We arrived at the party late next needless to say Izzy was freaking out, me and CLary both tried to calm her down but nothing worked until we were in the building. I stood with Jace and Clary for a while but was majorly third wheeling so i decided to wander around the party while i awaited the arrival of Magnus
I start to head back toward where Clary and Jace were standing only to see that Magnus has arrived and is pulling Clary towards me "Come on, lets go" Mags says grabbing my other arm and leading us to wherever the hell we are supposed to go
"Who are you?" Clary asks wide-eyed staring between me and Magnus
Magnus furrows his eyebrows "Clary, its Magnus and Hayley"
"Fucking hell" I curse "shes lost her anchor"
"Do i know you?" Clary continues to ask trying to tug her wrist free of Magnus' hold
"Focus" I tell her
"Okay, seriously let go of me." She stats to panic still trying to get her arm out of his grip, Magnus does something with his magic to make a grey ff of smoke "what is wrong with you?"
Magnus sighs before making the smoke turn into a bunch of weird circle symbols "What are you doing" i ask him but he just holds a finger up telling me to be patient . Clary starts t blink slowly before finally snapping back to reality "That was close" she states
"No shit" i sigh releasing a breath i didn't know i was holding
Magnus just laughs smiling at Clary "Good job, Clary"
"All right lets go" Clary says probably eager to get out of here after what just happened, as inconspicuously as possible we make our way towards the basement
"What are we even looking for?" Clary asks as we start to look around
"ill know it when i see it" Magnus replies staring at the blank wall in front of him
"Well you have fun watching paint dry" i say sarcastically "ill continue looking around"
"What if this doesnt work?" Clary walks over towards Magnus and grabs his arm
"It will biscuit. I can feel it" He assures
A sound comes from the stairs we just walked down and we all look up to see jace standing there, Clary quickly removes her hand from Magnus' arm
Jace stares blankly at his girlfriend as he descends the stairs "You know, if you were having second thoughts bout s you could've use told me instead of coming down here and hooking up with some random guy."
"Jace, this isn't exactly a good time." Clary says blandly, good excuse clary i think to myself rolling my eyes.
"Really? You know when would be a good time for me, Clary? Never. Never call me again." Jace spins around and starts to walk back up the stairs
"Wait" i call out, shit what do i say know "Umm, he's my boyfriend, i was just making sure Clary agreed." Crap crap crap i think to myself grabbing Mags arm that was so not believable. Jace turns and continues walking away and Clary being Clary runs to catch up with him.
A ravener demon jumps down right in front of him appearing from God knows where, he lets out a scream as Clary kicks it into the nearest shelves "What the hell is that thing?!"
Clary doesnt answer just grabs his wrist and starts pulling him back to where me and Magnus are standing, Jace leans against the wall before looking back up at us looking confused "Jace?!"
"Yeah" he says in a duh voice, "You okay?"
Clary smiles before pulling him int a hug "Thank God its you"
"You know the you from this dimension was even more annoying the the real you, who woulda thunk it." I smile at him
He looks down at what he is wearing "wanna fill me in?"
Before either of us can answer the ravener demon slams into the boxes right behind where Jace is standing, he turns and grabs the demon by the ear
"Jace!"
The demon slams him into another set of shelves, i grab a broom from the floor and hand another one to Clary snapping it in half so that the end is jagged and pointy
I lunge at the demon stabbing it through the stomach, but apparently brooms aren't a very good weapon because the thing gets back up and keeps attacking us, the demons tongue slips out and pierces Jace neck, he immediately grabs the wound as Clary rushes over to his side. Leaving me to fight the demon by myself with no weapon which is great, just great.
Luckily Magnus reappears killing the demon easily with his magic "what took you so long" i say reign my hands on my knees trying to steady my breathing.
"Where my stele?" Jace breathes heavily looking up at Clary
Clary sighs "It didn't come through with you."
Magnus glances at the wound before sighing "You're gonna need a lot more than a stele for that."
"Will portalling back to our dimension help?" I ask inspecting the wound
"No - blood travels with you. Thats why your angelic powers are still working. The demon venom is in his blood." Magnus shakes his head
Clary shakes her head a serious expression etched on her face "We have to get him back to the Institute in our dimension."
No" Jace argues "we've got to find Valentine."
Magnus walks off to continue his search for the portal while Jace and Clary continue to argue
"Jace, you're in no condition to fight."
Pew might not get another chance, Clary. His is too important."
"I found it!" Magnus exclaims peering around the corner and ushering us in the right direction, a section of the wall is cracked and there is a purple glow coming from behind it.
"Magnus," Clary says quietly as we both hand over our pieces of the portal shards, Magnus does some shit with his magic an eventually the portal is fully open
"You'll have to destroy the portal after we go through,"Jace tells Magnus keeping his eyes trained on the portal
"Why?" Mags asks his eyebrows furrowing together
"To secure your dimension from all sides. Otherwise if it stays open you'll be vulnerable to demon attacks again." He explains wincing slightly his hand still holding his neck
Magnus nods "ill take care of it." Just as me and Clary are about to walk through the portal Magnus grabs my arm "Thank you"
"We should be thanking you." I smile but he shakes his head
"No, you gave me back a life. Both of you." He turns to look at Clary then the portal "I won't forget it. Now go."
We turn back to look at the portal "Think of your father" Jace tells me and Clary as we step through
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"Fuck" i curse as we all fall to the floor of what looks like a basement
"Jae, hey it okay" Clary says moving neck to him as he cries out in pain once again clutching his neck
"No going back now"
Clary slides the stele out of his pocket and draws a quick healing rune on his forearm "Magnus was right its not working."
"Well we better be quick then" I say helping Jace up off the floor
Jace shrugs "Its enough"
"What is all this?" We loo around the room to see hundreds of jars filled with a disgusting looking liquid.
Jace picks one up inspecting it closer "The making of an army" he looks up glancing around the room again "There is no one here."
Clary lets out a sigh "did Meliorn lie to us? He said the portal would take us to my father."
Jace opens his mouth to reply but before he can say anything there is a clattering noise around the other side of the room
"Get behind me" Jace orders approaching a widow and looking through it,
"No, no, no" I interrupt "get behind me you can barley walk" before he can reply i start walking forwards lifting my seraph blade up as we approach the locker door Jace and Clary sand on one side holding there blades up defensively as i yank the door open peeking in
Jace shakes his head and freezes "It cant be. It cant be. You died. I saw it."
The man slowly looks up squinting his eyes as the light hits them, his mouth drops open as he sees who it is
"Jace?" Clary questions putting her hand on his shoulder
The mans eyes widen as he hears the name "Jace?" He murmurs, he shift slightly "Its really you"
"Okay, what the hell is going on?" I ask
Jace opens and closes his mouth a couple of times before uttering the words "He's my father."