Chapter 4: I got it

Chapter summary:

Jace figures out who Clary is once he looks into her eyes and she admits that Jonathan is Sebastian. Jonathan gets out of the institute and Clary goes after the Mortal Cup, but when Valentine and Jonathan ketch her…will things end well?

Clary_

'Should I tell him?' I bit my lip and I could feel blood dripping out, but I didn't care. I didn't know if I should tell him. I mean I could take him on easily, but I don't want that. "Hey, who. Are. You," Jace's voice turned serious. I felt like I could trust him and if I tell him who I am he probably won't want anything to do with me. I walked closer to Jace. "Look into my eyes. What do you see? The only shadowhunter, that has these eyes. Who else would?" His eyes grew wide and he jerked back.

"And I'm guessing Sebastian is, Jonathan." I nodded and sat down back on my bed. I placed my head in the palms of my head and took big breathes trying to calm down. I wanted to run off again. I still needed time to myself. Think everything that just happened out. I didn't want to be near anybody I just wanted to be alone.

Tears started forming in my eyes. I felt Jace place his hand on my shoulder and I sighed. "Alright Clarissa, but you seem nothing like him."

"That's because I'm not. I didn't even know what Valentine's plan was until your mother spoke of it and I'm very much against it." I herd Jace sigh and then he pulled me in for a hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and tears started flooding down my cheeks. I gripped the back of Jace's shirt tightly and he rubbed circles into my back. "Shh. It's alright." I took a big breathe and slowly let it out then looked up to help the tears to stop flowing. I gently pulled away from Jace, "I'm sorry, Jace." I whipped the rest of the tears from my face. He sat next to me on my bed and wrapped his hand to the other side of my waist and pulled me closer.

I was surprised when Jace didn't freak out when he figured out who we were. 'I know what I need to do. Get that Mortal Cup.' I looked at my alarm clock "What's wrong?" Jace asked looking down at me. "I gotta go." I smoothly stood up from Jace and grabbed a seraph blade.

He stood up after me and grabbed my wrist tightly, but not crushing me. "Where exactly are you going?"

I gulped 'To an abandon barn in east New York.' "You'll see when I get back." I gave him a sly smile and kissed his cheek. I pulled out of his grip and walked out of the door. I ran downstairs and hailed a cab to east New York.

Jace_

Clarissa. Just. Kissed. Me.

I held my hand to my right cheek where she kissed me. Her lips were soft and warm against my skin. I was angry that I hadn't noticed it was her and Jonathan, but at least she wasn't into the plan. 'I probably should go after her, but I need Jonathan out of here. I'm sure she'll be fine. She probably just needs some air.' I walked out of her room calmly and shut the door silently behind me. I kicked Jonathan's door open and he jerked his head up from his pillow. He stood up quickly, "What the hell Jace?!" he yelled violently. His eyes changed murderous black. "I know who you are…Jonathan Morgenstern!"

Footsteps came down from the hallway of someone running. I looked to the door, Alec, Isabelle, Maryse, and Robert stood there all with concerned and shocked expressions. "I told you! I knew something wasn't right about them!" Alec bellowed harshly to me. Alec made his way towards me. "Who's the other one? Clarissa Morgenstern?!"

I hesitated," No, she didn't even know that this was Jonathan!" Alec looked behind me and I twirled around, but he was gone. The window was wide open. Jonathan was gone. 'By the Angel! You have to be kidding me!' I turned back to Alec as I ran my callused hands through my hair. "What are we gonna do?"

"What about Sephina? They were best friends; she'd know something, where he could of went…anything," Isabelle butted.

Clary_

I arrived on Sheldon St. and I was only about a mile away from the barn out in the country. Not far at all. I began sprinting to the location and when I finally arrived I was out of breathe. I moved along anyway. I peeked into a window off the barn; I saw nobody. All lights were on, but not one living soul was around the area. There was a door inside, but it didn't seen like anybody was there either. I looked in another window on the other side of the barn and saw the Mortal Cup. In the top right corner from looking at the entrance view. I gulped and walked to the front of the barn. I slowly opened the giant wooden door and stepped in. I left the door open just in case then silently moved to the door inside. I pressed my ear against the door; no voices came, nothing. Nothing, but air.

I sighed with relief and still chose to walk carefully towards the cup. I got up close. It was pretty cool looking. It was like a silver challis, but where the liquid went were small cracked windows that were separated with about an inch of silver and an M on the front. It glowed a light bluish color too.

I sucked my breathe in then slowly released. I grabbed the cup from it's stand, nothing happened. I turned back towards the door and someone was standing in the door way. Then two more bodies appeared around the tall figure. The three stepped out of the shadow. Valentine, Jonathan, and…even, my mother… I gasped. "Ah, Clarissa. Nice of you to finally join us," Valentine smirked as Jonathan did the same. I looked at the two with disgust. Valentine took a two giant steps closer towards me. "Jonathan here, has told me. That, you, told the Angel boy who not only who you were, but him too. Now why would you do that Clarissa? I was planning on not bringing that whip back out, but I must do what I must." He reached behind his back and I saw the whip. My heart beat quickened. My breathing became heavy. I was nervous; I didn't know what to do. I closed my eyes and quickly tried to calm down to think. 'The window!' my mind screamed over and over. I peered to the window next to me. I used the cup and dived out of it. "After her! Jonathan GO!" I heard Valentine yell. I saw Valentine toss the whip to Jonathan then I heard the barn door creek . I looked towards the entrance and saw Jonathan coming towards me with the whip.

I gathered myself on my feet and ran back towards town. I looked behind every now and then and saw Jonathan was catching up with me. Jonathan flung the whip around my ankle and pulled me down. I gritted me teeth from the burning. He unwrapped the whip from my ankle and lashed my legs ripping my jeans. I breathed in and out slowly trying to get over the pain faster. I turned onto my back to face Jonathan. "Give me the cup Clarissa!" he growled holding his hand out. I pushed his hand away and he raised the whip. I put my hand up that wasn't holding the cup in defense. He lashed my hand and then twirled the whip around my wrist. I pulled on the whip; Jonathan hit the ground hard with a thud. I climbed back to my feet once again and sprinted. Even though my legs burned and wrist burnt also I kept pushing on. I wasn't going to let them get this cup.

I finally got into town again, but Jonathan was still after me. Now, it wasn't just him. Three other people were with him. One was Valentine, but the other two I had no idea who they were. I was passing an ally and someone ran into me knocking the breathe out of me, but thankfully it came back quickly. I looked to see who had tackled me. 'He must work for Valentine.' I gulped and elbowed the guy. He grunted and fell off me. I got to my feet and kicked his ribs. I punched his nose and broke it. I herd that terrible cracking sound and ran again. I tried my best to avoid allies and any other dark places. A burn suddenly hit my arm. The one I have been carrying the cup in. 'Be strong. Be strong.' I repeated to myself. I could feel all the blood rolling down my skin. My entire body was burning, but I had to get this cup back to the institute. I remembered my blade and slid it out of my belt. I slowed my pace. 'I've taken on 3 people before. One more couldn't hurt.' I started running backwards like I was a pro. I smirked and Jonathan came towards me with the whip. He swung low aiming for my ankles, but I jumped over. He whipped across my face and it burnt like hell, but I shown no mercy. I just smiled. I sliced my blade at Jonathan's neck, but he blocked with his arm and I cut his forearm.

He barred his teeth. He lashed the whip at me again, but he hit the side of a car leaving an enormous dent. I jumped around turning forward. I sped my pace. I had no idea how far I had been running, but I know it was more that 2 miles, that's for sure. I herd Jonathan lash the whip. He hit my back and I flinched like crazy. He did it again, but I could take it. I had been whipped various times in one setting. The most was 20 that Valentine had whipped me.

I would know. I had gotten whipped more than Jonathan had…always. Made me angry. I stopped in my tracks and slowly turned around meeting Jonathan. Valentine, and whoever the other two guys were. I took another big breathe and got into a fighting position. 'I can't stop now. I won't stop fighting.' Jonathan and Valentine both walked towards me. Valentine put his hand out," Give me, the cup, Clarissa," he said calmly. I shook my head in rejection. His eyebrows narrowed and his face became redder and redder. "Hand it over, or I will force Jonathan to whip you until you hand it over." He smirked. 'Apparently Valentine forgot he raised me and Jonathan. He taught us everything he knew.' "Never, will I hand this over to you," I snarled to him with unkind eyes.

"Jonathan, you know what to do." Valentine placed his hands behind his back. 'What does he have another whip?' Jonathan wrapped the whip around my small waist and tore my blade from my hand. The whip dug and burnt into my skin. I placed my hands on my head still holding the cup fighting it out. I gritted my teeth. "Now Clarissa. I'm going to tell you one more time. Give me, the cup. Don't force me to bring out another whip," Valentine sneered.

"NO!" I stormed. 'I will never give it to you.' I tried slowing my breathing as another man came up to Valentine and handed him a thicker whip. He unraveled it and swung at a car. It put a dent 4 times the size of Jonathan's in it. 'Oh By the Angel…' Valentine raised the whip and swung at my right arm which contained the Mortal Cup. I slammed my eyes shut and held my teeth tighter together because if I moved the whip around my waist would dig into my skin even more and burn twice as much. That whip sure put a lot of pressure into my arm. I tensed even more than I already was. A tear managed to slide down my face. 'No, be strong. Be strong.' Then at the corner of my eye I saw an extremely pale person. I jerked my head to look at him/her. It was that Simon kid. He looked over and saw what was going on and that Valentine had me. I mouthed 'help me…please' to him and he nodded his head. Jonathan tightened the whip and I grunted slightly bending my stomach. I noticed the puddle of blood I had been standing in.

I had lost so much. Then I saw a flash of white and Jonathan fell to the ground. I unraveled the whip from my waist and flung it at Valentine. I scared his face. Another flash of white. The other two guys were out on the ground. Just me and Valentine. Valentine had lost focus and I lashed the whip at him. "Never lose focus Valentine," I said as he fell to the road. I felt a tug on my arm. It was Simon. "We need to leave before they wake up. I didn't bite them," he said tugging on me. I nodded," Well, I…never mind. Lets go."

"What? What's wrong?" he asked curious. "Never mind. lets go before they come back up."

I was soaking in blood and felt like I was gonna collapse anytime. Simon and I began running. "Clarissa? Are you ok? Your very pale.."

I gulped. "No. I'm fine I just, just lost some blood." My head began pounding and my grip became loose around the cup. I started slowing down. "Clarissa?!"

"No, I…I'm fine." I suddenly felt dizzy. Then everything went black.

Simon_

"Clarissa?!" I yelled as she fell to the ground. 'Oh, no…' I picked her up and carried the cup for her she had. I carried her on my back. I quickly ran to the institute. I ran into the back door and yelled, "Help! Somebody! Jace, Alec, Isabelle!" I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. The three of them came down with Robert and Maryse, their parents. I put Clarissa on the floor by the couch and sat the cup next to her. I heard everyone gasp. "By the Angel! What happened?!" Alec blurted out. "We need to iratze her. NOW!" Jace stammered.

"You can't just put an iratze on her…" I said nervously. "What? Why on earth not?!"

"She was hurt by a demon whip!"

Everyone gasped and kneeled next to her. "Check for a pulse.." Maryse said as calm as possible.

Jace check," It's there, but very slow and light…" I could see the fear in his eyes. I could tell he knew something the others didn't, but I didn't bother saying anything.

Clary_

I could here multiple people around me. 'I need to wake up. I've had worse. I know it's been a while, but I can do it.' I pushed my heavy eyelids open. "BY THE ANGEL! She's alive!" I heard someone yell on the left side of me. Everyone was looking at me and I remembered the cup. My eyes widened and I sat up with burning all over my body. "Ahh, where is it…the cup…" I breathed out. I looked to my left between the two people beside me. I grabbed it quickly. I sighed with relief. "I got it. I got it," I smiled in my pool of blood.