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"Man this place brings back memories," Jace said and Simon nodded in agreement.
"I pretty much lived here," Simon added. He noticed Izzy shift between her feet and avoid eye contact with him. He internally sighed and wished he had never said anything about their wedding date. Ever since then, she completely avoided eye contact with him and it was really unsettling.
"Do you think she's inside?" Jules asked. He was starting to grow anxious and he was drumming his fingers along the side of his leg. "Do you think she's in there with Tavvy?"
"I don't know," Alec said. He took a step closer to the apartment and saw Jace step up with him. The two shared a look and then nodded. It was another one of those silent conversations that they shared between them. Jules could relate, he often had those with Emma.
"Alec and I are going to go around this way," Jace said. "Jules you go with Izzy and Simon around the other way."
"I could go with you," Izzy suggested. Simon shot her a look, one she completely ignored.
"The two of us got this," Alec insisted. He could see the awkwardness between Simon and Izzy and knew they needed to work this out.
"Fine," Izzy rolled her eyes. Without another word, she took off in the opposite direction. Simon quickly followed after her, with Jules in tow.
"Something is clearly going on with them, right?" Jace asked once he was alone with his parabatai.
"Oh absolutely," Alec nodded. "Probably something that got completely taken out of context and is an easy fix."
"So the usual for them?" Jace smirked.
"The usual," Alec laughed as the two walked towards the apartment.
. .
"Are you seriously not going to talk to me?" Simon asked.
"There is nothing to talk about," Izzy insisted. "The most important thing right now is finding Tavvy."
"You can't even look at me Iz," Simon said. He caught up to her and heard her sigh. She stopped walking and turned around to face him.
"Do you want to marry me?" Izzy asked. Jules stopped in his tracks when he heard her question and looked awkwardly between the engaged couple.
"Uh," Jules scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "I'm going to go over there."
"Why would you ask me that?" Simon asked. "Why in the world would you think something like that? Don't you know by now how much I love you?"
"Then why did you want to cancel our wedding date?" Izzy asked.
"I don't want to cancel our wedding," Simon insisted. "I want the two of us to enjoy our wedding. I want to be able to look back on our wedding day years from now and remember it as the best day of our lives. I don't want us to be worrying about what is going on and that someone could get hurt."
"Simon," Izzy whispered. He reached out and grabbed her hand, taking a step closer to her.
"I'm in love with you," Simon said. "You are the love of my life and there is never going to be a time where I don't want to be married to you. I just want our wedding to be the best day of our lives because you deserve it, Iz."
"I'm sorry," Izzy sighed. She looked up and into Simon's eyes. "I let my insecurities get the best of me and almost ruin my relationship with you."
"Next time just talk to me," Simon said. "Come to me when you're feeling insecure so that we can work through it instead of avoiding me."
"I will," Izzy promised.
"How about we go do what we are actually supposed to be doing right now?" Simon suggested. Izzy laughed and nodded.
"That is probably a very good idea," Simon nodded. "I don't need Jace to be yelling at me."
"I'll protect you," Izzy smirked and then bumped his hip with her own.
"I love you," Simon said.
"I love you too," Izzy leaned forward to kiss him quickly before they walked off to find Jules. He was standing off to the side and he nodded when he saw the two of them together.
"Ready?" Jules asked. He was impatient but he knew that the two of them had issues to work out. He was glad that they finally worked it out.
. .
"We should have heard from them by now," Clary insisted. "They should have called."
"Relax biscuit," Magnus said. "They will call. I am sure that everything is just fine."
"Jules said he would call," Emma said as she looked at her cellphone again. "Maybe something bad happened."
"You two are giving me quite the headache," Magnus dramatically rolled his eyes. "You need to worry less. They are very good at their jobs. They know exactly what they are doing."
"I can't believe she would take him there," Clary sighed. "Of all the awful things she could do."
"When is the last time you went back?" Emma asked.
"Right after my mom was taken," Clary said. "After that I never went back. I lived with Luke while my mom was unconscious."
"I can't believe she took Tavvy," Emma sighed. "You should have seen how upset Jules was. I've seen him angry before but never this angry."
"They'll find him," Clary insisted. She rested a hand on the top of Emma's and smiled softly at the girl in front of her.
"I don't doubt them," Emma smiled softly back at Clary, "I'm just worried Jules is going to do something completely irrational since no one there really knows how to calm him down when he gets all riled up."
Magnus looked between the two worrying girls and held in a sigh, "You two seriously need to relax. I assure you Emma, Alexander is a very intuitive person and will know how to keep Jules calm should he get worked up. Now, let's go watch some Project Runway and wait for them to get back."
Clary and Emma nodded and stood up, following Magnus into a common room in the Institute where there was apparently a TV.
"Magnus?" Clary asked eyeing the space skeptically.
"Yes, biscuit?"
"When did the Institute get a TV room? Seeing as I co-run this place, I think I would've noticed," Clary said crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow at Magnus.
Magnus winked but didn't respond earning a small giggle out of Emma.
"I wish we had a TV back at the LA Institute! Dru would absolutely love that. But aren't electronics, besides cellphones, not really accepted among Shadowhunters?" Emma asked brows furrowed in confusion.
"Ah, but I am not a Shadowhunter and will return the TV back to where it belongs as soon as the others get back. Now, hush and sit. Don't question things so much, relax, live a little!" Magnus said flopping into an armchair with a flourish.
Clary and Emma quickly sat in their own chairs, getting comfortable. However, as much as Magnus was putting on a happy face and joking around, he couldn't keep the worry from settling into his chest as they watched TV. The others were taking a long time and he was starting to get nervous but he promised himself he would remain the confident one for the sake of Clary and Emma.
. .
Alec and Jace had finished checking their side. They quietly made their way back to the front to find the others were still not back yet.
"You think everything's okay with them?" Jace asked.
"Yeah. Izzy and Simon probably talked first so I bet that's the hold up." Alec said trying to sound convincing but failing.
Jace noticed how nervous Alec had become and admitted to himself that he was getting just as antsy as minutes passed. The parabatai continued to stand where they were, weapons ready. It was eerily quiet and Simon, Izzy and Jules should have finished their check by now. Jace started pacing back and forth getting ready to go after them when suddenly Simon's voice screamed out from around the side of the building.
"Jace! Alec! Come quick," Simon called frantically.
They took off sprinting around the perimeter of the building. When they rounded the bend, they stopped dead in their tracks.
A demon was hovering over two figures on the ground that could only be Izzy and Jules. Simon was being held by another figure with a knife to his throat.
Alec immediately sent an arrow into the demon causing it to vanish. Jace had moved towards Simon and the figure while Alec ran towards his sister and Jules.
"Izzy!" He called out frantically kneeling down next to her.
She looked up at him with a pained expression, "Alec, it hurts. It hurts so much."
He tried his best to remain calm, "What hurts, Izzy?"
Jules spoke up instead from where he was next to Izzy clutching his wrist, "She got hit in the shoulder by the demon." He said through gritted teeth as he drew an iratze on his wrist. Jules looked up to see Alec staring at him questioningly, "I'm fine. No poison, just a cut from stepping between Izzy and the demon. It had just lashed out at me when you showed up, so thank you."
"You're welcome." Alec muttered holding onto Izzy but worrying about Jace.
"While Jace and Simon are distracting Zara, I'm going to go inside and get Tavvy. I just know he's in there," Jules stood and looked to Alec for confirmation.
Alec nodded and returned all of his attention to Izzy as Jules took off into the apartment building. He slowly helped Izzy into a sitting position, feeling the anger course through him as he took in the severity of her wound. It started at the top of her shoulder and ran in a diagonal line almost halfway down her back. Zara knew they would be there and now his baby sister was hurt because of it. He also knew that he couldn't heal her with an iratze until the demon poison was taken out of her system by a warlock.
"How bad is it, Alec?" Izzy's voice broke through Alec's thoughts.
"You're going to be okay. You have to stay conscious Isabelle." Alec told her and she nodded. The pain was so intense for Izzy. She could feel herself wanting to slip unconscious. She grabbed Alec's hand in hers to help her stay grounded and awake.
With shaking hands, Alec took his cell out of his pocket. He spared a glance at Jace to see him standing stiff talking to the figure, that he now knew was Zara, holding Simon. This was not good. He pressed the first name on his speed dial and waited with baited breath.
"Alexander?" Magnus' voice came through the phone.
"Magnus, it's Izzy. A demon, can you please come here, and alone?"
"I'm on my way," Magnus said immediately and Alec hung up the phone with a sigh of relief.
He brushed the hair out of Izzy' face, "Hang on, Izzy. Magnus is coming. Just stay with me, please Izzy."
"I'm not going anywhere, big brother," she whispered, though she knew she couldn't promise that. "Where's Simon?" She asked knowing that talking would help distract her from the immense pain she felt.
"He and Jace are with Zara," Alec said keeping Izzy facing away from them.
A portal then immediately popped up in front of them and out stepped Magnus who immediately knelt next to Izzy and Alec.
. .
Simon tried to stand as still as possible. The knife Zara held against his throat had already drawn a bit of blood. He was trying not to panic as Jace and Alec came running over. He knew calling out was smart but it had also resulted in his current predicament. Also, it separated him from Izzy and he couldn't help but panic, terrified for what might happen to her if she didn't get help soon.
"Zara, is all of this really necessary?" Simon tried to reason.
"Shut it!" She sneered and titled the knife a little closer to his throat.
Before Simon could say anything else, Jace stormed over and stood in front of Zara.
"Where's Tavvy?" He asked and Simon had never been so grateful in all of his life to see Jace.
"The kid's inside. I don't care about him really. I just wanted to use him as bait to bring the Downworlder worshippers here." She snapped.
Jace stepped closer, seraph blade in his hand, "Downworlder worshippers?" Jace snorted, "Seriously? Let Simon go. Leave, Zara. You will not win here, you and I both know you are severely outnumbered."
Zara laughed, "Oh I wouldn't say that."
"What have you done?" Jace asked.
Zara never got to answer because just then, Magnus stepped through a portal and was kneeling to heal Izzy. Zara's eyes widened in joy and she released Simon, shoving him to the side.
Simon stumbled but Jace was by his side in a second.
"You alright?" Jace sounded concerned.
"I'm fine. It's Izzy, she was stung by a demon." Simon frantically said moving past Jace running towards the group huddled on the ground.
Jace surveyed the scene and noticed Jules was missing.
As he ran closer to Izzy, he could hear Simon whispering to Izzy and saw Alec holding here hand tightly as blue magic danced off Magnus' fingers. He turned his head slightly to see Zara grinning mischievously at the huddled group. He quickly moved to block her path but was too late. She was standing in front of them in an instant.
"Magnus Bane," she sneered voice laced with an intense disgust.
Alec immediately stood up and moved to stand in front of Magnus, arrow strung in bow, aimed directly at Zara.
"Oh, and the warlock's little pet, Alexander Lightwood. What a disgrace," she spat at him.
The group watched as Alec's facial expressions were tainted with immense hatred.
"Magnus, take Izzy and the others and go. I'll wait for Jules to get back with Tavvy and deal with her." Alec called out.
"This is just delightful. It seems the warlock is the pet! Just as it should be. Go on, be a good warlock and obey your Shadowhunter." Zara called out.
Magnus' hands balled into fists as he paused healing Izzy.
Izzy weakly reached up a hand, "Magnus, ignore her. You are not a pet, you are a caring person. Why else would you be here healing me?" She attempted a smile but it faltered as pain shot through her wound.
Magnus simply nodded, knowing he had to continue to heal Izzy. As much as he wanted to stay behind with his Alexander, Izzy needed attention. Jace noticed Magnus' hesitation and moved forward, putting a comforting hand on his arm.
"I'll stay with him and make sure nothing happens to him, I promise. Go, save Izzy." Jace said sternly.
"Thank you," Magnus said and opened a portal taking Izzy, Simon who gently carried her, and Clary back to the Institute.
Jace stepped forward and stood besides Alec. The two parabatai were ready for whatever this psycho had planned for them.