Sorry for the wait peeps. ;) I'll try to update sooner, but I probably won't since I've been working all summer haha. And I'll be departing on a ten day vacation tomorrow, soooo it looks like...No updates for a while. But you guys are used to that aren't ya? Lol. Anyway...Band camp starts in August. New director. Funnn stuff! :D
DISCLAIMER: I don't own this. Cassandra Clare does. :)
Also, does anyone know how to put spaces between different parts of the chapter? You know, when time passes? It won't let me do it...I keep putting spaces, or ***, but it never shows up. I'm confused. :(
An unbelievable amount of pain shot throughout Clary's body, causing her to let out an agonized scream. She struggled violently, like she had been doing for the past hour. The binds on her hands and feet just wouldn't come lose. Her stomach, which she was laying on, throbbed.
"Clary! Clary are you okay?" Jace yelled from across the room.
"FINALLY you're awake! I swear Jace! You sleep like Simon before he was a vampire! When I say RUN, what do you think I mean? Just stand there? " She yelled at him, flipping herself over so she could see her boyfriend.
"Well I'm SORRY I'm not immune to SLEEPING GAS!" He screamed back at her, trying to turn on his side so he could make eye contact with her.
"STOP YELLING AT ME!"
"YOU STOP YELLING AT ME!"
"Both of you. Shut the hell up." Alec growled from behind Clary. He was on his back, staring at the ceiling, a very pissed off expression on his face.
"Alright…Alright. Where are we? And who sent those demons to attack us?" Clary asked.
"Demons? What are you talking about?" Isabelle snapped from the other corner, her expression identical to Alec's.
"You, Simon, and Delilah were both asleep when it happened. There were three demons that we know of aboard the plane, and they spiked our drinks with an anesthetic," Jace explained.
"Where are Simon and Delilah anyway?" Alec wondered, trying to look around the room. It was difficult considering his hands were tied behind him and his feet were bound together, and he was lying on his back.
"I'm here," Simon said quietly from behind Jace.
Isabelle let out an annoyed sigh and said, "Delilah's not here. I knew we couldn't trust her."
"What makes you think Delilah had anything to do with this?" Clary snapped. "She only cares about the movie. It makes no sense for her to kidnap her own actors. And even if she did want to kidnap us, she wouldn't have needed the demons to do it."
"She's right. At the moment, all we need to think about is getting out of here. Does anyone have a weapon that wasn't taken by security or the demons?" Jace questioned, trying to remember if he had hidden anything.
No one responded. Not that Jace had expected they would.
"Well shit. We're screwed then," Alec mumbled hopelessly.
Clary examined the room. They were in an old barn, she knew, because it smelled like moldy hay and dust. The doors were chained shut. There were no windows except for one, which was barred up.
"Alec scoot over here, I need you to get this necklace off my neck." Clary told him.
"Why?"
"Because you're the closest."
Alec groaned and moved towards her like a snake, turning on his stomach and using his body to push himself. Once he made it to her, he pulled himself into a sitting position.
"Use your teeth," Clary instructed.
"Wait a minute! I'm not okay with tha-" Jace began.
"Relax darling, he's gay."
Jace grumbled while Alec bit Clary's necklace and yanked it from her neck. He dropped it to the ground and Clary picked it up with the hands tied behind her.
"Remember this Jace? You got it for me last Christmas. Just in case something like this ever happened."
Jace's eyes widened. "You actually wear that? I had forgotten about it…"
"I only wear it when I go on long trips. It makes me feel safe." Clary said, and pushed the small button on the underside of the spiral-like charm. She felt it extend into a pocket sized knife.
"That was smart of you," Jace said when she cut him loose. She made him wait the longest.
"Yep," she replied angrily.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and touched her lips with his; such a tender, loving touch.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you," he whispered, kissing her again, and again, and again until he had completely melted her anger.
"Ugh. Could you two save that for later? Geez," Isabelle complained, kicking the door of the barn as hard as she could. The peeling boards gave in with a loud thud and a cloud of dirt. When the cloud cleared, Clary was shocked to see that the whole door had fallen.
"This is one OLD barn. We really should get out of here before the whole thing collapses," Simon warned, tugging on Isabelle's arm.
They all exited the barn together, and froze together. All around the barn was green. Lush fields of rolling grass; the kind that stretched for miles and miles until you couldn't tell where the land ended and the sky began. All around were hills. All around were trees.
All around was empty.
"Soo…. We get ambushed by demons on a plane to New Zealand, they kidnapped our director, and somehow we end up tied up inside a barn in the middle of nowhere? This doesn't make any sense," Alec complained, plopping down in the grass beside Isabelle.
"No cell phone reception," Simon announced.
"What a surprise," Clary muttered bitterly, searching the horizon for some sign of civilization.
Jace was pacing anxiously in front of the barn. He was submersed in deep thought as he tried to understand the predicament they had been put in. Why would someone call demons to kidnap them? This person obviously knew they were shadowhunters, maybe he or she was afraid of them…? But even if that were the case, why dump them here?
"Do you think…" Clary had joined him. She hesitated, her face just as confused as his. "Maybe…This has to do with the movie…?"
Jace shook his head. "No. That wouldn't make any sense…We don't know enough about this…"
"Dammit, if I had my stele I could draw a portal and we could all get out of here."
Something clicked in Jace's mind. "Whoever did this knew we were getting on that plane! They knew we would get all of our weapons confiscated… They knew we've been slacking off, keeping our guard down…And Delilah was so insistent that we fly instead of using a portal…"
"But that still doesn't make any sense! Delilah doesn't have a reason to kidnap us," Clary countered, her hands twisting in her hair, which was covered in hay from the barn.
Clary was right. Delilah had no motive. And she had kept their departure date a secret to prevent the onslaught of the nosy media. So it had to be someone close to her. Or someone close to us. Jace thought, but quickly terminated the option.
"Well, we're not going to get anywhere by just sitting here. Let's go," Jace concluded, taking Clary's hand and using his free one to pick the hay out.
Isabelle had already arrived at the same decision as Jace, her eyes raking the area for an indication of a road or a river to follow.
"There," she said curtly. "A road. It's overgrown with grass, meaning it hasn't been used in years, but it's something." She grabbed Simon's hand and started to walk.
The group walked for hours until the sun began to dip below the horizon. They were all feeling the fatigue of hunger and thirst, and finally stopped to rest behind the safety of the trees that surrounded the road. Simon decided he would try his luck at hunting, while Alec went to find firewood and Isabella searched for a stream. Clary and Jace stayed behind to watch the road in case anyone drove by.
Clary sat with her head in her hands, unsure of what to do. She was worried about Luke, Jocelyn, and Max. Did they get kidnapped too? Were they stuck in the middle of nowhere with no one to help them?
"Clary. Don't worry. All we need to do is find a place with cell phone reception, and we can call someone," Jace whispered, trying to console her.
She leaned into his side. But that was the problem, wasn't it? How many more days would they have to walk? What if they couldn't find any food or water by then? Clary felt her fists clench at the thought of dying like this.
"You're too tense. Calm down, sweetheart." Jace kissed her head, which made her heart beat much faster. Not calm.
"How can you be so…chill?" She wondered, sort of irritated.
He grinned, his gold eyes shimmering. "I am always chill, darling. So chill that ice is afraid of me."
"Ha. Ha." Clary grumbled.
"Aww come on. I'm trying to make you laugh here." Jace pouted.
Clary glared at him. "Not working."
"Maybe that was the wrong approach." His eyes held a mischievous glint.
He moved his hand to her waist and used the other to turn her face towards his. He leaned forward slowly.
"May I join in?"
Clary jumped in shock. She felt the blood rise as she pulled away from Jace.
"Magnus!" Clary exclaimed, leaping to her feet and throwing her arms around the warlock. "Thank GOD!"
"If you hadn't so rudely interrupted, I would be more grateful," Jace mumbled.
Magnus grinned. "No kissing until you tell me where Alec is. I simply must see him!"
"He's right there," Jace said, jabbing a thumb.
Magnus turned just as Alec came out of the trees, his arms full of firewood. Alec dropped his load and hurried to Magnus's arms.
Jace held up his hands. "Hey hey hey. If we don't get to you don't either. Now as soon as Isabelle and Simon get back, you're drawing us a portal, and we're going to find out what the heck is going on."
"Oh I know what's going on. And you're not going to like it," Magnus cautioned, holding Alec's hand.
They all looked at him expectantly.
"Well…It looks like Sean has been having a little fun."
Clary was confused. "Sean? You mean Delilah's brother?"
"Yeah. Sean. The former shadowhunter."
"What does Sean have against us? And how do you know this?" Jace accused, anger rising in his voice. Isabelle and Simon finally arrived, no doubt they had been taking advantage of their time together.
"Now now Jace, does it really suit to be angry at the man who's come to rescue all of you?" Magnus cooed. "Well, while I was brushing Chairman Meow, I got an interesting text message from Mrs. Secret. She told me that Alec was in danger, and if I wanted to rescue him I had to rescue her first," the warlock told dramatically.
"Wait, Sean kidnapped his own sister?" Isabelle asked, clearly confused.
"Isabelle, don't interrupt me." Isabelle huffed in annoyance. Magnus continued, "No she was not kidnapped. She was simply stuck in an airplane terminal with a cancelled flight. But she didn't have you guys with her, and she was very distraught when I arrived. She told me that she had noticed the demons before she was knocked unconscious."
"Ridiculous. Humans can't see demons." Isabelle scoffed.
"Delilah isn't human, she's a shadowhunter. Did you not know that? Yes...She chose the life of a mundane, but she is a shadowhunter by blood. Her brother Sean is also a shadowhunter. Not anymore, however. Believe it or not, he worked as a scout for Valentine. That's how he knew everything about us. Well, obviously not everything but a decent amount."
Surprise ran through the group. Jace stood up. "So you're saying that in order to avenge Valentine's death, Sean tried to kill us?"
Magnus laughed and shook his head. "No, silly blond boy. Valentine only paid Sean well for his errands. Sean doesn't care for Valentine at all. He is simply angry with his sister. He was responsible for our discovery. He brought our story to Delilah's attention. And since he knew all the events, she didn't hesitate in signing us all up. But she gave him absolutely no credit."
"Sounds very Delilah-ish," Clary mumbled.
"Yes. So, in order to get back at her, he kidnapped you all by hiring a warlock to send demons after you. He was hoping you'd never be found. You see, Sean isn't the smartest man in the world." Magnus rolled his eyes. His story finished, he began to create a portal.
"Wait! So...How did you find us?" Alec wondered, clutching Magnus's hand.
"Welllllllll...Let's just say...Delilah's a bitch. Poor Sean."
Sean? WTF? So... Hahaha I fooled you guys. Psh. And you thought I was gonna go all serious on you. :P
