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Inside, all the Downworlders are on the ground dead. Clary stands up with a loud gasp. She looks around the room at all the dead downworlders.
"Oh, my God." Next to her, Simon stands up. She gasps in relief. "Simon, you're okay."
"How? Every other Downworlder in here, they're... They're all dead." Simon says.
"I don't know. I just pray the adamas in the walls contained the blast." Clary says as she scans the room for her family.
"Where's Valentine?" Simon asks.
"He's gone." Jace wakes up and sits up with a gasp. "Jace." Shocked, Jace looks over all the dead Downworlders.
"I don't understand. How did I activate the Sword?" Jace asks guiltily.
"Only someone with pure angel blood could have done it." Jace and Clary suddenly realise something. "You don't have demon blood, Jace." The two Shadowhunters then notice two people they wish they hadn't. Jason and Isaac. The pair lay side by side unconscious in the middle of the institute. Clary gasps out as tears flow from here eyes like a river. Jace looks down guilty that he is responsible for his friends death and Simon stares at the bodies sadly. If he could cry, he'd be crying just like Clary. Just then, Alec runs into the Ops Centre and notices all the dead downworlders.
"No." He looks at Clary as she barks down. "You did this. You activated the Sword?"
"No..." she trails off, still shocked.
"I did it. I thought I was destroying it, Alec, but..." regret flows through Jace as he speaks. Alec follows Clary's gaze and looks at the Lotova brothers. He steps back shocked and saddened. After a while, he tears his gaze from them, knowing it's too late for them.
"Where's Alisha? She wasn't here, was she?" Alec asks, becoming more and more worried.
"I- I don't know." Jace says, becoming worried himself.
"We Portaled in upstairs. We split up, she went with Magnus..." Clary informs Alec whose face is full of concern.
"Oh, God." He gasps, extremely worried for the woman he loves.
"Alec." Jace begins but he doesn't listen. After wiping the stray tears from his face, Alec runs off to try and find Alisha. Clary touches Jace's shoulder, but he flinches away.
