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Amelia struggled to breathe through the pain. It only took her a few minutes to realize that this was labor pain. They had given her something to send her into labor. She could feel each contraction getting stronger than the last one. The hallway outside of her room was quiet; no one was coming to help her. She was going to have to deliver these twins completely by herself. Her labor with Addy had been difficult and her labor with Tristan had been even worse. Here alone in the cold without Loki to help her she didn't know how she was going to get through it. She gripped the blanket in her hand, wishing it was Loki's hand, as another contraction hit her. She felt the rush as her water broke and now she knew for certain that she was in fact in full blown labor. She was going to have to do this. Fear gripped her as she thought about her babies. They were so little and not ready for the world yet. And what would happen to them once they were born? Would these monsters kill them? She didn't have time to contemplate what would happen to them once they were born because her labor was getting stronger. Whatever they gave her was working fast. Amelia closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on breathing. She couldn't give up. She had to be strong for her babies. Not just for her twins about to come into the world but for Addy and Tristan. They needed their mother and she couldn't give up on them.
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Mimir stood in front of Bergelmir smirking.
"You gave it to her?" Bergelmir asked.
"Yes my lord. She will give birth to her babies before the day is through." Mimir said
Bergelmir smiled a toothy grin. "Good. I want them brought to me immediately and then we can begin with her. Loki shall know the pain of loss today."
Mimir bowed and smiled an equally disgusting grin. "It shall be done my lord."
Mimir smiled as he walked out of the throne room. Yes Loki would know pain this day. He headed back to where Amelia was being held. As he came down the hall he could hear her cries of pain. It was absolute music to his ears. Their first attempt at Loki's life had failed. This attempt would not. For instead of taking his life they were taking his heart. And that was a punishment worse than death. He stood outside her door and listened. He could hear her whimpering and her heavy breathing. Oh yes this would be the ultimate revenge.
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Amelia had no way to tell if it was time but her body was telling her to push. She gripped her blanket in her fist and pushed hard. She continued to push with every hellish contraction that rocked her body. This was more pain than she had ever been in. It was something about the speed at which this labor progressed that had made her body not be able to keep up. She was sweating and was barely able to keep consciousness. She had to though; her babies needed her to guide them into the world. She gritted her teeth and bore down again. She could feel that the first twin was almost out. She reached down and could feel the top of his head. Just a few more good pushes and he would be out. She could tell that someone was right outside the door but did not have the time to worry about that right now. When the next contraction came she pushed and the baby slid out of her. She reached down to pick the crying child up. She took him in her arms and wrapped him in her dress to help stave off the cold. Dear gods he was beautiful. She didn't have time to appreciate him when it was time to push for the second twin already. She wrapped the first twin on her chest against her and held onto her knees. She pushed with every last thing she had and the second twin emerged. His cry was even louder than the first. She used another part of her dress to wrap this child in. She could see there was a tremendous amount of blood on the floor and she was beginning to feel the effects of losing that much blood. She held both of her boys against her chest, rubbing them to keep them warm. They were so beautiful and tiny.
The door swung open and the frost giant was back. She held on to her boys tight as he stepped into the room.
"Do you have something for me?" he said smirking
"No stay away from them." She said with tears running down her face.
He stepped forward towards her and there was nowhere for her to go.
"You do not have the strength to fight me." He said laughing
It was true. She could feel herself succumbing to exhaustion. She was losing too much blood and had no way to defend herself against this creature. He held out his hands to her.
"No." she said wrapping her arms protectively around them.
"You will give them to me or I will take them from you and I promise it will not be gentle." He said glaring down at her.
"Please…please don't hurt them…" she said
"Give them to me now." He said flatly
Amelia had no doubt in her mind that he would hurt them if she did not comply. She did not know however if he would hurt them regardless. She finally gave in and took the chance that he would not hurt them. She moved her arms and let him pick them up. He took each naked baby boy in one arm. He turned to walk out of the door.
"Wait! What are you going to do with them?" she asked, though she was scared to hear the answer.
"Do not worry about your children witch. I would worry more about yourself." He said as he slammed the door behind him.
Amelia cried for her children that were torn out of her arms. She hurt everywhere in her body and she knew that she was still bleeding a lot. She could feel that exhaustion was close to taking her. She shivered in this cold room by herself. She had no idea what was being done to her babies right now and it scared the hell out of her. As hard as she tried to stay conscious in the end she failed. She felt the weight of her eyelids become too much and closed them.
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Mimir walked with pride into the throne room with a screaming babe in each arm. They were tiny and would not survive long if they were not attended to. Bergelmir smiled as he saw Mimir walk into the room. He came down from his throne and met him halfway.
"Good job my friend. Look at these tiny beings, so small, so fragile. Take them to be taken care of for now. We have the witch to deal with." Bergelmir said
Mimir smirked back at him. "Yes my lord. I have been looking forward to this part for a long time."
"As have I my friend, as have I."
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