An Evil Kidnapping

Chapter Eight: Hearing

WARNINGS: Mentions of blood, and screams? Should that be a warning?

Sorry this chapter is kinda... Weird. I had writers block but I forced myself to write it. And thank you -ImJustALonelyGirl- for helping me with this chapter.

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"Jace! How do you feel?" Clary rushed over to the slowly waking boy.

"Ugh... Sore," Jace groaned.

"That's to be expected," Magnus said, following Clary.

The Warlock cast a spell to check over Jace, making sure the blonde didn't have any injuries. "You seem to be fine," Magnus told Jace, "You don't have any injuries. You're just feeling the side affects of what Alec... You went through."

"Will it effect my fighting ability?" Jace asked, slowly sitting up.

"Oh no," Izzy said, walking to where Jace was sitting, bring Simon along with her, "You are not going anywhere. Not while you're recovering."

"But Magnus said I'm fine!" Jace protested, pouting like a child.

"That doesn't mean you're ready to go out," said Clary.

"Alec's my parabatai, you can't make me not look for him."

"I hate to admit it," Magnus said, "but Jace is right. It would be wrong for him to not help. And besides, we need all the help we can get. Who knows what Sebastian has up his sleeve?"

"Yeah!" Jace agreed, "And I'll be fine, I'll just draw a rune to help."

Clary and Isabelle deflated visibly, "Fine."

"Then let's get going!" Simon grinned, showing his fangs.

Everyone gathered their things, Jace drawing a rune on himself, and left Magnus's apartment.

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"Oh my god!" Izzy exclaimed, "How many abandoned buildings are on this street?"

Everyone sighed, agreeing with her. "We'll find it!" Clary encouraged, always the optimist, "Let's keep walking, we'll find it eventually."

Simon muttered quietly so no one could hear, "Yeah... Eventually."

Jace, being the one closest to him, heard and let out a snort. The group kept walking, passing a building that was almost completely hidden by shadows. They almost went past it, but Simon stopped suddenly, causing everyone else to stop in confusion.

Isabelle voiced the question everyone was thinking, "Why'd you stop?"

"Don't you hear that?"

Everyone listened for a moment but heard nothing. "Hear what?" Clary asked.

Simon didn't answer. He, instead, was looking around intently, trying to find where the noise only he could hear was coming from. Simon almost overlooked the building hidden in the shadows, but due to his vampire sense, he could tell there was something there.

Simon pointed to it, "That's where it's coming from."

"What's coming from it?" Magnus snapped impatiently. He wanted to find his boyfriend as soon as possible.

"You don't hear it?"

"Hear what?" Clary asked again, this time less patient.

"How can you guys not hear it?"

"Maybe because we're not vampires," Jace snapped, "Now, instead of asking us why we can't hear it, maybe you should tell us what you're freakin' hearing!"

Simon stared at the building, and not at anyone, "It's faint, very faint. But... It sounds kinda like screams?"

Magnus immediately asked, "Alec's?"

Simon shrugged, "I never heard him scream, I don't know if it's him."

"Well, it's an abandoned building, almost completely hidden in shadows - I'm gonna go ahead and assume Alec is in there," Izzy said, her face slightly green thinking about her brother being in pain.

Everyone - except Magnus and Simon - drew runes on themselves. Magnus got his magic ready while Simon bared his fangs. Isabelle brought her whip out, but Jace and Clary brought out their seraph blades. They all walked up to the creepy building, Magnus's magic making sure they didn't set off any alarms.

Jace was the one to open the door. It creaked loudly, scaring everyone. They all went inside, staying close to each other.

Clary whispered, "This is the place."

Magnus almost shouted with glee, but he managed to contain it. "So where do we go now?"

Clary looked around before pointing down a dark hallway, "There. At the end of it, there should be a door that'll have a ton of stairs going down. Then at the bottom, there'll be another door. That should open to the basement with Alec."

"Should?" Izzy asked.

Clary shrugged, "I could be thinking if the wrong door."

Magnus's hand held blue fire so it would light up with hall, "Let's go then."

Simon stopped them by saying, "You know the screams I was talking about?"

Everyone nodded. "I don't hear them anymore."

Izzy said, "That doesn't matter. Let's just save Alec and get the hell out if here."

"You do realize Sebastian is probably here, right?" said Magnus.

Jace growled, "I'll deal with him."

Clary grabbed his arm, "We'll deal with him."

They all silently walked down the hall, seeing the door Clary was talking about. "This is the door," confirmed Clary.

Izzy opened the door. Thankfully, this one didn't creak. Izzy and Simon went down first to make sure nothing was there.

"All good!" Simon called up, before he went silent.

Jace and Clary went down next. Again, they called up then went silent. Magnus was worried, but he assumed they were just quiet because Sebastian could be in the basement.

Magnus went down the stairs, dimming the flames down so the light wasn't so bright. When Magnus got to the bottom, he called out for someone. But he didn't hear anything. He took a step forward, but tripped on something laying on the floor.

Magnus lowered himself down close enough so he could see what he tripped over. He almost fell back when he realized it was Jace, laying down like he was sleeping. Except, it didn't look like he was sleeping peacefully. It was actually the exact opposite.

Magnus's eyes widened as he realized what was going on before he slumped over on top of Jace, eyes closed, and sent into a dream.