Clary fell into a chair in the kitchen and groaned. Jace gave her a sad smile and squeezed her hand reassuringly.

Carzel sat next to Clary, "What are we going to do?" They'd told Carzel and Basil about the situation right after they'd gotten back from Taki's.

Basil shrugged, "I'm not risking my life, with those rogues; they took my parents lives."

Alec narrowed his eyes, "She's my sister, we invited you into our home, if you don't want to help, you can take your stuff and leave," he growled.

Basil put her hand on Jace's shoulder, "I don't think everyone here has the same opinion as you do."

Jace shrugged her hand off and Clary smirked at her, "Let's take a vote," she said, "Everyone who wants to save Isabelle, who is basically our sis, say 'I'."

"I, futhermuckers!" Jace exclaimed.

"I, but Clary, Isabelle IS my sis," Alec said.

Magnus raised his hands, "She's only one with a sense of style around here, so I!" Clary frowned at him and he gave an apologetic shrug.

Clary said, "And if Simon was here he'd say, 'I', cause you know she's the only girl that goes for him, too bad his mom made him go grocery shopping for her." Everyone turned to Carzel and Basil. Carzel lifted his hand halfway but Basil shot him a glare.

Carzel bit his lip, "I get what you mean about being there for your family... So I'm going to be there for my sister," he said reluctantly.

Alec narrowed his eyes at both of them, "Get out of my home... And don't come back."

Basil smirked, "It's the institute. You can't kick us out, it's against the Clave."

Magnus grunted, "Screw the Clave."

Basil grinned, "I wouldn't be surprised if you did."

Alec's eyes widened, "Oh hell no!" He went to jump over to where Basil is sitting but Jace held him back.

Jace shook his head, "She's not worth it."

Basil smiled, "That's what I thought, now if you'll excuse me I'll be in my room," she started to walk out and realized Carzel wasn't following her. "Carzel!" She barked at him. Carzel jumped up from his chair and followed her out glancing back at them.

Clary looked at Basil and Carzel's exiting figures, "Something's going on between them."

"Incest?" Magnus asked.

Clary rolled her eyes, "No, but I have a plan to figure out what's going on." Everyone leaned in next to her and she told them the plan.

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Jace popped a grape into his mouth and then fed Clary one. She giggled and was about to feed him a grape when they were interrupted when Aline Penhallow. She was carrying a duffel bag and a purse. She looked at them, "Hey."

Clary looked at her, "Hi?"

"What are you doing here, Aline?" Jace asked.

She shrugged, "Needed a place to stay, felt like seeing you guys, I came here." She paused setting her bag down, "I also heard about Izzy..."

"You came to help?" Clary asked.

Aline was about to answer when Basil walked in. Basil looked at Aline, "What are you?"

Clary looked at Basil, "What are you doing here?"

"It's a kitchen, I was hungry, a great place to eat, you know?"

Aline looked over Basil, "I'm Aline," she said flipping her hair over her shoulder. Clary and Jace shared a look.

Basil frowned, "Basil, Basil Abendstern..."

Aline grinned, "So your a good girl cause of your last name, this is going to be fun."

Basil looked at Jace, "Is everyone you know gay?"

Jace rolled his eyes, "No, Clary isn't!"

Basil smirked, "We don't know that, yet," she walked away grabbing an apple on her way out.

Clary looked at Jace, "Yes, we do!"

Jace nodded, "Babe, trust me, I know," he winked at her. He turned to Aline, "So, you want me to show you to your room?"

Aline picked her duffle bag, "No, I know where to go." She headed up the stairs.

Clary shrugged and fed Jace a grape. "The sun is coming out! I just want to hear your sounds! We love like vampires!" Jace gave Clary a questioning look as she pulled out her cell phone, "Simon." She answered it and put it on speaker. "Hey."

"Hey, anything new?"

"Aline's here," Clary answered.

"Why?"

"Who knows?" She paused chewing another grape, "I need a favor though, to help us figure out what's going on with Basil and Carzel."

"Oh you mean what you told me earlier, with them not helping to find Isabelle and acting all suspicious."

"Yes."

"Its incest man, I agree with what Magnus said."

Clary rolled her eyes, "Shut up, Simon. Anyway, have you ever wanted to be a spy?"

Simon coughed awkwardly, "Did you look under my bed, those posters, there from a long time ago, I swear."

Clary took a deep breath. "No, Simon." Simon coughed on the other end. "I need you to spy on Carzel and Basil for me outside of the institute, figure out what's going on with them and what their plans are. I'll text you every time they leave, so you always have to be ready to go, okay?"

Simon answered, "Ay ay, captain."

"You're not a pirate, you're a spy."

"Oh, right, delta 1 over."

"Goodbye, Idiot," Clary hung up and Jace shook his head, "What?"

"The ringtone…"

She shrugged, "It was the only un weird vampire song."

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Simon walked up to some trees behind the institute and hid himself. It was Sunday morning, and he'd just gotten a text from Clary saying that Basil and Carzel were leaving the institute. Basil looked back and Simon turned and flattened himself out against the tree. He sang silently, "Spider pig. Spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does." He watched as Basil and Carzel as they continued walking down the street.

"She's got a love like woe, Whoa oh. Oh oh. Oh oh. Girls got a love like woe... " He answered it, "Hey Clary." He listened, "Yeah I see them, there a few blocks ahead..." He nodded, "Spying is a specialty of mine... My ringtone? Of course I changed it..." He started making static noises. "Clary.. Ker.. Che.. I .. 't.. cjerr... hear..." He hung up and started mumbling to himself as he followed Basil and Carzel.

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Clary put the phone down and groaned, "Simons an idiot."

Jace looked at her, "He's following them right?"

She nodded, "He didn't change his ringtone."

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Simon was taking this whole "spy" thing to his head. He had darted behind many trashcans when he thought he saw Basil turn around. It was really his imagination. He skipped out from behind a trashcan and watched as Basil and Carzel entered Taki's. He ran in after them quickly grabbing a menu and hiding behind it as he took a seat at the counter. Basil and Carzel were sitting down already, talking in between menus.

Kealie walked up to Simon, "What are you..." she blinked not caring, "Never mind. What can I get you?"

Simon shook his head and hissed, "Nothing, go away."

Kealie rolled her eyes and tapped her foot, "Listen, vamp, you either get something or you get out." Simon threw three dollars from his wallet at her and then shooed her away.

Aline Penhallow walked in, Simon looked at her, then quickly dialed Clary's number on her phone, "Aline's here!" He listened to Clary, "I don't know why she's here... She's been getting... Wait what...? With who! Basil? !" He shrieked, before quieting down when he got a few stares. Basil and Carzel didn't look at him. "... Weird... Okay second off, you owe me three bucks..." The phone went silent. "Hello? Well that's polite." He put away his phone and walked over to the booth behind Basil, Carzel and Aline's booth.

He listened in on the conversation to hear Basil say, "So, Aline.. You really want to join our new circle?"

EVIL! ... Maybe... Idk matters what mood I'm in sorry I havent posted in so long.. school is friggen hard.. XD okay I used three songs in this scene: Simons ringtone for clary, "Love like Woe" by "The Ready Set", its an awesome song, its great, check it out also i dont own it. And clary's ringtone for Simon is "We love like Vampires", by "Sparks the rescue", another great song, check it out, I dont own it. Thirdly Spider pig from the simpsons, i dont own it... Also... Alines in town, Simons a spy?.. and basil and carzel have a circle?... did i forget anything else... Right... Clary owes Simon three bucks... And.. No Basil is not gay... Simons just... Simon... xD.. but omg drama! lol until next chapter checke out laffy_taffy0401 Bye! Oh wait before I forget, I set up a poll, who should I kill off? xD... yay? okay bye! review.. my day will be made..