Dirty Little Secret

Struggling and Waking

Nicolas' POV

   I watch as Jace turns towards me and Clary, his chest rising as he takes a deep breath, and Benny howls inside as we watch in horror as Jason's eyes roll into the back of his head and crumbles at the door of the stairs.

    Clary pushes me behind her, backing us up slowly to reach the back wall as the gas slowly comes near us.

    Before it can, the door at the top of the stairs open again, just as I start to feel dizzy. Footsteps fall against the wood as someone comes down the stairs, and as the veg closer, Clarissa moves forward to shift, her wolf, Rachel, standing in front of me now, growling as the person reaches the base of the stairs.

    "Nathan." The name falls from my lips before I can stop it, but the taste of it on my tongue makes me feel sick, quietly gagging to myself as Rachel growls louder, the slight echo of Clary's growl mixed in.

    I watch as Nathan steps on Jace's back making an unexpected growl come from me, deeper than anything I've ever done.

    That is, until a second figure comes down the stairs and it's.... my mom.

     Shannon.

     Clary gives her a warning growl and she stops at the bottom of the stairs, her face calm even as she hurts her family. My hands shakes as my anxiety surges, but I don't cower, I watch her, trying to see the woman who I thought was my mom.

    But I don't see anything in her eyes.

    "Nicky," She starts but Nathan talks over her.

    "It was only a matter of time before I came for you. I told your mom everything. You sick bastards are never going to see each other again." My body shakes as tears well in my eyes that are stuck on chase, on moving as he goes to step forward.

    Rachel growls at him, going to bite his leg in warning, but before she can, Nathan side steps her teeth before pulling his leg back to kick Rachel in the head, my scream of terror loud and broken as she hits her head on the column in the middle of the floor, her body flopping harshly on the ground.

    She doesn't move and I rush to go towards her, Benny howling in my head scrambling brain and it's all I can do to keep it together.

    And to make it worse, before I can reach Rachel. Clary. My sister by circumstance and now by choice, I'm grabbed my hands that I fight, only to find my mother standing before me with soft eyes. "It's okay, Nicky. You're with me now. You won't have to worry about them hurting you." She tells me and I struggle against her, pushing against her hold until I get free, my finger stops,  barely grazing Rachel's fur before I get pulled back.

    I watch Clary in horror as Shannon starts to drag me away. "Nooo! Clary please! Wake up Clary!" I don as I try to wake my sister, and just when I give up, she opens her eyes, finding me as they pull me towards Jason's body.

   She struggles to her feet, and with a pained grunt, I watch as Clary launches herself towards Shannon, her jaw clamping around her arm. As she screams, I try to pull away, only for her other arm to grab me, my Omega strength no match for a full grown wolf.

    'No no no!' Benny screams in my head and I turn towards my peripheral vision just in time to see Nathan plunge a knife down into Clary.

    She lets go of Shannon's arm to release a pained thunderous howl. When her body falls to the ground, there's no movement, only the flow of blood at it touches the ground, and I know I'm screaming, yelling and thrashing as I try to get to her. Tears dance in my eyes blinding me as we pass Jace, my hands reaching down for hun, my sobs echoing in the space as I scream
for them to let me go.

    My heart tears painfully in my chest as I'm half carried half dragged up the stairs, my view of them disappearing until we leave the basement.

    "Use it on him or he'll cause a damn scene." I hear Nathan snap, and all I can feel through my body is red hot anger, as I go to turn towards the stupid stupid boy that's taking everything away from me, my body shaking in fear, but most of all, anger.

    But before I can lunge at him, something gets pressed to my nose from behind, and I feel myself getting pull back into Shannon, tears finally falling from my eyes to my cheeks are the world fades away, the abandoned bodies of Jason and Clarissa still on my mind as I pass out.

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    When I wake up later, I'm laying on a bed on top of the sheets. I yawn and go to sit up, trying to remember where I am when it all comes rushing back to me. My stomach is stuck in my throat as I go to move my arm, only to find it chained to the bed with only two feet of give.

    No.

    No.

    No.

    Just as I start freaking out, I hear a door open, and I look across the dimly lit room to find Nathan walking in, a satisfied smile on his face as he comes to stand next to me, just out of reach, by my legs.

    Nathan looks down at me, reaching out to touch my leg making my want to vomit, my body shaking from shock. "It's okay. You're safe. You're back with me now." He tells me and my vision blurs as I shake my head in denial.

     "No. Clary and Jace are going to come for me." I tell him, my throat thick, the words not feeling as true as they should.

     "Oh?" He asks, raising his head to look me in the eye. "Maybe. I could be wrong, and correct me if I am, but I don't think Jace knows how to bring someone back from the dead. Does he?" He asks, but I can't answer. I can't breathe.

    Clary?

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I know you guys will hate me for this but don't fret I haven't made an actual decision on how i want the rest of this to play out so don't get your hopes up.

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