CHAPTER 8

***CLARY***

Clary quickly put on cloths, but when Melorin started to walk out, she stopped him, "You should probably stay here for a little while, untill I get things settled out"

Melorin nodded and sat on the bed, holding his sword that he had dropped earlier. Clary took a deep breath and walked into the living room.

Jace and the others were obviously talking about her, "How do we know that he didn't brainwash her or something?", Jace said, "Or Sebastian could have made her drink from the Infernal Cup"

Clary leaned on the doorway and crossed her arms over her baby bump, wanting to see how long it took untill they noticed her.

"Or she could genuinely love Melorin", Alec suggested. Jace snorted,

"Right. There's no way. Clary loves me, no one else. She might have tricked herself into beleiving that she loves the THING inside her, though"

"For God's sake, Jace!", Izzy exlaimed, "It's a baby, not a demon!"

"It's half Fey!"

"So is Helen Blackthorn!"

"Your DEFENDING the monster that raped Clary?", Jace demanded, "I know you used to sleep with him, but really?"

Clary cleared her throat and everyone's heads whipped towards her. Jocelyn immediantly raced forward and engulfed her in hug. Clary clung to her as her mother cried, "I'm so sorry this happened to you", she sobbed.

"Mom, I'm fine, really. It's not like he didn't feed me or beat me or something, I swear"

When Jocelyn finnaly let go of her, Isabelle almost tackled her and Alec hugged them both. Lastly, Jace held her close. After a few minutes, he pulled back and looked her straight in the eye, "Clary"

"Yes?", she asked with an undertone of nervousness.

"Why did you save the bastard?", he was talking quietly and slowly, as if he was speaking to a small animal.

"Because I'm not going to see the father of my child be murdered in front of me"

Jace's eyes hardened and he let go of her to pace a few minutes. Clary looked at Izzy, "How did you guys find me?"

"It wasn't easy. This place is covered in wards, and what with the war going on, it was getting harder and harder for us to get the Clave to agree to send search parties for you. Finnaly, Magnus was able to track you and we portaled here", she pointed to the far wall, wich an unstable looking portal was. Clary must have been too caught up in seeing everyone again to notice it earlier.

"It looks unstable"

"It will close in about five minutes, so we need to hurry"

Jace stopped pacing and said, "Alec, Izzy, Jocelyn, come here", they got into a sort of huddle, and Clary strained her ears to hear, but they werealking to quietly for her to hear. They broke apart, Alec looking unsure, while Jace approched her, "Clary, come on. Let's go home, the portal is only open for a few more minutes"

Surpriseing everyone, inculing herself, she said, "No. I'm staying here, with Melorin"

"What? Why?", Jace exlaimed, "She's brainwashed, I know it", he said to everyone else.

"A) I'm right here and B) no I'm not!", Clary said.

Jace cautiosly advanced on her, "We're gonna take you home Clary. Come on, come to me"

Clary was shaking her head and backed up untill her back hit the wall, "No! I'm staying here!"

Jace lunged forward and caught her in his arms, despite her struggling. Clary sucked in a big breath and screamed at the top of her lungs as Jace dragged her to the increasingly unstable portal, "What are you doing!?", he hissed.

Melorin apeared at the top of the stairs and took off down them, "NO! Bring them back here!"

Jocelyn and Isabelle jumped throught the portal and Alec and Jace dragged Clary closer, "NO! NO! NO! LET ME GO!", she screamed at them. Meliorn was getting closer and lunged, just as Alec and Jace jumped in the portal, taking Clary with them.

They landed in the halls of the Institute, Jace cusioning her fall so Clary didn't get hurt. She immediantly jumped up and took off for the elevator, just at the end of the hall. The doors opened and Jocelyn and Isabelle stepped out, catching her just before she got inside. Clary thrashed, desperate to get back to Melorin, back to where she could be sure her baby would be safe.

"Clary, calm down! Calm down! It's alright, your safe now", Jocelyn cooed, trying to get Clary to clam down. Clary slumped to the floor and cried, darkness soon taking over her.

***TIME SKIP***

When Clary woke up, she noticed something on her wrists. Looking down, she saw shackles on her wrists, attached to the bed under her. Looking around, she saw she was in the infirmary. Remembering everything that had happened, a few tears made there way down her face as she expiramently pulled at her binds. She would be able to sit up, much not much else.

Just then, the door opened and Jace came in, a relieved smile spreading across his face. Clary glared at him hatefully and his smile faltered, but he strode up to her hugging her. Clary pushed him off, "Get away form me!"

"Clary? Does he still have his hold on you? Don't worry, Clary, we'll get you back to normal soon"

"What's that supposed to mean?", she asked, placing a hand on her baby bump protectevly. Jace made a face,

"We'll start with getting rid off the thing inside you"