Family Business

Karel_Stein_Adler

Summary:

What could happen between Nick's second return through the mirror and Kelly's drawing into Grimm book?
Here is one potentional story...

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Grimm – Fanfiction – The Family Business

Chapter 1 – Chronoclasm

Time – in the moment after Nick hugged everybody, who was unable to escape in time and explained them (incorrectly), how happy is he with having them all around…

Just after his a bit questionable explanation Diana turned to him again and with her ringing voice almost ordered him:

"Tell them!"

"Tell us what?" asked Sean Renard, a bit unsure, what to expect.

Big strange wooden rod asked for some really good story about. Especially once Adalind has no ring on her left ring finger and Diana has no stick, however it was Nick's mysterious one, what opened the 'flight window' for Nick's and Eve's return to our (maybe possible to say 'normal'?) world…

"This piece of sawlog was owned by somebody, maybe rather something, named Zerstörer Shrugged," explained Nick.

"Destroyer," nodded Monroe.

"Yup, literally so," agreed Nick. "I came through this mirror back several hours ago and Zerstörer came through another mirror and kept killing till he came to our precinct, where I was the only one, who remained alive there. No bullet made any harm to him."

"That could explain, why you were so weird," said Wu. "Too weird, even for you, in fact…"

"We tried to make an potion, named Force du Sang, 'the strength of one's blood'."

"Did we?" asked Adalind. "Really? Yea, with you as Grimm it could be possible, but… Ah so, me or Eve as Hexenbiest and Monroe or Rosalee as wesen."

"Well, it was with Monroe. But Eve returned first time without her powers and Zerstörer killed her in 'Spice and Tea'," even now it was not easy to comment ravages of evil entity destroying his dearests.

"And how did it work?" asked Rosalee.

"It worked like acid on his skin, but he healed again," answered Nick. "He killed all of you here, with exception of Hank and Wu, killed on precinct before and always with exception of me. That stick we found with Monroe in Black Forest was part of this crook," showed Nick the place. Zerstörer needed it really badly, but he couldn't just take it, he needed to obtain it 'voluntarily'. So he demonstrated, that he was able to return back from death Trubel and offered, he would return all killed in exchange for a stick."

"Seems, you didn't accept," nodded Sean Renard.

"I almost did it," frowned Nick. "But my mother and my aunt both returned back from death for a moment and helped us to defeat that Zerstörer and to kill him."

"But how is it possible, you returned before the time it happened?" asked captain.

"I'm not so sure," shrugged Nick his shoulders. "I was thinking about using that rod to return people back from death, but portal opened and 'sucked' me out of there, just a moment later, when I removed that Bonaparte's ring from Adalind's dead hand."

"Nick!" screamed Diana. "That's it! We must be there before sunset and you must destroy that ring, not only remove it!"

"Be where?" asked Sean Renard.

"To that cabin, where we with Hank caught that Blutbad and you returned me the key," explained Nick. "I hoped, it could be anonymous place, not connected with me, but he felt that stick I had."

They came in quite a convoy of cars. As Nick parked aside, others did the same.

Nick observed three cars, transparent in half. Jerk of others showed him, they observe the same.

"Do you see these car?" asked anyway.

"Like if it something, what in same time is and is not here…" answered Adalind. "This place looked creepy. Possibly because what you told to us."

But she almost screamed, seeing her own dead body lying in mud and other corpses. They all observed robust man with that strange rod. From bushes came Nick, also almost transparent, in company of two women. A few moments later Trubel came too, hurrying to Nick and trying argue.

Nick showed his stick and told something. It was not hearable, till Zerstörer said hoarsely:

"Give it to me!"

Nick dropped stick into mud:

"Come and get it!"

Battle was cruel and it was pretty evident, without help oh Nick's ancestors both Grimms alive would hardly do it…

Finally Nick stood against Zerstörer whose right arm was chopped off. Zerstörer's crook was in his hands and stick jumped itself on its place…

"You wanted it? Here it is!"

Nick stabbed Zerstörer with rod into chest. After observing short debate over his carcass were observers surprised by voice of Kelly Burkhardt, mother of Nick and grandmother of Kelly junior:

"Soon it will be, Nicky," said with surprisingly soft tone. "By the way, in my times it was more usual to merry woman you have baby with."

"In my times couple between Grimm and Hexenbiest was something unthinkable," said Marie Kessler. "But she approved herself."

Kelly Burkhardt senior turned to Sean Renard:

"We need to talk!"

"Sure, what would you need?" captain was not upset by demanding tone or at least did not allow himself to show so.

All onlookers divided their attention between observing Nick getting ring away from Adalind's dead hand and debate between granny Grimm and illegitimate royal prince.

"Well, contact your family in Wien," ordered Kelly Burkhardt senior. "Explain them, another attack on Grimms anywhere would lead to their eradication. Our offer is neutrality and we could negotiate in case of hunt for individual fugitives. But murder of any other Grimm would mean, we would totally finish the family responsible for it, up to youngest kid."

"Trust us," said Marie Kessler. "We did it, in history. However not royal families yet."

"I know," nodded Sean Renard. "I'll do my best to explain that."

"Fine," nodded Nick. "Captain, Adalind will be with me and with my son, but your daughter should be in Joint Custody. Maybe try to find new female partner. You have extremely small chance for throne yourself, but your son could have better start position."

"Or daughter," told Diana and her eyes became purple shining. "Is Wien nice place?"

"Worth to visit," nodded Sean Renard. "But later, first I need to build up some base of power in Wien. Before having it I'm not going to risk moving you there."

"Care for yourself," nodded Kelly Burkhardt senior. "By the way, now will be right moment to destroy that ring."

Nick observed himself flying through portal and once portal closed and disappeared, everything, what was not from right time disappeared, with exception of ring. Also both deceased Grimms left.

Observing ring, Nick thought a little bit. He almost touched the ring with rod and wished it to be destroyed. Small plume of black fume left it and gold melted into something similar to old-fashioned dental inlay. Stones started to fire in flames.

"Bad spell is away," said Diana. "OK, I want to go sleep."

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Captain agreed Nick, Hank and Wu to take that day off work.

"If there is no wesen related crime, you can use that day. In other case your day off is cancelled."

Being just three of them, Nick left that strange crook in his car.

"Don't you worry somebody would steal such a powerful stuff?" asked Wu.

"I don't think so," shook Nick his head. "It could protect itself pretty violent way. By the way, I would wish to make one experiment with that rod."

"What kind of experiment?" asked Hank, evidently mistrustful.

"It was able to return people from death to life," explained Nick. "What if is it also able to recover destroyed paper from dust and ashes."

"You mean," Wu shook his head. "Try to use it in trailer and return books destroyed by Juliette's fire?"

"Exactly," nodded Nick.

"That's something Monroe and Rosalee would also wish to see," said Hank. "But probably do not tell others, except for Adalind or Trubel."

As Adalind, as well as Trubel were both in spice shop, it was easy to convince them to go and see Nick's 'magic game experiment'.

Diana slept all the way till they came to trailer. They took all remains of books they first time moved from destroyed trailer into spice shop basement and placed it into devastated trailer. Nick touched one destroyed book and everything around him flied in stirring carousel of flames and dust. Once it disappeared, he trailer looked as new, as it was when it left the factory. On tables and on floor were books almost everywhere.

"She looks like you, mom!" said Diana, once she opened, ostensibly random book and showed them hand-made illustration of Hexenbiest…

TO BE CONTINUED…
MAYBE…