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Nick didn’t hesitate as he entered the dark container, he only heard a laughter, there was nothing but boxes as he could light with his flashlight, then he saw what it looked like two coffins side by side, his curiosity grabbed the best of him and opened one of them.

What puzzled Nick was that there was only a passport in there with a picture of him but with the name “Thomas Schirach”. Nick then opened the other coffin and what saw next shocked him to his very core, there laid his captain and uneasy ally Sean Renard apparently deceased, but Nick remembered about the Cracher-Mortel’s venom that was able to induce an apparent death.

“Captain” –Nick said.

“Don’t worry, you’ll follow him soon” –A voice came from behind him and Nick was able to look at the Wesen before he spat in his face, Nick felt pain and then nothing as everything was surrounded by darkness and as every single of his senses abandoned him he was able to hear.

“Good night, sweet Grimm.”

“Job well done Mr. Samedi, job well done, I’m sure my brother and the Grimm won’t be hard to subdue” –Asked Prince Eric who came out from the shadows.

“Of course not your majesty, once I reanimate them I will be able to manipulate their minds and they’ll serve you well” –Samedi said

“Excellent, then take go with my men on the private plane and I’ll see you in Vienna” –Prince Eric said as two of his bodyguards began to loading the coffins into a van.

“You’re not coming?” –Samedi asked

“Well yes, but first I need to do some things first, besides I need to stablish my alibi in case that another member of the family asked where was I during my brother’s disappearance” –Eric said.

“Well thought your majesty, then au revoir” –Samedi bowed as he climbed up the van, a more elegant car picked up Eric who board it towards his hotel.

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“Where the hell is Nick!?” –A full woged Monroe said as he pushed the door back holding the dozens of zombies inside a container. Rosalee and Juliette were inyecting an infected then reloading the syringe, they were working very well together despite knowing each other for a few hours.

“I don’t know but we can’t go find him, we need to treat these people before the hurt themselves” –Rosalee said

“Or ourselves” –Juliette added.

Rosalee and Monroe stood silent for a second “Let’s continue” –Rosalee said.

They continued for what it seem hours, but when they finally finished injecting the last infected they were exhausted.

“We need to wake up Hank and Wu, they’ll be able to know what to do with all these people” –Rosalee said

“I have it covered” –Monroe said, he woged once again and breathed in Hank and Wu’s noses making them revolt in disgust.

“What the hell?” –Said Hank as he woke up.

“That’s not the kind of thing one wants to smell when waking up” –Wu said.

“Sorry guys, but we need your assistance, we already injected all these people with the antidote but we don’t know where Nick is so” –Rosalee said

“I’ll make the call” –Wu said as he called from his walkie-talkie

“Nick is missing?” –Hank asked.

“Yes, we split up and we don’t know where he could be” –Juliette said.

“I’ll call Adalind, she may know where he is or at least make a tracking spell or something” –Hank said

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Adalind was worried sick, she had been pacing around the Spice Shop ever since Nick and the others left, her mother even tried to calm her down.

“Please, sit down, I’m sure they’re fine” –Holly, the teenage Blutbad that worked there calmly said to her “I’ll make some tea if you want” –She said

“That would be very good, thank you Holly” –Adalind really was thankful for her, she didn’t interacted with the girl but she heard all about the incident in which she was involved
and how thanks to her mother and Rosalee and Monroe she was step by step integrating to society.

“Adalind you must trust on them, the potion will work, don’t worry about it” –Catherine said, Adalind could see that she had been trying to be a better mother, after all not every mother would kill a hexenbeist to make a potion for another pregnant hexenbeist, but despite that Adalind couldn’t know if her mother’s intentions were pure and uninterested or if she had something to gain from her pregnancy.

Adalind’s phone rang and she saw it was Hank, she felt relieved because if he was calling it meant that the worst had passed and everyone was alright.

“Hi Hank, I hope you’re alright, is Camila ok too?” –Adalind said

“Yeah we’re fine, but listen, Nick is missing, he split up from the others and we don’t know where he could be, could you make a tracking spell or something?” –Hank asked.

“Oh my god! I’ll do what I can” –Adalind said, she felt overwhelmed by Hank’s news, she knew it was dangerous to go against a Cracher-Mortel but what if the wesen had caught
Nick and he was under his grip, a zombiefied Grimm could be potentially wild or even worst berserk.

She and Catherine began reading their spellbooks, when they found a good spell they began preparing with Holly bringing the right ingredients.

“Let’s prepare more anti zombies’ potion just in case” –Adalind said

The women worked quickly and efficient, the potion was ready, now they only needed something of Nick, something that could helped them identify him. Adalind took her purse
and took a vial with blood in it. Catherine and Holly were shocked that she carried something like that.

“What? I also carry one of myself, it’s not that weird” –Adalind admitted, the truth was that she and Nick devised a plan that if they were hurt a blood sample would be enough so
Adalind to make a spell to heal, she didn’t knew she would use it for tracking Nick, they were always so close and knew where the other one was.

So Adalind pour some blood inside the cauldron and it instantly glowed, Catherine grabbed a compass they had and dipped it inside the cauldron, then she took it out and the compass began spinning until it settle on a course.

“Let’s go” –Adalind said to her mother “This might get dangerous, please stay Holly” –Adalind said to the teenager.

“Yes, I’ll call my mom and she’ll pick me up, good luck finding Nick, he is a good man” –Holly said, Adalind nodded and smiled and left with her mother.

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Samedi was pleased in all the times he worked with the Royals there wasn’t a plan that worked as perfectly like the one that took place tonight, he saw how the Hundjaegers carried the coffins inside the private jet plane and now he was relaxing drinking a bourbon and smoking a cigar and traveling to Vienna were the rest of his payment awaits him.

Ten minutes into the flight and he was already falling asleep, turning a Grimm and a Royal into mindless slaves took some toll on his energy and he wasn’t as young as he used to be, so he was nodding off into Morpheus’ arms when a low growl woke him up.

It was coming from one of the coffins, more exactly the one belonging to Thomas Schirach also known as Nicholas Burkhart, the Grimm.

Samedi went to check it out, the growls were indeed coming from the inside and he saw how there was a big padlock that prevent it from opening from the inside, he smiled at himself when the growl sounded more intense and it was followed by loud bangs, the Grimm was trying to escape his confinement

Samedi’s smile faded quickly when the metal began bending breaking the padlock, the coffin lid was removed and a very angry zombie Grimm came from it, the rage was obvious on his face.

Before the bodyguards or the zombie Grimm could react, Samedi woged a spit on the Grimm’s face once again, he should be resting until they arrived at Vienna. The Grimm retorted in pain and fell on his back

“Bonsoir” –Samedi said as he grinned, the bodyguards relaxed and continued playing cards. Samedi turned his back and the moment was too late when he heard the Grimm’s growl and he was too late to defend himself when the Grimm grabbed him and throw him into the bodyguards.

“What’s going on here?” –Asked one of the pilots who heard the commotion. Only to be greeted by a punch in the face by the Zombie Grimm. Samedi grabbed the bourbon’s bottle
and went for the Grimm who was punching the pilot. Samedi broke the bottle on the Grimm’s head but the Grimm grabbed him and pushed him to the pilots who in turn took the
plane plummeting to the ground.

“You’re going to kill us all! OBEY ME FOR I AM YOUR MASTER!” –Samedi said but the Grimm’s eyes were devoided of any rational thought

“OBEY ME FOR I AM YOUR MASTER!” –Samedi repeated himself but his statement was received by a series of punches on his face.

“Oh God!” –One of the pilots said. Then the whole world came clashing as the jet plane crashed landed on the ground.

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Prince Eric arrived at the scene of the plane crash, he saw Burkhart’s coffin open and his body nowhere to be found, he saw Samedi’s body near the site, the bodies of the bodyguards and the pilots, Eric even ignored the plead of one of his pilots who apparently was still alive, he walked a few feet away and saw a man standing. His back was turn to the prince but it looked disoriented. Eric saw that there was a metal coffin next to the man and he deduce it was his brother Sean.

“Sean, it’s me, Eric” –The prince said to his zombified brother, Renard turned and he still looked like his mind was gone

“I’m your master Sean, Samedi put you under a trance for you to obey me” –Eric cockily said to the other man who only stared at him.

“I’m your master, kneel and pledge alliance to the future King” –Eric said
Renard began to growl with rage.

“I’m your master! Kneel!” –Eric repeated

Renard charged against his brother, Eric ran trying to grab one of the bodyguards´ guns but was tackled onto the ground, he managed to hit Renard on the right side of his face but the zombie Renard bit his hand ripping one of Eric’s fingers, then he grabbed Eric’s throat and began to lift him and smash his head to the ground, he repeated many times until his brother remained motionless. Zombie Renard step over Eric’s dead body and proceed to run towards the woods.

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Adalind arrived at the docks were Monroe and the others were waiting. Rosalee approached Adalind and hugged her.

“I’m sorry, we shouldn’t have separated, know Nick’s lost and…” –Rosalee said but was interrupted by Adalind

“Rosalee, it wasn’t your fault, and we can found Nick, I made a compass” –Adalind showed them the compass “It’s not live and exact location but it can show us the trail of where he has been” –She explained.

Everyone climbed aboard the pick-up truck not before Hank send a dispatch order on the radio to other officers about the dozens of unconscious citizens laying on the docks.

“Follow east, then continue…” –Adalind began giving directions to Monroe who was driving the truck. It took them several minutes to arrive the private air field.

“Where to now?” –Catherine asked

“I don’t know, I guess this thing is like charging or something it’s trying to focus on which direction Nick went next” –Adalind said.

“Let me help it” –Monroe woged and began smelling the air hoping to find some trail they could use.

“Use this” –Adalind took the flask containing Nick’s blood and although everyone was looking at her weirdly Monroe sniffed it and with a renewed lead on Nick’s location he pointed and they resumed their travel on the truck.

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A dark figure emerged from the woods, it follow the lights and sounds coming from a bar in the middle of the road. Zombie Nick decided to enter that place, he stumbled through the place hitting other attendants with his shoulder. He looked himself into the mirror, trying to recognize what was in front of him, like if a voice buried deep inside of him tried to tell him something. Then he was pushed on the back by a man clearly angry.

“What the hell is the matter with you?!” –The man said disgruntled.

Zombie Nick only growled and then punched the man straight into the face, next two friends of the man decided to attack but they were no matched for the zombiefied Grimm who quickly throw them like if they weight nothing.

The other people inside the bar decided to flee at the ensuing brawl, the man who pushed Nick first brought out a knife, Nick somehow heard the distinct sound of a blade and counterattacked the swing of the blade and began to punch the man repeatedly before looking himself into the mirror once again, this time fragmented after he send the man towards it.

Nick didn’t like what he saw there and fled the scene.

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The truck stopped at the plane crash, everyone stepped out and wordlessly split up on groups of two, Catherine and Adalind, Wu and Juliette, Hank and Camila and Monroe and Rosalee.

“Oh my god, that’s Eric Renard, Sean’s brother.” –Catherine said in shock as she and Adalind found the bloodied corpse of the prince. Adalind felt disgusted, she didn’t knew the man that much but it was shocking seeing him in that state.

“Over here we have both of the pilots” –Hank said.

“And two bodyguards” –Camila added.

“We have two coffins” –Juliette said.

“Thomas Schirach” –Wu read from the passport that was inside one of the coffins “It’s got a photo of Nick” –He said to which Adalind came quickly

“Oh my god, they must’ve tried to smuggle him as a dead family or something” –She said at the perfect passport.

“This one has Sean on its passport” –Juliette said holding the other passport.

“What kind of plan was Eric doing?” –Adalind said.

“Whatever he was planning it’s obvious it back fired, now we have a loose Grimm and a dangerous Zauberbeist whom they might don’t know what they’re doing” –Catherine said

“We’ll look for Renard” –Juliette said and she, Catherine and Camila walked on the other direction.

“Are you sure?” –Monroe said

“He won’t stand a chance against two Hexenbeist” –Catherine answered winking at Hank.

“We’ll keep in touch” –Camila said to Hank who nodded at his girlfriend.

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The group retook the truck and follow the directions Monroe and the compass were giving them arriving at a bar that was already surrounded by police patrols

“The trail bring us here” –Monroe said as he kept sniffing the air.

“Oh my God!” –Rosalee said as the truck stopped in front of the bar and saw the mess Nick left, it looked like a full war had taken place inside the bar.

“Nick what did you do?” –Adalind said very worried while touching her belly.

“I’m sorry you can’t be here” –A policemen said

“I’m detective Griffin and sergeant Wu from the Portland Police, what’s the situation?” –Hank said

“A bar brawl turned into a full warzone, at least two injured men, and other one on the ICU, the bar looks terrible, according to some witness statements it was like if the guy who
began the fight had some really serious anger issues and that if he had been in some kind of drug use.” –The policemen said.

“We will investigate inside if you don’t mind, we received word of a suspect behind a plane crash, we believe he might have come this way” –Wu said to the officer

“Sure just don’t touch anything” –The officer said and Hank and Wu entered.

Adalind still remained checking the compass and Monroe sniffing the air.

“It seems like he left this place not so long ago” –Monroe said “His scent is still in the air” –He added

“Guys we need to go!” –Adalind yelled inside the bar to which Hank and Wu stepped out

“We need to check something else before but Nick’s trace might disappear if we wait much longer” –Wu said

“Then Hank and I could get a head start and you can prepare whatever we need to stop Nick” –Monroe said to Adalind and Rosalee.

“We’ll get him back, don’t worry” –Rosalee said calming a nervous Adalind

“I know it’s just that we never knew that this could happen” –Adalind said to her friend

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Zombie Nick had managed to get inside the hill house where a terrified family tried to take refuge inside, the children screamed and the dad tried to defend his family but he was no match for a zombified Grimm and was rendered unconscious after several punches from Nick’s fists.

Monroe and Hank followed Nick’s scent until they reached a house from where there were screams coming out, they didn’t doubt that Nick was the reason of the screams.

“We need to get his attention” –Hank said to Monroe

“Be my guest” –Monroe said to which Hank frowned but went inside the house.

Hank’s heart beat faster while trying to get Zombie Nick’s attention, he had been in many situations like this throughout the years but this one was a situation in which one of his
best friends is involved in, so he needed to be careful not to hurt Nick or worst kill him.

When he managed to get Nick’s attention he fought with him and run from him even Monroe helped a little but it was difficult to stop the zombie Grimm, but with pure luck they managed to trap him inside a barn next to the house of the family. They heard the pick-up truck approach and went to meet their allies.

“Where’s Nick?” –Wu asked as he, Adalind and Rosalee exited the truck.

“Inside, we have him trapped” –Hank responded. A growl came from the barn

“Probably not for long” –Monroe added.

“Is he hurt?” –Adalind asked

“If he is I don’t think he notices” –Monroe said, he was tired and out of breath

“Adalind you have to understand Nick is more animal than man right know” –Hank said to the blonde.

The family’s dad came towards the group holding a piston on his hand, Hank could see that the man was bleeding from his lip, if he and Monroe hadn’t arrived on time they would
be facing a tragedy even larger than the one from the bar.

“Where is he?” –Very angrily the dad demanded

“Sir, we have the situation under control” –Hank stated as he reached for his own gun, he understood the situation and distress of the man but if he didn’t calmed down he would do something stupid that could cost his or Nick’s lives.

“How did you get here so fast, I just called 911” –The dad said on a calmer tone.

“We’ve been following the suspect, I need you to put you gun down and go back in the house” –Hank ordered

“He tried to kill me and my family” –The man said.

“Is anybody hurt?” –Wu asked the man

“No, but they’re scared to death, this guy is insane, who is he?” –The man replied and the demanded and answer which nobody knew how to respond to

“His name is… Thomas Schirach” –Wu said after a brief moment in which everyone remained silent.

“Sir, give me the gun and go back inside the house” –Hank said to the man

“I’m not giving you my gun, I’ll go back inside but my wife and kids are in there and if this maniac gets out on the loose…” –The man was saying but was interrupted by a loud
thud on the barn, he quickly retreated while Monroe, Hank and Wu prepare themselves for the battle

“Have that thing ready, something tells me we’re going to need it” –Wu said to Adalind and Rosalee pointing at the strange syringe.

After entering the barn Hank put the lock on once again and Wu grabbed a shovel that was near. “Let’s do it” –Wu said

“No, no, not like this” –Monroe said before wogeing

“I wish we could do that” –Hank said as Monroe woged to face Nick, Monroe only shrugged and his face was completely serious and let a growl escape from his mouth as the three men saw their friend escape from the shed he was being held.

Zombie Nick immediately charged against his friends, Wu tried to hit him with the shovel but Nick grabbed it and punched Wu several times until Monroe tackled him beginning to hit his Grimm friend, Nick head-butted Monroe and Hank intervened breaking a wooden stick on Nick’s ribs.

Zombie Nick responded by punching Hank straight in the face and Monroe hit Nick on the back with another log, but Nick simply hit the blutbad sending him tumbling to the
ground, Hank and Wu teamed up to repeat several hit on the Grimm but Nick throw them into the ground.

The fight continued for several minutes with the three men feeling exhausted and severely punched, no doubt they were gonna have bruises tomorrow Monroe thought to himself.

“Don’t do it, I swear to God” –Hank said as he took his gun and pointed at Nick “I don’t want to shoot you” –The Zombie Grimm looked like he understood because he remained still giving Adalind the opportunity to get behind him.

“Behind you Nick” –The zombie turned and was met by a syringe on his stomach, Nick growled and hit Adalind who fall on a pile of hay, and Rosalee quickly pumped the syringe
so that the antidote could do its magic.

Rosalee felt terror as the Zombie Grimm didn’t responded immediately to the potion, instead he walked several steps towards her until he fall on his knees and began convulsing
Hank helped Adalind stand up, the blonde was holding her cheek from where her fiancé’s hand slapped her. “You ok?” –Hank asked the blonde covered in hay.

“Yeah that hurt, but the baby seems ok” –Adalind said touching her swollen belly. They decided to put Nick into the back of their truck and hope for the better.

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“Are you ok Camila?” –Asked a full woged Catherine

“Yes Catherine, I can handle it” –Responded Camila who was woged too, the two Hexenbeist were detaining the zombie Renard with their power just as Juliette was chaining him to a tree.

“Done, let’s call the others before he escapes once again” –Juliette said as the two women returned to her regular forms.

“Damn that was hard” –Camila said as she clean the sweat coming from her forehead, she felt so exhausted and she could feel that Catherine was exhausted as well. This was a very weird night.

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Monroe, Hank and Wu pulled Nick’s unconscious body in the truck, they weren’t sure when the potion would be in effect and neither when Nick would wake up.

“Ok so what are we going to do know” –Said Monroe as he drove to the highway.

“I’m calling my mom, we need to know what’s the situation with her and if they had found Renard” –Adalind said, she was sitting in the same area as Nick, she caressed both his
forehead, her pregnant belly and her swollen cheek “I’m gonna get you on this one Burkhart” –She whispered to Nick’s ear.

“Yes Adalind?” –Catherine’s voice

“We’ve got Nick, did you found Renard?” –Adalind asked her mother

“Yes, we have him chained on the backseat” –Catherine said as Camila drove the car and Juliette caressed Sean’s head. “Do you still have that potion?” –Catherine said

“Yes we still have some left, we need to meet up, there’s been trouble on our side” –Adalind said commenting to her mother and updating what had happened on that night.

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They meet up at the Spice Shop storeroom where Catherine and Camila brought Renard inside for his obligatory injection of the potion, he growled and trashed but finally he accepted it and went to sleep, they placed him next to Nick’s unconscious body.

“So what’s the plan? I’m pretty sure there’s going to be an investigation about the events of this evening” –Monroe said.

“We gave our names to the officer on the bar, he is going to talk to his superiors about us” –Hank said

“Clearly we’re going to be needing a cover story if we want to get this as clean as we can” –Wu said

“Besides about the family Nick attacked” –Adalind said

“And the people in the docks” –Camila said.

“Sometimes the truth can be more easy to said than to make up a lie” –Catherine said, everyone was looking at her as if she had just lost her mind

“She’s right, we need to tell the truth, well partially” –Rosalee said.

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It was morning when Nick woke up, he was in his bed and Adalind was next to him, he turned to watch her sleep so peacefully, he didn’t remembered how he got there but he didn’t care for he was with Adalind, he caressed her beautiful face and put some of the hair that fall on her face behind her ear, she turned and opened her bright blue eyes.

“Good morning” –Nick said to her

“Good morning” –Adalind said, she still could feel the hit he connected on her face but she was so tired when they brought him to their house that she fell asleep immediately
ignoring the swelling on her face.

“Are you ok?” –Nick asked her “What happen to your face?” –He asked her after seeing the red and purple on her cheek

“It’s nothing, it was one of the Zombies who hit me” –Adalind said.

“I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you, wait, didn’t you stayed on the Spice Shop? Why would a zombie hit you?” –Nick asked her.

“Nick there’s something I need to tell you” –Adalind said, she was about to continue when her cellphone rang

“Hello? Yes Rosalee, alright I’ll be prepared” –Adalind said and quickly hanged up, without another word she went to the shower and began preparing herself for the arrival.

Nick changed his pajama into a more comfortable shirt and pants and went to make coffee, he was both confused at what was happening and angry that some zombie had hit his
soon to be wife.

There was a knock on the door. He went to answer it. Once he opened he saw Detectives Holtby and Bauer

“What are you guys doing here?” –Nick asked the detectives.

“Good morning to you too Burkhart, is this the residence of Adalind Schade?” –Said Holtby as he read from a notebook

“Yes, may I know what this is about?” –Nick asked them

“She’s witness on an attack on a bar and a house a few miles from here, we need to make her an interrogation, you know the protocol” –Bauer said

“It’s no problem, come on in officers” –Adalind said as she walked from behind Nick, her hair was still wet from the shower but she was in her work clothes.

The detectives and Adalind sit on the living room

“Do you guy wants some coffee?” –Nick asked them

“Yeah I’ll take some cup” –Said Holtby

“None for me” –Bauer responded

“Make me one honey” –Adalind said

“Sure, I’ll bring it on a moment” –Nick said

Nick went to the kitchen and he began to listen to the conversation thanks to his excellent hearing

“So tell me, Miss Schade, why were you involved in the investigation Sergeant Wu and detective Griffin were making?” –Bauer asked her

“Well, I was contacted by them because they needed my help, they told me they were chasing a guy named Thomas Schirach who was in some kind of drug use” –Adalind said

“What do you do for a living miss Schade?” –Holtby said

“I’m a lawyer” –Adalind responded.

“Then why is it that they asked for your help specially giving your condition” –Bauer asked her while pointing at her pregnant belly

“Because I’m friends of the officers and they needed a stable hands, they had contacted another woman named Rosalee Calvert who makes natural based remedies that could
counter the drug the man was in” –Adalind said stating the same cover story everyone had thought out.

“Yes, we already have Miss Calvert statement, tell me, what happened in the bar?” –Holtby asked her. She was about to respond when Nick brought the cups of coffee.

“Thank you honey” –Adalind said

“Thanks Burkhart, now please excuse us” –Holtby said as he said to Nick who returned to the kitchen.

“Well we followed the suspect there but when we arrived it was too late, the man had escaped” –Adalind said “The officers went in and the chase him towards a house not far from there”

“Yes we have that family’s statement, did you see the man?” –Bauer said

“Actually no, I never saw his face” –Adalind said

“Well then I guess that’s it” –They were standing up when Holtby’s phone rang “Damn, well thanks doc. The man from the fight just died, now we’re looking for a murderer” –
Holtby said, a cup shattered in the kitchen.

“Burkhart are you alright?” –Bauer asked

“Yeah, just dropped my cup” –Nick said as he began cleaning.

The officers left and Nick went towards Adalind.

“What happened last night? Because that name, Thomas Schirach, was inside a coffin, a coffin in which I was trapped in” –He said to her as flashes from last night began appearing in his head.

“You were transformed, you were unrecognizable” –Adalind said

“Did I? Did I hit you?” –Nick asked her.

Adalind nodded, Nick fell to his knees and hugged her tightly “I’m sorry, I would never hurt you, you’re the most important thing in my life” –Nick said as Adalind stroke his hair,
she knew he was telling her the truth but her cheek could said otherwise.

“Nick, let me show you something, Wu went inside the bar and found some hidden cameras, he took the hard drive and gave it to me” –Adalind took the hard disk and plugged it
into her computer, then showed Nick the video surveillance of the bar. “Pay close attention to the man with the knife, his name was Mitchell Zinc, he is the man the detectives
talked about, he died at the hospital at 9:40 in the morning, and if you hadn’t done what you did you probably would be death and I would be raising this kid alone” –Adalind said as she turned off the computer.

Nick kept silent, looking at her.

“I have to go” –Nick said as he stood up

“What are you going to do?” –Adalind concerned asked him

“I need to turn myself in, this is a crime I need to be charged with” –Nick said as he grabbed his jacket and left their house.

Adalind took the phone and made a call.

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Nick drove his truck to the precinct, in the way there flashes of the video surveillance and flashbacks from that night swirled inside his head, he had killed a civilian and he needed
to be put behind bars.

He parked his truck and stepped out towards the building only to see Hank standing in front of him.

“I heard it all Hank!” –Nick said as he walked away towards the entrance door ignoring the presence of his friend.

“You tried to kill me Nick” –Hank said, Nick turn towards Hank “You tried to kill Monroe and Wu, and you would’ve if we hadn’t worked together to take you down” –Hank walked to
Nick “And ask Adalind how it felt to be hit by you. Yeah, the bruise on her cheek YOU caused it, who did you think that caused it? Now you want to turn yourself in go ahead but
you’re doing it alone”

Nick thought about it and decide to enter the precinct, he felt lost so he went to the only place where he would find the only other person who was knowing what he was going
through. He step through the door to find the Captain standing behind his desk.

“I’ve heard you wanna do the right thing” –The Captain said.

“And you’re gonna try to talk me out of it” –Nick defiantly responded

“Actually no, I’m going to bring some sense to that stubborn head of yours, I speak from experience that I know what you’re going through. Because this is one of those times
where you walk in two worlds, you know why you did it you just can’t explain it, at least not in a court of law” –Renard said and Nick paced around the office “Sometimes justice
isn’t obvious”

“You have to understand this Nick, my brother did this to us, it was all part of a plan to destroy a Grimm, or at least get one to work for him, if you turn yourself in, you’ll give him
exactly what he wants” –Renard kept trying to reason with Nick, which was a difficult task since Nick’s sense of duty was bigger.

“I killed a man” –Nick said after pondering his past actions and what Adalind and Hank had said to him.

“Yes, and I kill my brother” –Renard said which took Nick by surprise “You need to know that they made the choice of protect you because they care about you, your friends want
you out of jail because even though it was you, it wasn’t exactly you. So tell me Nick what bothers you more, the fact that you killed a man, or the fact that the man you killed
wasn’t a Wesen?” –Renard said

Nick simply walked out of the Captain’s office and saw Detective Bauer and Holtby walking towards him.

“Burkhart” –Detective Bauer nodded at him

“How’s it going?” –Detective Holtby asked

Nick saw flashes of the bar fight and how Mitchell Zinc pulled out his knife, he swallowed before responding “Ok”

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In a dark street two people met, one was the legendary Grimm Kelly Burkhart

“So I guess everything here is well after I killed Esquivel” –Kelly said

“Yes, thank you for your services” –The man said to Kelly Burkhart

“Thank you for the tip, why would the Royals send him?” –Kelly asked the man

“Because they wanted to get their hands on a Grimm” –The man said

“Well then it’s a good thing they think I’m dead, you help me protect my son, for that I’m very thankful” –Kelly said

“Thanks won’t be in order since I believe our paths will meet again” –The man said as he began to walk away “By the way, the name’s Meisner”

Chapter Text

Adalind slept peacefully, the past two days had been very weird and intense, she could feel Nick’s breathing all night and that often managed to calmed her down, but then she didn’t feel it, alarmed, she woke up, and saw Nick being completely still and gray, he wasn’t breathing and his eyes were fully open.

“Nick” –She said as she began moving him, he didn’t respond “NICK!” –She raised her voice to no avail “NICK!!!” –She said as she slapped his face which made him blink and get back on his own senses and to his regular skin color.

“What happen Adalind? Did you had a nightmare?” –He asked

“You could say that, but just to be sure you need to go to a doctor a do a full physical” –Adalind said

“I feel fine” –Nick said but as he looked at Adalind’s puppy eyes he couldn’t say no “Alright I’ll make an appointment tomorrow, now let’s go to sleep”

Adalind snuggled back again in Nick’s arms but her feeling that something was off didn’t disappeared.

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The next morning Adalind was making sure her fiancée was on good conditions and kept an eye on him, even calling Hank and Wu just to make sure he didn’t push himself to the extremes.

“I’m telling you Adalind I’m feeling fine, trust me” –Nick said to her while he gave her a cup of coffee

“I know but we never had seen a Cracher-Mortel turning a Grimm into a zombie, so I’m just trying to get cautious” –Adalind said

“I know, that’s why I love you, so have you settle on a date?” –Nick said diverting her attention to another pressing matter

“Well I was thinking what about next Thursday? I’ve seen that that’s the lest busy day on the courthouse” –Adalind responded

“Thursday it is, I’ll tell the guys on the precinct then, small circle?” –Nick said

“Of course, perhaps you should tell your mom, who knows if she’s nearby but I’d bet she would want to attend her son’s wedding” –Adalind said.

“Sure, let me send her an e-mail” –He said as he went to the computer and began writing the e-mail:

Dear M:

N is fine, so is A and little B, we need you next Thursday, big event coming on the courthouse, we’d love for you to be here.

-Love N
He typed as he send the e-mail, he felt weird doing that kind of thing but his mother was thorough so he needed to be it as well.

“And that’s done, I need to get to the precinct, want me to give you a lift?” –Nick asked Adalind

“No, Camila is coming, we’re going to grab lunch before the office” –Adalind explained, Nick nodded and kissed her before leaving.

--

Nick arrived at the precinct, he felt weird, he often thought that they were going to arrest him, he knew Holtby and Bauer were good detectives and maybe they would get the framing evidence against him, but that didn’t happen, instead the Captain called him, Hank and Wu to his office.

The three men entered and the captain stood behind his desk.

“I’ll be leaving Portland” –He said bluntly

“You what?” –Nick asked befuddle

“Given the recent events and my brother’s murder I need to go to Vienna and settle some family business, I needed to tell you since we’re both on the same situation” –Renard said
to the three officers in front of him

“Captain, are you sure? Isn’t that dangerous?” –Hank asked

“It is, it’s like entering into the lion’s mouth but I have no other choice” –Renard said

“You need to be careful” –Nick said

“I’ll take Juliette with me, she’ll have my back, but we’re entering uncharted waters, my brother’s death left an empty seat and who knows who might want to get it’s clutches into
it, I’ll try to keep you updated but there’s no warranty on that” –Renard said.

The men nodded and left the office, Sergeant Franco approached them.

“We’ve got a body near the river” –The sergeant said to the detectives.

“Just when I thought that this day was going to be boring” –Hank said.

--

“So I’ve heard you’re marrying Nick this Thursday, can I be your maid of honor?” –Camila asked Adalind as they had their lunch on their favorite restaurant

“Well it’s on the civil registry, I don’t think I’ll need a maid of honor but you can be a witness, that would be great” –Adalind said to her friend and colleague

“I would be honored to do so” –Camila said and both women giggled, they saw Lane walk inside the coffee shop and greet them

“Hey, I have the files from the case you asked me” –Lane said “Is there a particular reason of why did you interested on her?”

“Let’s just say that I have a hunch about that case” –Adalind said while smiling mischievously

--

Nick and Hank arrived at the scene and met the witness Jake Barnes who was clearly shaken by his friend’s death

“Can you recall anything else?” –Hank asked

“I only remember being dragged down and almost die, then someone pull me out, it was a girl, very pretty” –Jake said

“Was she one of the girls Dan and you spend the day with?” –Nick asked

“No, but she had dark hair and very blue eyes, almost like if they were glowing” –Jake recall

They kept asking Jake questions when Nick heard movement coming from the bushes, then seeing someone running. The trio went running after the person only for her to jump
inside the lake and swimming faster than whatever they had seen before.

“What was that?” –Hank asked Nick

“I don’t know, but I guess we’ll find out” –Nick said.

“I think she was the one who saved me” –Jake said looking at the detectives.

“Let me make a phone call” –Nick took his cellphone and made a call, hoping it wasn’t so early that Monroe would be awaken by it.

--

Monroe was finishing serving Rosalee their brunch and was telling her about some antique books his uncle Felix had restored.

“That sounds amazing, did he really got them on a basement?” –Rosalee said

“Yes, my uncle is great at finding ancient things, he actually sent me this pocket watch for my birthday two years ago” –Monroe said showing her his bronze pocket watch, then his
cellphone rang

“It’s Nick” –Monroe said as he answered the call “Nick, to what killer wesen do I owe this call” –He asked him on his sarcastic tone.

“Tell me what you know about wesen who live near water, and have bright blue eyes” –Nick’s voice came from the cellphone

“That sounds like a Naiad” –Rosalee said. “They aren’t exactly killer Wesens but if they’re on mating season they can be quite territorial” –She explained

“Alright, that gives us something to base our search on” –Nick said

“Do you want us to come to the trailer?” –Monroe asked

“No, I have Hank and Wu with me, just don’t forget that Adalind and me are marrying this Thursday, thank you guys” –Nick said hanging up the call

“Man, can you believe we will be attending a Grimm and a Hexenbeist’s wedding?” –Monroe asked Rosalee

“I’m more nervous about said Grimm and Hexenbeist’s baby” –She explained

“What a time to be alive” –Monroe said and they shared a laugh, they fall into a comfortable silence when Monroe decide to break it “Do you want to move in with me?”

“Of course” –Rosalee responded to Monroe’s blunt offer, they smiled at each other and kiss.

--

Catherine Schade arrived at her house after checking dresses for her daughter’s express wedding, the wedding might be on a civil courthouse but she wasn’t going to be going on rags, she was a proper woman and she needed a fine dress for such occasion.

But something wasn’t right, ever since the Hässlich attack and her often involvement with the Grimm’s life and cases she felt like she was being followed. She left her new dress on the closet underneath the staircase, then she gently took a vase, woged and throw the vase at full force towards the person sitting in the shadows of her living room.

To Catherine’s surprise the person grabbed the vase like it was nothing.

“I’m not here to attack you Hexenbeist, I came here to talk” –The person said.

“Well excuse me if I’m on the defensive, it’s not very common to receive a Grimm on my living room, let alone an uninvited one lurking on the shadows” –Catherine said.

Both women stayed in silence for moments, both unable to know what the other was thinking.

“So… what do you want?” –Catherine broke the silence with a blunt question.

“What I want is information on the Royals, they sent a Nuckelavee after my son” –The woman said as she stood from the chair she was sit on.

“So the rumors were true, the Grimm that killed Esquivel is Nick Burkhart’s mommy” –Catherine said as she smirked.

“I wouldn’t like that information to come out to the public Wesen community” –Kelly said as she close in to Catherine.

“Please, what would I win from doing that? I’m in better hands now” –Catherine said as she continue to smirk at the other woman.

“So you’re not planning on hurting Nick?” –Kelly asked

“Why would I? He makes my daughter happy and saved my life on one occasion, besides I’m closer to the keys with him than with the Royals” –Catherine said with conviction

“The Grimm’s treasure is not for the Wesen” –Kelly warned

“And who says that? Nobody alive knows what the treasure is” –Catherine commented

“It was buried for a reason, no one should possess its power” –Kelly responded

“Still, I want it, and nobody can stop me from getting it” –Catherine said.

Kelly stepped closer to Catherine with anger and determination in her eyes

“Please, I’m in no mood to fight, I have a wedding to attend, and the bride’s mother can’t arrive with bruises on her face” –Catherine said as Kelly stopped at the statement.

“Adalind is going to marry?” –Kelly asked

“Of course, they finally set a date, this Thursday, didn’t you know?” –Catherine asked

“I didn’t” –Kelly responded

“Well I’d advise you to contact Nick for the details, I think it would mean so much to him” –Catherine said

Kelly left without saying a word. After the other woman left Catherine sighed, she was scared to death in the presence of the killer Grimm but she wasn’t going to let her see her
like that. She was a strong and powerful Hexenbeist, she feared nothing.

--

After reading for hours on the trailer they found out more about the Naiads and from there the case was easier, the dad of girls that spent the afternoon with Jake and Dan tried to protect them, and Nick and Hank had no other choice to apprehend him given his declaration.

The trio of cops felt a painful guilt as they saw the man began to dehydrate at an accelerated pace.

“We can’t let him here” –Wu said

“I know, but there’s no one else we can put here, he confessed Dan’s murder” –Hank said, but his words wasn’t what he wanted to say, he had seen what a father was able to do to
protect their children, he still remembers how his friend Jarold fought against his own kind to protect Carly. “Nick, wait, we might be seeing this in the wrong way, remember what
the book said? The Naiads are extremely violent when they’re on their mating season even if the males are sterile, what if it wasn’t the girls but the boys that we saw on the
marina?”

“Then they might trying to eliminate the competition over the girls” –Nick said.

Then Nick’s phone rang, it was Jake.

“They took her!” –Jake’s voice sounded worried and full of panic

“Who? Who took who?” –Nick asked him

“Elly, the girl that saved me, she came to my pool and showed me she is some kind of mermaid, we were fine but then the guys from the docks came and grabbed her, they hit me
with something and left” –Jake said, Nick could hear the terror on the boy’s voice. Nick went to where Abel, the girls’ father, was.

“They kidnapped your daughter” –Nick said immediately

“What? Who?” –Abel asked the detective

“The same guys who killed Dan, so where do they live because we need to stop them before they hurt her or your other girls” –Nick said.

“My baby girl, oh god they’re going to cut her” –Abel said

“What’s that?” –Hank asked as the three men joined Wu upstairs

“Those guys are old fashioned, if they cut the telae between her fingers and toes she won’t be able to swim like we do and she’ll spend the rest of her live living in banishment” –
Abel said

“That’s so mess up, we need to find them” –Wu said

--

They drove to the marina where they were able to stop Jesse and Dominic from hurting Elly but the girl fall into the river unconscious, Nick managed to overpower Dominic who fall unconscious and was handcuffed to a lamp post. Nick took his jacket off and dived into the dark waters in search of Elly.

Hank, Wu and Abel were able to put Dominic inside the patrol car and after several minutes Nick emerged from the waters looking completely zombified once again but carrying Elly’s unconscious body, both Hank and Wu shivered at the sight and took their weapons out of their holsters.

“Nick? Are you alright?” –Hank asked the Grimm. “Nick!” –Hank repeated after the lack of response.

“Yeah, why do you ask?” –Nick said with his skin color returning to normal.

“No reason” –Hank said.

“Elly!” –Abel and his other daughters ran towards Elly and hugged her, the trio of cops saw the happy family picture. Then they heard another voice coming to them.

“Elly! Are you alright?” –Jake asked as he closed in. The family saw the boy and Elly went to him.

“You saved my life, thank you” –Jake said to Elly who simply smiled “Do you… go… eat… something?” –He asked her in a very botched sign language. Elly nodded enthusiastically
and jumped into his arms and kissed him “I guess that’s a yes”

“Is everyone getting a Wesen girlfriend but me?” –Wu asked the other detectives who just laughed.

“You just have bad luck my friend” –Hank said mocking the other officer’s bad luck

Elly introduced Jake to her father and sisters while the detectives left the Marina.

“Come on, dinner’s on me” –Nick said

“Now that’s good luck” –Wu exclaimed

The three men went to a local hot dog stand and placidly ate as the night dragged on.

--

In the middle of the night a young woman was walking alone, she felt cold so she closed her leather jacket some more and shivered as she walked the highway, she hoped for
some sanctuary to offer her some warmth, instead she found three men standing menacingly in front of her.

The five men looked at her lasciviously and suddenly woged in front of the young woman, who instead of be flee or curl up in fear took the men’s head of with a machete, after dealing with those guys she kept walking, she almost reached Portland.

Chapter Text

Nick was nervous, not by getting married, hell he was so in love with Adalind, but the problem was the world around them, he didn’t want to put her or their future child in danger. He was in the courthouse’s bathroom fixing his suit when his cellphone rang, it was a private number but still he answered.

“Hello? Who’s this?” –Nick asked.

“Hello Nicky” –The voice on the other side was easy to recognize.

“Mom? Are you ok? Did you received my e-mail?” –Nick asked her.

“Yes, I receive it, unfortunately I’m not going to be able to attend the wedding, it’s too dangerous” –Kelly said.

“Alright” –She could hear her son’s disappointment.

“I just wanted to congratulate you and tell Adalind that if she tries anything funny” –She began saying

“She won’t, she’s not like that” –Nick said

“I know, I love you Nicky, and I think you’re doing the right thing” –Kelly said

Nick shed a tear giving his mother’s acceptance of his choice, after all it wasn’t very common for a Grimm and a Hexenbeist to marry.

“Thank you mom, I love you too” –Nick said

“Please tell Adalind she looks like a princess on that dress” –She said before hanging up the call and driving off.

“Hey how did you?” –Nick asked but only heard the dial tone “Figures”

--

Nick waited on the courthouse had seen their friends arrive, Hank and Wu congratulated him, as well as Bud and his family who gave him pie and a blanket, Holly and her mom gave him a gift as well, Lane and Adalind’s boss arrive including other members of the firm and Monroe arrived alone and came to him.

“Dude, fix your tie, you don’t want to look like a hobo on your big day” –Monroe said as he made the knot once again, then Nick and Monroe were surprised by an “elderly” couple
who arrive at the courthouse, in reality they look like if they had barely reach their late fifties.

“Is this the place where the Schade-Burkhart wedding is taking place?” –The woman of the couple asked

“Yes, this is the place, I’m Nick Burkhart, and you are?” –Nick asked the couple who immediately woged into a Zauberbiest and a Hexenbeist making Monroe woge in shock.

“I guess you are Adalind’s grandparents, she told me you’d be here” –Nick said with a smile.

“And you must be her Grimm fiancé, she told us about you” –Adalind’s grandad said

“But you’re way more handsome than what she said you were” –The woman said.

“I’m Franz Müller, this is my wife” –Said the grandad shaking Nick’s hand

“Petra Müller, I’m so glad Adalind and you have found each other, you know we practically raised Adalind so we were hoping she’d marry a handsome Zauberbiest boy, but
marrying a Grimm is so much better” –Petra said very happily as she hugged Nick “But if you hurt her I’ll kill you” –She whispered to Nick’s ear before smiling back.

“Don’t worry, I plan on making her happy for the rest of my days” –Nick said to the couple

“That’s nice, well if you excuse us we’ll be inside” –Franz said while grabbed his wife’s hand and walked inside.

“Dude, that was tense” –Monroe said

“Really? I didn’t think so, they seem nice” –Nick said

“Meeting in-laws is always tense” –Monroe said

“Yeah? Well let’s hope you handle it better than me when you meet Rosalee’s family” –Nick said smugly

“Low blow dude, low blow” –Monroe said.

Then the elevator’s doors opened and Nick saw the woman of his dreams accompanied by her mother, her colleague and Rosalee, the pure perfection dressed in a white dress in
front of him, he couldn’t think himself be more lucky than marrying the girl of his dreams and be this close to father a child with her, his heart skipped a beat.

“You look gorgeous” –Nick said to Adalind

“Thank you, you look handsome as well” –Adalind said

“Ready to do this?” –Nick asked her

“Of course, I don’t want to do it with anyone else” –Adalind responded.

“Ditto” –Nick said kissing her.

The judge stood in front of the couple and they were accompanied by their friends and family, even though it was a simple ceremony on the courthouse they were happy to be
with each other, they weren’t able to keep their eyes away from the other.

“Do you Nicholas Burkhart accept Adalind Schade to be your lawful wedded wife, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty? Until death take you apart?” –The judge asked

“I do” –Nick said signing the paper

“And you Adalind Schade accept Nicholas Burkhart to be your lawful wedded husband, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty? Until death take you apart?” –The judge
asked her.

“I do” –Adalind said signing the paper

“Then by the power invested in me by the City of Portland and the State of Oregon I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride” –The judge said making
everyone cheer and began taking pictures as the pair kiss.

In the audience Monroe was trying to be the strong man but he was shedding tears for his friends even Catherine shed some tears other guests had an emotional woge and they
knew they were happy for them.

Then they gave a big hug to the couple, after the photos they went to the restaurant of one of Bud’s friends to celebrate, they had a whole hall reserved for them so there wasn’t
worries of unexpected guests. The dinner was lovely and both Nick and Adalind felt happier than ever being close to each other and what’s better being accepted in this group of
Kehrseites, Wesen, Biesters and Grimm.

“I want to propose a toast” –Nick said as he raised from his seat “To my lovely wife Adalind, two years ago I was alone, I was lost, my job was the only thing in my mind, and thanks to said job I was able to meet you, you changed my whole world, you became my lover, my best friend, my reason to wake up every morning and the girl who became my family,
I’ll never leave your side just like you’ve never left mine, I love you with all my heart” –Nick said kissing his wife and to the cheers of everyone in the hall.

“Now it’s my turn” –Said Adalind as she began standing up with some difficulties given her pregnancy state “Nick, at first I thought you were some scruffy cop just trying to do his job, but when those blue eyes looked at me I went into a trance, I felt a connection stronger than I’ve ever felt if I ever felt something like that, you were awkward but cute and you had determination and resolve to never give up on your pursuit of justice, I always wanted to find my prince charming just like in those fairytales but I found something better, I found a hunter who is going to protect me and love me for the rest of his days just like I’m gonna protect and love him for the rest of mine, I love you my husband” –Adalind said kissing her husband once again, everyone clapped again except for Monroe who was in tears once again.

--

Two days later…

“I can’t believe we’re moving in together” –Rosalee said while she put a box on the floor “Are you sure you want to do this? We can still take this things back to Freddy’s
apartment” –Rosalee said

“Are you insane? I want you to move in here, why else would I ask if I wasn’t committed?” –Monroe said

“You’re right, though the fact that a Blutbad and a Fuschbau move in together isn’t the craziest thing” –Rosalee replied to him

“No, I guess that seeing a Grimm and a Hexenbeist tying the knot it’s the number one craziest thing” –Monroe joked, then he went to Rosalee, embraced her and kissed her. “But a
little crazy isn’t a bad thing”

Their moment was cut short when the bell rang

“I’ll get it” –Said Rosalee, she went to the door and opened

“Hi Nick, I thought Adalind and you would be on your honeymoon for the weekend” –Rosalee said.

“Yeah change of plans” –Nick said as he and a young woman stepped inside the house after Rosalee let them in. “Monroe, Rosalee, this is Theresa Rubel, she’s a Grimm” –He said
making the couple woge in surprise.

Chapter Text

It was early Saturday and Nick and Adalind just finished their breakfasts when Nick spoke.

“You know, I was called handsome young man yesterday at work” –Nick said as he and Adalind finish packing their baggages, they were newlyweds and given that Adalind was heavily pregnant they weren’t able to travel by plane, so they settled with a weekend on the lake, Abel Mahario thanked Nick of saving his daughter by borrowing him his cabin in the lake, which Nick and Adalind happily accept it for their weekend getaway.

“Tell me you’re not trying to get your wife jealous” –Adalind said while pouting.

“No, I was complimented by an elderly woman who was a witness on the case of the murdered robbers” –Nick said

“Oh, that’s reassuring, but not only do I have to protect you from the young women trying to get into your pants but now from the elderly women as well? Luckily you’re cute and
you gave me a ring” –Adalind said

“I won’t cheat on you, you’re perfect, but I’d advise you to not go after Mrs. Garcia though” –Nick said while hugging his wife

“Why not? A hexenbeist can take on anything” –She said while smirking at Nick

“Yes, but, can you take on a Cucuy?” –Nick asked, Adalind’s shocked stare gave him enough of an answer.

“I might” –Adalind said trying not to show her fear.

Nick giggled and kissed his wife on the head. “You don’t have to fight anyone, I love you and I’ll always be here for you” –Nick reassured his wife once again.

“If you weren’t that adorable I would go to this lake house alone” –She laughed. “Now let’s go” –She said as she closed the baggage.

“Alright, alright, alright” –Nick said as he put some sunglasses, he and Adalind planned the whole weekend as their honeymoon and they wanted to be a relaxing time for them before the kid arrived.

They put their things on the truck and Nick began driving to the highway, twenty minutes into the road trip and they had to stop at a gas station, Nick stood next to the gas pump to put some gas in the tank while Adalind would head inside the service station to ask for the bathroom key.

“I won’t take long” –Adalind had said as she walked to the shop. “This kid likes to play with my bladder” –She muttered to herself which Nick heard and made him giggle. He was anxious of becoming a father but still he was excited to begin that part of his life with the woman he loves.

Waiting for Adalind he saw a young girl exiting the store, she looked tired, scared and in a hurry, she turned towards the bathroom followed by two men behind her, Nick began to grew anxious, fearful, Adalind was there.

Nick rushed to the bathroom door and broke the door when screams, yells and growls came from inside, he saw the young girl shove a machete on one of the guys’ torso with the other man laying on a pool of blood with his head cutoff.

“ADALIND!” –Nick screamed ignoring the girl who pointed at him with her machete.

“I’m ok Nick, she protected us” –Adalind explained stepping out from the bathroom stall.

“But she’s a Grimm” –Nick said “And a savage one” –He added not taking his eyes of the girl.

“What the hell are you talking about man? Why do you call me a Grimm?” –The young woman asked.

“The men that attacked you? What do they looked like?” –Nick asked

“I don’t know, they looked like some sort of cat” –The young woman replied putting her machete down but not fully sheathed.

“Klaustreich” –Adalind said.

“You saw them too?!” –The young woman said.

“Honey, what you saw it’s call a Wesen, I saw them too because I’m a Wesen myself, and you’re a Grimm” –Adalind explained trying to sound harmless so that the young woman
could take her machete down and would not attack at the explanation.

“You’re like them?!” –The young woman asked.

“Look, this is not the place to talk about this, but you saved my wife’s life so we could explain it during breakfast, I can see that you haven’t eat very well” –Nick said.

That did the trick apparently, the young woman sheathed her machete and clean some of the blood that had splattered on her face.

“I’m Trubel” –The young woman said.

“That I can see” –Nick comented

“No, my name is Theresa Rubel, but people call me Trubel” –She said.

“I’m Adalind and that’s my husband Nick.” –Adalind comented.

“I’ll call it in about the bodies and claim it was probably in self defence” –Nick said hoping that whoever was in charge of the investigation believe his statement just enough to give
Trubel an opportunity to explain herself.

“You’re a cop?” –Trubel asked

“Yes, but he is also a Grimm, just like you” –Adalind said relaxing somewhat Trubel

They went into a dinner to talk and looked like this girl Trubel was really hungry.

“I want the scrambled eggs with bacon on the side, the orange juice, the order of pancakes, the fruit salad and three cinnamon rolls” –She ordered for her breakfast.

“So… Trubel, what’s your story?” –Adalind asked

“I’m an orphan, never knew my real parents but my foster parents were cool, until one guy killed them after he said to me “GRIMM”, I’ve been by myself pretty much after that, and
I always happen to run into someone who tells me I’m a Grimm after I see them transform into this monster.” –Trubel said.

“We need to explain all this situation to you, but we can’t do it here, we need to show you what a Grimm is and what a Wesen is” –Nick said

“We need a safe space, are you thinking what I’m thinking?” –Adalind said to Nick with a knowing smile with him nodding at her.

--

“I can’t believe we’re moving in together” –Rosalee said while she put a box on the floor “Are you sure you want to do this? We can still take this things back to Freddy’s apartment”
–Rosalee said

“Are you insane? I want you to move in here, why else would I ask if I wasn’t committed?” –Monroe said

“You’re right, though the fact that a Blutbad and a Fuschbau move in together isn’t the craziest thing” –Rosalee replied to him

“No, I guess that seeing a Grimm and a Hexenbeist tying the knot it’s the number one craziest thing” –Monroe joked, then he went to Rosalee, embraced her and kissed her. “But a
little crazy isn’t a bad thing”

Their moment was cut short when the bell rang

“I’ll get it” –Said Rosalee, she went to the door and opened

“Hi Nick, I thought Adalind and you would be on your honeymoon for the weekend” –Rosalee said.

“Yeah change of plans” –Nick said as he and a young woman stepped inside the house after Rosalee let them in. “Monroe, Rosalee, this is Theresa Rubel, she’s a Grimm” –He said
making the couple woge in surprise.

Trubel grabbed her machete but Adalind, who just entered the house, stopped her with her telekinesis. She turned in shock at the picture of being in front of a fox, a wolf and a living corpse.

“Trubel! It’s ok, I can see them too” –Nick said calming the girl

“You can see them? But Adalind, she looks dead” –Trubel said

“Yes, she’s a Hexenbeist, that’s her Wesen form, we wanted to bring you here because Monroe and Rosalee are friends of ours and their forms aren’t as frightening as other
Wesen” –Nick said

“Dude, you have to give us a heads up before just dropping a bomb like that” –Monroe said.

“I think we should’ve call them first” –Adalind said

“Yes you should’ve, but it’s ok” –Rosalee said, then breath in and extended her hand to Trubel “Hi, I’m Rosalee, I’m what they call a Fuschbau” –She said, Trubel looked at the other
woman analyzing her and then shook her hand.

“I’m Monroe, I’m a Blutbad, the big bad Wolf” –He said.

“And I’m a Hexenbeist, sorry that you had to found out like that” –Adalind said apologizing to the girl.

“We wanted to show you that not every Wesen is bad and most of them are afraid of us” –Nick said.

“And you managed to befriend them?” –Trubel asked

“Yes, once you pass the status quo bullshit we’re no different” –He explained.

“So what now?” –Trubel asked

“Well we could teach you about the Wesen world so that you have a better knowledge and be prepare for anything” –Adalind said.

“Only if you want, we don’t want to force you into anything, but we believe that being informed is the best option” –Nick said

“I’ve been alone for so long and I never had anyone to relay on, so if all of this is true then I want to know, that or everyone else is as crazy as I am.” –Trubel said which made every
laugh.

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Meanwhile on Viena…

Renard, Juliette and Renard’s friend Meisner crawled out from the city’s sewage.

“Who else knew we were coming?” –Renard asked the other man.

“I don’t know, it was kept a secret between the members of the Resistance” –Meisner explained.

“Well obliously someone betrayed us” –Juliette said.

“I’ll call my contact, this time we’ll do it my way” –Renard said while calling Sebastian.

The other man answered the call and they began a talk in French

“Sebastian, we need a safe house, it’s dangerous in here” –Renard said.

“it’s dangerous here too, the king is angry about his son’s assassination” –Sebastian said. “He said he needs someone of trust to bring the murderer down”

Renard gulped “Does he know who killed Eric?” –He asked

“He believes it was the Grimm” –Sebastian said and Renard exhaled

“Is the King going to take matters onto his own hands?” –Renard asked

“I don’t know, but Prince Victor is involved” –Sebastian said.

“Victor, what does he plans to do?” –Renard asked

“I don’t know, but they said something about a Hexenbeist baby” –Sebastian replied

“Alright, thanks” –Renard said and ended the call, he turned to Meisner and Juliette “We need to go to Portland right now”

Chapter Text

The dinner had been a disappointment to Rosalee, yes the food was great but she had hoped that Monroe would propose there, it was the perfect environment to do so, the candles, the wine, everything was as it should have been but he never kneeled to ask her that question.

“…I had to track down the star wheel and Thai bear because it was imposible to find one with a set screw for both the one day and the eight day regular movement, if you think that’s hard don’t get me started on the 4.75 inch gong coil” –Monroe continued talking to her as both entered their home.

She looked at him still disappointed “I’m really full, I’m gonna get out of these clothes” –She said to him but before she could go upstairs he interrupted her.

“No, I want to show you the clock first”

“I’m gonna roll” –She said

“It will only take a second” –He said while taking her into the living room.

They stood in front of an antique cuckoo’s clock

“It’s really nice” –Rosalee said.

“No, no, no, you really have to watch it work” –Monroe said as he began moving the clock’s hands “Make sure you hear the tone of the cuckoo on this one”

“Ready” –She said as Monroe put the hand on the 10 o’clock, then a cuckoo came out holding the most beautiful engagement ring she had seen

“Will you marry me, will you marry me, will you marry me, will you marry me” –The cuckoo sang, then Monroe kneeled in front of Rosalee

“Will you?” –He asked her as he took her hand. Rosalee was speechless “It’s too much, it’s over the top” –He stated

“No” –She said making Monroe’s face astonished to which Rosalee added “I mean yes, I mean I will”

“Really?” –He asked her. “You’re not saying that because of the clock?” –Monroe said.

“No” –She said as she laugh of happiness

“Then I guess, you better wear this” –Monroe said as he took the ring and placed it on Rosalee’s finger. Then they embraced and kiss.

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“Sorry Trubel but we’re going to sleep, I’d advise you to do the same” –Nick said as he stood on the door frame of the guests’ room.

“Yeah sure Nick, did you really faced against a Volcanalis?” –She asked him as she read on her bed one of the Grimm books, this past week Nick, Adalind and even Monroe and
Rosalee trained and explained Trubel about the Wesen world, and for the neighbors or other members of the precinct that weren’t informed she was Nick’s cousin that came to
visit them.

“Yeah, it wasn’t easy because how do you deal with something like that? But in the end we defeated him and prevented more tragedies” –Nick said

“Cool” –She said

“Goodnight Trubel” –Nick said

“Night Nick” –She responded as Nick close the door. She waited fifteen minutes before stuffing the book she was reading on her trusty backpack, she took her leather jacket and decided to leave as quietly as she could in the middle of the night. She was about to reach the front door when a lamp on the living room turned on.

“I would suggest to better rest before leaving, Portland nights tend to be cold” –Nick said while sitted on his couch.

“Look man, I appreciate that Adalind, Monroe, Rosalee and you have been nice to me, to have fed me and to teach me who am I supposed to be, but I can’t live from you like a leech for so long, it’s never been easy to find a home” –Trubel said while leaving her backpack on the floor

“I get it, when I was a kid I lost my parents on a car accident, my aunt took me in and even though she was great I never felt complete, I was on different relationships and neither of them work, then I met Adalind and I was introduced into this new world and everything made sense, some things I was never able to explained was woged into a coherent piece.” –Nick smirked at his obvious pun, he definitely needed to stop hanging out with Monroe and Wu. “I don’t know you fully but I think and I believe that we, as Grimms, we
need to stay together, I’d like you to sleep on it, and if in the morning you still want to leave then we’ll part ways, and you won’t be hearing from us ever again.” –Nick said as he went upstairs. Trubel considered and closed the door while climbing upstairs as well.

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With Renard on the other side of the world it was up to Nick and Hank to follow the killer of several uniformed men, everyone at the precinct saw the video in which the man brutally killed an officer, Nick couldn’t believe such savagery but when he turned around he saw the looks on other officers, many of them with hate, others with disgust but there was an office, an officer and a lieutenant woged at sight of the video, Nick could see the lieutenant was a Lowen while the officer was a Bauerschwein, it was clear that the men were upset that someone killed one of their own.

The man was identified as Woden who had a history of violence and was the prime suspect in the murder of a patrol officer, a green beret and a border patrol officer. Nick knew that it mustn’t be a regular Wesen so he needed as most help as he could get.

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Monroe was nervous after hearing that his parents were coming home, he hoped that they had left their old ways behind and see for their son’s happiness. Rosalee was definitely making an effort to impress her future in-laws.

They had gone to the grocery store and pick many things for tonight’s dinner, they were on the kitchen when the doorbell rang.

“It must be Nick” –Monroe said to Rosalee

“That’s worst, a Grimm here?!” –Rosalee exclaimed

Monroe hurried to the door hoping to get rid of his friend so there wasn’t a war unleashing on his living room. He opened the door and to his utter surprise it wasn’t Nick on his
front door but his parents.

“Mom, dad, you’re early” –Monroe said.

“We had carry on” –His mother said as she hugged him, she stopped and looked at her husband who simply nodded and hugged his son too.

“Let me go meet my future daughter in law” –His mom said very excitedly.

“Let me get her mom, it’s a warzone in the kitchen” –He said an went to the kitchen, as he went he could hear a comment his father made about how one of his clocks was late and his mother scolding him telling him to leave his clocks alone, seriously his father was an obsessive.

“What did Nick want?” –Rosalee asked as Monroe stepped onto the kitchen.

“It wasn’t Nick, it’s them, they’re here” –Monroe said in a low voice.

“What?!” –She said as she took the apron off “But I’m not ready, look at me” –Rosalee said.

“You’re perfect, but still” –He said as he dusted off some of the floor she had on her cheeks. “Let’s go”

They went hand in hand to the living room

“This is my fiancée Rosalee, honey this are my parents Bart and Alice” –Monroe said as Rosalee stepped forward to greet her future in-laws.

“Oh Rosalee! It’s so nice to meet you” –Alice said as she circled the couch and went in front of the couple of soon to be marry.

“Sorry I didn’t have a chance to clean up” –Rosalee apologized at what she thought was a disastrous outfit.

“Nonsense you look just as beautiful as he said” –Alice said winking at her son who smiled proudly.

Then Alice stepped in and hugged Rosalee only to shrug at the other woman’s embrace, Rosalee felt shock at the stare of her future mother in-law

“My turn” –Bart said as he stepped in to hug Rosalee as well, but his reaction was way more severe and shocking making him woged.

“No, no, no, no” –Monroe said as both of his parents’ woged and Rosalee woged in fear.

“A FUSCHBAU?!?!?!” –Bart said in shock “What the hell is going on here?!” –He demanded an explanation.

Monroe’s parents woged back not before growling at Rosalee.

“Monroe, are you out of your mind?” –Bart asked at his son. “She’s a Fuschbau”

“Monroe you didn’t tell them? You were supposed to tell them” –Rosalee asked him.

“Well I was going to but they’re like her now!” –Monroe said in panic. “And I didn’t think it was important, I didn’t thought you guys would think it was important, do you?” –Monroe
said as he addressed his parents.

“Well it’s just a little unsettling” –Alice said.

“More than a little unsettling, this is never going to work” –Bart added.

“What are you talking about IT IS working” –Monroe said as he put a hand on Rosalee’s shoulder.

“Don’t be ridiculous, you can sleep with anything” –Bart said before being interrupted by Rosalee

“You have a problem because I’m a Fuschbau and your son is a Blutbad?” –Rosalee asked very seriously.

“Well dear, you can’t pretend to be blind to this situation here” –Alice said.

“It’s pretty obvious they are, wait until they start living together” –Bart said

“We’re living together” –Monroe said.

“Wait you haven’t told them that either?” –Rosalee asked him annoyed

“It’s really none of their bussines, I’m sorry it’s none of your business” –Monroe said to Rosalee and to his parents

“How can you said that?” –Alice said with hurt in her voice.

“I’ll tell you how can they say that, because they’re breaking the natural law and they don’t care about the consequences.” –Bart said to which both Monroe and Rosalee roll their
eyes. “What the hell it’s going to happen when you have children?!” –He added with a growl

“I’m sorry I cannot listen to this ignorance, I’m leaving” –Rosalee said going towards the entrance.

“That’s probably a good idea” –Bart said

“What? No! Rosalee” –Monroe said going behind her. “What have you done?!” –He said to his parents

“This is outrageous! My own flesh and blood” –Bart said and his wife went up to him.

“I don’t know what to say” –Alice said as she put her head on her husband’s shoulder.

“Rosalee you can’t leave” –Monroe said to Rosalee who was putting her scarf around her neck.

“Yes I can” –She said adjusting her coat

“But I don’t care what they think I care about what you think” –Monroe said

“I think there’s a bigger problem here, this is a problem you need to deal with your parents and you need to do it without me” –Rosalee said exasperated

“Rosalee” –Monroe pleaded

“No, I need some time for this.” –She said as she grabbed her keys and walked out the house.

“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!” –Monroe said to his parents

“What is wrong with us?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?! THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!” –Bart yell at his son.

“You should have told us before we came” –Alice said.

“Honestly I didn’t think this kind of stuff still matter to you” –Monroe spat at them.

“We’ve seen how this kind of relationships tear families apart” –Alice said

“Look what this is doing to us already” –Bart added trying to contain his woge.

“Bart, don’t go there” –Alice pleaded

“Rosalee and I are in love, and we’re getting married no matter what you said or try to do” –Monroe said as his eyes became blood red

“This is getting way out of hand” –Alice warned her son.

“You need to listen to what we’re telling you” –Bart said pointing at his son’s shoulder.

“Touch me again and I swear to God…” –Monroe’s treat was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door. “Thank God she’s back, you don’t say a word unless it’s to apologize.” –
Monroe said to his parents.

“I’m not apologizing for what’s right” –Bart said

Monroe went to open the door

“Rosalee, oh crap” –He said as he saw Nick in front of him.

“I just saw Rosalee drive away, you ok in here?” –Nick asked, he cared for his friends and hope they didn’t had a fallout since he loved them very much and knew how deeply in
love they were.

“Who’s this?” –Bart demanded and answer.

“Rosalee left which is something you to should do” –Monroe said as Nick walked inside the house.

“We need to stop this” –Alice said trying to calm the situation down.

“If we go we’re not coming back.” –Bart warned

“it’s fine with me dad” –Monroe replied and Nick turned to his friend.

“Enough, we’re done, he need to figure out who he is” –Bart said before wogeing in front of everyone making Nick step back at the surprise.

“A GRIMM!?!?!?!” –Monroe’s dad scream at Nick and both parents launched at the Grimm.

“Mom! DAD! NOOO!” –Monroe screamed.

To be continue…

Chapter Text

“NICK, DAD, NO!” –Monroe yelled at them as he tried to stop his mother, while his father and his friend were fighting each other. Nick managed to connect a hit on the elder man’s jaw.

“Mom, no, he’s a friend of mine” –Monroe said to his mother who was simply growling and trying to rip the Grimm in pieces.

“NO, NO, no, no, no! Everybody stop, Nick is a friend” –Monroe said and his parents woged back to their regular state, they looked at each other before Bart said.

“A friend?!” –He said shocked.

“What the hell is going on here” –Nick said surprised at the scene in front of him.

“Nick, these are my parents” –Monroe said as an explanation.

“He’s a Grimm” –Bart said.

“You’re friends with a Grimm?!” –Alice asked Monroe, her expression was one of shock and disgust at his son’s relationship with a ruthless Wesen killer.

“Yes” –Monroe said.

“I am so sorry” –Nick added sounding polite. “I really didn’t want to hit you” –He said to Monroe’s dad who clean the blood from his mouth. “Although they did just tried to kill me”

“Let me try and understand something here” –Bart said. “You’re Blutbaden” –He said pointing at Monroe “I’m Blutbaden, your mother’s a Blutbaden” –He said putting his arm over
his wife’s shoulder “He’s a Grimm!” –He yelled at Nick.

“I can explain” –Monroe said

“And you let him into your house” –Bart said, disappointment on his words

“Did you just not heard what I’ve just said? Nick is a friend” –Monroe said

“First he’s engaged to a Fuschbau, then he’s a friend with a Grimm” –Bart said trying to contain his woge

“No, no, no, that it’s not happening, not on my house” –Monroe said to his father.

“Well maybe your Grimm friend would like to take it outside” –Bart said between his teeth which Nick simply shrug off.

“No he would not like it to take it outside because he’ll kill you, ok? I’ve seen it happen, I’ve seen him do it” –Monroe said straight face to his father.

“You’ve hunted with a Grimm?” –Alice said, her eyes denoting fear, surprise and disappointment

“Well he’s a cop… I mean, I just” –Monroe tried to explain to his parents

“Alice we’re leaving” –Bart said as he and his wife began walking towards the door and grabbing their carry-on luggage.

“Look I don’t want to cause any problems here” –Nick said

“A little late for that” –Alice snickered at him, her throat clenching at her contained cry.

“Please” –Nick tried to say before Bart said

“Why don’t you just shut up?!” –He exclaimed at the Grimm. “I don’t know what you two are doing here, but its wrong” –Bart said as Alice opened the door and they began walking
out of Monroe’s house.

“Mom” –Monroe said to his mother who turned to see him

“I don’t even know who you’re anymore” –She said before she too walked away.

Both Nick and Monroe stood in their places in silence after the door closed completely

“Monroe, I’m sorry, I had no idea” –Nick began saying as he walked to his friend. Monroe simply put his hand up and looked away.

“Why did you come over?” –He asked his friend.

“I…” –Nick began saying, he looked at the door “Just, never mind” –He finished his sentence.

“Nick, what do you want?” –Monroe asked him

“I wanted help on a case” –Nick confessed.

“Yeah no, that’s what I figured cause that’s what Monroe’s good for, you could have gone with Adalind or Catherine, but no, you chose your living encyclopedia Monroe” –He said
with pain on his voice.

“Oh Monroe you know that’s not true” –Nick said

“I’m not so sure I do” –Monroe said.

“Well I can see that now’s not a good time” –Nick said

“Not very” –Monroe said looking to the empty spaces of his house.

“I’ll call you” –Nick said and Monroe didn’t looked at him.

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A few days ago Adalind obtained her maternity leave on her work so she often spend her days at home, but a few hours ago Adalind started to feel unwell, something in the air
told her that something big was coming, she ignored that feeling when Nick came home looking troubled, she wanted to ask him that night but she felt so tired that she only
managed to tangled on him as he laid on the bed to sleep.

“Nick, what’s wrong?” –Adalind asked the following afternoon as he arrived from work

“Do you think I take advantage of Monroe and lean on him too much?” –He asked her.

“What? Of course not” –She said as she wrap her arms around him “Ever since the day you met him he has been giving you his help, you didn’t force him into anything he didn’t
wanted to do, even the times he fought against an evil Wesen he was a willing participant, not some victim of Grimm blackmail or something like that” –Adalind said to him.

That cheered up Nick but he still felt guilty that his intromission on Monroe’s house last night had made his life more miserable. He needed to offer an apology to his friend.

“Adalind, can you help me make Bolognese?” –Nick said to his wife who simply smiled

“Someone said Bolognese?” –Trubel said as she went downstairs to where Nick and Adalind were.

“I see your hearing is improving” –Nick said

“What hearing?” –Trubel asked

“A Grimm has enhance hearing Trubel” –Adalind said

“Oh, cool” –She responded “But, now going back to the Bolognese” –She said smiling which made them laugh a little.

They did some vegetarian Bolognese as an apology to Monroe, Nick decided he needed to make his peace with his friend as quickly as he could or else the case of the cop killer
will get too dangerous.

Nick was prepare to leave his house once again when Trubel stopped him.

“Nick you know that I can help” –Trubel said to Nick

“I know, but this is way too dangerous, this guy is something else so we need to be cautious and if he is looking for me he won’t expect you in case I fail, besides it’s just going to
be a little research” –Nick said to the younger girl, he kissed Adalind “I won’t be gone for long” –He said

“Be careful” –Adalind said to him.

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Bart was angry at his son’s life, how could he had raised him as badly that not only did he ended up being a vegetarian, but getting into a relationship with a Fuschbau, those Wesen weren’t to be trusted and what’s worst was that he made “friendship” with a Grimm, if only his grandfather was alive, he would have killed the Grimm on the spot, but as disturbing as it may be Bart was scared when Monroe had killed other Wesens alongside the Grimm, what kind of monster had his son become.

“I don’t want to leave without talking to my son” –Alice surprised him as he packed their things on the hotel room.

“He stopped being our son when he did those things” –Bart replied

“I don’t want to lose him Bart” –Alice said

“We already did, now I’m going to get back home, are you coming or not?” –Bart asked.

“No, I want to make peace with my son” –Alice said before walking away from her husband who in turn was left speechless.

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“Dad, what are you doing here?” –Monroe asked his father as the older man entered the house.

“Your mother and I had a fight and I don’t know what to do to get her back” –Bart said to his son, he didn’t know how to approach his son once again.

“Well this isn’t the right time for you to be here dad” –Monroe said as he began grabbing his jacket.

“Where are you going?” –Bart asked his son.

“I’m going on a hunt with a Grimm, that’s what I’m going to do” –Monroe said

“Oh great, what poor Wesen are you going to hunt this time? Reinegen? Seelengut? Bauerschwein? Though I wouldn’t be completely opposed to that hunt” –Bart said

“Wildersheer” –Monroe said

“Are you crazy?! You can’t fight a Wildersheer!” –Bart said

“It’s not your decision dad, besides I have to help Nick with this case” –Monroe said as he was walking towards his front door, when he opened there was Nick holding a
Tupperware with what smelled like vegetarian Bolognese.

“Let’s go Nick” –Monroe said.

“Monroe” –Bart only said as he watch his son and the Grimm leave the house

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Alice wondered the streets of Portland alone, she felt lost, her son kept many secrets and it was too much to process, then her husband and her had a fight so she felt way more
confused, he whole life she had thought that the Grimms and the Wesen were supposed to be mortal enemies, yet her own son claimed that he was friends with one.

As she walked the streets of the suburbs near Monroe’s house she smelled a familiar scent and decided to follow it. Then she arrived at a nice house were the scent increased, it was Monroe’s scent, she decided that if she wanted her son on her life she needed to make peace with Rosalee.

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Rosalee sat on the chairs on the kitchen as Trubel served Adalind and her some tea, she didn’t know where else to go so she decided to crash at Adalind’s before thinking what she would do after last night’s events.

“It’s just that you should have listen to them, they clearly didn’t understood, they thought of our relationship like if we were making this montruous thing” –Rosalee said to Adalind and Trubel as she took a sip from her tea cup.

“Look meeting the in-laws it’s never easy, trust me, Nick had to save my mom before she kinda accepted me dating a Grimm, but you just need to give them time” –Adalind said as she smiled warmly at her friend.

“Yes and if they don’t accept you then to hell with them, who gives a crap what those jerks think” –Trubel said as she engulfed a chocolate chip cookie.

“Not the words I would’ve used but yes, something like that” –Adalind said with a smirk on her lips.

Then there was a knock on the front door.

“Are you expecting someone?” –Rosalee said.

“Don’t think so, Nick has his keys” –Adalind said while Trubel grabbed the handle of her machete. Rosalee went to see who was outside and she was surprised with what she saw.

“Alice, what are you doing here?” –Rosalee didn’t tried to hide her disgust and her surprise.

“Is Monroe here?” –She asked but Rosalee shook her head in response “Can I come in?” –The older woman asked. Rosalee looked at Adalind who gave her a look and a shrug that
meant “only if you want to let her in”.

“Sure come in” –Rosalee said as the woman entered the house. “This is Adalind, Nick’s wife and that’s Trubel, Nick’s… cousin” –Rosalee said which made Alice squirm. “Adalind’s a hexenbeist” –She added which made the woman relax a little.

“Sorry, it’s just that it’s too much shock for just one night” –Alice said.

“Don’t worry, it happens a lot” –Adalind said.

“Do you want a tea?” –Trubel asked.

“No, I don’t want to impose, I just came to apologize to Rosalee” –Alice said which caught Rosalee by surprise.

“Why?” –Trubel asked what Rosalee had on her mind

“Because it caught me by surprise, I was expecting to meet a cute and sane Blutbad girl, not a cute and sane Fuschbau” –Alice said carefully her words.

“But what’s wrong with Monroe and Rosalee being from different Wesen species? Nick and I are from species that are supposed to be mortal enemies and we make our thing work
just fine” –Adalind said in favor of her friend

“I don’t know, we just had bad experiences on mix relationships, often the most powerful wesen imposes over the other and there can be lethal consequences” –Alice said which
made Adalind remember Nidaria’s case in which the man was a Lowen who killed her Reinegen wife.

“I’m sure Monroe and I can survive to each other, we have a very deep bond and our love is stronger that can survive anything” –Rosalee said.

“Very well, then I want to give you a chance, I think a Vertrautheiten is in order” –Alice said as she woged in front of everyone, then Rosalee understood what she wanted and she
woged as well, they embraced and began smelling each other. Trubel looked amazed at what seem to be a very important test of trust, she had read about it but watching it in full
display was something she was glad to experience.

Unbeknownst to the other woman something was going to happen very soon.

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The Bolognese worked perfectly not only Monroe made amends with Nick but they were already on the trailer devouring not only the Bolognese but book after book, page after page. Nick still felt guilty by causing his fight with Monroe’s parents but he needed to vent his frustrations.

“So this Wildersheer it’s dangerous” –Nick asked Monroe still not capable of grasping the idea of an unstoppable Wesen who like to scalp its victims.

“Look no one has ever defeated one, that’s all I can say” –Monroe said to him as both men continued to read the pages of the books trying to find a weakness to these beasts.

“Here, look at this” –Monroe said showing Nick the page he read.

“So we could be dealing with the myth of Samson and Delilah” –Nick said

“It’s the closest clue we have” –Monroe shrugged.

Nick went to the armory and grabbed two daggers from one of the doors, he gave Monroe one.

They stepped out from the trailer into the emptiness of the parking lot they had chosen for the fight, Nick knew the Wildersheer was going to look for trouble but he didn’t want
him near his house nor his family so this seemed like the best place to wait for the inevitable confrontation.

They didn’t had to wait too long as the Wildersheer appear in front of them, just as another one walked right beside him, both Nick and Monroe knew they were in deep trouble but didn’t back away, the fight was on.

Monroe woged and rushed forward against one of the Wildersheer and began exchanging blows with the other Wesen, while Nick was displaying his full set of skills against the towering Wesen but to no avail.

To make matters worse a third Wildersheer joined the fight and the victory seem to begin getting farther away. Nick and Monroe were able to crawl under a truck park nearby.

“We should’ve brought Trubel into this” –Monroe joked

“You think?” –Nick replied

“What’s the plan?” –Monroe asked

“Keep attacking?” –Nick said before he was pulled back just as Monroe was pulled back as well.

Nick tried to fight against two Wildersheer as Monroe was pinned down by the third one an was getting kick over and over, then a growl was heard and a Blutbad attacked on the neck the Wildersheer that was attacking Monroe. Nick took the distraction that he was able to cut the hair on one of the Wildersheer, the Wesen screamed in pain as blood poured from his nape, the man fell dead on the spot, Nick went to aid Monroe who cut the Wildersheer’s hair as well and fell dead.

The pair went to aid the Blutbad who was on the floor getting beaten by the remaining Wildersheer, Nick and Monroe cut at the same time the hair of the Wesen who finally fall to his death on the parking lot.

“Dad” –Monroe said as he woged back and helped his father back on his feet.

“You didn’t know what you were up against, I thought he” –Bart said looking at Nick “Even if you’re a friend with a Grimm, I couldn’t see you die, how you know how to kill them?” –Monroe’s dad asked.

“We didn’t, Nick’s ancestors did, one of them discovered the weakness” –Monroe said defending his friend.

“I didn’t think it was possible to fight on the same side as a Grimm” –Bart said.

“I told you, he’s different” –Monroe said continue to defend Nick

“Some things you have to see for yourself” –He took a deep breath and saw the corpses of the Wildersheer “All my life I’ve heard about these guys, your great grandfather,
whenever there was a storm, he got scared, he told us as kids that if the Wildersheer ever come back, it meant something really bad was coming next” –Monroe’s dad said

“How really bad?” –Monroe asked

“I don’t know, just something somewhere is going to happen and it’s going to change the world” –Monroe’s dad said and a thunder roar on the night sky.

Then Nick’s phone rang.

“Trubel? What happened?” –Nick said

“It’s Adalind, her water just broke” –Trubel said on the other side of the phone

“Oh crap, I have to go” –Nick said.

“Let’s go dude” –Monroe said.

“Son, what’s happening?” –Monroe’s dad asked as the trio walked towards Nick’s pick-up truck

“Nick’s wife, Adalind is going to have her baby, dad you’re not going to believe it, but this is a one of a kind labor, trust me” –Monroe said excited.

--

Adalind yelled all the way to the hospital and once there yelled all the way to her room. She had never experienced that kind of pain but she wanted to end as soon as possible.

“WHERE THE HELL IS NICK?!?!?!?!” –Adalind asked to Trubel

“I already called him, he must be on his way” –The young woman responded.

As the nurses took Adalind on a wheelchair towards her hospital room the lights began to flicker and the glass began moving violently.

--

Nick, Monroe and Monroe’s dad arrived at the Hospital with Nick running inside, followed by Monroe and his dad.

“Is my wife here? Adalind Schade-Burkhart!” –Nick said to the nurse at the front desk

“She’s here, do you need medical attention?” –She asked seeing the man covered in bruises and cuts on his face

“No, I’m fine, where’s my wife?” –Nick asked again.

“She’s on the fourth floor, you need to fill this” –She said as she handed him a form.

Nick filled it quickly and went to the fourth floor.

Monroe and his dad remained at waiting room sited.

“Good luck dude!” –Monroe yelled at his friend who probably didn’t heard him as he was already running upstairs.

“Why did you told me this was a one of a kind?” –Bart asked his son.

“Oh, it’s because Nick’s wife is a Hexenbeist” –Monroe said shrugging.

“A Hexenbeist pregnant by a Grimm? Now I’ve seen everything” –Bart said “You know, I was so scared when you were going to born, I wanted to vomit from the nervousness” –His
dad joked at his memory. Which made Monroe laugh. “You must really appreciate this Grimm, I mean Nick”

“He became my best friend dad, I thought that I was happy and that my life had meaning, but thanks to that Grimm I met Rosalee, and I’ve done things I would never imagined so
I’m going to stay until he, his wife and their baby walk through that door” –Monroe said.

“I’m proud of you for doing this son” –Monroe’s dad said putting a hand on his shoulder.

“Thanks dad” –Monroe said smiling at his dad, but their moment was cut short by Renard’s arrival with Juliette, Hank, Wu, Nick’s mom, Adalind’s mom and a guy Monroe had
never seen.

“What’s the matter guys? Is everything alright?” –Monroe asked

“No, the Royals found out about Adalind’s baby and they want it, a Grimm/Hexenbeist baby could be very powerful, we need to protect them and close the hospital.” –Renard said.

“What? That’s impossible” –Monroe said

“No it’s not, they are going to send a dozen of Hundjaegers, we need to prepare” –The man said.

“Who are you?” –Monroe asked

“Later” –The man responded

“He’s Meisner, he’s with the Resistance” –Kelly Burkhart said

“Hi Mrs. Burkhart, Mrs. Schade Nick and Adalind are upstairs” –Monroe explained, his dad only paled at the presence of the older and experienced Grimm.

“Is anybody else who might help us in here?” –Juliette asked.

“I don’t know if Trubel and Rosalee are here” –Monroe said.

“Call them” –Renard said. After Monroe did the call Trubel, Rosalee and his mom came to the reception, Rosalee saw Monroe’s face and went to check on him just as his mother
saw his father as well.

“Bart what happen to you?” –Alice said to her husband

“He saved Nick and I lives, he’s a hero” –Monroe said to his parents.

“I fought a Wildersheer to protect our son” –Bart said looking at his wife

“A Wildersheer?!” –She was shocked.

“Three actually” –Monroe said.

“Guys later, we need Hundjaegers to fight” –Hank said. Renard alerted the security guards and the nurses to take cover, the battle was about to begin.

--
Nick had found the room and was inside next to Adalind and holding her hand tightly

“Push Adalind, push” –The doctor said.

“You can do it Adalind, I love you, I love you” –Nick said as he hold her tight, then Adalind slapped him on the face.

“That’s for the barn” –She said to the astonish Nick, who only smirked and kissed his wife’s forehead.

“Push again” –The doctor repeated and Adalind screech at the top of her lungs even Wogeing in the process, many of the doctor’s equipment went haywire and some lights began
exploding but finally the doctor took the baby out of Adalind.

“Congratulations, it’s a girl” –The nurse placed the baby girl on Adalind’s exhausted arms after cleaning her, they could see the girl's bright eyes and some blonde hair on her small head.

“She’s gorgeous” –Adalind said.

“Just like you” –Nick smiled at her and placed his forehead on hers.

“Do you have a name for her?” –The nurse asked them.

“Yes” –Both said in unison. “Diana, Diana Catherine Schade-Burkhart” –Adalind said.

“I still hold that you cheated on the coin toss” –Nick said playfully at his wife.

“I did not, besides she looks like a Diana, doesn’t she?” –Adalind said.

“Of course she looks like that, she’s perfect with any name she uses” –Nick said kissing his wife’s cheek.

--

While the happy parents rested from the hard work of labor downstairs their friends and family prepared for the fight of their lives

Chapter Text

Wu’s hands were sweating, he had faced different shootouts through his career in Police Force, he had been on three different shootouts his first one was on the Portland bank, a highway chase-shootout was his second and lastly a street shootout a few months ago, but the one he was about to face was a completely different case. He and his friends were about to face the Verrat, some very dangerous Wesen working for the Royals.

As they waited on the reception Wu looked at Monroe who was just as nervous as him.

“You ok man?” –Wu asked

“Yeah, you?” –Monroe asked and even though he was trying to show his strength and confidence Wu could hear the fear in his voice and eyes.

“A little scared” –Wu responded which made Monroe sigh

“You and me both pal” –He confessed.

“Luckily Rosalee went upstairs, I’m sure she’s going to be fine with Nick and Adalind” –Wu said trying to joke to cover his nervousness

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On the entrance from the parking lot Hank, Trubel and Meisner waited for the Verrat to arrive.

“So you’re some kind of a spy?” –Trubel asked the other man.

“More of a revolutionary” –Meisner explained

“Cool” –She added

“Why are they after the baby?” –Hank asked

“Because the Royals have always trying to rule the world and anything that may get them an advantage they’re going to exploit it, they believe that going after the baby it will put pressure onto the Grimm to give them the key to the Grimm’s treasure, if they manage to get the baby and the treasure…” –Meisner said letting his statement sink in the detective and the Grimm.

“Let’s stop them here” –Trubel said.

--

No less than five minutes and the hospital had became a complete war zone, Hundjaeger after Hundjaeger went on to the hospital trying to get the HexenGrimm baby, what the
Royals and the Verrat had underestimated was the way into the Grimm and his friends would respond.

In their entrance Hank and Monroe were killing every Hundjaeger that stepped inside, Monroe showed the true viciousness of an angry Blutbad by tearing arms, legs and throats of the men who tried to hurt his friends.

On the other side Meisner and Trubel showed their fighting capabilities, killing anyone with their bare hands, a small group of Verrat met their end by almost reaching Nick and Adalind’s room only to be met with two very over protective mothers, a Grimm and a Hexenbeist working together was weird but Kelly and Catherine made it look so easily that the Verrat never stood the chance in front of the newly appointed grandmothers.

Renard and Juliette protected several halls with easiness and Monroe’s parents show their experience killing the Verrat as well as Hank and Catherine who displayed her powers to the powerless Hundjaegers.

Finally after and every member of the Verrat was eliminated did the rag tag group was able to catch some rest

--

“We’ve failed at the hospital” –Viktor said while pondering, he sat at his office but his mind was racing trying to get a new plan so that the Grimm, the Hexenbeist and their baby would be on his hands. “I’ll need an expert on dealing with babies…” –He pondered for a second. “Bring me Isidoro’s file” –Viktor said to one of his servants. It was for this kind of plans for which the Royals trust him into get his goals.

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Three weeks later…

The farm was exactly what Nick and Adalind needed, they had been having trouble sleeping and trying to contain a newborn HexenGrimm baby was a colossal task, so they went to Adalind’s grandparent’s farm in the outskirts of Oregon which was really peaceful and which allowed them to simply forget of everything around them.

Nick and Adalind loved being parents, they were loving taking baby Diana into the open spaces the farm allowed them to. Of course the little HexenGrimm baby wasn’t easy to be with, she often cried when she wanted things and most times her eyes would glow on a dark purple and they would see objects like keys, toys or her own feeding bottle dance in the air onto her tiny little hands.

Adalind’s grandfather Franz, Nick and Adalind sat on the porch of the house, Adalind and Nick rested on a bench with Adalind comfortably sleep wrapped in Nick’s left arm, his right leg rocking Diana’s cradle and his right arm showing her a stuffed fox that made her giggle.

“She’s going to be a powerful Hexenbeist, just like her mother and grandmother” –Franz said seeing the little baby display her powers when she took the fox from her father’s hands and made it dance in the air.

“Yes she’s going to be” –Nick said proudly at his baby girl.

“Come on, it’s time to eat” –Petra said to the trio, Nick kissed Adalind’s hair. “Honey wake up” –He gently said waking up his wife.

“I’ll take care of this gorgeous little girl” –Franz said carrying his great granddaughter onto his arms. Nick’s phone rang.

“Burkhart” –He said.

“Nick! We have a problem, we have a fugitive near your area” –Hank’s voice came from the cellphone’s speaker.

“Who?” –Nick asked.

“Isidoro Malpica, he was found guilty for the kidnapping of a baby fourteen years ago, he got twenty years for his troubles, anyway I just wanted for you to know what might be
around” –Hank said.

“Oh my god a baby kidnapper?!” –Adalind screamed “We need to lock the windows and the doors” –She began saying.

“Adalind, please, I won’t let anyone nor anything harm our daughter, believe me” –He calmly said making her feel the comfort on his arms “If you want I can stay awake the whole
night watching Diana’s crib, would you like that?” –Nick said.

“I can’t ask you that” –She said

“Why not? It’s going to be like a stake out, as long as I have coffee I can make it through” –Nick said making her shed her worries away.

“Alright doofus, God I hate this post pregnancy hormones” –She joked.

“Come on, let’s get inside.” –He said and they made way to the dining room on the house.

--

That night Nick sat on a chair in his room, he felt his eyes heavy but his mission was clear, protect his daughter at all costs, if someone else thought that he wasn’t serious then
his axe could say otherwise. Adalind stirred on the bed and sat up seeing her husband on the chair and with a stare completely focused on the crib.

“Oh my God you weren’t kidding” –She joked.

“I’m a cop, doing stake outs is just another day in the office” –He said.

“Do you need more coffee?” –She asked.

“Yes please, I finished the five cups I made” –He said.

“I’ll be right back” –Adalind said putting her robe, checking on her daughter and kissing her husband’s forehead before exiting the bedroom.

Five minutes later and Nick heard a thud coming downstairs. He grabbed the axe and went to the kitchen and saw Adalind on the floor unconscious

“Adalind!” –He checked her pulse and breath at the feeling of her gentle palpitation. Then he realized that he had left his daughter alone upstairs. He rushed and saw a three
armed monster holding his baby daughter in one of his arms.

“Leave my daughter alone and you won’t be hurt” –Nick said.

“I’m not afraid of a Grimm, like you, I do what’s necessary” –The monster said.

“Taking my daughter away won’t do you no good” –Nick responded.

“I’m not taking her, I need to prevent the dark future that awaits us if she lives” –The monster said.

“Isidoro, that’s your name right? Look I don’t care what you have heard or who send you but my daughter is just a baby, she won’t hurt anybody, so please leave her on her crib and leave this house and I won’t persecute you” –Nick tried to reason with the man

“You don’t get it Grimm, she’ll bring the apocalypse to the world, she’ll be the death of all of us” –Isidoro said “So I have to stop it, whatever means necessary” –He said as he tried to get the baby near his mouth into what it look like he wanted to eat her.

Time seem to slow down and as Nick threw the axe towards the man Nick could see the glint of dark purple on his baby’s eyes.

The axe hit its intended target and Isidoro’s body fell to the ground not before Nick catched Diana who was apparently more excited at being catch never realizing the danger she was at. Nick went to check on Adalind who was massaging her head on the kitchen counter.

“Are you alright?” –Nick asked.

“Yes, I am, although now I’m gonna have a terrible headache” –Adalind said while checking their baby, but Diana was quiet and calm. The little family was breathing in relaxation,
they knew that the world would keep testing them but as long as they were together they could face any adversity.

Upstairs Isidoro’s body layed on the floor and with his last breath said words that would get lost on the wind “Beware Zer… Zers… Zerstörer” –He said before collapsing and dying.

Chapter Text

Renard sat on his office, as a Captain he wasn’t supposed to be writing informs of victims or attacks but given that he and his associates shot down or in some cases decapitated or dismembered the men and women that attacked the hospital a few weeks ago he was still working on a believable cover up story, luckily one of the advantages of being a Captain was that he could stretch the investigations as long as he needed. He hoped that Meisner and the Resistance have something good for him.

As if he had invoked them his cellphone rang, it was Sebastian his friend and inside man on the Royal’s affair.

“So I suppose you have found out what happened to the Hundjaegers Viktor send” –Renard said to Sebastian

“Yes, I have to tell you, the Prince wasn’t happy about losing that many members on a single night” –Sebastian said

“Well he should’ve definitely send better next time” –Renard said smugly

“Didn’t you know? He helped a Cuegle escape from prison” –Sebastian said.

“A Cuegle? What for?” –Renard asked

“What I found out was that Viktor wanted the man to track down your Grimm and his Hexenbeist and capture their baby” –Sebastian answered.

“What happened?” –Renard asked, his concern growning, not for the sake of Nick and Adalind but of their baby, if Viktor or any member of the Royals get their claws on that child
the war would be over and the Royals would reign supreme not even the power of the Grimm’s treasure could save them.

“According to what he have recollected from the local authorities after the incident the Cuegle, a man named Isidoro Malpica, forced his way inside the house of Franz and Petra Müller, the man knocked the couple’s granddaughter who was on the kitchen serving herself a glass of water and then Isidoro tried to kidnap the granddaughter’s new born daughter only to be killed by the granddaughter’s husband” –Sebastian said the story he had gotten which made Renard smile. “Your Grimm is resourceful even when he isn’t on his environment” –Sebastian added.

“Let’s hope that sends Viktor away, at least for a while.” –Renard said, then a knock was on his door.

“Sir, there’s a FBI agent wanting to see you, do I send him in?” –sergeant Franco asked from the door

“Yes please, I’m finishing this phone call” –He said to the sergeant “Have to go, keep me post it on everything else”

Then a gray haired man entered to the office.

“Please come in” –Renard said to the man who clearly didn’t needed his permission.

“Weston Steward, you may call me Agent Steward, FBI, I’m here to investigate the deaths of twelve people on the St. Joseph Hospital three weeks ago, if the report I was given is correct then you were between the first person to respond to the call, tell me Captain” –The agent said with disdain that last word “What happened that night?” –The man asked

“Well if you need to know sergeant Drew Wu, detective Hank Griffin and I were on the reception of the hospital because upstairs our friend and collegue detective Nicholas Burkhart and his wife attorney Adalind Schade were delivering their baby” –Renard said with a monotone voice he often used when reading reports

“How thoughtful of you to do that for him” –The agent said with a feigned tone.

“We’re a family, we’re in the good and in the bad” –Renard said looking directly at the man’s eyes.

“Now, why did the persons attacked you and the hospital?” –Agent Steward asked.

“A few months ago we dealt with a very disturbing drug that made the infected have a burst of rage and adrenalin, in that occasion we managed to synthetize a medicine for that infection, but the night in question we had nothing of that medicine with us, we fought for our lives and the lives of the patients and the hospital staff” –Renard explained his
“true” version

“So you killed innocent civilians” –Agent Steward stated

“No, we had to kill the infected in order to defend ourselves, it’s a case of legitimate defense” –Renard said

“Well I guess I have to interrogate your detectives for that, given that the security system was destroyed I’ll have to make it with your statements” –The man said as he left the captain’s office.

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Monday morning was a regular one to Nick. Adalind, Diana and him had finally returned to Portland on Sunday and the new parents were relaxed and happy of finally learning the way to deal with their “little sunshine” as they called Diana.

Nick had returned from his morning run and as sweaty as he was made it to the bathroom to take a shower when he almost crashed with Adalind who was also about to enter.

“Hey sorry were you going in?” –She asked

“Yes, but given the spot on your shirt I’d say you need to enter more than me” –Nick smirked at his wife.

“Yeah, your daughter threw up on me, I won’t take long” –Adalind said as she entered the bathroom.

“You shouldn’t throw up on mommy” –Nick said to his baby girl who laughed and made her eyes glow, he stroke her hair on a fatherly way.

Fifteen minutes later and Adalind exited the bathroom fully showered and covered by a towel, she smiled at the sight in front of her, her baby making her stuffed fox dance in the
air as her husband sang to their kid Elvis Presley’s “Let me be your Teddy Bear”, she laughed at the choice of song but their baby was laughing as well.

“You can shower now” –She said as she kissed her husband on the cheek.

“I’ll do it” –He stood up and wrapped Adalind on his arms and kissed her deeply “I love you Adalind and I can’t wait to have more kids with you, being a family with you as been the best thing that has happen to me in my life”

“I love you as well, but can we thought about having other babies after Diana is at least two?” –Adalind said as she kissed her husband

“Alright, deal” –He said kissing his wife once again and entering the bathroom to shower.

As the trio were having breakfast Catherine arrived to help Adalind taking care of the HexenGrimm baby. They needed to have Diana interact with her Grandmother because when
Adalind returns to the Legal Office she wasn’t going to be taking Diana with her every time, although she knew Camila and Lane would be excited to meet the baby.

Nick was filled with everything that had happened between the days he wasn’t in Portland, Trubel had joined them during a case of a murdered teen only to dismantle a couple of Lebensaugers forcing girls to steal for them. Nick could notice that Wu was talking with the captain.

“Why is Wu talking to the Captain?” –Nick asked

“Yesterday we dealt with an Aswang, do you know what that is?” –Hank asked to which Nick shook in response

“It’s a hideous creature, gray and long with a monstrous face and long tongue, the worst part is that they eat their babies” –Hank said and Nick was deeply disturbed by that “Yeah, that bad, anyway this Aswang tried to eat the baby of Wu’s friend Dana, she’s fine, but Wu was the one to shoot the beast down, it turned out to be Dana’s mother in-law who was
the Aswang and she wasn’t shy of showing her true colors, hell I’ll be having nightmares about it. But Wu, there’s something personal on this story”

They saw Wu walking from the Captain’s office

“Nick, nice to see you” –Wu said with a smile

“Wu where are you going?” –Nick said

“Yeah I just told Captain Renard that I’m going to take a vacation, that case with the Aswang brought childhood memories that I really need to deal with” –Wu said to Hank and Nick

“We get it man, take the time you need” –Hank said.

“It’s not always easy to live in this world and trying to process what you saw and not going mad, you need some rest Wu and if you need it you can take one of the books on the
trailer” –Nick offered

“That would be nice, but you’re going to need them more than I, that doesn’t mean that I won’t want to read about it when I come back” –Wu said. “See you in two weeks” –He finally added.

That night both Hank and Nick, hugged their respective partners so close and made sure to have every lock on their house put on, while Wu on his flight he kept picturing the Aswang coming to him making him shudder in fear.

Chapter Text

Nick and Hank went inside Portland University, Sergeant Franco approached them.

“Hey man, what’s the situation?” –Hank asked the Sergeant

“Three bodies, two security guards and an unknown assailant, given the paint cans and the graffiti I think he wanted to do some vandalism and things got heated” –Franco said his thoughts and hypothesis as they walked the hallways and entered a science laboratory.

“That’s a nice theory, but we are still missing his accomplice” –Hank said crouching on the floor checking the bullet caskets that were scattered.

“And what were they trying to do here with this mummy” –Nick said as he walked towards the sarcophagus on the middle of the lab.

“I’m pretty sure they’re just insensitive people who doesn’t understand the value of what we’re trying to do here” –A blonde woman said.

“Who are you?” –Nick asked

“And what is it that you’re doing here?” –Hank asked the woman.

“I’m Professor Vera Gates. And we discovered this mummy on a secret chamber of the university and it’s perfectly mummified in the shape of the Egyptian God Anubis, and as far as the tests we’ve realized everything about this mummy it’s real, not a prank, not a weird mutation or a Frankenstein mash up of some kind, this could revolutionize the way we understand evolution or even prove the existence of some mythological creatures.” –The professor said overly excited.

“Professor, what’s the point?” –Nick asked calming her down

“Well I figure that if this is so revolutionary the person that investigates it could gain awards or grants or recognition, I believe that this man was some kind corporate spy that tried to steal the mummy, the guards caught him and his accomplice and things went south” –The professor continued with her theories.

“How can you be sure that he had an accomplice” –Hank asked

“Well the sarcophagus is very heavy, one person can’t move it on its own” –The professor said.

“Good point, well thank you for coming and give us your theories but now we need you to step aside and let us work on the scene, if this situation is about corporate espionage we’ll talk to the guards and we’re going to let an officer stationed here”

“Do you really think it’s about corporate espionage?” –Hank asked Nick

“No, I believe that this has something to do with some kind of proud Wesen learning about the mummy and trying to expose it” –Nick said

“Do we check the books?” –Hank asked

“I think we need to check them” –Nick said

“Wait, we had dinner with Adalind and Camila” –Hank reminded his detective partner who realized that he had forgotten about their double date night

“We’ll think of something” –Nick replied.

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“Focus Trubel, focus” –Kelly yelled at the younger Grimm

“I’m trying” –She replied

“You’re not trying enough, you need to understand the limits of your strength before you can push them more, if you don’t do it you’ll end up exhausted and you’ll be killed
easily. Now again” –Kelly said as Trubel catch her breath once more and began doing her drills with the machete once again.

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Wu was reading a book on his hotel room, he had arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila around 3 o’clock and had relaxed after the many hours of flight. He
had some time to kill before going meet his grandmother and his parents for dinner, he wanted to receive as much information about the Aswangs as he could get and if he could get information about the Wesen world if it was possible that his grandmother had more tales to tell.

What Wu wasn’t completely fond of is that his parents would begin to tease him about his lonely love life, they would often swarm him with questions like “when are you going to get marry? We want grandchildren” that kind of stuff. So Wu simply relaxed and continued reading his Harry Potter book, something about the magical world made him relate to with the Wesen world, everyone sharing the same world but hiding their true nature to avoid affecting the status quo.

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At 8 o’clock Nick and Hank brought Chinese take out to Nick and Adalind’s house, they had picked Camila on their way there, Catherine was rocking baby Diana while Adalind laid asleep on the couch.

“Good evening Catherine” –Nick said to his mother in-law as softly as he could to avoid disturbing his little girl.

“Good evening Nick, she’s been awake all afternoon, your daughter is stronger than two Hexenbeists, let’s see if a Grimm can make her finally fall asleep” –Catherine said as she
placed the baby on her father’s arms.

“Hey little one, how’s that that you don’t want to fall asleep eh?” –Nick asked to his baby girl who giggle at him. He began rocking the baby on his arms who finally began to nod off and fall asleep, Nick waited for a few minutes while he remained rocking from one side to the other, then he finally put her on her crib next to the couch in which Adalind was
sleeping.

Nick went to the dining room in which Hank, Camila and Catherine were eating the Chinese take- out the detectives have brought.

“I see the girl has you wrapped around her little finger” –Camila said to her friend’s husband

“Can’t help it, when I see those big bright eyes I want to give her my time and everything she wants” –Nick confessed.

“Don’t spoil her so much or you’ll end up with a mini version of Adalind” –Catherine said.

“And what’s wrong with that?” –Nick asked his mother in-law

“You say it because you weren’t there when she was growing up” –Catherine said which made everyone laugh

“Are you bad mouthing about me mother?” –A half-awake Adalind said while walking to the table carrying a baby monitor on her hand.

“Hey honey” –Nick said as he kissed her.

“Hi sweetheart” –She replied.

“How I was saying she was this spoiled kid who wanted everything every time” –Catherine said

“That’s not true” –Adalind defended herself

“Of course it is, your grandparents had you very spoiled” –Catherine said, Adalind was about to reply when Nick nodded at her.

“Fine, but just a little, I wasn’t that spoiled anyway” –She said as a final comment

The rest of the dinner was relaxed but then it was time to do the research they came for, Catherine stayed upstairs as the couples went to the basement.

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Wu woke up after a last night’s well deserved rest, he began stretching his muscles, his dinner with his parents had been the usual as he expected but his grandmother surprised him telling him about many folk tales of humanoid creatures, which he should definetly tell Nick about them, but what was the most impressive was that she gave him a book she found on a chest in the house of a familiar that recently passed away.

The book was as big as an encyclopedia and as thick as a yellow page directory book, but what caught Wu’s attention was the big G made from copper on the cover of the book, he would recognize that emblem anywhere, this was a book of a Grimm and from the contents written exclusively on Tagalog Wu realized that this belonged to a Filipino Grimm, he knew this vacations turned way more interesting.

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Nick, Adalind, Hank and Camila looked for anything related to the Anubis mummy, Hank kept digging through the many films that were on the cabinet.

“Nothing better for a date night than search through many, many, many years of Grimm history of torture and cruelty, am I right?” –Camila said joking

“Sorry Cammy, but we need to understand what those hooligans wanted with the mummy” –Adalind said without taking her eyes out of the book she had.

“I know but still, I think they have a point, one should be proud of what we were many years, we were venerated, we were gods, then it came the dark times and we were hunted” –Camila said with spite on her voice which made the atmosphere heavy.

“I know what you’re meaning Camila, but let’s focus on the present and how we can avoid more death over a mummy” –Nick said trying to calm the intensity of the situation.

“I found something about a group of people that wanted to prevent Wesen exposure” –Adalind said as she read through one of the books

“What does it say?” –Nick asked

“Well apparently they’re a radical group called the Beati Paoli and they practically do whatever they can to prevent the exposure of Wesen artifacts or remains” –Adalind said

The group continued their research until Hank stood up from his crouching position.

“I think this one might be what we’re looking for” –Hank said as he showed the others a tin can with hieroglyphics.

Nick set up the projector and began playing the film, it showed a black haired man with a beard in the ancient Egypt.

“He looks like you” –Camila said.

“The beard looks nice, I wouldn’t be against that look Nick” –Adalind teased which made Nick smirk at his wife

The man on the film, the Grimm, approached a chained man, the Grimm began hitting him with a stick to provoke a Woge.

“Why is he doing that?” –Hank asked

“He is revealing that the chained man is a Wesen” –Camila explained at her boyfriend

“The man is an Anubis” –Adalind added to the detective.

“So you can see the man woge, even if it’s on film?” –Hank asked

“Yes, I better not tell you how I found out about Adolf Hitler being a Lowen” –Nick teased his friend who was shocked at the revelation.

The investigation was cut short when Nick’s cellphone rang.

“Burkhart” –Nick answered

“Nick, can you come to my house, Alexander is here” –Monroe said from the other side of the line.

“I’m coming as soon as I can” –Nick said. “I have to go, Alexander is here”

“The agent of the Council?” –Adalind asked to which Nick nodded.

“Stay here, please” –Nick said, he didn’t wanted to put Adalind or Diana in risk so they had devised a plan in case the Council interfered once again in their lives, and if Nick saw that it was dangerous Adalind and Diana would disappear.

--

In less than ten minutes Nick was on Monroe and Rosalee’s front door.

“Glad you’re here” –Monroe said as Nick entered his house

“Are you ok?” –Nick asked seeing his friend agitated.

“Yeah” –Was the only reply Monroe gave

“Thank you for coming” –Alexander said as he stood on the living room

“I wish I could say the same” –Nick said to the agent of the Wesen Council “How long have you been here?”

“A couple hours, I need your help” –The man said

“Really? I didn’t know you asked Grimms for help” –Nick said smugly

“Depends on the circumstances, and the Grimm” –Alexander revealed

Nick looked at the man before replying “Well what is it that you think I can do for you?”

“The Beati Paoli, you’ve heard of them?” –Alexander asked

“I’ve heard” –Nick replied.

“Are you aware that Karl Hermann, the man you’re after, is a member?” –Alexander replied to which Nick interrupted saying

“Look I don’t care what group he belongs to, he’s a murderer” –Nick said

Alexander exhaled “We don’t condone what the Beati Paoli does, but we usually don’t get in their way. We also feel strongly that Wesen remains should not be put on display. It’s disrespectful AND dangerous to the Wesen Comunity” –He said as he looked at Rosalee standing behind him, and Nick reminisced about Camila’s words not long ago. “But by
killing the guards, he’s gone too far. The Council wants him stopped.”

“If you came here to kill him, I’m just gonna tell you that I’m not going to let that happen” –Nick said threateningly to Alexander

“We know, that’s why the Council wants you to stop him” –Alexander said giving Nick an ultimatum. “Which is why I’m going to tell you what I know, Karl Herman is going to make
another attempt”

“And you know this how?” –Nick asked the agent.

“Because he called the Council and asked for our help stealing it tonight” –Alexander replied.

“What did you tell him?” –Nick asked

“That he violated the Council’s law by killing the Kehrseite which is a capital crime” –Alexander said.

“You want me to kill him?” –Nick asked with doubt on his voice

“You’re a Grimm, that’s what you do” –Alexander said as he moved to the entrance of the house.

“I’m not going to kill him for the Council” –Nick said opposing the idea of the agent

“He needs to be dealt with soon, I believe he’s going to ask for Professor Gates for her help, whether or not she’s willing to give it” –Alexander said, he looked at his watch “Yeah
you don’t have much time and neither do I, I have a plane to catch, good luck” –Was his last word before he exited the house, Nick could still remember the time he met the intriguing Pflichttreue.

--

Three months ago…

Nick and Hank were dealing with the death of Monsignor Paul on a failed exorcism, the possessed person being a kid of name Daniel Keary, the young boy was believe to be possessed by a demon when his face and skin became dried and dead looking besides of bursts of violence, no doctors could find out what the boy had and the church methods were ineffective.

Adalind pointed out that the symptoms were very close to the Grausen sickness, a very strange illness that only affects Kehrseites, given that they were dealing with a Grausen, Rosalee had no choice but to inform the Wesen Council who then send Alexander to deal with the kid.

Since it was an illness Nick asked for Juliette’s help since she was a vet and Monroe and Rosalee didn’t knew if something was able to cure the boy, it was by pure chance that thanks to Alexander’s pursuit that the boy ran from home and gain hypothermia that his body was able to expel the organism that cause his Grausen state returning once more to the happy boy he used to be.

Nick informed Alexander that the Grausen wasn’t a possession or something so incurable that needed to be dealt with, but could be fight back and save the host at the same time, Alexander left after that incident giving the Grimm his respect.

--

Hank and Nick rushed to the university once again and found the man, Karl Herman, scaring professor Gates with his woged form, luckily Anubis aren’t much stronger than an average Hundjaeger so Hank and Nick were able to defeat him almost easily.

The police officers arrived at the scene and Nick and Hank turned Karl to them. Nick saw professor Gates being in complete shock

“He was, he was, he was like the mummy” –She said

“Look it was a very stressful situation, the brain can do crazy things on those occasions.” –Nick explained.

“Yes, and you had been working on the mummy, maybe that’s why your brain saw him like that” –Hank added leaving the professor alone.

“You think she’ll buy it?” –Nick asked his partner

“I don’t know, but it’s probably for the best that she believes what we told her, sometimes I don’t even believe what we face daily” –Hank said.

“You know what it’s weird?” –Nick said.

“What?” –Hank asked him

“That we took Karl almost easily, like this was planned” –Nick said before running inside again followed by Hank

They saw Alexander loading the Anubis mummy to his van, Nick and Hank pulled their guns pointing the man.

“So you really helped Karl to steal the mummy” –Nick said.

“No, I gave you the murderer, I knew you wouldn’t kill him, just like I know you’re not going to kill me” –Alexander said confident.

Nick lowered his gun and put it on the holdster, Hank saw it and decide to do the same.

“So now what?” –Hank asked.

“Let me just make a couple of calls” –Nick said which intrigued both men.

--

Nick had called his friends and family so they could help them to prepare a funeral for the mummy.

Hank, Trubel, Kelly, Juliette and Nick saw how Alexander light the fire and the mummified Anubis began to catch fire, Alexander, Monroe, Rosalee, Camila, Catherine, Adalind and Renard woged to show their respects.

After the mummy was nothing but ashes Alexander went to Nick

“Why did you wanted these people to be here?” –He asked the detective

“Because they’re my family, and this mummy was an important part of their history, it showed them that they were gods, they deserved to pay their respects to an ancestor like that” –Nick said which made a smug smile appear on Alexander’s face.

“You’re a very interesting Grimm Mr. Burkhart” –Alexander said before leaving.

--

In another part of the city a pick-up truck parked in a motel, the license plates corresponding at the state of Pennsylvania, a young man sat on the driver’s seat and turned around to his passenger sitted in the back, the elderly man was breathing with difficulty and took a face mask connected to an oxygen tank and he began breathing normally.

“Are you sure you wanna do this?” –The young man asked.

“Yes” –The elderly man responded.

“But you don’t know nothing about this man, how can you be so sure he is going to see you?” –The young man said

“Because he’s a Grimm” –The elderly man responded with difficulty

“I don’t get it dad” –The young man said.

“I know Josh, but you have to trust me in this one” –The elderly man said.

“Alright dad, let me help you” –Josh said.

“No, take the trunk and put it on the room, then you can come for me, it is more important” –The elderly man said.

In the back of the truck Josh took with difficulty his father’s trunk, he didn’t knew they were being watch from the other side of the road.

Chapter Text

Nick and the gang were on Monroe and Rosalee’s house having a Christmas dinner, it was Christmas eve so the group had decided to celebrate in the Blutbad’s house since not only was it bigger but it was also the one with the most Christmas ornaments.

Since Nick, Hank, Kelly, Bud, Monroe and Trubel had been busy hunting down the Krampus and with Adalind, Camila and Lane over saturated with work at the firm it was Catherine and Rosalee’s duty to prepare the dinner for the people in their lives, they had very extra hands in the form of Phoebe Wurstner and Claudia Clarke.

The Hexenbeist and Fuschbau worked very well together, like if they had done it a hundred times before. Catherine showed Rosalee a new way to spice the turkey while Rosalee showed her the family recipe for a good and tender Christmas ham.

All in all the dinner was a success, the pair made a full banquet of Turkey and Ham with steamed vegetables and corn, three types of pasta and for Monroe Rosalee had prepared him some truffles with parmesan that he loved.

When everyone was full, except for Trubel, seriously that girl was like a black hole, everyone went to the living room to open up their presents. Obviously Diana, Holly and Bud’s children were the one to receive the most of the gifts but still the adults give each other a gift in a secret Santa game.

Nick gave Monroe a vintage clock, while he gave Bud a mini-bar for his basement, Bud gave Juliette a stuffed beaver to put on her Vet Clinic, she gave Adalind an Elvis cd, Catherine could notice a little friction between the women, Adalind gave Lane a new scarf, and he gave Hank a pair of leather gloves, the detective gave his girlfriend what no one could’ve predicted, he kneeled in front of her and proposed to her in the middle of the room, nonetheless she said yes.

“I’m happy for you guys but can we get with the presents? I still haven’t received mine” –Nick joked at the happy couple’s expense. Continuing with that Camila gave the Captain a vintage charcoal coat and he gave Catherine a pair of expensive set of earrings, Catherine gave Phoebe a book of recipes that would be a delight for big gatherings and events. Phoebe gave Claudia a homemade sweater and she finally gave Nick a gift that was an antique weapon she found in a bazar.

Catherine never would have guessed that she would be sharing a pleasant dinner with her daughter, her granddaughter, three Grimms, Wesen of many races and four Kehrseites. Life really was full of surprises.

Chapter Text

After Christmas everything went smoothly for the gang, the Wesen cases were easy to solve and the way the things, then one night on Nick and Adalind’s house the small family received an unexpected visit.

“Who are you?” –Nick asked at the young man standing in front of him.

“Am… my name is Josh, and I came with my father, Rolek Porter, and he says that he is a Grimm, and that I should look for you since you’re a Grimm as well” –The man said in a
way of nervousness and sincerity.

“Maybe we should listen to what his father has to say” –Adalind said. Nick nodded and grabbed his jacket.

They followed Josh’s car to a rundown service station, Nick was suspicious and took his gun from his holster.

“Wow, easy there Mr. Burkhart, my father is an elderly man and is really sick” –Josh said to Nick

“Yeah, that doesn’t stop a Grimm” –Nick said remembering how his aunt’s fighting spirit kept her going even in her final stages of her illness.

The trio entered the service station with Josh at the front, they found an elderly and sickly looking man sitted on an old chair holding a crossbow in his hands.

“So you’re the Portland Grimm I’ve heard about” –The man said.

“Yes, and you’re Josh’s father, he said you have something for me” –Nick said.

“Yes, but first” –The man said and shot his crossbow at Adalind’s head only for her to catch the arrow in midflight with her Hexenbeist’s power.

“What the hell?!” –Josh exclaimed at Adalind’s true form and ability, Nick with fury in his eyes pointed his gun at the elderly man.

“What are you trying to do killing my wife?” –Nick demanded his answer.

“It was just to prove if the rumors were true, a Grimm did married a Hexenbeist” –The old man said.

“You have a problem with that?” –Adalind asked offended.

“On the contrary Mrs. the bond of a Grimm and a Hexenbeist is the most powerful, you can accomplish anything if you trust each other and work together as one, I’m Rolek Porter,
the Pennsylvania Grimm” –The man introduced himself.

“Nick Burkhart-Schade, Portland Grimm” –Nick said.

“Adalind Schade-Burkhart, Portland Hexenbeist” –Adalind introduce herself and throw gently the arrow at the man’s hands.

“What I’m doing here” –Rolek began cutting straight to the point “Is that my days are numbered, since I don’t have much time, Josh never inherited the Grimm’s abilities so I
needed to leave my ancestors legacy with someone like me, you Mr. Burkhart, are a Grimm like me, I’ve followed your cases and you never killed a Wesen without a reason, you
acted like a cop and tried to find the best solution and do justice, you didn’t killed Wesen like our ancestors would have done and that makes you worthy of my booty, my family
chest.” –Rolek said before beginning to cough intensely.

“Dad we need to take you to a hospital” –Josh said.

“No, the chest is more important! You need to protect it” –Rolek demanded between coughs.

“Sir, you’re not fine, let us take you to a hospital, I can ask for someone to protect the chest” –Nick said.

“There’s more” –Rolek tried to say before his cough began once again and this time worsened.

“We need to leave now!” –Adalind said.

“I’ll call my mom and Trubel to come here and protect the chest.” –Nick said as he began dialing on his cellphone.

The group took Rolek on Nick’s pick-up truck and drove to the hospital.

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Less than five minutes passed and Trubel and Kelly arrived at the service station to retrieve the chest.

“One, this is a pretty sweet looking chest” –Trubel joked making Kelly smirk

“That’s how my father introduce my sister and I on our Grimm heritage, with a chest and a book” –Kelly said.

“Had you ever seen a Wesen at point?” –Trubel asked.

“No, Marie was the first one to seen a Wesen, a Klaustreich bully on our school, when the boy yelled “Grimm” my father took us into the basement and showed us his chest and
books, then began to train us with the weapons, my first Wesen was a week later, a Reinegen who offered to help me with my homework in order to avoid getting his head cutoff”
–Kelly said smirking at her memories.

“We should take it so we don’t stay in the open to long” –Trubel said.

“Too late” –Kelly said hearing movement outside of the station.

Trubel took out his machete and Kelly pulled out a large kukris knife, then three Hundjaegers jumped through the windows and began attacking the pair of women, effortlessly
the pair of Grimm manage to overpower the Hundjaegers, cutting one’s head, one stabbing him in the stomach and the last one cutting his throat.

Outside of the service station Agent Steward saw how his man fall, he growled and woged, before leaving the scene.

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At the hospital Rolek was being taken in since his coughing only worsened in the road to the hospital.

“Josh… Josh… cane…” –Rolek said between coughs

“I don’t get it dad, you don’t need it, you’re in the hospital” –Josh said. His father tried to talk more but one of the nurses entered and put his mask back on Rolek’s face
preventing the older Grimm to talk more.

--

Sean Renard was walking on the parking lot, his day had been regular, the cases this week had been mostly of the same, he was almost near his car when Agent Steward arrived.

“Mr. Renard” –The agent said ignoring Sean’s Captain Title.

“Agent Steward, to what do I owe this visit?” –Renard said as he put his briefcase on the drivers seat and taking his gun without the other man noticing. “Have you finally found out
what you needed for your case?”

“Not enough, I interviewed everyone and I haven’t been able to have solid proof that you didn’t act on legitimate defense, but I came to tell you that I’m going to dig deeper and
you’re going down, either for murder or for corruption” –Steward threatened the Captain.

Renard adjusted his coat and stood straight in front of the smaller man, towering as his stature did the intimidation for him “You have nothing and if you proceed with this I will
inform your superiors and you’ll be out of job for making threats to a Captain of the Police Force, choose your battles Mr. Steward” –Renard said as he entered his van and drove away leaving the Agent fuming in anger.

--

Agent Steward marched through the Hospital halls towards Rolek’s room followed by three other agents..

“That man is arrested for murder” –Steward said pointing at Josh which made the agents to handcuff Josh.

“What? But if I haven’t leave the hospital” –Josh said.

The agents were about to leave with Josh when they were stopped.

“Is there a problem Agent?” –Nick asked standing in the door.

“Yes this man is under arrest for murdering three people in an abandoned service station, his vehicule was found near the crime scene” –Agent Steward said.

“Oh really, and when did that happen?” –Nick asked.

“Yesterday” –Agent Steward said.

“Oh yesterday, well that’s too bad because Josh has a perfect alibi, me” –Nick said smugly, Renard had told him about Steward’s antics and how he suspected that Steward was
more than what he let them know so Nick was being careful to choose his words and make him reveal his true nature.

“Why is that?” –Steward asked

“Because I found Josh on the middle of the road asking for help, his car broke down and his father was getting sick, I picked them up and took them here, you can check on the
front desk the hour of admission of Mr. Porter if you don’t believe me.” –Nick said with a smirk that made Steward to hold his woge in place.

“Remove Mr. Porter’s handcuffs.” –Steward said leaving shortly after.

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Two days later Josh knocked on Nick and Adalind’s door once again. This time Trubel answered the door.

“Who are you?” –She asked as she shoved a pancake on her mouth.

“Is Nick or Adalind around?” –Josh asked.

“Yeah, we’re having breakfast, come in” –Trubel nudged at the man to follow her.

Josh saw Nick and Adalind with their baby girl as well as an older woman sitted with them.

“Good morning Josh, everything alright?” –Adalind asked.

Josh looked down and shook his head negatively.

“My dad passed an hour ago” –Josh said

“Oh Josh, I’m sorry to hear that” –Adalind said to which Nick added “I’m sorry buddy”

“It’s ok, we knew that it would happen one of these days, I’m just glad that he was able to give you the chest, have you opened?” –Josh asked.

“Yes, you had very interesting materials in there” –The woman said.

“I’m sorry, Josh this is my mother, Kelly Burkhart, she’s a Grimm as well” –Nick said.

“You’re a Grimm too?” –Josh asked to which Kelly only nodded.

They ended their breakfast before taking Josh to the basement to show him the complete collection of Grimm artifacts they’ve collected. Nick showed Josh were all of his father’s
belongings were, Josh looked speechless at the five books on the chest as well as the different types of knives and flasks containing different colored liquids.

“You know, I never believed my father’s stories, he told me all about this world and I just assumed they were fairytales, when I grew up, I thought it was the musings of an old
man, but then I saw your wife stopping an arrow in midflight and her face completely mummified, then everything was real and I couldn’t believe it” –Josh said

“Trust me, this world is a very difficult thing to believe” –Nick said.

“You know, even as he layed on the bed he kept asking for his cane as if he was still waiting for someone to attack him, or to leave in a moment’s notice.” –Josh said which made
Nick thought and looked at the cane standing beside Josh.

Nick took it and began to analyze it, he removed the handle and saw a pointed end that fit perfectly in a hole the cane had on the side, Nick pushed the pointed end and a small
piece of wood began to roll out of the cane, when Nick took it off a sound was made, like if there was something on the hidden compartment. Nick flipped the cane and a shiny object fell from the cane.

“ADALIND!” –Nick yelled

When Adalind, Kelly, Trubel and baby Diana came to the basement Nick showed them the key that fell from the cane.

Adalind quickly went to one of the hidden compartments in one of the desks and pulled the other key they had as well as a piece of paper, they saw how after they inked the key
the map of the Templars expanded with the new information.

“Two down, five to go” –Adalind said.

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Renard hurried at Nick and Adalind’s home, he hope he could get to them before they left for the wedding. A few minutes ago Sebastian had called him and told him that prince Victor had sent reinforcements after the latest batch of Hundjaegers were killed easily, Sebastian sent Renard he picture of the man that was coordinating the attack. It was Agent Steward. He knocked on the door and Trubel attended.

“Trubel, is Nick at home?” –Renard asked the younger Grimm

“No, he and Adalind went to the wedding, they’re needed earlier than the rest of us” –Trubel explained. “Why, what happened?”

“Its agent Steward, from the FBI, he has been pestering around my office since the Hospital incident, when you and Kelly killed the three Hundjaegers, which by the way couldn’t it
be messier? Anyway Nick and Adalind are in danger, I called them but neither responded.” –Renard said.

“Come let me grab my clothes and drive to the wedding we can still warn them” –Trubel said as she took her dress.

“I’ll go with you” –Josh said grabbing the keys of his truck. Then when they were about to leave the house three shots were heard.

In an instant Renard fall to the ground after being shot, Steward saw the younger man and woman and pursuit them back into the house.

“Josh! Run!” –Trubel said as she and the younger man ran for their lives. Steward followed them into the upstairs room fully woged. Trubel saw her machete laying on her bed, she grabbed it and before Steward could enter the room his head was chopped clean.

“That was a Hundjaeger right?” –Josh asked.

“Yes, come let’s warn Nick and Adalind” –Trubel said.

“What about him?” –Josh asked about the man on the doorstep.

“We’ll call for and ambulance on the way there, we need to prevent whatever plan they have for them.

--

Nick stood in a full black tuxedo, he wasn’t afraid to show his eyes since Adalind made him a potion to conceal his Grimm look for a few days. It was twenty minutes before the ceremony started and Nick was talking with Hank.

“Can you explain to me how did you two manage to lose a Mummy?” –Wu tease the detectives as he walked from behind them.

“Wu!” –Both detectives exclaimed and hugged their friend

“Did you really thought that I would miss this event?” –Wu said.

“How was Manila?” –Nick asked

“I hope you had brought us souvenirs” –Hank said.

“With his salary I never thought he was able to pay his vacations” –Nick joked

“Har har guys, Manila was great, it was nice to see my family there and remember old times, by the way I have a really great souvenir for you Nick” –Wu said “Won’t say more but
it’s definitely something great and unique”

--

Monroe was having difficulties tying the knot of his tie.

“Dude you never were good making those things” –Hap said as he approached his friend.

“Hap! It’s so nice to see you man” –Monroe hugged at his friend.

“A Blutbad should never be alone, I’m glad you’re marrying bro” –Hap said to his friend.

“How have you been?” –Monroe asked at his friend.

“I’m good the crêpes business is blooming and I get to meet different hot mommas thanks to it” –Hap said very happily

“You haven’t had any trouble?” –Monroe asked.

“No, since that Bauerschwein shot me I’m like a new man” –Hap said.

“And your sister?” –Monroe asked.

“I haven’t seen her in months, last time I saw her she told me she had big plans for something bigger, she sends me money from time to time and tells me she’s fine” –Hap said

“You know, I once thought you and my sister would marry but I’m sure the woman you’re marrying is a terrific gal”

“She’s the best” –Monroe smiled

--

The ceremony started and Rosalee looked beautiful in her white dress, Monroe looked nervous at first but all nervousness fell as he saw his bride-to-be walking down the aisle, she looked like an angel and left him speechless.

“Do you Monroe, take Rosalee as your lawfully wedded wife? –The priest asked the bearded man in front of her.

“I do” –Monroe said with a big smile on his face to which Rosalee responded smiling as broadly as he.

“And do you Rosalee, take Monroe as your lawfully wedded husband?” –The priest asked the woman in front of her.

“I do” –Rosalee said smiling at her now husband

Then by the power investen in me by God and the state of Oregon I now pronounce you Husband and Wife, you may kiss the bride” –The couple kissed and the attendants cheered, many of them woged and seeing that none of them yelled or screamed in horror then it was a testament of Adalind’s prowess and Nick smiled proudly at his wife. He linked his arms to hers and they walked towards the entrance.

As the happy couple and all their guests begin to exit the lodge three shots are heard and two bodies falls…

You guessed it...

To be continued…