The caravan arrived at the light elves outpost without any incident until Sif and the warriors three noticed Loki coming out of the woods without Thor by his side. "Where is Thor?" Sif growled at Loki.
"He went to investigate a noise he heard, he said he would catch up as soon as he was done" Loki explained faking a concerned look on his face. He needed to give Ulik enough time to get Thor back to his camp. The plan was working perfect so far now all he had to do was distract Sif and warriors three for a short period of time. One hour was all he needed before he could execute the final step. The minutes ticked by slowly for him especially since Sif and the warriors three would not stop pacing around him losing patience with waiting for Thor to appear from the woods. They were about to go look for Thor when a light elf called to them behind him was a rock troll that was bound in chains.
"Asgardians, we found this rock troll on our perimeter and it claims to have a message for you" the elf explained pushing the troll forward towards them.
The troll looked around and met the gaze of Loki, Ulik had warned him to be watchful of the god of mischief. Loki was their ally at this time but his loyalty was fickle, he would fight for whatever side benefited him the most. He did however have a job to do and he was not going to risk Ulik's wrath or Loki's vengeance. "We have your precious god of thunder and he will die by the hand of the great troll king Ulik." He remembered Ulik's message word for word and delivered it as he was supposed to. He had thought that the Asgardians would begin running around in a panic trying to find Thor but they did not do that. Loki simply smirked from behind the rest of the group while the others appeared to not be in a panic but in a state of pure rage. He was soon grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the largest Asgardian and dragged to a nearby tent. He was chained to a chair and put in the center of the tent. The woman and the other three circled him while Loki stood in front of him by the exit staring at him with intensity the troll had never seen before. Loki appeared to be focusing all of his attention on him and him only, he never spoke or moved, he simply watched. Then the pain began the woman and her confidants did everything to him they could think of. They had broken his bones, severed fingers, tore his muscles but no matter how hard he tried he could not speak. Something was keeping him from speaking almost as if someone was holding his tongue; he did not understand what was happening to him, he just hoped it would end soon.
Loki just watched Sif and warriors three tortured the troll that Ulik had sent, the troll was scrawny compared to most, obviously the most expendable of his group which was probably why Ulik had chosen him. He had made sure that the silence spell he cast on the troll was in place before they had begun but know he would need to act quickly if he was to remain on schedule. Sif had grown weary of this but she had no choice she needed to find Thor and would do whatever it took to find him. She was preparing for another round of questioning when she felt the cool touch of Loki on her shoulder. "Allow me to handle things for a while take the warriors three and eat to get your strength back, he is not going anywhere." He said willing her to take him up on his offer; she nodded and led the warriors three out of the tent.
Once Loki knew they were gone he turned abruptly to face the troll. The troll had a plea in his eyes, obviously wishing to speak with Loki about something, but Loki had no time for small talk. He leaned down to come face to face with the troll "Is Ulik still on schedule?" The troll nodded his head yes quickly wishing to end this trauma. Loki stood and walked behind the seated creature. "Good" he whispered into the troll's ear. The troll had heard stories of the silver tongue of Loki and his voice was so calm, and precise. "I am supposed to let you go to return to Ulik and inform him of what comes next, correct?" he asked. The troll shook his head again and Loki moved in front of him and lifted him to his feet. "I am afraid to inform you that there has been a slight change of plan" Loki guessed that the troll was experiencing immense fear based on the way his eyes looked. Loki grabbed a dagger with his right hand and drove it into the troll's stomach. The troll's eyes widened as he attempted to scream but thanks to Loki's silence spell no noise came. The troll fell back into the chair and his eyes dimmed. Everything was going to plan, get Thor captured by Ulik and then get the glory by saving him. He would rescue Thor and be the hero and finally crawl his way out from behind Thor's shadow. The plan was ingenious create a situation where Thor is in deathly danger and then save him, that would show the people of Asgard that Loki was great hero. He had even provided Ulik an escape route, after all he could not risk Ulik being caught and giving him up, so he showed Ulik to a lesser known Bifrost bridge between Alfheim and Jotunheim the one place where Thor could not follow no matter how much he wanted too. All that was left was to go save Thor from Ulik who still thought the plan entailed him killing Thor "As if Ulik could kill Thor even if he wanted too" laughed Loki leaving the tent to lead Sif and the warriors three to where Ulik was camping out and where Thor was being kept.
