Jace and the others entered the Institute...with a werewolf and a mundie. Jace had a feeling...Alec was going to be pissed off when he saw them. Jace didn't want those two boys to join, it just meant more work for them. "Skye...you can't be here, I can take you Clary to my pack, we can protect you." Darren said as Simon blinked slowly still trying to process what was going on. Jace snorted as he stopped in front of one of the screen with Skylar beside his side, she watched him search for whatever he had to search for.

"Sorry, Darren. But I need to stay close to my parabatai and The Institute can provide protection that werewolves can't." Skylar said and glanced at him. 

"Plus we kind of have a thing." Jace said and smirked as he also glanced at Darren who gritted his teeth. "A very hot thing."

"He's kidding." Skylar said and nudged Jace who chuckled.

"What's a shadowhunter?" Simon finally asked, Clary looked over at him and sighed before speaking.

"They protect humans from demons."

"That makes perfect sense, 'cause there are demons running all around New York." Simon said and chuckled, he glanced at Darren who gave him a serious look. "There's no way."

"You are right Simon...there are demons running around New York.." Darren said, Simon nodded slowly not fully understanding what was truly going on.

"What is going on? Why is there a mundane in the Institute? And a werewolf?" Alec asked, walking over with his arms crossed. His usual, serious and emotionless look in his eyes. Isabelle stood by his side eyeing the mundane.

"A Circle member followed him to get to the girls." Jace said quickly, he was not in the mood to argue with Alec about this. The choice was already made and they couldn't take it back.

"A Circle rune, just like the guys that took my mother." Clary said

"What exactly is a Circle member and why are they trying to kill us?" Simon asked, Darren shook his head and sighed.

"All we know is a long time ago the Circle led a revolt." Alec began to explain before looking over at Jace to finish off.

"A lot of Shadowhunters got killed including my father. And since the revolt we've been forbidden to even hear about the Circle." Jace said and crossed his arms over his chest.

"But, how is that even possible? It's your history." Clary said, Skylar arched an eyebrow and shook her head before chuckling. 

"Says the girl who didn't know she was a Shadowhunter?" Skylar said and Clary chuckled.

"Okay, you got a point." The red head said giving her sister the point here. "Anyways, how do we get the information we need?"

"Skye and I will handle speaking to Hodge." Jace said and held out his hand to the blonde, who smiled and took his hand, following him away. 

"This is my brother, Alec and I'm Isabelle Lightwood." She said introducing herself to Simon who gulped and gazed at her.

"Simon. Simon Lewis." He said and paused when he realized how he introduced himself. Isabelle chuckled and smirked....oh she was going to get along wit him. "Two first names. Am I still talking?" Darren nodded and patted his shoulder. 

"Stop talking.." Darren whispered, Simon nodded and gulped before following Isabelle away like a lost puppy. Alec left not wanting to deal with Clary...he found her quite annoying and suspicious. Darren sighed and shook his head. "I don't like that Jace guy.." Clary arched an eyebrow and looked at him.

"Jace seems to like Skye..a bit too much in my opinion."

~

After speaking to Hodge, Skylnn had no idea what to think at this point. There was no way this was truly happening...her mother was kidnapped by her father and only she knew that. Jace had gone to fill Clary in, and the red head may have started to panic a bit as she walked to the entrance of The Insisute before pacing back and forth. "My mind is blank!" Clary said with a sigh of defeat, Skylar ran a hand through her hair and shook her head.

"Clare-bear, there has got to be something...I-I was never home. I stayed with one of my mom's friend...." Skye said slowly moving to Clary who backed up a bit, shakng her head before gasping. Skylar took a step back bumping into Jace, who put his hands on her shoulder making sure she didn't fall. "Sorry." She said as she glanced back at him.

"It's fine.." He whispered before shifting his gaze from her to Clary who was in shock.

"I-I know where Dot is...she can help us..."

"Dorothea? She wasn't at the apartment..I assumed she was taken or worse...dead." Skylar admitted and crossed her arms over her chest. 

"Skye...she may be the only person who can truly help us...she has to know where mom is and why this is happening!" Clary said before walking past the two blondes heading up the steps, Skylar turned around and looked up at Jace. 

"Your sister..has major mood swings." Jace said with a chuckle, Skylar nodded and sighed.

"Yeah.....she's been acting a bit odd since we got here. Give her time to adjust...she isn't like me. I was raised and trained in this world..and she knows nothing about the shadow world." She explain which was true, she can remember all the times she wished...she could tell her sister everything. Why she had bruises and cut, why she had scars on her hands and why she never was there...all because she was involved in her world...the shadow world. 

"How are you feeling about this entire situation?" Jace asked and crossed his arms over his chest, Skye simply shrugged.

"No idea." She admitted, now that she noticed..all she was truly worried about was Clary and Jocelyn...that was pretty much it and all the pressure she was under. "Just a bit worried...but it'll go away after we find my mother and my sister begins to settle down a bit...but it's fine." 

~

"She's gone, Clarissa!" Skylar said and ran her hand through her blonde hair. Clary shook her head and closed her eyes for a second. At this point, she was losing a bit of hope...why was all this happening to her now?

"They took her! We should have looked for her in the first place." Clary said and started to pace once again, Alec shook his head and sighed. He didn't want to go along with this in the first place, Skylar managed to leave when they all began to speak to each other. She gone outside and muttered a few words under her breath before her necklace lit up a bit, the white gem held by gold chains began to pulse lightly.

"Skylnn, how odd. It has truly been a while since we have spoken." An angelic voice said, when Skylar opened her eyes..she could see the angel in front of her wearing all white, golden runes all over her body and scars. A true warrior, with long beautiful blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

"I need my sword." Skylar said and held her hand out, Seraphina simply nodded once as a sword slowly appeared in Skye's hand.

"I suggest you relax, you know what happens if you lose control of yourself." Seraphina said and Skylar nodded.

"I got it under control, you don't have to worry. Thank you by the way..." Skylar said before the angel vanished, her necklace stopped to glow and pulse. She held her sword tightly before the others walked out of the Pandemonium. "What's the plan?" Skye asked as she put her sword away, Alec frowned and glanced at Jace.

"The Silent Brothers, they may be able to help Clary." Jace said "And you." He added before smiling a bit. "Come on, we should get going."

"Still don't know what the heck a silent brother is.." Simon reminded everyone, Darren chuckled and shook his head.

"Oh...you'll see." Darren replied and winked at Skylar who rolled her eyes playfully. "Anyways...let's get going."

"Actually, I think it's best you go home." Isabelle said to Darren and sighed. She hated to be the one to say this but she could sense the tension between him and her brothers....and can also sense it with Simon as well. Darren frowned and glanced at Jace who smirked a bit. "Seriously, Darren you don't have to be here...Skye's got me...her parabatai.

"Skye?" Darren asked hoping she would say something but she was a bit busy whispering to Jace who seemed to be entertained. "Hello?"

"Huh? Oh, Iz is right. I'm safe here and so is Clary. You don't have to worry." Skylar said quickly and smiled hoping she reassured him. She wasn't trying to be mean or anything but it was the truth. They had five shadowhunters and a mundie, they could handle themselves. "Plus I think you should check in with your pack." She added knowing he had completely forgotten about them. Darren groaned, he turned around and left them there, he was kinda upset that they wanted to him to leave instead of helping them.

~

"Yeah, this place isn't creepy." Simon said as he followed the others, of course he was still pretty confused on why his bestfriend and her sister trust these strangers. He pushed up his glassed with two fingers as he continued to look around.

"Don't tell me you're afraid." Isabelle said with a smirk before glancing back at Simon, who shook his head.

"Are you kidding me? I was born afraid which sounded a lot better in my head." Simon said immediately regretting what he had said out loud, Izzy let out a small chuckle as they continued to walk a bit before Jace stopped and turned around to face Skylar.

"Wait here a minute. I wanna see if it's safe." Jace said before turning around and leave to make sure it was safe, Alec and Isabelle followed him away as well. Simon turned to face the sisters before speaking.

"Why are we doing this? We don't even know these people." Simon whispered, he thought that maybe the girls were losing their mind. Skylar and Clary started to explain why they were going to do this regardless.

"Hey. If something goes wrong if something happens to her, that's on us." Alec said stopping Jace by grabbing his arm. "You know that, don't you?" He asked

"Yeah. And you know exactly what'd happen if Valentine gets the Cup before we do. The girls have lost everything, Alec. I know exactly what that feels like. And what's your problem with them, anyway?" Jace asked pulling his arm out of his grasp. "Your family always used to welcome strays."

"You were never a stray." Alec argued and he was being honest about it.

"The point is, nothing's changed.We're in this fight together. There's just two more of us."

"I just wish my mom and sister had trusted me enough to tell me about all this." Clary admitted ignoring the fact that Skylar was standing right there....next to her, listening to them speak.

"What is it? What's wrong? How are you not ultra freaked out by all of this?" Simon asked and sighed.

"I guess I just always felt like there was something missing .Some void I couldn't quite explain. Things are finally starting to make sense. But none of it's gonna matter unless I get my mom back." Clary said before Jace walked over, glancing at all three of them. He could sense the tension and saw how Skylar's expression had changed. She was upset, she turned around and headed off on her own.

"Come on, it's all clear." Jace only stayed to get Clary, the red headed and nodded. She inhaled sharply and left with him as well. Simon had followed Isabelle once again as Alec followed Skylar who was leading the way now.

~

"I'll mind the mundane." Isabelle volunteered quickly and smiled, Jace shook his head and sighed. Oh he knew Isabelle was liking this mundie a bit too much in his opinion.

"Your sacrifice is noted, Izzy."

"Talk about sacrifice. I'm missing a financial analysis class." Simon said out of nowhere earning himself a glare from Skylar who was currently not in the mood for any of this. She felt somewhat guilty for what was happening and Clarissa was making her feel that way unconsciously. And Alec had enough of this already, he raised both of his hands up surrendering.

"I can't be here anymore, so, Jace, I'm gonna mind the perimeter." Alec said before turning around and leaving. The others weren't surprised. Clary walked back over to Simon and took his hand.

"I don't wanna leave you." She said, Simon smiled and pulled away from her.

"Go be a bad ass Shadowhunter, all right? Get your memories back, save your mother. I'll be right here guarding the entrance to hell." He said

"Clary, you don't keep the Silent Brothers waiting." Jace said getting a bit impatient, as he waited. Clary nodded and followed him, Skylar stood in the back as they walked.

~

"What's that?" Clary asked as Jace held a glowing stone in his hand, Skylar had always heard about a witch light but has never had nor seen one in person...well she never needed one.

"It's witch light. We carry it to remind us that light can be found in even the darkest of places. And it's cooler than a flashlight." Jace said and chuckled before glancing at Skylar, he had an idea to make her feel a bit better. He took her hand with his free one and smiled before placing the witch light in her hand. "Here." He said softly making her smile a bit as they walked slowly. They stopped in front of a statue, a warrior holding a cup.

"Is that meant to be the Mortal Cup?" Clary asked

"Yeah." Skylar replied and glanced her little sister who nodded.

"What's that say?" The redhead asked

"It's the Shadowhunter creed. 'Looking better in black than the widows of our enemies.'" Jace read out loud, Skylar chuckled and shook her head.

"My Latin's pretty rusty, but I'm almost positive that's not what that says." Clary said, Skylar nodded and cleared her throat before reading it for her sister.

"'For Shadowhunters, the descent into hell is easy.'" Skylar corrected Jace who nodded and smirked. He didn't think it would be that easy to cheer up Skye...but it was and he didn't mind.

"That should be a postcard." Clary said, Jace chuckled and nodded.

"It should be..also it's this way." He said leading the girls off to the right direction. Clarissa started to ask her questions once again, understanding this new world was going to take time to get use too and she understood that. But she needed to understand it fast if she wanted to save her mother. As the girls were face to face with the Silent Brothers...what they learn next will shock them both...................