"JACE," Isabelle called out to the blonde, who changed his attention to Clary as she was still in shock over hearing about Dot.
"Clary, we have to move," Jace said in annoyance which made Clary shot back at him in the same tone; "I'm catching my breath."
"You know what? This is great. And not only did Magnus not get the girl her memories back, he took the necklace. This is fantastic-," Alec was cut off by Jace; "Alec, the girl, her name is Clary and I highly suggest to keep your voice down."
"Why?! What, are you afraid I'm gonna upset her? We have risked our lives again and again for this girl, and where has it gotten us? All right? Nowhere. We're no closer to getting the Mortal Cup. And we've lost the Institute's necklace," Alec snapped, finally expressing his annoyance towards the redhead.
"Hey, I am right here! I don't care about your damn jewellery. I'm sorry, you're gonna look bad in front of your bosses, okay? But my mother is still missing and my last chance at finding her just disappeared into thin air," Clary cried out.
"Clary, it's gonna be fine," Jace tried to reassure Clary but she wasn't hearing it; "No it's not! People are dying because of me. Magnus? He will never go out of hiding with Valentine still after him. We're never going to find him. And I will...I will never get my memories back!"
Clary threw away what was in her hand in anger making Jace look over at what she threw. "You give up too easy," Jace informed her as he went over to what she threw.
"What is he doing?" Clary asked with a calmer voice this time.
"He's tracking Magnus. Be quiet and keep your distance," Alec responded with a warning in his last word.
"The button belonged to Magnus. Jace can pinpoint the location using that," Isabelle explained to the redhead as they all watch Jace try to track Magnus.
"No. The signal's not enough. Magnus must be blocking the track. Let's do this, Alec," Jace called out to Alec, who went over to him.
Alec held out his hand, allowing Jace to draw a rune on him while Clary asked; "Do what?"
"The parabatai tracking," Isabelle answered as she forced on the two.
"Of course they are," Clary shot back before Isabelle explained in a very excited tone; "When parabatai's track, their power grows stronger. Jace and Alec are gonna track Magnus together."
"Yeah, this whole parabatai thing seems oddly intimate, if you ask me," Clary admitted, looking weirdly at Jace and Alec.
"You have no idea," Isabelle sighed before Jace spoke up which break Alec out of his daze, coming back to reality; "Got him."
"Magnus' lair is right behind that fence," Jace informed them as they entered an old warehouse.
"Magnus lives in a warehouse?" Clary asked, completing oblivious.
"Not exactly. Warlock glamour," Jace answered as he equipped himself as Isabelle lifted her hand in the air, feeling like something was wrong; "Something's wrong. It's far too easy to get this close."
"His protective wards must be down," Jace explained to them as they walked further towards the gate before Alec stopped Clary.
"You. Don't get in the way," he ordered her making the redhead glare at him.
They quickly stopped talking when two guys, a bit far from them, were fighting each other showed up. As one stabbed the other, the group started to walk towards his direction. "Oh, god! Valentine found Magnus!" Clary called out from the back of the group.
The group broke into different directions and as Alec crept down a hallway from his bow at the ready, he heard a scream. Running to where he heard the scream was, he turned the corner to see a circle member walking towards someone on the ground with a bloody dagger in his hand. Not far from the two of them, was a warlock lifeless with a knife wound in his chest.
Alec quickly released an arrow, letting it pierce the man through his chest. The man fell to the ground which allowed Alec to see who was going to be that man's victim. He noticed brown curls facing in front of their face while their hands were stained with blood. The girl was crying softly as she stared at the blood on her hands.
Alec knelt down in front of her and placed a hand under her chin, pulling her head up to look at him. The girl turned out to be Imogene but instead of her normally green eyes staring at him, his eye met red ones which faded to green again when she realized he saved her life. Ripping a piece of the man's shirt off, he wiped the blood off her hands. Once her hands were clean, he grabbed her smaller, softer hand in his and he pulled her off the ground before leading her away to try and find her husband.
"Immy!" Magnus called out when he saw the raven-haired Shadowhunter leading her who quickly let go of her hand so she could run forward and hug her husband.
As Magnus soothed his upset wife, he looked over to the raven-haired Shadowhunter, mouthing 'thank you' before letting Imogene go. "I'm Magnus. I don't think we've been formally introduced," The warlock said in a charming way as he went to Alec.
"Alec," Alec informed, starstruck before stammering his words; "Oh, uh...We should really...You know, probably get..." Luckily Magnus helped him finish; "Right, we should join the party."
Imogene giggled lightly at how Magnus and Alec were acting towards each other before the three of them joined the other. "Magnus," Clary called out making him turned around to see Clary with Zoe beside her.
Zoe rushed towards Imogene who hugged her tightly before whispering in her ear; "Go join the others, sweetheart. This is no place for a little girl. Go."
Zoe then released the older warlock and raced over to the others. "I heard what you did for Zoe. You risked your life without hesitation to save a young warlock child," Magnus said as he stood in front of Clary.
"I had no choice," Clary explained but Imogene corrected her; "You always have a choice. You're not like the others, Clary Fairchild. Most Shadowhunters protect Downworlders out of sense of duty, but you saved young Zoe because of what was inside your heart. You're more like your mother than you will ever know."
"Magnus, Imogene, please...you can't hide from this battle. Look, Valentine, he found you once, he will find you again. We need to work together. Help me," Clary begged the two warlocks who looked at each other before nodding.
"I can summon the demon but you must make the demand. Now, I warn you...retrieving your memories will not be easy," Magnus informed the redhead who said she will do what she has to do.
"All right. But we're not safe here. The lair's location has been compromised. Hold tight, everyone, we're about to move," Magnus warned everyone before using his magic to transport the lair to another location.
Alec felt someone grab his arm and when he looked, he saw the hand belonged to Imogene who didn't even realize that she gripped his arm until Alec placed his own on top of hers. She looked up at him before smiling brightly at him, making him mirror her.