"She's not wesen! She's a grimm!" Monroe shouted in surprise.
Nick and Hank had been called onto a case were two men had been killed and left on the side of the road in the middle of the woods. The truck belonging to one of the men had been found in the city area later on that day.
Nick had assumed the killer of the two men had to be wesen and had asked for Monroe's help.
They were able to look at surveillance videos and discover a young woman who had a long history of being in bad situations.
But it was only when they tracked her down and Monroe shifted that the truth was realized.
"You're a grimm?" Nick asked her.
"What are you talking about?" The young woman responded as she tried to kick Monroe, who has his arms wrapped tight around her and was using all of his blutbad strength to keep her there.
"I don't think she knows anything about grimms or wesen." Hank said.
"I think you're right." Nick answered his partner, and then to the young woman said. "I promise, we're not going to hurt you." He held up his badge. "We're cops." Hank held out his badge too. And Nick continued "We just want to question you about those two men you killed."
"They attacked me first!" She shouted.
"Then it was obviously self defence." Nick nodded. "Did they change? Did they're faces shift, kind of like Monroe's."
Nick pointed to his blutbad friend.
The young woman went still. "You saw that too?"
"I've seen a lot of things." Nick admitted. "I think you and I might have a lot on common and I think I can help you, if you're willing to trust me a little."
The young woman nodded and Monroe let her go.
"We looked you up. Your files say your name is Teresa Rubel, and that you've been in and out of institutions for several years. What if I told you that everything you've seen was real and that I could help you better understand the world you're in?" Nick asked. "Would you be open to hearing us out?"
She agreed to go with them and listen to what they had to say.
Nick called Adalind and asked her to meet Teresa, believing if she saw a woman, she would feel more comfortable.
Monroe went back home to tell Rosalee about the newest event to happen to their group.
The rest of the group went to the trailer, where they were met by Adalind.
"Teresa, this is my girlfriend, Adalind." Nick introduced the two women. "Adalind, this is Teresa Rubel."
"I don't like being called that." The young she grimm stated.
"What would you like to be called?" Adalind asked kindly.
"Trubel. As in the T from Teresa added on to my last name."
Adalind smiled. "That's very unique. I like it. Alright Trubel, it's good to meet you."
Adalind advised Nick to bring out a grimm journal, allow Trubel to see it and choose to go in by herself.
The moment the young woman saw what was in the hand made book, she quickly ran in, excited to see more.
The other followed her at a more normal.
Nick recognized the awe and wonder he saw on the young she grimm. He also saw relief, and knew it was because she was finally able to know she wasn't insane, that she had proof the things she had seen were real, and that there were many others like her who had seen them too.
"I'm going to go home and start dinner. You two stay here and talk." Adalind said to Nick with a meaningful look, then gave him a kiss and pulled Hank behind her.
She knew it was important for the young grimm to have a mentor. One who could fully understand most of what she had been through and answer any questions she might have.
And Adalind felt that Trubel would be more comfortable asking those questions if it was just her and a fellow grimm.
Trubel looked through the books and told Nick which wesen she had seen and which ones she hadn't.
"This is what killed my parents." She pointed to an entry of a siegbarste.
"I've encountered one myself. It beat the crap out of me." Nick said. "Monroe, the blutbad that you met, had to use a special gun with special bullets to kill him."
Nick could see that Trubel harbored survivors guilt over the death of her parents. He hoped that by telling her he had been beaten by one and needed someone else to deal with the wesen, would help her see that there was nothing she could have done and she shouldn't be angry with herself about it.
His instincts were correct and he was sure he saw a little bit of weight lifted from her.
Nick wished his mother was there to help the young woman but the grimm matriarch was off somewhere he didn't know. The only thing Kelly had told him was that she had some information on a group of wesen and she needn't to check it out.
So it fell completely on Nick's shoulders, telling Trubel about the grimm heritage.
Trubel flipped through some pages and found the hexenbiest entry, with some papers added by Nick. Including a few sketches of Adalind.
"So, your girlfriend? She's a hexenbiest?" Trubel asked. "Did you know before or after you guys hooked up?"
"Before." Nick clarified. "Adalind and I had a complicated start, but we did know about each other's hidden sides from the start."
Nick didn't want to get into his and Adalind complicated history, but he did want to assure the young grimm that grimms and wesen could be close, and that even the wesen that seemed dangerous could be a friend.
After two hours of looking through the stuff in the trailer, Nick advised that they head to his home. He allowed Trubel to take some journals with her to look through.
"Adalind, we're here." Nick called when they arrived at the house.
"Good! Dinner is ready. I made spaghetti with bolognese." Adalind informed them.
Trubel perked up and sat herself at the dining room table.
Nick and Adalind exchanged a look as they watched the young woman practically shovel spaghetti in her mouth.
It was obvious Trubel hadn't had a decent meal in a really long time, if ever.
When the food was gone, Trubel looked as if she was getting ready to take off, as if it was expected of her.
"I already made up a bed in one of the bedrooms." Adalind said. "Nick told be you've been traveling for a really long time and I thought you might like a nice place to stay."
She guided the young grimm upstairs to a bedroom that was close to the guest bathroom.
"The bathroom is fully stocked, so you can wash up and make yourself at home." Adalind informed her.
"You're welcome to stay here as long as you like." Nick assured Trubel. "And if there is anything you need or any questions you have, please feel free to come to Adalind or me."
"We want you to think of this as home." Adalind said softly. "Everyone deserves a safe place to live and Nick and I want to provide that for you."
Trubel tried to fight back the tears welling up at the kindness and generosity displayed by the couple. But in truth, for the first time since her parents were killed, she did feel safe, and it was such a huge relief, that every emotion she felt just burst forth.
Nick stepped forward, wrapped his arms around her and held her tenderly.
Adalind smiled at the scene. She could tell right away that Trubel would fit in well with their family, because she, like everyone else who had ever met Nick, had fallen under his charms.
While Adalind had been slower to see it, Nick had become to her the great love of her life, the only man she ever wanted to share her heart body and mind with again.
For Monroe, who had been the first to fall, Nick had quickly become the best friend who always took him out of his comfort zone, and it always made Monroe a better man for it.
For Rosalee, Nick was that brother she could turn to for help, but most often ended up giving advice and wisdom to him.
And now Trubel would look to Nick as the wise and protective older brother. Someone she could be vulnerable with and know she was safe and cared for.
Shortly after Trubel came into their lives, Wu had a face to face encounter with a wesen. It had left the sergeant visibly shaken and feeling like he was going insane.
When Nick told Adalind about it, she was very insistent that he tell Wu all about wesen and show him that not all wesen were dangerous scary monsters.
Inviting everyone to a dinner party seemed like the best way to do it.
Nick made sure to also invite Bud Worstner and his family, so Wu would be able to see some cute and cuddly type of wesen.
Rosalee also ended up bringing her mother and her sister, who had arrived to help out with the wedding.
While the two women had been shocked when Rosalee told them about being friends with a grimm, DeEtta, Rosalee's sister explained them handling well by saying, "After everything you've done, overcome, fought and survived, you being friends with a grimm only proves you will never have a simple life."
Gloria, Rosalee's mother, was both nervous and excited to meet the grimm her daughter assured her was very kind and compassionate.
Nick turned on his full charm when Rosalee introduced him to her family, wanting to put them at ease and show then he was non threatening.
Monroe and Hank rolled their eyes as the fuchsbau women blushed when Nick flashed his puppy dog eyes and boyish grin.
"Well, he's certainly quite handsome." Gloria commented. "And obviously he is a very open minded grimm, since he is with a hexenbiest and their having a baby together."
DeEtta was feeling a bit jealous. He sister was obviously in love and making it work with a blutbad, a grimm and a hexenbiest were obviously in love and had a powerful bond with a baby due anytime, all the while, she had had several failed marriages and couldn't find anyone to look at her even close to the way the blutbad looked at her sister or the grimm looked at his hexenbiest.
She was starting to think her grandmother's wedding dress was cursed.
Sergeant Andrew Wu arrived last, as was planned by his friends. They wanted to make sure everyone would already be there, not take Wu by surprise, and help him know he was under no threat.
Everyone was instructed to sit at the table.
"This is starting to feel a little like an intervention." Wu commented.
"I promise, it's a demonstration." Nick replied.
"You're lucky." Hank said. "When I found out about all of this, Monroe was the only one available to show me. You're going to get to see the nicer ones in your start of knowing about wesen."
"Nothing is scarier than an aswang." Wu said. "So I still got you beat in seeing creepy first."
Hank let the sergeant have that one. Nick had shown him pictures and knew that what WU had seen must of been the stuff of nightmares.
Bud and his wife woged first.
Wu's eyes widened but he didn't feel any fear. He did have the urge to squeeze them because they looked like stuffed toys you would give a child.
He chose to keep that thought to himself.
Rosalee, DeEtta, and Gloria went next.
Wu didn't feel the need to hesitate in saying, "Wow, you guys are very beautiful."
The women returned to their human forms and smiled their thanks at him.
Before Monroe and his parents took their turn, Monroe told Wu, "Remember, we're not going to hurt you."
Wu nodded his understanding and then his eyes grew very wide and he gasped when he saw three frightening forms appear.
But either because the aswang was scarier or he had been better prepared for the blutbaden transformation, Wu recovered quickly and any bit of fear left him near instantly.
Adalind had requested to go last. She wasn't ashamed of her woge, but she knew it could be troubling for those who saw it.
Nick wrapped his arms around her as she revealed her other self.
"That's certainly intimidating." Was Wu's comment. "And you're ok with seeing all of these forms." he asked Nick.
"You get used to it." Nick answered. "Keep in mind, I'm seeing wesen constantly. I see their forms when they've reached heightened emotional states. And not only when they go into their full woge."
"If it makes you feel any better, I'm new to really knowing about the wesen world too. Even though I've been seeing them for years." Trubel offered.
"I'll make you each a key to the trailer. whenever you guys want to to do any research, you're welcome to look through my ancestors stuff." Nick offered.
"And since I'm going on maternity leave, I'll have plenty of free time until the baby's born to answer any questions you might have." Adalind added.
"Speaking of" Wu said as all of this new information brought a question he'd been having to mind, "Is all of this grimm and wesen stuff the reason you and Juliet broke up and you immediately moved in with Adalind and having a baby with her?"
"The answer is a lot more complicated than yes or no." Nick admitted. "I guess it could be a little of both. Juliet and I didn't have the relationship I thought we had. And going our separate ways was really for the best. I won't go into details, but there were some wesen related events that caused Adalind and I to form the relationship we have now. But that doesn't take away from the fact that what we have and fell for one another is real."
Wu could see how serious Nick was and had seen these last few months how happy he was. So even if the whole wesen thing had changed his life completely, it hadn't ruined it, and may have even made it better.