Someone was poking at his sides, while he was trying to have a good sleep. Alec mumbled incoherent words and turned in his bed, but someone kept poking him and he also heard a female voice somewhere in the distance, as if he was underwater. 

"Alec! Alec, rise and shine, big bro!"

Alec groaned rather loudly and slowly opened one eye. The female voice was now quiet, but suddenly, his blanket was not on him anymore and the cold air hit his body. Alec shot up, now both eyes open and almost screamed "Izzy! Fuck off!" In front of his bed was his sister Isabelle, who was in her usual black leather pants and black tank top, with the killer heels to match. She flipped her long, black hair, which were in a ponytail, out of her way and smiled down at Alec. "Get up, sleepyhead."

Alec rubbed his eyes and yawned. He shot Isabelle a death glare and said "What the fuck are you doing in my room?" Isabelle gave a small laugh and sat on the edge of his bed, picking at her nails, which were perfectly manicured with a deadly red color. "Weird, I know right? Don't remember the last time I was in here... or the last time you let me in here. It's embarrassingly clean." Alec scoffed and touched the floor with his feet. The floor was also cold and Alec gave a small gasp when he touched it.

"Iz. Seriously." Alec grumbled, reaching for his wrist watch on the end table. Isabelle smirked and said "Noticed you slept in. And you never do. That is like seeing a pig fly. Unbelievable, on what level have you stooped, big brother." Alec raised and eyebrow and looked at his watch that was now attached to his arm - it read 6:45. He held onto his head and made a very exasperated noise. "5 minutes. Iz, are you fucking kidding me?" he said. Isabelle burst into laughter. Alec glared at her and then got up, looked for his shirt and slipped it on, asking his sister "And what are you doing up so early, anyway?" 

Isabelle giggled, which was a very inhuman noise to Alec, and replied "Or did I never go to sleep?". She winked. Alec groaned again and said "I don't want to know, forget I asked." He put his sweats on and glanced at the mirror next to his dresser. His black hair were a mess as always, but his hazel eyes shone bright - not an ounce of sleep in them anymore. He was a morning person, he could wake up in 2 minutes if need be. And sometimes, it was need be. Isabelle shrugged and said "Since we're up, how about I accompany you on your workout today? I'm feeling adventurous anyway." Isabelle never worked out so early, so this must've been a big deal for her. Alec rolled his eyes but said "Not in those you're not." He nodded towards his sister's attire.

Isabelle replied rather venomously "I could take on you and Jace both at the same time and still make it to my mani-pedi in 5 minutes, wearing these heels and these pants." She flipped him the finger as she walked out the room, probably to change anyway. She knew full well that the proper attire allowed for more movement, and Isabelle was no fool. She just liked telling people to go fuck themselves. Part of her charming persona.

Alec got up and stretched. Outside the window he could see that the sun was still very low. When he went about the hallway, it was eerily quiet. His steps on the carpeted floor were as quiet as a cats. When he reached downstairs of their Command Centre, the only soul in the computer room was the tech-guy, Simon. He was sipping coffee from a huge mug, his glasses slipping on his nose. Alec walked by him, giving him a "Morning" and took to the training room. Simon nodded to him in haste. They both weren't the chatting kind, Alec appreciated the space and Simon appreciated the quiet. Once in the training room, Alec began doing push-ups to pass the time, until Isabelle decided to show up. After 10 minutes, she did, still in the tank top but now also wearing sweats and sneakers. She smiled at Alec, who now stood up.

"Alright, walk me through your routine." she said, beaming at him. Alec looked at her questioningly and asked "You sure you're up for that?" Isabelle scoffed and said "You underestimate me, brother." Alec took to the punching bags and answered "Never, sis." They began with the punching bags and soon enough, both were sporting a layer of sweat. After about 20 minutes, they stretched again and took to the balance beams. While balancing on her left leg, her arms in the air by her sides, Isabelle spoke "So, how you've been? I mean, after the thing with Jace." Alec hopped from one beam to another, balanced himself out and then glared at her. "It was just typical, stupid Jace. I'm over it, no big deal." He made a back flip, landing on the ground. Isabelle did a front flip and landed as gracefully. She asked between breaths "Over it? The man nearly got himself killed. I watched you Alec, I was there when you saved him. It was a big deal."

Alec rolled his eyes while drying himself with a towel. "Leave it, yeah?" he said. Isabelle moved towards him and placed a hand onto his shoulder. Alec let out an annoyed breath but Isabelle got a hold of his chin and said "Alec. I'm your sister and I love you. Okay?" Alec closed his eyes, and when he opened them he said "Yeah. I know. I love you too, Iz." She smiled at this, but then shoved him playfully and raised her hands, signalling him to move against her. "Come on, show me what you've got." Alec smirked and launched at her, swiftly kicking her to the shoulder and then moving past her, smacking her onto her back so she doubled a few steps forward. She scoffed and turned, aiming at his head with her fists, quickly moving her feet. Alec dodged them, but Isabelle got a hold of his arm and twisted it onto his back, making him hiss. "Give up?" Isabelle panted to his ear. He grunted, twisting his arm painfully, but by sheer force, grabbed Isabelle from behind her and smacking her onto the ground in front of him. He pinned her down with his knees and asked "Do you?". Isabelle laughed and replied "I give!" 

"Well, you two are awfully early this morning. Well, scratch that, Isabelle is. You, Alec, are just your normal self. Sort of, aren't you actually here a little later than usual?" A voice asked from the doorway, and Alec got up, offering Isabelle a hand. She took it and glanced at the young man, who was watching them with a smile. The blonde strode into the room as Alec said sarcastically "Ha-ha. Very funny, it was 5 minutes." Jace smirked and said "I see you took a beating". He glanced at Isabelle. She smiled sweetly and said "You think? Want to have a go to see for real, who got the beating?" Alec stepped between them and said in a laughing voice "Come now, children, let's not fight." Jace gave a laugh too, but then said, with blue eyes sparkling "Hodge wants to see us. New target."

Isabelle clapped her hands and gave a "hooray!". Alec rolled his eyes. They went to take a shower while Jace went down to the ops room. When Isabelle and Alec got down there, Jace was standing next to a large screen, and a tall, bearded man was standing next to him. "Hodge, who do we got?" Alec asked. The man smiled and said "You'll love this." 

Usually, their bounties were smaller crooks, and when they were lucky, it was someone more important, like a drug dealer, cartel leader or even a full out criminal, like a murderer who had gotten away thanks to lawyers. Hodge touched the tablet in his hands and a picture of their target came up on the screen. It was a young, slender looking man with black hair styled in spikes pointing upwards, with green eyes with some yellow mixed in and seemingly, wearing make-up. "Magnus Bane, aged 24, has been known to live in Brooklyn, but these days, not really sure. He has houses in over 10 countries. And that's only that we know of." Hodge stated.

Isabelle whistled and said "Finally, someone good-looking. Right, Alec?" She nudged Alec with her shoulder and he scoffed. "Iz, stop that. What'd he do Hodge?" Alec asked. Their commander replied "What didn't he do? Well, to sum it up, he's a conman. Done everything you can think of - credit card frauds, fake ID's, real estate frauds, minor pickpocketing in the early days, most recently he was caught up in the heist revolving around the missing Samurai sword in Japan." Jace widened his eyes in surprise and said "Yakuza? What's he doing, meddling around a Japanese mob?" Hodge shrugged his shoulders but said "As I understand, he wanted to steal the sword from them. He almost succeeded, if it weren't for the fact that the sword was not there. He broke into the Yakuza's safe house, the main one, but the sword had already been moved. Must've known he was coming." 

Isabelle smiled and said "Stealing from the Japanese mobsters. I wonder what's he got to gain from it." Alec shrugged and said "Probably money, sell it on the black market. He dangerous?" he asked Hodge. Hodge shook his head and replied "Not really. I mean he's armed, has injured people in the past, but never actually killed anyone." Jace looked bewildered "So why send all 3 of us?" Hodge turned to him with a smile and said "Because, we have been trying to get him for almost 3 years now. We have had several bounties on his head before, just none of our hunters have gotten to him. He's good, like really good. And since he will likely hit the mob again, I don't need one of you to head straight into the Yakuza's operation, alone. You'll go by three."

Isabelle squealed and chimed "We're going to Japan!" Hodge rolled his eyes but smiled nonetheless "Yes. Clary is already downstairs in the armory, waiting to gear you up, Simon is also there. Take jet number 5. Oh and Jace, you're not flying. Alec is." Jace protested but Hodge held up a finger and Jace went quiet "I don't need another Monte Carlo incident. Alright, as always, the facts. The bounty was obviously placed by the Yakuza, they know someone is hunting Bane, but if you step foot inside the Yakuza's operations, they wont hesitate to kill you. So stay away, stay alert. Secondly, bring him back unharmed...more or less. You know the drill."

Isabelle asked "And he will be handed over to the mob after?" Hodge shrugged and Alec pointed out "They might kill him." Hodge glared at them and said "Rule number 1, yeah? Bring in the bounty, no questions asked. We are not involved in anything that happens after we hand him over, end of story. Now he might not have killed anyone, but he's conned thousands of people, probably. So, judgement aside and your own conscious as well. Oh, and no body count. I want 0 casualties. Alright, dismissed and move out."

The three started their way down to the weaponry and Jace spoke up "This guy must be like really good. I mean, 3 years, and nobody's caught him?" Isabelle smiled and said "He hasn't met Alec yet. Don't worry, we got this." Alec only grunted something. The image of Magnus Bane was still in his mind. Something about this guy just didn't scream 'bad guy'. But who was he to judge that?

Once on the basement level, they were greeted by a small redhead. She smiled at them and waved "Hey, guys! Japan, huh? Must be exciting. Wish I could come." Jace smirked at Clary, who blushed and then said to her "Yeah, it would be so much more enjoyable." Alec coughed loudly and the other person in the room with them, Simon, raised a hand "Hey, guys." They nodded to him and Clary started "So, since you're probably going to need an eye in the sky, Isabelle, I was thinking you could take the sniper rifle. Oh, and Jace, I have something here for you, a new weapon. All bullets are replaced by tranquilizing darts of course. This way..." Alec waved Isabelle and Jace to follow Clary, while he approached Simon. He had some gadgets on the table in front of him and he pointed to them in order "Okay, so earpieces. Oh and heat vision glasses. This one's new," he raised a small item looking like a pen "Can unlock any door that has an electronic lock, so you don't need a key or a card or anything. Just put it in the lock and it does a little zap - and voila. Oh, and these too, just stick the blue end on something, take the red part and squeeze it - makes a small explosion. But as small as it is, take a few steps back anyways." He was holding a small pill, that fit into a metal box, containing 3 other small pills. All had a red and blue side, that opened up.

Alec nodded towards him and went to get their other gear. He was putting on the bulletproof vest when Isabelle came back, holding a sleek looking rifle. "Oh, how I missed you, little angel." she cooed to the weapon. Alec rolled his eyes and said "Now that's just weird. Come on, hop to it." Isabelle started to dress up, too. She was putting on her earpiece when she asked him "Hey, you've been awfully quiet about this target. What's on your mind?" Alec shook his head. Something just didn't add up and he had a weird feeling about this. But he looked at his sister and smiled "Nothing. Nothing at all."

Hey guys, so this is the first chapter of my new book, hooray :) I am thinking about making this book into a trilogy, but that depends on how much material I can come up with, but so far, I have written drafts for about 10 chapters already, so I will be editing them and then uploading them soon enough. As always, comment, vote, let me know what you think! :)x