Part IV is simultaneous with Part III

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The door of the room closed with a muted thud.

"Whoa.... Loki you startled me. About time you arrived," Chaos said with a grin. "Can't you see I'm busy here?" the knight had been carefully polishing his Tyrfing blade.

Loki remained silent, only to remove some of his restricting bone armour. He faced the window, hardly even recognizing Chao's presence.

"My... more silent than usual aren't we?" Chaos poked with a chuckle, "Look's like something's on your mind."

"It's nothing..." replied the assassin tersely. He started to pace the room, clearly showing agitation.

"Well it's obvious you are. Usually you're all stoic and... you know..." his expression changed to utter seriousness. "But now you're so tense. Something's up. I know it is."

Loki glared in his direction, "It's none of your concern."

"Oh..?" a smirk again replaced his face. "Well if you don't want my help then... I guess that's that..." Chaos trailed off.

"It's not anything that you would expect," Loki carefully asserted.

"Expect what? Are we threatened by some evil force? Freya's annoying minions... again?" his expression hinted mockery.

"No," the assassin stated flatly.

"Well... then what? Shoot," The knight adorned a slightly amused expression.

"It's... about..." Loki walked up to the knight, "...Fenris."

The joking atmosphere dissipated, only to be replaced with a look of bemusement on the knight's face.

"Uh... Fenris? What about her? You lost me."

Loki only pressed further.

"Did you know how she felt about you? Or were you oblivious all this time?" his eyes searched for an answer from the other man.

Chaos put aside his sword and his expression altered into a rare face, serious and completely absent of his usual boyishness.

"When we first met, and this stranger had suddenly been overjoyed to see me, I thought the things she said, the things she claimed, were odd to say the least. But even then, I knew her feelings were genuine." He squarely looked up at Loki.

"But... as time passed, I knew I couldn't return them. I.. I cared for someone else. And she was searching for something I could never give her," a sigh escaped his lips. "I should have told her... but..." Chaos again trailed off.

"But... you didn't have the heart to?" Loki finished his sentence. "That perhaps... you even hurt her?"

Chaos looked up in surprise.

"Why are you the one asking all of this? It's strange to hear this coming from you," he implored with a furrowed brow. The curiosity and suspicion was slowly creeping back.

Loki sharply looked away, trying to avoid any eye contact.

"I said it was nothing farm boy. She has just been appearing detached and very quiet. I suspected things were amiss," his speech quickened in defense.

However, Chaos had already caught on and a large grin spread across his face.

"Well... well now..." his grin widened even more with a chuckle, "Fenris is a nice girl, and I'm really glad that you.."

"That I what...?" Loki's darkened tone and his irritated glance instantly silenced Chaos.

With an embarrassed laugh, he awkwardly scratched his head. Chaos looked almost fearful to continue their conversation. Loki turned around and started walking towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Chaos curiously implored.

"It's none of your business," he stated distinctly.

"If it was none of my business... Why did we just have the longest conversation... ever?" he asked. A wily smirk started to form. "You're such a..."

A dagger flew passed the knight's head, just grazing his ear and nicking a few of his vermillion coloured hairs. Before the stunned knight could even utter a single word, the assassin was gone.

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Author's notes: Urgh.. This was definitely the hardest section to write and I'm not very happy as to how it turned out. Some parts seem awkward.. And the discussion between the two was just...... --

Now I fear I won't be able to pull off the ending.. it seemed alright in my mind.. But now.. I really don't know. - -

Heading towards the final part, I hope I won't disappoint. - Siye