The air, when it entered Brynja's lungs, burned like the depths of Muspelheim, her legs wanted to give out but she could not stop. She could no longer hear the stomp of guards as they chased her through the woods of Asgard. Perhaps they had given up? Or maybe she could not hear them over the sound of her own heart. She dared a glance back, not slowing her pace at all. She should have seen the huge gaping hole in the floor in front of her, but she hadn't and she tumbled into it, landing on her bottom hard.
She heard the hisses before she saw where they were coming from. She looked up, trepidation lacing her pale green eyes. The serpent was huge, it's fangs bare and acidic venom fell in a continuous drip. The snake itself was tied from a limb on a tree above the hole. His head was reared back in attack as if it was going to strike her. Brynja stood, her legs weak from the non stop running.
Another hiss came from the serpents open mouth and he shot at her. Brynja reacted fast and pulled the shortsword from its holster on her side, cutting the snakes head off. It landed with a dull thud in the damp leaves. She took a deep breath and side, looking up at the entrance to the hole looming above her head.
"Hey," The sound was broken and weak, it barely made it to Brynja's ears. But it had, making her jump back. She looked for the voice, and upon finding its source she felt a tug on her heart.
He looked awful. Dirt and blood covering his skin and matting his hair. He was wearing a loin cloth but other than that he was nude. His face was swollen and raw, burn marks dotting the flesh. His arms and legs were bound with some sort of enchanted rope, holding the limbs in place.
She walked over to him, using her shortsword to cut free his arms and legs and watched as he rubbed his sore wrists. "Who are you?" She asked tentatively.
"Loki, of Asgard. Or, I was of Asgard. I suppose now I am nothing."
Bryjna jumped back. For the last year and a half Brynja was making her way through Hel and Svartalfheim but she had heard the stories of Loki's misbehavior in Midgard. He was, if anything, worse than her.
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