Disclaimer: Still not mine, even not after seven chapters. If it was, Will and Jake would've kissed, perhaps even a bit more, and the rest would have died. Sorry! xP
A/N: So... It's been a while, hasn't it? It's thanks to a recent review, I actually remembered this story again... I'm sorry if I kept you waiting for so long! Oh, and maybe I should say this too: I'm always trying to keep my chapters in the content of one page in Word, perhaps sometimes a bit more or less. Why? Well, it's easier for me. That's almost three pages written out in my handwriting recto verso, and I write after classes... When I haven't got anything more than a few pages with me. =P
That noon, it was very quiet when the Brothers Grimm were sitting around the kitchen table of the inn with only the mayor as company, along with a tall, sinister man with a surreptitious face and a pen. A lawyer, Will guessed, or an accountant to check if the price they asked for their job was right. Someone who could count well. A sneaky bastard, in other words. 'So, did you guys figure out what to do against the things that are terrorizing our fair Gottingen?'
'Things?' Will looked up when he heard Jake ask that in a deep, low voice, unfamiliar to him. They hadn't spoken another word to each other since the incident that morning. Jake had punched him. Jake had really punched him. If someone else had told him that two days ago, he would have laughed at it. He had always considered that as impossible. Not Jake. Not his obedient brother. Well… It was true that Will punched his sibling once in a while. Sometimes. Regularly. Okay… Nearly every day. Will sighed.
'You know. That man with the hole in his chest and those villagers that disappeared in a very creepy way. Those things, you dumbass.' It was true that he was angry. Instead of arguing or looking upset, Jake just smiled and said: 'Oh. Thank you, Will. For both the explanation and the new nickname.' The mayor and the lawyer-like man watched in surprise. Just like Will, besides. But all too soon, the latter put it out of his mind. His brother was just being stubborn again. Just like he thought.
'Well? Have you?' the mayor urged them on with an expectant smile on his round face, making his cheeks look even more bloated than ever. Will shook his blonde, curly head democratically, flashing his trade-mark smile at him. 'Not yet, but we'll figure something out soon,' he responded, ignoring Jake's none too subtle snort at this reply. 'We will first have to investigate this case further, and that means going into the forest and looking for that thing ourselves.'
Even before he had finished his sentence, he could just feel Jake's burning gaze of disbelief on his frame. Well, that last thing, looking for the monster themselves, hadn't been in the plan, but it would do to keep the villagers content. At least, he greatly hoped so, because even Will hadn't known he was going to do something like that before he said it. And he probably wasn't going to do it either. He was shaken out of his train of thoughts by the voice of the terrified mayor.
'You want to go and look for it? My my, it looks like you both want to die! Boys, no! Just let it come to our village and defeat it there! Going after it would be sheer suicide! I would be very happy if you put up a trap, but I wouldn't want your lives to be in danger!' Because then you couldn't help us on, Will finished the phrase in his head, before smiling again. 'Oh, of course, everything to please you…'
That was easy. Now they didn't have to go into the forest, because even the mayor didn't want them to. But of course, Jake had to ruin all the fun again by shaking his head in disapproval, most likely to bully Will.
'No, I think we have to go into the forest and look for it,' the older Grimm said with a serious look on his face, glaring at Will. 'My brother here was so kind to offer you this… It wouldn't be nice to refuse.' Will opened his mouth, mimicking the mayor's movement, but before one of them could say anything, Jake smiled broadly and folded his hands, resting his elbows on his book.
'Will and I would be very pleased if we could help you by searching it. That way, it can't wreck the village and bother you once again. Please… We know what we're doing. And we'll certainly defeat it in the name of Gottingen.'
