OMG it's been forever since I last updated, but I made this super long for you to make up. It isn't over yet, there's still one or two more chapters left. Don't leave me now.

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"Alice!" Jonny screamed. He burst into the kitchen followed by Clary and Amy. A robed figure held Alice from behind and had a knife to her throat. Clary was impressed. Alice showed no emotion on her face and the only evidence she was scared was her white knuckled grip on the frying pan.

"Don't move or she dies," the robed figure said. Jonny stood stock still, his face pale. Three more robed figures moved in and two of them captured Jonny and Amy.

"They won't die now. Once we have you all tied up, we will allow you 15 minutes to say your goodbyes. You are the first Nephilim to die, you should be honored. You will die a quick death. Do not worry," said the other figure. Clary was frozen, watching her children be taken away. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jace peek down and see what was happening. She blinked twice, their signal to hide incase something happened. He quickly disappeared back into the drawing room.

"Where are the others? We know there are two other Nephilim in this household. Answer honestly and we will spare the human," the third figure asked Clary.

"They went to the village two miles over to buy Will a birthday present," she lied.

"LIE! Your car is in the driveway!"

"I know. They left the car here incase we needed a quick getaway. They took Clarkson's car. The workers' garage are a little bit to the west."

"I suppose there is a possibility you may be telling the truth. We won't kill the human for now."

"Thank you," Clary said. She knew the Greatest loved to be praised. "You are so kind to spare the one who is not of our blood. Do tell, what have the Nephilim done to earn your attention?"

"There was a lot of commotion a while ago. Something to do with a Sebastian. It hadn't seemed like a big deal until the enormity of it came straight to the Clan. When we reviewed the situation closely, it was decided that the Nephilim were too flawed to keep alive."

"I see," Clary stated. She had to think fast or they would all be dead. She allowed the figure to take her outside and bind her legs to a chair that was bolted to the patio floor. Jonny and Amy were sitting there, their faces showing nothing.

She was surprised when Jace and Will came out and allowed themselves to be binded. The figures left, leaving behind a clock that showed how much time they had left.

"What's the plan?" she asked Jace. He pointed his head to Will.

"So the dudes were too dumb to search us. We brought kitchen knives. Apparently, they've never dealt with the Nephilim before. We'll use two people to distract them while Dad and I go and ready the bombs."

"Bombs?" Clary asked.

"Oh yeah, we've had them here for years. No biggie. Moving on," Jace said. Clary glared at him and gave him a look that said, This is not over mister. Jace winced. Clary could be really scary.

"Anyway, I thought it would be best if Alice and Jonny distracted them while Mom and Amy go and attack them from behind. We found some texts in the library and it turns out the Greatest can't swim. Who knew? We won't use the bombs unless we can't dump them into the river first. Got it?" Will looked at everyone. Everyone seemed to be in agreement. Clary noticed that Amy and Jonny, who were at first sitting on opposite circles at first, were sitting next to each other.

Amy, who was a prodigy at untying knots quickly undid her knots and proceeded to do everyone else's. When she was done, she placed the bindings so it looked exactly the same as before. They still had 30 seconds left. Jace pulled out his stele and drew runes of strength and courage on everyone but Alice, because she was a mundane. They waited in silence, the anxiety rising through the roof.

Finally, the figures reappeared. Alice immediately burst into tears. Sobs racked her body. "Please! Please don't kill me! I have nothing to do with them. They had me as a slave. Please. I don't want to die. I'm much too young."

"Shut up!" Jonny yelled. He slapped her. Clary gasped. Jonny was rarely violent. "What happened to you?! You deserve to die." He spat.

"Oh Jonny," Clary said. Where had her lovable son gone?

She noticed the figures approaching tentatively. She waited for the right moment and swung her fist straight into the closest figures stomach. Her rune of strength plus the womanly instinct to protect her family combined caused the figure to fly backyard and hit the wall. It hit the pipe that brought the water and water sprayed everywhere. Everyone was soaking wet and Clary, along with Amy, held back the Greatest. Alice and Jonny were nowhere to be seen and Jace and Will were gathering bombs.

A figure approached her and Clary swung out with her leg in a roundhouse kick landing right where figure's stomach was. The figure attempted to grab her, but she used her small size to her advantage and ducked. She mustered up all her strength and punched him so hard he landed next to his unconscious buddy. Amy seemed to be handling two of the figures perfectly fine and Clary dragged the two knocked out ones into the river a few hundred feet away from the house. They dissolved as soon as they touched the water. Clary wondered why they hadn't dissolved when the water pipe was busted. Maybe it had something to do with natural sources.

Amy ran up next to Clary, quickly followed by two figures. She jumped into the river. The figures stood on the edge and Clary, who hadn't been spotted by them, shoved them him. There was just one more left. It appeared and Clary grabbed him and placed him precariously close to the edge. "Run back to your little Clan and tell them to never bother us again. I going to let you go, and if you try to harm us, I will report your dishonor to the Greatest. Sebastian isn't going to happen again and we certainly don't need you bothering us about it," Clary said. She let go of the figure and it ran/glided away as fast as it could.

As soon as it was out of sight, Amy fell into her mother's arms and declared, "You can be a really scary mom sometimes."

Clary laughed and they walked back to the house together. Jace and Will were looking very disappointed that they didn't have to use their bombs. A quick kiss for Jace and a slice of cake for Will cured their sadness. Jonny and Alice were there and sitting a little too close for Clary's liking.

"Sit. Down. Everyone," Clary said. The rush of a good battle had left her feeling slightly high. Good high, though. Everyone immediately sat down on the patio chairs. "First things first. Jonny, what is going on with you and Alice?"

Jonny wrapped his arm around Alice's shoulders and said, "We're officially dating now."

"Awwwww. You guys are adorable. I approve. I shall forever ship Jonice. Just one thing. What was that at the beginning and why didn't you tell me about this?"

"You said to make a distraction and that seemed like a pretty good one. As for the second part, well, I didn't want you to say we couldn't be together."

"Oh Jonny. I've had first hand experience in mother's not liking relationships." Jace grinned at this part. "So I think it's best if I let you pick who you want to be with. Next. BOMBS?! YOU KEPT BOMBS IN MY HOUSE!" Clary shrieked. Jace cowered into his seat. Clary sighed. She patted him on the head and then went to Will. "Will, I'm very proud of you. You were wonderful today."

"What, no scolding for him?" Jace asked.

"He happened to do nothing wrong and isn't hiding anything from me."

"Actually, I have a hamster I found 2 weeks ago. I feed him celery. He lives in my room."

"Gross! I thought those were raisins you left on the ground. It's fine, you can keep him, just put him in a proper cage. Alright. Everyone, up to bed. Now. We'll finish opening presents tomorrow." Everyone quickly ran up the stairs and into their rooms.