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Heads up Rated M for a reason.
***Heads up this is the second of a three part series that covers season two of History's Vikings.***
***There will be descriptions of painful, slow & vicious deaths in a graphic manner will be described in this story.***
***Be prepared for the blood eagle that will be in a up coming chapter.***
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED-My dears.-Hugs.
A Transfer of Two Kings
Chapter One
Ragnar Meets 'Earl Ingstad'
Ragnar rides out to meet Earl Ingstad to find it's his former wife Lagertha.
Ragnar rides into the woods with a minimal escort. Has he approaches the dense wooded area he sees an older man standing there in regal dress. Ragnar asked;
"Earl Ingstad?"
Where from behind a large tree on her horse, Lagertha comes into view. Ragnar realizes she is Earl Ingstad. Ragnar shakes his head as he replies;
"Earl Ingstad, you bare a strong resembalnce to my former wife."
Lagertha replies;
"If I had given you my real name you might have turned me away."
Lagertha asks the one question that has been for most on her mind since she last saw their child;
"How is Bjorn?"
Ragnar is riding circles around Lagertha as he replies;
"He is happy. He's looking forward to going to England."
"As am I."
Ragnar knowing Lagertha would dare anything but he had to ask;
"So you are truly an Earl? Eh?"
"Yes we are equal. I sure this is difficult for you."
"Not at all. (Ragnar getting down to business) How many ships?"
"Four ships. Over a hundred warriors. (Lagertha looks at him & asks) Will you accept me as an ally."
"It depends?"
"On what?"
With a very serious look at his former wife Ragnar replies;
"I have been betrayed by earls before so if you are really "Earl" Ingstad then it is a no. (Yet still facing her he continues) But if you are the 'Lagertha' I remember (as she cocks her head at him) it is a yes."
Ragnar straightens his horse as the two 'earls' ride back to Kattegat with the rest of her party that will follow he looks at her & said;
"Earl Ingstad."
Lagertha nods as they both chuckle in amusement.
Meanwhile in the holding cells of Kattegat Jarl Borg gets an unexpected visitor as he strokes a rat in his hands while looking at the skull of his first wife. At the sound of the door opening he lets the rats go as he covers the skull with the hay he using for his bed on the dirt floor. Bjorn enters holding food wrapped in some cloth. He approaches Jarl Borg but Jarl puts up his shackled hands up in defense of Bjorn. Bjorn squats down before him & hands him the food that is wrapped in the cloth. Jarl grabs the food then Bjorn hands as if in thanks or appreciation. Bjorn pulls his hands away from Jarl Borg as he goes back to where the water bucket is by the door & watches him eat.
This is probably the last meal Jarl Borg will ever receive before his sentence is carried out both men think. Bjorn soon leaves the cell to see his father arrive back from the woods, with his mother Lagertha. He comes up to her horse & looks up to see the life return to her eyes.
Bjorn's POV;
I see my father return & to my surprise my mother Lagertha is with him. Father has told me she is Earl Ingstad & our ally for that raid in Wessex. All I can do is look up & see she is alive and well. Where there was hatred & death in her eyes from Sigvard, I see life a spark back in them as she dismounts & gives me a hug. I can tell she missed me as much as I missed her. Yet I can tell she's back. My mother is alive & well. Knowing that I can finally sleep well tonight.
Lagertha's POV;
Has we arrived in Kattegat I look for one person, my son. By the Gods, he's happier than I have seen him in years. He's relaxed & he's grown more so into a man as he looks up at me. Yet I still see my boy in there. He knows I'm well as hug the son I have missed so much while taking care of affairs at my home. There was never a day that went by that I didn't think of him. Bjorn must have known that. I don't regret leaving him here when I left last time. He was unhappy & Sigvard never loved him nor anybody for that matter. Bjorn wasn't safe there or, around Sigvard. We were just show for him. Now my son is home where he should be & with his father as it should be. I can rest easy tonight. I know my son has been treated well.
Third Person POV;
Ah mother & son are reunited again at last. Lagertha should have known, we would be here for Bjorn. I would never let anybody mistreat our son. He is home where he should have stayed. Where they both should have stayed. It is also where I see my wife smile from the doorway of the Great Hall at the scene out here. Wait til I tell Aslaug this new development.
Princess Aslaug made sure there was a great feast made ready to welcome our new ally. Ragnar introduces the 'Earl' to King Horick & his son E lander. The king is not amused of having a female earl but does like the fact that he doesn't have to deal with Jarl Borg anymore. He also loves that Earl Ingstad brings many warriors & the ships that they need to raid Wessex. He is pleased for the moment.
