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Chapter 4- To go Forward You Need To Go Back
Summery:
Clary may have a way to help them with their memories
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Other-Other-Other-Other-Other *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Izzy"Uhh…I don't know if I should be here for this" Alec said awkwardly, breaking the spell.
Izzy glanced over at him, rolling her eyes, before turning back to Clary, gesturing towards him.
"Sorry about my brother…flirting almost always confuses him…regardless of if it's aimed at him or not; he's either totally oblivious to it, or, well, that.
He's my big brother, so I say it's endearing…not bordering on painfully awkward or anything."
The others chuckle slightly, sharing a look, yeah, they knew this one.
Alec blushes and glares slightly.
Clary giggles, slightly, before shooting Alec a slightly sheepish, apologetic smile
"It's okay, Alec, I think it's sweet." She smiles once more at him before turning back to Izzy,
"So…you guys don't remember anything from yesterday?" she asks, glancing at the others.
Alec, Magnus, and Raphael shake their heads
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"No…nothing, it's a total blank. When we came here, how did we seem?" Izzy asked
"You all seemed fine; nothing out of the ordinary." She started, shaking her head slightly
"Mags? You had called me to ask about a case…I think you were looking for something that was stolen, some kind of weapon. You said there were some symbols around the crime scene and you wanted me to see if I could identify them."
Magnus tilted his head, curiously
"Symbols? I thought they were nothing…did we find something else?"
She shook her head "They really were nothing…I mean literally. They were a mishmash of Gaelic, Pagan, and Grecian symbols, but they meant nothing, none of them translated to anything of any interest…
We came to the conclusion they were just added in a hurry, to throw people off. Basically, it was like someone googled 'magic symbols' and just drew what came up…
Badly, I might add…more than a few had glaring mistakes."
Alec tilted his head curiously,
"Huh…okay, so we were working on the Lawery's case, the stolen crossbow. I do remember us going over the symbols on Friday…Magnus had said they were just a distraction, but maybe we wanted to be sure?" he finished looking at the others
Raphael nodded, consideringly
"That would make sense…they were one of the few leads we had, and the only thing that really stood out. The case wasn't locked, but it was in a room that was used quite rarely…her husband's old office, she hardly ever went in there since he passed, it was cleaned once a month, but other than that it was all but abandoned. She really didn't allow people in there, save for very rare occasions.
Everyone knew where it was kept. Add to it that there was a fundraiser held at her house the previous evening and the suspect pool is rather extensive.
She had brought it back from the appraisers two weeks previous, but after that it was locked in the case and no one had any occasion to go in the room."
Magnus picked up, nodding
"We must have thought there was something to the symbols, maybe something we missed?"
She thought a moment, then gasped "Oh wait! We did find one thing…whoever did the symbols probably had a bit of an issue with their dexterity,
That would explain a lot of the errors in the symbols."
Magnus sighed faintly
"Huh…that could be something…well for the case…not so much for our memories, which I am rather more focused on at the moment…do you remember where we were going next, by any chance?"
She thought for a moment, biting her lip faintly, but shook her head,
"No…sorry, you didn't say"
They all sighed faintly deflating a bit.
It had really seemed like they may be onto something…
She startled a bit before gasping slightly, becoming animated,
"Oh, just a sec, I actually might be able to help…just wait here, be right back…" She flashed Izzy a quick, bright smile before turning and rushing to the back room.
Wow…that was brilliant…
Izzy just smiled faintly for a moment before turning back to the others
"Well, at least we may finally…what?" she paused, confused
Alec shook his head, but was smiling slightly
Raphael just raised his eyebrow
Magnus gave a faint, impish grin
"So…I take it you decided against letting her down easy?"
Izzy huffed slightly,
She hated when he did that…it was creepy
She glanced worriedly at the door
"Shh! And yes, okay, when you said 'wiccan' and 'occult shop' I thought something totally different; but she seems really great, and sweet, and is the prettiest girl I've ever seen, so can you just not, please?" she rushed out in a near whisper
He chuckled, but nodded faintly
"Of course, darling…
And you are quite right, Clary is an absolute delight.
She is quite expressive, excitable and compassionate, and has a tendency to throw everything she has into, well, everything…"
He paused, glancing at the door once more, before turning back to Izzy, sobering faintly
"When she falls, she falls hard. And I dare say, she may well be on her way with you…"
Izzy tried to ignore the slight giddiness that statement caused
"I do not know what happened yesterday, but you obviously made quite the impression…"
"Yeah, now as long as I can make as good of impression the second time around"
She huffed, shaking her head
"I'll tell you one thing; when we find out whoever did this I am going to give them hell for making me forget this"
He huffed out a slight laugh, glancing back at Raphael then Alec, glancing away, shaking his head
"I think you may need to get in line for that one, darling"
She glanced between the two,
"Oh yeah, they are so going to regret this…"
Raphael gave a sudden bark of laughter
They all turned to him
"What?" she asked
He shook his head slightly, chuckling…
"It just occurred to me that between me, a psychic, a head detective, and a medical examiner, we could actually get away with just about anything…" he finished, flashing a quick, dangerous smirk.
Izzy and Magnus chuckled,
He reached over, resting his hand on Alec's arm, squeezing lightly
"Don't worry, my darling detective, I'm at least 70% sure he is just kidding"
Alec shrugged, keeping a totally straight face
"Actually …I'm kinda with him on this one"
They all freeze,
"Oh my god, you two corrupted Alec, I am never leaving town again…" Simon muttered, shaking his head in exasperation.
They all burst out laughing
Magnus slipped his arm around Alec, trying to keep his balance, Alec slipped his arm around his waist too, hand resting on his hip, tugging him a bit closer…
She breathed a sigh of relief
Well at least whatever this jackass did, it didn't hurt Magnus and Alec's progress too much…she may not actually have to kill them…but they were still going to pay for nearly sabotaging almost a year's work on her, Raphael, Simon and Max's part.
"Hey, sorry it took so long, I had to find everything and I wasn't sure where the kettle was and then it just took a bit longer cause I wanted it to turn out right." Clary started, rushing back in the room, an older looking book under her arm, and carrying a tray with a steaming tea kettle and a set of mismatched cups.
She set the tray and book down on the counter near the apothecary area, before slipping behind it rushing around grabbing a seemingly random assortment of jars and bottles opening them and placing them on the counter.
She quickly opened the book, flicking through the pages, before seemingly finding the right one; her eyes flickered over it quickly before setting it to the side on the counter.
She opened the top of the tea kettle and quickly began to add the different things.
Izzy moved closer, curiously
She glanced at the book, but it was written in a different language,
"What are you doing?"
Clary looked up at her, grinning excitedly, almost bouncing, the steam from the pot making her cheeks flush more, her eyes seemed brighter sparkling…
Izzy just barely managed to fight down a truly embarrassing giggle
"There's this tea that can help with memory loss…not like long term, but in something like this…it's really for a situation just like this, trying to recover memories from when you black out…
Guess that was quite the problem in 17th century Ireland…that's where this comes from, well…not this actual book, it comes from a target in Pasadena and I think it says made in Guam somewhere on it, but the book that this is a reproduction of is from there…" she paused shaking her head
"A-anyways…it does work, I made it a few times for some of my friends in high school and college, it doesn't make it all come back at once, but they will.
If you guys retrace your steps as best you can, that should move it along even more."
She paused for breath, pouring some into each of the four glasses, glancing over the others, before settling back on Izzy.
She gave a slightly teasing smirk,
"I know you don't believe in the whole Wicca, magic thing, being a very clever scientist and member of law enforcement and all that, but this isn't a spell or a good luck charm, like I gave you before…it's just a recipe…and I swear it works."
Izzy perked up slightly
"You gave me a good luck charm?"
She chuckled, nodding
"A couple" she said moving closer, taking Izzy's hand and lightly turning it to show the drawing on her arm…she brushed lightly over a couple of the symbols, Izzy felt Goosebumps raise on her arm
"These mean luck"
She traced a few more…Izzy breath caught
"These are for prosperity"
She traced the last few
"And these…" she said, glancing up, catching Izzy's gaze, and holding it
"Mean anticipation"
Izzy couldn't control the giggle this time, or the blushing
Okay…she had some skills…
Was it like suddenly REALLY warm in here?
She reached over, grabbing one of the cups, quickly downing the drink.
It wasn't bad, kind of odd, but not bad…
"Yeah…I really shouldn't be here for that" Alec muttered, grabbing one of the cups
"I don't think any of us should" Raphael said, nodding, grabbing one of the cups, handing the other to Magnus, who was chuckling slightly, and shot Clary a playful wink.
Well…so they had a chance of getting their memories back…
Also, there may be the slightest possibility she was under a witches spell…
But hey, At least she was a really cute witch...
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-Yeah, it was official; he was never going out of town again.
He was gone for ONE day
ONE DAY!
And he comes back to total chaos.
Someone dosed them with something, they lost an entire day, Magnus and Alec may have slept together (And didn't remember it) Raphael spent the night in the bathtub, in Simons Pajamas, and Izzy spent the night in a fort under the dining room table and was apparently dating a Witch (Okay, so Clary was awesome and he actually thought they would be awesome together, but still).
When he left they were vaguely looking into a case about a missing crossbow, and now they were trying to recover an entire day.
He shook his head before turning back to Clary.
"Hey, so, about how long will it take for that tea stuff to kick in?"
She seemed to startle slightly, turning from where she had been talking to Izzy, as if she kind of forgot the others where there;
Alright, yeah, they were really cute together…but he was kind of freaking out here. His boyfriend, two best friends, and another really good friend, where missing an entire day. They all seemed safe and okay now; but who knows what could have happened to them?
Who did this? Was it about the case, or something else? Where they targeting law enforcement members, or was it just some idiot screwing around? Why did they do it? Was it just a prank or did they have worse plans?
He usually was the positive one, but in this case he just couldn't help going over all the reasons someone would slip a person something, and none of them were good.
Okay, so, maybe he was freaking out, just a bit, but the idea that someone drugged the people who mean the most to him really worried him.
They actually seemed like they were handling it better than he was.
He shook his head once more, looking over at Clary. She gave him a sympathetic smile.
"It shouldn't take too long, like I said; it won't all come back at the same time, but gradually. It will sometimes take up to an entire day to get them all back. Retracing their steps could help speed it up though.
I know they don't remember anything, but you said you had some clues…maybe if you follow them they'll be able to recover quicker."
He nodded, thinking a moment, glancing over the others.
"Okay, well…we know that Magnus's phone is down at the station, so obviously you were there at some point. Seems like a good place to start."
Raphael smiled gently at him, slipping closer and winding his arm around Simon.
"Good idea, Amore"
He tugged him a bit closer, pressing a light kiss to his cheek.
Magnus gave him a warm smile, nodding slightly.
"Dear, I really do think it will be fine…we will figure this out, same as any case. I realize this is quite personal, but we have clues, we have leads, and, thanks to Clary, we will have more and more as we go along.
If we try to stay somewhat objective, approach this as we would any other case, I think we will have it solved quite quickly.
You are correct; the station is the next most logical step. We will go there, find my phone, see if there is any new information on it, and whatever other clues there, then proceed to whatever the next logical step will be."
He stepped closer, clasping Simon's shoulder reassuringly.
"Don't worry, we have this, , darling"
Simon took a deep breath, nodding faintly.
"Okay, so…it's a case, same as any other one…
Let's get started"
30 minutes later:"Kay so, we know the phone's here somewhere, just not exactly where…I'll start calling it, see if we can follow the noise or something." Simon said, pulling out his phone, quickly hitting the call button.
They stood still, trying to listen for it, slowly making their way around the precinct.
Nothing…
"Lucky you, you've reached-"
He disconnected the call when the voicemail picked up, quickly hitting the button again.
"Anything?" Alec asked, glancing at the others, they all shook their heads.
"Lucky you, you've rea-"
Huh…no luck…
And hit button, and repeat…
They moved out of the bullpen, down the hallway, towards the interrogation rooms.
They moved slowly listening expectantly
"Luck-"
"Umm…h-hello?" a slightly uncertain voice asked.
Simon stopped in his tracks
"Hello? Who is this?" He asked, the others turned, looking at him curiously.
He shrugged, hitting the speaker button so they could hear.
"Uh…this is Kevin? Who is this?"
Simon shook his head giving a faint laugh
"Hey, Kevin, this is Simon. Why, exactly are you answering Magnus's phone?"
"W-what? Uh…I-I-I'm not…sorry! I just heard it ringing and it was weird and doing it kinda a lot so I just…
I swear I didn't take it, I wasn't being nosey or anything, I was just trying to help I-"
"Kevin, dude, breathe, your fine. Magnus lost his phone; we were trying to find it, that's why I kept calling it. Where are you?"
"In the cold case room, the phone was in a box for one of the cases."
Wow…okay that was an odd one…
"Kevin, dear, would you mind waiting there for us, we're over by the Interrogation rooms, we'll be there in just a moment?" Magnus asked hopefully.
"Yeah! Of course, no problem, whatever you guys need. See you soon."
He said cheerfully, just before the line disconnected.
Alec shook his head, slightly
Simon tried to keep in a chuckle. Kevin's transfer just went through this week; he'd only been there for a few days yet. Simon kind of thought it was already too long for Alec.
The kid was very sweet, and quite helpful, but he practically idolized Alec and Magnus, especially Alec. It kind of flustered Alec, he just was not used to that.
Simon really liked having the guy around…he made Simon's admiration of Alec when they were first partnered seem far less over the top.
He figured once the guy got used to it he'd level out a bit…but until then it really was quite funny seeing Alec so flustered.
They made their way back through the station, slipping into the cold case room. They spotted Kevin standing next to one of the shelves, kind of bouncing on his heels. When he saw them he gave a bright smile, moving towards them, holding the phone out.
"Hi guys! Hey Magnus, here's your phone. Sorry" He said, apologetically.
Magnus waived him off, smiling,
"No need to apologize, darling. Thank you, that was really quite helpful. We would have never thought to check here."
Kevin blushed at the praise but gave a bright smile, shaking his head faintly.
"Oh, no trouble, happy to help…" he glanced between them, curiously
"Um…so, what was it doing in there, anyways? Where you working a cold case or something?"
They exchanged a look, Finally Alec shrugged slightly, before addressing Kevin.
"Well…honestly we don't know."
Kevin tilted his head,
"What do you mean?"
Magnus sighed, shaking his head
"The truth is, Raphael, Alexander, Isabelle and I have no memory of yesterday. We believe someone slipped us something."
Kevin gasped, eyes wide, glancing at the four of them.
"Seriously? Oh my god, are you all alright?"
Magnus gave him a reassuring smile, nodding
"Thank you for the concern, darling, but we are fine, though quite confused…oh by the way, this is Isabelle Lightwood, I don't believe you two have met. She is our medical examiner, as well as Alexander's sister."
He smiled brightly, reaching forward, shaking her hand enthusiastically.
"Hi, Ms. Lightwood, er…doctor Lightwood? It's very nice to meet you. I'm Kevin, or Officer Teagan, either is fine. I just transferred to this precinct, thanks to a good word to the chief from Magnus and your brother."
She laughed, shaking her head slightly.
"Technically it is Doctor…but please, call me Izzy. It's nice to meet you, too, Kevin. You helped on the case at my parents, right?"
He nodded quickly
"Yeah, I did"
She gave him a warm smile
"Max told me about you; he said you were a lot of help and really great during the whole interview with my parents. I know that wasn't exactly a picnic. Thank you again for all your help"
He blushed brighter
"Oh, I-it was nothing…just doing my job, Alec and the others did all the hard work, I just kind of stood on the sidelines,
They're really amazing…
B-but thank you"
Alec huffed slightly, clearly just barely keeping from rolling his eyes, but blushed slightly.
She beamed, slipping her arm around him casually.
"Aww, you are so cute…you definitely need to stick around."
He flushed brightly,
"O-oh, t-t-that's umm…thank you, M-doc-Uh…Izzy…but umm…"
She laughed, rolling her eyes
"Dude, chill; when I say cute, I mean in an adorable, puppy, platonic, no romantic interest whatsoever kind of way.
I have about as much interest in guys as Alec has in girls"
He gave a sigh of relief
"Oh, thank god! Uh…sorry…just-"
She rolled her eyes again, ruffling his hair
"Yeah, we're totally keeping you" she turned facing the others, still keeping her arm around Kevin.
"Alright, so Kev…where did you find Magnus's phone?"
He seemed slightly thrown by the sudden friendliness but adjusted quickly, shrugging.
"In the box over there, for a theft from '08"
They all moved over to the shelf, Alec pulled the box; they looked in it curiously…
The case was a museum robbery, three decorative, jeweled daggers from India, as well as an ancient shield from Scotland, and a broad sword from Prussia were stolen from a traveling exhibit, when they were on loan for the show.
They never had any real leads…all that they found were a few odd symbols left around the cases and a note saying the artifacts were cultural heritage and belonged to the people, and that they would be returned to their rightful homes.
No one ever found the culprits, and no one ever found the artifacts.
"Huh…" Magnus said curiously
"Oh, that is interesting…" Raphael murmured, leaning closer, looking over a few of the photos.
"What?" Alec asked
Magnus glanced up at him
"Well, the symbols are quite similar to the ones at the Lawary scene…or at least they were made to look like them…
However the ones in this case were clear and precise; whoever made them knew what they were and what message they were sending…
At the Lawary's they were hastily made and quite amateurish.
It appears that these may have been made to resemble this case…
Maybe that's why we were looking into the symbols?"
Alec nodded
"Okay, so, the thief is someone who's familiar with this case…but not so much as to actually know how to make the symbols."
Izzy shook her head
"Well…that's really interesting…and might help with the case…but not so much with us recovering our memories…"
Raphael shrugged
"True. However, if we were working the case, that could help us retrace our steps and maybe find out what the hell happened yesterday, and how we ended up losing our memories."
"Umm…so, do you guys have any other clues?" Kevin asked curiously
Alec huffed, shaking his head
"Yeah, but none that really make sense…
We found a bunch of new clothes, that they apparently picked out for me, both mine and Izzy's blankets, along with nearly every other blanket in Magnus and Raphael's apartment were dragged out into the living room and made into a blanket fort. Simon tried to call us when his plane arrived, but couldn't get a hold of anyone. We found out why; Izzy's phone was in the oven, Magnus's was here, mine is at Pandemonium, and Raphael's is at our brother Jace's place.
A friend of Magnus's made a tea that she said would help us recover our memories, but to get it going quicker we need to retrace our steps…
Which is kinda hard, since we don't know where we went." He shrugged, faintly.
"Huh…that is odd." He thought for a minute, glancing over at Magnus.
"Are there any new photos or anything on your phone, something that might help?"
Magnus shook his head
"I looked, no new pictures…We'll except for the one Izzy sent me…but I was quite expecting THAT one" he winked at Izzy before turning back to the group.
Alec blushed, huffing slightly
"Well…" Simon started, "We found Magnus and Izzy's phones, we still need to get Alec's and Raphael's. Alec being at Pandemonium is odd, but going by the picture we know why he went there…I really can't think of a reason Raphael would actually go to Jace's."
Kevin tilted his head curiously
"Why is that so odd? You and Alec are friends…why wouldn't you hang out with his brother?"
Raphael gave a short bark of laughter
"Because he is a pompous, loud, self absorbed, obnoxious, jackass and hits on anything with a pulse?"
His eyes widened
"That bad, huh?"
He nodded, rolling his eyes
Alec shook his head, laughing slightly
"He's not that bad"
"Yeah he is" Simon, Magnus, and Izzy chorused, perfectly in sync.
Alec shrugged
"Okay, yeah, he kind of is...
Alright, so, Raphael hanging out at Jace's is the weirdest thing we have as of yet-"
"Hey! There is no evidence of that…I'm still going with he stole my phone." Raphael interrupted.
The others chuckled, Alec raised an eyebrow
"Usually I would say he didn't, but it would make more sense than you just randomly going over to his place…why don't we head over and find out?"
They nod in agreement.
"Umm…hey…do you think I can come along? I'm off shift now; I might be able to help? An extra pair of eyes couldn't hurt, right?" Kevin asked hopefully.
They all share a glance, before shrugging,
Finally Raphael turns to him with a faint smirk,
"Sure, why not…It's about a 20 min drive to his house from here…that should give you enough time to come up with a way to turn Jace down…"
_End Of Chapter Notes_
Okay, not 100% sure about this chapter…I think it's okay though…
I like Clary flirting back…and this is a good way to jumpstart their memories…
Now maybe we can get the story moving a bit…
Honestly, I don't know about this chapter as a whole, I like the first part better than the second, but I think it works okay. Soon enough we will actually begin to get some answers, rather than just a lot of questions…
At least Simon finally got a chapter…I couldn't just leave him out. I do like him being worried about the others.
What do you guys think?
O30O
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