Sounds of Loki vomiting echoed from the bathroom as Valkyrie sat at the counter of the ship's rather-large kitchen, holding her aching head in her hands to soothe it.
"I guess Loki is our new alarm-clock..." Thor half-joked as he entered the kitchen, taking a seat next to Valkyrie.
"Believe it or not, this is when he's the easiest to deal with..." Valkyrie sighed.
"What do you mean?" Thor questioned.
"His mood-swings are just unbelievable..." Valkyrie replied with a shake of her head.
"Aw, I'm sure they're not that bad..." Thor defended.
"Don't believe me? Go see for yourself..." Valkyrie instructed. Thor did as told and went to go check on Loki, who had thankfully left the door to the bathroom wide-open.
"Good morning, brother..." Thor sheepishly greeted, not sure what to expect from his normally, mischievous brother.
"GET OUT OF HERE, THOR!" Loki shouted with fire in his eyes as he abruptly turned to face his brother.
"I-I just wanted to see how you were..." Thor began only to be cut off by his brother's yelling.
"GET OOOOUUUUUUUT!" Loki roared as his powers caused the entire ship to violently shake. Thor quickly slammed the door from fear upon realizing that Loki's emotional state was worse off than he had initially thought.
"DID YOU JUST SLAM THE DOOR ON ME?!" Thor was quick to flee back toward the kitchen upon hearing Loki shriek.
"You were right; he's scarier than The Hulk..." Thor trembled as he quickly returned to his seat.
"Don't worry; I have a plan to get him to calm down. I recorded one of his meltdowns the other day and I'm going to play it for him to show him how rediculious he's acting..." Valkyrie snickered at her brilliant plan.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Thor skeptically cocked one of his eyebrows at the suggestion.
"Of course! Once he hears how horrible he's being to us, he'll have to lighten up!" Valkyrie excitedly explained.
"It's your funeral..." Thor shrugged. Both Valkyrie and Thor froze up instantly, however when a grumbling-Loki had entered the kitchen.
"Feeling better?" Valkyrie timidly questioned.
"Shut up! I need coffee..." Loki growled in response as he began to make himself a cup of coffee.
"Um, Loki? Honey? Baby? Sweetheart?" Valkyrie Finally spoke up with a nervous grin.
"What?!" Loki spat in response as he began to aggressively munch on a chocolate-bar.
"I um recorded something and I would like you to listen to it..." Valkyrie squeaked.
"Fine but make it quick; I have to pee..." Loki sighed in irritation at the child inside of him that was pushing on his bladder. As instructed, Valkyrie quickly pulled out the tape-recorder she had found on the ship and played the tape for her lover.
"VALKYRIE?! Why is the ironing-board still out?! I almost broke my neck! Are you trying to kill me for real this time and-WHY IS THERE A PEN CAP WITH NO PEN?!" Loki's green eyes widened slightly in surprise at the sound of his voice shrieking from the tape-recorder as Valkyrie's voice could be heard mumbling something inaudible in the background.
"You know what?! Just get out of my sight! YOU SMELL LIKE EGGS!" Loki could be heard screeching before the tape ended as Thor struggled not to snicker.
"Well?" Valkyrie began once the recording had ended, fully expecting an apology from her lover.
"You are a gigantic WRETCH!" Loki suddenly sobbed before tearfully storming out of the kitchen.
"Ten: Forty-Three...Gigantic wretch..." Valkyrie spoke into her tape-recorder before letting out a sigh of frustration.
"Well, that didn't go as planned...What?" Valkyrie suddenly questioned when she took notice to Thor glaring at her in disapproval.
"Fine! I'll go talk to him..." Valkyrie gave in as she stood up to search the ship for Loki. She of course found Loki in the bathroom and he was sobbing softly to himself.
"Come on, Loki; don't cry...I don't like the way my voice sounds on recordings either..." Valkyrie obliviously attempted to comfort her crying-lover.
"I'm not crying because of my voice; I'm crying because I'm married to an insensitive jagaloon, who instead of trying to make her pregnant-husband feel better, records him to prove what a terrible person he is!" Loki turned to angrily shout at Valkyrie.
"What's a jagaloon?" Was all Valkyrie had to say in response.
"Was that tape for all your little friends, hm? Are you going to play it for them for laughs?! Hey, step right up and listen to the monster that destroyed my good time!" Loki tearfully accused.
"N-No, it's just for us..." Valkyrie nervously squeaked.
"Do you have any idea what it's like to be a man and have a life-form growing inside of you?!" Loki shouted in Valkyrie's face.
"N-Not in particular but..." Valkyrie stammered as she nervously backed away from her hormonal-lover.
"I am constantly starving because I throw up whatever I try to eat, I am constantly in a great deal of both emotional and physical pain and I need to pee every, five seconds! Do you have any idea WHAT IT'S LIKE TO NEED TO RUN TO THE RESTROOM EVERY, FIVE SECONDS?!" Loki yelled as he gradually closed in on Valkyrie until he had caused her to unintentionally trip over a small piece of machinery and fall flat of her back.
"I-I can see why you would feel stressed..." Valkyrie squeaked as she picked herself up from the floor.
"You think?! Because let me tell you one thing: tape-recording me certainly doesn't make me feel any better!" Loki angrily added as he shoved the already, terrified Valkyrie into the wall that was behind her.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?! Just tell me what you want me to do!" Valkyrie begged.
"I don't know! Have you ever thought about hugging me, you jerk?!" Loki snapped.
"Hugging you?! It's rather difficult to hug someone who's trying to kill you!" Valkyrie argued.
"You never even tried!" Loki sobbed as he began to cry once again.
"That's because this is not huggable!" Valkyrie shouted as Loki tearfully stormed back toward the kitchen and took a seat at the counter, next to his brother. He snatched Thor's muffin from his hand and began to violently munch on it as he continued to cry softly into the puffin's soft, fluffy top.
"Loki, I'm sorry...I never wanted to make you feel bad, I just wanted you to calm down..." Valkyrie apologized as she entered the kitchen.
"I'm sorry too...I never meant to lash out at you; I just don't feel good right now..." Loki sniffled.
"Shhhh...I know..." Valkyrie reassured as she gently hugged her lover from behind.
"We'll get through this together..." She reassured.
"I love you so much, Valkyrie!" Loki sobbed as he once again burst into a fit of hysterical tears.
"I know you do...I love you too..." Valkyrie smiled softly in response.
"P-Please, just try to bare with me for these next, nine months..." Loki whimpered as he wiped his tears away.
"Of course..." Valkyrie agreed. As she, Thor and Loki all sat around at the kitchen counter, Thor and Valkyrie could not help but take notice to Loki violently twitching a couple of times.
"You guys stink..." Loki nonchalantly broke the silence as his temper-mental mood-swings had returned.