Season 1, Episode 2

"She looked in the window,

And then she peeped through the keyhole;

Seeing nobody in the house,

She lifted the latch."

-Goldilocks and the Three Bears

3rd Person POV:

"Are you doing alright?" Nick asked as he stood beside the white and black haired woman as she sat on the medical chair. Esther nodded. "Yeah I think so. But still waiting for the doctor to tell me more."

Nick nodded and the pair sat in silence. "...Thank you." The man said which surprised Esther as she turned to him with a confused look. "For what?"

"For protecting Aunt Marie. If it wasn't for you...we would have lost her forever." Nick explained solemnly as Esther stared at him for a bit before gently placing a hand on his arm. "Nick...I-."

"Are you still dizzy?" Then Doctor Ambrose walked in, breaking the tense air between the two as Esther quickly pulled her hand away and turned to the Doctor. "I'm alright."

"Well, your liver enzymes are elevated and we found traces of a neurotoxin in your blood, PHXT3, which usually is associated with a spider bite. Lucky you didn't get more of it or it would paralysed your lungs," Doctor Ambrose explained. "Well, if you feel lightheaded or feverish. Come on back."

Esther nodded. "Ok, thank you for your help."

Esther's POV:

Nick was kind enough to helped me with my stuffs and we walked out of the room, only to meet his partner, Hank. "So are you alright? Did they find anything wrong in you?" Hank asked.

"Just a few toxins in the blood." Nick answered for me as we started walking.

"Well I'm glad that you didn't leave us too soon, we were just getting to know each other." Hank grinned as he patted me on the head.

I then noticed Marie's room as I furrowed my eyebrows worriedly and sped over there with Nick on my trails. "Marie…" I whispered as Marie's doctor turned toward us.

"She's not stable. We can't allow anyone in the ICU yet." Doctor Rose stated as she gestured us to move out.

"Well, when can we talk to her?" Nick asked.

"After we're done running the tests," Doctor Rose replied before pausing. "We can't risk letting her slip back into a coma. I'll call you the minute we know something."

I didn't response to her as I stared at Marie, who were awake and staring us before she slowly closed her eyes.

"ID anyone who wants access to the room." Then I heard a familiar voice as I turned around and saw the tall man back in the precinct as he walked toward us. "How is she?" He asked but I noticed how he were occasionally giving me glances.

"Well, she came out of the coma but they're still running tests." Nick replied.

"So when did the attack happen?" The tall man asked.

"About ten minutes after I got here. She came up behind us, she had a syringe in her hand." Nick replied.

"How do you know she wasn't a nurse?" The tall man replied with another question.

"Well, she struck a needle in Esther and she ran away." Nick answered as he gestured over to me, which I gave a small smile and wave at the tall man.

"Well, do you think you can identify her?" The tall man asked as his gaze was on me but he was still speaking to Nick. His gaze felt strange as I stared back at him with suspicion.

"Yeah, she should be on the security tapes." Nick stated.

"I grabbed when I got here. They're on their way to the Precinct." Hank cut in as he joined in the conversation.

"Let's take a look at those tapes. If we got another killer on our hands, we better get on this." The tall man stated before walking off. Leaving Nick, Hank and I standing in front of Marie's room.

"Nick," I spoke up as his attention went on me. "Who was he?" I then asked.

"Who? Renard? He's my Captain back in the Precinct." Nick answered and I nodded in understatement.

"You should go and take a rest. It's been a long day." Hank suggested as I looked at him before nodded. "Yeah, I should."

"Do you need us to drop you off?" Nick asked.

I shook my head. "No, it's fine. I can walk there myself," I assured him as I gave him a warm smile. "Now go on, you two. You captain is waiting."

"Take care, Esther." Hank said before walking off, leaving me and Nick.

"Be careful Esther. Call me when you're in trouble or need some help." Nick stated as he placed his hand on my shoulder and squeezed it softly as a way to comfort me as I nodded, smiling at him one last time before watching him walked away, following after his partner.

I turned back to Marie's room and stared at her peaceful face. I frowned and placed a hand on the glass door. "Why must you deal with all this when you're almost going to leave us?" I muttered out.

Giving one more look to Marie, I finally decided to leave the hospital then I paused in my tracks as I looked down and grabbed a piece of paper from my pocket as I unfolded it and looked at the content. 'Well, if I am to become Nick's Guardian, then we must stick close or else they would get to us and I would lose another Grimm' letting out a sigh, I put away the paper back in my pocket and resumed walking.

3rd Person POV:

"Excuse me?" Esther asked as she stood at the reception area at the Portland Precinct as the receptionist turned to me. "Yes?"

"U-Um, I'm here to turn in my forms." I stated as I took some papers and slide it over to the woman as she took it and looked through it before turning back to me. "Thank you Miss, I will hand this to the Captain and he would contact you when you got the job."

I smiled, saying thanks, and was about to leave when-

"Esther?"

I stopped and slowly turned around to see Nick, Hank and a girl with blonde hair as her face was distraught with her makeup smudged around her eyes.

"Oh, Nick." I drawled as I timidly give him a small wave which only made Nick crossed his arms and looked at me with a disapproval look.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be resting." Nick asked.

"Well, I was when I came across your workplace and was hoping to see you...in action?" I tried to convince but that didn't work as he raised an eyebrow at me before letting out a sigh and walked toward me as he grabbed my arm and began dragging me out. "If you're going to be here. Might as well drag you to our next crime." He stated.

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