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I open my eyes in the morning, but I'm still exhausted from staying up to watch Loki's performance the night before. I'm barely able to fully wake up before the guards enter and annoy us like they do every single morning.

"Bathing time!" the guard yells at the top of his voice, right outside my cell.

"Oh my god, will you just fuck off!" I shout back without even thinking about it because I'm still half asleep.

I realise that was a mistake when two other guards quickly open my cell. Stupidly, they don't put my collar on before they grab an arm each, drag me out swiftly and force me down onto my knees.

"Say that again, witch" one of them orders me.

"I said...fuck...off" I answer back sarcastically.

One of the guards slaps me around the face with such brute force that I'm fully laid out on the ground now.

I can instantly taste my own blood in my mouth so I spit it at him before he kicks me in the stomach three times. They're all standing over me laughing, but all I can think about is how much that shit hurt.

"I would not do that if I were you" I hear Loki say from his cell.

"Why would we take advice from you?"

"She is having dinner with my brother this very evening. I am not certain he would appreciate her showing up beaten beyond all recognition".

The guards look at each other for a few seconds to weigh up their options.

"Fine, get her up".

Once I'm at eye level with them I decide to get even with these assholes.

"CHOKE".

They all grasp at their throats when they start struggling to breath, so I take a second to stand back to enjoy the show.

"I thought you had never killed anyone?" Loki asks me while admiring my good work.

"Who says I'm going to kill them? Just teaching them a little lesson, that's all" I smile through the pain.

I wait until just before they're all about to black out before I release them.

"BREATHE".

They gasp desperately for a while before they finally pick themselves up off the floor.

"Thor will hear of this!" one of them yells.

"FORGET" I compel them and return to standing inside my cell like nothing had happened.

I'm still in agony even while I'm being escorted to the bathing room, but I don't show it.

For once, I undress myself without facing the guards to hide the obvious fresh bruises already forming on my abdomen that they wouldn't remember giving me.

The hot water stings when I lower myself into it and Loki soon joins me in there.

"Are you alright?" he asks as I steady myself by leaning against the wall.

"I'm fine, you don't have to pretend like you actually care".

"Let me see".

He checks my cheek, which stings when he touches it.

"Does it hurt?"

"Yes" I tell him honestly.

"What about your stomach?"

"Hurts like a bitch, thanks for asking".

I try to laugh a little, but I can't help but clutch my stomach because of the pain.

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