Fandom Valhalla Awaits

[Forever6A7X]

Ubbe gave a small nod glancing over at Asta as she slept in her carrier "Did she sleep good?"

Max shook her head softly as she sat with him "No, but I'll speak with your nurse the next time she comes in."

 

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She shook her head tiredly. “She was up and down all night. But she was good about it. Just wanted cuddles.” She mumbled and pressed her face into his hair. She could see how quickly he had deteriorated since they’d left Kattegat and she was getting more and more worried about him but she kept quiet until she felt him starting to shake and she moved gently to the side. “Ubbe…. Ubbe honey?!” She whimpered as she watched him pass out but start seizing again and she rushed to call for help.

He nodded and frowned some, reaching his arm around her carefully, burying his face into her shoulder. “I want to go home with you. And get started on our new world.” He smiled tiredly, frowning when he looked up and saw Bjorn storming into the room and Ivar simply pulled max closrr. “How did you know where I even was?” He questioned him. Bjorn was the only brother he had respect for and eas even a little fearful of.

 

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Bjorn stormed into Ivar's room and glared at him a bit "I have my ways Ivar..." he seethed looking over at Max before turning his attention to his half brother "I would watch yourself brother....never know what may happen."

Ubbe smiled softly before he started to shake and seize up. The nurse ran in once the alarms started going off and quickly checked him over trying to get him stable while they moved Carmen and Asta out of the room

 

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Ivan grit his teeth. “What the hell are you doing here? Ubbe got away. I don’t have him. He’s probably living it up in Mexico or something now.” He spat at him.

Csrmen swallowed back tears as she stayed out in the hall with her little girl, watching the doors carefully and waiting quietly for something to happen.

 

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Bjorn growled some and shook his head some "Ubbe is dead Ivar,fucking dead." He spat before he went to leave "Our father would be disgusted with what you have become." He muttered before leaving the room

The nurse came out a bit later and looked at Carmen with heartbroken eyes shaking her head some "I'm so sorry m'am....we couldn't retain a heartbeat." She murmured

 

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Ivar grit his teeth and shook his head some, looking to max again. “Well. Now I know he won’t be coming for my seat at least.” He muttered and frowned as he went quiet, just keeping her close.

She just shook her head and just about managed to keep hold of Asta, pushing past the nurse and straight into the room to where they’d left him lying on the bed, setting her daughter in the carrier before breaking down into his chest until she was being forced out of the room.

 

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Max frowned as Bjorn left and gave a heavy sigh "Its going to be okay.....we need to watch him though...I feel like he might do something." She said quietly

The nurses quickly tried to get them out of the room to wheel Ubbe out "M'am you have to go....I'm so sorry but you have to go." She explained

 

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Ivar frowned and held onto her hand. “I love you. I will do everything to keep you safe alright?” He murmured to her.

Carmen moved back to the hallway with Asta, shaking like mad and just about managed to dial bjorns number, panicking now. “Bjorn…. He’s gone! He’s …. Hes..,, we were talking. We were talking and then he was seizing and he’s gone!” She sobbed.

 

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Max gave a small nod and kissed his cheek gently "I know you will." She said softly to him keeping as close as she could to him.

Bjorn answered his phone frowning as he heard Carmen's panicked tone "Carmen....Carmen slow down....what do you- shit!" He said down the line shaking his head a bit. He had to play this up to her per Ubbe's strict directions "Carmen look....I'll send you some money okay? Get a ticket to Italy for you and Asta and make sure to lay low."

 

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She frowned and shook her head. “You need to tell Aslaug. If they want his body to come home then I can text you the hospital he’s at. But I can’t… I need to go home.” She whimpered, cradling Asta to her.

Ivar smiled tiredly, managing to sit up a little more “let’s get home.” He sighed quietly, pressing the call button to ask a nurse for his discharge papers

 

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Bjorn nodded some and sighed heavily "Don't worry, I'll let her know. Just get yourself and Asta to safety." He murmured before he sat down "Carmen do you need me there? I can get a private flight and be there in a few hours."

Max nodded and smiled softly before she stood up "I'll get with Sven to bring the car around." She murmured before stepping out of the room

 

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She frowned and shook her head. “I don’t…. My husband is dead. Im taking my daughter home and I don’t ever… ever want to hear from you or your brothers again. Making you proud is why he is dead!” She snapped, hanging up the phone and taking Asta out of there, straight to the car and straight to the airport.

He nodded and frowned, waiting quietly for what felt like forever, already having signed his discharge papers, getting up carefully once the door opened again smiling at his wife tiredly, leaning on both crutches for now. “Let’s get home. And plan a room for that baby.” He smiled tiredly.

 

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Max smiled happily as she came back in and kissed him gently "Lets go." She said happily helping him out to the car.

Bjorn sighed heavily and hung up with her before he dialed a few numbers before shaking his head some "You better hope this works.."

 

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-8 years-
Ivar got back into the car after yet another trip to Kiev and yet another few weeks away from his family, desperate for a break from the madness and a quiet trip away with Max. With or without the kids he didn’t mind but he wanted to spend quality time with his wife again, calling the house phone and groaned a little when he heard their eldest on the other end. “Put your mother on the phone please. I need to speak with her.” He muttered, digging around in his pockets for his painkillers. For the most part he was healthy as a horse but his bones still ached and as they had truly entered winter it was so much worse.

Carmen sat at the old holiday home that her and Ubbe had owned all those years ago, the place she’d gone after he’d been lied to and the only place she had left that held his memory. She had spent a year with her parents before taking her daughter there, somewhere there would be photos of her father hung up on the walls and his clothes still hung up in the closets. Even now carmen couldn’t bear to get rid of them. “Asta. Sweetheart. Dinner is getting cold I know you’re having fun out here but your games can wait til tomorrow. Vær så snill.” She called through the open back door. She had spent so long looking behind her shoulder for danger but when they’d gone three years with no word from Norway, she’d been able to relax again.

 

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Max looked over seeing their eldest son, Balder, bringing the phone over to her "Who is it?" She asked smiling wide when she heard him say his father. She took the phone quickly and stood up "Hey babe..." she said sweetly to him. She had missed him terribly these last few weeks. Their youngest terror twins were driving her up a wall at the moment. Things had been calm in their lives and she was just excited to have her husband back

Asta frowned when she saw a car come up their drive from the side gate. She ran over hearing her mother yell for dinner "Mama! Mama! Someone has pulled into the drive way!" She said hugging her legs tight before she went inside.

Ubbe took a deep breath as he pulled into the driveway of their old holiday home. He had faked his death all those years ago to make sure his family was for sure safe. He had kept a close eye on them while keeping his distance. He knew now though that this was the right time to come back to them and finally face Carmen. He walked up the entrance way and took another deep breath as he got to the front door making sure to knock loudly so they could hear him.

 

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carmen frowned when she came running in. “Hey it’s okay, go sit down and eat your dinner.” She told her, kissing her head while she got up to go see who was at the door, assuming it was her brother showing up unannounced to give her a new job like he often did. “Luca I’d really rather you ca-“ her words died in her throat when she finally got the door open and saw who was standing on the other side, squeezing her eyes shut for a moment before looking again and just stood in shock as she worked out that her eyes weren’t playing tricks. “Ubbe?” She breathed out.

Ivar smiled and relaxed a little. “Hey, I’ll be home in twenty minutes. We need to talk tonight. Nothing bad. Just a few changes that need to be made. Also if you ask Liv to watch the kids tomorrow night for us then I have something planned. For you and me.” He smiled, looking over the flights he’d booked for them as a family on his tablet in front of him.

 

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Ubbe looked down at Carmen with his piercing blue eyes and gave a small nod "Carmen..." he said quietly before letting a few tears fall "Its me....I promise." He whispered as she cupped his face looking at him in disbelief.

Max smiled a bit and nodded "Yeah I can call and ask. The kids miss you, Frida wants her daddy home." She said giving a small laugh at the mention of their youngest knowing he was wrapped around her little finger

 

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Carmen frowned and shook her head. “You’re dead. I watched them take you away to the morgue…. Did you…” she trailed off when she felt arms around her waist and looked down seeing Asta had come to see who it was. ‘Mommy who is it?’ She was asking but looked up at the man and frowned confused “Hey you look like my pappa.” She told him while carmen still stood there in shock.

He smiled some then and shook his head. “I won’t be long alright? I love you. You can get a pizza ordered.” He smiled tiredly “I’ll see you in a bit alright?” He promised, hanging up and just leaned back, dry swallowing the painkillers and just watched the world go by until they pulled up to the house and he got out carefully, making his way to the front door and headed inside. “Hello? Anybody home?” He called out, smiling.

 

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Ubbe nodded some and took a deep breath "I know....I had to keep you safe." He said quietly before he looked down smiling widely seeing his daughter standing there. He knelt down and watched her some "Asta....you have gotten so big....I have missed you." He said quietly taking her small hand in his "Its because I am your papa."

Max smiled softly and said her goodbyes to him before she went to get dinner situated. Once she heard his voice echo through the house about an hour later and walked out seeing their kids already swarming and hugging him tight. She went over and smiled wide giving him a loving kiss "Welcome home my love."

 

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Carmen frowned and pulled her back. “Asta go finish dinner and I’ll be there in a minute.” She told her quietly, waiting til Ubbe stood up again before reaching up and smacking him across the face as hard as she could. “You fucking bastard! You died! You left me alone with a baby and on another continent that I didn’t know! You left me with no explanation. I have been mourning you for eight fucking years!” She screamed at him, shoving him back. “And you’ve what… been living it up in some tropical hideaway?!” She snapped at him. “Your own mother went mad from losing her eldest son like that!” She snapped at him, her shock had given way to fury.

Ivar smiled and leaned on his crutch, taking him and the kids towards the lounge, catching max halfway there and pulled her in close, “mmm I am home my love.” He smiled, kissing her head. “Let’s get them sat down I brought gifts back from Igor and Katia for them.” He smiled, waiting til the children had gone through before leaning a little heavier on her. “I might go to bed early though. Flying and driving is not doing my body much food these days.” He sighed quietly, “how has my beautiful wife been?”

 

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Ubbe grunted softly as her hand collided with his face giving a heavy sigh. He let her get it out before nodding a bit "I have been here....staying in the shadows....it was the only way to keep you safe. Ivar would have found us, I knew if I faked my death he would stop looking. So Bjorn and I got everything in place. Carmen you don't know how many times I wanted to come...I had to make sure you were both completely safe." He explained quietly to her before he pulled her into him hugging her tight to him.

Max smiled softly and gave him a small nod helping him into the lounge "Alright babe, that is not a problem." She said quietly before getting him sat down in his favorite spot "Children come sit down!" She called laughing lightly as Frida quickly climbed her small frame into Ivar's lap

 

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She struggled against his hold until she managed to get him off. “Your daughter needed her father.” She snapped at him “how dare you!” She spat, going back in the house but left the door open, going to get Asta from the kitchen. “Let’s get you to bed princess. You have school tomorrow.” She muttered, taking her upstairs and ignoring him completely for now.

Ivar smiled wider as he watched his youngest clamber up. “Oh I have missed you sweetheart.” He smiled, kissing her head. “You want to see what I’ve brought back?” He asked her, passing out the presents that he’d been asked to pass on by Igor and katya. Since Olegs ‘mysterious’ passing a couple years ago she had been running the show up there with the young man who was growing up quicker than Ivar was ready for when it was Igor. Let alone his own children.

 

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Ubbe gave a heavy sigh but nodded a bit. He walked inside and locked the door after closing it watchimg Asta run upstairs to get ready for bed. He sat in the lounge area and waited for Carmen to come down hoping to talk more to her.

Max smiled happily as she sat down and pulled Frida's elder twin brother Halvdan onto her lap "Well we must make sure to send them our thanks." She said sweetly smiling as Baldur sat next to his father looking at him with admiration. All he wanted was to be like his father.

 

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She put her to bed and tucked her in, heading back downstairs and went to sit on the couch next to him, staring him down but eventually she reached out with a little hesitation and cupped his cheek, running her thumb down the scar like she always would before breaking down into sobs. “You left us. To keep us safe or not…. I thought you were dead!” She whimpered.

“Well I thought we could do that when we go to England this summer. And then over to Ireland.” He told them all, winking over at max who’d been begging to go back to Ireland since their second honeymoon

 

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Ubbe moved his head and kissed the palm of her hand gently before giving a small nod "I know...Carmen if I could reverse the past eight years I would. I can't though, and nothing I say or do will make up for it."

Max went wide eyed and smiled wide at him "England and Ireland?!" She asked excited watching as their children also looked on with excitement