Clary was in such a shock when they left Silent City while Skye was a bit shaken up by the silent brothers reaction when they couldn't access her memories due to Seraphina. They were somewhat stunned, they could sense the angels presence. "M-My father is Valentine and my bestfriend has been kidnapped! Aren't shadowhunters suppose to protect mundanes?" Clary asked as she followed the others, Skye let out a sigh and glanced at Isabelle who was not happy.

"Yes..but I only left him in a van, we weren't expecting vampires." Izzy said and shook her head.

"You left Simon all alone in van. Great job, guys. You rock."Clary said, laced with sarcasm. She was pissed, the only person who she can truly trust was now gone. The red head glanced at her sister who had been extra quiet since they left Silent City.

"There is some truth to the idea that human beings should have a modicum of common sense." Alec said earning himself a nudge from Jace, the golden boy was still having trouble why Alec was having such a hard time with Clary. The girl had done nothing but ruin a mission, and Alec didn't seem to hate Skylar at all which Jace found quite odd.

"Alec, not now. Look, they won't do anything to Simon." Jace said

"They just wanted to draw you out. They want the Cup, and they think we have it." Skye explained to her sister quietly and ran a hand through her hair. She had seen the cup in Dot's tarot cards and that's all. She had never seen the real one ever, and couldn't remember if she did. Her mind was seal and protected which meant no one would truly find out whether she knew or not.

"But why do they think that? Why does anyone think that? What, my mom lies to me my entire life except, "Oh, by the way, there's this magic cup, I hid on, like, the planet Bongo, but don't tell anyone. "What am I supposed to do now?"

"At this point Clary, we are going deeper and deeper into this. And I want to know what else mom was hiding from us...what kind of trouble and man did she marry..and why? Why go to such trouble to hide you...if you were going to find out about the shadow world anyways."

"We have to report to the Clave." Alec said "They have to know we've learned about Valentine."

"What, that he's my father?" Said Clary, Skye sighed and shook her head.

"You mean our father?" Skye corrected, crossing her arms over her chest.

"The vamps want the Cup. And they think you have it." Jace said

"But why do they think that? Why does everyone think that my sister and I have the cup!" Clary exclaimed, her bestfriend was in danger and no one was in a hurry to save him from what she can tell. Skye sighed and shook her head, she was imagining out of all the things her mother could have done....it had to be the Mortal Cup.

"It makes new Shadowhunters. Nobody wants Valentine forming an army loyal to himself." Jace said and sighed.

"Plus, it controls demons." Skye added but in a mumbled, she ran her hand through her hair In the inside, she was feeling herself slowly begin to panic.

"They'll propose a trade. Simon for the Cup." Jace said

"So, vampires will trade Simon for the Cup and Valentine will trade my mother for the Cup. Either way, we lose someone we love." Clary said glancing at her sister who nodded in agreement. The red head knew her sister wasn't really close to Simon but knew her sister only cared about her mother. If it were up to Skye, she would rather trade the cup in for her mother..friends are replaceable but not family.

"What if I just toss it up in the air and let them fight it out among themselves?" Clary asked as se leaned against the wall behind her, Alec raised an eyebrow and gave Clary a look.

"So this doesn't matter to you?" Alec asked

"Yes, of course, it matters." Skye responded quickly, the last thing she wanted was the others to stop trusting them. "There has to be a way to save Simon without trading in something that we don't have!"

"Look I will do anything but I can't turn into what you are overnight." Clary said, this time looking at all of them...even her own sister was trained and raised in this world she barely recognized.

"It's true. She was raised as a mundane." Isabelle said with a nod.

"What are you, her spokesman now?" Alec asked and rolled his eyes.

"I don't need a spokesman, we need a plan." Clary said, Jace let out a long sigh but he agreed with the red head...well there was more behind the reason why he was agreeing.

~

"Uh, look at all this stuff, these screens. I mean, can any of this help me find Simon? Where is he, anyway? Some kind of crypt in Transylvania?" Clary asked, as her eyes scanned the screens within the main lobby.

"Actually, no." Jace said as he leaned against the table. That was Camille's outfit, right? They're locals." He glanced at Skye who sat on the opposite side of the table from Isabelle, both girls exchanged looks and smiled. It had been a while since they had worked together.

"They're at the Hotel DuMort, down in Gansevoort Street." Isabelle said looking at Clary who shook her head and sighed.

"And we came back here? Why? We have to go there. Let's go, now. Come on." Clary turned around to leave and Skye reached over grabbing her arm.

"Yeah I don't think so...we need a plan." Skye whispered to her sister who groaned and turned back around.

"We need a Clave resolution for that." Alec said

"The four of us can't declare war on the vamps all by ourselves." Isabelle said before Alec cut in to finish off.

"And we can't react without considering our options." He said. "Downworlders are slaves to their impulses. We're not."

"Alec, you can't just jump on all the Downworlders." Isabelle said defending them.

"Oh, that's right. Seelies have their charms, apparently." Alec said, looking over at his sister with a grin. Skye smiled and Isabelle rolled her eyes.

"Right." Jace said with a smirk.

"Seelies?" Clary asked

"Like faeries. The Fair Folk. Add pixies, nixies, elves anybody half-angel, half-demon. It's pretty much a catch-all term." Skye explained, her sister nodded..understanding some of what she said.

"Izzy can tell you all about them. She's got a thing." Alec said, glancing at Isabelle.

"We've all got our things, don't we?" She replied and looked at Clary who sighed.

"Okay, I can't listen to this. Simon's been kidnapped by vampires. I guess I'll just take care of it myself." The red head said, backing away from the table.

"Clary, you're gonna get yourself killed." Skye said grabbing her sister's arm again. "You can't do this without us." Jace sighed and motioned them to come closer, and they all did before Jace spoke.

"They made the first move.We're gonna take care of this ourselves, right now."

"This is a bad idea." Alec said

"What, have you got a better one?" Skye asked, there was no time..they needed to save Simon now. "Look, the vamps broke the Accords. We have every right to act...they took a mundie."

"That's a big no-no. The Clave will give us a lecture and then they'll be glad we did it." Jace added and gave Skye a small smile. "Come on."

"Hard to argue with that." Iz said agreeing with Jace's plan, it was all they had at the moment.

"Even if we went ahead, I don't see how we get out of here without having to explain where we're going." Alec said, oh he hated this for sure. He knew how much trouble they were going to get but there was no way he can convince the others to change their mind. "We need weapons, and we can't let anyone see us get them." Jace stayed silent as he thought...and then looked at the others.

"I know where to get what we need." He said, now they had a plan....

~

"A graveyard really?" Clary mumbled as they all kept walking, she din't like this at all. It sent shivers down her spine, she glanced at her sister who was in a whole other world. "Skye?"

"Yes?" Skye replied and looked over at her sister. "Is something wrong?"

"No, just wanted to make sure you were paying attention." Clary said and looked around as she hugged herself. Alec had pulled away Jace to speak with him, he did not like this plan at all just for a mundie who Jace did not like at all.

"Damn it, Jace, just think this through. You don't even like this guy." Alec said, Jace sighed and shook his head before speaking. He knew how much Alex truly hated this all."This isn't about the mundane, this is about Skylar." Jace said quietly and looked around.
"What, are you so desperate to get laid that you'll risk killing us?"

"Wow, um, there's so much in that that was wrong, I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear it." Jace scoffed before turning around ready to leave but Alec grabbed his arm and pulled him back a bit.

"That's the problem. You're not listening. Not to this or anything else I've said tonight. You don't even remember much about this girl. For all we know....Valentine could have gotten to her.""You can trust her, or not. I don't care. That's not my business but remember this is Isabelle's parabatai and imagine how she would feel if she heard you say that." Jace said, Alec simply stared at his parabatai...he didn't even know what to say next. "But if you don't trust me-"

"Jace! Alec! I think I found it! Mary Milligan!" Clary shouted as her and her sister bent down on the head stone. "Beloved servant? Who wants that on a headstone"

"Someone who is in service to a cause greater than themselves." Alec said as he walked around it. Jace was clearing off the leafs on top of it as did Skylar.

"At least she is now, abracadabra." Jace said, Clary raised an eyebrow and glanced at all of them."Wait, you people actually say that?" Clary asked

"Don't say 'you people' we're all shadowhunters, little sister." Skye mumbled

"No, Clary, we don't." Jace said and glanced at Skye who smiled. He pulled out his stele and used it to unlock it. The boys both removed it and opened the cache filled with weapons. Clary picked up a blade and stared at it.

"Whoa.." She said a bit breathless, Skye let out a chuckle at how amazed her sister was. "I can't believe you kill with this."

"Well I do. Now be careful, Clarissa. I don't need you hurting yourself." Skye said, this was really happening now. Her sister knew about the shadow world..and now she was going to be apart of it.

"Won't bother me to go alone." Alec said as he turned around, then Jace cleared his throat.

"Actually, take Clary with you." Jace said, Alec shot him a glare and forced himself to nod.

~

"Hard Tail." Skye read out loud and glanced over at Jace who nodded. "I have never heard of this place. And you know Clary would kill you for deciding to take me to a biker bar than...hmmm I don't know...saving her best friend." The two walked in and looked around seeing the vampires. Jace pointed a guy and smirked.

"Bet you can't handle his charm." He challenged, Skye chuckled and shrugged before tieing her hair up into a pony tail.

"Oh yeah, you watch." Skye said before approaching the man, she glanced down at his bike. "I was wondering who owns this cool bike......"

"Well, hey, baby." He moved his hand slowly casting an encanto...Skye wanted to laugh but she played along. You like to ride? You know you smell like a friggin' angel, right?" He said with a wicked grin, as he leaned closer to her. Skye was cringing so bad in the inside, she hated this but oh well she was playing along since she was already so deep into this.

He moved behind her and helped her onto the bike...that was when Jace had enough. He stood up and walked over with a serious look on his face. "Hey, you having fun with my girl?" He asked

"Piss off, Shadowhunter." The vampire hissed, Skye giggled and looked at Jace.

"Brad's gonna take me for a ride." She said and shot Jace a quick glare when Brad wasn't paying attention. 'I hate you.' She mouthed, Jace chuckled and shook his head.

"That's right." Brad said

"That's not gonna happen." Jace said. "Don't move Skye." Brad made his move and Jace had dodged, he ended up behind him and when Brad turned around.

Jace went for the punch and caught the keys. He smirked to himself before seeing all the vampires stand up. He quickly got on the bike, turned it on and drove out of the bar. Skye wrapped her arms around his waist and held on tightly. "I am never doing that again."

"I needed the keys and you were a perfect distraction." Jace said. "Better hold on tight, this bike runs on demon energy." Skye smiled, this entire ride was amazing and breath taking. The bike was moving so fast, the moment it left the road. Her grip around his waist tightened.

"By the angel..." Skye said and glanced down at the ground. "This is amazing." He chuckled and nodded.

"It is." Jace replied, Skye closed her eyes for a second before taking in this amazing ride. She enjoyed it...but possibly even more because of Jace. Why was she feeling this way about a guy she barely remembered as a child? This odd feeling was tugging at her chest, which was bothering her not understanding why it was there.

~

"I'm surprised you are letting me rune you." Jace said, as he pulled out his stele and took her arm gently. Skye rolled her eyes as she watched him draw a silencing rune onto her arm, she had only let him rune because well she did not know why she did but she didn't mind...let work for her really. "You're being quiet."

"Sorry, tends to happen sometimes." Skye said softly, he finished up and smiled at her. "How will we find Simon?" She asked, she had never been to the hotel and usually avoided Vampires.

"He'll be in the most secure room." Jace said as he led the way to the entrance, Skye walked along beside him.

"Great, simple. He'll feel kind of high, kind of like he's in love. With the one who bit him..." Skye pointed out, it was odd the kind of effects vampires had on mundanes...the way they got into their heads.

"Exactly, it wears off just like love." Jace mumbled, Skylar raised an eyebrow and nudged him in a playful manner.

"Aww how someone never been in love?" She teased, he rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"No, have you?" He asked as he watched her.

"Nope!" She said popping the 'p' they both walked down the steps, the two were being honest with one another. "Though one day I wouldn't mind falling in love....it's something I've seen a lot in movies...on movie..with Clary and my mom. It's all love, they make it seem like the world stops and it's like they can't be around them no matter what.." Jace placed a hand on her shoulder and let out a soft sigh.

"One day, but it's not gonna happen...well not yet anyways. Now let's go-" Jace began to say before Skylar put her index finger on his lips, silencing him.

"Kick some vampire ass." Skye finished with a smile on her face.

~

"Just ran 30 blocks to get here before I freaking burned to death in the sun! You missed your ride, angel doll." The vampire from the bar hissing right before Jace was tackled by a few vampires, he fell onto the floor and was struggling to move.

"Skye!" Jace shouted, she let the vampire grabbed her wrist tightly and glared at her.

"Why'd you go with him, huh? You really know how to hurt a guy." He hissed, revealing his fangs before Skye kneed him in the crotch area and kicked him in the stomach.

"You're right. I really do know how to hurt a guy." Skye said before pulled out her blade and stabbing it into the vampire's back, he turned into dust as Jace fought off the vampires. Right on cue Alec came in, and shot an arrow at one of the vampire's fighting Jace with Isabelle plus Clary following.

"That was badass." Izzy said and chuckled, Skye did the same and rolled her eyes.

"Forget that, let's get Simon!" Clary reminded them, as she held her blade tightly.

"Right." Skye said with a nod, the shadowhunters left the room and head off to find him. Clary just wanted to find and save her best-friend, while the others simply want to leave the hotel unharmed. Luckily for them they had found Simon...with a knife on his neck..and held by Raphael.

"Simon!" Clary said and moved forward to him but Skye grabbed her arm and pulled her back not wanting her little sister getting hurt.

"That's not gonna do any good." Jace said, keeping his eyes on the vampire.

"Listen to him, Clary Fairchild. Put it away. I've had more than enough of your friend for one day. I'd love to cut his throat. Don't give me a reason. Put it away!" Raphael shouted, the others exchanged looks before putting their weapons away.

"Simon. Simon, are you all right?" Clary asked, her eyes filled with worry and concern.

"I wouldn't say all right..." Simon said and gulped, he was afraid...this world was scarier than he expected.

"Stop talking! Now... if you would all just follow me. Let's go!" Raphael spoke as he started to walk backwards and slowly, keeping his eyes on the nephilim. They hesitated at first but followed Raphael away. After a while, Raphael had pushed Simon forward towards Jace.

"Jace Wayland! Remember who your friends are." Raphael shouted, that was the last thing he said to Jace before leaving and joining the others on the roof. Skylar, Alec, Jace and Isabelle had left Clary and Simon to talk alone.

Skylar approached her parabatai reapplying her lipstick, Isabelle smiled at her. "Need some? For when you make out with Jace?" Izzy teased in a whisper, Skylar rolled her eyes and nudged her lightly before chuckling.

"Oh shut up, I don't plan on making out with him...with red lipstick." Skylar said playing along with her, Izzy finished applying her lipstick and winked at her.

"Forgot, you're more of a lip gloss girl." Izzy said, the blonde nodded in agreement and glanced back at Jace who had looked at her at the same time before returning to his conversation with Alec.

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I won't be home on the weekend, so I decided to update early! Also I wanted to thank for creating the new cover! Go check her out!

- xLittleMissReadAlotx