(Author's Note: Hi! (WARNING: This is the sequel to Loki's Weakness, and if you haven't read that, then you should probably read that first or you won't understand what the heck is going on.) Yay the sequel is here! I am SO SORRY it took so long. Honestly I'm still not all plot-developed, and that means longer periods between updates. :( Sorry, but I have school, not to mention the other two fanfics I'm still writing. However, I will do my very best and please PLEASE tell me what you think! Enjoy!)

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Chapter 1

Loki woke up to the sound of Emmeline screaming. The shrill, frightened noise made him sit up quickly, looking behind him in the direction of the washroom. This was unusual. Usually if Loki woke up like this it was to the sound of her vomiting; and that had stopped long ago. He used to panic, but Emmeline had explained to him that it was normal for mortal women to be sick in the morning when they were with child. But now was different. She wasn't vomiting; she was screaming. Loki jumped out of bed and ran into the washroom to find Emmeline staring at the floor with a look of horror. Below her was a puddle of clear liquid, blood mixed into it. Loki looked up at her the same time she looked at him.

"Loki…" she said. "I think my water just broke."

The next thing he knew, Loki was running down the halls of the palace with Emmeline in his arms, screaming. The sound of her turned the heads of many guards and other visitors to the palace, but Loki paid them no attention as he ran past them.

"ODIN!" he yelled. "THOR!"

Loki was panicking. His heart was beating so fast that it felt like it wasn't beating at all. He had no idea what to do. He'd had no experience whatsoever with childbirth. He had never even seen a woman give birth, so he was only hoping that what was happening to Emmeline was natural. She was starting to sweat, and Loki desperately hoped the baby didn't come out while he was carrying her. Then he would probably drop it, and it would be his first failure as a father forever.

Just when Loki was about to start crying, Thor and Odin ran to him in the hall. They didn't need to ask what was going on; it was obvious.

"Get her to the healing room," ordered Odin. They all ran to the opposite side of the palace to the healing room.

"Loki, make it STOP!" Emmeline yelled, tears streaming down the sides of her face.

"I wish I could dear one," Loki said, wishing more than anything that he could take away her pain. He set her on a healing table and Odin left to get an Asgardian nurse.

"How long has she been like this?" asked Thor. Loki raked a hand through his hair in nervousness.

"I woke up to it," he replied quickly, not able to focus on Thor. He looked at Emmeline writhing on the healing table and closed his eyes tightly. Thor grabbed his shoulders.

"Brother, are you alright?" Loki opened his eyes and widened them at Thor.

"No Thor, I am most certainly not alright! I don't know what to do! What can I do for her, how do I get it out? She asked me to make it stop, but I don't' know how! What if it hates me, what if I drop it, what if it dies, what if it turns out like me?!" Loki started pacing back and forth, thinking of all the terrible things that could happen. "I'm not ready to be a father! Do you hear me Thor, I'm not ready! Idon'tknowwhatI'mdoingwhatdoIdoAAAAGHGGHHGHGHAAHHH!" Thor suddenly lifted Loki up by his collar.

"LOKI, calm down," he said. "Do not panic brother. Breathe deeply." Loki took a deep breath and Thor dropped him. Another gut-wrenching cry came from Emmeline and Odin walked in with several nurses. They rushed to Emmeline and Loki pushed them aside and knelt down by her table. She looked at him with fear in her eyes.

"Loki I can't do it! I can't do it! Remember all those times I said I could do it?" Emmeline suddenly cringed and yelled, and turned back to him with the nurses telling her to 'keep breathing'. "Well I lied! This is so much harder than saving the world!" Loki took her hand and let her squeeze it.

"Emmeline, you can do it darling. Just do what the nurses tell you to do, and it will be over."

"Where's the big shot?! The big numbing shot? I thought I wouldn't want it, but I do, I need it NOW!"

"…I think that may be a Midgardian invention, love," Loki said. Emmeline widened her eyes at him.

"YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE IT?! I HAVE TO DO THIS BY MYSELF?! I CAN'T HAVE THIS BABY HERE; I NEED TO GET TO A REAL HOSPITAL! LOKI I'M GOING TO DIE!"

"No, no you're not! I am here with you, alright? Just look at me and focus on me, and everything will be alright. I promise." Emmeline nodded, the frightened look still on her face.

As her "contractions"—or whatever the nurses called them—got closer together, Loki noticed Emmeline losing control of her powers. Soon, everyone in the room could feel what she was feeling; the aura of her fear and strain was all about the atmosphere. She was projecting it subconsciously with the Space gem; filling every area within her sight with her emotions and hormones. Loki struggled to keep his composure.

She also became very hot; like she did when Loki carried her to Asgard after she had been stabbed by a Chitauri soldier. She was burning his hand. He did not want to trouble her during her labor, so he kept silent and kept hold of her hand; sweating and smelling his burnt flesh. To his surprise, Emmeline let go and instead grasped the table below her.

"Sorry Loki!" she managed to yell. Loki quickly grabbed a washcloth and wiped the sweat off of her forehead.

"It's alright darling; it's alright," he said soothingly. "I'm here."

Emmeline was in labor for seven hours. Loki refused to leave her side, and tried his best to talk her through it. There was so much blood. There was so much blood that Loki became afraid for her; but the nurses said that it was normal. Odin left the room long ago; he did not want to invade Emmeline's privacy. Loki also thought it reminded him of Frigga. But Thor stayed. He helped Loki coach Emmeline as well, and kept Loki's own sanity in check. Thor reassured him when he became afraid.

Loki thought, ever since Thor had come back to life; they had been closer. It was almost like old times. Loki didn't hate his brother as much as he used to.

Eventually, one of the nurses called Loki and Thor over to her.

"The baby is coming!" she said. "I can see its head!"

Loki could see the head too, or what the nurse said was the head. Maybe that wasn't even the head; he didn't know. Loki had no idea what he was looking at. It looked painful though; that was for sure. As Loki and Thor watched the nurses pull the baby out, their faces turned completely white. Even Thor's.

"…I didn't know this is what women had to do…" said Thor, not looking away.

"I have a whole new respect for them," Loki replied.

After many hideously long minutes of pushing and pulling, the baby finally came out, with one final scream from Emmeline. The nurse held the small child in her arms; and sure enough, it was a girl. The nurse brought the baby girl to Loki, and he looked down at her. She was so tiny, but the first thing Loki noticed about her was that she had big, bright emerald-green eyes, just like his. And she had a small tuft of red hair on her head, just like Emmeline.

Loki didn't know what came over him, but he suddenly felt hot tears streaming down his cheeks. The nurse held the baby out to him; and Loki hesitated. He had never held a baby before. Oh, but he wanted to. He studied the position of the nurse's arms, and held his out like so. She placed the child slowly into his arms; and Loki was afraid his legs were going to give out. He looked at Thor at the sound of his voice.

"She is beautiful, Loki." Loki looked at his new daughter; his tears spilling onto her blanket.

"She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen," he said. He looked up at Emmeline, who was lying still and breathing heavily, tired from seven hours of giving birth. He carried the baby over to her and she smiled.

"Look at her Emmeline," he said. "She's gorgeous." Emmeline cried as well when she took the baby girl into her arms. Loki heard Thor and the nurses leave; giving them some privacy. Emmeline looked up at Loki.

"What should we name her?" she asked. Loki thought. He looked at his daughter and thought of he and Emmeline's lives before this moment. One name entered his mind.

"I think…we should name her Sigyn," Loki replied. "It means victory. And this is our greatest victory so far, don't you think?"

"Sigyn," Emmeline echoed. "Yeah. I like it. She's beautiful…she has your eyes!" Loki smiled.

"And your hair," he said. Emmeline smiled up at him and he kissed the top of her head. Sigyn made a small gurgling noise and Loki looked at her; her tiny hands balled into fists, looking at her mother in wonder.

"Let's see if I can figure out how to feed her," said Emmeline. "Help me?"

"Of course," Loki replied, his eyes never leaving his precious new daughter.

Emmeline had to stay in the healing room for two days after giving birth to Sigyn so she could recuperate, and once she did, she took her baby down the corridors of the palace. She was headed to the throne room. Sigyn was swaddled in a fluffy red blanket, and she was looking up at Emmeline and making the most adorable baby sounds.

"Mmm!" said Sigyn. Emmeline smiled down at her.

"I know! I know baby; you wanna tell me all about it?" Emmeline cooed in a high-pitched voice.

"Mmm!"

"I bet you do, cutie pie!" Suddenly, Emmeline heard rapid footsteps down the hall; somebody was running. She concluded that it was Loki by the way he called out:

"EMMELINE!"

She turned around and Loki came to a stop and let out a huge sigh of relief, putting his hands on his knees.

"Whoa, Loki are you okay? Why are you panicking?" Loki breathed heavily.

"Oh good, you have her, thank Valhalla!"

"Sigyn? Loki, don't worry so much. You're going to hurt yourself." Loki stood up straight.

"I know, but she's just so fragile, and new, and perfect, and helpless…I feel like I need to put her in a protective box." He put his head on Emmeline's shoulder and looked down at baby Sigyn. She smiled.

"Is Daddy being funny?" said Emmeline. She kissed Loki on the cheek.

"Where are you taking her?" asked Loki.

"To see your dad. I figured he'd want to see his new granddaughter," Emmeline replied.

"Granddaughter. Wow, he's so old," said Loki. Emmeline laughed.

"Hey don't be criticizing, you're like what, 2,000?" Loki smirked at her.

"That would be 1,752 thank you very much." Emmeline laughed and a silence passed between them as they walked down the grand hall.

"Do you think she got any of my powers?" Emmeline asked Loki.

"I suppose we'll find out," he replied. "And if so, we're going to have a lot of trouble on our hands."

"Thor will have to be our babysitter."

"Are you kidding? Thor? He's an oaf."

"I thought you guys made up!"

"That doesn't mean he is not an oaf."

Emmeline smirked and they entered the throne room. Odin was all the way across on the other side, sitting on his throne. Emmeline approached him and bowed.

"Allfather," she said. "I thought you might want to meet your new princess." Odin's mouth turned up in a subtle smile and he stood up. He left Gungnir at his throne and he stepped down to look at his granddaughter. Emmeline handed Sigyn to Odin and he looked down at her.

"Her name is Sigyn," said Emmeline.

"She reminds me of you, Loki," Odin said, not looking up from the baby. "When I found you in Jotunheim." Loki looked at the floor, and Emmeline grasped his hand. "You were so small, so beautiful. And you smiled all the time." Odin handed Sigyn back to Emmeline and smiled at her. "She is a fine baby. A perfect mix of the two of you."

Emmeline smiled at Loki. She had noticed that Sigyn had his eyes. It was hard to miss. They were wide and they shimmered so bright it was blinding. Those two sparkling emerald orbs looked up at her and she couldn't help but smile.

When they returned to Loki's chambers, Emmeline lied Sigyn in the crib that had been fashioned for her by the Royal seamstresses while Emmeline was pregnant. It was soft and it was adorned with Loki's colors of green and gold. Emmeline climbed into bed with Loki and he put his hand on her face.

"I love you," he said, and kissed her hand. "You're so brave."

"I love you too Loki," she said.

They lied there in bed together for a while; Emmeline couldn't stop thinking, and she supposed Loki was worrying.

"I think I want to take Sigyn to Earth so she can meet my friends," she said. "Is that okay with you?"

"Of course," Loki replied. "I think it would be wise to raise her on both planets, so she will know the customs of both."

"Yeah, that's a good idea. …Wow. We're parents now. We have a lot of work to do. Like seriously, no more Tom-foolery. This is a big-time job."

"Tom-foolery?" Loki looked confused.

"Yeah, you know, shenanigans. Hijinks. Monkeyshines?"

"What?"

"Mischief!"

"You could have just said that. See, this is what I'm talking about. Sigyn can learn all this confusing terminology."

"When should we take her?"

"Perhaps in a few weeks when we are comfortable enough with her to travel. I'm nervous about the effect the bifrost will have on her."

"You're right. Okay, we'd better establish this now. Who's on poop duty? Are we taking turns, or is one person getting the job?"

"I think it would only be fair to take turns. You first."

"No way, you first! I pushed her entire eight pound body out of my you-know-what; I think I deserve a break!" Loki laughed.

"I suppose you're right," he said.

Emmeline fell asleep with her head on Loki's chest; like she did every night. However, she knew they would not get to sleep for long. They had a new baby now. Their lives were about to get real.

So...what did you think? Hope you liked it! I have never really given birth before or even seen it for that matter (Because I'm not really the appropriate child-bearing age. I'm not the pregnant teenager type. I'm not even the go-out-and-party type. This is about as wild as I get. I sit here and write and watch Frasier.) Anyway, so I just went off of what I knew, and I hope it was okay! If you have any questions/suggestions, let me know! ;)