Angels and Warriors // A.L

Chapter 23

She started pacing, "Oh, my God. What are people gonna think? And then Alec worked so hard to plan this. I can't just not go to the party and what am I supposed to do?"

I cut off her rambling, "Hey, hey, I'm gonna fix it," I caught her arms and sat her down on the bed.

"Okay," She nodded, "But then we have to fix you and Alec, because the two of you not talking really messes with my chi." I had an incredulous look, crossed with confusion written all over my face, I could tell. Luckily my back was to Isabelle and I pulled out some make up, fixing my confused state before turning back to her. "Are you sure those are the colours?"

I wasn't, to be truthful but nevertheless I said, "We'll uh, we'll make it work."

"Okay, because if I don't show up to the party, your dad and Simon are so gonna kill me," She was still hyperventilating. I started applying the make up around her eye and could see it working.

"So, uh do you think you could get a friend of mine on the guest list for tonight?" I asked, trying to be nonchalant.

Isabelle nodded quickly, "If you make this work, I'll do anything for you."

I successfully covered the blemish without a trace and Isabelle squealed happily, asking for the name of my friend. I told her it was Magnus Bane and she didn't even question my choice in friends, promising she'd have him on the list.

My other self had apparently already brought my dress for the party over to Isabelle's house previous to my arrival here and I was thankful that we could just get dressed and go. Isabelle tugged my hand happily through the door of the Institute but I soon lost her to Simon, who I'd gathered was her boyfriend here. I dodged around people to avoid Alec as much as possible until I could find Magnus, knowing that if I saw him, I'd let myself be consumed for my want of what I couldn't have. I made sure that Isabelle had told him I was here and had waved to him before letting Clary whisk me away, so that he knew I was here and I didn't mess anything up for this dimension's me after I left.

I located Magnus and after looking around for a moment to make sure Alec couldn't see me sneaking off with another man, we disappeared down into the basement.

"What are we even looking for?" The only things I could see were objects and ornaments, statues, and shelves with dusty books.

"I'll know it when I see it," Magnus said.

"What if this doesn't work?" I was starting to worry.

"It will, I can feel it," He assured me.

I started to feel a pull towards one of the walls, as though the hot magic of the portal was calling to me when suddenly I felt excruciating pain flood my body. I fell to the ground, writhing. Magnus rushed over to me, "What? What is it?"

I couldn't form any words but one, "Alec!" Something was wrong with the boy from my dimension but I didn't know what, all I felt was my body on fire.

Just when I'd thought this couldn't get any worse, a demon from my world, burst through a portal, charging straight at us. As a result of the debilitating pain I was experiencing second hand through Alec, I couldn't move. I couldn't get out of the way. The thing descended on me, stabbing me in the neck with its tail. Magnus managed to blast it away with his magic, but it only held it off for a few seconds. Fortunately, a few seconds was all we needed.

Jace came running down the stairs. "Samara!"

I knew straight away it was the Jace from my world; he'd come through after me. He laid eyes on the demon and reached for a broom, snapping it in half with his foot and impaling the being. It fell to the ground, dead.

Jace dropped to his knees next to me. "What happened?"

I pulled my dress away from my neck, revealing the gaping wound the demon left. Before Jace could say anything, I managed to choke out, "Alec- What happened to Alec?"

"You felt it too?" He asked surprised. I nodded and Jace replied, "I don't know, but right now we need to get you help," He looked up at Magnus, "Will portaling her back to her own body cure her?"

Magnus shook his head, "No. Blood travels with you. It's why your angelic powers still work here - the demon venom is in her blood."

"Then we have to get her back to the Institute in our dimension," Jace went to help me up but I shook my head fiercely.

"No, we've gotta find Valentine," I grunted through my ragged breathing.

"Samara, you're in no condition to fight," He argued.

"We might not get another chance, Jace. This is too important," I refused.

Suddenly Magnus shouted, "I found it!"

Jace lifted me up with his hold on my biceps, "Come on." I groaned in protest at the movement but let him drag me over to Magnus. He took the crystal from my pocket and placed the shard into the wall, successfully opening the portal.

Jace looked at Magnus, still supporting me, "You'll have to destroy the portal after we go through."

"Why?" Magnus asked.

"To secure your dimension from all sides. Otherwise, if it stays open, you'll be vulnerable to demon attacks again."

The warlock nodded, "I'll take care of it and the malodorous monstrosity on the floor over there," He then looked at me, "Thank you, you gave me back a life. I won't forget it." I smiled meekly. "Now, go. Think of your father," He instructed.

With that, Jace pulled us both through the portal.    

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Poor Samara, why is it always her that gets hurt? And she could feel Alec's pain when he was tracking Jace???

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