Loki has a plan (because when does he not) and Tia starts to feel the full weight of motherhood as she tries to escape Asgard.
Tia watches Ash rise from her bedside with a small smirk on her face. "Prince Loki what are you doing here?"
"Don't play innocent with me!"
The only thing Tia can focus on is the pain coming in waves over her body. She tries to call for them to stop but her head is spinning and she can barely make out the two blurry figures in front of her, she can only hear their voices and pray that one of them helps her before it's too late. "I have no idea what your talking about. I merely found Tia down here an-"
"I know everything!" Loki shouts and Tia snaps her head his way. He knows. He knows everything. Oh thank the gods! "While you were researching people to pawn my child off to.. I was doing a bit of research myself."
"W-What?" Ash whispers, taking a hold of Tia's wrist.
"I have some company coming soon so I'll get this over and done with quickly."
Tia feels the blast of Loki's magic as nothing more than a small gust of wind. She let's her head roll back when Ash's tight grip on her wrist loosens then falls away completely. Looking down she thinks Ash is dead as she lies in a crumpled heap on the floor but she sees her stomach move and knows she is at least barely alive.
"L-Loki.." Tia whispers, reaching for the dark haired figure in front of her. He's still blurry but she could make out his hair and piercing green eyes. "Help."
"I'm here. Don't worry." She hears him whisper and closes her eyes when more pain takes over her body. "Your both doing great and Eir will be here soon."
Eir arrives soon after and Tia listens to every word she says. She pushes and she breathes and she pushes again all while nearly breaking every bone in Loki's hand. An hour later they finally make progress when Tia hears the faint cries of her newborn baby.
"It seems Asgard has a new Prince." She hears Eir whisper, gently handing the baby to Tia.
Tia watches her son as he wiggles around in her arms. His bright green eyes and jet black hair a stark contrast to the white walled cell they were currently sitting in. She lets his tiny fingers wrap around her finger and smiles. "He's.. perfect. Loki he's perfect."
"He is." She hears Loki whisper as his own hand gently cups their son's head. "I need to take him Tia. I have plans and he needs to be somewhere safe."
"No please.."
"I have to Tia. I've already talked to my mother and she will keep him safe while I deal with this little.. problem." He says, nodding towards Ash before taking the baby from Tia's arms. "He's our son so I will do everything to keep him from her meaning you have to leave this place now."
"Please be careful Loki." Tia replies, smiling weakly up at him. "I think I'm going to be sick Eir." Her body feels hot, heavy and she is still in pain.
"Lie back down for me and I'll examine you." She feels Eir poke and prod at her but she is too weak to notice. "I.. erm.. I need to put some stitches in you. You've ruptured a bit."
The stitches weren't painful, not like pushing a baby out of a hole the size of a lemon but Tia imagines they will be sore to take out again.
"Where is it?"
Tia and the grey haired healer beside her suddenly turn when they hear Ash stir beside them. "What?"
"Where is the brat?"
Tia feels her heart start to beat wildly again and she looks to Eir for help. Thankfully the older healer steps up. "Loki took him and you're not getting him back."
"Do you want to die today Eir?" Ash snarls and Tia can vaguely make out her bloodied teeth where she has obviously hit her head when Loki sent out the blast of magic. "I want the chil-"
Ash is suddenly cut off by a huge explosion that rattles the whole of the dungeons, sending her flying against the wall and trapping her under a boulder. "What is that Eir?"
"We need to get you out of here Tia."
They run. Tia and Eir run for what feels like hours, leaving a dishevelled Ash behind in the crumbling dungeons. Eir leads Tia down small paths and shady alleyways. She is still in so much pain but she trusts Loki. She trusts him to do the right thing and look after their son. She wonders what he will grow up to be like. Will he take after Loki? Get his mischievous streak. Or will he take after Tia and end up being just as feisty as her? It was a tough thing to try to predict when she knows she will probably not see him again after witnessing the explosion. Maybe when he's old enough he will find her, surely Loki will explain all of this to him one day. He should.. right?
Stepping out from the shadows the two women are met by Frigga. She's holding a small blue bundle in her arms and wears a weary smile on her face.
"A mother shouldn't be kept from her child." Tia watches Frigga lean forward, placing the small bundle in her arms. "I'll give you a few minutes before someone notices he's gone."
She hears the two older women step away from her as she takes in her son. His green eyes wide and bright. Black hair and pale skin.. just like his father.
Looking into his green eyes Tia makes her son a promise. "I will always love you. No matter what happens today or where life takes you just please remember that I'm here, always thinking about you and always loving you.. until the last breath leaves my body." Kissing the top of his head she calls Frigga back. Tears flowing down each of the women's faces. "Make sure he's safe."
"I'm sorry that this has happened to you Tia.. you don't deserve it. At the start I never knew why Loki liked you. You always seemed a nice girl, shy and reserved but now I see it. I see the light that you are. The light within you. Loki has always had darkness but now I see stars appearing. Little dots of light that have been growing within him from the moment he met you.." Frigga confesses, she watches Frigga look at the child then smile back at Tia. "Tia you're the light in the darkness."
Before Tia can hand her son over she hears another explosion and when all three women look back at Asgard it looks more like a battlefield than a home for gods. Dark smoke rises from various buildings and all Tia can hear are the screams of people as they run from their homes. It's the dead of night so they would have been asleep but Tia can still make out the clear evidence of battle as they run for their lives.
"Take him! Go to the docks and Eir will tell you what to do next. Go!" Tia hears Frigga shout and in a heartbeat Tia grips her son close to her chest and follows Eir down to the unusually calm waterfront.
Once there she knows her new life is just a few hundred feet away.