Chapter 2: Almost out

Chapter summary:

Clary beats Jace in hand-to-hand combat by breaking his collarbone, but will Jace forgive her?

Clary and Jonathan go demon hunting and split up and Clary has a little trouble with a couple demons. They almost let out her secret of not being Sephina Fairchild. What will the reactions of, Alec, Isabelle, and Jace be?

Jonathan_

I watched as Maryse slowly whipped the smeared blood off of Clarissa's pale neck. I saw Clarissa flinch and I grabbed her hand. She squeezed my hand and I could tell she was in a lot of pain, but she could do it. Clarissa is an excellent shadowhunter. I've trained her non-stop from that moment when she was 7; this gash in her neck may be bad, but she can get over it. Ms. Lightwood pulled out a giant bandage out from where she had been holding it under her arm. Ms. Lightwood gently laid the bandage on Clarissa's neck. " May I ask what happened?" Ms. Lightwood asked Clarissa and I ask Clarissa turned around. Neither Clarissa, or I knew how to answer, because Lady Midday demons are only on the outskirts of Idris. They could go nowhere near Alicante because of the demon towers, but many shadowhunters would go to the outskirts of Idris to go demon hunting.

Clarissa looked at me with concern and what we were going to say. Alec, Isabelle, and Jace walked up next to Ms. Lightwood standing to defend her. "Well…" Alec stormed impatiently. I looked back to Clarissa. I didn't know what to say, for the first time. I always new what to say, but I couldn't think of anything to explain that. "We wer-e, training in the training room and Clarissa ran into one of the seraph blades on the wall," I answered quickly, hopping they wouldn't protest, but of course Alec spoke up. "I don't by it. I bet if we went into the training room there wouldn't even be a seraph blade with blood on it anywhere."

"Your right, because I cleaned it already." I smirked at Alec. Alec crossed his arms sternly across his chest. "I don't trust you, or, your friend here Velarc. Right when you two walked into this institute, I knew something was up…and I will figure out what it is." He narrowed his eyes at Clarissa. I laughed a little and so did Clarissa. I wrapped my arm around Clarissa's shoulder and smirked at Alec. I could see that Alec had enough with us already, but I couldn't care less. Isabelle, she just didn't have anything to say, and Jace, as usual looked as if he was going to make a sarcastic remark, but didn't.

"Snoop if you want Alec, but you'll never find anything." I spun Clarissa around to face the opposite direction of the Lightwoods and walked us back into the training room. I closed the doors behind us. I knew someone was following us and I had a pretty good idea who it was, Alec. I sat Clarissa down on the plush mat and she stared at me with disbelieve. "Is that really him?" she asked looking up to me with her beautiful, shiny, emerald eyes, but it wasn't the same with her wearing all that makeup and the dark brown colored hair. I sat across from her and nodded. "Believe it or not, yes. He doesn't remember because he was at a young age, but after we get the…yeah, you know, then we could probably just tell him," I replied with an evil smirk on my face.

She smiled back and nodded to me saying she approves of my decision. I stood up from the mat and offered Clarissa my hand. She took it and I pulled her up easily. Someone barged through the giant french doors to the training room; both Clarissa and I turned our heads towards who it had been. Obviously it was Alec, but he brought Jace with him. "What do you want now?!" I lashed out at both Jace and Alec. "We want to know why you're here…" Alec responded.

"Pssh, you wanna know why were here?" I folded my arms across my chest. "That's it?!"

"Alec knows there's something up with both of you, and he's never wrong," Jace interrupted Alec before he could respond. "I suggest you spill. We'll end up finding out anyway."

"That's only because we're gonna tell you, but I didn't think you'd be able to stand the truth. So I told Sephina here and not you. That's why she had that shocked expression on her face when she looked at you," I smiled to Jace unkindly as he drew out a dagger. I leaned into Clarissa whispering in her ear," Don't worry. We aren't telling him yet. It may seem they want a battle though."

She nodded her head with a smirk looking at the mat underneath us. I pulled away and through my hands up to Jace in surrender. "Just put the daggers down. There's no need to get violent," I stated calmly. "No," Alec interrupted. "How about. hand-to-hand combat. I'll take you and Jace can take Sephina. If we win, you have to tell us what's going on." I smirked at that, Clarissa and I are the best shadowhunters our age; yes, they could be good, but not good enough.

"I don't think you want to do that," I answered Alec with a flash of darkness over my eyes.

"I think we do. Sephina doesn't seem to be much of a fighter though, does she?"

I crossed my arms tightly once again against my chest. "Don't underestimate her."

"Whatever, I can take a girl any day," Jace stammered scowling at Clarissa.

"Alright, bring it on, Jace." I could tell by Jace's face he was shocked that Clarissa had been that confident in doing hand-to-hand combat with him. Jace put his daggers away and walked towards Clarissa. Alec walked towards me and we decided that Alec and I should go first.

Alec got into his version of a fighting position. It was obvious that he wasn't taught a proper fighting position. I got into mine and he looked at me like I was crazy. He charged first, but I dunk. I kicked his stomach as he still flew through the air and he hit the wall. I picked him up by his shirt collar and through Alec down in the mat. I heard his breathe knock out of him, but it came back into him quickly. He was panting heavy then I moved to Clarissa's side as Alec still laid there. He finally made his way up, "Take her down Jace," he said painfully to Jace.

Clary_

"This is gonna be easy," I mumbled under my breathe as Jace and I made our way to the mat. I saw him look at me harshly, he must of heard me. "I doubt that. I am a better shadowhunter. It's very obvious," Jace replied roughly.

Jace took his position. 'Wow, that's not a fighting position,' I thought with a smirk. "What?!" he demanded.

"Nothing," I answered calmly gathering myself into my position. "You might as well give up Sephina."

Jace lunged at me and I kneed his stomach. He staggered back and I flung myself at him I punched his face and climbed off him to let him stand up. I took a couple steps back and did a back flip kicking his collarbone. He fell to the mat with a yell and held his collarbone like I broke it. Alec ran over to him yelling," What did you do?!"

"Combat," I simply answered with a shrug walking back to Jonathan giving him a high-five. We both thought it was hysterical. "I guess you couldn't take me down. Huh, Jace?" I mocked him me and Jonathan chuckling lowly.

Jonathan and I walked to his bedroom and heard Jace slam his door on the other side of Jonathan's room. We could hear Jace throwing stuff around and grunting here and there. "I'll be right back," I said to Jonathan walking out of his room. I knocked on Jace's door loudly and responded with a loud, angry, "WHAT!?" Jace jerked his door open. "Can you keep it down please," I responded putting my hands at my hips. "Why?! You broke my collarbone!"

"Just because I beat you in hand-to-hand combat doesn't mean you need to be an ass!" I scowled at him and he calmed down a little bit. "How'd you even know it was me?"

"Because Alec told me and Sebastian that this was your room and you can sometimes get in a mood. I'm diagonal to the left of you across the hall and Sebastian's directly on your left. So, please quiet down." I walked back into Jonathan's room and I could feel Jace watch me walk away. "What'd you do?" Jonathan questioned me. "Oh, I just asked Jace to quiet down, which I guess he did." I smiled that he actually listened. I didn't expect him too.

"Good. Well, wanna go demon hunting. The sun just went down so they're just now coming out." I nodded to Jonathan. Jonathan tossed me a plain black tee and a pair of leather pants and for him the same. I went to his bathroom and quickly changed. I got out of the bathroom and he still didn't have his shirt on, but I was used to seeing him shirtless. Jonathan turned his back to me and I saw the whip marks on his back, the same as mine. Valentine had always whipped us when we did something he didn't like.

Jonathan turned around to face me. "Clarissa.." he said. "Sorry, I was just remembering."

Jonathan wrapped his muscular arm around my shoulder, "About what?"

"I saw the whip marks on your back and, just memories came flooding back."

"Yeah, but it's what made us such great shadowhunters."

I nodded and we snuck out of his room into the weapons room hoping nobody was in there at the moment. Luckily no one was. We both grabbed two seraph blades and we had our own steles. We grabbed weapon belts and thankfully the names of the seraph blades were carved into the them. We slid them in and silently slipped out of the weapons room down to the main room.

Jonathan and I heard foot steps in the kitchen and we hurried out the enormous doors and hailed a cab to the north side of New York City. North side always had demons, but it had the stronger demons. The smaller and demons for beginners were on south side. Jonathan finally let us split up. I went down to where there were lines of apartments. They looked dirty and disgusting. The brick they were made of was smeared with black goo. I suspected demons instantly.

I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and saw Alec, with a guy that had green-yellow cat like eyes, sparkly long nails, spiked hair with bright pink tips, and a dark blue cloak on with silver and golden sparkles, standing next to him was Isabelle, and a guy that was so pale I bet he was a vampire, which sickened me, and Jace lagging behind the rest of them. Alec spoke up, "What are you.." but I didn't let him finish. I ran into the alley closest to me and saw something lurking in the shadows. It slowly came out of the shadow…Thamus, the ambassador of hell, demon master of big weapons. I began backing away out of the alley and he followed me into the street.

"I know who you are," he hissed unsatisfying. I whipped my blades out and whispered, "Nakir," in the one in my right and, "Cassiel."

"I don't know what your talking about," I gritted my teeth. "You know exactly what I'm talking about," Thamus growled furiously. I gulped and noticed that the "group" was no longer in my sight. "Leave me alone, you know nothing of me!" I hissed getting into my fighting position. I twirled the blades in my fingers. "That's not true, Clar…" I screamed not allowing him to finish his sentence. I jumped on his back and held my blades to his neck.

"Don't you dare compare me to her! I'm nothing like her!"

"Except that you are.." I pressed the blades in his throat and his body collapsed to the ground. I fell on top of him and staggered to my feet. I crashed the blade in his back and cut off the dragon like wings attached to his body. "What was that about!?" I heard a voice behind me yell. I turned my attention to the "group" behind me. "What was he talking about?!" Isabelle screamed. I was breathing heavily knowing that my secret was almost out, just like that. "You'll never understand," I breathed out. Two ravenger demons rose up behind Isabelle and Alec.

I gasped and pushed them out of the way and twirled the blades in my fingers than slammed the Blades into their skulls, "We know too Cl.." one of them muttered, but I wouldn't let him finish and I stabbed him again. I pulled the blade out of the other and reached for his leg bringing him up to me. "What do you know?" I whispered angrily dry breathed. "I do know that he's back.." it hissed. "Who's back?"

"Valentine, and he's after the Mortal Cup, but you already kn.." I slammed him in the ground and jammed the blade into it's mouth. I watched it vanish and stood up and looked at their shocked expressions. I saw Jonathan in the middle of the street; I ran towards him. "They know, the demons know," I said breathlessly to him. "What'd you mean they know?"

"I mean they know who I am and that we're here because we're suppose to retrieve the Mortal Cup," I whispered so the others couldn't hear us. "We better leave then. That explains why no demons would come near me. Only a ravenger did and I don't even know why they're down hear. We need to leave because if we stay with them, then a demon will end up lashing out at us and the demons will tell them." I nodded and we ran back to the institute in a rush.

We arrived back just before they all walked in. I looked at the clock and I was exhausted. Jonathan and I went to our separate rooms. I took a quick shower and changed into the only clothes I had and dropped myself into my bed. I was about asleep when someone knocked on my door. I opened and saw Jace. "What do you want?" I yawned tiredly.

"Can I talk to you? Just for a couple minutes."

"Tomorrow, I'm tired I need some sleep." I rubbed my eyes and he nodded and walked off to his room. I shut the door and dropped myself back to my bed. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"I know who you are, Clarissa Morgenstern!" I gasped and spun around with a Nakir blade in my right hand. Five Thamus demons spread around me. I saw Jace, Isabelle, and Alec lunge at me. "Clarissa!

I knew something was off about her!" Alec yelled putting his blade against my throat. Lady Midday came to me and Alec. She brushed Alec away.

She rose her scythe in the air…

And I woke up. 'I fall asleep for 6 minutes and I can't sleep because of a bad dream,' I thought with a groan. I tried to fall back asleep, but sleep wouldn't come. I could only think of what would happen when they find out who we really are. It was 8 in the morning when everyone started to wake up. I heard a knock at my door, "Sephina, it's Sebastian. Can I come in?"

"Yeah!"

Jonathan walked in and shut the door behind me. "What's wrong? You look so tired."

"Yeah, I just didn't sleep very well. I'm fine. Can we go downstairs and eat?"

"Alright," Jonathan smirked. "Carry me," I said clumsily holding my arms up. He bent down and I swung my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arm around my back and his other arm under my knees. He brought my to the kitchen and everyone eyed especially Jace and Alec.

Alec looked disgusted and Jace's eyes said he was…jealous. 'Why would he be jealous?'