James Bond style weapon introduction, HELLZ YEAH.
AANNNND...
Chloe is crazy, this is one of her few moments of calm,
Chapter 22
Once again, Chloe led everyone, but this corridor seemed to have a white glow at the end of the volcanic rock-covered walls. As soon as they walked into the light, it disappeared and Clary gasped at what she saw.
White and blue flames flickered in sconces on the walls and in the center of the room was a large crystal-clear fountain bubbling from a marble hole in the ground and enclosed by glass walls, and leading into a stream that ran in a dip in the ground and out through a hole in the wall. The walls themselves seemed to be glowing white and made of silk blowing in a gentle breeze, patterns formed themselves on the walls and then vanished, only for more to appear to take the old one's place in a never-ending pattern.
Above the fountain there was a bright golden-white-red flame hovering in the air and casting more unearthly light on the room and everything round. When Clary looked around she saw that the stream did not disappear as she had previously thought, but it formed a path around the room and circled them, and, Clary realized, they had walked over a bridge forming out of Phrae metal over the stream to get to the main part of the room.
In some areas there were trapdoors hovering and floating, all made of golden metal with intricate designs not unlike the ones on the door to the Forge that depicted phoenixes fighting.
Overall, the room was stunning, and Chloe's red and orange and yellow fiery form seemed to fit right in and the light colors around her brought attention to her form, the only major splash of color in this pure-looking room. Chloe walked over to what looked like an anvil made of…was that adamas?
"I've never been inside a Phoenix's Forge, and this is…amazing." Magnus said, seemingly lost for words.
"We like shiny things." Chloe said with a grin, her only explanation before she turned and clapped, one of the trapdoors came floating over to her and she started speaking in an unusual language, one that Clary couldn't understand, maybe Jace or Alec knew through, but when she looked over at them, they looked at confused as she felt. Well, Alec looked confused, Jace just looked mildly amused, his default expression.
When Chloe finished her strange recitation the trapdoor opened and she pulled out a couple of seraph blades, but the hilts were made of a golden metal and covered in gems of sorts. She passed one over to Jace.
"They're unnamed, so go ahead." She said, passing one to Izzy and one to Alec, she handed the last one to Clary.
"Seraphiel." Jace whispered, and the blade blazed into existence, it had carvings of runes on it, and was pale silver in color.
"Kutiel." Alec said, and a similar blade blazed up.
"Anahita." Isabelle said, Clary looked down at hers and tried to come up with a name, but only one came to her mind.
"Ithuriel." Clary whispered, watching her blade appear and glow next to all the others. Chloe nodded in approval.
"These are about ten times as potent as your average seraph blade, unfortunately, they have a strong signal. So if you carry one, a demon would sense it, and there would be an obvious change in their eyes if they did sense it. Hey, Drakiel, you're my lab rat, get over here!" Chloe explained and called to Drakiel. Drakiel raised an eyebrow and walked over, as soon as he got close to one of the new seraph blades, his pupils turned into sideways slits.
"Oh." Alec said, watching Drakiel's eyes change. Chloe nodded and Drakiel covered his eyes and muttered something under his breath about 'bloody angel feathers.'
"Angel feathers?" Magnus asked, watching as Jace starting wielding the blade and grinned as he moved gracefully, slashing the air.
"Originally seraph blades were supposed to be the feathers from the wings torn off fallen angels, the last purity inside something rotten, a metaphor for the Nephilim on this rotten planet we call earth." Chloe explained, pulling more of the advanced seraph blades out of the trap door and placing them on the anvil, where Alec came and put some of them in his bag, Jace, Izzy, and Clary followed suit.
"Interesting theory, not one I've heard before." Magnus commented. Chloe looked up momentarily but shrugged.
"I am very sad to report this, friend, but you do not know everything." Jacob said, patting Magnus's shoulder. Magnus shot Jacob and unreadable look, and Roxy grinned in response.
"Okay, here's a little thing I like to call Arrow of Light." Chloe said, pulling out a bow. The bow was silvery-white in color, and had designs like runes traveling up it, the string was white, and the whole thing was vaguely transparent, giving it an ethereal quality.
"That's a bow, not an arrow." Maia said flatly. Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Who's good at archery?" Chloe asked,
"Alec." Jace and Magnus said at the same time. Alec looked embarrassed but nodded slightly.
"Simon's good too." Alec said. Simon shrugged and Chloe nodded. She handed the silver bow to Alec. Chloe then turned and pulled out a dark gray bow with red designs on it.
"Okay, both have unlimited ammo made out of Void material, just pull back the string and an arrow will form, both are enhanced with Atherium, which causes them to fly true and straight and not be affected by gravity, Alec, yours is seraphic in alliance while Simon's is demonic in alliance, to match the basic alliance of your own species." Chloe explained, handing Simon the dark-and-red bow.
While Simon started to get a feel for the bow, Alec propped his up and pulled back the string, an arrow seemingly made of golden mist appeared, notched perfectly, ready to be shot into the heart of one's enemy.
"Isabelle, this electrum whip is concentrated, and will change color-slash-glamour itself when you don't use it so it looks like a belt, Magnus, this is a staff that will concentrate your natural ability and enhance it using a fine blend of intermediate powers." Chloe passed what looked like a black belt with rhinestones to Isabelle, and when she flicked it, it changed into a glowing yellow whip with sparks shooting off it and extinguishing before they hit the ground, Chloe handed a staff to Magnus which was pale gray in color, and looked to be made out of wood that grew up and around a large black-and-white crystal at the staff's end.
"Intermediate?" Magnus asked, his eyes widening. Chloe nodded.
"What's intermediate?" Simon asked, putting down his bow and looking over at Magnus's staff.
"It's a very hard-to-get substance that has both seraphic and demonic alliance; an intermediate between light and dark." Magnus explained, wielding the staff around with ease.
"Damn." Isabelle said, hearing Magnus's explanation.
"Alright, Jordan, Maia, this is a type of chain-mail with enchantments to make it feather-light and to make you resistant to silver for a period of five hours, so choose wisely when to put it on, also, these are bracelets that will stay on you when you turn into a wolf, they enhance the injuries you can make with your claws." Chloe explained, handing a sheet of chainmail and a golden bracelet to Jordan and Maia each. Magnus grinned,
"I daresay we looked pimped out." He said, his grin widening.