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Nurses hurriedly ran as labour screams filled the air, in a large room a beautiful Norwegian woman gasps for breath and with a final push of muscles a tiny baby slips out. "It's a beautiful baby boy" said the nurse, cradling the baby, she turns to the mother who lay perfectly still, her eyes widen "Lo, Get Sigurd now!" She shrieked, Lo, her assistant scurried out of the room, the nurse sat beside unconscious woman and checked her pulse, gathering the baby in her arms she scooted closer to the woman and the door burst opened, Sigurd, who was obviously a doctor, ran to the woman side and grabbed some herbs and mixed it and poured it down her throat, nothing happened then she jolted and her green eyes flew open. "My son?" She croaked, the nurse put her baby in her arms and she smiled "Liam" She whispered. The nurse turned to go but, she gripped her arm " Tell Thor I......." A bolt of Thunder rained down and a muscular blond man appeared "LEAVE US" He roared and the attendants ran out, he turned to the and his expression softened, the woman smiled sadly"Still doing your dramatic entrance stuff" She said. Thor chuckled and turned to look at the baby, his blue eyes brightened at the sight of the baby. "My son" Thor said sadly the looked up at the woman"Am sorry i can stay long Mara" he said "I have to be at the war to prevent Ragnorok". Mara smiled "I am gonna take care of Liam" Thor groaned "I am not going to die" he said. Mara opened her mouth to say something when an arrow flew from the window and pierced her in the chest, she shrieked and went still, Thor stood shocked, then he roared as he turned to the attacker, a dark elf "Your wife?" it hissed, Thor roared and his axe flew to his hand and before the elf could blink, it's head went clean off it's body. Thor, in rage flew and blasted the body of the elf with a bolt of lightening, he turned and ran back to Mara, he clutched her hand "Mara please stay with me" he pleaded, Mara smiled weakly "Take care of Liam". "I will" Thor sobbed and cradled his son. Mara rubbed circles on Thor wrist, something he liked her doing ."I love you" she said and went still, eyes open, Thor reached over and closed her eyes, he clutched the baby closer to his chest and with a cry of rage he shot upwards blasting the roof as he prepared for war
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Liam Axel grunted as he pushed the truck with all his might, his viens bulging then slowly the truck started to move and finally got out of the gutter "Hey thanks" the truck driver said eyein him in awe "What are you? I mean, how were you able to push that truck? it weighs tons" he said. Liam chuckled, it was the question he was asked every day "Hey, it is normal for me" "Normal?" the driver said as he entered his truck "You going somewhere?" he asked when he saw Liam standing. "Seattle" Liam said climbing in and sitting in the passanger seat, the driver started the truck and got it moving as they sped along the road, the man turned to Liam "My name is Dan". Liam smiled "Liam" Dan turned to Liam "How old are you?" he asked, Liam didnt answer at first, his green eyes stormy, truth be told, Dan was scared of Liam when he first saw him, the guy was six foot tall, well muscled not overly with dark hair that fell to his temples, green stormy eyes that look haunted as if his past was hell or was it? ************* The truck pulled up near Liam trailer home and Liam grinned, Dan chuckled when he saw his expression. "You love a trailer" he said shaking his head. Liam beamed. "Yeah I love a trailer" Liam said an got down he saluted Dan and watched him drive away, he turned to his house and walked to the door and opened it and got in and shut the door. Liam hair on his neck stood up, his dog usually bark to welcome him home but now he was meet with silence. "Wolf" he called but there was no welcoming bark, only silence. Liam flick his wrist and his weapon appeared, a black sword with a golden handle, Liam his behind a wall, his house was enchanted making the inside bigger, Liam gripped his sword hilt harder and tried to breathe silently, then, so fast, a black blur flew at him but all his years of training came back to him he sidestepped and slashed at the thing with his sword , the thing shrieked and jumped over a sofa and charged at Liam who spun and stabbed the thing in the shoulder , it roared and backhanded Liam sending him crashing in his TV, it leaped and pinned him to the floor, it snarled and Liam roared in defiance and a bolt of lightning blasted the monster of Liam, it rolled away, smoking and dead. Liam got up a picked his sword and flicked his hand, the sword vanished as Liam walked to the kitchen and met his dog dead, tears sprang to his eyes and he held his hand over the dog head and chanted the words his father taught him, the dog glowed golden then vanished. Liam grabbed a pan and glumly started chopping the leftover chilli, 'why would that beast attack me in my own home' he mused. Was this what his father warn him about. The man laughed as his son swung widely at him, with a small sword
"Cmon son, you can do better than that" He bellowed, the boy feigned a slash at his father belly, but the mam anticipated the move and blocked only to realised it was a trick before he could turn he felt a sting at his backside
"Owww" he yelled and his son giggled, the man first felt embarrassed then the feeling slowly turned into pride he dropped his sword and picked up his son
"Hey! Put me down am not a baby dad" the boy shrilled and his father grinned
"So says a three year old boy" his father said sitting down on a rock with his son in his lap, the boy frowned at his father words, he stared at his father "But a three year old boy wiped your backside dad" he said confused and his father roared in laughter
"You are funny just like your mo----" His father stopped. The boy eyes watered "I want mommy" he said, his father shoulders slumped
"I know son, me too"
"I going to kill those elves, I swear on Odin's beard dad"
His dad looked at him strangely "You too young to start thinking about that" he said, the boy eyes scared his father, the intensity was too much for a three year old boy but his father nodded, his son clutched his father big hands and electricity sparked between his fingers but it was something he saw often so it didn't surprise him
"You won't leave me right?" The boy asked his father, who hesitated and lightning sparked in his beard he ruffled his son dark hair
"I won't leave you son" he said. "But Liam you have to be careful"
Liam frowned "Careful of what?" He asked and his father gazed hard at him
"You have to careful of dark elves" his father said. Liam expression hardened "You mean that thing that killed mom" he voice was full of hatred, his father wondered if it was healthy for him to harbour so much hate. His father held his shoulder "See Liam I understand your pain but it not health........"
"Don't tell me what is healthy dad" Liam yelled and his father backed up in surprise "You should have tracked them and killed them all"
His father mouth stretched into a thin line "I did try son, but your grandfather, my father Odin stopped me" he said. Liam stared at the setting sun, lightning sparked across his arms then he ran and embraced his father legs "I am sorry dad and I won't let you down" Liam scowled as the memory and picked up his dead dog and put it in a small box and chanted some words, the box glowed and disappeared. "Goodbye friend" he muttered then remembered that he left the food he was preparing on heat, muttering a curse he switched off the gas and dished his food and wolfled it down halfheartedly, and stacked the plates on the counter when he was done eating, he grabbed his remote controller and switched on the TV, but all the channels had boring programs, Liam out of anger threw the controller at the wall and it smashed into pieces, "Dad I miss you, why did you leave me all alone" He mulled "I am gonna get ya dad, wherever you are, I swear by Odin's beard
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Liam swung his sword at the dummy slicing hard at the poor thing