Chapter 5

The first night on the boat was uneventful to say the least, but the rocking of the boat was odd and Clary bolted awake around three in the morning, knowing she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, Clary slipped out of the room she shared with Isabelle, using her newfound Shadowhunter stealth as so not to be noticed.

She walked up to the deck, where the boat's controls were under an overhang. Looking down at the charted course, Clary could see that the boat was traveling at a leisurely pace and they wouldn't get to Idris anytime soon.

But when Clary looked over to the south, she could see storm clouds brewing, these weren't your usual dark gray clouds, they were menacing and black, these clouds were the color of the midnight sky.

Lightning flashed, and Clary thought she saw Sebastian's face in the lightning, but it was gone too quickly to be sure, but one thing was certain, whatever Sebastian was planning, that area to the south was in the middle of it.

Simon woke up groggily, sharing a room with the guy whose ego was the size of Manhattan wasn't nice, and he still hadn't got used to the fact that he didn't need to stay in the dark and be nocturnal.

"Finally up, bloodsucker?" Jace asked from the other side of the room, he was already up and ready to go, smirking down at Simon, who was still half-asleep.

"I have a name." Simon said dryly,

"Ah yes, but I prefer not to use it." Jace said, and walked out, Simon cursed under his breath at Clary's taste in guys and pulled on his shoes, sleeping on a boat was not on the top of his favourite things list.

By the time Simon was up, everyone else was waiting on deck, he looked up towards the south and saw a mass of black storm clouds,

"Hey, look at the map." Alec said, calling them all over, Simon walked over and stood next to Clary by the automated map, it said that the route they were taking was too far north.

"We're off course." Magnus muttered.

"Well, no duh, have you seen those clouds?" Izzy deadpanned, raising an eyebrow.

"Wait, Izzy, did you steer us off course?" Simon asked, he looked up and met Isabelle's burning blue eyes.

"No, because even a non-living boat doesn't want to go through that." Isabelle pointed out.

"Well screw that, if we're off course then we'll never make it to Idris in time." Jace said, walking over to all the controls.

"I thought Maryse told us not to touch the controls." Alec asked, looking worried.

"Maryse didn't know the boat would get off-course." Jace pointed out, and pressed the button for manual driving. Like something in a movie, a steering wheel popped out of the ground next to a leather chair.

"It's like James Bond!" Simon couldn't help but say, Clary burst out laughing, while Magnus, Izzy, Alec and Jace met Simon's face with confused stares, Maia chuckled, and Jordan laughed along with Clary.

"Whatever a 'James Bond' is, it'll have to wait, Jace steer this thing back onto course." Magnus said, walking over until he stood behind Jace, Simon looked up, the sky was clear and the sun shone, but just to the south the waters were gray, and the sky choked with black clouds.

Jace smirked and sat down in the chair, observing the controls before taking the wheel and spinning it harshly. The boat was jerked to the side, and the group were knocked to the side of the boat.

"Oops!" Jace called out.

"Oops? That's all you can say after ruining my outfit?" Izzy screeched, Simon ducked his head, this could get very ugly.

"Well, that shirt was pretty stupid." Jace called from the seat, Izzy growled, and was only held back by a shocked Alec holding onto her arm. Simon's eyes widened, Jace was leading them right into the storm.

"Jace! Stop! That storm could kill us all!" Clary yelled, but it was lost to the wind, the storm, as if sensing their arrival; was closing in, and it didn't help that Jace was driving towards it at breakneck speed.

Simon heard and saw nothing as the waves of gray water and black clouds hit them, the clouds were so close to the water he couldn't see anything, the only thing that told him he was still alive was the occasional shriek from one of the girls, (or Magnus or Alec) and the harsh splashing of salt water in his face.

Gripping the side of the boat was the only thing Simon felt he could do in order to stay on the boat, with or without the Mark of Cain, he could still drown.

Simon felt a huge splash of water hit his face, and he coughed and sputtered in order to clear his throat. Opening his eyes was the same as closing them, he saw nothing but darkness.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- (timeskip)

Clary felt her eyes open, after Jace had taken them into the storm, she had seen nothing but dark, she didn't know when she had passed out but she had, and now, as she opened her eyes, all she saw was sand, creamy white sand that led up to what looked like a tropical jungle. Turning around, she saw that the water was calm, and it was lapping gently at the beach in which she was on.

Clary stumbled to her feet and looked around, she spotted Izzy and Jordan in the sand a few meters away from her, Simon, Magnus, and Maia were visible a bit farther away, Clary tripped over something which she found to be Jace, unconscious next to her, her movement, and the fact that she had tripped and fallen on Jace woke him up, and despite their surroundings, Clary blushed and Jace smirked.

"I hate to break up the loving, but we have an issue!" Alec's voice came, he was standing on the beach in front of them, with his arms crossed, Clary stumbled up, and looked around, she saw the boat where it had crashed into a rock which jutted up from the sand.

"Well, this isn't good." Jace observed, Alec just rolled his eyes,