Chapter 15:

"You can't do anything to them; you're a ghost," Jace pointed out again.

"Jax and Jude will do anything I tell them," Sebastian said.

"I don't believe you. Mom called me shortly before we came home," Clary was disbelieving.

"I can guarantee that I have Jocelyn and Luke locked up," Sebastian affirmed. "Jax why don't you go and make one of our guests scream."

Clary's eyes widened when she heard Sebastian's order. Jax grinned and left. A minute later they heard a horrific scream.

"Stop!" Clary pleaded. "Stop! Let them go!"

"Agree to come with me and I'll let them go," Sebastian offered.

Another scream sounded. "OK, OK, I'll come with you. Just stop hurting them," Clary acquiesced.

Sebastian grinned. "Good choice, Little Sister," Sebastian praised. "Jax!"

Jax reentered the room, grinning evilly.

"Lock them up," Sebastian ordered.

Sebastian started to flicker like holograms sometimes do in movies.

Clary looked at Sebastian in confusion. "What's happening?"

"I'm fading. I'll be back for you. Don't worry," Sebastian reassured. Sebastian completely disappeared.

"All right. Everybody in there," Jax pointed to the spare bedroom. "I can always hurt you or Jocelyn and Luke," he added when they hesitated.

"No, you can't hurt them," Clary protested, worriedly.

"Do what I tell you and they won't be harmed," Jax said.

Clary turned to Jace and the other two clones, a pleading look on her face. "Please," she whispered.

"I won't let them hurt your mother or Luke," Jace promised.

They all started to enter the room. Jax stopped Clary before she could enter.

"No, you'll be staying somewhere else," Jax told her.

Jax nodded to Jude. Jude stepped forward and took her hand. He led her to her room and shut her inside. As soon as she heard Jax and Jude enter the living room, she tried to open the door to her room. It wouldn't open. Clary gave up trying to get it open and settled on searching her room for anything she could use as a weapon. She noticed everything was out of place, as if somebody had gone through her stuff. Which probably explained why she couldn't find any of the weapons she knew were supposed to be there, or her stele. She eventually settled on a metal ruler she found lying on her desk. She settled down, waiting for Sebastian's return.

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"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Jude asked.

"Yes," Jax growled, exasperatedly.

"But we could have had a nice life here," Jude said.

"With who? Them? They don't care about us. Not like Sebastian does," Jax snarled. "Are you questioning your loyalty to him?"

"No," Jude replied, meekly.

The pencil at Jax's waist started to glow and Sebastian reappeared.

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With V & S dead and gone

Shadowhunter lives are peaceful and long.

But that's just boring,

So to add some spice,

Let's bring villains back,

Cause they're rather nice!