City of Heavenly Fire - Mortal Instruments Fanfic

8. Things Worse than Death

Jace who was still staring at Clary, flicked his eyes back to Sebastian.

"What do you want to do with the time that you have with each of us?" Jace asked worriedly. What was he going to do to Clary?

"It won't be too long before you find out," Sebastian smiled. He stared entertained at Jace's facial expression, chuckling hard.

"Laon!" Sebastian screamed. The same man who carried them away to this prison, appeared with three men behind, attempting to keep up with him. "Tie her to the bed next door."

"What?" Clary screamed, tears threatening to pour from her eyes.

"No no no no..." Jace cried out. "Clary!! I hate you Sebastian!" He started cursing at him continuously, whilst pulling hard at his shackles that would never free him.

Clary was picked up by two of Sebastian's men, while the other two followed behind. She squealed and thrashed around, kicking them hard in their shins.

"Don't touch her!" Jace constantly screamed which continued with many more curses being shouted.

And this was what he managed to say by the time Clary got to the door of the prison, and Sebastian was now just pissed at Jace for shouting so much.

"Shut up!" Sebastian yelled at Jace. "Put my sister back to where she was!"

Laon looked at him questioningly, but brought Clary back to the other side of the room where he reattached the shackles back onto her wrists and ankles.

"How about we start with you instead?" Sebastian looked at Jace. Jace put his head down and clenched his fists hard. What was he going to do?

"Get me my whip and knife." Sebastian ordered. They raced out of the room and came back in seconds with a large whip and red-hot burning knife.

"Oh my gosh Jace!" Clary shrieked with a worried and scared expression on her face. Not only was he going to be tortured, but she was going to have to watch.

"I'll be okay Clary." But Jace knew that he wasn't. But he had to stay strong for her, as he couldn't imagine how she'd feel if she heard him crying out in pain.

Sebastian flashed Clary a flirtatious smile.
"I'm doing this for you honey," Sebastian said happily.

"No you're not! You are ruining my life you sick bastard!" Clary yelled, tears now pouring from her face. Sebastian ignored her.

Jace sat there, not moving and awaiting his unwanted torture.

Sebastian nodded towards Laon, and that man went over to Jace before proceeding to rip of his shirt and turn him so his back was facing up. Jace didn't stop him.

"Stop!" Clary screamed. But no one listened to a word she said, as all attention fell upon Jace.

Sebastian took out the whip bringing it up high.
"This is what you get for taking my love." He brought down the whip hard onto his back; leaving a diagonal line. Jace squeezed his eyes shut, and let out a small grunt of pain. The whip fell back onto his back again, this time hurting much more than the last. The immense pain he felt drowned out the hurt cries of Clary's voice, as another stroke was brought down to him again. He stopped himself from crying out, making his best attempts to stay strong for Clary. He tried to move away from Sebastian but his body was to weak to do so. Three more we brought down onto his back, before his final whip slashed down across all his previous open cuts, and he unwillingly let out a loud cry.

By now, Clary's face was covered in a flow of wet tears, as she continuously screamed and pulled against he shackles. She dug her nails hard into her skin, blood flowing out of her palms.

Sebastian then flipped Jace's weak and unmoving body, so his bleeding back lay scratching against the hard concrete floor.

Sebastian dropped the whip, and took out the red-hot knife.
"Next time, you will learn not to mess with my girl."
He drew letters on his skin, Jace flinching and whimpering away in pain. Starting on his right shoulder and moving across to his left, He wrote in clear letters 'CLARY IS MINE'.

Clary was collapsed exhausted on the floor. Watching what had happened to him was worse than a death of her own.

Jace lay on the floor, a pool of blood spilling from him.

"It wouldn't be worth only feeling the pain for a few minutes would it?" Sebastian laughed. He signalled Laon before leaving the room.

His men came up to Jace stopping his blood loss by applying runes all over his body. But that didn't stop him from feeling the pain.

The men then left the room closing the cell door, and left Clary staring hopelessly at Jace.