A little note for anyone wondering.:This story is completely AU, or it can be considered a fix it fic. There will be no Black Claw. So Renard will not be a complete and utter moron. But I promise Nick and Adalind will have plenty of their hot and steamy moments.
Alexander met the two couples and the baby at the airport and guided them to where a van was waiting.
"Meisner has a small cottage surrounded by forest and a great distance from other people. He told only me where it is located. It was felt that as little know about the location of your Diana, the better." Alexander explained. "Once I take you there and mother and daughter are reunited. I will them explain what the council hopes to gain as payment."
For Adalind, it felt like they were traveling for an eternity. Not once did she let go of Nick's hand. It felt like his grip was the only thing keeping her in her skin.
She also kept a lot of her attention on Kelly, secure in the seat next to her. Her sweet baby boy a wonderful distraction from the frantic thoughts and fears filling her head.
They finally arrived at the cottage. Nick noticed a window curtain move. Soon after, a man came out holding the hand of a little blonde girl who looked to be six or seven years old.
"Diana." Adalind shouted, jumping out of the vehicle and running to the child, pulling her tightly in her arms, sobbing. "I've missed you so much my sweet little girl. I have thought about you every single day."
While mother and daughter were embracing one another. Nick pulled Kelly out of his car seat and carried him over to meet his sister.
Adalind looked up at his approach, then gently pulled herself from her daughter to said, "Diana, this is the man I love, Nick." She motions her hand toward Nick then moved it to focus on Kelly. "And this is our son, Kelly, your baby brother."
The little girl smiled brightly. "May I hold my brother?"
"Why don't we go inside, first?" Meisner suggested. He then lead the way and motioned for everyone to take a seat.
Nick sat on one end of the couch, Adalind beside him, and Diana next to her. The mother helped her newly returned daughter with placing the baby boy on her lap, allowing the two siblings to bond.
Miesner sat on the chair next to the couch and asked Nick about how the grimm came to be with Adalind, a hexenbiest.
Nick gave a heavy sigh and explained how Adalind had shown up with his mother and a uniquely powerful baby. The royals then giving Renard threats that unless he hand over his daughter, they would find and kill his mother. How the group did not tell Adalind they came up with a plan to send her baby away with Nick's mom and made the poor woman believe the royals had her daughter.
When he got to the part about Adalind taking Nick's powers in the guise of Juliette as a way of appeasing the royals in an attempt to get her daughter back, the blonde hung her head and looked ashamed.
To comfort her, Nick took her hand, kissed her knuckles and smiled at her warmly. Letting her know that all was long forgiven.
He then continued explaining how Juliette had to transform into Adalind and sleep with him in order to return his powers. But she had become a hexenbiest. One so violent that she almost killed several people. And Juliette, as a way of making Nick suffer for not letting her kill Adalind who was pregnant with his son, as a result of how she had taken his powers, sided with the royals, helped them kill his mother and take Diana.
"Just when I had lost everything. Adalind gives birth to our son and offers to name him Kelly, after my mother." Nick smiled. "I was in the darkest moment of my life, and then suddenly I had hope and a reason to stay sane. Adalind and I decided to put aside all the pain we caused one another. Realizing we had to for our son's sake. I got us a safe and secure home, still knowing that there could be threats to the both of us. Adalind and I discovered we could really like each other. That we actually had a lot in common. And have found something with one another we've both been looking for for a long time."
Nick had noticed the way Miesner would look at Adalind and wanted to make it very clear that the beautiful woman was with the father of her son. And this baby daddy was planning on hanging on and never letting go.
Miesner wasn't blind. He could see how possessive the grimm was with the hexenbiest. He could also see how Adalind looked to Nick for comfort and strength.
As captivated by Adalind that he felt, it was a simple crush compared to the deep love radiated between the the grimm and his hexenbiest.
"Will I get to live with you, my brother and Nick now mommy" Diana asked.
"Of course, honey. Mommy is never letting you go again." Adalind replied, hugging her daughter tight for emphasis.
"We have all the necessary paperwork ready to be used when it's time for you to return to the states." Alexander said. "We made sure to make Diana a U.S. citizen, to avoid any confusion."
With all that cleared up and the assurance that Diana was officially back with her mother, it was time to tell Nick what the council expected in return.
"There is an artifact the royals have been after for centuries." Alexander began. "What that artifact is, no one knows. All that we know is that it is something that may hold great power."
"Are you talking about whatever the grimms found and hid from the royals?" Nick asked.
"Oh, so you have heard of this story? That is is a relief. It saves us some time." Alexander replied.
"Are you expecting Nick to find whatever this thing is and give to the council?" Monroe asked. By the tone of his voice, it was clear how displeased he was by the idea. "The royals have killed people for centuries over this thing. How can you be sure they find a way to take it from the council, if you should get it?"
"That is exactly the reason why the council will not be expecting to even see the artifact." Alexander answered the agitated blutbad calmly. "We feel that whatever it is, may be safest in the hands of a grimm. Preferably one we know cares about the safety and well being of all wesen. One who even now has a wesen for a lover." The council member motioned to Nick.
"How do you expect me to find whatever this thing is?" Nick asked in annoyance. "My ancestors haven't exactly passed down that knowledge."
"Oh, but in a way they have. A map made up of seven keys." Alexander smiled smugly.
Miesner explained. "I met a grimm here in Germany as I was searching for a safe place to stay with the child. The grimm was well over eighty and had no family. He knew he was dying and asked that I find a grimm to give his family's legacy to. A trunk filled with books, weapons and three keys. I told only Alexander because I had heard he was on good terms with a grimm who was a hero to wesen."
"Not all council members can be trusted." Alexander admitted. "In truth, very few of us had been told of your request to find your daughter." He looked at Adalind while he said that part then returned to talking to Nick. "Those of us who knew want a world where wesen can live and love as they choose. Preferably without the fear of the royals. And so we ask that you go through that trunk of grimm artifacts and find a way of keeping that tool of power from the royals."
Miesner then got up, went into another room and brought out a large trunk. Opening the trunk, he said, "Those who know about the ancient artifact know your ancestors divided the map into seven keys. Hopefully, you will have enough information on where to start with these three."
Nick looked at Adalind with a conspiritory smile, who returned a similar smile, reached into her blouse and withdrew a chain with two keys dangling from it.
"I had a feeling I should bring the keys I already had in my possession. Thought the best way to hide them was in plain sight. And no one would pay close attention to a piece of jewelry when it's worn by a beautiful woman." Nick grinned.