months now, but I don't remember the last two months because I just found out my memory has been wiped."
"I don't understand," said Sebastian, "what does this have to do with me?"
"You, Seb, were my villain." Clary put her hand over his. "And I guess your memory was wiped too. With it, your powers. But I think you can get our memory back, Seb. I think that because you made the device that wiped our minds in the first place, you can make one to bring them back."
"This doesn't make any sense." Sebastian stood up. "Why would I be a supervillain?"
Clary shrugged. "I don't know, but that's something we can figure out together if you bring back our memories." She stood as well now and took Sebastian's hands in her own. "I'm relying on you for this, Seb. I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. I don't feel like myself right now. I need my memories back."
Sebastian furrowed his eyebrows. She knew it was a long shot that he would even believe her right now, but this had to work. This was her only chance to get everything back.
"Okay," Sebastian finally said, "I'll help you. But we're going to need the original machine I used to take away your memories."
Clary smiled. "One step ahead of you."
A lot of you have been frustrated over whether Clary will get back her memories or not. Does this answer the question? Mwahaha, I love drama. Drop a review!
