A/N: A big thank you to Loki's best friend for helping me with this chapter. Without you my friend, I would still be trying to figure this chapter out. Also, a big thank you to everyone who is reviewing. I love hearing from you guys. You make my day :)

After spending a couple of more days, recovering in bed, Ava was allowed to get up and go about her normal routines. Of course she was told she needed to avoid stress. She and Loki left their chambers and headed for the dining hall, where breakfast was being served. The rest of the family was already seated. "How are you feeling, Sweetheart?" Frigga asked her daughter.

"Rested and ready to go." Ava answered. She had been tired of lying in bed for the last few days. She wanted to be up and moving. Of course, she hadn't minded as much as she normally would have, since her husband had been with her the entire time. He had made her time in bed much more enjoyable.

"That is good, but you should still take it easy." Frigga cautioned her daughter.

Ava nodded. "Yes, Mother."

"Just remember that one of these days, your baby is going to be grown and copping an attitude with you." Frigga warned.

Before anything else could be said, Odin was clearing his throat to get everyone's attention. "I have something that I believe I should share with you all." He announced.

"What is it, Father?" Thor inquired.

Ava had feeling she knew what it was. Ever since Loki had made the decision not to decide his father's fate, Odin had been thinking and contemplating the Giant's punishment. Before the words even left her father's lips, Ava knew his decision by the grim expression on his face.

"After much debate, I have decided how Laufey should be punished. He will be executed at sundown." Odin announced to his family.

Ava looked at Loki, watching his reaction. While she knew that he didn't have the greatest relationship with his father, she knew that it had to be hard for him to hear this news. She knew he had wanted his father's approval and acceptance…and love. Unfortunately, Laufey was too cold-hearted to love anything other than power.

Loki was able to keep his expression neutral and his body relaxed. Ava however, noticed the slight clench in his jaw and the tension he hid in his green eyes.

No one said anything the rest of the meal. The silence was heavy and pressing down on everyone, but no one dared be the first to break it. After the meal was finished, everyone quickly cleared out of the room and went their separate ways. Ava and Loki went to the garden to walk around. Ava gave his hand a squeeze. "Are you alright, Loki?" She asked, a note of worry in her voice.

Loki looked over at his wife and gave her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "I'm alright."

"No you're not." Ava replied. She then pulled him to a bench and they sat down. She placed a hand at the side of his face. "Loki, talk to me, my love."

Loki placed his hand over Ava's and turned his head to kiss her palm. "I'm just…feeling a bit conflicted." He confessed. "I feel relieved that my father won't be able to cause any more problems for us and that he won't be able to hurt you again…but he is still my father…and all I've ever wanted was for him to love and accept me and support me, even though I know he won't…and after sundown…there is no chance for any kind of reconciliation and I won't be able to say to him all of the things I've wanted to say all of these years."

"There is still time to tell him everything you've been holding back." Ava replied.

Loki looked at his wife. "Do you think I should?"

"You need closure…and after sundown you won't be able to get it." Ava replied. "Loki, go and tell him everything."

"But…don't you need me?" Loki asked, worries about his wife. He had been taking care of her while she rested and recovered and knew that she still wasn't one hundred percent better. It was likely she would have to take things easy for the remainder of her pregnancy.

Ava smiled at Loki. "I need you to be alright…and if this will help you should do it. I will be just fine while you talk to your father."

Loki leaned forward and gently kissed Ava's lips. "I don't know what I would do without you."

Ava smiled at him. "And I don't know what I would do without you."

Loki kissed Ava once more before getting up and heading to the dungeon to visit his father. He walked through the long dark halls of the dungeon until he arrived at the brightly lit cell that belonged to his father. Laufey looked up at his son and gave him a cruel smile. "Well, well, my traitor son has come to see me. I'm sure you've been too busy with your little Asgardian whore to worry about me." Laufey said, baiting his son.

Loki glared through the energy shield at his father. "Ava is my wife."

"Oh, I see." Laufey replied, a cruel laugh passing his lips. "I guess a little Asgardian whore is better than not having anyone. None of the giantess's would have wanted you."

"Enough!" Loki shouted at his father, his temper taking over. "Ava is my wife and mother of my unborn child! You will show respect when talking about her."

"Oh, I see you have a backbone now." Laufey taunted his son.

"You will shut up and listen to what I have to say." Loki growled. "You only have hours left to live. Odin is having you executed at sundown."

"I see." Laufey replied, unsurprised by the news. He had known that Odin would kill him, but of course it was still a shock to have it confirmed. "To be killed because my son betrayed me."

"For once in your life, stop being so heartless and just look at where your actions have brought you! I did nothing to you! You brought this on yourself in your search for power! You never loved and accepted me for me! I found someone else who loves me and accepts me for who I am! If you had just been the father and king that I deserved you wouldn't be in this cell right now! Our world and our people could be thriving! But you've brought this all on yourself. I will be a better father to my son or daughter than you were to me. Good-bye…Laufey." Loki shouted, finally getting everything he ever wanted to say out and then walked off.

Laufey sat in his cell, stunned by the words his son had just spoken to him. He felt even more betrayed than before. He refused to see that everything was his fault. He would go to his grave holding ontp the belief that he was right and everyone else was wrong.

Loki returned to the garden and found Ava where he had left her, sitting on the bench. She looked up at his approach and gave him a soft smile. "How did it go?" She inquired.

Loki sighed as he sat down next to his wife. He pulled her into his arms and held her. "As well as it could have."

Ava hugged Loki. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Loki shook his head. "After today, I just want to forget him."

"I'm sorry, Loki." Ava replied, hugging him tighter.

Loki kissed the top of her head. He really wasn't sure what to say. He just held her and drew comfort from having her so close.

The hours passed and it was soon time for Laufey's execution. Odin sat on his throne, Frigga and Thor stood to his right, Loki and Ava at his left. Farbauti also stood with Loki and Ava, wanting to be there for her son. The entire court had gathered to witness the punishment. Guards hauled Laufey into the throne room and forced him onto his knees.

Odin looked down on the fallen giant king. "Laufey, king of the Jotunheim, you have broken the terms of the truce between our worlds. You have brought nothing but destruction and war to the nine realms. For your crimes, here on this day, you are to be executed. Have you any last words?"

"Death to you, Allfather, death to Asgard, and death to my traitorous son and queen." Laufey said.

Ava squeezed Loki's hand as they watched Odin lift Gugnir. Loki returned the squeeze and then they watched as Odin blasted Laufey into oblivion. It was now over.

After the execution, everyone was dismissed. Loki and Ava went back to their chambers, Loki not speaking a word the entire time. Ava pulled Loki to the couch in the common room of their chambers. "Loki, are you alright?" She asked.

"I…I don't know." Loki answered. "I feel relieved, angry, depressed, happy, and so many other things all at once."

Ava wrapped her arms around Loki. She didn't say a word, she just held him.

Loki responded by wrapping his own arms around her and pulling his wife into his lap. He kissed the top of her head and then buried his face in her hair as tears began to fall from his eyes. He grieved, but not really over Laufey's death. He grieve over the lost chance of his father one day being the father he deserved. He grieved for the loss of his father's heart and knowing that now there truly was no chance for him to unfreeze it. He grieved for everything that could have been