The Huntress ▷ Alec Lightwood & Jace Wayland [ON HOLD]

iv. phaze gizmo

IV
"PHAZE GIZMO"

3rd Person

     Things were slowly getting back to normal, despite Valentine's unknown location. He was still a priority but other than that, the mission were less now, not so much urgency and drama and everyone could relax for a moment. Of course everyone except Clary, who never seemed to be relaxed at any time.

     She stood by the printer, making multiple copies of the pictures Isabelle had taken days prior. The pictures of Katherine's restricted files. Clary would lie if she said she hadn't eyed the picture quickly, she was curious and so she trued to at least mildly satisfy the curiosity.

     The things she saw, the pictures on the file she saw and the details there were, she liked none of it. It actually made her feel guilty. If only she had known that while everyone was entirely focusing on Jace during his missing weeks, Katherine was living through hell at the very same time and no one knew nor even asked.

     All Shadowhunters assumed what was told to them 'Katherine is at Idris, training and leading missions'. If only they had the same curiosity she has now to ask how her sister was doing, what she was doing exactly. No one could have known, the Clave kept it a secret and erased any trace of her from existence.

The only remaining information about Katherine Steinfield once she left, were people's memories. That was it. Other than that, her files and record were closed to the outside world that didn't have a certain clearance to access them.

Clary's finger pressed on the print button hesitantly. Even though her curiosity was strong, she feared what she'll learn once she read the files. She feared to know what her sister had become, how broken she had been left. She wasn't the only one, though.

Isabelle could almost feel Katherine's pain through their bond. It didn't take a sacred, linking bond for her to see the pain in her parabatai's eyes. She had known Kate for far too long to know that the woman who came back from Idris wasn't the same who left for their homeland.

She knew that it wasn't the same she grew up with and bonded with. Through her and through their bond she could see and feel how shattered Katherine had turned, how much she had changed. She wished that it was all a bad feeling and not true at all but the parabatai bond never lies.

She was glad not to be the only one who saw Kate's change. She shared her preoccupation with Clary which is why she trusted Fairchild with the files. Clary watched as paper after paper they lied one on top of each other, the information pouring out in selected order.

Nerves crawled up Clarissa's spine, her begging for Katherine not to appear. Her eyes roamed around constantly, she had to keep a alerted watch on everyone, making sure no one even gazed at the pages. Not a single soul could know about this, their investigation had to be as secretive as possible.

     Which is why every time someone rounded the corner, her cheeks heated up in fear. The feeling wrecking from under her skin, trying to crawl out in the form of goosebumps. The pores in her face released liquid as the last copies were printing.

     Just a few more minutes and she would be done and safe from any intruding eyes who dared to soy on her pages. The errand was almost completed and Clary was already sighting in relief before her sister rounded the corner and caught her attention.