Shadowhunters~ A Hosie AU

S1, Ep 2) The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy

-Outside the church-

"Josie. Come on. We gotta go." Penelope says trying to convince her best friend.
Josie shakes her head and turns towards her, letting go of Hope's hand.
Hope looks at them and and walks towards the church, giving them both time to talk.
"Pen, I think Hope can help us." She responds to her, grabbing her arm.
"What?"
"Come on." She gives her a sign to follow her.
"How do we know this girl is even gonna try—"
A annoyed Hope responds cutting Penelope off.
"Mundane, we do not have the time."
"Come on Pen, let's go."

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-Inside the church-

The three of them enter the abandoned church.
Penelope eyes the decraped interior.
Hope pulls up one of her sleeves of her leather's jacket and runs her stele over her arm.
She draws a rune that sears into her flesh.
Penelope gives Josie a disquieted look.

"I know. Trust me."
"She's like, burning herself."
Hope grabs Penelope's hand.
"Buddy, what's going on? I'm not your type."
Debris rises from the floor and glows colourful.
Restoring the church to its former glory.
Penelope sees the shadowhunters working in their observe center.

"Where are we? What the hell?" she asks stammering.
Hope shoots her a dry look.
"Josie, is there a war going on that I don't know about?"
"There is now." Hope says without looking at her
"I think my mother's at the center of it."
Hope and Josie step forward.
Hope turns back to Penelope.

"You coming?"
"Yeah..... What is this place? There's a lot if gear in here. What'd they do, rob a tech shop?"
Hope taps on a monitor and swabs its image to a
large screen.
It shows the security footage of a cop approaching the church's entrance.

"So this cold-blooded killer is gonna help us?" Penelope whispers towards Josie's ear.
"She's not a killer. She's protecting us." Josie responds.
"Specifically you. It's sort of our thing." Hope grins.

"Your thing? You guys have a thing?" Penelope asks confused.
"She means a Shadowhunter thing.
That's what they do, protecting humans from demons."

"Demons, right. That makes perfect sense,
'cause there are demons running all around New York." She says sarcastically.
"That is the first correct thing you've said all day."  Hope replys ignoring her look.
Graphics appear over a 3D map of the city.
"NYPD." an police officer says outside the church.

"Won't they find us?" Josie asks looking at Hope
"No. Our wards will deter them. And the NYPD will do their typical mundie thing for a few hours and then the area is clean." she ensures.
Ethan walks up to them.
"What is going on? Why is there a mundane in the institute?"
Hope sighs.

"A Circle member followed her to get to Josie."
"A Circle rune, just like the guys that took my mother." Josie responds looking at Ethan.
"What exactly is a Circle member and why are they trying to kill us?" Penelope asks terrified looking between them.

"All we know is...a long time ago the Circle led revolt. A lot of Shadowhunters got killed...including my father." Hope answers while looking at Josie.
"And since the revolt we've bern forbidden to even hear about the Circle." Ethan joins in.
"But how is that even possible? It's your history."

Hope grins.
"Says the girl who didn't know she was a Shadowhunter?" She walks away towards Ethan and Maya who are searching something on the minitors.
"Yeah. Yeah, you're right. And now the only person who knows the truth is missing, so I don't care about your rules or what's forbidden,
I'm...There's got be be someone out there who can tell us why they've taken my mother."

Hope walks up to her again.
"There is. You coming?"
"Yeah."
Penelope follows them.
"No, no, no. Not you." She holds her by one shoulder, stopping her from going any further.
"Hey, we're a package deal." Josie says looking at Hope.
"Yeah." Penelope responds.