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I walked down the stairs, listening for the slightest of sounds echoing around the institute. No noise though. I backtracked to the library and pushed the door open, expecting to see mum in the spinny chair behind the desk. When it turned around though I was in for a surprise.

"Max?" I choked out, my heart pounding.

"Izzy, I'm surprised you remember me."

"What why; you're my brother, Max I could never forget you."

"You cant forget me." He seemed to think over the statement.

I swallowed hard, "Of course not, Max I love you."

He was quiet a moment and looked down. Suddenly he turned his brown eyes up and looked into mine, anger flaring in them. "Why didn't you save me Izzy?"

"Max, I could; if I had a; Max please, listen."

"You were busy of saving Jace and everyone weren't you. Of course, even though I'm your true brother you always put Jace above me, never paid me any attention. Why should you have saved me?"

I broke down sobbing by the doorway, a crumpled heap on the floor. "Max, I would never, if I had had the chance I would have-"

"But you did Izzy. You just didn't take it."

"No Max, please I love you, you're my brother do-don't know please."

"Izzy I trusted you, at one point I looked up to you. I guess that means nothing to you though, you didn't even try to save me."

"No Max, why are you..?" I cried harder into my hands, my head resting in them."Max, Im so sorry, I love you so much, I so so sorry, I cant even say how; Max I am so sorry."

"You don't mean that. You never really meant anything you said o me did you? Always lying so you could go hunting with Jace and Alec, and we cant forget Clary."

I let the memories wash over me; threaten to consume me and I tried my hardest to calm down.

"Max please just-"

"I hope you have a good life Izzy. At least do something with it considering I couldn't do anything with mine."

"Max, please IM so sorry, please just-" But he had already gone, disappearing down the institute walls not even acknowledging me as he brushed roughly past.

I sat there for a long time, just crying, trying to come to terms with the fact that what he said was true; every word of it. I didn't save him, never paid him enough attention and now he was dead. All my fault. All mine.

I sat up with a strangled sob, back in the fear room. When I realized that it was in my head I cried even harder, leaning back against the chair with a sob. Finally I realized that I wasn't alone; that Tobias was standing there.

"Oh, uh, sorry I'll just…"

"No, Izzy its fine."

"What was my time?"

Tobias sighed, "20 minutes, 38 seconds."

I grimaced, that was a bad time. I nodded and gracefully stood up and swept out of the room, trying my hardest not to break down on my way back to the dorm. Hesitantly I pushed the door open and walked in to see Annabeth sitting down reading, Gale staring at the wall and Jace trying hard not to break down. I beelined for Jace and pulled him into a hug.

"Izzy, its ok, it wasn't real."

"He said- he said, it was my fault-that he died- I don't, I what, He was-"

"Izzy calm down, come on, just relax."

"Jace, but what if- he if he-"

"Iz, come on, sit down." He sat down carefully and pulled me gently into his lap, where I curled into his side and buried my face in his shirt, letting all my tears out.

"Jace, its true though, he, he said he-"

"Iz, shh. Its ok, who said what? What did he say?"

"M-maa-max." I coughed out, "said it was, m-my fa-fault."

"Izzy, don't listen, that is not true, ok? Come on, that's your worst fear Iz. Your worst fear, doesn't mean its true. Or happened."

I looked up at him through my tears, "Jace, what did you see? That advice wasn't just for me..I can tell."

Jace looked away, tears welling in his eyes. "I um," he cleared his throat,"I was on Sebastian's side. On his team, and I um, I," his voice cracked, "I killed you all Izzy. You, Alec, Maryse, hell I think I even killed the day-lighter."

"And Clary?" I said softly.

"I was about to, to kill her. TO win the war. I watched the war rage on; innocent shadow hunters fall and I laughed and felt proud with Sebastian. I laughed." He put his head down and let a few tears escape.

"Did you?"

"What?"

"Kill her?"

"No, I uh. I killed myself."

"Jace, come here." I sat up and put my arms around him, pulling him into a hug. "Jace its ok, you faced your fear, you did that. That person in there isn't you. That was your worst fear, and you faced it."

"Iz,"

"Shhh, lets not talk about it."

He nodded and we just sat there, holding each other, being strong for each other.

"Well isn't this cute?"

I pulled away and turned to find Stanley standing there smirking, but the smirk not quite reaching his eyes. He was only taunting us half heartedly.

"Stanley just shut up. We both know that you saw crap you didn't want to so just lay off for once in your damn life."

He rolled his eyes. "Must be someones time of the month," he muttered before flopping down on his bed.

I glowered at him, jumping up to go smash his face in, but found myself being restricted by Jace.

"Izzy, calm down, okay hes not worth it, just chill."

I tried my best to escape but he held me back, his efforts getting weaker and weaker as he got more and more pissed at Stanley who was laughing on his bed. But before, I could fully shake Jace off, Annabeth beat me too it. She jumped off her bed and sat down on Stanley's back, pulling his arm around and pinning it to his back, as well as holding a blade at his throat.

"Stanley, shut the hades up just because your intent on pretending it didn't effect you, doesn't mean everyone is. Leave Izzy and Jace alone and stop being a dickhead."

Stanley was stunned, before a smirk grew on his face.

"Annabeth, if you wanted to get on a bed with me you should have just asked."

Annabeth smacked him across the head and maneuvered him so he fell onto the floor with a thump.

"Stanley, I swear shut up and leave them alone or so help me."

She sent a wink towards us and flounced out of the room with a swish of her hair. Jace slowly sat up, pulling me with him.

"Where are we going?"

"To see Alec and Clary." He smiled and me and put his arm around my shoulders, tucking me into his side. It was good to see the soft side of him again. So often he hide behind the cocky asshole exterior, we hardly ever saw the vulnerable side of him. It was refreshing.

Maren POV

4 poked his head out the door and looked around, his eyes narrowing on me. "Maren," I glared at him, "you're up."

I stood up and confidently walked to the door, not looking to the sides and taking a seat on the metal chair in the small room.

"So, Im going to inject-"

"yeah whatever. Just get it over with." Tobias looked slightly taken aback.

"Ok. TO escape you have to calm down and get your heart rate under control, or face your fear."

I nod and close my eyes, feeling the pinch in my neck

Katarina looks at me from her chains.

"6."

"Kat-katarina?" I manage to choke out.

"6, focus!" she snapped.

"What?"

"Don't go all teary eyed on me, you have to win our war!"

"Yes I know but-"

"No buts. 6 I died for you, you better not make that sacrifice in vain."

"No! I never wanted you to die for me. Never. I appreciate but never asked for it."

"Well that didn't change what happened 6."

"That's not fair, I didn't choose this life style, I didn't choose for you to die for me. I never would choose someone's life over me. Never. Look at John, 9 all of them, their Cepan's are-" I cut off mid sentence. Katarina wasn't really blaming her. None of this was real. I tentatively reached out and hugged Katarina.

"This isn't real. It's a fear landscape in some strange war we're fighting. This isn't real."

"6. Win this war. For real, do it to avenge us Cepan's deaths. We don't regret it, not one bit of it. You garde, your all the world has right now, and you need to win. For us."

I nodded, tears pouring out of my eyes, and I knew what I had to do. I picked up a blood-encrusted knife on the table, gave Katarina one last look and drove the blade through my heart.

"That was quite strange," 4 commented as he looked at me sitting in the chair.

"What?" I retorted back indignantly.

"I have never seen advice given through these things."

"Well we're aliens, never seen them before either have you?" I huffed and stood up, flouncing out of the room and into the dorm rooms.

Percy POV

"Percy. Last but not least." I gulped, the angst had built as I had watched initiative after initiative cross those doors. I wiped my sweaty palms on my pants and slowly walked into the room, where the door was bolted behind me.

"Sit down. Im going to inject you with a serum that will stimulate your worst fear. You have to control your breathing or face your fear." With a nod of my head, 4 crossed the room and inserted the needle into my neck.

My breathing quickened and the last thing I remembered was a harsh light above me before it went back. Around me materialised a landscape that I knew all too well. It had stayed in my dreams since that terrible time, and no matter what the memories hadn't shaken off. Tartarus.

Annabeth POV

I checked my watch anxiously, it had been 40 minutes since Maren had returned, and Percy had yet to come back. My head whipped around to the door, hoping that my seaweed brain would waltz through, smile on his face and ready to eat food. But he didn't. Still hadn't.

I paced back and forth along my bed, struggling to remain clam. In my head, I knew exactly what Percy was fighting, and I knew I needed to be there for him.

"Annabeth, are you ok?" Maren asked me curiously.

"Um yeah, not really. Percy should be back by now."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Do you want to go check on him?"

Slowly, I nodded and pulled my hair back into its ponytail before following Maren back into the fear room, where I found Percy, eyes closed, face screwed up in what I assumed was pain pinning Tobias against the wall with riptide across his neck.

A/N Sorry for the cliffhanger guys, and for the long wait. I suck. I am really sorry, I just lost motivation and started other stories which I put a higher prioritisation on. I am back,but am unsure of when ill next update. Please review; it will encourage me to update and write more. And follow/fav of course. Also, if you like Mortal Instruments you should check out my other stories: When the past returns and Releasing Havoc, I'm pretty proud of them. They're both mortal instruments. Thanks for reading and feel free to give me suggestions and stuff! Xx

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