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She cried against his locks as the metal began to dig into her small wrists as she sobbed, all she wanted was for someone to come and save her, for Loki and Frigga, and Heimdal to come and find her and pull her back into their loving arms.

"Quit your crying girl!" The voice snapped devilishly as he raised his hand with an intention to strike a slap to her face, only to pull his hand away as she cowered away into the corner of her cell.

He knew better than to damage a prized treasure when he was certainly to be rewarded with gold, much to his liking, a tripled amount as he was the quickest in his time to retrieve the girl within a few weeks of planning and a tactical trick to get her to fall into his trap.

"I want to go home" She cried into the mouth gag as tears upon streams fell from her crystalline eyes as her wrists ached from the tight grip the cuffs held as they began to dig into her paled skin. Starving would've such been an understatement as her stomach felt like it was beginning to eat itself from the lack of nutrition and nutrients she needed to grow.

"I want Loki, and Frigga" She sobbed louder as the men guarding the door seemed to sigh while slamming his fist into the steel door, causing her to flinch from the impact as he didn't need to express words to indicate the silence he wished as she took his deep interest and tried to her utmost ability to hold in the struggled cries to a bare minimum to avoid any sort of trouble she was doomed to find.

"Why am I here" She whispered sadly to herself while hugging her arms and knees closer to her chest to find some lonely comfort as the man outside seemed to sigh once more as he just gave up on trying to shut the girl up and the idea he had wasn't an option.

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Loki was waiting outside the school gate as it had been about twenty minutes since Sylph was supposed to meet him and was beginning to grow more worried by the second, even Thor came back on his horse when he realised that Loki hadn't returned to the castle.

"Loki?" He looked up at Thor who jumped down from his horse and pulled the coffee coloured horse by the reigns as it followed behind the prince as he walked towards the raven haired brother. 

"Sylph is missing Thor, she was supposed to be here twenty minutes ago and I'm worrying that something happened and I wasn't there to do anything and I was supposed to be there to-" Thor placed a comforting hand onto Loki's shoulder before pulling his brother into a hug. 

"We'll find her Loki, but we must go tell mother and father" Loki nodded his head as Thor lead Loki to his horse as he and Sylph had walked to school that day. The two brothers had climbed onto the horse as Thor took off as the two siblings made their way hastily towards palace where their parents would be anxiously awaiting them.

They had both arrived at the castle as Thor and Loki both ran to the chambers where their mother or father would. "Mother!" Loki shouted while running to hug and embrace his mother in a much needed hug as he wrapped his arms around her neck as he buried his face into her shoulder, holding in his tears as he didn't want to seem weak in front of Odin who held a gentle hand Thor's shoulder who looked up at his father with a soft confusing look.

"Loki darling what's wrong?!" She asked with a slight panic in her tone as she held her son by his shoulders "S-Sylph, she's missing mother and I don't know where she is and it's all my fault" He covered his face with his hands as he bawled his eyes out, only for his mother to pull him into er embrace before looking at Odin with worry in her eyes as he nodded before turning to leave to find out where she had run off to.

"Thor..." Frigga whispered before opening one of her arms for Thor to come in and hug her as she squatted down enough for both boys to circle their arms around in a tight and loving hug.

Odin rushed into the war room as he called Hoardin, Thrin, Rinstrin and Leslindren along with Heimdal to come in and discuss the issue with the missing girl and her sudden disappearance from school and that they hadn't informed the royal family of the missing child that was considered part of the family.

"We've to acknowledge that today, I've been informed of the disappearance of a girl. A girl that has been entrusted under my care and home; Sylph, the mysterious girl who I've come to consider part of this family." Odin begun as Heimdal stiffened as he carefully registered what Odin had just said, freezing upon hearing those dreadful words he had never thought to hear.

"My king, are you for sure this is the case, the girl could be playing a game" Thrin argued softly as this was a young girl they were talking about "Yes, it has been indeed an hour since her disappearance and if any case this was a game, she would've returned home here" Thrin seemed to take into account that these were plausible events and that they had to take everything to account.

"Where was she last? Do we know this?" Hoardin asked while looking over at Heimdal whose gaze remained on the floor, frozen with shock as nothing, not even a small sound had escaped his lips upon hearing such horrid things. Sylph was a like a daughter to him, a daughter he'll never have a chance to have, and now she was gone and he was stunned with worry...

For the first time in a long time, he couldn't see a single thing as everything was dark and cold.

Everything was blank and bare, lost and lonesome. 

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Sylph cried harder as she heard the locks jiggling and she knew that something horrid was waiting for her and as soon as the door opened, she made the biggest mistake by trying to make a run for it and she regrettably started sobbing when the man had hoisted her off the ground and over his shoulder as she wept and sobbed as he carried her carelessly through the halls as he had one destination he had to take her to. And she was not going to enjoy it one last bit.

"Please!" She cried as they were walking through halls similar to the ones from Hydra and she hated everything and everyone from that building as she remembered all the coloured chemicals they would inject her with and she remembered countless nights where she would be screaming in agony as the chemicals seemed to burn her from the inside as it sent her skin aflame and she couldn't do a single about it beside let it dull over until she became used to the constant pain that they brewed in their toxic labs.

"I don't want them, I don't" She sobbed as the doors to a strange room opened as she screamed louder when the man placed her small body on the metal chair with iron straps as he locked in her wrists and ankles as she noticed ginormous needles in multiple directions as well as glass mirror to which she knew where the scientists were pressing buttons and injecting the serums into her.

"P-please" She whimpered when she heard the sound of a machine whirring as it came to life as the neon, golden, yellow liquid began filling up the large and wide, arm sized syringe as it seemingly grew closer and closer to her arm as she screamed at the top of her lungs when she felt it prick through her arm and into her skin.

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Loki was pacing thoroughly through his room, hand on his chin with the other behind his back as he thought of all possible places she could be or be hiding. But then what would she be hiding from exactly, she was no threat to anyone with her kind and docile nature that couldn't even hurt a fly. She was the epitome of an angel and he knew she was innocent in every way shape and form, she could't be guilty of any crime against anyone. It wasn't in her nature to harm anyone or anything.

"Loki, you keep pacing and you might burn through the floor" He looked up to see Fandral leaning against the door frame and Loki let out a soft grumble of insults to the overall cocky and crowd pleasing boy in front of him.

"I heard your lady friend is missing" Fandral turned all serious as he looked over at Loki who looked thoughtfully at the ground as he tried his hardest to remain calm and in control. "How did you find out?" Loki asked suspiciously while glaring softly at Fandral who didn't seem fazed by the unkindly gesture.

"You're forgetting my father Thrin is head of the army?" Fandral laughed absurdly before shaking a joking hand in a wave at Loki whose eye only twitched upon noticing Fandral's behaviour. 

"Please leave me alone Fandral, I have a lot on my mind" Loki mumbled with a hope that he heard him and would decide to leave him alone in his room to think and revise everything that happened.

"Is Sylph the one on your mind?" Loki snapped his attention to Fandral who only raised his hands up in surrender. "Calm your senses prince, I was merely stating what I saw" Fandral left before Loki could utter another insult, only to leave the prince grumbling curses under his breath as he contemplated on leaving to find out where Sylph was, basically opening up to the idea of sneaking out. Something he had done plenty of times before to know his way around as he memorised the night shifts of the guards who changed every night and day.

"Maybe it's a bad idea, but I have to help find her" Loki mumbled to himself as his pacing begun once again and he needed Frigga to come and help him relax. He needed his mother more then ever now because he was about to lose his mind

"Loki? Loki are you alright?" He frowned as his eyes glazed over upon seeing his mother, he just wanted Sylph back, his only friend and partner in crime and mischief "Mother-" He whispered while she pulled him to her, letting her son sob into her chest as his arms wrapped tightly around her waist as much as his height enabled him.

"I want her back mama" He whispered while Frigga stroked his hair gently, letting her little boy cry it out as she too, felt the strange absence of the girl. The palace seemed lighter than usual, it's as if the light in the atmosphere had died down as it went with Sylph, she brought the happiness and joy in the palace, she was a part of their family and she would do anything to bring the sweet girl back.

"We'll find her Loki, it's only a matter of time" She mumbled while placing a kiss on the top of his head before smoothing out the raven locks while hearing him cry harder as she gingerly shushed him.

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Please let me go" Sylph whispered while being out of breath, she thought Asgard would be her saviour from the pain of Hydra, but it was even worse here considering they more developed technology than the scientists on earth did.

"Please" A small whimper fell as she clung to herself, wrapping numb arms around her freezing body as she shivered at the thought of being forever alone. Would they even come to find her, would Loki even come? Does he even care?

Reckless sobs escaped from Sylph as her veins were glowing a bright neon green as she sat alone in the dark cell with the blood in her veins moving and glowing with her as the unnatural glow sent shivers up her spine, and not in a good way.

She heard talking, thunderous and angered with emotions of pain she couldn't quite place as everyone felt disorientated and blurry. "The girl is almost ready, we just have one more serum to give her and she's perfect" She barely made out the sentence beside 'one more' and 'perfect'.

"Grab her, the effects should've worn off by now" Sylph sat up and moved as far away as she could as the man from earlier came in as he reached for her arms, trying to pull her up as Sylph squirmed and thrashed around in order to get away from him as she screamed for help as he grunted with a grumble of 'insolent girl' as she kicked and punched at him back for some sort of grip release so she could run.

But what good would it do when every corner was surrounded by guards who were ready in seconds in case their prey had somehow managed to escape the heavily guarded base. She was doomed for hell, and hell would graciously open it's wide arms and embrace her with all it had to offer.

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[A/N:]

I was supposed to update and finish writing this chapter yesterday, but I couldn't be bothered as I actually forgot about as I was watching some Minecraft youtubers, and yes, I don't care if I have to be a little child to watch some people speedrun a manhunt or something. 😂😂