POV Clary
It's been three days since I joined with Sebastian. We meet in the place he first captured me every day. He hasn't told me of his plans yet, but he gives me tasks.
My first task was to capture a vampire named Marlene. He gave me a picture of her and a few of her recent whereabouts. Sure enough, I found her at a little hair salon, where I captured her outside in the alley behind it. That was when Sebastian took me to his new layer.
It was not the invisible house, but was a place stored underground. You had to take a small elevator down. I rode down, and when I finally got down I found Sebastian standing in front of someone who was tied to a chair.
It was Marlene.
"Just in time, little sister." he says.
"Clary Fairchild. I can't believe Clary Fairchild captured me. Aren't you supposed to be the good one?" Marlene asked.
"I was practically forced to go along with this. I'm sorry, I just had to. I can't risk his life." I say. Marlene nods like she understands.
Even though she was tied up, she still looked extremely beautiful. She was Isabelle-beautiful. She had the same long black hair and the same dark, piercing eyes.
"What's your last name?" I ask.
"That's none of your-"
"Answer the question." Sebastian holds something close to her and she screams in agony. I look closer and see it's holy metal.
"Lightwood! It's Lightwood!" she screams. I blink in response.
"Are you related to Isabelle and Alec Lightwood?" I ask.
"Yes." she spits out. I had to tell them.
"You can not tell them." Sebastian warns. "Not yet."
I nod. There was no arguing when Jace's life was on the line.
"Now. Where is she." he turns to Marlene.
"I don't know who you're talking about!" she yells.
"Well?" Sebastian turns to me. "You have the power to tell if she's lying. Is she?" he asks.
I get closer to Marlene. I look deep into her eyes.
"Yes. She is." I say.
"Tell me where she is, Marlene." his voice was even more demanding.
"I got this. I've been learning a new ability." I step up to Marlene and stare her straight in the eye.
Focus on the control, I thought.
It was almost like an explosion of things came at me. That was when I knew I was in her head.
"Tell him where to find what he's looking for." I say.
Marlene goes into a sort of trance. "The park. There's a secret place by the fountain. If you focus, you should see it. It's in the phone booth. The password is..." she hesitates, but I push further with my mind, "Lollipop."
"Good work, sister." he says. He holds something up which he had been scribbling on. It's a note with the directions on it.
"What's this?"
"Your next task. Now, bring the girl." I untie Marlene and instruct her to walk ahead of me and Sebastian.
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POV Jace
Clary came home from her walk looking extremely tired.
"You okay?" I ask.
"Why does everyone keep asking that? I'm fine!" she says, and storms off, heading towards her room.
"Was it something I said?" I say to myself.
"What was that about?" Simon steps up behind me.
"I don't know. Maybe she fought some demons and she's tired." I suggest.
"Maybe." Simon walks past me and heads into his room.
After a few minutes of staring down the hall, I decide to go to Clary's room. I knock twice before she comes to the door. When she opens it, I notice just how very tired she looks. She has dark circles under her eyes and she slouches over just a bit as she stands and looks me up and down.
"Hey, Jace. Come in." she leaves the door open a bit so I can follow her.
When she heads back into her room, she sits down at the desk. I close the door and sit on the bed.
"So, why'd you come here?" she asks.
"Just to... see how you're doing." I look at her. She looks back at me.
"I'm doing fine." she says. Her red hair shimmers in the dimly lit room.
"Well, um..." I say awkwardly.
"Jace, is there another reason you came in here?" she asks, a tint of hope peeking through her eyes.
I wasn't sure why it was that I came here. I had been telling myself it was because something was up with Clary, but part of me just wanted to be around her. She turns away and puts something in a drawer, then comes to sit next to me.
"Look, Clary, I know that I haven't been there for you lately, and... and I want to change that-" she leans in and kisses me hard on the lips.
I immediately wrap my arms around her, and she puts her hands through my hair. She tasted like cherries, and I suppose that was from the lip gloss she had gotten from Isabelle for Christmas.
"Jace." Clary whispered between kisses.
"Yeah." I whisper back.
"I love you." she says against my lips before pressing hers to mine. I run my hands through her hair and stifle a sigh.
So this was it then. She said it. Now all that was left was for me to say it. I pull back slightly so that I can look into her eyes.
"I love you, too."
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POV Clary
The next day, after Jace and I had established that we were back together, I went out to complete my next mission.
I parked my new car my parents had gotten me in a parking lot that was near the park. I paid the toll and headed in. I found the water fountain in a few minutes after getting directions from a mundane girl. I looked around. Because of my recent changes into an angel, I no longer had to strain to see past the glamours. The phone booth appeared immediately. I stepped inside and picked up the phone like the instructions said.
"Hello?" someone answered from the other end. I did my best to impersonate Marlene.
"Lollipops." I say.
"Come on down, Mar." I pressed the 1 like the instructions say.
It is not my place to worry about what is happening down there, but there is a way you could change into Marlene's form for a few minutes. Raziel's voice says into my mind.
"How?" I whisper.
Do you remember what she looks like?
"Yes."
Then just focus on that. It should work, he says.
Marlene's dark eyes and hair pop into my mind. The gear she was wearing comes into my head. I blink, and suddenly, my red hair is replaced by the dark hair of Marlene. My gear mimics hers, although it looks semi-different. The only thing that didn't change was that Jace's bracelet was still on my wrist.
I look at the picture of the person I'm finding. The name reads, Christine.
"Mar?" a voice says when the door opens.
I notice that it's not the girl I'm looking for.
"I need to speak with Christine." my voice even changed, "Immediately."
"Right. This way, miss." the girl leads me to a room. I knock twice and the same girl from the picture opens it. I notice that she is a warlock. In the picture you wouldn't have noticed it, but she had a pair of clear wings.
"Christine." I say.
"Mar. What do you need?" she asks.
"I need you to come with me. Right now." I say.
"What is this about?" she asks.
"I'll explain later. We need to go."
"Will we need backup?" the girl asks as I drag her through the hall to the place where I came through. We both head up back to the surface.
When I'm sure nobody will see us, I turn back to my original form.
"What the- Marlene?" I punch the warlock's face and put the anti-magic chains on her wrists.
I carefully carry the warlock to Sebastian. He rewards me by saying I will get a short break from him. Three whole days! I think, sarcastically.
I returned home, which I was somewhat dreading to go to.
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