A/N: Time frame wise, this is set 8 years after Burning Curve, for reference. :)
So updates might be a little slow as I deal with some big personal stuff. If you're interested you can read about it at my Tumblr. megaranoelle . tumblr . com
I don't own The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.
Loki had launched himself at Adir, Tony disappearing with his shouts of pain. Adir moved his leg behind him and thew his arm out at Loki, catching him in the chest and sending him flying across the room. Loki slammed into the wall, feeling it crack under him, but he wasted no time in pushing himself up, a growl in his throat.
"I wish I was able to go and see what damage I have caused to both him and the child," Adir said, a mad smirk on his lips. Loki had moved to his feet and ran at Adir again. Adir grabbed his leather wrapped hand and squeezed, pulling a strangled shout from Loki, almost sending him to his knees.
Loki could feel the tremble in his legs from the suddenly pain that was coursing through his body. He brought his other elbow down hard on Adir's chest and saw the man winch enough to know that he wasn't entirely healed.
Adir's hand slid down and grabbed Loki's wrist, throwing him back again, slamming into the table and chair, breaking them both. "I'm going to make you watch. You will know the damage caused, and you will watch them die." Adir started to walk away as Loki tried to push himself up again. "And then I will hold onto their souls as my own. They'll Never know peace," he hissed out before disappearing from the room.
Loki winced and slumped back against the wall when Adir disappeared and took a deep breath. He needed to get out of the Void, he needed to get back to Tony, needed to stop Adir.
Tony let one hand clutch at the portable oxygen mask that Alex had given him while they moved him to the hospital. Someone was holding his other hand, letting Tony squeeze it till their circulation stopped.
Alex had pulled some of his Doctoral weight and managed to secure a room they could use for Tony to safely deliver, without anyone asking questions when they saw a heavily pregnant Tony Stark coming through the front doors. He was on a gurney as the small group slipped through the back emergency doors. Tony tilted his head and saw that Sander was holding onto a confused and sleepy looking Melisande, Chris and Alex were on either side of the gurney, talking about stats and drugs, he assumed. Bruce was back with Sander, Elpis next to him with Cyrus in her arms. That's when he saw that it was Eindride that was holding onto his hand.
"This doesn't feel like clockwork," Tony mumbled to Alex, lifting the little oxygen mask a little. Alex had given him a local anesthetic to help with the pain he had felt before, rushing him out to the SUV to get him to the hospital.
"Well, you're anything but easy, Tony," Alex said, trying not to let them hear how stiff his voice was. Tony knew they were trying not to let him worry, but they didn't know what had caused it. Tony was already worried, he knew that this was because of Adir. "Dr Banner, can you get the anesthesia-"
"No," Tony shook his head. "Stick with the local, I wanna be awake." Alex frowned down at him as they entered the surgery room.
"Tony, we don't know what's wrong, and-" Alex tried to make the argument to put Tony under, but he was having none of it.
"I need to know that she's alright," Tony interrupted him. "I need to hear that she's alright." Alex looked at him then looked at Chris before letting out a sigh of defeat.
"Fine, but I don't like it, I just want you to know." Tony snorted softly, letting his head fall back on the pillow. Everything moved as a blur for Tony after that. He was vaguely aware o Chris and Alex talking, and Bruce moving up to help, the three of them scrubbing up for surgery as fast as possible. He handed the oxygen to Eindride as he felt the drugs kick in, taking away the rest of the pain.
"No one is allowed to have babies in the middle of the night anymore," Eindride told him, still holding onto one of his hands. Tony snorted a little.
"That's how it all started," Tony said softly. He made a noise when he felt a pressure on his stomach. "Kaia was born in the early hours of the morning."
"So it's a Stark curse then?" Tony nodded. Eindride looked over when he heard a couple of soft curses from Alex and Chris.
"How bad does it look?" Tony asked, causing the three Doctor's to frown. They didn't answer him right away but he let out of a breath when he heard a soft, little cry. "She's fine, right? She's okay?" He saw Alex walk over to a table to, he assumed, check over his daughter properly. "You know if no one answers me then I just keep talking."
"Tony, it looks like you were stabbed," Chris stated bluntly, he and Bruce still around him.
"Yeah, I thought so." He could practically feel the frown from those around him. "Loki's knows, he's working on it. I'm tired, okay?"
"Tony, hey," Chris called out. "I'm gonna need you to stay awake, alright? Gonna need you to stay with us."
"Wish I could," Tony's said, his voice starting to sound sluggish. He could feel Eindride squeezing his hand a little tighter. "Bad side effect of being stabbed by an evil villain. Listen, Melisande knows what to name your sister," Tony said as he let his head drift to the side to look at Eindride. "Funnily enough they've been talking. Loki's okay with it, he's working on a plan." Tony let his eyes close. "I'm gonna sleep now." He heard voices calling him, but they were muffled, until they stopped, letting Tony rest.
Sander and Elpis looked up from their seats when Bruce walked into the room, rolling his scrubs in a ball in his hands. He gently threw them on a chair before taking the sleeping Melisande from Sander's arms. Sander got up quietly and left the room, heading for where his brother and Dad were. Eindride was waiting for him at the doorway.
"What's going on?" Sander looked at his older brother, sensing some movement behind him. Eindride was doing his best to block the view. "Anders..."
He licked his lips a little and let out a breath through his nose. "We don't know what really happened, but we're pretty sure that Adir was involved. Our sister-"
"Key," Sander supplied. "Melisande told me it was Aurora Keyri."
"Key," Eindride changed. "She uh, she's going to make it, but she'll have to be in NICU." Sander frowned. "Alex can't really pinpoint what's wrong, but he's going to take care of her personally." He shuffled a little and Sander didn't like it. "They said it looked like Dad had been stabbed, inside, and he had some internal bleeding. He was kind of babbling, but that's how we know it had something to do with Adir." Eindride had been looking down at his arms while he spoke, but he looked up meeting Sander's eyes over his glasses. "Dad's in a coma and they don't know why." Sander took a breath, feeling part of his body go numb from the news. "They don't know when, or uh, or if, he'll wake up."