A/N Hello there!

This is my first FF in English and also my first FF about the Avengers. I searched for a Beta, but I couldn't find one. I am really sorry, if there are some mistakes. I gave my best. Criticism is very welcome!

This chapter won't make sense at the beginning and I think the most of you will think that Loki is OOC, but the explanation will come. Promise! Italic is something that happened in the past.

I hope I didn't chase you away. Have fun reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers, Marvel does.

What is hidden beneath!

Chapter 1 – In the dark

Dark. Everything is dark. That is the first thing that my foggy mind register. I do not have the slightest idea how I got here and where this here is. I feel like I am everywhere and nowhere at the same time. This does not feel right. Not at all. I try to move my hands, but I flinch when thick thorns bore their why into my pale skin. A hot liquid is flowing down my wrists. A small scream wants to escape my lips, but it is muffled by something metallic. It's almost feels like a muzzle. Why in Odins name am I wearing a muzzle? I know that I have a sharp tongue, but I can't remember any good reason why I, Loki Odinson, am held captured.

I feel so lost and lonely in the dark. I want to scream for help, but I know that nobody will hear me. The darkness around me seems to get heavier with every second. I feel like an ant that is slowly getting crushed by a pair of boots. My breathing gets faster and faster till I'm nearly hyperventilating. I rub my sweaty hands against my trousers and take a deep breath. Calm down. There is nothing to fear. That is just your imagination. I wrap my arms around my legs and hiss when a stabbing pain curs through my body. The only positive thing about this pain is that I know that I am still alive. I lean my back against a cold stone wall and wait. What else shall I do?

The time flow by without anything happening. I could not say if just a few seconds, a few minutes or a few hours past, but I am getting nervous. I blink a few times, but my surrounding did not change. This time I can't withstand the panic that wants to win over my body. I clench my fingers in the fabric off my clothes, while I hear a splashing sound in the darkness. One part off my mind recognizes the sound as the sound of water droplets that are falling from the ceiling, but another part of me does not. This part remembers the icy cold underground, the screams and the scent of death.

My heart rate is speeding up and I can hear the blood rush through my veins. They are here to get me. This time there will be no escape.

I bit my lips so hard that blood is flowing out of my wound.

I want to die. So badly! I do not wish to do that. Please! Let me die!

I try to hold back my tears, but I am to caught up in the emotions. They are flowing down my cheeks, before they get lost in the nothingness. I do not move. I wait. What else could I do.

Suddenly something illuminates the darkness. It is like a knife that is cutting through the darkness. I blink a few times, but the light is not vanishing. Is that my imagination? I want to cry for help. I want to move to the light, but I simply can not. I just can sit here and wait. Please, please, help me. I'm lifting my head to the light. Come to me, please! The iceblue light is growing bigger and bigger and I hold my breath with anticipation. There is a flash and then nothing.

A/N That is the first chapter What is hidden beneath. I hope you enjoyed it and I would be really glad, if someone leaves a review.

Thanks,

Lokigirl94