Tauriel was standing still guard outside Kili cell when the scream came. The scream of pure agony that rent her heart in two. She knew who it was and why they were screaming. She had help cause it. She had help this pain. In the cell, Kili's head had snapped up, ears pricked. He looked like a wolf, a very angry wolf. But a wolf needed a pack. A place to belong. A company. The cry petered out to a moan, saying a name over and over:

"Kili...KILI!...Kili!"

The brunette howled through his gag, which had already started to tighten, the sound barely audible. Kili looked down at his chains and a spark of an idea glinted in his eye. He began smashing his manicales against to bars, the crashing echoed around the walls in an answering cry. Tauriel didn't have the heart to tell him to stop, even though she knew his brother could hear him. These halls were unique in the fact that sound echoed like water flowed, sending sound one way but not the other.

A scuffing alerted Tauriel to the prescience of someone approaching from the other cells. She straighten up, trying not to laugh as she saw Sveniline coming up the stairs, covered in blood.

"Was there a problem?" she said, in elvish, failing to hide a smile.

Sveniline grimaced, "Do shut up. The runts brother packs quite a punch,"

Tauriel started to giggle, "He punched you from inside his cell?"

"Well...yes." Sveniline whipped the blood form his nose, dragging it across his face.

Tauriel's giggle turned in to an outright laugh, she lent against the wall. "You were beaten by a dwarf half your size, who was in prison." She gasped out.

The bloodied elf snarled, pushing her away from him in an attempt to shut her up. Inside the cell, Kili growled around the leather in his mouth, clinking his chains. Sveniline's gaze flickered to the captive prince, he switched to the common tongue, "Your brother is quite a beast, isn't he? Makes quite a noise, doesn't he?" he reached in through the bars and grasped Kili's chin.

"Sveniline, don't!" Tauriel pulled at his arm, but he shook her off. Reaching behind the dwarfs head, Sveniline pushed the leather gag down over Kili chin. The rough materiel had cut in to the skin around the dwarfs mouth, nasty grazes circled his face from ear to ear.

"So, now the dwarf can talk. Talk to me runt." Sveniline shook him by the chin,

"You stay away from my brother." Kili's eyes was as sharp as daggers.

"Is that all your going to say?"

"Stay away from Fili,"

"He's quite quiet isn't he?" Sveniline dug his fingernails in to the soft skin beneath Kili chin, drawing blood. The dwarf let out an involuntary gasp of pain, trying to pull away, tears pricking in his chocolate eyes.

"Sveniline, we were told not to harm him. He is to be used later, if the dwarfs manage to reclaim Erebor." Tauriel said, eyes on Kili, willing him to get the clue.

"Tauriel," Sveniline hissed in elvish, "We were not to tell the dwarves the plan. I could get the King on you."

"As could I, for harming the hostage." Tauriel continued in the common tongue, staring intently at Kili, "After all, you could even be banished for disobeying the King again, given your history."

Sveniline snarled at her, raising a hand to strike. Kili took the opportunity to sink in teeth in to the elf's hand, blood dripping down his chin. Sveniline yelped, wrenching his hand away from the dwarf, holding it to his chest.

"You orc! You harpy!" he said as he back-handed the young dwarf across the jaw, sending him sprawling.

But Sveniline wasn't finished with his revenge. Reaching his hand through the bars, he pulled the chain of Kili manicales, dragging the dwarf to him across the floor. He grabbed the back of the princes neck and forced the gag back in to place over his mouth. He released Kili then when over to the rope that controlled the length of Kili's chain, hauling it until the dwarf could only just stand up.

"If you move that chain then I will tell the King that that dwarf seems to have a soft spot for you."

Sveniline smiled through the blood from his nose and left. Tauriel looked on helplessly as Kili sagged against the wall, gasping.

Poor Kili! Yeah, Sveniline's really not a nice guy, is he? He got carried away with another prisoner so is under the King's suspension .

Enjoy!