"Till the end of time"-malec x oc

chapter 9

"is this really nesassary i liked that outfit." i say looking down at the now large shirt that im wearing with sports shorts.

"yes...i agree with alec it was wrong to make you wear that it wasnt practical."jace says not even looking at me as we walk into the training room.

after we left simon with izzy, jace led us to the training room where we left clary sat on the steps and then he led me to a room to change and now were walking back.

"yeah well i liked it." i say lightly pouting looking at the dark coloured clothes im in now."it smells strange too." i say bring the collar of the shirt to my face to smell it.

"strange? its alec's" he says still not looking at me as we reach the training room im gald he wasnt because my face was bright red with blush.

walking into the training room we see calry stood there watching a man. he's training with a girl. they both holds sticks in their hands as they fight each other.

clary looks over at us as we reach her and looks me up and down.

"why does she gets the better clothes?" clary asks looking at my comftable t-shirt and shorts.

"cause my outfit covered nothing."jace says not looking at clary but at the guy in the middle of the room.

"Who is that guy?"clary asks changing the subject and looking at the guy aswell. 

"That's Hodge Starkweather, our weapons trainer. And, more important for us, a former Circle member. After the uprising, Hodge repented and he was sent to live and work here to make amends. But he's forbidden to ever leave the Institute" jace explains as we watch as the guy literally snaps the girls stick in half finishing off their fight.

she nods at him before walking off. i frown looking at him seeing he's covered in runes too.jace and clary walk up to him making me quickly walk up too.

but the moment i do reach him he's putting on a shirt and he looks stright at me.

"Jocelyn." he whispers looking at me a small smile on my face. i frown and look at clary worried.

"Uh, I'm Clary this is my sister gracie. Uh, Jocelyn Fray is our mother."clary explains as i shuffle to stand slightly behind her now.

"Well, she was Jocelyn Fairchild when I knew her." he speaks taking a deep breath."And she was one of my best friends." he sighs looking at us both carefully.

"She's been kidnapped... by someone named Valentine and his men."i say looking out from behind clary at the man.

"By the Circle, Hodge."jace says making the dude look at him.

"But that's impossible. Valentine's dead and the Circle died with him."he starts to say until he literally strats to choke and groan making my eyes widen.

"What's happening?" clary asks looking at him as he lowers himself to sit on the steps of the training room clearly not able to stand.

"I swore a vow never to speak of what we did. This is the Clave's way of making sure I keep that vow." he grunts holding the side of his neck where a rune is glowing.

"We can't torture him, Jace." i sayb looking at jace quickly. he looks at me and shrugs.

"Is there anyone else we can ask?"clary asks jace desparetly but he shakes his head.

"If the Circle really is back... and they've taken Jocelyn... Our leader... our leader of the Circle was Valentine Morgenstern..." he starts to say but he winces holding onto his neck again. 

it looks so painful. each time he mentions something he shouldnt.

seeing him in so much pain makes me take a step back not really liking it.

"We thought he wanted to protect humans, like all Shadowhunters. But we never realized the lengths which Valentine was willing to go... the people he was willing to sacrifice." he grunts in pain still."most of humanity would die if we carried out valentines plan..." he groans again this time i whimper and cover my ears turning around really now not liking the noise of him in pain.

i feel jace and clary glance at me but hodge just keeps taking pulling their attention back to him

"But I... I still don't understand. How does my mother relate to any of this?"clary asks watching him groaning sat on the steps.

"Jocelyn was a member of the Circle as well." he grunts again.

"No....no...I can't believe it. our mother, she.."clary says galcning back at me as i cant hear anything they ay just lightly swaying with my back to her.

"The important thing is that Jocelyn left the Circle. And so none of this even matters, because Valentine died in a fire years ago." hodge says grunting.

"Hodge. Hodge. I'm sorry, but we can't ask you to do this."clary says quickly walking over to me and grabbing my hand going to leave but jace stops her.

"Clary, we don't have a choice." he calls making us stop. she looks at me and sighs."come on." she mutters to me and turns around pulling me by the hand back over to jace and hodge."You understand that, Hodge, right?"jace asks looking at the man sat on the steps.

i look at him too a worried look on my face as his face scrunches up in pain.

"Jace... is right. Valentine nearly destroyed the Shadow World and humanity along with it. If he'd gotten the Cup... " hodge grunts i hide my face in clarys side whimpering.

"Wait a minute. My mother told us she hid something from someone. If it's this Cup.."clary says qucikly wrapping her arms around me pulling me into her.

"Clary, the Mortal Cup is the most important object in the Shadow World. Whoever possesses it can create more Shadowhunters. And in the wrong hands... control demons."jace expains making clary look at him and me look up gasping.

"If Jocelyn hid the Cup from Valentine, then she's in more danger than you can possibly imagine."he tells us before he starts to literally scream in agony making me start to cry into clary side she places her hands on my ears so i can hear it whilst giving him a sad smile.

"I hate to make you suffer like this." clary says tears now forming in her eyes as we watch jace sit and support hodge as he screams.

"I'm so sorry. Your mother was only trying to protect you"he pants looking up at us making me look out from clarys side. i amke eye contact with hodge as he speaks" And now you must protect her. Stop Valentine... before he destroys us all." he says dramtically making me push clary away and turn and run down the steps and away from them all.