The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Page #5

We have a truce with Downworlders.

Downworlders? What is that,

people below 14th Street?

Well, Downworlders

pretty much sums everything up.

Vampires, werewolves, warlocks.

Warlocks. Cool.

So how do you kill a zombie?

- We don't.

- Of course. They're already dead.

No. They don't exist.

So that's the famous

Cup everyone's talking about.

A replica. But, yes.

You know, Jace has got

a real chip on his shoulder.

You would, too, if you saw your father

murdered when you were a child.

If it weren't for him,

we'd be dead.

He saved our lives more times

than I care to admit.

Right.

The legend goes...

The Crusaders summoned an angel.

The Angel Raziel.

Raziel poured his blood into a Cup...

and those who drank from it became

half angel, half human.

Shadowhunters.

As did their children

and their children's children.

Beings of immense power.

Strong enough to restore balance...

and protect the world

in a war against evil...

a war that can never be won...

but must always be fought.

Demons don't die easily.

Whereas we...

we remained all too mortal.

Why didn't they just use the Cup

to create more Shadowhunters?

Valentine's exact words.

The Clave, the Keepers of the Cup,

they were afraid of using its power.

They knew that hardly anyone

who drank from it survived.

Valentine Morgenstern drew

a circle of friends together...

young idealistic Shadowhunters. ..

To help him steal the Mortal Cup

from the Clave.

But he didn't want to

protect humanity .

He believed there had to be

an evolution of Shadowhunters...

something more powerful.

He began experimenting using

the Mortal Cup.

He learned how to summon demons.

He even injected himself with demon

blood so he could control them.

He wanted to rule.

Your mother, to prevent that,

stole the Cup from him...

and vanished into thin air.

But if she's the only one that knows

where the Cup is then...

Maybe she isn't.

Maybe she told someone else.

Someone who doesn't know

she knows.

The Silent Brothers are ready for her.

Why didn't Hodge come with us?

He hasn't left the Institute in years.

Some say it's a spell.

He's agoraphobic.

Is that him?

No, that's Harold, the grounds keeper.

That's him.

Are you sure you want

to go through with this?

We will help you to remember.

You'll wake the dead.

I can't believe this place

is just outside the city.

Welcome to the City of Bones.

This is where the Silent Brothers

draw their power...

from the bones and ashes

of Shadowhunters.

All of them are buried here?

Yes. One day

that's going to be me.

This is as far as I go.

You'll be fine.

So you've done this before?

No.

You must listen with your mind.

Mom?

Mom?

Go, go.

Rate this script:2.8 / 4 votes