Loki woke up and stretched, but remembered where he was when the cuffs around his hands stopped him from stretching further. He sighed and leaned back against the wall. A single beam of light poured into the room from a small hole in the ceiling. He looked at the large metal doors to the cell. It was so dark he could barely see past Sif who sat next to him, fiddling with her chains. Then he looked at Terezah. She was staring at the wall. Then she turned and looked at him. Loki stared in confusion. She was actually looking at him! She blinked slowly and sighed, turning away from him again.

"Terezah?" He asked, hope thrusting its way into his heart.

"What?" She asked glumly, not looking at him. Her golden eyes were studying the dungeon cell.

"Are you… okay?" Loki asked uncertainly.

"As okay as I can ever seem to get." She muttered.

"You're awake…" Loki stated.

"It would seem." She replied.

Loki studied her. There was something different about her. She was really grumpy right now, but that wasn't it. Something in her eyes. He couldn't tell what was different, but she certainly wasn't acting like a lunatic.

Her voice broke his thoughts. "How long was I out for?" She asked, staring up at the light coming into the room from the tiny hole in the ceiling. The light filled her golden eyes making them glitter.

"About two weeks." Loki replied.

She just nodded. "What about the royal family?" She asked.

"I don't know. I was knocked out after your Queen told us we had failed."

"She is NOT my queen!" Terezah snapped angrily. After a long silence, she spoke again. "I felt your presence in my mind."

"Yes. I was trying to get you out of your trance." Loki explained.

"I am sorry for the things you might have seen…" She trailed off, awkwardness seemed to weigh heavily in the air.

"It wasn't anything too bad… I've just never seen you in pink before." Loki said with a mischievous grin.

Her head snapped to look at him, an eyebrow raised in mock challenge. "I hadn't ever seen you in a pink cat suit." She shot back. Her golden eyes focused on him and they narrowed. "I don't remember much… it was all sort of fuzzy to me, but I do remember you in a cat suit." She said with a small smile playing on her lips.

"What is your obsession with pink and cats anyways?" Loki asked curiously.

"I had a pet cat once. I used to dress it up in a pink tutu. His name was Mr. Pink." Terezah said with the small smile growing fondly.

"You dressed a male cat in pink? That's cruel." Loki determined.

Terezah had to get out of here. A sudden feeling of panic came over her. She didn't like cages. Too many bad experiences. It felt like she had been here before…

"Are you sure you're alright?" Loki asked, seriously.

"Yeah…" Terezah replied, not really caring what he was saying. She had to figure out why she remembered this place. Had she been held here before? Probably. She had been in so many prisons and cages she couldn't keep track. She closed her eyes and tried to think. She thought about all the times she had come to Alfheim, about being thrown in the dungeon at least four times, about escaping all four times. It had been a while though, so she struggled to remember how she had escaped.

"…What do you think?" Loki asked.

She looked at him. She had completely tuned him out. She shrugged sheepishly and looked around the cell, just barely noticing Sif. Sif was staring at her, trying to determine what to think of her. "Hello Sif." Terezah said, breaking the staring contest between the two.

"How did you wake?" Sif asked, her scrutinizing eyes trying to pierce Terezah's golden orbs.

Terezah didn't want to tell Sif of all people about her mother, so she decided to lie instead. "After Loki left this last time, it made me realize what was going on and I was able to wake up." Terezah said simply. She could lie pretty well, but when she looked at Loki she knew he saw through the lie. At least Sif seemed to buy it.

"Loki went inside your mind more than once?" Sif asked.

"Yes." Terezah said, glancing at Loki who shifted uncomfortably.

There was another long pause. Terezah took this time to try and think about her previous escapes. She finally remembered and it brought a smirk to her face. She had been in this cell before! She scooted to the very back corner of the room and sat as close to the wall as she could. Since her hands were cuffed behind her back, she wouldn't be able to see what she was doing so easily. She felt around, taking time to run her fingers over each brick, searching for what she hoped was still there. The wall was cold and slightly damp. The grey bricks were smooth under her touch. Finally, her fingers grazed over small scratches that formed the Shadow Warrior symbol. She smiled to herself and dug her fingers into the crevices around the brick, working it out of the wall.

Loki and Sif finally looked over at her, curious as to what she was doing. She motioned for Loki to come over to help her. His hands were cuffed in front of him, so he pulled out the brick with no problem. "Give me the metal pin." Terezah said. In the back of the brick there was a little section that had been carved out, forming a small shelf. On the shelf sat a small metal toothpick looking thing. Loki took it out and slipped it into her hands. She stood up, trying her best not to fall because of the chains. There was only one around her right ankle, but it was rather short, so she would have to try and reach the best she could.

She reached the limit to her chain and leaned the rest of the way, her back against the metal bars to the cell. She pushed her hands out between the bars and found the lock. She shoved the metal toothpick into the keyhole and fiddled around with it. She had done this type of thing before many times. She had even been trained to pick locks, but backwards with no sight of the lock made it a bit of a challenge. She fiddled around with the lock for almost ten minutes. Loki and Sif had caught onto what she was doing, so they gave her some space to concentrate. Finally the lock clicked and she pushed the door open with a satisfied grin. Her entire body ached from staying in one position, and it wasn't a very comfortable position to begin with. She stretched and moved her arms and legs around. The type of locks on the chains and cuffs wouldn't allow her to be able to pick them with such a small object, but the open door would surely draw attention. All she had to do was wait for a guard to come to shut the door, steal a dagger from them and break the cuffs open with the dagger.

She forced Loki and Sif to move to the darkest corner that would be the hardest to see them in and they waited. After about an hour one did come along and immediately grew alarmed with the open cell door. He rushed to the entrance and peered into the room. He fell for the trap and took a few steps into the dark cell, looking for the prisoners. Terezah pounced on him. She kept track of the length of the chain so it wouldn't cut her short and allow him escape. She tripped him and he dropped to the floor, quickly trying to get back up. He shouted for help just before Terezah snapped his neck and he lay there dead on the floor. She turned around and picked up his sword. She turned her back to Loki and Sif and threw the sword their direction so they could reach it.

She knew guards would be upon them soon, so she instructed them how to break the chains by hitting a point on the cuff. After a few moments, Loki was free and so was Sif. Loki broke the chain on her ankle, and was about to do her hands when the guards finally arrived.

"Stand down. You are clearly outnumbered." One of the guards said. There were about six, but she didn't doubt more were on their way.

Terezah chuckled coldly, watching the guards visibly shiver in front of the ex-Shadow Warrior. "We may be outnumbered, but it is you who are outmatched." She said. She jumped and quickly swung her arms under her feet and to the front so that her cuffed arms weren't at her back anymore. When her feet landed on the ground again, she bolted towards the first one, kicking the sword out of his hand and knocking him as hard as she could into the wall. The guard hit his head and she heard a sickening crack. She turned to the next guard and disarmed him. She threw her cuffed hands over his head, the chain digging into his neck, choking him. Loki and Sif took down the two. Finally Terezah's guard passed out from lack of oxygen and she let him slump to the floor. She took down the remaining guards quicker than the first two. There was no time to try and get the cuffs off of her hands, so they would have to stay on for now.

"Follow me." She commanded. Loki and Sif followed her closely, trying their best to keep up. Terezah sprinted down the hall, quickly glancing in cells to look for any members of the royal family. She had taken down three other guards so far, looking through the cells. Finally, she found Her Highness, Sadi, in a cell by herself. Sadi looked up at her and glared. Terezah didn't care as now was not the moment for a grudge match. Now that she was able to use her magic again, she conjured a tiny dagger and thrust it into the keyhole, twisting it expertly. It opened within seconds and Sadi stepped out of the cell. Apparently Her Highness didn't need anything to restrain her. No cuffs… or chains…

"Where's the rest of your family?" Terezah asked before she thrust a dagger into a guard's heart and he dropped to the floor.

"Why should I care?" Sadi asked in a grumpy voice.

"Because they're your family!" Terezah said angrily, taking down another guard.

"I don't know." Sadi said, watching Terezah take down three guards at the same time using just her hands.

"We have to get out of here!" Sif said urgently.

Terezah's golden eyes darted around, searching for the way out. Her Highness started running down a hall so Terezah, Loki, and Sif followed. Sadi lead them to an exit, where there was a guard. Terezah took him down quickly, and then she noticed her belt sitting on the floor by the door. She grinned. Her trusty belt. Always there when she needed it. It contained many things that aided her such as various poisons, lock picks, small food rations such as nuts and dried meat, her shape-shifting staff, matches, a small pocket knife, a sharpening stone, the key to Loki's chambers, the map to Asgard's palace, tiny poisoned arrows that were left over from the competitions with Thor and his friends, a spool of thread, a needle, some money, a small tube of healing ointment, her animal whistle, and small throwing knives. She grabbed her belt and slung it over her shoulder. She didn't care about her other stuff. All she had time to grab was her belt.

Terezah picked the lock to the door in front of them and opened it. There weren't any guards immediately behind them, so they might have a chance to hide. Terezah's heart pounded as she clung to the ceiling. It was just dark enough they would probably not notice her unless they looked up and studied the ceiling. It was times like these she was thankful she always wore black. After a little over twenty guards later, Terezah hurriedly jumped down from the ceiling and shut the door to the dungeon softly, locking it.

"We should split up." Sif suggested.

"Why?" Loki asked.

"Because it would make us less noticeable." Sif replied.

"Sounds like a great idea. Where should we meet?" Terezah asked.

"There's a forest on the west side of the city. That would be a good place." Sadi spoke up. Terezah didn't trust Her Highness. She was acting too strange.

"How do we know we can trust you?" Terezah asked, golden eyes narrowing to slits.

"I'm the princess. You're the one nobody should trust. You got us captured!" Her Highness snapped.

"I'm the assassin. I was holding back the guards so you could get away, your Highness. I have done more than enough to prove I can be trusted." Terezah glared. Her Highness returned the glare, daring Terezah to even blink. Things started to heat up before Loki stepped in.

"Let's all just trust each other. We don't have time to argue. Since you and the princess obviously don't get along, I'll go with you and she'll go with Sif. We'll meet at the west of the city. Let's go!" Loki said before Terezah and Sadi could continue arguing. Terezah gave Her Highness one last hateful glance before she nodded at Loki and sprinted off down the hall to the right. She heard Loki following a little ways behind her.

Stupid light elves… thinking they're in charge of everything. Terezah thought as she turned down another corridor. She shoved a guard into the wall, slitting his throat before he could speak. 'I'm the princess' Blah blah blah… Stupid princess… stupid royal family… stupid light elves… She tripped a guard and shoved a dagger into his stomach. She kicked him off her blade and kept running. Stupid mission… I'd rather be drinking tea with ballerina frost giants. Terezah thought to herself. She jumped on the wall, springing herself off of it and flipping over a guard. She drove her dagger through the back of his neck and pulled it out. The guard died quickly, falling to the floor. She turned around and saw Loki staring wide eyed at her.

"What?" She asked, irritated.

"You just killed over twenty guards." Loki said in slight awe.

Terezah looked around at the floor. She hated when she wasn't paying attention to who she was killing while she was killing them. She had been caught up in her thoughts, too distracted to notice she was fighting so many guards. "Yeah… Got a bit distracted. I'll save some for you later." Terezah said and started running again. Have to stay focused… stay focused… She thought desperately as she felt a pang of madness edge into her mind. She had to stay focused.

Thanks for all the comments! I LOVE THEM! :D I hope you peoples are still enjoying my story and it isn't dragging on too much. I try to keep it exciting... so I hope it isn't getting boring. A thing I should clarify so you guys don't get confused; whenever Terezah mentions 'Her Highness', she is reffering to Princess Sadi. Anyways, please leave a comment and tell me what you thought of this chapter, or if you want to recommend anything that you want to see in the future of this story. Thanks!

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