Takes place around the same time as the first chapter in "My Grimm. My Hexenbiest" But from Nick's perspective
The life of Nick Burkhardt was always pretty straightforward, he was a mere human living the life of a police detective. Keeping the city safe and justice maintained was a big thing. No crimes were too weird because they weren't really that complex, just bad people doing terrible things. He was damn good at his job and enjoyed doing it and he had a keen sense when it came to people. His keen sense got the attention of one Adalind Schade, a lawyer that to most came off cold but he knew she was just damn good at her job too.
He first laid eyes on her when he was leaving the coffee shop, and coincidentally she was coming in. There was almost an instant connection, it was hard to explain the feeling but he knew at the time that they would meet again and he was right. There was a pretty sexual assault case, in which she was a lawyer who was brought in to defend someone obviously guilty. Nick did everything he could to try and get him locked up, but she was better at her job than he was his. The guy went free.
She represented the side of law that he tended to disagree with. Doing what they did just to get paid and not actually care about justice, unless they were any of the good ones. And although he definitely didn't agree with her decision to defend the guilty ones, he had a feeling there was more to her. Whether it was coincidence or it was something pulling together, they almost always bumped into each other at the coffee shop. This happened several times before he took the initiative to offer to buy her coffee and sit down and chat.
That was three years ago and they'd been together since then, had their own place to call home. Other than that nothing had really changed, that was until his aunt came into town. That exact day, before he even knew she was there, he had been faces of passerby's change and then in the precinct. His aunt started explained everything to him that night.
"How bad is it?" Nick asked quietly, shocked by his aunt's sudden news, "How long…?"
"Two months, two weeks, two days. Nobody really knows. But before it's too late there are things I have to tell you."
Nick frowned. "Why didn't you come sooner?"
"I couldn't but enough wasting time, You need to listen to me. There are things you don't know. Things about your family."
"My family? But you are my family, remember? You're all I have left."
"Have you been seeing things? Things that you couldn't explain?"
Nick remained silent, looking away briefly. He had been seeing things alright and he thought he was going crazy because of it.
"Oh I knew it, this all happening much faster than I thought it would. When it happened to me it knocked me right on my ass. I couldn't move for a week."
"What are you talking about?"
"The misfortune of our family is already passing on to you. We're Grimm's, Nick, and I'm sorry the woman you love is a Hexenbiest. Grimm's and Hexenbiests have always been enemies. You can't be with her. She knows what you are now."
Nick was completely taken aback. This was so much information to process but now his aunt just told her to essentially leave his girlfriend. Even if she was, whatever Marie said she was, that wouldn't change anything would it?
"I'm a what? And Adalind? What the hell are you ranting on about?""
"She already knows what you are now, you won't be safe. Just be prepared…" Suddenly she notices the car parked not too far away from them, "Oh god, he's here…Hulda…"
Suddenly, a troll-like creature attacked Marie with a scythe. She fought back and Nick tried to help, but he was knocked on his back. The creature was about to bring his scythe down on Marie, but Nick tackled him to the ground. Hulda got up and smacked Nick with his scythe, just before Marie stabbed him with her knife in the back. Hulda smacked her across the face, knocking her to the ground. He went in to kill her, but Nick shot him repeatedly, killing him. Nick watched in shock as the troll-like face changed to that of a normal person.
While his aunt was in the hospital, Nick had done extensive research in the Grimm books, not just for his cases but to find out more about Grimm's. More importantly, Hexenbiests. Reading the text worried him at first, his aunt was right, there was bad history between Grimm's and Hexenbiests. Not to mention how dangerous each were…
However, despite what the books said and his aunt's warning, Adalind hadn't done anything, nothing had changed between them. That alone was enough to prove that neither of them were going anywhere.
"You know, I never seen one of you before. I heard about you guys all my life. Never thought I'd see one up close. A Grimm." Monroe sniffed. "By the way, you totally reek of Hexenbiest, you know that right? I'm sure a Grimm would know that."
He couldn't explain it all then, since he didn't understand it at the time, and certainly didn't know much about Blutbaden either. But he understood enough now.
Adalind had yet to tell him about her and he didn't want to pressure her into it. Nor would he say anything to her. He wanted her to tell him. To feel comfortable enough to tell him.
Fast forward to now. Nick was worried about Adalind. Two of her colleagues, both Hexenbiest had been killed by Mellifers, ordered by Melissa Wincroft. Adalind had been the third attorney on that case, and they were going after her next. He had to protect her.
Nick charged right into the house, the door slamming behind him. "Adalind, please tell me you're here, Adalind!" He shouted in a panic before he noticed her and ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her, "Okay, what I'm about to say to you is going to sound crazy, but you have to believe me…The other attorney's who worked on that bee case with you are dead and think they're coming after you next."
Adalind took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around him in return. "I know, I've been worried about that since Serena was killed. I'll go wherever you need me to go but there is something I need to tell you first." She looked right into his eyes, "I've been scared to tell you but I have to before it's too late."
He smiled warmly and ran his hand down her arm, trying to calm himself down but also comfort her. "Adalind, whatever you have to tell me I assure you, you have nothing to worry about. So what's wrong?
She looked away from his gaze and he could see how worried she was. So now was going to be the time she would tell him? Well, his reaction was probably going to shock her. In more ways than one.
"Nick, I've known all about you being a Grimm ever since your aunt came into town," She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, "I know because I'm a Hexenbiest...Your aunt knew it, and kind of attacked me because of it."
Nick cupped her chin and forced her to look up at him. He felt completely happy knowing that they could finally be open with each other and his warm smile showed that. The other hand was brought up to brush her cheek.
"I knew you were a Hexebiest, Adalind, my aunt told me before the reaper attacked us." He said softly, "I was a bit worried at first, but then it just didn't matter anymore. So what if I'm Grimm? So what if you're a Hexenbiest? I love you regardless."
Without any form of warning he kissed her softly before pulling back, "I'd love to continue this but we have to save you first.
I honestly wanted to try and make it into a full story, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to come up with anything and be able to actively update it. That may change but for now it's easier coming up with short plots for each chapter.
