Sup fellas? HeartGlow2112 is back with another chapter.
I may update a little slow from now for a few weeks as I have a lot of school homework and my parents have warned me that if I don't complete the school work I will not open fanfiction, like ever. So I am sorry but I want to be on fanfiction soo.. yeah
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So onto the chapter now:
Jace was hungry. Everybody was still unpacking in the institute and he had nothing to do. He was done unpacking his things and carefully setting them in his clean room. He had a hunch that maybe the Clave and Maryse were having some information they didn't want to share with the other shadowhunters.
He shook his head trying to clear these thoughts, no Maryse will not do that, he thought. She could totally trust him. He got up and went to stand beside his window. He wanted to meet Clary but was almost too sure that she is tired. It was dark outside as the wind swept, making the trees bend to one direction. It has been like this since some time now. The weather was not too great in Idris too and here, it was just getting worse. Though the weather was worse, it didn't make the people to go out work for their money. There were cars honking and taxes running in this weather too.
Jace couldn't take it anymore, he called Clary.
'Hello.' Clary said. 'What's up Jace?'
'Hey Clary, U free right now?' he asked her.
There was a slight pause and then Clary said, 'Yeah, anything wrong?' her voice sounded concerned.
'No, just meet me at Taki's.' he said.
'K byee.' Clary said and hung up, Jace couldn't help but feel as though he was interrupting something, but he kept that thought of his aside.
He passed several empty bedroom before pausing in front of the elevator and pressing the down button. He smiled at the fact that Staying Alive was playing in the elevator and a ridiculous thought hit him. A big giant hoard of shadowhunters ready for battle in this elevator listening to staying alive, he laughed at the thought.
The doors flew open and he stepped in the hallway. He was passing the library when he heard several whispers, as though there was a meeting and the people inside didn't want to be heard. He poked his ear in and tried listening to the conversation going on inside.
'….that is one big problem.' Maryse was saying to someone. Jace recognised her voice immediately.
'But we have to do something, we have to tell everybody and..' someone else said, Jace didn't recognise that voice.
'No we cant tell everybody, we will have to, but in due time. Everyone will freak out..' Maryse said.
'Mom, you have to tell someone, and she wont just stop and let you take all the time you need, you have to be ready at all times as she can strike anytime. Don't you see the weather? Its changing drastically.' Isabelle said. Jace gasped at the sound of her voice, she sounded tired and concerned and angry at once.
'Isabelle, I share your concern but Clary will freak out, Alec will tell Jace and Jace can never hide something from her.' Maryse said taking a deep breath.
'This isn't fair, she is coming after them not us! And its them who have to know all the facts that we know so that they can prepare, so that they can fight and win!' Isabelle shouted.
'That's it Isabelle, get outta here, no one told you to eavesdrop in the first place.' Maryse said sternly. For a second Jace thought that they were talking about him eavesdropping but he didn't have time t dwell upon that as Isabelle's boots came clicking as she proceeded to the door. Jace on the other hand ran to the Institute's front door to Taki's.
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'They were talking about me freaking out?' Clary asked hysterically as if she could not believe that Maryse talked about her that way.'
'I am positive.' Jace replied quietly, debating on whether if telling her everything was safe or not. What if Clary didn't need to know this? What if Maryse was right? He just sighed admitting that he anyways would have told her, he couldn't hide anything from her.
Clary took a bite in her burger, she looked as if in deep thought. She made nervous gestures while eating it, Jace noticed her leg bouncing up and down ever so slightly and she rubbed the back of her ear too.
Finally she gulped and said, 'Jace I need to tell you something.'
Jace stared at her, what could possibly make her so nervous, when telling it to Jace? 'What is it?'
'Something weird happened, between me and Jon. It looked as if.. as if Sebasian is back.' She said in barely a whisper and then launched into the story.
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'I don't know how, but I have a hunch as though the conversation I heard in the library and the … thing that happened between you and Jon are connected. I just fell like it.' Jace said as he and Clary walked towards Clary's house, they didn't get a taxi so far and the wind was so fast, it was ripping their hair off.
'Even I feel so, I just don't want to loose the brother I have always dreamed of.' She said in thought.
Jace put his hand around her shoulder. 'You wont, we all are here Clary, we will fight.' He said sternly. He could make out that the smile Clary flashed was fake but still didn't lose his enthusiasm in cheering her up. 'C'mon Clary, I promise you, nothing will ever happen to him.' He said and Clary nodded.
They saw a Taxi come up as they took it.
As soon as Clary got home she went wide eyed. She had bid Jace while he was still sitting in the Taxi and now was face to face with.. Maia.
Her first reaction, where are my parents? Is something happened to them?
Her next reaction, Is Jon okay? Did Maia hurt any of them?
Her third reaction, this bitch is soo getting dead tonight.
'Look who finally joined our party! Clarissa Adele Morgenstern!' Maia said cheerfully as she sprang from the sofa she was sitting on towards Clary. She had a knife in her hand which was covered in blood.
'Where is my family?' Clary asked through gritted teeth, as her hand tightened on her sword.
'Oh honey don't worry, they are very well taken care of.' Maia said putting the knife on Clary's neck. 'I came for something else entirely.'
Maia surprised Clary as she took her sword away from her hand onto the end of the kitchen in one swift go. Realisation dawned in, Clary was now absolutely defenceless. No, no don't give up, anything could be a weapon. Clary thought again and again in her mind.
Maia on the other hand now held an apple in her hand which she just took from the kitchen counter and was chewing it pleasurably. She kept the half eaten apple on the table after sometime and clapped her hands.
What the hell is wrong with this girl? Clary thought. I have not made any philosophical lecture or done an extraordinary action stunt. Clary was confused as she remembered Maia going into a fit of giggles the other day. Yup this girl has definitely lost her marbles.
Suddenly after what seemed like 5 claps two demons emerged out of nowhere and seized Clary by her hands. Excellent! I am a captive now! She thought.
Maia was hell close to Clary by that time and had her knife placed to Clary's neck too tightly that it hurt, it hurt but there was no blood. It seemed as if Maia was searching for the gash she gave Clary on the neck when Clary almost died. When she did see it her expression changed into true triumph as she started to sink her knife deep onto the same gash.
Clary was desperate not to cry out loud. Not in front of her, not giving her the satisfaction.
Maia slowly made a gash there making it more painful because of the slowness. 'Oh Clary, I wouldn't kill you or comatose you right now. You see. I want to injure every part of you until you get knocked out cold due to the blood spilled.' Maia said as she laughed as though she had cracked the funniest joke ever.
She now brought her knife towards Clary's hands, slowly tearing them apart as if conducting a science experiments, determined to find jewels in her body. Maia eyes were hungry as Clary's blood spilled on the floor making it cover in red.
Maia continued her slow rhythm and Clary felt dizzier by each second. Maia cut open both her hands and was going for god knows what next, when Clary finally was welcomed by darkness.