Clary was in such a shock when they left Silent City while Skye was a bit shaken up by the silent brothers reaction when they couldn't access her memories due to Seraphina. They were somewhat stunned, they could sense the angels presence. "M-My father is Valentine and my bestfriend has been kidnapped! Aren't shadowhunters suppose to protect mundanes?" Clary asked as she followed the others, Skye let out a sigh and glanced at Isabelle who was not happy.

"Yes..but I only left him in a van, we weren't expecting vampires." Izzy said and shook her head.

"You left Simon all alone in van. Great job, guys. You rock."Clary said, laced with sarcasm. She was pissed, the only person who she can truly trust was now gone. The red head glanced at her sister who had been extra quiet since they left Silent City.

"There is some truth to the idea that human beings should have a modicum of common sense." Alec said earning himself a nudge from Jace, the golden boy was still having trouble why Alec was having such a hard time with Clary. The girl had done nothing but ruin a mission, and Alec didn't seem to hate Skylar at all which Jace found quite odd.

"Alec, not now. Look, they won't do anything to Simon." Jace said

"They just wanted to draw you out. They want the Cup, and they think we have it." Skye explained to her sister quietly and ran a hand through her hair. She had seen the cup in Dot's tarot cards and that's all. She had never seen the real one ever, and couldn't remember if she did. Her mind was seal and protected which meant no one would truly find out whether she knew or not.

"But why do they think that? Why does anyone think that? What, my mom lies to me my entire life except, "Oh, by the way, there's this magic cup, I hid on, like, the planet Bongo, but don't tell anyone. "What am I supposed to do now?"

"At this point Clary, we are going deeper and deeper into this. And I want to know what else mom was hiding from us...what kind of trouble and man did she marry..and why? Why go to such trouble to hide you...if you were going to find out about the shadow world anyways."

"We have to report to the Clave." Alec said "They have to know we've learned about Valentine."

"What, that he's my father?" Said Clary, Skye sighed and shook her head.

"You mean our father?" Skye corrected, crossing her arms over her chest.

"The vamps want the Cup. And they think you have it." Jace said

"But why do they think that? Why does everyone think that my sister and I have the cup!" Clary exclaimed, her bestfriend was in danger and no one was in a hurry to save him from what she can tell. Skye sighed and shook her head, she was imagining out of all the things her mother could have done...it had to be the Mortal Cup.

"It makes new Shadowhunters. Nobody wants Valentine forming an army loyal to himself." Jace said and sighed.

"Plus, it controls demons." Skye added but in a mumbled, she ran her hand through her hair In the inside, she was feeling herself slowly begin to panic.

"They'll propose a trade. Simon for the Cup." Jace said

"So, vampires will trade Simon for the Cup and Valentine will trade my mother for the Cup. Either way, we lose someone we love." Clary said glancing at her sister who nodded in agreement. The red head knew her sister wasn't really close to Simon but knew her sister only cared about her mother. If it were up to Skye, she would rather trade the cup in for her mother..friends are replaceable but not family.

"What if I just toss it up in the air and let them fight it out among themselves?" Clary asked as se leaned against the wall behind her, Alec raised an eyebrow and gave Clary a look.

"So this doesn't matter to you?" Alec asked

"Yes, of course, it matters." Skye responded quickly, the last thing she wanted was the others to stop trusting them. "There has to be a way to save Simon without trading in something that we don't have!"

"Look I will do anything but I can't turn into what you are overnight." Clary said, this time looking at all of them...even her own sister was trained and raised in this world she barely recognized.

"It's true. She was raised as a mundane." Isabelle said with a nod.

"What are you, her spokesman now?" Alec asked and rolled his eyes.

"I don't need a spokesman, we need a plan." Clary said, Jace let out a long sigh but he agreed with the red head...well there was more behind the reason why he was agreeing.

"Uh, look at all this stuff, these screens. I mean, can any of this help me find Simon? Where is he, anyway? Some kind of crypt in Transylvania?" Clary asked, as her eyes scanned the screens within the main lobby.

"Actually, no." Jace said as he leaned against the table. That was Camille's outfit, right? They're locals." He glanced at Skye who sat on the opposite side of the table from Isabelle, both girls exchanged looks and smiled. It had been a while since they had worked together.

"They're at the Hotel DuMort, down in Gansevoort Street." Isabelle said looking at Clary who shook her head and sighed.

"And we came back here? Why? We have to go there. Let's go, now. Come on." Clary turned around to leave and Skye reached over grabbing her arm.

"Yeah I don't think so...we need a plan." Skye whispered to her sister who groaned and turned back around.

"We need a Clave resolution for that." Alec said

"The four of us can't declare war on the vamps all by ourselves." Isabelle said before Alec cut in to finish off.

"And we can't react without considering our options." He said. "Downworlders are slaves to their impulses. We're not."

"Alec, you can't just jump on all the Downworlders." Isabelle said defending them.

"Oh, that's right. Seelies have their charms, apparently." Alec said, looking over at his sister with a grin. Skye smiled and Isabelle rolled her eyes.

"Right." Jace said with a smirk.

"Seelies?" Clary asked

"Like faeries. The Fair Folk. Add pixies, nixies, elves anybody half-angel, half-demon. It's pretty much a catch-all term." Skye explained, her sister nodded..understanding some of what she said.

"Izzy can tell you all about them. She's got a thing." Alec said, glancing at Isabelle.

"We've all got our things, don't we?" She replied and looked at Clary who sighed.

"Okay, I can't listen to this. Simon's been kidnapped by vampires. I guess I'll just take care of it myself." The red head said, backing away from the table.

"Clary, you're gonna get yourself killed." Skye said grabbing her sister's arm again. "You can't do this without us." Jace sighed and motioned them to come closer, and they all did before Jace spoke.

"They made the first 're gonna take care of this ourselves, right now."

"This is a bad idea." Alec said

"What, have you got a better one?" Skye asked, there was no time..they needed to save Simon now. "Look, the vamps broke the Accords. We have every right to act...they took a mundie."

"That's a big no-no. The Clave will give us a lecture and then they'll be glad we did it." Jace added and gave Skye a small smile. "Come on."

"Hard to argue with that." Iz said agreeing with Jace's plan, it was all they had at the moment.

"Even if we went ahead, I don't see how we get out of here without having to explain where we're going." Alec said, oh he hated this for sure. He knew how much trouble they were going to get but there was no way he can convince the others to change their mind. "We need weapons, and we can't let anyone see us get them." Jace stayed silent as he thought...and then looked at the others.

"I know where to get what we need." He said, now they had a plan...