"It's been damn near three months!" Tony hissed to Bruce. Loki sat, unseeing, staring out towards the ocean. "He doesn't talk, he barley eats, and he just keeps mumbling that's he's doomed. I don't get it!" Bruce wrinkled his fore head, and nodded.
"I need to make us the twins are getting proper nutrition. Can you help me get him to the lab?" The scientist asked. The inventor nodded. Bruce walked over to Loki, and smiled softly.
"She's something him..." He whispered to Bruce. He looked back at Tony who shrugged.
"Well, don't worry, Loki. They'll be fine. Do you want to come down to the lab? I can check on them." the god shook his head slightly. "Loki, listen to me. I have had a really bad day, and I don't want to hurt you or the twins. So can you please go down to the lab? Tony could carry you." Loki's eyes widened. He stood, but fell into Tony's arms. He was too weak. The inventor carried his lover to the lab, and gently laid him on a table. The god shivered as the cold metal contacted his skin.
"I'm worried about you, baby." Tony whispered. Loki just nodded idly.
"What started this?"
"I don't know, we were talking, then he zoned out for a second. When he came back, he broke down, sobbing his eyes out." Tony explained. Bruce pulled Tony aside.
"Loki told me about what Thanos did to him. there is a possibility that one of the twins is his.."
"Then Thanos did this. He must have talked to Loki about the twins." Tony reasoned. His best friend nodded.
"More than likely." He turned back to Loki, and gently lifted his shirt. A small bump was protruding from his abdomen. "This is going to be cold." Bruce warned. Loki nodded. The scientist gently put the gel on the bump. Loki gasped, and shivered. "I warned you." He switched on the machine, and pressed the sensor to his stomach. Loki looked sadly towards the screen. "What the hell?" Bruce exclaimed. Tony looked. A thick cover shrouded one of the twins. The other was pressed against the wall of the womb. The friends looked at each other in shock,and awe.
"Okay, one this is awesome. I'm so excited for them" Bruce gave Tony a look. "What? I wasn't done. Two, how can we fix that, so that doesn't kill, is that a- yep- him."
"There's only one way to fix it, and they won't survive out of the womb yet." Bruce explained. Tony sighed. Loki whimpered, and looked away.
"I'm so sorry." He whispered. That broke Tony's heart.
"There has to be a more immediate solution!" Bruce shook his head.
"Not at the moment there isn't. If we do an emergency c-section right a six months, they may survive, but you don't have the equipment, and doctor's would ask questions-"
"I can get the stuff! Money means nothing when it comes to my kids!" Tony shouted. Bruce was taken aback. Tony's wealth was everything.
"I suggest you get it soon. Otherwise, they won't see birth." Bruce whisped the last part.
"What?!" Loki exclaimed.
"Loks, baby, calm down, we'll save them don,t worry-"
"Anthony, please don't let them die! They're so little! Please!."Loki begged, distressed.
"I won't I swear. But you have to tell me what happened. I need to know what Thanos told you, so we can save them." Loki nodded, calming slightly. His heart rate was still up. Bruce took a few deep breathes, trying to stay calm.
"He...he said he spoke to the oracle." Loki began. Tony nodded, one hand in Loki's the other on his stomach. "She...she told him that they'll be like the sun and the moon. Our daughter will shine with her intelligence and beauty, while our son will be more mysterious. She said..she said our son, if he survives birth, will be forever sickly, and will die on his twenty first birthday." Loki began to sob. Tony pull him into his arms, and stroked his hair.
"Don't worry, I won't let him. I swear." Tony kissed his head. Loki caught his breathe, and pulled away.
"She-she also said that our daughter will be the fall of Asgard while he is the Saviour."
"All before they're even old enough to drink." Tony summarized. Loki nodded.
"Anthony-"
"No. I don't care if I have to fucking hide them from everything, I won't let this hang over their heads!" Tony ranted. Loki smiled softly, but tears quickly returned.
"Anthony, there is more." Tony looked at Loki, listening. "He's coming for her. He didn't say when, but he see he would return for her."
"Oh hell no! He'll have to get through me before he can have my little girl!" Tony swore. Loki sighed.
"Well, how about I finish the ultrasound? Then we can at least gauge when they have to be born so all three of you make it." Bruce suggested. Tony nodded. Loki laid back down on the cool metal table, while the scientist pressed the sensor to his stomach.
"Seven Hells! That is cold!" Loki cried out. He hadn't really noticed before. Blue spread form the cold gel. Tony eyed the color.
"Woah, cool trick Loks." Tony smiled. Loki, looked at his hands, and skin which had turned to the Jotun blue he so despised. Loki panicked.
"Is the any kind of covering?! I do not wish-"
"Loki, calm down." Tony soothed. Loki kept the distressed look about him, but silenced.
"If you guys want some good news, he looks really healthy. I can't see the other one, but I bet she's healthy too." Bruce smiled, trying to reassure Loki. The god nodded. Bruce switched the machine off. "I'm going to head home. It's getting pretty late." He smiled, and bowed out of the room. The couple stayed silent. Neither knew what to say.
"So...um...Loki...I was thinking for their nursery, we could do-"
"Anthony,I am not painting my children's nursery to match your armor." Loki said. He sat up, and pulled his sort down.
"Oh come on! That would be awesome!" Tony laughed. Loki shook his head.
"No. I would much rather their nursery be painted to match mine." Loki smirked, and stood up. He wobbled, before Tony caught him.
"One, no. And two, I'm taking you back to bed." Tony carried Loki up the stairs, and laid him, sitting up right, on their bed. "Do you want anything?"
"A cup of warm tea would be nice." Loki looked at Tony with wide eyes.
"Alright, I'll be back." Tony kissed him on the forehead and left. Thor was waiting for him. "What's up, Meatswing?" he set water to boil, and faced his soon to be brother in-law.
"Anthony, Doctor Banner has informed me my brother is not well. I wish to see him." Thor demanded.
"Sorry, no can do. He'll stress if he knows you know. So I'll send him to you when he's better okay?" Tony put Mint Medley, Loki's favorite tea, in the water.
"No! This is not well! I wish to see my brother! Asgard could be obliterated at any moment!"
"Wait, what?!" Tony turned back to Thor.
"Thanos has returned, looking for my brother. He...he has taken Steven as a hostage." Thor ran a hand through his hair.
"So, you're willing to turn in your brother, because Thanos has Steve? Wow, That's low, Thor." Tony turned back tot eh tea, but sighed. "Look, Thanos knows he's here. He's just faking it so he doesn't have to come get him. Loki is going to stay here, but I'm coming with you. JARVIS, get my suit ready."
"Yes sir."