Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or place or other objects in this story. They belong to Cassie Clare

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Chapter Four

Alec P.O.V.

Doctors are rushing in and out. One of them pulls me out of the room. "You must wait out here sir." "What is happening?" "We don't know. Please stay out here." She says and enters the room again. I start pacing. I am freaking out. What if she dies? What if something worse happens? Jocelyn and Luke come running up. "They told us what happened. Is she okay?" Luke says. Jocelyn looks too panicked to talk. "I...I don't know. I was talking to her and her heart rate went down really quickly. I don't know what is going on?" Jocelyn looks like she is about to cry. Luke holds her as she begins to cry. I feel awkward but I am not walking away from this door. I decide to call Isabelle. "Hey Alec." "Hey." I say sadly. "Uh-oh. What's wrong?" I move farther down the hallway so Jocelyn and Luke cannot hear me. "Clary might die." "What happened?" "I was talking to her and her heart rate went down really quickly. I am afraid she is going to die." "Do you want me to come by?" "Call Simon too. I don't think Jocelyn and Luke have." "Okay. I'll call him on my way here. And Alec?" "Yeah?" "Don't panic. She'll be fine." She says and hangs up. What does fine mean? I pace up and down the hallway to keep myself busy.

Isabelle and Simon walk into the hallway after 10 or so minutes. But there is no news on Clary. Isabelle walks up and stops my pacing. "Please stop pacing." "I'm keeping myself busy. I will panic if I'm not busy." Simon is standing with Jocelyn and Luke in silence. "Alec she will be fine." "What does fine mean Isabelle?" "It means she will be okay either way." "So if she dies will she be okay?" "Yes she will. Because she won't be suffering. We may not be okay but she will." I can't respond to that. Because I know she is right. I stand by the wall and sink down to the floor my face in my hands. Izzy sits by me and wraps her arm around my shoulders. She doesn't say anything because she knows that nothing will help. A man walks up and stands in front of us. He is porcelain white with silver hair and silver eyes. I have never seen him before. He is a Shadowhunter, I can tell by his Marks. "Who are you?" Izzy and I say at the same time. This helps me know I am not hallucinating. "I am James Carstairs. I used to be a Silent Brother. I heard about what happened to Clarissa and I have come to help." "They won't let us in. How will you get in?" Izzy asks. "I have medical experience. They have to let me in because I know how to help her." He replies. "Then why are you standing here talking to us if you can help her?" I say a little harshly. "Because you spoke first." He says with a small smile and walks into the room with Clary.

We stay there for an hour. Not moving, not talking, not doing anything. That's when a doctor comes out of the room. "She is awake." He says and Isabelle and I jump up from the floor and hurry over to him. "And she is asking for Alec." I look up. She wants to see me before her family. That's…. shocking. I walk into the room and see she is not alone.