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Chapter 5-

Jace Finally Gets a Clue (Had to Happen Sometime)

The group (With Kevin in tow) go to Jace's to find out what the hell happened…

The biggest question? Who gets to kill him…

Notes:

Yes, I know that's kinda a lot of fully grown adults for one vehicle, just go with it, kay?

Also, I kinda added a bit to ch.3 when they realized Raphael's car was missing…sorry

(What? I forgot…Maybe I'm just getting too involved in the story…Anyways, it's there now…sorry for any confusion)

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Okay, so at some point they need to actually get answers, rather than more questions, right?

Eventually things should start making some sense sembelence of sense...

right?

Alec shook his head faintly as they pulled into the driveway. Both Izzy and Raphael's cars were there. So Raphael's theory Jace stole his was kinda losing traction, unless he also stole his car…

Which, once again, might actually make just a bit more sense than Raphael willingly hanging out at Jace's place.

"Well, we said that wherever my car was is most likely where we realized what was going on…though being dosed with something might actually explain me coming here…" Raphael said, glancing around somewhat disdainfully.

They all clambered out of the car, making their way to the door. Raphael stopped by the car, peering in…

"Well, I found my phone" he said, gesturing in the window.

"You said Alec and maybe the rest of you were at Pandemonium, I don't think it's too far from here… maybe that's where it happened?" Kevin posited.

"Okay, so maybe when we realized it, this was the closest place?" Izzy suggested, shrugging.

The others nodded consideringly as they reached the door, Alec knocking abruptly.

It was quiet for a moment, then they heard movement, the lock being flipped and the door opened.

Jace glanced over them, giving a slightly sheepish look, before startling when he saw Kevin, giving a smooth, charming smirk…

"Oh, hey again"

Kevin groaned, shaking his head, rolling his eyes

"Ugh…really? Wait…" he trailed off, glancing in shock at Alec and the others

"This is your obnoxious, totally full of himself, loudmouth brother that hits on anything that moves?!"

"Hey!" Jace snapped

Alec raised his eyebrow

"Uh…yeah? I take it you met?"

Kevin nodded,

"Yeah, when I was helping on your parent's case, when I made the lunch run? I almost knocked him over"

"When he hit on you? Makes sense" Raphael nodded, smirking

Kevin shook his head

"No, before that…then I apologized, and he kept hitting on me. I don't think I have to come up with something to say…I already told him off once."

Simon chuckled, Eyes widening slightly

"You told Alec's brother off?" he asked surprised

Kevin blushed faintly, shrugging

"Well, yeah…kinda…he said something about having a brother at the precinct, but I really didn't know if it was the truth or just a line, as I was in uniform and it seemed awful convenient…

I tried to ignore him but he just could not take the hint. I kind of snapped at him and told him off in front of an entire line of customers. Sorry, Alec" he finised sheepishly

Alec shook his head, chuckling

"Hey, it's fine…despite evidence to the contrary he is an adult, he can take some rejection…"

"I think this means you are officially a part of our group…pretty sure being hit on and annoyed by Jace is a prerequisite…" Raphael said with a smirk.

Kevin looked surprised

"Yeah, you too?"

Raphael gave a bark of laughter

"Oh yeah…first thing he said to me was a line, trying to impress me with his show…I let him make an idiot of himself, called him out on said idiocy and shut him down completely…oh, I also kind of threatened to break his arm if he didn't remove his hand from my shoulder…

Then Simon came in and kissed me right in front of him"

Kevin's eyes widened, he gave a slight laugh glancing over at Simon, questioningly.

Simon nodded

"Yeah, he was pretty confused, since I'd been telling him for the last two years I was straight…"

Kevin laughed loudly

"Really?"

He nodded again

"Hey! You guys don't have to tell him all that!" Jace interrupted, glaring at them, before turning back to Kevin, once again putting on the flirty smile.

"Hi, I'm Jace Wayland. And you are?"

"Officer Teagan…and...not interested" he said coolly, raising his eyebrow, giving Jace a totally unimpressed look.

Jace looked completely shocked, before turning back to the others.

They tried to contain a laugh…

Well, at least Alec and Izzy did, the other's not so much.

"S-sorry, Jace…I don't think it's gonna happen." Alec started, shaking his head before sobering somewhat.

"Umm…So, we were actually trying to figure out something. Do you know how Izzy and Raphael's cars ended up here?"

He seemed confused by that, tilting his head.

"Uh…yeah? They drove here…I was having a get together with some of the people for the show, you guys stopped by to talk to someone from the props department…Kept asking questions about how some of the stuff was made."

It was really awkward…and you were all kinda tense from their argument."

They all looked between each other,

"Who's argument?" Alec asked

Jace quirked his eyebrow

"Uh…Magnus and Izzy?"

The two in question looked at each other in shock

"What? Why on earth would we be arguing?" Magnus asked, looking at Izzy curiously

She shrugged, just as perplexed

"You got me"

Jace started to look a bit nervous, glancing between them…

"Y-You guys really don't remember?"

They shook their heads

"We believe someone dosed us with something…since Raphael left his car here we assume that when we got here is where we realized something was wrong…" Magnus began, but trailed off, looking over Jace's increasingly guilty expression.

Raphael caught it too, he shifted, threateningly, raising an eyebrow…losing any trace of humor he had.

"Jace…what do you know?" he asked, it was a dangerously quiet tone…

Alec stepped forward slightly; ready just in case, Kevin took a few steps back for the same reason (no way he was getting in the middle of that.)

Jace's eyes widened slightly, he took a slight step back…

"Uhh…w-well…see, you guys were really bringing the whole room down…"

Alec turned to him…

Yeah, maybe he'd just step out of Raphael's way...and Izzy's, and Magnus's…

And Simon's…

"Are you kidding me? YOU slipped us something?" he demanded, stepping closer, almost threateningly.

Causing him and Magnus to maybe…

Okay, one of them might need to get in HIS way…

Jace shook his head frantically, eyes wide

"NO! Well…not me, exactly…"

"So one of your 'friends'" Magnus asked, tone remarkably close to Raphaels.

Jace nodded faintly…

"Y-yeah…I didn't know he was doing it, but it wasn't anything dangerous… just herbs and crap…it was just supposed to relax you, get you guys to stop being so tense and snappy…that's all…"

"Who" Izzy asked, folding her arms

"Melorn, but h-"

"Melorn? That stoner, hippy guy from high school? What the hell, Jace? How could you let him do that?"

"I didn't know! And he assured me it wasn't anything dangerous…it was just supposed to relax you…

I even took you guys all over to the apartment and took their keys so they couldn't drive. I took care of everything. Izzy even made me stop at your guys' places to get your blankets and stuff…

It was fine…it was supposed to be fine!"

"Well it wasn't!" Alec snapped, glaring at him, suddenly furious

Jace rolled his eyes,

"Okay, I know it was stupid, but it was okay. I made sure you all were safe, I don't know what happened but you were all at the apartment, how bad could it have been? What could have happened?"

"What do you mean 'it couldn't have been too bad?! We are missing an entire DAY; we woke up today not knowing what the hell happened to us, only knowing that someone drugged us. We have been running in circles trying to figure out what the hell happened"

"Okay, but like I said, you were all there so it was fine, you were all at Magnus's, what could have happened?"

"Magnus and I may have slept together and don't even remember it!" he snapped

Jace huffed, shrugging

"Yeah, alright, so you woke up in bed with your boyfriend, what's the big deal? Not like it's the first time…"

"Yes…it was" Magnus said quietly.

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Really…Alec had two other siblings…that was plenty, right?

Did he really NEED this one as well?

He was, like, a spare?

Right?

If this jackass screwed up things between Magnus and Alec…if this really hurts them…

He takes a deep breath, trying to keep a level head, and not think of all the things he could do to completely destroy Jace…

He'd get back to that later…

Jace rolled his eyes, huffing slightly

He clenched his fist, clamping his jaw closed so hard it was bordering on painful.

Later…

"Oh come on, you guys have been together for months, of course it's not the 'first time'"

"Yes it was, you Jackass..." Izzy began, stepping forward, clenching her own fists.

"They are not together…they have told you countless times, they have told everyone countless times, but you are just too clueless, self absorbed, and have your head too far up your own ass to figure it out!

They are not together, they have never been together, and because you are such a self centered, self conscious imbecile, more concerned with your god damn party than your own SIBLINGS health and safety, you, and you alone, may have screwed up everything.

I really hope your party was worth it"

Wow…He didn't realize he liked this girl so much…

Jace looked totally shocked at the venom in her tone, he shook his head frantically, eyes wide

"But Mel-"

She stepped forward cutting him off, he hastily stumbled back nervously.

Raphael made a mental note to invite Izzy along with them more often…

He really liked this girl.

"No. No more excuses. I do not give a damn who actually did it. It was YOUR friend at YOUR party…it is your god damn responsibility. You are twenty eight years old, I am SO sick of you trying to blame everything on everyone else. Nothing is your fault, nothing is your responsibility, everything's fine, it's okay, no big deal. Just stop. You're getting way too old for it. You're almost thirty years old; it is time you grew up.

It's just pathetic at this point.

Your 'friend' drugged four people at your party. That is not 'nothing', that is not 'fine', that is a god damn felony."

Would it break the tension too much if he clapped? That felt like it deserved applause.

Jace shook his head slightly, looking over them…really seeing what it had done.

Simon looked furious, no trace of his usual humor or lightness.

Izzy looked like she was just barely keeping from lashing out physically, taught, tense, ready to strike.

Magnus's eyes seemed shuttered, no humor, no smirk, nothing…it was as if he was facing down a perp…like he didn't even know him (or didn't want to know him)

And Alec…

Alec looked angry, but more than that, he looked completely betrayed; his expression that of total disappointment, like Jace had completely let him down.

Jace gulped slightly, shaking his head, looking at all of them, before settling back on Alec.

He stepped forward, slightly, hesitantly.

"Alec…I-I'm sorry I didn't know"

Alec just shook his head, looking away from him. Magnus moved next to him, slipping his arm around Alec reassuringly. He sighed faintly, mimicking the gesture automatically, hugging him close.

"I am so sorry guys…is there anything I can do?"

"Pretty sure you did enough, thanks" Simon snapped, glaring at him before turning back to his closest friends, concerned.

Jace seemed taken aback at that, from Simon no less.

Magnus finally glanced away from Alec, leveling Jace with a look that he usually reserved for facing down suspects and close-minded, bigoted cops.

"You actually want to help? Perhaps you can help us figure out what all happened to us after you left us at the apartment.

We did not stay there; we have no idea where all we went, or what happened.

As we were not in our right minds, it really is anyone's guess what could have happened to us… it is proving to be quite the mystery…

Maybe you can help with THAT."

Once again, Jace looked shocked; he shook his head faintly…

"I-b-but I took your keys…I tried to-"

"Well, you didn't try hard enough…we got out, and now we're trying to find out everything that happened after that." Alec cut him off

Jace nodded faintly,

"Yeah…of course I will…"

He glanced back at Alec again, one more time

"Alec…I really am sorry"

Alec shrugged

"I'm sure you are" he said flatly before turning to the others.

"Well…we know how we got drugged…now we need to figure out what exactly happened after that.

We have a lot of people looking at this…we should look at everything we have so far…maybe we need to split up, cover more ground."

They all nodded

"Alright…Jace said it was some kinds of herbs…Me, Magnus and Izzy will go back to Clary's shop, see if she knows anything that might have caused this…if we can find what it was maybe we can speed up the process."

"Raphael? Would you mind if you, Simon and Kevin stay here and go over whatever he can remember…see if you can find out anything else?" he asked hopefully, glancing at the three.

He glanced at the others, they nodded faintly

He shrugged,

"Of course, no problem. We'll let you know of any developments"

Alec nodded, relieved, giving them a faint smile

"Thanks, we'll do the same"

With that he turned on heel, heading out the door, Magnus and Izzy following suit. He pulled the door too with a bit more force than necessary, the sound reverberating around the now silent room.

Jace looked at a total loss, staring at the door, completely dumbfounded…

_End Of Chapter Notes_

Alright, I know they were kind of harsh on Jace, but, seriously his friend drugged them…that's not just a 'my bad' kinda thing…he needed something to wake him up.

I know Magnus and Alec have more cause to go at him, however, they were the ones who this had the most significant effect…they are kind of freaking out…

I like Izzy, Raphael, and Simon jumping to their defence.

(Have I mentioned I LOVE Izzy…I think we need to have an adventure with them paring up for something…imagine the chaos!)

Hey! I have a somewhat short chapter!

Anyways what do you guys think so far?

O20O

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