Hello people! Please don't hate me for taking so long (4 months, sigh!). I am, so, so sorry! I just had a writers block, and I didn't want to write some crap for y'all so I waited a bit, well a bit long. Sorry, I really don't usually take so long to update..

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Clary's POV:

Clary found Yadiels castle surprisingly quickly, It's rough silhouette very easy too spot through the tree tops, that were swaying lightly in the wind. She circled the castle when she came nearer, unsure if she could approach it safely. It looked so evil and dark. She could practically feel the coldness from it. She glanced up. The sky was pitch black, but where there should have been a beautiful shining moon, and small twinkling stars, there was only darkness. A cold wind blew, making her shiver and giving her goose bumps. Everything about the place was bad.

Still, Clary knew she had to hurry in there. If she didn't get away before 00.00, she would be banished to stay here forever, and the others would soon join her;

If they failed that was.

Trying not to think about where she was about to go, she and Red silently approached the castle, flying in the cold dark night. She couldn't remember which floor she had been on before, with Yadiel, but she saw a open window nearby. She made Red fly as close to the window as possible, and Red couldn't come close. There was big nasty rocks, formed into very sharp tips, as though it served just for this purpose only; to keep her out. But it wouldn't stop her, this was to important. Now came the tricky and risky part; Jumping from Red to the window. She slowly began to stand up on Red's back. She was swaying slightly, and it was hard to balance. She took a deep breath and leaped towards the window, missing it by inches...

She caught hold of the open window, hanging in her fingers. Sweat was poring down her face, as she hung on with all her powers. Her body was shaking hard, and she tried to lift herself up, but failed. The night was suddenly very very hot, and she felt like a overcooked vegetable. In fact, she was boiling. Ignoring everything, she used her very last powers to try to hoist herself up again, adrenaline helping her at that very much. This time she succeeded, and climbed very relived inside the castle, hitting the floor with a large thumb.

Red didn't follow her, but flew away into the dark night. This was strange, but Clary didn't have time to think about it, she had to get moving. Her body was so drained from energy, she could barely stand, let alone walk. Her head was hurting like crap, and everything just ached awfully.

It had to be close to 00.00 now. She started running down the long dark hall, her footsteps echoing in the silence. Then, she heard yells from behind her and she recognized Jace's voice! She turned around and caught site of him. He was bleeding from a cut on his forehead and one of his sleeves was torn, revealing a bad burn on his arm. But that was it, he wasn't majorly injured! He didn't look to bad at all, actually. She let out a sigh of relief. Izzy, Alec, Magnus, Eric, Maia were there to, running down the corridor in unbelievable speed. She couldn't see Ella anywhere, neither could she see Olaf.

They finally caught sight of her standing in the middle of the hallway. Jace's eyes widened, but Magnus was the first to speak.

"Clary! RUN!"

She realized she hadn't seen what was behind them, what made them run like the devil himself was after them. It looked like an over-sized lizard, it's body was scaly and vomit-green but most importantly, HUGE! It flashed it's big yellow sharp teeth when it caught sight of Clary, and it's small evil eyes fixated on her neck. She did not need more telling from Magnus. She turned on the spot and began sprinting like the others. Even though she had a little head start, the others quickly caught up to her. She was panting hard and she felt like her body was on fire. Her legs were so heavy, they were hard to move. A sudden pain shot through her chest, and Clary fell to her knees on the marble floor, not able to get up again. She hated being this vulnerable, this weak. She couldn't afford to be lying on the floor like this, she was loosing precious seconds! Feeling like the pain and weakness had been going on in her body forever now, she started fighting it back just one last time. She just needed to keep going for a few more minutes.

"CLARY!" Izzy shrieked. "BEHIND YOU!"

Clary turned to look, and found the monster just a couple of meter's away from her, and approaching. Thinking quickly, her hands found the end of a metal candlestick and waited til the lizard thing was on top of her before piercing it, with the apparently, 7-branched candlestick. It was hard work to get in through the shield like skin, but she forced the candlestick to do it, and managed. She dug it deeply into it's chest, twisting it from side to side, and the lizard began making a weird gurgling sound. It's open mouth was over her body, and loads and loads of rusty colored slime poured out onto her. She started to wiggle herself away and made it out from under the beast just before it collapsed on the floor, dead.

Jace was beside her, pulling her up and putting Clary on her feet again. The world was seriously spinning now, but instead of an excruciating pain and a boiling hot body, there was a weird numbness which Clary welcomed with gratefulness. Her eyes began to feel very heavy and she was feeling pleasantly drowsy. All the yelling voices where drowning out, like she was under water and they weren't.

With a snap she focused back. She was dangerously close to the time limit now. Jace was looking at her with a worried expression, and she was about to tell him not to worry, when she realized if there was ever a time to worry about her, then now was it.

"Clary, we know where Yadiel keeps the reverse-potions. We need to get there before he dose. Are you ready to run? It's now or never. This is your last chance to go home. OUR last chance to go home. I would never leave you here alone. They wouldn't either" Jace said gesturing with his hands towards Izzy and them who were all nodding looking very serious. Clary agreed with a silent "yes", and Jace took her hand and began leading the way, half dragging her with him.

They went up. Every staircase leading up, they took. They were running harder than they had ever done before in their entire lives. In the hot night, the sweat was poring down them as they fought against the time itself. They made it to a door, that led up into a tower. Jace kicked it down, and they climbed up a spiral staircase, running and running. It was endless, nearly. But when they finally arrived to the very top of the tower, they where alone. The tower turned out to be roofless, and a cold breeze made them all cool down again, relaxing them. They had made it! A huge old watch in the wall said it was 11.57.

3 minutes to go.

Clary happily collapsed on the floor as they reached the top, the others searching for the potions, carefully.

But of course Clary knew. Jace knew, Izzy knew, Magnus knew, everybody knew, that this was just to easy. Something was going to happen. Her instincts told her that something was wrong. It was suddenly very chilly and Clary got goose bumps on her arms. It was at that same moment a pair of icy cold hands with long pale fingers closed around her arms and dragged her up. She could feel breath in her neck, but it wasn't warm. It was as cold as anything she had ever experienced. The man wore a black ragged cloak, which flickered lightly in the wind. She turned her head around to see him, and she wish she hadn't. At first, the man's hood had covered his face, but a sharp wind blew the hood of and revealed it.

His face was long and slim, his skin so pale it was white. Where his lips should have been, there was just a black hole. His eyes where tiny, perfectly ball-shaped and pitch black. Clary stared into them, unable to even scream, unable to fight back, paralyzed with fear. Cold. There was nothing else than cold in those eyes.

Alec POV:

Alec searched for the potions desperately. Clary needed it bad, and if they didn't make it in time, Jace would be staying here to. And if Jace stayed here, he stayed here. He couldn't leave his brother. That was why his heart made a little dance of happiness as he caught sight of them. In the absolute bottom of an old unlocked chest. He reached down and grabbed the bottles, turning around to tell the others when he caught sight of him.

Alec gaped. It was a very bony thin figure in a big black cloak, who had bare feet as pale as snow. His face was equally pale, but he had no mouth and his eyes where small and blacker than the blackest. His hands where white to, and he had long slim fingers. And right now, those fingers where tightly shut around Clary's arms...

"Everyone, I found the potions, but it's not over yet, turn around and think fast!" Alec yelled.

They all turned and gasped as they saw the cloaked man. Jace didn't take to long to react, though.

"CLARY! Why dose everything get taken out on her? take me instead! come one" Jace yelled at the man. He didn't respond in any way, but just stayed deadly silent. Suddenly, Yadiel appeared out of thin air, standing next to the creepy man. He shot a very nasty smile at them all, his wings? extended.

"Ah yes, it won't be long before Clary joins me now." He said, glancing up on the clock. It said 11.58. Panic began spreading in Alec's body. Would they be able to make it out of here in time?

"To bad you made it all this way, it's over now. Everything you did was wasted. Every little thing was in vain. How dose that feel, Jace Lightwood, to know that you couldn't protect Clary from this fate? That you can't even comfort her now. Look at her, embraced by death itself, shivering with cold and fear. How dose it feel?"As he said this, he reached out to touch Clary's cheek which was turning a light blue.

Alec glanced at Jace, who was shaking with anger, but otherwise Jace didn't say a word.

"I said, HOW DOSE IT FEEL!" Yadiel yelled, his face red and boiling with anger."I'm not doing anything wrong, this is my right. It's my right to have revenge for her. YOU KILLED HER! MY ONLY LOVE. WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND YOU KILLED HER! AND SIMON, YOUR VAMPIRE FRIEND, KILLED HER. I HOPE HE SUFFERS JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO WHEN HE FINDS OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CLARY! BUT FOR NOW, YOU MUST PAY THE PRICE!" Yadiel was now breathing heavily, then, all of a sudden, he started laughing.

"You want to hear a little thing more? I'm taking over Idris. Look." Yadiel said and pointed. They all looked, and Alec lost his breath. In the horizon, he could see a growing town. He could recognize some of the buildings. Yadiel was sucking Idris into Shadowland!

"And you want to hear the funny part? You can't do anything about it" Yadiel said, expression smug.

"I think your wrong about that part."Jace said.

Jace ran towards him, drawing a sword. But Yadiel was ready and drew a sword to. Jace was athletic and had really good fighting skills, but so had Yadiel. Their swords clanged together almost rhythmic. Jace ducked and twirled, just a couple of inches of hitting Yadiel and getting hit. His arms where now a great bloody mess, and Alec Izzy, Magnus and Eric could only watch, unable to help Jace. But they could try to free Clary from death.

"JACE, THE TIME!" Eric yelled, and Alec looked at the clock. It was 11.59.

"Anybody know what repeals death?" Alec asked.

"Happiness. Life and love. Sunlight?" Izzy offered.

"I don't think I could possibly be happy right now, and we don't have any sunlight to scare death with,." Eric said, frustrated.

"I could maybe make some." Magnus all looked at each other for a split second.

"It's the best chance we have. Go for it!" said Alec.

Magnus closed his eyes and began working some serious magic. Beams of light began to strike death and in exactly the same time, they heard a scream. Jace had pierced Yadiel in the heart and he was now in a pool of blood. Death did not like the magic sunlight, and let go of Clary to disappear into the night. Clary sunk to the floor, looking like a wax doll.

That was when the clock stroke 12, bells ringing to indicate the time. Yadiel looked up at Jace and his mouth formed one last single word.

"Revenge."

Then his eyes rolled back into this head, and he was dead. The bells stopped ringing, and then there was only dead silence left, as they realized that they hadn't made it.

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And that was the chapter. Hope you enjoyed, and no, that was not the end ;) Please please please review!