I had another day off of school, so I wrote more! Hope you enjoy!


Athena's POV

Athena woke when she realized that she was moving. That and the extreme pain in her arm.

She opened her eyes slowly, to discover that the men were taking her somewhere.

One of the men had her draped over his shoulder like a rag.

Her arms were dangling, and her right arm, which was now painted a deep shade of red, was dripping blood behind them.

It was almost like a trail. She wondered if someone could find her because of the trail of blood. She hoped so.

She glanced down at her arm and examined the long slit down her arm. It was deep and it hurt a lot. She could not see her arm beneath all of the blood.

She shifted slightly, not meaning too and the man carrying her tightened his grip.

"She's awake."

"Don't let go of her. Not that she would be able to go anywhere." Athena could hear the smile in his voice. "We are almost there anyway."

She wondered where it was they were going. She couldn't see in front of them, only behind them.

They walked on a bit farther, before they were suddenly enveloped in darkness.

She lifted her head slightly to see an opening that they had entered. It was covered with tendrils that hid the entrance.

It was a cave.

She stared at the light from the opening that was starting to fade away, until it disappeared from her sight.

The men walked through the small tunnel that then opened into a larger room, where about twenty other men were sitting.

They all looked up at their arrival, and saw what they were carrying.

Athena heard shouts of approval as they entered the room.

The leader waved his hands to quiet down the shouts of the men.

"Put her over there and bind her up. Prepare for the message." Cheers followed the announcement.

The man carried Athena to one end of the cave and then threw her against the wall like she weighed nothing.

Her head hit the wall painfully, causing stars to erupt in her vision, and she fell to the cold cave floor in a heap.

She felt blood drip down her face and her head began to throb.

A different man came and hauled her up and pushed her against the wall.

She had enough time to notice that there were chains on the wall. Chains for a prisoner.

He grabbed her wrist and snapped the shackle around her wrist.

Then he grabbed her injured arm and twisted it painfully enough so that she cried out, and shackled it as well.

Then he let her go and backed away from her.

Her arms dangled down by her face, for she was too weak to hold them up. Her head fell downwards as well.

"Are we ready to send the message?" The leader shouted out.

"Yes, sir."

"Then let's begin."

Loki's POV

"We have to go after her!" Loki shouted at the men, as he was standing by the pool of Athena's blood.

"Yes, but we can't go after them with only five men!" one of the warriors argued.

"But they are hurting her! They could be killing her, and we can't go after them?!" he shouted, tears of anger and fright blinding his vision.

"We need to get more men. Then we will go after them."

Loki huffed, not liking leaving her behind, but he knew that they were right.

He climbed back on his horse and galloped away from the red blood.

When he made it back to the palace, he and the four other men stormed into the Throne Room, where Odin and the other groups of men stood.

The child ran over to her mother and the mother wrapped her arms around her and they both started crying. He looked away.

Sigyn stepped forward. "I'm glad you found her."

Loki pushed past her, ignoring her words.

He stalked right up to her father and stared at him.

He glanced around. "Where is Athena?"

"They took her." He responded. "I heard her scream, but by the time I got there, she was gone."

Sigyn gasped.

"We have to go after her, Odin. We must!" Loki insisted.

Odin nodded slowly.

Then, a beeping noise sounded in the room.

One of the men spoke up. "We are getting a message from an unknown caller."

"Put it through." Odin commanded quickly.

Suddenly, a 3D screen appeared before them, and on the screen stood a man.

"Hello Allfather! Glad to finally speak with you! I've heard many things about you." The man smirked.

"What do you want?" Odin said, his patience wearing thin.

"Oh, well I just wanted to let you know that we have something of yours." The image turned from him, to a corner of the room, where a figure lay hunched up and chained to the wall.

Loki knew who it was immediately. "Athena!" He shouted and raced forward, but a few of the men held him back.

His eyes glued to the small figure that was chained to the wall.

Athena was crouched by the wall, her hands chained, leaving her arms dangling by her head. One of her arms was covered in blood, and he knew that it was her own blood. Her head was hanging down, her hair covering her face. He also saw that there was a spot of blood on her leg, but he couldn't keep his eyes off her right arm. That was probably where all the blood had come from.

Then, a man walked towards her and grabbed her hair and pulled her head upwards, making her face the camera.

Loki gasped softly. She had a gash on the left of her forehead that was dripping blood down across her left cheek, and the hair around it had gone from golden blonde, to dark red. Her eyes were vacant and her face was pale. She even had a cut across her neck, trailing a thin line of blood down her neck.

"Want to say anything to them dear?" The man asked Athena.

She twisted her head out of his grasp and this angered the man.

He pulled back his arm and punched her across her left cheek, forcing her head towards the right. "Don't try to fight me!" the man cried in anger.

She let out a cry, and then her head dangled forward again. Loki heard her let out a soft whimper.

Loki struggled harder against the men. "Don't hurt her!" He cried to anger and desperation. "Please don't hurt her!"

Athena's head lifted slowly when he said this.

She looked up into the camera and Loki felt her eyes bore into his. He noticed a brand new cut of her cheek from when the man punched her.

She stared into the camera for a moment before speaking in a whisper. "Loki?" She asked hesitantly.

He pushed the men away and barged forward. "Yes Athena. It's me. Can you hear me?"

Her eyes visibly brightened at his voice.

"I'm coming for you, Athena. I promise. I'll get you out of there." He promised watching her beautiful face that was covered in her own blood.

Her eyes turned scared then. "No! Don't come for me Loki! Please don't come…."

She broke off when her head was jerked back when the man pulled her hair. "Enough talking."

The image turned back to the other man, presumably the leader, and he stood with a smile on his face.

"I presume that you will do anything to get her back, is that right?" he asked with a smirk.

"Anything!" Loki cried.

"Loki!" Odin shouted. "You do not speak for us all!"

Loki turned towards Odin, his eyes no longer angry, just desperate.

"Please! Please we have to go and get her! We can't just leave her there to die! She will die if we don't do something!" His voice started to crack. "Please father. I love her."

The people around her gasped, and Sigyn ran towards him. "What?"

He stared into the eyes of his wife. "I love Athena. I always have, and I always will." With that, he turned back to Odin.

Odin just stared at him, before nodding.

He turned back to the screen, where the man was still smiling, behind him, Athena was staring at the camera in shock. She had heard everything.

"What do you want in return for Athena?" Odin asked calmly, though Loki could see that he too was frightened.

"We want a passage off of Asgard. Someplace where we can all live in peace. And your promise to never come after us again. No matter what, you will leave us alone. We also want weapons. Lots of weapons. Some of your best. We will need to be able to defend ourselves if we go to another world." He finished with a smile.

Athena strained against her chains. "NO! Please! Don't do this! Don't let them off of Asgard! You will never catch them again!"

The leader walked up to her and slapped her again. "You do not have a say in this."

He grabbed her bad arm and twisted it, so that it faced the camera. "You see this?"

Loki gasped. It was a cut on the inside of her arm that went from her shoulder, down to her wrist. Now that he moved it, the blood started to flow freely out of the wound.

Athena cried out in pain.

"She will die if you don't get her help. If you refuse to help us, then we will kill her here for all of you to watch. If you agree, there is no guarantee that she will make it to our exchange."

He dropped her arm, and Athena's head flopped downwards again.

"So. What will it be?" He asked, still standing by Athena's side.

He pulled out a knife from his belt, and pulled Athena's head up and placed it across her throat.

"Decide quickly." He taunted.

Loki stared at Athena, whose eyes stared straight at him. Her lips moved slightly, like she was whispering something, and then he knew exactly what she had said. She mouthed 'I love you'.

He turned to Odin desperately. "Please Odin!" Tears started to flow down his cheeks.

Odin glanced down at him, and watched him for a moment, before he looked at the image again. "I accept your offer. You have my word that we will let you go. Now you must give us your word that you will not harm her anymore."

The man smiled, while Athena's face fell.

"No!" She cried, but the man tightened his grip on her and she fell silent.

"I am happy to do business with you, Odin. Meet us in the field where you found the blood tonight when the sun sets, and bring no army with you. Bring us what you promised and then we will make the exchange." He smirked. "Oh, and do bring Prince Loki. Although I hope you know, that if any one of you tries anything funny, we will kill her." He added.

"We will meet you there." Odin concluded.

The man smiled and glanced down at Athena. "I hope you make it until then, love. I do want your prince to be there." Then he looked at them again. "See you all soon!"

The screen disappeared.

The room was silent.

Loki felt his own rage pulsing through his veins. He would kill that man. That man had hurt Athena. He would kill him slowly, giving him the same pain that Athena had bared. He knew she was strong, but how much more blood could she loose before she died?

He would not let her die. If she died, then he would never forgive himself. They would have to kill them both.

He was ready. Athena would make it, because he knew that she loved him, and she knew he loved her.

He vowed to himself that they would survive this.

They would make it out alive, because their love was just that strong.


I hope you enjoyed! I don't know when the next chapter will be up. Probably some time this weekend, hopefully. The next chapter will be the exchange. :) reviews are appreciated! We hit 20 reviews! Thank you all who have reviewed. I mean it! THANK YOU! I would not be writing this is it weren't for you, so thank you. Have a wonderful morning/evening/night!