"In the Night."
Chapter 6 "Sweet Child O' Mine"
Jace POV
A/N: I hope you enjoy this Chapter! XD
I walked back into my room and lay back down on my bed and looked up at the ceiling. I watched the fan spin around and around until I heard my door swing open, I sat up and watched Jonathan place a seraph blade into his belt and leaned against my door frame.
"So the girls gone." He said and played with his fingers.
"I know." I said simply and stood up and grabbed my weapons belt, I strapped it on and looked at Jonathan.
"Wanna go torment a Warlock?" He said with a smile.
I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders. "Might as well." I said and followed him down the hall towards the elevator.
~30 minutes later downtown Brooklyn~
Jon and I stepped out of the cab and looked at the apartment building that sat in front of us. We heard muffled music, and could feel the bass of the music. Vampire's motorcycles were parked in front of the side walk; Jonathan tapped his finger on one of the handle bars and smiled. "It's like a down worlder's convention." He smiled and walked to the door.
I followed behind him looking around us, know that the accords are broken none of us are safe. Jonathan opened the door and hit the door man in the face with his elbow knocking him out completely; I walked around the kid's body and went up the stairs. I could hear the words to the music more clearly now, I looked behind me and saw the door swing shut, I tightened my hand around the handle of my sword.
Smoke was flowing down the stairs the closer we got to the Warlocks door, Jonathan pushed through the crowd that seemed to part as we walked through. My senses were heightened as we walked further and further into the apartment, I looked around us examining each and every face that we passed by.
Jonathan came to a halt and tightened his hand on his sword; I looked over his shoulder and saw what was stopping us. I tall dark haired man with glitter skimming his eyes stood a few feet away from Jon and smile at both of us.
"Nephilim, what can I do for you?" The glittery man said which sent the crowd livid, people started to shout and rush forward. The glittery man opened his arms and put some sort of block on the people preventing them from touching us.
"They don't belong here; we should cut them up and send them back to their beloved Valentine." One shouted.
I looked from Jonathan who was ready to fight, then to the glittery man. "As much fun as that sounds, getting blood out of my carpets don't. So now then the party is over, please exit the apartment in a neat orderly fashion." The glittery man said and seemed to have pushed the crowd to the door.
"Now that the crowd is gone, what can I help you with?" He said with and smiles and adjusted his watch.
"we need a locator spell." I said fast and as I watched the crowd leave the room.
"Oh and who may I ask are you in search of?" He said and twisted one of his rings on his fingers.
"A Shadow hunter." Jon said simply and lifted his arms across his chest, the warlock looked from Jon to me and shook his head.
"And I suppose I don't have a choice in the matter do I?" He said walking away to another room, which he appeared again with a map.
"Not if you want to keep your glittery head." Jon said and stepped closer to the table the Warlock placed the map on.
"Well I need something of this little Shadowhunters so I can track them." He said bluntly and held out his hand, I dropped the sliver bracelet into his hand and he examined.
"A little girl for a male shadow hunter, but I have known in my time some male Shadowhunters that root for the other side." He said and looked up at me and winked.
He placed the bracelet onto the map and started to chant, he closed his eyes and his fingers floated over the map. The lights flickered once or twice as he chanted; I tightened my grip on my dagger every time.
He opened his eyes and starred at the map. "Well that is very unfortunate." He mumbled which brought concern to me.
"What is it?" I demanded and stepped forward.
"Well your little damsel in distress is with a werewolf as we speak." He said and pointed to the address on the map.
"How do you know?" I asked looking down at the map.
"To keep order in our little worlds the leaders of every species lets others know where they live just in case of an emergency say if the accords were broken, oh wait they were." He said and snatched up the map from the table and made it disappear from his hand. "Your little princess is with clan leader of the werewolves, nothing gets passed him and his daughter. If you try and get your little friend back your going to have to kill two very powerful werewolves, and well not two but his daughter is something of a miracle no one knows what powers she possess." He said grabbed a glass from the table and took a swig.
"What is the address?" Jon said sternly.
"441 Maple Avenue, across the street from the police station. Oh and when you get there send my deep regards to Luke and his daughter. Such a lovely girl a pity they were caught with a shadowhunter in their midst's."
I looked Magnus in the eyes and watched as they turned into cat eyes, I looked again and they turned back into their original color. Jonathan started for the door and I followed until I walked back and grabbed the bracelet off the table, and followed quickly behind Jonathan.
Once we were out I looked at Jon and sighed. "So now what?" I asked looking him in the eye knowing exactly what he was going to say.
"Lets go get our damsel in distress." He said with a smile. "It's only a few blocks down the street we can walk there and be back before dawn even breaks." I sighed and shook my head.
Jon looked back at me and rolled his eyes. "What? What is it Jace spit it out."
"Maybe she wants to be there, why she would want a life that she didn't choose. We can't just pulled her out of her life and throw her into a whole new life. It's not right." I said and raked my hand through my tangled hair.
"We can and I am, if she didn't want this life she should've hidden herself better as a mundane." He said started walking faster than usual.
"Well maybe she didn't know, maybe she wasn't taught about our world." I said trying to catch up to him.
He stopped and grabbed my shoulders and looked me in the eye and laugh. "What happened to the care free Jace that I like, I want that guy back because this one is seriously starting to piss me off." He said with angry and squeezed my shoulders. I brought up my elbow and brought it down on his forearms, he started to laugh and nudge me.
"There he is, now let's go the little bitch."
Clary POV
I finally finished washing my hair when I smelled the familiar and intoxicating smell of incent. I sniffed my clothes and smelt it again, I walked through the hall way to the laundry room and tossed the clothes in the washer and started it.
As I walked away I could smell it even stronger than before, I walked back to my room and threw on a white t-shirt and running shorts. I walked into the kitchen and sniffed around trying to get the scent again, I walked slowly to the living room and I walked past the front door where I smelt it the strongest.
The hairs on my arms stood straight up as I walked to the peep hole, I looked through it and saw nothing. I must be tired it had been a long day obviously, I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a glass from the cabinet and opened the fridge and grabbed the chocolate milk.
I twisted the cap of the milk and that's when I heard it, the creak in the porch, I could feel my eyes turn blue as I started to feel threatened. I left the carton of milk on the counter opened and I walked backwards still looking at the door, I walked back to my father's room. I opened his door quietly and nudged him with my arm, he didn't move, I nudged him again and still no movement.
I heard another creak from the porch and I knew someone was out there, this time instead of nudging him; I slapped his face full force. He sat up quickly and looked at me with golden eyes and his fangs out; I pointed to the front door and mouthed 'Some one is outside.' He nodded his head and sniffed the air, and shook his head and looked at me dumbfounded.
"Clarissa there is no on-." He didn't finish his sentences because our front door was blown to pieces sending shards of wood in every direction. I felt pieces of wood scratch my face, leg and arms, I felt dad pull me to the window but I couldn't move, everything was going in slow motion.
Still looking at the door I saw the golden eyes boy walk in first with a sword in hand, followed by the other one flipping daggers in his hands.
I turned my head and looked my dad in the eye. "Go." I whispered to him.
"No you come with me." He insisted.
"If they catch you they'll kill you, me they think I'm a Shadow hunter, please dad just go." I kissed his forehead and watched him hesitate; he shook his head and crouched. "I'll be back for you."
I watched him shed into his wolf; he pounced through the open window and was gone. I stared out the window feeling tears fall down my face, I had never felt alone before in my life, until now.
I watched as lights appeared in the dust cloud that drifted into the room, I closed my eyes and tried to get them to turn back to green. I shook my head failing at my attempt; I looked towards the door and saw both men standing in the door way looking at me in confusion.
"Where's the werewolf?" The taller one said.
"Get out!" I yelled and threw and can from my dad's dresser at them, the taller one ducked the can and walked towards me, I walked back trying to put space until I was up against a wall and he was right on top of me basically sniffing me. "Where's the wolf?" He said again.
I shook my head trying o play dumb. "What are you talking about?" I answered; he grabbed my arms and tightened his grip. I screamed at the pain and started to kick trying to get free.
"Jon that's enough just grab her and lets go before your dad wakes up and find all of us gone." The golden eyes said and threw a thing of rope towards me and the taller one.
"Turn around now." He said and slammed me into the wall, I whimpered and turned around and faced the wall. He grabbed my hands and tied them up with the rope, I fisted my hands until I couldn't feel my hands. I was so angry I could feel myself start to lose control until I looked into the eyes of the golden eyed boy, I walked pasted him, correction I was dragged passed him I got a whiff of the incent and I nearly vomited on the ground. I faltered due to the smell and my senses on hyper drive, I couldn't see straight, I looked back at the golden boy but all I saw was his frame, and he was blurry and fuzzy. I felt my legs start to buckle but felt a hand grab my arm before I face planted.
"Jon she looks like she's about to keel over." The golden one said as he turned me around to face him, I couldn't see his face but I could smell him. I pushed past him and emptied everything that was in my stomach on the floor, I heard them both groan.
I was yanked off the floor and pulled to the street; I could smell the cigarette smoke from the neighbors ash tray next door. I looked into the sky and saw three stars I started to count them as one of the men whistled for a cab. I started to get my vision back as I starred more; I started to laugh as I heard them whistle.
"You're never going to get a cab down here in this early." I said and shook my head and continued to count stars.
"Oh well do you have a better idea princess." The tall one asked irritated.
I nudge my head towards the subway entrance and laughed. The subways the only means of transportation in this part of town, or you can walk." I said simply and looked the golden boy.
I scrunched my nose at him and looked away. "Is there something disgusting on my face?" He asked grabbing my chin.
"No you smell like church incents, it's intoxicating and rather disgusting." I answered and felt myself gag again. "Please go purchase another type of body spray of deodorant." I advised and spit on the sidewalk.
The taller one groaned and pulled me by my hair across the street, I watched as my house became smaller and smaller as we reached the subway stairs. I turned my self around and walked forward down the stairs; the one called Jon grabbed the back of my arm and pushed me through the tunnel.
We stopped in front of the tracks waiting for a train, I looked from the two boys and thought of a way that I could run. I watched as the one with golden eyes raised his eyebrow at me and shook his head, I smiled at him and rolled my eyes at him. I turned around and the train arrived, the door opened and was about to step in before Jon grabbed my arm and yanked me back.
I felt a stinging in my arm and I looked back to see that stick thing that Jocelyn had earlier and I jerked away. "Stop!" I screamed and kept jerking away until I felt my legs begin to give out.
The golden boy caught me again and looked into my eyes. "It's not going to hurt you, It makes you invisible to the outside world." I looked into his eyes and knocked my head forwards so that it would connect with his, I watched him hit the ground until I ran back the way we came.
I heard Jon yell which motivated me to run even faster, as I ran I felt my body start to ache and I felt y eyes begin to shift. I felt pain in my nails and then felt rope come loose; I pulled my hands up to my face and saw claws. I would've taken the time to examine them but I could hear Jon's feet coming face behind me.
I ran out of the subway station and ran onto the street; I felt my mouth begin to hurt and I tasted blood. I cried out as I could feel my fangs grow, I ran a lot faster than I was before I had to get shelter.
I ran and ran down multiple streets I knew I had lost the two guys but I kept running. I ran until I started to see trees, I ran straight into the tree line, I stopped and knelt to the ground and grabbed my head and felt the tears start to stream down my cheeks. My eyes burned, my ribs cracked, my jaw snapped, and I felt myself lose control.
I heard almost every bone in my body crack and snap; I screamed and whimpered as I endured the entire process. I was flat on my stomach clawing at the ground trying to move or even trying to find a way to release some of the pain, but the more I moved the worse it was.
I dug my nails into the ground, my wrist crack and I looked down at my hand and saw auburn fur covering my fingers, my skin sounded like it was ripping and shredding as the fur continued up my arm.
I screamed and hit the ground with my other fist; I looked up as I felt my back start to rip. I felt the urge run; I crouched down on the ground on all fours and ran across the trees. I jumped over a bench and felt free, there was no more pain, no more anything, and I felt power and strong.
I felt like nothing could stop me, I ran and ran until I saw the lights of the city. I stopped at the edge of the park limits and I sniffed the air, and I instantly got the scent of church incent.
It was close and it was strong, instead of gagging on it, it fueled my energy. I followed the scent for a about 3 blocks until I heard the familiar voices of Jon and the golden boy.
"Jace, we can't go back without her. Do you know what my dad will do if we come back without her?" Jon said to Jace who was leaning against the back of the building looking up to the sky.
"We should've left her alone, if we left her alone we wouldn't be here right now. And when your father realized she was gone he would've sent people to go and get her." He said and pushed off the wall.
"Do you want people to do your job for you? I know your father like to do that, well that's at least that's what I heard. But we'll never know will we he's dead." Jon tempted Jace, I watched as Jace tightened his fist so they were white. Jon looked away for a minute and then looked back at Jace who swung his fist and connected it with Jon's jaw.
'Good hit' I thought as I watched from the shadows, Jon looked back at Jace with his eyes widen and his lip bleeding. "Don't you EVER talk about my father as if he was lower than you? My father died doing an errand for YOUR father!" Jace yelled and walked away leaving Jon in the alleyway.
I followed Jace from a far, I watched as he turned the corner and turned another corner until we were somewhere in the middle of Brooklyn. He kept looking over his shoulder checking to see if he was being followed, I was so busy watching him I didn't see the shattered glass on the ground.
Pain shot through my front paw through my shoulder, I howled and whimpered as I tried to pull out the glass from the pad of my paw. I tried to limp away but I could hear Jace's footsteps coming closer to me, he was right in front of me crouching down with his hands in the air. "Easy, easy. I'm just gonna take a look at it."
He took my paw and looked me in the eye. "This is going to hurt, ok one, two, and three." He said and pulled out a piece, I yelped and felt more pain than before. He pulled and another piece and then another until there wasn't any more pieces, he looked into my eyes and rubbed behind my ear.
Oh it felt so good I rubbed against him until I felt tired, I took a step backwards and felt myself fall. I didn't know I was falling until I hit the payment; I looked up at Jace who was wide eyed and pale to the face. I looked up past him and saw the sun beginning to rise in the sky; I looked down at my paw and saw my pale fingers.
Fear shot through me like lightning, I was naked and in front of an enemy. I looked up at him, he crouched down and placed his hands up in surrender, and he looked down at my hand and saw that it wasn't bleeding anymore. "You're a werewolf? How is that possible, you...You came into the institute?"
I felt my consciousness start to fade, I watched him as he came to my side and cradled me in his arms. I felt myself being lifted off the ground; I looked up into his golden eyes and smiled.
I looked past his face and up in to the pinkish yellow sky. "I finally shifted." And then I felt the darkness creep in and take me under.