Infinite | Magnus Bane

Of Men and Angels

The door shuts with a slam causing Charlotte to flinch at the sound. Clary and Simon had no time to announce to Charlotte that they were leaving and told Jace to just hide the car. Clary struggles with Luke in her grasp, as Simon then rushes over to take him as well to share the weight. It was an overwhelming, weighing feeling on Charlotte, seeing them fade away in the corner of her eyes. Not only was she useless but she was frozen.

"Mundane, we're hiding the car away, then we're meeting them," Jace tells Charlotte, not noticing her unusual silence. Jace looks at the wheel, the buttons around the dashboard and all the lights that said things he didn't know about. He couldn't ask Charlotte for help, he would look stupid in front of her. He sighs, hoping for the best as he then presses the gas pedal he saw Simon press earlier. The car jumps forward, making Charlotte's head barely miss the dashboard in front of her.

"Man, what the hell was that?!" Charlotte yells, taken out of her daze. "Do you even know how to drive?!"

"Do you?!" Jace was just as delirious, with a bruise now along his forehead from slamming against the wheel.

Charlotte shuts up, her mouth turning into a fine line. It comes out in a whisper of desperation. "We can learn together." The two stare at the dashboard, hoping that if they stared hard enough it would move on its own. "I see Simon do it all the time, if my brother can drive I'm sure the two of us can do this no problem!" Jace puts his hands on the wheel again with a grimace. "Maybe I should drive."

Jace shakes his head, "No I can do this."

He puts his hands on the wheel again and hits the gas pedal again, this time without making the two hit their heads. He pulls out and goes onto the desolate streets, but Charlotte could feel her body swerve along with the car. The speed increased steadily and it worried her more. 20, 30, 60.

"We're going a bit fast-"

"You do it then, mundane!" Charlotte would laugh at him if she was not facing an inevitable car accident.

"That's what I wanted to do! We just had to park out of sight, why is this so hard?!" She turns her head back to the road and her eyes widen, grasping the insides, the handles and the seat. "WAIT DON'T HIT THE CAR!" Jace turns the wheel harshly, causing him to hit into the window and the car to slam into a tall, metal pole. The airbags erupt, pushing into their faces. Jace could only reach his arm to block some of the damage.

Charlotte groans, feeling bruised and cuts on her forehead and face. "I should have listened and got my license when they first told me," she mutters remembering when Simon and their sister would bug her about getting her license so she wouldn't have to be driven or take a bus.

Jace shakes his head, regretting that action and then holding it in his hands, feeling a headache coming on. "Come on, they're probably waiting for us." Jace looks up from his hands, seeing a faint amount of blood on them and then glances up at Charlotte who didn't move an inch. Her face was void of any emotion. "Charlotte."

Charlotte blinks rapidly and then nods. "Yeah, we gotta get to Luke." She leaps out, feeling sore but ignoring the pain as she goes around to stand next to Jace who got out on the driver's side of the car.

"Are you okay?"

"Mhmm." Charlotte lifts her hand impulsively, reaching for the bloody nose. Jace furrows his brows, backing away from her touch and then Charlotte chuckles like nothing happened. "Whelp, we better get these checked out, we don't look too good, blondie." She walks up, her steps light and almost graceful.

"These mundanes," Jace mutters under his breath in exasperation before rushing off to catch up to Charlotte.

She was quicker than he thought she'd be, making her way through the building. Charlotte didn't seem eager to get to everyone before, but now she was rushing, as if trying to find a haven, or an escape. Jace takes larger steps, overtaking Charlotte as he then opens the front door, going through Magnus' place.