"Clary. Clary, come on. We gotta go" Simon says worried about what had just happened as a dead body laid before them yet he was confident that his best friend would want his and Brynne's help rather than the help of some stranger
"Simon, I think Jace can help us," Clary says making Simon not believe that she wants to trust a stranger so he turns to look at Brynne making her stop playing with the ends of her sleeves to respond, "So do i"
"What?" Simon asks definitely not on the same page as the two and getting more worried as through the New York night they were able to hear the sound of sirens getting closer
"Come on," Clary says taking hold of Simon's arm and pulling him towards the staircase where Jace led. Brynne takes a deep breath as everything was about to unfold and most likely Clary is going to look at her for answers that she didn't have
"How do we know this Mick Jagger-looking guy is even gonna try-" Jace cuts Simon off having stopped on the steps to look back
"Mundane, we do not have the time"
"Come on, Simon. Let's go" Clary says softly as he was the only one who seemed to need reassurance that everything was going to be okay
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The four walk up the stairs into the church, Brynne closes the door behind them letting them all be met with a dark and abandoned space that was a front. Jace pulls the sleeve of his leather jacket to show his wrist while taking out his stele to draw a rune on himself. The process made him wince which made Simon look frightened at what seemed to be some shape of self-harm
Clary catches the confused look on Simon's face making her say, "I know. Trust me."
"He's, like, burning himself." Simon whispers, Jace finishes drawing the rune and takes Simon's hand making him start to freak out, "Buddy, what's going on, man? I'm not your type, man. I don't even..."
Then everything changed for him, all the rubble on the ground started to magically go back to its place as if was drawn to its original spot. The dark hall became well light letting Simon be able to see that at the end of the hall there were two people standing around a monitor and there was more than what first met the eye
Standing with a mouth wide open Simon was able to ask, "Where are we? What the hell? Clary, is there a war going on that I don't know about?"
"There is now," Jace says making Brynne remember the reason why she was standing in a shadowhunters institute and how soon it was time for her to try to let go of those reasons as there is a war in her world
