The Mortal Instruments: City of All Things Again ~ DISCONTINUED ~

Chapter 5

Jace's POV

I pulled my seraph blade out of its sheath on my hip, previously runed so that mundanes couldn't see it. The Ravener demons hissed at us menacingly, edging closer with their clawed feet. Clary stepped back a little, next to Simon, who was looking worried. I wasn't sure if he had any weapons, but I knew that Izzy definitely had her whip. I saw a small knife in Clary's hand.

The Ravener demons advanced in no particular formation, just chaotic and random. The most leader-like one advanced towards me, obviously sensing my natural leadership genes, not to be big-headed or anything. I mean, it was my duty to take on the biggest, ugliest demon with my extra powers and all.

My blade sliced a wide gash in the demons stomach area immediately. Behind me I sensed Isabelle fighting off one of the demons with her whip, and Clary doing her best to shield Simon from the third and final creature with her tiny knife. I edged toward her slightly, just in case.

My angel blade sliced and diced through the demon's scaly flesh as if it were butter. It hissed in pain, stumbling backward and falling over onto a nearby trash can. A couple of its eyes, black as midnight and clumped together on its head, looked to have... burst? Was that possible? I wasn't going to complain, as it seemed to have hurt, whatever it was.

I dodged some of its venom that was suddenly being projectile-vomited at my face. Darting to the left, I tried to stab the demon in its side but was too slow. The demon moved to the right, meaning that I only sliced his arm a little. A single drop of raven-black blood slipped from the cut.

Whilst it took two seconds to recover, I stabbed it in the heart. It opened its mouth in shock and gasped a last hollow, throaty breath before bursting in a cloud of dust.

I turned around. Izzy was holding her own, on the attack against the demon that she was facing.

Clary and Simon were in trouble though. Clary was barely defending herself with her small knife, let alone going on the attack. Simon was half hiding behind her, half trying to attack with no weapon and trying to support Clary the whole time.

Clary and Simon's demon lunged at Clary as I ran towards them, but I wasn't quick enough. A long, yellow talon buried itself just under Clary's ribcage. She gasped as the demon removed its talon and collapsed to the floor.

Izzy finished off her demon at that moment and turned around to see the carnage. Simon stood in shock, glancing between his stabbed best friend on the scruffy New York pavement and the demon slowly advancing towards him.

I leapt forward and in a fit of rage and separated the demon's head cleanly from its body. It hadn't stood a chance.

Izzy and Simon were already huddled around Clary's now unconscious body. The wound was a wide gash right in the middle of her stomach, right underneath the bottom of her ribcage. It was about 3 inches deep and about the side of a seraph blade wide. It was oozing blood and I was worried that an organ had been punctured. Liver, stomach maybe?

Simon was already on his phone, probably calling Magnus to tell him and Alec to meet us back at the institute, and Izzy was desperately drawing countless iratze's, even though they did nothing to counteract the Ravener demon's deadly toxin.

"They're not working!" Izzy stated the obvious.

I pushed Simon aside and drew countless iratze's on her pale skin. My extra angel blood was as much use as learning RE at a mundane school.

"We've got to get her to the institute, Jace, quickly." Simon was off of his phone and telling me things that I knew already.

I bundled Clary in my arms, careful of touching her wound or putting her in too much pain. She remained unconscious, but whimpered every now and then, as if she was having a bad dream, but Ii knew better. She might be dying.