"She's gone, Clarissa!" Skylar said and ran her hand through her blonde hair. Clary shook her head and closed her eyes for a second. At this point, she was losing a bit of hope...why was all this happening to her now?
"They took her! We should have looked for her in the first place." Clary said and started to pace once again, Alec shook his head and sighed. He didn't want to go along with this in the first place, Skylar managed to leave when they all began to speak to each other. She gone outside and muttered a few words under her breath before her necklace lit up a bit, the white gem held by gold chains began to pulse lightly.
"Skylnn, how odd. It has truly been a while since we have spoken." An angelic voice said, when Skylar opened her eyes..she could see the angel in front of her wearing all white, golden runes all over her body and scars. A true warrior, with long beautiful blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"I need my sword." Skylar said and held her hand out, Seraphina simply nodded once as a sword slowly appeared in Skye's hand.
"I suggest you relax, you know what happens if you lose control of yourself." Seraphina said and Skylar nodded.
"I got it under control, you don't have to worry. Thank you by the way..." Skylar said before the angel vanished, her necklace stopped to glow and pulse. She held her sword tightly before the others walked out of the Pandemonium. "What's the plan?" Skye asked as she put her sword away, Alec frowned and glanced at Jace.
"The Silent Brothers, they may be able to help Clary." Jace said "And you." He added before smiling a bit. "Come on, we should get going."
"Still don't know what the heck a silent brother is.." Simon reminded everyone, Darren chuckled and shook his head.
"Oh...you'll see." Darren replied and winked at Skylar who rolled her eyes playfully. "Anyways...let's get going."
"Actually, I think it's best you go home." Isabelle said to Darren and sighed. She hated to be the one to say this but she could sense the tension between him and her brothers...and can also sense it with Simon as well. Darren frowned and glanced at Jace who smirked a bit. "Seriously, Darren you don't have to be here...Skye's got me...her parabatai.
"Skye?" Darren asked hoping she would say something but she was a bit busy whispering to Jace who seemed to be entertained. "Hello?"
"Huh? Oh, Iz is right. I'm safe here and so is Clary. You don't have to worry." Skylar said quickly and smiled hoping she reassured him. She wasn't trying to be mean or anything but it was the truth. They had five shadowhunters and a mundie, they could handle themselves. "Plus I think you should check in with your pack." She added knowing he had completely forgotten about them. Darren groaned, he turned around and left them there, he was kinda upset that they wanted to him to leave instead of helping them.
"Yeah, this place isn't creepy." Simon said as he followed the others, of course he was still pretty confused on why his bestfriend and her sister trust these strangers. He pushed up his glassed with two fingers as he continued to look around.
"Don't tell me you're afraid." Isabelle said with a smirk before glancing back at Simon, who shook his head.
"Are you kidding me? I was born afraid which sounded a lot better in my head." Simon said immediately regretting what he had said out loud, Izzy let out a small chuckle as they continued to walk a bit before Jace stopped and turned around to face Skylar.
"Wait here a minute. I wanna see if it's safe." Jace said before turning around and leave to make sure it was safe, Alec and Isabelle followed him away as well. Simon turned to face the sisters before speaking.
"Why are we doing this? We don't even know these people." Simon whispered, he thought that maybe the girls were losing their mind. Skylar and Clary started to explain why they were going to do this regardless.
"Hey. If something goes wrong if something happens to her, that's on us." Alec said stopping Jace by grabbing his arm. "You know that, don't you?" He asked
"Yeah. And you know exactly what'd happen if Valentine gets the Cup before we do. The girls have lost everything, Alec. I know exactly what that feels like. And what's your problem with them, anyway?" Jace asked pulling his arm out of his grasp. "Your family always used to welcome strays."
"You were never a stray." Alec argued and he was being honest about it.
"The point is, nothing's 're in this fight together. There's just two more of us."
"I just wish my mom and sister had trusted me enough to tell me about all this." Clary admitted ignoring the fact that Skylar was standing right there...next to her, listening to them speak.
"What is it? What's wrong? How are you not ultra freaked out by all of this?" Simon asked and sighed.
"I guess I just always felt like there was something missing .Some void I couldn't quite explain. Things are finally starting to make sense. But none of it's gonna matter unless I get my mom back." Clary said before Jace walked over, glancing at all three of them. He could sense the tension and saw how Skylar's expression had changed. She was upset, she turned around and headed off on her own.
"Come on, it's all clear." Jace only stayed to get Clary, the red headed and nodded. She inhaled sharply and left with him as well. Simon had followed Isabelle once again as Alec followed Skylar who was leading the way now.
"I'll mind the mundane." Isabelle volunteered quickly and smiled, Jace shook his head and sighed. Oh he knew Isabelle was liking this mundie a bit too much in his opinion.
"Your sacrifice is noted, Izzy."
"Talk about sacrifice. I'm missing a financial analysis class." Simon said out of nowhere earning himself a glare from Skylar who was currently not in the mood for any of this. She felt somewhat guilty for what was happening and Clarissa was making her feel that way unconsciously. And Alec had enough of this already, he raised both of his hands up surrendering.
"I can't be here anymore, so, Jace, I'm gonna mind the perimeter." Alec said before turning around and leaving. The others weren't surprised. Clary walked back over to Simon and took his hand.
"I don't wanna leave you." She said, Simon smiled and pulled away from her.
"Go be a bad ass Shadowhunter, all right? Get your memories back, save your mother. I'll be right here guarding the entrance to hell." He said
"Clary, you don't keep the Silent Brothers waiting." Jace said getting a bit impatient, as he waited. Clary nodded and followed him, Skylar stood in the back as they walked.
"What's that?" Clary asked as Jace held a glowing stone in his hand, Skylar had always heard about a witch light but has never had nor seen one in person...well she never needed one.
"It's witch light. We carry it to remind us that light can be found in even the darkest of places. And it's cooler than a flashlight." Jace said and chuckled before glancing at Skylar, he had an idea to make her feel a bit better. He took her hand with his free one and smiled before placing the witch light in her hand. "Here." He said softly making her smile a bit as they walked slowly. They stopped in front of a statue, a warrior holding a cup.
"Is that meant to be the Mortal Cup?" Clary asked
"Yeah." Skylar replied and glanced her little sister who nodded.
"What's that say?" The redhead asked
"It's the Shadowhunter creed. 'Looking better in black than the widows of our enemies.'" Jace read out loud, Skylar chuckled and shook her head.
"My Latin's pretty rusty, but I'm almost positive that's not what that says." Clary said, Skylar nodded and cleared her throat before reading it for her sister.
"'For Shadowhunters, the descent into hell is easy.'" Skylar corrected Jace who nodded and smirked. He didn't think it would be that easy to cheer up Skye...but it was and he didn't mind.
"That should be a postcard." Clary said, Jace chuckled and nodded.
"It should be..also it's this way." He said leading the girls off to the right direction. Clarissa started to ask her questions once again, understanding this new world was going to take time to get use too and she understood that. But she needed to understand it fast if she wanted to save her mother. As the girls were face to face with the Silent Brothers...what they learn next will shock them both...
