Hi everyone, I know anyone who reads this will be so mad at me, I am so sorry it has been so long! Bit of an explanation - in England we apply for university in October time so I was crazy busy doing that and then I got an interview for Cambridge so had to work like hell for that! Luckily I managed to get in though which I am so so happy about I cannot explain! Anyway, I have neglected this story so much so if you're awesome and actually read this, I am sorry! Anyway, I thought I could continue from Jace's point of view because he is a super sassy gorgeous model :)
Jace stared at the stone wall in front of him, looking at the tiny droplets of water racing down the black slabs from the rainfall earlier in the day. He preferred to focus on pointless things rather than toactually concentrate on the dilemma at hand, otherwise rage would fill him and he would mess the whole thing up. Magnus had been chanting at the door for at least five minutes and there was still no luck - a powerful charm resided over this place and it look a powerful warlock to break it. If Jace lost his temper then Magnus would have to begin all over again and it would take longer to get to Alec.
Alec.
The name of this parabatai burned in the back of his mind whenever he thought of him. His shoulder still ached slightly from the pain he felt through the bond earlier, and there were occasional twinges of pain all over his body. He tried to pass them off as pain Fromm exertion and over exhaustion but he knew they were something else. Something that was hurting Alec inside these cold stone walls. After all, he was Jace Herondale - he didn't get tired.
Jace jumped slightly as he heard a sudden grinding of stone which broke the eerie silence that the shadow hunters had been occupying. Magnus had dropped his hands and the door was finally opening, displaying a spiral staircase of steps leading underground. He was deathly pale, but he still took the lead, stringing determinedly down the stairs in search of his boyfriend. It was clear that the spell had taken a lot out of him, and the emotional trauma of Alec being missing certainly didn't help.
As they followed Magnus deeper into the darkness unease settled in the pit of Jace's stomach. It wasn't fear - he was Jace after all - but something about the dank smell and dark walls washed with pain was chilling. Everything was silent, apart from the footsteps of the group as they continued further and further down the stairs. At the bottom there was a lit corridor lined with empty cells. Racing down the corridor Jace checked every cell before the others could catch up, yet they were all empty.
"He's not here" said Jace in a voice just louder than a whisper. "All of these cells are empty! Tessa are you sure you got it right?"
Tessa looked puzzled, walking down the long corridor and examining all of the cells. "Jace I am positive he was here. I am never wrong! I just have no idea where he could be, he was here just five minutes ago, I could sense it!"
There was a small choking noise from the end of the corridor. Jace whipped around to see Izzy clutching Magnus' arm looking like she was about to throw up. Magnus looked like he was going to faint. Jace ran to see what they were looking at. He reached them and looked into the empty cell, the walls of which were splattered with blood. Fresh blood.
"We don't know this is Alec's" said Jace, desperately trying to stay calm.
"yes we do" said Magnus in an unnaturally calm voice, the kind of calm that veiled an oncoming storm. "Look." He pointed towards the corner of a cell to a small piece of cloth in the corner. It was one of Alec's socks, identifiable by the fact that it had Spider-Man on it, a Christmas present given to him from Simon last year.
Forget being Jace Herondale, he thought. He was fucking afraid. Not for himself, but for his best friend. Jace looked away from the cell and towards Jem and Tessa who were stood behind him, both wearing identical looks of horror on their faces.
And then there was a scream.
Not a piercing scream.
A deep hoarse, heartbreaking scream, the scream of someone who had screamed too many times before, who was running out of breath and life. Magnus turned and opened his mouth to yell...
