A/N: So i was at my dad's all weekend (he has no internet) and I got a few shorter chapters done. I'll 2 today, 2 another day, then hopefully a long chapter :) I would update them all now, but I like chiffhangers and it would make you guys wait longer...

anyways, enjoy :)

A new threat

The guard's outside the palace took their posts. It was going on dusk. Some did patrolling around the grounds while others stood at the ready for anything. One patrolling decided to stray off. He walked around a few corners not in his section. Down an alleyway, a few flight of stairs, and then in a small tunnel he could just hardly squeeze his lean body through.

It was a dark room he entered, one shadow against a wall, his own. There was only the sound of his breathing to be heard. The looks of his warm breathe on the chilly air creating a foggy illusion. He stepped forward, the sound of water dripping from the moist ceiling into a puddle created, who knows how many years ago. Minutes passed and nothing happened.

Then a dark mass appeared, forming into a figure of a tall, scrawny being. The person who appeared had black shoulder long hair that curled at the ends. He wore a green like tunic with black designs and gold engravings. The guard bowed at the man.

"Master, all is set. Positions have been placed. We await your command." The man he spoke too replied with a devilish and mischievous grin. With a wave of his hand he dismissed the guard.

"Is this true?" Odin asked in an intrigued and angered voice. There was no reply. Odin rose from his seat, slamming his staff down and a most furious look on his face. Loki tried to hold back his joy he had seeing the men be put in their place. The youngest of the counsellors nodded his head in agreement, only to receive a smack on the head by the man beside him.

Odin strode up to these men, standing straight and looked as if he grew a few inches. Loki stood up, he needed to see this all with a front row seat. Tony sat in his chair leaning from side to side trying to get a better view without leaving his seat. Odin gave the order for the council to stand, which they obeyed, how could they not in a position that they were in now. Frigga was surprised at what she has heard in the last few days, shock on her face and a joy that she finally knows what has become of little Loki.

Odin stared each man down; with a wave of his hand over his shoulder he summoned a guard for each councillor.

"Take them away, to the dungeons and give them a torture to remember." They each complained a protested, begging and tugging while being dragged out of the room. Loki waved 'goodbye' to them with a victorious smile of his face. The burden of his life was just lifted of his shoulders.

A/N: I know, short... there's another if you click the little "next" button to your bottom right.
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