quick as lightning

36. Lightning strikes

My body was still alive, I was still alive. Impossible, utterly and one hundred percent impossible. I stood unscathed, except the smell of burning fabric and smoke. Every nerve in my body crackled with energy and my senses were stuck in overdrive.

"Piper oh my god!" Clary screamed loudly and I moved my raised arm to cover my bare body. I was completely naked, but at least I was alive.

Flashback.

After Clary and I had knocked out Luke, we 'followed' cleo as she pretended to be on our side. As we walked after her down the alley the loud ringing and highpitched screaming started in my hears again.

"Clary!"

"Yeah I hear it too." She gripped me for stability before I glared at the woman who looked bewildered.

"Valentines doing this to us, we know your on his side!" I shouted but whines at the sound in my head causing my ears to bleed.

"What? What's happening?" She asked looking it before Clary moved her stele over the hearing rune on the woman's neck. She cowered at the noise also as it faded out leaving me with a pounding headache.

"That's impossible" cleo shook her head in amazement at us. "The iron sisters only hear whispers of angels when we forge the blades...this...this is a sound of pain." She looked to her feet before back at us. "Valentines keeping a angel, torturing it, it's reaching out to you two." She spoke and Clary, regaining her composure shook her head.

"No, no your with Valentine, your lying." She denied and Cleo looked at her trying to convince her she was telling the truth.

"No you don't understand, an angel is pure goodness, everything a shadowhunter stands for, if Valentines torturing one then we are all in danger." At her words I actually believed her, something about her manner seemed true.

"So take us to him, let's set the angel free." I breathed, following her out of the alley as a truck pulled up and Jace and like got out, luke pointing his gun.

"Stop." He demanded and we all did, except Clary and I moved infront of Cleo.

"Clary, Piper, move!" Jace shouted over the rumbling thunder of the approaching storm. I could feel the humidity off the sky against my skin that wasn't covered by my jeans and sweatshirt.

"No, we need her." Clary moved towards Luke and I crossed my arms.

"Clary and I can hear the angel." This brought on looks of confusion and I shrugged looking to Clary to explain things.

After arriving at the building I drew my swords, the sharp silver blade with the glowing inscription of runes on the flat sides echoed up to the hilts. The iron sisters had modified my twin blades for me.

Clary Jace and I left the two greymark siblings with valentine and I proceeded to stand outside the building with the Clary and Jace. "This was your plan to get in the building, just look at it?" The boy scowled and I glared at him.

"Bitch calm down, I'm getting there." I rolled my eyes taking away the glamour and handing my blades to the shorter blonde girl. "Hold this." I proceeded to hold my carved black and silver bow and load a perfectly straight arrow into it and aim for the fourth floor wall above the window. I shot the arrow and then lowered my bow.

"Great shot, now what?" Clary must get her sarcasm from being around me so much.

"Would the both of you shut your mouths for two seconds and let me do my thing?" I scowled shoving my bow into Jaces chest before shoving my sleeves up my arms. I took three long daggers and grunted, using my strength rune to set them diagonal, three feet apart going up. Next I climbed onto the first floor window seal making sure not to let valentine see me before pulling myself up and stepping on the first hilt of a dagger.