The whole car ride was dead silent except for Jace, who was instructing Simon where to go. The group eventually pulled up to a spot underneath the bridge. "Yeah, this place isn't creepy." Simon remarked sarcastically as they all stepped out of the van.
"Don't tell me you're afraid." Izzy said, huffing a laugh.
Simon scoffed, "Are you kidding me? I was born afraid which sounded a lot better in my head." He replied, instantly regretting his words as he spoke them.
"Let's check it out." Alec instructed them before moving ahead.
Jace started to move up as well, and the twins started to follow close behind him. Jace heard them following and quickly turned around, stopping them from going any further. "Wait here a minute." He ordered the girls. "I wanna see if it's safe."
The twins reluctantly turned back towards Simon, both visibly annoyed because they have to stay back. "Why are we doing this? We don't even know these people." Simon pointed out to them, still not trusting of Jace, Alec, and Izzy.
Lexie's eyes drifted over to the other three for a moment, who were all in a huddle probably talking about them. "I trust them." Lexie simply responded which ultimately made Simon back down. Her response was the truth, she did trust these people. They were her people now.
Clary let out a long sigh, "I just wish our mom trusted us enough to tell us all about this."
"Si, what's up? Everything okay?" Lexie suddenly asked him, noticing the uneasy look on his face.
"How are you two not ultra freaked out by this right now?" Simon questioned.
Both girls shrugged, "I guess we always just felt like something was missing." Clary said, answering for them. "Some void we couldn't quite explain. Things are finally starting to make sense."
"But, none of this is going to matter if we can't get our mom back." Lexie chimed in, making her sister nod in agreement.
Simon nodded, "Then let's do that."
"Girls, come on, it's all clear." Jace suddenly called out to them, breaking up the moment the three of them were having.
"Let's go." Clary told them as she walked up to Jace, taking his hand that was extended out for her.
Lexie watched this interaction and smiled, noticing the connection her sister had with him. She then remembered that Simon was there and noticed his annoyed/upset expression on his face. "No time to pout." Lexie teased Simon while linking their arms. Once again pretending like her feelings for him don't exist, since she wanted to be a good friend.
The six of them were walking beneath the bridge, towards the City of Bones. Jace and Clary were walking way ahead of the group as Lexie, Simon, Alec, and Izzy all walked behind in silence. "Lexie, come here for a second." Jace hollered to her.
Lexie jogged up to him, "What's up?" She asked, even though she figured it had to do with her going to see the Silent Brothers.
"You have to understand the Silent Brothers aren't like us." He told her.
"They lack your charm and superior people skills?" Clary commented with a smirk.
Jace huffed a slight laugh, "Yeah most people do." He said, playing along with the joke for a moment before returning back to what he was saying earlier. "Brothers communicate without using words, using just their thoughts."
"How's that bad?" Lexie asked, underestimating the Silent Brothers.
"Don't let their silence fool you. They'll hold the Soul Sword to your head, and with it's blade, carve the truth from your mind. If you're not strong enough, you will die." Jace explained, making Lexie feel even more nervous than she did before.
"Nevermind, I see why it's bad now." Lexie said, trying to mask her fear so that Clary won't try and take her place.
Jace stopped the twins from walking, so that they'd focus on him. "Lexie, you should know, the pain will be excruciating."
Clary was obviously not keen on her sister going after hearing all this information about what it'll be like. "You don't have to do it. I'll go." She told her twin, hoping that she would change her mind. However, she knew it'd be difficult since Lexie had always been very stubborn.
"No, I'm doing it. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get mom back except lose you." Lexie told Clary. "We have to get mom back."
Clary shook her head, "I can't lose either of you."
"You won't." Lexie said, grabbing her sisters hands.
"We won't." Jace added in, before leaving the two girls, so he can lead the group further ahead.
The group finally reached the entrance to the City of Bones, which had a skull on it. "I can do this." Lexie mumbled, doing her best to push back any fear she has about going through with this.
"Yeah, you can. You're Lexie freakin' Fray." Simon chimed in, attempting to make her feel a little more at ease. "You can do anything."
Lexie gave Simon a slight smile, to show that she appreciated his pep talk. Simon smiled back at her, before moving ahead to the entrance. Jace quickly stopped him, "Hey, hold up."
"Surprise, surprise. No mundanes allowed, just like in the training room, right?" Simon said, not believing Jace, since he lied to him last time. "Wrong! I've seen every horror movie ever made and the funny best friend who gets left behind... dead man."
"You're not that funny." Jace told him as Izzy giggled in the back ground. "But by all means, go ahead." He added, which made Simon continue his way towards the entrance. "Of course the minute you enter, you'll die."
Simon immediately stopped in his tracks and turned back towards Jace, "Problem is, now I don't trust you."
"He's not lying." Alec said, followed by Izzy who said, "Now. He was before."
"The rune energy in the City of Bones will kill any mundane who dares to enter, so please." Alec explained, motioning towards the entrance during his last bit. Lexie pushed Alec's hands back down, shooting him a look.
"The Brothers creep me out. I'll mind the mundane." Izzy announced, with a smirk.
"Your sacrifice is noted, Izzy." Jace said before moving ahead to the entrance.
"Talk about sacrifice, I'm missing a financial analysis class." Simon said which made Lexie giggle.
However, Alec didn't seem too impressed. "I can't be here anymore." He said while hovering his hand around Simon. "So, Jace, I'm gonna mind the perimeter." Lexie watched as Alec started to walk away and instantly regretted not saying goodbye to him, since there was a good chance she could die. Suddenly, Alec turned around, after getting a few feet away from the group. "Lexie." Alec said, calling out for her to come over.
The others gave her a confused look, but Lexie just shrugged and walked over to him. "This better not be you trying to change my mind." She warned as she stopped in front of him.
Alec shook his head, "No, I wanna know what you have to tell me."
"What do you mean? You called me over here." Lexie replied, confused by what he meant.
"Back at the Institute, you told me to remind you to tell me something. Well, I'm reminding you." Alec said.
Lexie nodded, remembering what he was referring to. "Right. Alec, I just wanted to thank you." She said in a vague manner, causing Alec to raise his eyebrow.
"Thank me for what?" He asked.
"You saved me at Pandemonium, and then by drawing the rune on me." She told him.
Alec shrugged, "That was nothing, I was just helping Jace." He said, even though that wasn't the complete truth.
"What about when you convinced me to stay? Was that for Jace too?" Lexie questioned, knowing that he wouldn't be able to pin that one on just helping Jace.
Alec pressed his lips together, unable to think of a reason other than just wanting to help her. "No, I guess not."
Lexie smiled, feeling satisfied because she got him to admit it. "Either way, Jace or not, thank you." She thanked him, getting a nod in response from him that symbolized 'your welcome'. "I should go get my memories back now." She laughed slightly, due to her being nervous.
"Don't die, okay? You're not half bad." Alec told her, showing his concern for her.
"I won't" She promised while turning around and heading back to the group.
When she went back only Simon and Izzy were there, Jace and Clary were gone. Lexie assumed that they might've gone somewhere to talk while she talked to Alec, so she just went over by Simon. However, when she was by his side, she noticed the guilty look on his face. Suddenly, everything clicked and she realized that Jace and Clary went to see the Silent Brothers without her. Without saying anything to Izzy or Simon, Lexie bolted into the City of Bones. She could hear Izzy and Simon calling for her to come back, but ignored them, determined to find her sister and Jace.
The further Lexie got into the City of Bones, the more dark it got. "Dammit." She mumbled to herself as she carefully walked around, not wanting to trip on anything since she couldn't see much. She kept going until she saw a statue. The closer she got to it the sooner she realized that it was holding a cup, "The Mortal Cup." She said, figuring that it had to be a replica.
Lexie continued around a corner and was relieved to see Jace and Clary. They were talking in the middle of a hall that led down to a blue light. "Hey!" Lexie yelled as she sped up towards them, angry that they tried to leave without her. "What the hell?"
"Lexie, I'm sorry." Clary said, detaching her hand from Jace's so she could face her twin. "But, you're not doing this."
Lexie raised her eyebrow, "Yes I am." She said pushing past her sister and walking towards the blue light. However, she didn't get very far before Jace grabbed onto her arm, stopping her. "What are you d-"
"Look, Clary's right. You can't do this." Jace told her, gripping onto her arm lightly.
"Of course I can." Lexie simply replied, not understanding what the big deal was.
"No, you can't. Clary's older which makes her stronger, so if you go then there's a higher risk." Jace explained.
Lexie instantly calmed down, no longer feeling angry at them for leaving without her. "I can risk-" Lexie started.
"I'm not letting you risk it." Clary intervened. "Not if it involves you most likely dying."
Lexie shook her head, "But.."
Clary pulled her sister into a tight hug, "It's okay. I'm going to be okay." She insured her. Clary pulled back from the embrace after a few moments and grabbed her sisters hand in on hand, and held onto Jace's hand in the other. "Now, let's get this over with."
The three headed further down the hall, until they reached the light. Directly underneath was a rune drawn in stone which both girls instantly recognized. "I've drawn this before." They said in unison, observing the rune. "But I don't know what it means." Clary added.
"It means clairvoyance." Jace informed them.
Suddenly, all the torches around them started to light up, revealing the Silent Brothers who were surrounding them. Clary and Lexie couldn't help but feel scared as the bones around them became visible, as well. "Shadowhunters." A deep voice spoke, as another Silent Brother stepped forward out of the darkness. The Silent Brother pulled his hood down and reached out his hand to the girls, "Come into the circle." Clary nodded and stepped forward into the center of the circle. "Both of you." The Shadowhunter ordered them which came as a shock to all three of them.
"What's happening?" Lexie whispered to Jace, confused because she thought that only one of them had to go through with this. Jace shrugged in response, not understanding what was happening either. Lexie took a deep breath as she hesitantly obliged and stepped forward into the circle as well.
"Twins are connected as one." The Silent Brother explained, noticing the hesitancy in Lexie as she joined her sister. "Step away, Jace Wayland." He ordered Jace.
Jace stepped forward, "I'll be right here." He whispered to Clary, but also loud enough so that Lexie could hear.
Once Jace left, the Silent Brother continued. "The search of your unconscious is a perilous one."
"Please, our memories were blocked. We have to get them back." Clary explained to them
The Silent Brothers holding the torches started to move closer to the twins. "If you are not strong enough the Soul Sword will kill you." The main Silent Brother warned which sent chills up Lexie's spine, since she had just been told that the younger twin was weaker.
The twins held onto each others hands, remembering what their mother told them back at the loft, You're more powerful than you know. This also reminded them of all the words of encouragement they'd gotten from Simon, Izzy, Jace, and Alec. "We're ready." They said at the same time, both acting really brave even though they were both terrified at the thought of possibly losing each other.
"The soul sword reveals all." The Silent Brother spoke, as a long sword levitated in the air and started going closer to their forehead. The soul sword first went above Clary, as the tip of the sword pierced her forehead. However, they both shared the same vision like they did when one of them touched the crystal.
Clary was staying up late in her room talking to Simon on the phone, while Lexie was on her bed writing in her journal. They heard footsteps leading up into their room and quickly stopped what they were doing, since they knew it was really late for them to be up. Clary and Lexie quickly got situated in their beds and pretended to be asleep.
"Luke, no." Jocelyn pleaded to him in a whisper, stopping him by the doorway.
"All this lying is destroying you." Luke countered, also speaking in a quiet voice. "Stop blocking their memories and tell them the truth."
Jocelyn shook her head, "I can't. You know I can't."
"You're just delaying the inevitable." He told her. "Clary and Lexie are Shadowhunters. There's nothing you can do to change that."
The twins eyes widened when they heard Luke, since neither knew what that meant. Luckily for them they were both facing away from them, so neither their mom or Luke could see that they were awake.
"This world is too dangerous. If anyone knew who they really were, the risks would be a hundred times greater." Jocelyn explained to Luke, trying to put reasoning behind what she was doing.
Luke kept his eyes on both girls, "What happens when they find out on their own?" He asked. "Then what?"
"I won't let that happen." Jocelyn said, clearly determined to keep that promise. "If they ever learn about their father. If they ever find out their father is Valentine."
The sword was lifted off Clary's head and both girls gasped. The Silent Brothers surrounding them started to back away. "Wait, wait, where are they going? We aren't done. We can't be done." Clary questioned, refusing to accept that this was the only part of their memory they were able to recover. Clary was so overwhelmed and confused by all this that she didn't even notice her sister starting to lose consciousness.
"Girls, do you know where the cup is?" Jace asked, racing up to the twins.
Lexie shook her head, "No." She told him while holding onto his shoulder, trying to keep her balance.
"Only fragments of their memory were accessible to us." The main Silent Brother explained to them.
"It can't be true what we saw." Clary said, not wanting to accept the truth.
"You memory does not lie." The Silent Brother continued. "You must accept what has been revealed."
"I can't. I can't." Clary said, shaking her head.
Jace seemed confused by what was happening, since he had no idea what the girls saw. "What is it? What did you see?" He asked them.
Lexie took a deep breath, trying not to choke on her tears. "Our mother lied to us our whole life. She lied to us about our father." She told him, still needing to use him for support as the room started spinning.
"About your father? What about your father?" Jace questioned, still not quite getting the whole story.
"Valentine is our dad." Lexie said, just before collapsing to the ground.
When Lexie woke up she was greeted by the cool breeze from the outside, and was being held in someone's arms bridal style. Her eyes blinked opened and she could see that they were outside of the City of Bones. She realized that is was Jace who was carrying her with Clary standing next to him, and they were both facing Alec, who seemed both angry and hurt.
"-and they're Valentine's daughters. Did it occur to you that they might be spies? This might be part of their plan?" Alec asked, directing most of it at Clary since he didn't really like her, but was also unsure whether or not he could trust Lexie now.
Lexie stayed quiet while she tried to regain strength, knowing that nobody knew that she was awake yet. "That's enough, Alec." Jace ordered him, since he trusted the twins and knew that they wouldn't betray them like that.
Although, Clary was obviously offended by this accusation. "Do you think we planned for our mom to get kidnapped? Or for Dot to be taken? Or to have a giant sword dangle over my head and find out that my father is one of the most dangerous people in the world. Huh? Oh, and what about Lexie? Do you think that she planned to not even be awake right now? Really?" Clary defended with tears in her eyes.
"I wouldn't lie to you, Alec." Lexie finally spoke up in tears, just barely loud enough for them to hear since she was still a little woozy.
Everyone's eyes diverted over to Lexie, who shocking regained consciousness fairly quickly. "Lex.." Clary breathed out in relief as her eyes met her sisters.
Lexie nodded at Jace to let her down which he carefully did. She continued to use him as support as she turned her body back over to face Alec. Their eyes met for a brief moment and she was able to see that she had gotten through to him. "Where's Simon?" Lexie suddenly asked, noticing that their best friend still wasn't their to greet them.
Izzy joined the group, just as Lexie asked about Simon. "I told him to stay in the van." She explained to the twins. "I've searched everywhere."
"He's gone?" Clary asked.
"I can't find him." Izzy sighed, feeling guilty for losing Simon.
"You were suppose to protect him." Clary yelled at Izzy as she ran ahead to look for him.
Jace followed close behind her, "Ugh, these mundanes are killing me." He complained.
Lexie tried to go as fast as the others, but was still feeling slightly light headed. "Here." Alec said, reaching out his arm for her to use as support as they went ahead. Lexie nodded and latched onto him to ensure she didn't fall, as they joined the others by the van. Her whole body was shaking in fear for Simon, because she couldn't bear the idea of losing him. But there wasn't much she could do in her condition.
"Simon!" Clary shouted when she realized that Simon was in fact not in the van.
"No." Lexie mumbled, not realizing how tight she was holding onto Alec's arm. She obviously wasn't as distressed about this situation like Clary was, partially because of the lack of energy she had, but also because she knew that freaking out wasn't going to bring him back.
"Is that the mundane's name?" A voice from above asked them. Everyone's heads and bodies snapped towards the source of the voice. They were met by a man standing next to a woman who was dangling Simon by his feet, on top of one of the bridge's ledges. "I'm afraid Simon's coming with us."
Lexie finally regained her energy from the adrenaline and tried to run forward, desperate to reach her friend. Although, Alec held onto her tighter, to ensure that she didn't get any closer than they already were, since he knew her running ahead was no use. "Please! Just let him go!" She cried, in an attempt to try and get them to let Simon go.
"He's not a part of this!" Clary cried out, as well. Also failing at an attempt to reach Simon, due to Jace stopping her.
"And it'll be my pleasure to kill you unless you return him." Jace threatened.
"Careful." Alec warned. "We'd be violating the accords."
Everyone gave Alec a look in annoyance since he always needed to oblige by every rule, even if it wasn't necessarily the right thing to do. "I'm afraid your sidekicks quite Night Children have broken no laws." The man who took Simon told them. "We're negotiating. The mundane, unharmed, in exchange for the Mortal Cup. And the clock is ticking."
Lexie could feel a tear drip down her cheek, "Please!" She begged, still knowing that it was useless.
"Tick-tock people." He taunted them, before vanishing into thin air with Simon, who was shouting out for the twins.
"Simon!" The twins shouted simultaneously, both fearing what might happen to their best friend.
This chapter was shorter than my other 3 and I really wish that I had just combined this chapter and chapter 3, but unfortunately chapter 3 is already up so I can't. I tried rewriting it many times to make it longer, but it always ended up being around this length. So, next chapter will be all of episode 3 of the show, instead of half of each episode per chapter like I've been doing.
Also, most of you have probably noticed that this is going to be a Alec/Lexie story, but I'm really trying to show her journey like it would be if she was on the show so that's not the only relationship that I'll focus on.
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