Lexie, Clary, Jace, Alec, and Izzy returned back to the Institute that night, needing to come up with a solid plan before they went to get Simon back. "How can Shadowhunters be better than what you people call mundanes?" asked Clary, as the group turned the corner to the hall that led to the main area of the Institute.
"Because we protect humans." Izzy answered, causing the group to stop in the middle of the hallway.
"You're right." Clary said, turning around. "Humans. You protect humans. You left Simon all alone in the van." She told them, still angry because she trusted them to watch him and now he was gone. "Great job guys, you rock."
Lexie leaned up against the wall and sighed, "It's not her fault.." She told Clary, because she knew that it wasn't Izzy's intention to lose their best friend.
"There is some truth to the idea that human beings should have a modicum of common sense." Alec rebutted.
Izzy turned towards her brother, annoyed since she knew he wasn't helping to calm her down. "Alec, not now." She told him sternly.
"Look, they won't do anything to Simon." Jace ensured the twins. "They just want to draw you out. They want the cup and they think you have it."
"Why does everyone think that?" Lexie complained, visibly frustrated from this issue.
Clary scoffed, "Our mom lies to us our whole entire life, but oh, by the way, there's this magic cup i hid on the planet Bongo, but don't tell anyone." She remarked sarcastically.
Lexie gently placed her hand on her sisters forearm, indicating to Clary that she needed to calm down. "So, what now?" Lexie asked calmly, trying to keep her composure because if both twins were freaking out then there'd be no chance in finding Simon.
"We have to report to the Clave." Alec informed her, already making his way over to tell them. The other four followed close behind, although not all of them agreed with his decision. "They have to know what we've learned about Valentine."
"What? That he's my father?" Lexie questioned, even though she knew the answer. "Go ahead, tell them. But that doesn't help Simon." She said in an annoyed tone, starting to get frustrated with Alec.
Alec was taken back by how angry she got and stopped in his tracks so he could face her. He could see the pain in her eyes when she said the word father and regretted bringing it up so soon, but he still felt that he had to report it.
"It's all connected." Jace spoke up, breaking the tension that was between Alec and Lexie. "The vamps want the cup."
Clary raised an eyebrow out of confusion, "Why? It makes new Shadowhunters."
"Nobody wants Valentine forming an army loyal to himself." said Alec.
"Plus it controls demons." Izzy added.
Jace sighed, "They'll propose a trade. Simon for the cup."
Lexie threw her hands up, feeling defeated. "Great. The vampires will trade Simon for the cup and Valentine will trade our mom for the cup. Either way, we're losing somebody that we love." She said.
"What if I just toss it up in the air and let them fight it out among themselves?" asked Clary in a sarcastic tone.
"So this doesn't matter to you?" Alec questioned, not impressed by the comment that she made.
"Yes, of course it matters." Clary shot at him.
Lexie rolled her eyes, annoyed by all the bickering between the group. "Would everyone just stop? Fighting is not going to help us find Simon." She told them, causing them all to go silent due to feeling slightly guilty.
"She's right." Clary admitted, taking a step towards Jace. "Listen when you saved my life I put my trust in you."
As Clary spoke, Lexie kept her eyes on Alec because that's how she felt with him. "Now, we need you guys to put your trust in us." Lexie added, realizing where her sister was going with this. "We can't turn into what you are overnight."
Izzy nodded, "It's true. They were raised as mundanes."
"What are you, their spokesman now?" Alec questioned in sarcasm.
"We don't need a spokesman." Clary informed him, gesturing between her and Lexie. "We need a plan."
"Uh, look at all this stuff, these screens." Clary said as her and Lexie walked ahead of the group into the main part of the Institute, both desperate to find something to help Simon.
Lexie nodded, "There has to be something here that can help us find him." She added, pacing around the room by all the technology. "Right?"
The twins noticed that the other three had gathered around a small table. They both rolled their eyes out of annoyance, because they thought that the others weren't trying hard enough to find Simon. Lexie and Clary decided to join them around the small table. Lexie stood at the end across from Izzy as Clary stood next to Jace.
Clary shook her head, "Where is he anyways? Some kind of crypt in Transylvania?" She asked half sarcastically and half seriously.
"Actually no." Jace answered. "That was Camille's outfit, right?" He questioned, looking to Alec and Izzy for confirmation that he was right. When it seemed to him that they agreed, he turned to the twins, "They're locals."
"They're at the Hotel DuMort, down in Gansevoort Street." Izzy said, contributing her knowledge about the vampires to the group.
Lexie couldn't help but let out a slight laugh, "Hotel of Death, classy." She remarked in sarcasm while also translating it to Clary, since she didn't take French like Lexie did.
"I know right." Izzy said to Lexie, smirking slightly.
Clary rolled her eyes, "Guys." She said cutting them off, irritated by their banter because Simon was still missing.
Lexie felt guilty for laughing while their best friend was still held captive, and immediately went back to being serious. "Right, sorry." She apologized to Clary, before looking around at the others. "So, if we know where Simon is then why are we here and not there?"
"We need a Clave resolution for that." Alec informed her, even though he know that would anger her.
Lexie opened her mouth to counter that, but thankfully for Alec, Izzy had already started speaking. "The five of us can't declare war on the vamps all by ourselves." She told them, backing up her brother.
Alec nodded, "And we can't react without considering our options. Downworlders are slaves to their impulses. We're not." He told them, while also voicing his opinion on Downworlders which he knew Izzy wouldn't like.
"Alec, you can't just jump on all the Downworlders." Izzy said to him with a smirk while she spoke.
"Oh, that's right." Alec agreed with a wide grin. "Seelies have their charms, apparently."
"Right." Jace added, also grinning. They were both clearly teasing Izzy, who just playfully rolled her eyes at them.
Clary raised an eyebrow, "Seelies?"
Jace turned his head towards the twins, noticing that they had no idea what he was talking about. "Like faeries. Fair folk. Add pixies, nixies, elves, anybody half-angel, half-demon. It's pretty much a catch all term."
Izzy can tell you all about them." Alec added at the end, wanting to tease Izzy once again. "She's got a thing."
"We've all got our things, don't we?" Izzy responded, playing along with the boys.
"Okay, I can't listen to this. Simon's been kidnapped by vampires." She said, grabbing Lexie's hand and pulling her along with her.
Lexie didn't hesitate to go with her sister since she was just as determined to find Simon. "Guess we're going to find him by ourselves." She told the others with a shrug, as her and Clary started walking towards the exit.
"Your going to get yourselves killed." Jace called out to them, but had no luck in getting them to stop walking. He then realized the one thing that would make them stop and listen, "Simon, too."
Both girls stopped in their tracks and sighed, before turning around and returning to the group. "The help us." Clary pleaded to Jace, leaning across the table from him.
"While we consider other options, our best friend is suffering." Lexie chimed in. "Now, tell me, is that something Shadowhunters understand or are we just beings mundanes?"
Everyone in the group exchanged looks, nobody outside of the twins knew how to counter what they said. "They're right." Jace finally spoke up, siding with Clary and Lexie. He motioned for everyone to move closer to the table, not wanting anyone outside of the five to hear him since they could get into trouble. "They made the first move. We're gonna take care of this ourselves, right now."
However, Alec still seemed hesitant on going along with it. "This is a bad idea. I-"
"Alec, if you have any other ideas then I'm listening." Lexie shot at him, tired of Alec needing to follow the rules all the time.
That comment from Lexie made Alec speechless, because he didn't have any other ideas. "Look, the vamps broke the Accords. They kidnapped a mundie. That's a big no no." Jace reminded Alec and could see that they were getting through to him. "The Clave will give us a lecture and then be glad we did it."
"Hard to argue with that." Izzy agreed.
"Even if we went ahead, I don't see how we get out of here without explaining where we're going. We need weapons, and we can't let anyone see us get them." Alec told the group.
Everyone couldn't argue with him this time. He was right, they did need weapons and they couldn't just walk up to the wall and grab them. "I know where to get what we need." Jace informed them, which meant that there was no excuse to back out now. The twins grinned, knowing that they were going to get their best friend back.
The five of them drove Simon's van to a churchyard. "Who's grave is it?" Alec asked, as the group stepped outside of the van.
Izzy looked down at her phone, which had all their information. "Mary Milligan, born January 10th, 1802. Died, January 10th, 1878." She read, as they all walked further ahead into the churchyard.
"All right, Alec, let's go." Jace told him.
"Wait, so what are we looking for?" Lexie asked, sharing a confused look with her sister.
Izzy grinned, "Cache of weapons."
"Stashed with Mrs. Milligan." Jace clarified, helping the girls to understand more.
"Why are there Shadowhunter weapons in a churchyard?" Clary asked, still feeling slightly confused.
"Because all of the ancient religions recognized demons." Izzy replied. "Or at least they use to."
"They've forgot about the threat because we've been here to protect them." Alec added. "Typical mundane failure of imagination."
Izzy stopped, "Are you saying we do too good of a job? You just can't let up can you?" She asked, obviously starting to get annoyed by all his side comments about mundanes and demons that he's been making.
Jace turned to face them, "You know what? Alec, why don't you go check out by the angel?" He ordered in the form of a question, even though it obviously wasn't up for debate. Jace let out a sigh, before turning back to face the twins with his arms folded across his chest. "We couldn't gear up at the Institute, but we know our ancestors left a cache around here someplace." He told the girls, replying to their question from earlier. "We'll find it."
"We always use to wonder where they buried our father." Lexie spoke up, looking around at all the tombstones that made her think about that thought. "I mean, I use to stay up at night just crying, wishing that he was still alive. And now..."
Clary put her hand on her sisters shoulder and squeezed it, "Be careful what you wish for." She added, since she use to have the same hopes about their father.
Jace took a step towards the twins, seeing the pain that was in their eyes. "This isn't your fault." He told them, hoping that they would believe him.
However, it didn't seem to be getting through to either of them. "This is all our fault." Clary countered, knowing that Lexie felt the same way.
"Excellent." Izzy spoke, loud enough for the others to hear. "He's home. I'm outta here." She informed the group after catching all of their attention.
"Wait what? Aren't you coming with us?" Lexie asked, kind of surprised that Izzy was just leaving them.
"Oh, I wouldn't miss it for the world." Izzy clarified with her typical grin. "But I gotta figure out how to get into the vampires' lair." She told them, before turning on her heels and walking away.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Jace called out to her, since he knew who she was going to see.
"Jace, over here!" Alec called out to him.
Jace nodded, "Yeah, coming." He turned his focus back to the twins. "Are you two gonna be alright?" He asked them, cautious about leaving them alone for even a second.
"Yeah. Yeah, we'll be fine." Clary answered for both of them, knowing that Jace would listen to her the most. "Just give us a minute, okay?"
"Okay." Jace responded, before walking away to go see Alec.
Lexie quickly turned to face her sister, once Jace left. "Alec hates us. I mean, how do we trust that he's going to help get Simon back?" She asked Clary, even though she knew that Alec would stick by them. Part of her believed that he hated her because of how quickly his opinion on her changed, which made Lexie second guess the relationship that they were building.
"He doesn't hate you." Clary corrected, turning her head slightly so she could see Jace and Alec.
Lexie knew Alec didn't hate her, but she knew that he didn't trust her anymore. "Strongly dislikes then." She countered, remembering back to how Alec spoke about her and Clary when he thought that they were traitors. "Ever since we went to the City of Bones..."
Clary focused her attention back to her sister, who was clearly bothered by the Alec situation. "In the past minute he's spent with Jace, he's looked over to check on you about ten times now." She informed Lexie, and in response got a slightly surprised expression from her. "Back at the City of Bones he was hurt and wasn't thinking straight, but no, he doesn't hate or dislike you, Lex."
The assuring words from Clary made Lexie feel a little better about and the two decided to wander around a little and look for the grave. Alec and Jace were off having their own conversation, but the twins couldn't wait to find the weapons because once the faster they got the weapons, the faster they could go save Simon. After scanning a couple tombs, they finally came across Mary Milligans. "Jace! Alec!" They called out in sync, catching the boy's attention. "I think we found it! Mary Milligan." Clary continued, motioning for the guys to come over.
The guys made their way over their way over to the twins, stopping in front of the tomb stone. "Here she is, Mary Milligan." Lexie announced to them, seconds after they came over. She bent down next to the stone, brushing away the dirt and brushing her hands along the letters. "Beloved servant? Who would want that on their tombstone?"
"Someone who is in service to a cause greater than themselves." Alec bluntly stated, not even glancing over at her.
The four of them stood on different sides of the tomb and brushed the leaves off the top of it. "At least she is now." Jace commented, in reference to what Alec had just said. He looked at the twins with a smirk, "Abracadabra."
Clary seemed fascinated, "Wait you people actually say that?" She asked Jace, thinking that they used that phrase.
"No, Clary, we don't." Jace laughed, not actually thinking that she'd fall for his joke. He pulled out his stele and ran it across the rune on the top of the tomb. Him and Alec were then able to lift up the top, revealing a chest inside. Jace blew the dirt off the top before opening the chest inside, which had weapons inside.
"This doesn't look like Mrs. Mulligan." Lexie commented, reaching froward and grabbing a seraph blade at the same time as Jace and Clary.
Alec still didn't think the girls were capable of handling weapons, "Don't touch that." He ordered them. "You don't know how to use that." Alec continued, taking Lexie's blade and putting it back down into the chest, without any retaliation from her.
Clary hated taking orders and moved towards him, "What, like a Pandemonium when I killed that demon." She shot at him, not willing to back down so easily like Lexie did.
"You didn't kill-"
"Alec." Jace said, stopping him from continuing. "I'll teach her the right way to use it."
Lexie turned to him with her arms folded, not failing to notice how he only mentioned teaching one of them. "Who's going to teach me?" She asked with an annoyed tone.
"Alec, can you?" Jace asked him, partly because it would take to long to teach both of the girls but also because he wanted alone time with Clary.
"Uh..." Alec trailed.
"Please? This is the only way I'll be able to keep myself safe." Lexie begged, looking up to Alec with hopeful eyes.
"There's no bow." Alec blurted, earning confused looks from the others. "I need one. I have to rune some arrows. That's back at the Institute. So, I can't teach, I gotta go."
Jace shook his head, not willing to let him get out of this so easily. "Take her with you, that way they won't think the twins have left. Teach her there, that's probably the best way anyways." He suggested, knowing there was no wiggle room for Alec anymore.
"Fine." Alec gave up, shrugging since at least he was teaching Lexie and not Clary. "But don't get yourself into any trouble, just follow me." Alec ordered Lexie, who simply nodded in response. He started to mover, but stopped and walked back to Jace. "Hey, I understand what we need to do." He told Jace in a lower voice. The twins turned their heads to look at them, intrigued by their conversation. "And, I trust you parabatai, but don't ever doubt me. No matter what I say."
They couldn't make out the rest of the conversation, but figured it was over once they hugged. Without saying a word, Alec took Lexie's hand and pulled her ahead with him as he started to walk away. "You couldn't have at least let me say bye to Clary?" Lexie questioned, pulling her hand away and continuing to walk next to him.
Alec shrugged, "You had enough time." He responded simply.
"It's not like we're in any rush. We can't even get Simon until dawn." Lexie told him, showing that she knew much more about vampires then he knew.
"How'd you know that?" He questioned, raising his eyebrow at her.
Lexie scoffed, "Please, I've seen plenty of vampire movies. Sunlight is like their greatest weakness." She replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Hmm, smart." Alec complimented her with a smirk, receiving one from her in response.
Lexie and Alec crept into the Institute, trying their best not to make any noise. They snuck into the main room and went towards the board which led to the weapons. Alec unlocked it and took out the bow, along with some arrows. He placed them down next to him and then reached forward and grabbed a seraph blade. "You need one too." Alec told Lexie, handing it over to her, after realizing that he unarmed her back into the church yard.
She took it in her hands and admired the blade, never failing to be amazed every time that it glowed when she touched it. "Thanks." Lexie told him.
They made their way over to a table that was out of sight, with their weapons. Alec placed all the arrows down, so he could take out his stele. He then started using it to rune all the arrows. "You should put that down." He suggested to her, referring to the blade that was still blowing in her hand. "People might notice."
"Right." Lexie mumbled, placing it down on the table next to his bow. "Um, Alec, can I ask you something?" She asked, sitting on top of the table that the weapons were on.
Alec nodded, "Yeah, sure."
Lexie pressed her lips together, not sure how to put her question into words. "Well, um, I-" She stuttered, still trying to figure out how to ask him.
He turned his head towards her with a raised eyebrow, "Yes?" Alec said, not understanding what was up with her.
"Why do you hate me and Clary so much?" Lexie question, quickly. Alec looked at her with a confused expression, not completely understanding what she meant by that. "We use to be kind of friends, but ever since we came back from the City of Bones I feel like you don't trust me." She clarified.
"Lex..." He started, actually starting to feel guilty for the way he's been treating her.
"I get why you might not be the biggest fan of Clary." Lexie continued, cutting him off. "But I don't know, I at least thought we were okay."
Alec paused, looking down at his feet, trying to come up with a good response. "You guys came out of nowhere and people have been breaking all the rules ever since you guys got here." He responded, knowing that wasn't what she wanted to hear. Alec looked over at her and didn't fail to notice the hurt expression on her face. "But I do like you and I guess we're sort of friends." He confessed with a slight smile, as he continued to rune arrows.
Lexie smiled back at him and decided that it was best not to say anything else. She was watching her feet as they dangled from the table, but when she looked back up she saw Hodge making their way over to them.
"Alec, Lexie, didn't know you two were here." Hodge said, stopping in front of them with a slight grin. Alec was obviously nervous as he turned around and sat on top of the table too, trying to hide what he was doing.
"Yeah, no, I uh-" Alec stuttered, trying to come up with an excuse as to what they were doing there.
"Don't tell me." Hodge said, walking up closer to them. "I don't wanna have to report you."
Alec slightly grinned, thankful that Hodge wasn't going to bust them. "It's just, you know, the twins-"
"Those girls are Valentine's daughters." Hodge cut him off, while glaring over at Lexie. The rune on his neck started to burn because of him mentioning Valentine. "The monsters daughters." He repeated, adjusting his words. "There must be some reason why the roaches are coming out of the woodwork again."
Lexie hopped off the table with her arms folded, extremely offended by everything Hodge was saying. "You don't even know us." She shot at him, masking the pain behind her voice since she knew this is now what everyone thought of her.
Hodge scoffed, "It's obvious that-"
"That's enough, Hodge." Alec cut him off, not liking the things he was saying about her. "Thank you." He added, referring to what Hodge had done for them about not telling about them runing weapons.
Hodge kept his gaze on Lexie, clearly not trusting her and admittedly displaying his dislike towards her and Clary. He let out a long sigh as he turned his focus back to Alec. "You remind me of me, Alec. A loyal friend standing in the shadow of the chose one." He confessed to Alec, who turned his head. Hodge placed his head on Alec's faced to focus his attention back to him. "Don't make the same mistakes I did." He advised him while glaring over at Lexie once again. "Look where it got me."
Hodge turned and walked away, leaving Alec and Lexie alone in silence. "Why'd you defend me?" Lexie asked once Hodge was out of sight.
"He was out of line." Alec told her, while finishing up on the arrows.
"Yeah, he was." Lexie agreed, still angered by the way Hodge spoke about her. "You're not in Jace's shadow." She added, noticing that what Hodge had told him was bothering him. "At least not to me."
Alec cocked his head over to look at her and gave her a slight smile from him. "We should start your training." He suddenly said, turning his head away and picking up her seraph blade.
Lexie nodded, "Let's do this." She said with a smirk, walking over to Alec and taking the blade out of his hand.
"Careful." He spoke, not wanting her to catch anybodies attention by messing around with the blade. Alec came up from behind her and placed his hand over her hand that was on the blade. "You've got to take control of the blade, let it know who's in charge." He instructed her as he swiftly glided it across the air. He tightened her grip on the blade, making it glow completely. "You and the blade are one, it's a part of you and you're a part of it. It'll never dim because it's saying you belong together."
Lexie was amazed at how easily it glided through the air and how simple it felt to her. "How would it know that?" She asked, keeping her eyes focused on the blade as Alec guided it through the air.
"You're part angel, Lexie. All Shadowhunters are." Alec told her, smirking at the shocked look on her face. He backed away slowly, wanting her to glide it through the air on her own.
She continued to move the blade in a swift motion, "I know you let go, Alec." Lexie confessed to him with a grin, as she stopped and turned to face him with their faces only inches apart.
Alec smiled, "Maybe you are one of us." He told her in a low voice, keeping his eyes locked on hers. They stood in silence for a moment before Alec realized that it was getting close to dawn. "We should go." He said, turning around and putting his bow and arrows behind his back. Lexie nodded and the two made their way back out of the Institute undetected.
Alec was leading him and Lexie through an ally that led up to a flight of stairs going up and down. "You and Jace are pretty close." Lexie commented to make conversation, as the two of stopped in front of both flights of stairs.
"Nothing compares to what Jace and I have." Alec told her.
"Sounds romantic." Lexie joked, without realizing how annoyed he would get from that comment.
Alec turned to face her, "He's my parabatai." He informed her, as if he was explaining himself. "We're bound for life. Bound to fight together, to protect each other. I would die for him and he would die for me." He explained.
Lexie pressed her lips together and nodded, "I get it. That's like me, Clary, and Simon." She told him, understanding what he meant.
"You go up and meet Jace and Clary." Alec instructed her, gesturing towards the flight of stairs that went up to the roof.
Lexie looked at him with a confused expression, "You're going to leave me alone with vampires around?" She questioned, not actually believing that they were about to part ways.
However, the look on Alec's face showed that he was being serious about them splitting up. "I have to go meet Izzy. Jace told me to send you up with him." He explained to her with a shrug, but sympathized when he noticed the concerned look on her face. "Look..." He started, moving forwards to her and cupping her face in his hands. "You'll be fine, trust me. You trust me, right?"
Lexie slightly nodded in his hands, while keeping their eyes locked. "I trust you." She told him softly.
"They're just up there." Alec said, removing his hands from her cheeks and motioning back up to the roof. Lexie nodded and headed up the stairs, reluctantly spitting up from him.
Lexie reached the top of the roof and saw Jace and Clary having an intimate conversation from the looks of it. "Guys!" She called out to them, jogging up to meet them. She stopped next to Clary and side hugged her, "We ready?" She asked them.
"Suns not up yet." Jace reminded her, while grabbing a hold of her arm.
"Hey, what the-" Lexie started, but noticed the stele in his hand and realized that he was about to draw another rune on her. She winced at the pain from the rune being drawn on her forearm. "What's this one for?" She asked him, looking down at her arm as he glided the stele over it.
"Silence." Jace told her, just as he finished up drawing it.
"Don't forget the encanto one." Clary reminded him, looking down at the one that he had drawn on her chest a couple of minutes ago.
Jace nodded, "Right, where do you want it?" He asked Lexie.
Lexie shrugged, "Same place." She told him, not caring where he drew the rune since she figured she'd get a lot more.
"Now, like I was saying." Jace started, as he finished up the other rune on Lexie. He continued walking along the roof, with the twins following next to him. "What's the deal with you two and that guy anyways?" He asked them, obviously trying to swap the subject from whatever him and Clary were talking about before Lexie got there. "He seems kinda-"
"Be careful." Clary warned him.
"Unworthy of you? How's that?" Jace said.
Both twins were clearly offended by that statement. Lexie decided to step back though and just listen, since she knew his comments were directed at Clary. "You really think you have it all figured out?" Clary questioned.
Jace scrunched his face up, "I do." He replied simply with a smirk.
"You don't even understand friendship." Clary accused him, obviously annoyed by the way he spoke about Simon.
"Really?" Jace questioned, slightly amused by her accusation.
"Alec's your parabatai, right?" Lexie spoke up, even though she already knew the answer to this after speaking with Alec.
Jace stepped towards her, his face straightening up. "Alec would die for me." He told her, which is exactly what Alec had told her earlier as well.
"Now you understand us and Simon." Clary chimed in, shutting Jace up.
Jace scanned around, dropping the topic since the twins were right. "Sun's gonna come up." He pointed out, focusing his attention back to the twins. "Alec taught you how to use the blade, right?" He asked her. "Keep your arms steady and don't underestimate what you know." Jace explained to them after receiving a nod from Lexie. "They can be tricky. We'll try and keep them off you as much as we can."
"Where are Alec and Isabelle?" Clary asked.
"Distracting." Lexie responded as the three continue their way along the roof.
Jace led the twins through a hall inside. "Wait." Clary said, reaching out and grabbing Jace's arm to stop him from moving. "I think I hear something."
"Hold up." Jace ordered them, pulling out his seraph blade. He lightly pushed them behind a pillar and the three hid behind it. They three of the peered out the side and watched as a bunch of vampires sped towards a certain direction.
They carefully moved on once the coast was clear, and made their way down a shot flight of stairs. They paused at another opening and watched as more vampires sped towards the same direction as the others did. They hid behind another wall until there were no more in sight and quickly made their way past them.
The three of them stealthy made their way through the hotel until they reached one of the higher levels. They quickly turned a corner and saw a guy standing at the other end of the room with an angered expression. "Clary!" Jace shouted, pushing her behind him along with Lexie.
"You!" The man pointed towards Clary and Lexie was confused by how they knew him. Suddenly, more vampires came out and took down Lexie and Jace. The man grabbed onto Clary, "Just ran 30 blocks to get here before I freaking burned to death in the sun! You missed your ride, angel doll." He spoke to her in an angry tone. Lexie and Jace struggled in the grip of the other vampires, both desperately trying to reach Clary. "Why'd you go with him, huh? You really know how to hurt a guy."
The man twirled his fingers in front of Clary's face, attempting to use encanto on her. Suddenly, Clary swung her leg up and kicked him in the balls. "You're right. I really do know how to hurt a guy." She said with a grin as he fell to his knees.
Lexie noticed the man getting up as she was pinned to the ground by another vampire. "Clary!" She shouted to warn her sister, but was too late.
"Guys!" She shouted back, as she was pushed up against the far wall.
Adrenaline was pulsing through Lexie's body as she reached down and grabbed the blade from her belt and jabbed it into the vampire on top of her. She quickly got up before the other three vampires occupied with Jace noticed. "Clary!" She shouted. Lexie ran towards her sister just as the vampire pushed Clary down to the ground. She stood in front of her sister, not allowing the vampire the reach Clary.
Lexie swung at the vampire, but missed. The vampire then grabbed onto Lexie's wrist tightly, forcing her to drop the seraph blade. He then threw her across the room into the wall by Jace. Lexie fell onto the ground and another vampire lunged towards her to keep her down. She watched as he grabbed onto her sister again, just as Alec and Izzy made their way into the room. "Okay." Alec said with a shrug, before shooting the arrow towards the wall, causing sunlight to come in and burn the vampire that was holding Clary.
Lexie, Clary, and Jace took this opportunity to take down the other three vampires that were left. After they each killed one they turned to face the other two that had just entered. Lexie slowly walked ahead so she could see Alec, their eyes met and she smiled slightly, showing her appreciation for him saving Clary.
"We just killed someone." Clary breathed out to Lexie, adverting her attention back to Clary.
Lexie nodded slightly, letting those words sink in. "Yeah, we did." She mumbled, agreeing with her sister.
"He was already dead." Jace clarified, tilting his head.
"Plus they wanted to kill you, remember that." Izzy reminded them, walking up to them and stopping next to Jace. "She did great, right?" She asked him with a wide grin on her face.
"Yeah, you guys did." Jace said, agreeing with Isabelle. "You should be proud." He added, keeping his eyes locked on Clary's as he said it.
Clary and Lexie smiled at them, appreciating their kind words. "Thanks, but it's not about us." Clary spoke up for the both of them.
Lexie nodded, knowing that her sister was right. "Let's go find Simon." She announced to the others as her and Clary turned around, determined to find their best friend. The other three nodded and followed close behind the twins as they led the way through the hotel.
The five of them walked side by side through the hotel, all gripping onto their weapons. They turned the corner into the most secure room in the building and were met by a vampire holding a knife up to Simon's throat. "Simon!" The twins yelled simultaneously.
They both started to rush forward to reach him but were stopped by Jace. "That's not gonna do any good." Jace told them, causing the twins to stop in their tracks.
"Listen to him, Lexie and Clary Fairchild." The vampire advised them. "Put it away. I've had more than enough of your friend for one day. I'd love to cut his throat. Don't give me a reason." He warned them. Jace wanted nothing more than to go fight the vampire, and he knew that. "I said put it away!" He yelled at them, referring to the weapons they were all still gripping tightly.
They all listened and put their weapons away, not willing to risk Simon's life. Lexie let out a long sigh, feeling helpless as she kept her eyes on her best friend, worried for his life. "Hey, Si? Did they hurt you? Are you okay?" She asked.
Simon managed to shrug in the little amount of wiggle room her had. "I wouldn't say okay." He responded in a sarcastic tone.
"Stop talking!" The vampire yelled, cutting him off. "Now, if you would all just follow me." He ordered them as he started to back up with Simon, leading them towards an exit on the other side of the room. They all hesitated, worried that they were being lead into a trap. "Let's go!" He yelled once again. Alec grabbed Lexie's hand and pulled her along as the five of them cautiously followed behind the vampire.
"Come on! Let's go, up here!" The vampire continued to order, feeling very impatient with their group. He stood by and gestured towards a narrow hall, "That's right, get down there. Get down there or I'll kill him right now." He shouted at them.
Alec was pulling Lexie along, who was still trying to go back and reach Simon. Behind them were Jace and Clary, followed by the vampire holding Simon. "Look, we're not going to hurt you, we just want Simon." Clary told him, making an attempt to reason with him.
"I'm glad you do. We don't. We wanted you two." Raphael responded, referring to her and Lexie.
Lexie pushed her way towards him slightly, "We're right here! Come and get us!" She shouted at him, while still being pushed forward by Alec.
Clary made an attempt to lunge forward at him as well, but was pushed ahead by Jace. "Stop!" He yelled at the twins, knowing that their retaliation wasn't helping.
"I said wanted." Raphael clarified to them. "Not my idea. Now, get out! Go!" He ordered them, as the five were huddled on short steps that led up to a door.
Both of the twins shook their heads. "No. Not without Simon." Clary said, refusing to leave without him.
"Shut up! Open that door now or I'll kill him right here." Raphael threatened, wanting to get rid of them as fast as he could.
"Listen to him!" Jace shouted as Alec started to open up the door.
Lexie desperately tried to fight against Alec's hold and stand her ground. "But Simon-" She started, but stopped when she noticed the vampire starting to burn from the sunlight coming from the other side of the door.
"Lexie, Clary, Go!" Simon shouted at them, wanting them to get out safely. The girls hesitantly ran outside, even though they didn't want to leave Simon in there.
Alec, Izzy, Lexie, and Clary ran outside as Jace stayed in to get Simon. Within seconds Simon was pushed out through the door with Jace following behind him. Lexie was standing next to Izzy by the steps, exhausted from all the chaos that had just gone on inside. "Shouldn't we get the hell out of here?" Simon asked, still worried that the vampires were going to come get them.
"Why, Simon?" Jace asked him.
"They're right downstairs." Simon reminded him, not cluing into the fact that vampires can't go out in sunlight.
Jace shrugged and motioned towards the door. "Let them come after us. They'll just turn into a bunch of fried eggs out here. I thought you said you watched movies?" Jace said, before walking up the stairs with Alec and Izzy.
Lexie quickly ran forward and hugged Simon, finally realizing that he was actually safe. "I was so scared of losing you." She whispered in his ear as she pulled away, making room for Clary to embrace him as well.
Clary hurried ahead, stopping in front of Simon. "It's actually over. You're actually here." She breathed out, holding onto him.
"You know I'd do anything for you guys." Simon said, placing his hand underneath Clary's chin.
Lexie turned her head away for a moment, trying her hardest not to be jealous in this moment. "You don't have to die." She told Simon, holding onto his other hand that was't on Clary.
Simon shrugged, "I'd rather not do that."
Immediately after his comment, they both pulled him into another tight hug. "I couldn't live without you." Clary told him.
"Say that again." He said, pulling back so he could face her and Lexie.
"I couldn't live without you." Clary repeated, smiling brightly.
"We couldn't." Lexie added in. "I mean out whole life just flipped upside down. We've lost everyone except for you."
Clary nodded, not diverting her attention from him. "We're suppose to be this other thing, live this other way. You're our best friend." She reminded him, with tears in her eyes. Suddenly, she leaned forward and kissed Simon on the cheek. "Don't you ever let yourself get in that kind of trouble again. Got it?"
Lexie shuffled uncomfortably and moved back slightly. Simon kissed Clary's cheek before pulling Lexie back into another group hug, after noticing that she was a little distant. Lexie held onto him and Clary tightly, willing to put her feeling aside and just be happy that they're all together again.
"Alec, stop!" Jace yelled, catching the three's attention. They all looked up at him and Alec who were eyeing each other down. They continued on their conversation for another few moments, before Alec turned to leave.
Alec turned his head slightly as he walked away and met Lexie's eyes, and immediately knew that he shouldn't have continued the accusation. By the look on her face he knew that she knew what they were talking about. He continued on and sighed, knowing he made a mistake. Alec did trust Lexie, no matter who her father was. And deep down he felt something for her too which is ultimately what ended up frightening him the most.