Well I'm back with another chapter. I'm trying to keep them long. I usually do really short chapters. Mainly cause I put them into sections. I was pleased with Chapter 2. :) Thanks again for the feedback, it helps boost my motivation and creativity.

Chapter 3

"My king, Lady Ariey is gone. A citizen confirmed they saw Frost Giants carrying her away!" Thor gritted his teeth.

"We must go find her NOW!"

"No!" Odin protested.

"What?" Thor asked.

"If we leave now, we could put her life in danger." He said.

"She's already in danger!" Thor gripped his hammer tightly. Loki was still staring at the guard in shock. His eyes filling with tears, using all he had to fight them back. His body was trembling.

"We need to negotiate. I've already made a truce with King Laufey."

"He broke your truce! We need to go, NOW!" Thor was relentless. Odin became furious and sent Thor to his chambers. There, Thor began pacing back and forth in rage. Loki,Sif. Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg sat in the room thinking.

"We can't just leave her there. There's no telling what the Frost Giants would do to her..." Volstagg commented.

"You think I don't know that!" Thor lashed out. His voice thundering through the halls. Silence fell across the room. Thor looked up at his company. "We're going to Jotunheim..."

"Thor, that's too dangerous!" Sif protested. Thor just stomped around like an angry brute.

"We need some plan of attack..." Volstagg said.

"I have a plan-ATTACK!" Thor said as he continued to pace.

"You can't just barge into Jotunheim." Hogun said from the window seal.

"And why not!" Thor stopped and looked at Hogun. "They barged right into Asgard, almost got the relic but ended up leaving with Ariey!"

"We know, Thor, but you just can't do that."Sif said.

"I don't care." Thor grabbed his things and headed to the door. "I'm going. WITH or without you."

Sif sighed and rubbed her temples. "Wait!" She ran to catch up to him, Volstagg, Hogun and Fandral following. Loki just sat there with his head in his hands.

"Ariey..."He began to shake."Please, be safe..." Loki jumped from his seat and took off, quickly catching up to Thor and company. It didn't take them long to reach the Bifrost. They pushed their way past the Gatekeeper and were teleported to Jotunheim.

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"At last..." Laufey stood over Ariey's limp body. " Gag her, we don't need her serenading us..." he turned and walked to his seat. "Now that we have the girl, Odinson will come. And when he does..." he began clinching his fist, and slammed it against the walls of his 'palace'. This woke up Ariey. Her eyes fluttered open and she groaned. Laufey looked down at her and smirked. "Ah, you're awake.

Ariey's eyes widened. She sat up and found that her hands and feet were bound. She couldn't speak either. She looked up at the Frost Giant approaching her. She tried to back away but he only grabbed her by the hair. "You're not so tough without your voice are you?" he said laughing. "I bet you are wondering where you are." he backed away and held his arms up." This, my dear, is Jotunheim. And YOU are going to win me this ageless war."

He looked down at her and smirked. " You will be my weapon." She didn't like the sound of that. All she could do was grunt. "Oh, you don't like that idea?" He materialized an ice dagger in his palm and held it to her shoulder. "I never said my weapon had to look pretty, now did I?" Her eyes widened as the dagger drew close. " I say again. You will be my weapon against Asgard."

She pulled away and grunted again. The Frost King did not hesitate in driving the dagger into her shoulder. Once the icy blade pierced her skin. She screamed into her muzzle making it rattle. Her scream echoing throughout the skies of Jotunheim.

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"Shh!" Thor held his hand up."You hear that?" A scream was heard ringing throughout the skies.

"Ariey!" Loki yelled. They all took off in the direction of the scream. They were getting closer.

Running full sprint, they arrived in minutes to the throne of Laufey. They skid to a stop when they saw Ariey's limp body laying in a pool of blood.

"How DARE you!" Thor yelled. "You will pay for this, with your life!" Thor wasted no time in attacking. And on cue a horde of Frost Giants appeared. Sif, Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg readied their weapons, but Loki stood there staring in horror at Ariey's body. Pure rage began flowing through Loki's veins. He grabbed his staff and charged an attack, joining the fight with the others.

After a few minutes, Ariey finally came to. When she looked she witnessed the fighting of her companions. She saw Thor beating down five Frost Giants, Sif, Volstagg, Hogun and Fandral were working together in taking down the bigger enemies. She looked to her right and saw Loki fighting his way to her.

"Loki.." she thought to herself. She carefully stood to her feet and balanced herself as best she could. When she looked back up, she saw one of the Frost Giants head butt Loki. Her eyes widened as he fell to his knees on the ground. She looked down, realizing her bonds were broken so she tore the muzzle, looking up just in time to see the Giant moving in for the attack on Loki. She couldn't use her Voice or she could hurt everyone, so she threw the metal muzzle at the giant as hard as she could. Hitting him right in the head. This didn't knock him over but it did distract him long enough for Loki to recover and slay the Giant.

Ariey made eye contact with Loki, but she felt her concious slipping again, she fell to her knees holding her wounded shoulder.

"Ariey!" Loki yelled. He jumped up to rush to her but a Frost Giant came from his blind side and grabbed him by the arm. Loki grunted as his skin turned blue from the Giant's touch. The Giant himself looked at Loki's arm in confusion, which gave Loki the perfect time to strike. He stabbed the giant in the chest, and kicked him away. Loki then observed his arm, watching it return to it's original color. He shook off the oddity and ran to Ariey.

"Ariey...Ariey!" he shook her awake.

"L-Loki..." She said as she shivered. " I'm glad you're here." she smiled gently. "There's something I want to tell you..."

"Not now, we need to get you out of here!" Loki picked her up and carried her away from the battle. "THOR! We need to go!"

"Not until I teach them a lesson!"

"Thor, we have Ariey, we need to go back to Asgard NOW!" Loki protested, but Thor just continued fighting.

"Thor! We need to go! NOW!" Sif yelled to him.

"Then GO!" he replied. The six of them ran straight back to the gate. All the while Ariey was fighting to stay awake. Thor followed them shortly after. They finally reached the gate in time to escape. Laufey stood there and looked at the ground seeing the blood of Ariey. He smirked and looked out to the horizon of Jotunheim.

"Your move, Odin..."

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They returned to the Bifrost but only to meet King Odin. To Thor's dismay he did NOT seem happy at all.

"What is the meaning of this!" Odin demanded. Thor just glared at his father.

"Get her to the healing room NOW!" Odin commanded the warriors. The four of them carried Ariey back to the castle. Loki was about to join them but Odin stopped him. "No, you are staying. I need to have a word with you two."

Loki stepped back, his eyes watching them disappear into the distance.

" You could've gotten her killed!"

"No father, she would've been killed if we hadn't arrived!" Thor screamed.

"Father" Loki pleaded. "When we arrived, she was lying in her own blood. If he hadn't been there..." he didn't want to finish. The thought made him sick.

"I understand but it is your motives that I find great distaste in." Odin replied. Thor looked at him confused. Loki looked over at Thor, feeling the same distaste as his father.

"I went to save Ariey!"

"NO!" Odin yelled. "You went to show off!"

"What?" Thor said. " I did no such thing.

"Thor!" Loki yelled. "Quit playing hero!" Thor and Odin looked at Loki with surprise. "Look around you, Thor! Ariey, your bride-to-be, is injured. And while we were able to flee, you stayed and fought for your own glory, putting all of us at risk!" Loki was red in the face. Silence was his only reply.

"Loki..." Odin said as he glanced over to meet Loki's gaze. " Tend to Ariey, I would have a word with your brother."

Loki swallowed hard and looked down. "Yes, Father." He immediately turned and walked away, leaving the company of his father and brother.

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Ok I think that's all for chapter 3. I wanted to do a bit more but It's very late and I have to get up early for work. :) I want to be able to take my time with ch. 4.

PLEASE R&R