Loki sniffled silently to himself as he sat huddled, his arms wrapped around his knees on the floor of the cold dark cell that he had found himself in, his body aching from a beating, he had taken early from a guard who had entered his cell. The man if it was indeed a man, Loki had not been able to tell as the person who had entered his room had been cloaked, in a heavy cloak with a hood that had obscured their face.
Nor had Loki been able to make out what sex or species, the guard had been for not a word had been spoken to him, as the guard had laid into him with his fist and feet, hitting and kicking him until he had all but lost consciousness!
The sound of running footsteps coming from the darkened hallway outside his cell had Loki stiffening, as he feared the person was coming back again. He tried to make himself invisible by pushing his bruised and bloodied body back further into the shadows of the cold cell, stifling a cry as the hurried steps stopped outside the door.
XxX
Fandral was alert but somewhat dazed as he landed on a cold hard floor, after being pulled through the portal that had opened suddenly in front of him.
Picking himself up from the hard floor that he found himself on after being manhandled in the most unexpected way he had been, he looked around to search for the maiden he had followed but she was nowhere in sight. For a moment he become concerned for her safety but the arrival of many bulky looking guards, guards that were blue of skin and the size of giants removed those thoughts temporarily from his mind, as we tried to fight back against those now crowding him.
XxX
Several figures raced quickly from the portal that had opened near to the two cells, where Heimdall said he had seen both Loki and Fandral being held. The odds were stacked against those who were running as fast and as silently as they could to save their two friends, but they did not falter nor had they faltered when, what could only be described as a suicide mission, had been first broached to the Allfather.
The Asguardians all ran with a determination but one ran with even more determination than the others, Hogun, was determined to get to Loki before the brute he had seen in his dreams could hurt the younger any more than he had already done. He would die before he allowed any more harm to come to the younger man, it had taken a lot of soul searching and practically Thor's hammer hitting him, to see that what he felt for Loki was not wrong.
Now he just hoped that they got to him before the dream he had had, of Loki being hurt and abused by that unknown frost giant. Coming to another section of the hallway, they could hear the sounds of a scuffle coming from one of the cells, of which one held which of their friends Hogun had no idea. Their speed increasing a little from fear of what they would find, they charged into the cell to find it full of frost giants, four at least who were all kicking and throwing punches at a figure that was curled up op the ground.
XxX
The door to the cell flew open and some of the frost giants turned as a group of what looked like Asguardians entered the room, running at almost full tilt as they ploughed into the guards who was beating the prisoner on the ground.
Thor's hammer smashed into one of those closest to him, and he saw the giant fly through the air and fall to the ground after its body ricochet of the wall behind it. He turned and smashed another across the face as his hammer returned to his grip, the giants face obliterated as Mjolnor obliterated it.
Across the cell Hogun was almost to the centre of the chamber where the last of the frost giants now stood, the backs on the prisoner they had been beating and he saw that it was Fandral, lying half curled up to protect himself. Behind him, Sif and another took out the last of the guards.
"Fandral?"
Hogun leant down next to his friend and tried to help him sit up but the other man clutched his abdomen and gave a weak cry of pain. One of the guards who had travelled with Thor and his companions came forward and help to support Fandral from the other side, as the two of them lifted him slowly to his feet.
"Fandral!" Hogun asked again, "Where is Loki?"
His friend looked at him groggily, shaking his head slowly.
"I know not my friend, he was not here when I awoke but I hear the guards say that they had another prisoner further down the hall and that someone else was dealing with him. I can only assume they meant Loki," he gasped just as his eyes rolled and he passed away into unconsciousness.
"Take him!"
Hogun passed Fandral to the guard as Fandral lost consciousness, he was worried about his friend but he had to find Loki. Nothing else mattered now but finding the prince and making sure he was safe. He knew not what he would do if anything bad had already befallen the younger man, he knew he would not forgive himself if something had.
Moving swiftly to the door he found his way barred by Thor. Glancing at the older prince who held his arm, he was irritated but Thor would not release him to go off running on his own he knew, already he had lost too much time, time he should have spent with Loki, with the man he loved but he knew that they had to keep to the plan.
First they would get Fandral to safety and then they would go save Loki.
XxX
The sound of running feet outside his cell made Loki flinch as the door flew open and someone came running through it, before the door had even hit the wall behind it. He started up as a hand reached for him, pulling him all the way up and towards a portal that suddenly appeared in the room.
Loki being pulled forward as more running feet was heard outside coming towards them, as more bodies crowded into his cell, he felt the pull of the portal as the power from it reached out and grabbed the two of them. Hurling them both towards a destiny unknown, as a scream of pure rage erupted from one of those left behind in the cell.
A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger but I do like them a bit. Who has Loki?Those who came to rescue him or perhaps the one who desired him as nothing but a toy to be bled! You'll have to wait and see.
