Chapter 22: A Plan

Jasper POV

Everyone was so shocked, that we didn't move or breath. Bella was gone! And Iain was a traitor. Poor Xena. I knew there was something fishy about that guy, I never liked him. But that might have been because he watched Bella, but it was also because he was weird! Really!

"Clary! Luke and the- Woah, woah. What are they doing here?!" Xena cries in shock as she looks at us with wide eyes.

"Do they know?"

Clary nods and glances at Jace. He motions her to go. She sighs and gives him a quick kiss before following Xena into the Accords Hall. Xena throws quick glances over her shoulder at us until she disappears inside. Jace turns to us.

"Well, we need a plan," Emmett says. I can't help but roll my eyes, so does Jace and many of the others.

"Really? No shit. You don't think we've tried everything we can? What more can you guys do?" Alec retorts. Magnus sends him a warning look.

Emmett shrugs. "Where was she last seen?"

Everyone turns to Jace.

He sighs. "Follow me."

He walks around a fountain that I hadn't realized was there, and we follow him away from the Accords Hall and down a brick paved street. Not that I realized much when we first came here. Dark had finally settled and street lamps came on and shined brightly as we walked by.

Thou, we didn't need them, the Shadowhunters were still part human. Apparently, half-human, half-angel, according to the book. Bella might have told me once.

Bella. I wonder how she is. If she was hurt. How Iain was treating her. Where they were. I wonder if this is the only realm for Shadowhunters, or if there are others. Kinda like the dumb Phineas and Ferb 3-demential movie.

I just hope she's ok, and need to stop comparing things with stupid things.

I hurried up to Jace. "Jace? Is there like, more worlds? Other then this?"

He frowned and looked confused for a moment. His mouth soon shaped an 'O' as he realized what I was trying to ask. He shook his head.

"Not really. I think the Faery realm is the closest we got to another 'realm'," he says. I nod.

"Wait, there's the realm of Demons. Can't believe I forgot something like that. As you can probably tell, it's full of demons, the deadlier ones." I nod again.

After walking another twenty feet, we came up to a two story house. It looked like any other house with a dark color painted on, and many windows. Jace lead us up the porch stairs and opened the door.

"Is this your house? Why isn't the door locked?" Emmett asks as soon as we step inside. I roll my eyes and shake my head at his curiosity, thou, I was wondering the same thing.

"No, it's not my house, not exactly. It was Amatis' house. The door is not locked because Shadowhunters trust each other. Besides, we don't really have anything that another hunter doesn't," Jace explains.

"Amatis? Who was that?" I ask, catching onto the past tense of this 'was' Amatis' house.

"Amatis was Luke's, Clary's stepfather, sister. Sebastian turned her into a Dark Shadowhunter by forcing her to drink from the Cup. I'm sure you all remember the Cup," We nod.

"I'm remember her stabbing me," Magnus says wrinkling his nose.

Jace nods. "Yes, but before she could kill you, Magnus, Alec shot her in the shoulder with an arrow."

Wow, some story.

"Why was she turned dark?" Edward asks.

"Sebastian was trying to create an army of warrior Shadowhunters, stronger and deadlier then the regular ones. I should know, he tried to make me one. He almost got Clary to. All you had to do was drink blood from the Cup," Jace says looking grim. Edward nods.

"So this is where Bella was last?" I ask. Jace nods.

Emmett claps his hands once. "Well, then, we better start looking around then, ya?"