One Hell of a Scream

Chapter Six: Capture the Y/N

After having to leave to check on Clary, Jace came back to Magnus's place where he left you to get some rest. "Magnus!?" He shouted when he walked through the door but no reply. 'That's strange' he thought. Jace was about to shout Magnus again when Alec walked through to the living making Jace jump a little. "Jeez, you scared me." He laughed a little. "What are you doing here? Where's Magnus?"

"Magnus had to go and take care of some Downworlder business and asked if I could take care of Y/N until you got back. She's still asleep by the way."

"Thank you." Jace thanked Alec and headed to where you were asleep.

"Magnus informed me of what she is and how this is Valentine's doing." He followed Jace to where you were and leaned against the doorframe. "We'll keep her safe, Jace. Valentine isn't going to get his hands on her." You stirred from your slumber, squinting at the bright light from the lights on as you woke up.

Jace moved his attention over to you. "Good morning sunshine."

"What time is it?" You asked, your voice still groggy.

"Only nine pm." You groaned and fell back onto the pillow. "Come on. We've got to get you back to the institute." Jace instructed. Even though Alec was also in the room his tone was still gentle. Alec smiled at the fact you had that effect on him, he's not tightly wound and you brought out his gentler side. Normally Alec would be against that as he was taught feelings were a distraction but it was nice seeing, and feeling, his parabatai genuinely happy and smiling.

After an hour you were up and ready to head back to the institute with Jace and Alec. You said your goodbyes to Magnus and thanked him for helping. You were walking down a street, it was desolate at this time of night, in between Jace and Alec not bothering to make small talk. The two Shadowhunters had their hands near their weapons if an attack was coming their way. You were also processing all the information Magnus gave you as well as what happened in the last few days so you didn't want to talk about it. You were lost in your own thoughts, walking when you bumped into the back of Jace who had stopped. Alec instinctively reached over to you in protection. They both had their weapons drawn, Jace his seraph blade and Alec his bow. You peeked around Jace's back to see what they were looking at and there he was, the other man from your nightmares. Valentine. He was surrounded by some of his followers. "Just give us the girl and I won't kill you." Valentine instructed.

"Not gonna happen. How about you hand over your pet wolf so he can be punished by the clave for biting an innocent." Jace ordered.

"Don't worry I took care of him after he did what I required which was turning young Y/N here into a banshee." He smiled sadistically. "I thought it would take you longer to figure it out but you are one smart girl. Come with me Y/N and I can help you hone your abilities to the max."

"She's not going anywhere with you." Alec joined in. He then turned to you and spoke so only you could hear him. "When I tell you, you need to run back to the institute and get help. If you can't get back to the institute just keep running until you're safe. We'll find you."

"I was hoping you took the easy way out of this. I guess we'll just have to do it the hard way." And with that Valentine's men started attacking. Jace told you to run and you did but before you could make your escape Valentine grabbed your arm to stop you. This caused you to have a vision.

You saw everyone dead. Bodies littered the floor. Every Downworlder was killed and every Shadowhunter who dared get in the way was also killed. You saw your friends laying on the floor. Alec holding Magnus's hand. Clary, Simon and Luke together. Izzy laying the other side of Simon. Jace was also laying near Alec. Valentine stood victorious, the soul sword in his hand with his followers standing behind him.

The vision caused you to fall on your knees. You were in a catatonic state. Before you hit the floor Valentine caught you. He threw you over his shoulder and carried you to the portal his men following behind after retreating. All Jace and Alec could do was watch on helplessly as Valentine now had you. Jace tried to run after you to the portal but Alec held him backing knowing that if Jace went through he wouldn't end up in the same place. "I- I broke my promise to her. I told her that I wouldn't let Valentine get her and he did exactly that." Jace was angry, angry at himself and angry at Valentine.

"Hey, listen to me, okay? You had no idea that we were going to get ambushed. This is not your fault and you can't sit around blaming yourself when we could be finding her. We'll get her back Jace." Alec told Jace trying to calm him down before he did anything stupid. They headed back to the institute to report what happened and start looking for you. You were the top priority now.