Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Karel_Stein_Adler

Alternative continuation after Grimm 5x21+22 "Beginning of End"

Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Terram Terra, Cinerem Cineri, Pulverem Pulveri
Zem zemi, popel popelu, prach prachu
Erde zu Erde, Asche zu Asche, Staub zu Staub

(Book of Common Prayer funeral service)

Notes:

I did not expect story author to kill Martin Meisner, what a shame. There is several possible continuations. Killing Nick Burkhardt would destroy whole show, so this will most probably be omitted. Killing Adalind or making her stay with Sean Renard for a long time would made public angry and cut the viewer ratings. The same about Juliette back in relationship with Nick.

So here is one possible scenario...

Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
(Book of Common Prayer)

Sean and Nick stared to each other over the Conrad Bonaparte dead body. Then Sean looked on bloody sword in his hand.

"So, what will be next?" asked.

Nick bended down and grabbed gun. He did not point it directly on captain, but it could be in a fraction of second.

"You saved my life, so I owe you," answered Nick. "You bought your life for now. But do not try any trick, or I'll forget it and finish you. You are only conditionally alive. And more, I'm sure, you were pretty ready to let him strangle me to death. It was something, or more rather, somebody, who made you to do so. I guess, it was Diana."

"OK. You are right."

"Put the sword and your guns on table," ordered Nick.

"Nick…"

"I don't trust you a darn, so don't make me pissed even more I'm."

Renard putted on table sword, then gun from lateral holster as well as the smaller one from ankle holster.

"OK," Nick stuck both guns to pockets of his jacket. Gun, he picked up, he dropped back on the floor.

"Don't think, that it's an end, as it isn't," told captain.

"I know, it is even not a beginning of end, but at least it is an end of beginning."

Renard shortly laughed.

"WHAT?!" asked Nick with angry tone.

"Almost same words used British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in one speech during second world war in 1942. Maybe you could be great enough for doing this."

Nick cleaned sword with a piece of rag, placing sword back to scabbard and fixing it on backpack.

"I will better ensure, this motherf*cker not to revive back to life," said and took a swing with double-headed battle axe. Beheading was a question of two cuts. He cleaned also axe and fixed it to backpack too. Then he took two pieces of cotton and let them soak up some blood and placed both blood samples into separate plastic bags. One found its place in a pocket of Nick's jacket, second in backpack.

"What are you doing, Nick?" asked shirty Renard.

"From his blood we can obtain his DNA and track down the rest of his family. Or Hexenbiest could make a spell to track down his blood line," answered Nick. "Previously I thought, he was just a liaison person to royals, but he was evidently something much more. I will make sure, his family will not be treat to people I care about. I do not believe your friends were capable to wipe away whole HW group."

"So, this is, how it will be, Nick?" asked Renard. "Will you hunt relatives of this man to ensure your own safety?"

"Don't even dare to preach me about morality," answered Nick. "You are the last I know with right to do so. I will track down and hunt everybody, who's responsible for all this murdering and you'll be loath on help. That's your only way to deserve stay alive in longer perspective."

He fixed also axe to backpack. Then he came to security system display and uncovered it. On dial-plate hidden there he keyed in a number code and pressed the red button next to dial-plate.

"Come here," said, and opened entrance into tunnels. "I guess, Black Claw left some backup in outside, so there are two ways from this place – into tunnel or into grave. Your choice…"

Sean Renard slithered through entry and went down on ladder. Nick gave him light from lantern. Once captain was down, Nick ordered him:

"Step away!"

He hanged lantern on left hand to vacate it for climbing down, by right hand he grabbed one of guns, just for case captain would be not so cooperative. Then he came down.

"Stay here!" ordered, when placing old bronze box into backpack.

"What is it, Nick?" asked Renard.

"Maybe later, if all of us are safe and after I'll speak with Adalind," answered Nick.

"What does she mean for you?" asked captain again, with a strange expression on face.

"It's between me and Adalind and you better move your ass, if you wish to survive."

Door was opened. That was good.

"OK," Nick implied Renard to go through. "Step away, fine. Now, I know, you are physically much stronger, than me. So close that door."

Renard needed to woge to close old mechanism of door.

"Is it an kind of trap?" asked.

"With both of us on same side of it, seriously?" Nick was tired to exhaustion and not in a good mood. "Go down!" ordered.

Once they both were downstairs, Nick looked around.

"Now, if you know, how to pray, pray!" said. "From here I don't know the way ahead."

Several minutes of silence were broken by echo of explosion.

"What was it?" asked a bit stupidly Renard.

"Well, that was that trap you asked about," answered Nick. "Several thermite bombs adjusted for co-ordinate explosion, in order to destroy whole building. Upstairs is such a sort of little hell right now."

"Are you crazy?"

"Don't think so. Nobody knows for sure our destiny now and all traces will be removed by flame and by fire fighters later. You probably know, that thermite is impossible to extinguish by water till you give a really lot of it to remove heat," Nick smiled. "If we survive, I have an proposition to you. We will both ask Adalind, whether she wants to return to me or to stay with you. If she decides to go with me, we will arrange Joint Custody for Diana, so she will spend some time with her father as same as with her mother. If she decides to stay with you, I would need Joint Custody for Kelly. Deal?"

"You didn't answer me, do you love Adalind?" said Renard stubbornly.

Nick grimaced.

"Yes, I do."

"Was it so hard to confess it?" asked captain.

"More, than you can even imagine. Mostly to myself."

Renard grimaced:

"So it is again. We two in fight because of one woman."

"And because of my son," added Nick. "Don't forget Kelly."

"Yea, heir of Grimm lineage and of Burkhardt's surname."

"Don't be rude, captain," Nick used an acid smile. "If I left here your cold body, probably nobody can ever find it. And Carribean isles are nice place for living and raising children. So do not drive me mad."

XXXXXXXXXX

Adalind, with Kelly on her knees, watched news on TV in her bedroom. The whole Portland became totally mad, number of murders was estimated on two hundreds, robberies and burglaries were unaccounted. As breaking new appeared report about extremely great fire.

"Fire begun here, on 720 Northwest Nicolai Street," said reporter. "An former factory building converted into lodge burst in flames. According fire fighter brigade chief the fire was ignited by multiple thermite charges. Temperature inside could be between 1800 to 3600 Fahrenheit degree. Nobody can survive such a heat…"

"NICK!" Adalind screamed in horror. "Oh my God!" she started tear and groan.

"Mommy?!" asked Diana, standing from her chair. "What has happened?"

"That was our place!" she showed building in flames on TV. "He can't survive it."

"Mommy!" Diana hugged Adalind and fondled her hair.

In several minutes appeared Lucien Petrowich.

"Bonaparte is not back yet. His phone does not answer. That Grimm did something to Conrad. Give me Grimm's baby!"