Distractions

Eleven: Shots Fired

I'm so sorry for not updating last week! My wrist was injured so typing was difficult, my basement (and by default my bedroom) flooded, and my siblings were switching rooms. I hope this 6,000+ word chapter makes up for it! Enjoy!

Trigger Warning!!! Later in the chapter, Everest shoots a demon. There will be bolded lines so you know when to skip if you need to!

Third Person P.O.V:

"I know where the Cup is," Clary suddenly declared. Jace, Magnus, and Everest all turned to look at her.

"Come again?" Jace asked.

"Yes, please repeat that and give an explanation for the rest of us." Everest put away her phone from where she sat on the other end of the couch Magnus was reading on.

"The tarot cards. Our mom must have painted them years ago, but the Mortal Cup has to be hidden in the Ace of Cups. It looks exactly like it," Clary explained. Magnus and Jace shared a look as Everest peered up at her sister curiously. "Wait, why aren't you guys happy about this? All we have to do is find...Dot."

"If Dot had the cards when she was taken, we don't have much time. If Valentine gets his hands on the Cup—" Jace began.

Magnus rolled his eyes as he held up a hand and stood up. "We know. If Valentine started creating Shadowhunters or gained control of demons, it'd be like Beyoncé riding on a dinosaur through Times Square."

"People would notice," Everest summarized for the two that didn't follow Magnus's thought process.

"But he can control demons. I've seen it," Clary protested.

"Mmm, paying off a few demons is easy, especially since they rarely survive long enough to collect."

Jace snorted. "Still waiting on Valentine's thank you card."

Everest gave the blonde a sarcastic look. "Do you want me to forge one for you? Because I think that's the only way you'll be getting one."

"Yes Everest," he said, sarcasm dripping with every syllable. "I would like nothing more than for you to fake a thank you note from one of the most dangerous men in the world."

"Give me three days." Jace shook his head in amusement.

"Opening the gates of hell, that's a little more tricky," Magnus continued, hiding his amusement.

"Is it?" The three gave Everest exasperated looks. "Wouldn't you just have to know the right people? Like how it's not actually that hard to get off the hook for climbing public property if you know a cop?"

"Everest, I think we need to have a conversation about what is and isn't appropriate for conversation," Clary said with a sigh.

"I don't think so," Jace contributed, holding in laughter. "What Everest says is funny and it never needs to stop."

'Just wait until I bring him into a conversation about how Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wasn't supposed to be white,' Everest thought to herself.

"Valentine doesn't have the cards. I do," Luke spoke up from the doorway. "They're in my desk back at the precinct. When Clary went missing, I went to the loft and cleared everything out, 'cause I didn't want the Circle to track the girls."

"That's great. This should be easy." Everest snorted softly.

"That's what General Custard said," Magnus muttered.

"That's also what I said before I let Gino and Roslyn take me rock climbing. I almost died," she muttered back to the man, who smiled.

"Magnus is right," Luke said. "Valentine has spies everywhere, even in the NYPD. We have to be discreet." Both of the twins snorted, but it was Everest who answered.