Fandom Valhalla Awaits

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She frowned shaking her head. “Ubbe’s sick. Like not breathing sick. It’s not a heart attack. They don’t know what’s going on and we’re on our way to the hospital.... He needs you.” She told him seriously. “He won’t see Hvitserk. Not after yesterday.” She frowned watching her husband go in and out, just worrying about him.

Ivar just grumbled in acceptance and got himself together for the day, heading downstairs carefully, seeing the photos on the walls and frowned some at all the photos of Max’s mother. Not many of her but a lot of her mother. It was strange.

 

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Max was ready to ring Harald's neck by the time Ivar got into the kitchen. He had been pressing about her mother, why she had left, how they could have been such a good family. Though when she heard Ivar's crutch she soon put a smile on her face "Hey handsome, juice?" She asked softly

Bjorn sat up fully and sighed heavily "Tell me about Hvitserk later." He muttered before he got out of bed quietly trying not to wake his wife "I'll be there in a bit." He mumbled

 

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She thanked him quietly and just watched Ubbe holding his hand tight until they arrived and carted him off for several rounds of tests, waiting patiently.

He shook his head. “No. Just water please.” He mumbled and went to sit down. “Harald we are with you all day but we are going to need to leave early for our flight home tomorrow. All other correspondence will be via email or telephone.”

 

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Bjorn arrived about an hour later coming into the hospital and quickly going to Carmen "Sorry it took me a bit, any news?" He asked pulling her into a hug when saw the look on her face his big frame nearly engulfing her completely.

Harald chuckled quietly and gave a small nod to Ivar "I am not a fool Ivar,I do know to keep these talks under wraps for the time being. My brother and I would like to show you our territory a bit more. Show you the world Svana decided to leave behind all those years ago." He said with a hint of anger in his voice.

Max brushed off Harald's words while passing them drinks and soon made one for Halfdan as well when he came in "I'm sure Ivar will appreciate seeing the town." She murmured.

 

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Carmen looked over and shook her head, holding onto him tightly "They took him for tests. Said they've done the x-rays and an MRI and an ultrasound but they said he's just not staying stable and they can't work out why." She mumbled, wiping her eyes and just sat down again, rubbing her face. She was sick of keeping things from the family so she couldn't help it coming out of her mouth "Ubbe can't give me children.... At least.... If it does happen then it's a one in a thousand chance.... He's shooting blanks. He thinks you'll all think less of him if you know and so we've been telling everyone that it's me. Amma was acting as a surrogate for us... But she's had to terminate the pregnancy. Hvitserk told us last night." She sighed a little.

Ivar frowned some, making a mental note to speak to Max later. "As long as I'm not expected to do much walking." He muttered. "It is obvious enough that my legs hardly work and walking long distances is impossible... Add on to that that someone tried to end my life a few months ago and my body is still healing... What other reason do I have staff for who will do all the dirty work for me?" He pointed out, placing his hand on Max's lower back as she sat with him

 

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Harald chuckled quietly and gave a small nod "A good point you make Ivar, I did not think of that. We will show you to the main areas, take our car so you will not need to walk so much. As for the dirty work, leave that to my brother...he takes care of most of it." He said smirking some as his brother gave a small laugh

Max sat with Ivar and listened to Harald giving a small nod "Just as long as he is kept safe, we cannot let his brother's try another attack." She said seriously

Bjorn listened to her carefully and sighed heavily "He had a right to keep it from us, what goes on in his family with you is his business. However I would not tell Ivar of this news, he would never let it go even though he has no room to talk. We all have our father's pride, it can be a detrimate to us at times." He said quietly while rubbing soothing circles on his back "I think you should tell him that you have told me, I look at him as no less of a man for it. Now if I were younger, that would be a different story but I am not the stupid young man anymore."

 

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She frowned and nodded, looking over when his name was called, jummping up and going to speak to the doctor "Can I see my husband? What's going on with him?" She muttered, frowning when he was starting to speak with her vaguely until Bjorn walked over as well "You're talking about a Lothbrok son.... Tell me what is happening with my husband." She muttered.

Ivar nodded and frowned, giving her hand a reassuring squeeze "I'm sure I will be fine." He murmured, getting up from the table once they were finished with breakfast "Will you be joining us?" He asked her.

 

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Max gave a small smile and shook her head a bit "Oh no you boys do your thing, I'll be fine." She said softly but frowned as Harald shook his head 'Of course you are coming! You can show him what you and your mother used to call home until you left!'

The doctor frowned softly at the woman taking a step back as the giant man with her stood behind her giving a very intimidating look "Your husband is currently in ICU, we won't be able to let him out until he is stable enough for an ultrasound. M'am we almost lost him while doing the MRI, he is very weak."

 

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She frowned and shook her head "But you don't know why? Alright.... Can I see him?" She asked again, nodding when he agreed, going with her brother-in-law to see Ubbe, swallowing back tears seeing how bad he looked, just going and sitting by his side, taking his hand immediately, "Hey, hey I'm here." She murmured, kissing his knuckles

Ivar smiled some "I'm sure she would like a break from seeing my face... She can show me around next time we are here." He told him, not about to back down. He didn't care if they were her family. He wasn't going to let anybody force her into anything

 

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Harald glared at Ivar a bit but saw the determination in his eyes "Alright then...another time." He murmured glancing at his brother when he offered to stay behind with her to keep her company "Sure....I guess it is just you and I then Boneless."

Bjorn frowned some not fully thinking that the doctor was holding something back. He sat down and sighed heavily seeing his half brother looking awful "They are not telling us something." He muttered

 

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She frowned looking over at him, "You think you could get it?" She asked him quietly, feeling Ubbe try and tug on her, "Hey, just rest love. I'm not going anywhere." She murmured, moving to kiss his cheek, "I love you and I need you safe... So stay resting for me." She murmured

Ivar nodded in agreement, going up to get fully dressed with Max with him and kissed her cheek as she helped him a little "You okay? I think we need to have a long talk when we get home." He mumbled

 

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Max gave a small smile nodding softly "I'm fine babe, don't worry about me." She said sweetly before giving him a kiss goodbye "I'll see you soon." She murmured before going to the restroom and breaking down once she heard the door close to the bedroom they were staying in.

Ubbe grunted softly and pulled her some as Bjorn gave a nod and left the room "I just....I just want to give you a child....I am so sorry.." he whispered holding her hand as tight as he could

 

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She frowned and watched him, cupping his face "Shh, it's alright... I'm not mad about that Ubbe.... I was upset that you were blaming fate when there are other options we have... But that's not important right now.... I told Bjorn though... I had to to explain and he thinks no differently of you than he did before.... Just rest for me love and breathe." She murmured, gently pressing a cool washcloth to his face to help soothe him.

Ivar nodded and frowned, "I'll see you later." HE mumbled, frownign some, not believing her and kissed her cheek, heading back down to go see Harald for them to leave, frowning some once they were in the car "She's never told me why she left here." He said to him frowning.

 

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Ubbe took a deep breath and gave a small nod "I'm sorry I just...I'm sorry." He whispered before taking deep breaths and started to fall asleep

Harald sighed some shaking his head a bit "Svana was a troubled child, her mother, may the gods keep her in Valhalla, she was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. Svana is a spitting image of her, aside from her eyes. She was just rebellious and wanted to get away." He murmured

 

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Carmen frowned some, pressing her lips to his forehead and sat back down, taking his hand gently and watched him until Bjorn came back in, not liking the look on his face. “Anything?” She asked him, frowning at a couple small alarms telling them that he wasn’t doing great.

Ivar nodded slowly and followed him out to the car. “Rebellious huh? That’s not entirely surprising.” He muttered, glancing down at his phone when he got a text from his mother, “excuse me a second.” He mumbled, calling Hvitserk. “Mother has just sent me a message... why is she the one telling me that you are dying?” He questioned him, assuming it would be Hvitserk as Aslaug was very much aware that he wasn’t so much as going within 100 feet of Ubbe and he wouldn’t care if it was Sigurd.

 

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Hvitserk frowned as his phone rang seeing Ivar's number "What are you talking about? Ivar I'm fine." He said raising an eyebrow "Shit I bet its Ubbe..after I left yesterday he was not happy...Amma was going to be a surrogate but we had to terminate the pregnancy." He muttered running a hand over his face "I'll check it out, let know whats going on."


Bjorn frowned some and took a deep breath "They found that he has needed new medicine, but did not catch it until now. They are worried he has had a possible 'mini' heart attack." He muttered shaking his head a bit "Carmen if he has another he will die, or need a replacement."

 

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She frowned and just shook her head. “He had an appointment last week.... this is getting ridiculous.” She mumbled frowning and kissed Ubbe’s cheek. “I can’t lose him. Not yet.” She whimpered.

Ivar frowned and just agreed, hanging up and shaking his head. “You are lucky to have only one brother you get on with.” He muttered.

 

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Bjorn gave a heavy sigh and nodded placing a comforting hand on her shoulder "He will make it through this, it is not his time to go to Valhalla yet." He murmured quietly to her.

Max smiled wide laughing happily and singing old norse songs with Halfdan in the kitchen by the time they had come back. She was a few shots and drinks in by this point and was stumbling a bit. She had needed this, this little escape from her feelings and the stress she had been dealing with.

 

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Carmen frowned and just nodded slowly, moving to go get a drink, frowning some, not saying another word and trying to process everything.

Bjorn sighed heavily, leaning back a little and watched his brother, helping him get the bed sat up when he woke up again "Hey... How you feeling?" He asked him, frowning some. His face had gone blotchy and he was clearly struggling to breathe so Bjorn moved to press the call button for him, "Carmen just went to get a drink." He sighed a little.]

Ivar finally got back with Harald having been trapped in his car with him the whole time and absolutely miserable by the time they got in so when he found Max drunk as a skunk in the kitchen he lost his temper "What the fuck is this?" He questioned her

 

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Ubbe grunted softly as he started to wake up wheezing a bit while he looked for Carmen. He gave Bjorn a small nod and fell into a coughing fit before wheezing worse "My chest....lungs....feel...like fire..." he panted

Max turned when she heard Ivar's sharp tone enter the room "Ivar! Come have drinks!" She slurred happily as she went over trying to give him a kiss but frowned as he moved away from her "Ivarrrrr....give me a kissss." She whined

 

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Bjorn frowned and watched him, taking the washcloth Carmen had been using and dunked it in the cool water, wringing it out and laying it over his forehead when he realised he was burning up again, pressing the call button a couple more times "Just try to stay calm alright? They think you've had a very minor heart attack. One you would never have even noticed as being more than chest pain up for a day or so... Ubbe just breathe." He coaxed him gently, looking up when the doctor finally got there "He can't breathe.... He needs help."

Ivar frowned and took her arm and growled "We have a flight at 7am Maxine!" He spat, "We are going to bed, I can't believe you would be this reckless and stupid." He muttered, fuming at her lack of willpower when it came to drinking on a night they needed to be up early "If you are throwing up I won't care." He spat at her

 

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Ubbe panted softly giving a small nod "Carmen....get her.." he muttered before the doctor came in and checked him over placing a breathing mask on his face while he checked out his heart beat and lungs.

Max frowned more at his tone and took a shaky breath as she sobered up a bit. He had never spoken to her that way before and it threw her for a loop "Right...um..well goodnight Uncle.." she said quietly to Halfdan before rushing off to their room.

Halfdan frowned at Max's exit not nearly as intoxicated as she was but he was still buzzing pretty well. He looked to Ivar as he started to leave and shook his head some "Hey! Come back here a minute!" He called to him and smirked a bit as he came back "You ever speak to my niece that way again infront of me and I'll kill you." He said deadly serious while he cracked open another beer taking a swig "You don't know half the shit she had been through and what she has done for you in these two days alone, so give her a break."

 

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Carmen had been staring at the vending machine for ten minutes, trying to decide what she was getting, but really just staring at packets of chips and not taking anything in when she heard Bjorn's voice, looking down the hall and seeing him motion for her to follow, frowning at the people flooding Ubbe's room, getting in there soon after and went straight to his side, "I'm here baby I'm here." She murmured softly, "Don't force it." She coaxed gently, getting more and more worried.

Bjorn frowned when his phone started going off and he left the room, answering "Hvitserk.... This isn't a good time. Ubbe's not doing well... You should prrobably come down." He muttered

Ivar scoffed and shook his head "What she has done for me?! You mean get drunk when we have a flight.... You have no idea what you're talking about. You barely know her. She left here to get away from you both, I didn't force her to come, she chose that!" He snapped and went to walk off again until he got to the doorway and there was the sound of air rushing past him before an axe became lodged in the doorframe, mere inches from his head "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

 

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Ubbe clutched her hand relaxing a bit when she was in his line of sight "I'm sorry....I love you.." he whispered before a bunch of alarms started going off and they rushed her out of the room

Hvitserk frowned some bearing Bjorn's voice "Shit...thats why I was calling. Our mother texted saying someone was hurt but not who. I'll be there soon." He muttered

Halfdan let out a small laugh before picking up his axe from under the island and flung it across the room to land right next to Ivar's. He took another swig of his beer as Ivar turned around and gave a small shrug "I am not feared for nothing Ivar the Boneless. You are just a boy and have much to learn. Your future wife has been through hell and back because of my brother." He explained before gesturing him towards the breakfast nook table "Come sit a minute." He murmured before grabbing his axe out of the wall and sitting down

 

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Ivar huffed and limped over to sit, muttering under his breath but set his crutch down anyway and watched him "What do you want?" He spat at him.

Carmen frowned shaking her head, "Ubbe... Ubbe look at me." She begged him, shaking her head again and trying to push back against the nurses making her leave "No you can't! I'm not leaving him!" She screamed at them, "This is my husband you can't make me keave!" She screamed again as they shut the door on her and she kicked at in frustration, sitting on the floor next to the doorway wirh her head in her hands and breaking down into uncontrollable sobs

Bjorn frowned shaking his head, "Shit.... Be quick. Get your mother too." He told him and hung up,looking over and seeing Carmen on the floir