"Stay."

Clary and Simon watched amusedly as Jace sternly pointed at the ducklings. He backed up and a few steps and groaned when they followed him.

"They're not dogs." Simon remarked. He smirked when Jace redirected the finger towards him. "Oh no. Not the Momma finger."

"I will use the full force of the Momma finger if I have to." Jace threatened, waving it around.

"Does Maryse use the Momma finger?" Clary questioned.

Alec let out a snort of laughter. "She doesn't need it to be threatening."

The trio whipped around to see Alec standing behind them smiling. "Um, Hi." He gave a half-hearted wave.

"Hello." Jace said warily. The ducklings followed behind him and surrounded him like little fluffy bodyguards.

Alec saw the ducks and went wide-eyed with trying not to laugh.

Jace noticed and gestured toward Alec. "Assassinate!" The ducks just stood there. "Now you stay." Jace looked at Alec. "We're working on it."

"I see they're growing on you." Alec stated.

"Admit it. They're cute." Cooed Clary.

Jace side-eyed them. "Right now they may be cute and fluffy, but soon they will be full-grown monsters."

Simon sensed a possible fight and fished around for a subject change. "Uh Alec. Are those new clothes?"

Alec fidgeted as he was given the once over. "Are those skinny jeans?" Clary asked amazed.

"No! Kinda. I don't want to talk about it."

Jace grabbed the sleeve of his shirt. "And this shirt isn't blue, gray, or black! It's green! Magnus has rubbed off on you." He turned to Clary and Simon and waved the sleeve in astonishment.

Alec looked at Jace like he was crazy. "It's really not a big deal."

Jace grabbed a chunk of Alec's hair and held it up to the light, squinting. "Is there product in here?"

"I think I see a sparkle." Simon commented.

Clary rolled her eyes. "By the Angel. You look good Alec."

Alec blinked. "Oh. Thanks." He disengaged himself from Jace and backed away. "I'm gonna go." And he sped off.

Magnus sat up eagerly when Alec entered the apartment. "How'd it go? Are the ducks a constant terror?"

"He's trying to train them." Alec said, closing the door behind him.

"Oh." He laid back down. "I wasn't expecting that."

"We might have trained duck assassins on our hands."

"How terrifying." Izzy said sarcastically.

Alec warily looked at Isabelle, who seemed irritated. "You okay?"

She huffed. "No. I have that damn Nickelback song stuck in my head."

"Me too." Magnus added miserably. "And you have a Nicholas Cage on the back of your head Isabelle."

"Hmph." She yanked it off and threw in onto a nearby chair.

"We're kind of like star-crossed lovers." Simon sipped his soda.

Izzy examined the menu. "Really?"

"Yeah. On opposite sides in a war, and we meet in secret."

Izzy eyed him. "I don't. I just leave and not say where i'm going."

"Whenever I do that I get a suspicious glare from Jace. Fraternizing with the enemy he calls it."

"He's just jealous."

Simon smirked. "Yeah. He can't fraternize with Clary because the duck's are always watching."

Jace yawned and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He looked down and away, only to quickly look back. Three full-grown ducks were staring right at him. "Uuuuuhhh..."

"Quack!"

"Ahhh!"

"QUACK!"

Jace stared back at them. "What!"

Two of the three flapped onto the bed. Jace ripped the sheets off of him and jumped off his bed. "What do you want?!"

Instead of answering, the ducks flew at him. Jace dodged and ran out the door. "Yesterday I was your Mom!"

Simon paused when Jace ran past him and slammed the door. He could hear a bunch of irritated quacks. "The life of a parent getting to you?"

"More like the life of the hunted." Jace backed away when there was several thunks from behind the door.

"Ah, the assassins are coming after you? How the tables have turned."

Jace glared at him. "You're on my side. Help me."

Simon grabbed a chair and shoved it in front of the door. "There."

He shook his head. "That's not going to stop them."

Simon was about to say how paranoid he was when the chair moved forward an inch. "Oh no."

"Oh no indeed. To the Weapon's room we go."

Oh Dear, it's been a while. I've been really busy though. I'm sorry if this is rushed, I hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to update soon. Review! ;D