Chapter 6
Jace had to admit, he hadn't expected anything like this when he took control of the boat, but now they were stuck, on an island, with the boat crashed, with no freaking idea where.
Great. Jace managed to get up, even though his body was aching, Clary still looked flustered from landing on top of him and Alec was patiently waiting for them, Jace was certain this wasn't what was supposed to happen on a very innocuous visit to Nephilim homeland. But they had crashed, and Jace knew the others would never let him hear the end of it.
"Guys, we need to find where the hell we are, I have no clue how long we're going to be here, but its probably until Magnus can make a portal." Alec said,
"Whatever, I'm going to wake everyone else up, they might as well have something nice to look at when they wake up." Jace said, and he saw Clary roll her eyes at his cocky statement. Alec didn't say anything, and in unspoken agreement, Clary walked off with him to look for something to tell them where they were whilst Jace set about the task of waking everybody up.
First came Simon, who looked around in astonishment, and then glared at Jace as if their whole situation was his fault, how rude, thought Jace, Izzy wasn't that hard to wake up, and neither was Magnus. But Jordan slept like a rock, and after waking Maia up, they discovered it was because of a long gash on Jordan's head, probably from hitting the rock when they crashed.
Everyone had been so preoccupied with getting their bearings that most of them hadn't even noticed the numerous scratches and cuts that they sustained. But after seeing Jordan's injuries they all began to notice the harm that had come from the crash the night before, or was it several nights? Alec and Clary had been up before him, so Jace didn't know and needed to ask them when they returned.
Meanwhile, Jace wasn't the only one with questions, sitting silently in a tree, watching the assorted group of supernaturals, was a demon, the demon could have been mistaken for a long-lost sibling of Jace, with its amber eyes and golden hair, the demon was female, and was crouching on the branch to get a closer view of the group in front of her.
Jace may have not known about the demon's presence, but his Sensor did, and he felt it vibrate in his zipped-up pocket. Jace's eyes widened slightly as he pulled out the Sensor, and looked at it, according to the Sensor; there was a demon within a hundred feet of them.
The she-demon in the tree let out a low hiss when she saw the Sensor, but Jace's rune-enhanced hearing picked it up, and his head whipped to the direction of the forest, where a rustling was heard, Jace started towards to trees, but his Sensor had stopped vibrating, decreeing that the demon was gone.
"Shit." Jace murmured.
"Jace? What's up?" Izzy asked, walking over, her scratches had been healed by Magnus, and she looked wary.
"There's a demon here, the Sensor was going nuts." Jace said.
"God damn it!" Izzy screeched, Jace looked at her in minor surprise.
"Isabelle gets cranky when she can't kill something." Simon pointed out helpfully, before shooting a glare at Jace. Izzy let out a growling noise and stalked away.
Farther in the trees Alec and Clary were searching for human life, it was possible in their path south they had crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, or somewhere on the east coast. But the demon that Jace had sensed hadn't retreated like he had predicted, instead it had followed Alec and Clary's trails until it had found them, and now the she-demon sat in another tree, watching, waiting, for something to happen.
The demon knew this island well, and it knew that the western half of the island was dangerous, and she would not dare go there, despite her confidence in her dark powers.
"So, we've been traveling for a while, think we're going to find something?" the demon saw the red-headed girl ask, both were obviously Shadowhunters by the silvery hues in their auras, but the girl's silver was brighter, and more defined than the boy's, making the she-demon think that this red-headed girl wasn't a normal Shadowhunter.
"Not really, but there aren't any uninhabited islands with this kind of temperature, so something has to live here." The boy said, his eyes were a bright blue, and his hair was dark, much like one of the she-demon's friends.
"Something…" the girl repeated, glancing around the undergrowth, and the she-demon wondered whether to make herself known, but knowing the Shadowhunters, it would be stab first; ask questions later.
But, these Shadowhunters were obviously friends with the ones on the beach, and when they returned, then the she-demon would contact them, for she knew the dangers of this island, and the secrets it held, but knowing the nature of Shadowhunters, the secret wouldn't stay buried for long.
Magnus sat down next to Jordan and started to work his healing magic, since they were stuck on the island, they would need to build a shelter, and most of the food from the boat had been destroyed or washed away from the boat itself, which left them in a very precarious position.
But there wasn't much they could do, except look around and find food and shelter until they could either portal away, or contact the Clave. When Magnus finished with Jordan, he got up to salvage what he could from the boat wreak, he saw that the others were doing the same, and a call made him turn around.
"Guys! We're back!" Clary's voice called, Magnus turned around to see Clary and Alec walking out of the forest, and Magnus felt immediate relief that Alec hadn't been hurt.
"Find anything?" Izzy yelled to them,
"Not that I know of, this place seems to be your average deserted island." Alec explained.
"Except it's crawling with demons." Izzy muttered, Alec and Clary's eyes widened.
"Where'd you see a demon?" Clary asked before Alec could say anything.
"Jace's Sensor picked it up, and I for one am glad we took weapons with us." Izzy responded, Magnus cast out his senses, to find the demon, but what he felt was not demonic, but familiar, and welcoming, and Magnus cursed mentally because he knew where they were.