Nyah rubbed her arms as she walked with Jace and Clary through the cemetery to see the Silent Brothers. Silence also applied to their conversation since no one spoke during this little trek. In fact, when Jace finally said something, Nyah jumped a bit.

"So, you know what Nyah is now?" Jace asked, giving a brief look at Clary.

"You mean the whole Gemini thing?" When Jace nodded, Clary continued, "Yeah, I know. Doesn't really make a difference. She's still my sister – my twin. So who cares how she was born."

Jace was actually a bit impressed with Clary's reaction to this. Even Nyah was, but she had a feeling that Clary would certainly freak out when she finally learned what being a Gemini meant for Nyah.

Nyah wanted to get the subject off herself so she asked, "Why didn't Hodge come with us?"

"Hodge hasn't left the Institute in years," Jace replied. "Some say it's a spell."

Clary had a more 'Mundane' explanation for it. "He's agoraphobic."

The trio stopped in front of an entrance to a mausoleum and Nyah was starting to get the heebie jeebies. "Who are we meeting again?"

"One of the Silent Brothers," Jace answered. "They're not as scary as they sound." He was teasing her, something she'd soon find out.

"Is that him?" Clary asked, gesturing to a man nearby who was raking leaves.

"No. That's Harold, the groundskeeper." Jace pointed into the distance a bit. "That's him."

A tall man wearing a hooded cloak walked towards them. The closer he got, the more he could be seen and soon they could see that his eyes and mouth were sewn shut.

Nyah and Clary pretty much gulped at the same time because of this before Nyah said, "Not as scary as they sound, my ass."

Jace just chuckled then stopped when the Silent Brother approached them.

The Silent Brother stopped in front of Nyah and looked her over, noticing the Gemini Mark upon her chest. "This is a Gemini. We cannot help her." His voice practically boomed within their minds.

"We're here for my sister," Nyah pointed out as she pointed at Clary. "Well, we were here for me, too but guess that doesn't matter anymore."

The Silent Brother turned his attention to Clary. "Are you sure you want to do this?" When Clary nodded, his voice spoke into their minds again. "Very well. We will help you to remember."

Nyah held out her hand for Clary to take and Clary didn't turn it down. They held tight as they followed Jace and the Silent Brother into the mausoleum and down the stone spiral staircase.

Clary slipped on one of the steps with a loud, "Ow!"

Jace quickly turned around and shushed her. "Shh. You'll wake the dead."

Nyah chuckled lightly, "You're kidding...right?"

Jace just smirked a bit and continued on their way.

Nyah narrowed her eyes at him. "That's not funny."

Clary ignored this and made her own statement. "I can't believe this place is right outside the city."

"Holy crap..." Nyah walked straight ahead and saw the City of Bones before her going all the way down. "What the hell..."

"Not hell," Jace corrected as he stood very close to her to whisper, "Welcome to the City of Bones."

"The city of what?" Clary asked, only catching part of that.

"Bones," Jace repeated and proceeded to follow the Silent Brother once more. "This is where the Silent Brothers draw their power, from the bones and ashes of Shadowhunters."

"All of them are buried here?" the sisters asked in unison.

Jace still found that amusing but didn't show it. "Yes. One day," he pointed to a grated section on the wall with a skull in the center, "that's going to be me."

Nyah didn't like the sound of that. "That's morbid."

"Everyone dies eventually," Jace replied, stating a simple fact.

"Not everyone," Clary interjected, looking at her sister.

"I can die," Nyah corrected. "I just usually come back." There were definite ways for a Gemini to die, but it wasn't something she was going to broadcast.

Jace stopped when they reached and archway and shot out his hand to stop Nyah from going further. "This is as far as we go. Don't worry, Clary will be fine."

Clary was starting to feel pretty nervous. "So you've done this before?" she asked Jace.

Jace looked at the sisters and answered, "No."

"Well, that's comforting," Clary muttered and all but tripped when Jace gave her a little push forward into the cathedral looking room that had a huge sword hanging from the ceiling. As Clary walked towards the center of the room, more Silent Brothers entered and stood in a circle.

Yeah, Nyah was told not to worry but seeing Clary standing in the center of that room was really making her do the opposite. "Jace...I can't let her do this alone."

"You can't go in there," he warned but she tried to anyway. Jace quickly wrapped his arms around her to hold her back. "Don't try that again."

Nyah stopped trying to get in, but didn't fight her way out of Jace's embrace. Actually, she found herself leaning back into him.

That didn't last for long when Clary dropped to the floor and started tremoring. "Clary!" Nyah tried to run to her sister but ended up hitting some sort of invisible barrier that threw her backwards into the wall.

The voices of all the Silent Brothers resonated loudly as they demanded "Begone, Gemini!"

The next thing Nyah knew she was outside and had no idea how she had gotten there but her entire body was shaking. "Clary." Nyah tried to get back into the mausoleum but stopped when Jace and Clary walked out. "Oh my god, Clar, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Clary assured her. "We know who blocked my memories."

Nyah was about to ask who it was but didn't get the chance to because Jace asked, "What was that in there?"

"You told me I wasn't supposed to go in. Now we know why." Nyah was trying to play it off like that's all there was to it but she felt like it was so much more.

"That was only for the ceremony," Jace countered. "You were blocked by their Wards."

"I'm a Gemini," Nyah explained, even though Jace already knew this. "It has its perks for sure but also has a hell of a lot of flaws. I think we just found out what one of them were." While that may be true, Nyah had a feeling why she couldn't get through their Wards – It was because of her blood.

Once again getting the topic off her, she asked, "Who put up the block?"

Clary answered with, "Magnus Bane."

Nyah could have been knocked over with a feather at that moment because she had no idea Magnus was the one who blocked Clary's memories but she did know something else about him – He was the one who created her.


Nyah paced back and forth in her room after getting dressed in one of Izzy's little black dresses and the red leather jacket. How was she going to explain that she couldn't go with them to see Magnus Bane? There was no way she could think of. Jocelyn made it clear that she was not to go see Magnus and Nyah couldn't disobey her without serious consequences.

"This is bad," Nyah thought aloud as she paced. "Very, very, bad."

"If you're referring to the outfit, I think you look great," Jace said from the doorway with a smirk.

Nyah rolled her eyes at that. "Yeah, sure."

Jace could tell something was bothering her and didn't think it had anything to do with the clothes. "What's wrong, Nyah? If this is about what I said earlier..."

Nyah shook her head. "It's not. I just..." with a heavy sigh she sat down on the bed. "I can't go with you."

Jace didn't understand. "What are you talking about? Of course you can." He sat down on the bed beside her.

"No, I can't," Nyah emphasized. "My mother made it clear that I was not to go see Magnus Bane and you've seen what will happen if I don't do what I'm told."

Jace shouldn't have been surprised to hear that Nyah knew of Magnus since there was a lot that she did know and yet just as much she did not. "There must be a loophole around this. Bending the rule as opposed to breaking it."

Nyah couldn't think of anything and then suddenly, she did. "My mom told me to protect Clary...whatever it takes."

Jace smiled when he heard that. "I believe that coming with us constitutes as doing whatever it takes to protect her."

Nyah let out a light laugh because he was right. One order could override the other, this she knew for a fact. "You're a genius."

Jace smugly rose to his feet, "I know."


As they crossed the street to Magnus' place, Nyah had to say something. "I'd like to go on record and say that I think bringing Simon along is a bad idea."

Simon took offense to that. "Hey!"

"Said it for your own good," Nyah replied then stopped when Clary did. "You okay?"

Clary looked at the lion doorknocker on the rounded door as she said, "I've been here...we've been here."

Nyah linked her arm with Clary's. "Yeah, we have." Granted Nyah was only here with Clary once. The other times she came alone before Jocelyn ordered her not to do it again.

Jace knocked on the door and when the knocker was moved aside, he used his Stele to draw a glowing Rune in front of the one who answered. With the man hypnotized, Jace reached his arm through to unlock the door.

Nyah practically ran pasted the hypnotized man and into the part, pretty much leaving the others in the dust. She couldn't help it. It'd been years since Nyah had seen Magnus and didn't want to wait another second.

When Nyah spotted Magnus walking into to join the party, she ran right over and threw his arms around him without word nor warning.

This action took Magnus by surprise and he needed a moment to realize who it was. "Nyah?" he said in almost shock before hugging her. "Is this really you?"

Nyah pulled back and wiped away her tears. "It's me," she replied and flashed her cat-like eyes to prove it.

Magnus held her chin with his hand and smiled proudly at her. "You've grown so much." He kissed her forehead gently before wrapping his arm around her shoulders to guide her over to the others who he had to greet.

Nyah willingly walked with Magnus and if at all possible, she wouldn't leave his side for as long as they were there. Granted, it was weird that he wasn't wearing any pants but she'd just have to ignore that fact. After all this time, she was finally able to see her father.

When they approached the others, Magnus greeted them by saying, "I don't remember inviting any children of the Nephilim.

"Magnus Bane," Jace greeted. "We need to talk."

"You know I don't like you guys," Magnus replied, stating a well-known fact.

"You seem to be pretty taken with her," Jace pointed out, noticing how Magnus' arm was around Nyah's shoulders.

"She's a very special exception." Magnus kissed Nyah's head before sighing. "As I said, I don't like you guys, but I will let you stay but only because of the hot one."

Izzy and Jace both answered with their own variation of 'thank you'.

Magnus almost laughed because of it. "What?" He took his free hand to point at Alec. "I meant him. The one with the blue eyes. And because of Clary. And of course, my Nyah."

Jace didn't like how Magnus said that. "Your Nyah?"

"Jace, it's fine." Nyah looked at him with a 'trust me' face and hoped that he would.

Magnus took his free arm and wrapped it around Clary's shoulders. "Come with us."

Clary could see how Nyah trusted him and she decided to do the same and willing went along. As they walked into the enclosed patio, Clary asked, "How do you know my sister?"

"I am the one that created her," Magnus smiled at Nyah as he said this. "My blood flows through her veins."

Clary didn't think she heard him right. "Excuse me?"

Magnus chuckled. "Your mother needed two sets of blood in order to create this particular Gemini. Jocelyn did not know this and I was available."

Clary's jaw dropped. "Wait a minute...are you telling me that...that..."

Magnus finished her sentence for her since she was having such a hard time getting it out. "I am Nyah's father."

Clary looked at Nyah with wide eyes and Nyah answered saying, "That's the other big thing I couldn't tell you."

"Does this mean we don't have the same father?" Clary felt a bit hurt by that more than anything else.

"Don't be bothered by it," Magnus interjected. "You two share a bond that surpasses those of normal siblings. Be proud of that." Getting down to business he asked the girls, "Where's your mother?"

"She's missing," they answered in unison.

Magnus sighed in a 'should have known' way. "That explains it. Every year she would bring you, Clary, here. She never missed an appointment. Not every spell turns out as perfect as the one I did on you." Looking at Nyah he added in, "Or the one to create you." He sighed as he looked at her, "I have missed you, my Nyah."

Nyah smiled a little misty eyed. "I missed you too."

Magnus got sidetracked, he knew this, so he readdressed Clary. "When you started drawing the Angelic Rune, it was a sign that your memory was resurfacing. I had built that into your mind so that she knew when to bring you back. What you saw, from the Shadow World, you would forget even as you saw it. But as you grew older, you needed my treatment more frequently. She knew she had to tell you one day, but until you were ready, she wanted to keep the block on your mind. It was exactly how she wanted it."

Magnus took a seat next to Nyah on the swing as he said to Clary, "It will wear off over time. It's already wearing off or else you wouldn't be here." On that thought, he turned to Nyah to ask, "How are you here? Didn't Jocelyn tell you to stay away?"

"She also told me to protect Clary whatever it takes," Nyah replied with an impish grin. "Loophole."

"Hate to interrupt this little reunion you two have got going on, but I need to remember!" Clary was really hitting her limit of what she could handle. Hell, she had already surpassed it and had to move up the bar so she wouldn't already lose it.

Nyah knew Clary was right. She was being self centered and while she had one of her parents here, the other was missing. Nyah had to focus on that. "Clary's right. Our mom is missing, Magnus. Is there anything you can do?"

Magnus looked at the girls regrettably and shook his head.

Clary scoffed heavily then noticed the array of paintings in the corner – her mom's paintings. She went over to them to see for herself. "You're the one who's been buying all our mom's paintings? Why did you buy all of them?"

"I knew she needed the money," Magnus explained. "She wouldn't accept any help as a gift, so I helped her this way."

Clary went through the paintings and pulled one out of a soldier saluting. "You even have a picture of our dad." She realized her words and corrected herself, "Of my dad."

Magnus stood up and went over to her. "That's not your dad."

This was news to Nyah. "What?"

"He's a soldier that died in Iraq," Magnus further explained. "Jocelyn never even met him. She was asked to paint his portrait but it was too painful for the widow. She kept the picture..."

"So she could pretend he was my dad." Clary dropped the painting down with the others before walking off.

Nyah quickly went over to her. "Clary, I swear I didn't know about this. I truly thought that your father was a Mundane."

Magnus soon joined them, saying "Everything your mother did, she did for you, Clary. Your mother's whole existence, the running, the hiding, the lies, Nyah's creation, they were all to keep you safe."

"Was there anything she ever told me true?" Clary asked, on the verge of tears.

"There's a treasure map inside your head, Clary. Find the Cup and it will lead you to your mother," he replied.

Clary turned around to ask, "What about Nyah? Does she know where the Cup is and just can't remember?"

"It's different with her," Magnus explained. "When a Gemini is told to forget something by their..." he tried to find the right words because he didn't want to say 'master', "...dominant parent, then they forget it forever. If Nyah did know, there's no getting it back."

Jace appeared in the doorway at that moment to tell the girls something. "They've taken Simon."

"Who?" the girls asked in unison.

Jace answered without a moment to lose, "Vampires."

"Oh my god," Clary was about to rush off but Magnus stopped her saying, "Just remember, it was Shadowhunters your mother was running from."

Clary heard him but that wasn't going to stop her from going with them to find Simon.

Nyah was about to leave as well but stopped so she could hug Magnus again. "I don't know when I'll be able to come back."

Magnus hugged her tight and kissed her head once more. "We have an eternity to see one another. Be patient, my Nyah."

Nyah knew they did but it didn't stop her from wanting more time. "I love you, dad," she whispered.

"And I love you, my Nyah." He looked into her eyes with his yellow cat-like ones and saw her own looking back at him. "Go."

Nyah nodded and ran off to catch up with the others so they could find Simon.

A momentary chuckle escaped Magnus when he heard Nyah's fading voice shouting, "I told you bringing Simon was a bad idea!"


Jace had the plan to raid the Vampires' Lair, but Alec wasn't too keen on this – something he kept saying to Jace the whole way to wherever it was they were going. It just so happened to be a church.

"We can't break into a Vampires' Lair," Alec argued. "We never learned."

"Don't start again," Jace retorted as they walked up the church steps.

Alec was trying his best to get him to see reason. "Jace, you know the rules."

Clary interjected at that moment to ask, "Guys, what are we doing here? I thought we were trying to find Simon."

"We know where he is," Jace answered as he used his Stele to unlock the door. "We just need to pick up a few things." Once the door was unlocked he led the group inside.

"You some sort of Shadowhunter deal with the church or something?" Nyah asked as they walked down the aisle towards the altar.

Jace got on his hands and knees to look for the spot upon the floor at the altar to unlock what they needed. "Demons exist all over the world, all in various different forms. Shadowhunters cling to no particular religion, and in turn all religions assist us in our battle. We could have as easily gone to a Jewish synagogue or a Shinto temple or..." Jace stopped talking because he found the lock. "Here it is."

Jace pressed his Stele into the marking and turned. A glowing blue light glowed beneath the markings engraved on the floor then the piece of stone lifted so it could be moved freely.

"That's so cool," Nyah said in awe because, well, it was.

Jace smiled at her before moving the stone with Alec's help. "Under every altar in every church you'll find this."

The sisters looked at what was hidden within the floor and saw a huge chest. Jace opened it to reveal a wide variety of weapons. Clary and Nyah looked at that then each other with a simultaneous "Whoa."

Jace, Izzy, and Alec all started arming themselves for the battle to come. During this time, Clary asked, "What do you believe in?"

"I believe in myself," Jace answered as he looks for weapons for the sisters. "I know my job is to kill demons. I don't have to believe in anything else."

"What about the Angel Raziel?" Clary asked, wanting to know more.

"Makes for a nice story," Jace replied. When Clary said, "But Hodge thinks..." He cut her off, "Yeah, Hodge. Hodge needs to get out more."

Clary just couldn't let this go. "I thought..."

This time Nyah was the one to cut her off. "Clary, just let it go."

Jace could have left it at that but had one more thing to say. "Listen, I've been hunting Demons for over a third of my life and in all that time I have never seen an Angel."

Jace accepted gun from Alec and handed it to Nyah. "Here, you take this one."

Nyah took it with a raised brow. "Unless this is going to be like laser tag, I'm going to need an instruction manual."

Jace chuckled for a moment. "Skilled with a Blade but not guns?"

"The opportunity has never presented itself," Nyah explained.

Jace got to his feet and assisted Nyah to hers. "Come, I'll show you." With them both standing he explained, "It's a Vampire gun. Must pierce the heart." He placed her hands where they needed to be as he stood close to her. "Fire."

Nyah pulled the trigger and with a bit of a bang a wooden spike shot out with many smaller metal spikes at the end. "Buffy never had anything this like."

"I don't know who that is," Jace replied, not understanding the reference, so he got back to the gun. He pulled back the lever on top, saying "Recharge. And you're good to go again."

Clary noticed how Alec was looking at Nyah and Jace in that moment. She had already suspected something – which she brought up to Izzy who confirmed – and in that moment it was even more evident. Alec clearly had feelings for Jace and from the look on Nyah's face...she did too.


Now that they were all armed up, they headed to the Vampires' Lair. The sister's noticed the sign outside the building that read 'Hotel DuMort'. "Hotel of Death?" they translated in unison.

"Can't say Vampires don't have a sense of humor," Jace replied then handed Nyah a dagger within a sheath with belts hanging from it. "Here. Strap this to your thigh. You didn't seem to keen on the gun."

Nyah didn't think she'd need it since she had her magic and all, but without actively using it it easily knocked the wind out of her so she graciously accepted it. "Thanks." Nyah smiled and quickly strapped it to her thigh as directed.

Izzy snapped the chains on the door then said, "Come on." She got the girls inside and Jace was about to follow when Alec stopped him.

"What is it about her?" Alec couldn't understand the fascination with her.

"She's brave," he replied.

Alec scoffed. "We're Shadowhunters, we're all brave."

"Nyah wasn't raised like us, she's different," Jace countered.

"You're right, she wasn't raised like us. She's an abomination who's going to get us all killed." Alec didn't say another word as he drew his weapon and went inside the Mundanely abandoned Hotel Du Mort.

Jace tightly gripped onto his weapon and forcibly pulled it from its sheath before following inside.

Nyah looked around as they entered the Hotel. Dust covered every surface and it looked as if no one had stepped foot in there in ages. At least...no one human. "Now see, this is the part of the movie where people scream 'Don't go in there you idiots'," she whispered to Clary.

"Is going after Simon so idiotic?" Clary asked incredulously.

"I didn't say that," Nyah defended. "I'm saying this place is creepy as hell so let's get in and get out as soon as possible."

"That will be a lot easier if you two stopped talking." Alec was annoyed with them. To say the least, they were being distracting.

Clary and Nyah shut up at that moment and followed. Each of them wished they had some sort of glowing crystal light things that the others had.

As they made their way through the lobby something caught Clary's eye. She rushed over with Nyah right on her tail to a staircase. "There's blood." Clary sounded like she was going to fall apart.

"And Simon's shirt," Nyah added in, pointing up the stairs a little ways. She was about to walk up the stairs when Jace put out his hand to stop her then took the lead.

They walked up to the next level and Jace heard something coming the elevator shaft so he went to investigate. After looking up he informed the others, "He's up here."

Clary and Nyah both went to see for themselves and gasped loudly upon seeing Simon hanging from chains and wires above them. "Simon!" they said in unison before running up the flights of stairs to get to him.

Clary ran right over when they reached the top but was held back by Nyah. "What are you doing?! I can feel him!"

"We can't get him this way!" Nyah strongly emphasized. "He's hanging in the middle of a freaking elevator shaft, Clary! If we could reach him how would we even get him down safely?"

While the sisters were having this conversation, Jace and the others rigged up a board across the shaft so they could get to Simon. The sisters pulled off their heeled boots and on each side, they carefully made their way to Simon. "He's still alive!" they exclaimed in unison.

"Go. Get out," Simon strained to warn them. "They don't want me. They want you. They want the Cup!"

That didn't stop them from getting Simon down. In fact, nothing could have. Jace helped Simon get safely off the board while Izzy helped the sisters. Once they were on solid ground it sounded like a stampede was happening on the floor above them. "Let's go!" Jace shouted and supported Simon so they could all get the hell out of there.

Clary took over for Jace because of Vampires were coming for them, he'd have a better chance at fighting them off than she would.

The group followed the glowing crystal breadcrumb trail only to find their exit to be blocked by a hoard of Vampires. "Oh hell," Nyah said in well...that kind of tone. It didn't help when they tried to go the other way that Vampires blocked them there as well.

"In here!" Jace shouted to the group and led the way into the very large banquet hall but the Vampires soon had them surrounded.

Nyah pulled the dagger from the sheath and stood near Simon and Clary in a very protective manner. "Whatever it takes," she said to herself as she readied to fight. "Here," Nyah handed over the gun that Jace had given to her back at the church. "Just in case."

Clary hoped she wouldn't have to use it, but took it and stuck close to Simon.

Moments later the fight broke out. The Vampires attacked and the Shadowhunters defended. Nyah's instincts took over in battle. After all, this was what she was created to do – This was the world she was created for.

Nyah kept looking back to make sure Clary was safe and one of these times a Vampire got the better of her. The Vampire was about to drive its fangs into Nyah's neck when Alec seemed to come out of nowhere and stake him. Nyah gave him a quick look of thanks before rejoining the battle.

When Nyah heard Clary scream, she ran right for her, but she wasn't needed. Clary used the Vampire Gun and got it right in the heart. Nyah gave Clary a proud salute before taking a defensive stance in front of her and Simon. The others soon followed suite.

"There's too many of them," Izzy pointed out as the hoard started to surround them.

"Have a little faith," Jace replied and smirked a bit when Alec look at him like he was crazy.

Nyah was going to have to do something drastic if they were going to survive this but in turned out that she didn't have to. A pack of Werewolves burst through the windows and started attacking the Vampires.

"We're living in a freaking Underworld movie!" Nyah shouted then ran off with Jace as he grabbed hold of her hand to get her going.

They managed to get out of the Hotel and onto the roof but there were Vampires out there as well. The sun was starting to rise but not on that part of the roof yet. "Come on!" Nyah shouted to Clary and Simon to get them up on the other level safe in the sunlight.

A Vampire jumped up and blocked their path and before Nyah could react, a Vampire jumped in front of their path and a Werewolf tackled them to the ground. After killing the Vampire, the Werewolf turned around and snarled at the group.

Nyah wasn't about to take the risk of this Werewolf being a friendly one so she threw her dagger and impaled it. With the wolf out of the way, Nyah helped Clary and Simon to the ladder to get up on the other level.

Clary went up first and Simon was right behind her but he was slow moving. Jace rushed over to them with the intention of getting Nyah to safety as well, but she had other plans.

"Help Simon," Nyah said to Jace and since there wasn't time to argue, he did just that. Now it was Nyah's turn to get up there. She almost made it but a Vampire grabbed hold of her ankles and started pulling her back down, which resulted in Nyah screaming.

"Nyah!" Clary exclaimed and rushed over to the ladder to help Jace pull her up.

Nyah would have used her magic on the Vampire but her hands were otherwise occupied so she tried to kick the Vampire off her instead. Thankfully Jace and Clary pulled her up into the sunlight when the Vampire lost its grip on her.

The force of pulling Nyah up made Jace fall back onto the roof with Nyah falling face down right on top of him. They both needed a moment to process that because they were ever so close to one another. Nyah broke the silence by saying, "Thank you," before clearing her throat and getting on her feet with Clary's assistance. Nyah needed a moment to recover from the close proximity with Jace because it made her feel things she had never felt for anyone before.

Clary saw the reactions between Jace and Nyah but didn't say anything about it and went over to Simon to check on him as Alec and Izzy joined them on the roof in the direct sunlight.

Nyah put her hands on her hips and let out a breathy chuckle since they were all safe. "You know what? That was actually kinda fun."

Earlier, Alec looked at Jace like he was insane but now that expression was entirely for Nyah.


End Part 3