ꜰʀᴀʏᴇᴅ |ᴀ.ʟ.| ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀꜱ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ {ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍɪʟʟᴇ ꜰᴀɪʀᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴛʀɪʟᴏɢʏ #1}

{𝕀𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖}

"Cami! Cami!" Alec's voice rings through my ears but it sounds muffled, suppressed, "Cami, please, please, get up!"

"Ow" I wince as I come to, a spot on the back of my head pounding incessantly, "What happened?"

"Someone knocked you out...and the police took Clary and Simon"

"What?" I exclaim, attempting to stand up but wobbling

"Woah, woah, careful. They hit you really hard, you've been out for almost an hour."

"An hour?" I gasp, "Why didn't you just leave me and go after her?!"

"I couldn't"

"Why?!"

"You know why" he whispers, looking at me meaningfully, "Besides, they took them in a car, I couldn't follow it. I've already called Jace and Izzy, they'll be here soon."

"Why didn't they take me?"

"Maybe they didn't need to arrest you?"

"But they needed to arrest Simon and knock me out? It doesn't make any sense...Unless they know what I am."

"What? How could they possibly know? They were just some random cops"

"I have no idea, but it's the only thing that makes sense! Valentine wants us both as far as I can tell, so why leave me behind but take Simon unless they know I'm too dangerous? Maybe Valentine just wants me dead..."

"If they'd been trying to kill you, that hit wasn't hard enough. Whoever did it, meant to incapacitate you, not kill you. And they weren't Circle members...they were just police, detectives maybe."

"But...the police? It makes no sense. What would they want with Simon and Clary?"

"I don't know. God damn it!" Alec groans, throwing something into the wall, "Jace is gonna kill me!"

"Where is she?" Jace's voice penetrates the silence and he storms over to Alec, "Where's Clary?"

Speak of the devil...

"She's gone" I sigh, "Simon, too. Police arrested them."

"It was an unmarked car" Alec sighs, "I don't know where they took them."

"What did you do, Alec?" Jace hisses

Alec breathes heavily and Jace huffs, snatching one of Clary's singed drawings that was still in somewhat good condition and hurrying out of the room, Izzy and I close behind him. I grab Clary's bag with the box on my way out.

This was so not good.

***

Back at the shortcut, Jace was holding onto Clary's drawing, attempting to track her.

"Damn it" Jace pants

"What? Did you find her?" I ask, it had been more than two hours now and I was starting to panic. I was trying to reign it in though, too much adrenaline and I could go all sleeper and taht's the last thing we need.

"She's not showing up" Jace sighs, turning to Alec, "We need to parabatai track."

Again, Jace draws the rune on Alec's palm and they collectively hold the drawing, staring into each other's eyes. Jace shakes his head minutely, exhaling frustratedly.

"Alec, concentrate" Jace pleads

Alec sighs and they try again. Jace breaks eye contact this time.

"Alec!"

"I'm doing it" Alec protests, "She's not showing up."

"Just like I thought" Izzy chimes in, her phone ringing, "They weren't arrested."