All of Nick's friends were concerned if and how the stick was affecting him.
Hank and Wu mostly kept silent about their concerns.
Monroe did not.
"We really need to figure out what this stick is all about." Monroe said to his wife. "I mean, I'm glad that Nick is alright, but I can't help but be a little worried that stick could change him in some way."
"Adalind and I are trying." Rosalee assured her husband. "We just figured out what the markings on the cloth are, but now we have to figure out what they mean."
Deciphering the markings on the cloth took a great deal of time and patience. Adalind and Rosalee searched through a great many books trying to find the meaning behind the various symbols. But finally, they were able to discover the language and what it was saying.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be some kind of prophecy. Foretelling of a being of great destruction.
"That can't be good!" Monroe said.
"Please tell me the cloth doesn't say Nick is going to turn into this destroyer." Hank said.
Thankfully, the cloth said nothing about a grimm turning into an entity of evil.
Unfortunately, the cloth did reveal that the entity was prophesied to arrive very shortly.
Meanwhile, Nick continued to explore the tunnels, with Diana often by his side, wanting to help out and join in on the adventure with her future stepfather.
Most of the tunnels lead to dead ends, or to grates that couldn't be moved. But one evening, Nick discovered a door that lead to the outside.
"We have a backdoor mom!" Diana announced to Adalind excitedly when she and Nick reentered the loft.
"It's nearly a mile away, but we found one exit from the tunnels." Nick confirmed.
The exit came in handy when it was discovered the remaining royals had not given up on capturing the powerful child or the long sought after treasure.
Nick was on the roof of the loft, setting up some some items for Diana to practice her skills on and target practice for he and Trubel.
As he was standing on the roof, Nick could hear someone literally sniffing around his home.
He carefully looked over the side and saw what he knew right away to be a wesen.
This one looked very much like a bloodhound. Being a detective, Nick recognized recon when he saw it. His instincts told him that there was a threat to his family. Logic made him guess the royals were behind it.
Nick made his way back inside. Then made sure the kids were playing in his and Adalind's room before telling her what he saw.
Of course, she was concerned and said so.
"Those wesen are often hired to find whoever or whatever they are paid too." Adalind explained. "If there's one here, he must have been hired by someone."
"Probably the royals." Nick agreed.
He called Bud Worstner, hoping the eisbiber had heard of strange activity in the wesen community.
"Oh, we have Nick. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff we've heard. There's a rumor that a large group of ogre wesen have checked into a posh hotel. As rare as they are and as foul tempered. It's really shocking to have so many in one place. Let alone a very expensive place."
Nick let Adalind know the news and they both agreed that the royals had to have gotten the ogre wesen the hotel rooms.
He called up his friends, letting them know everything.
Nick then called the head of the government task force and asked her if she knew anything about threats to him and his family.
She assured him that if her and her people found out anything, she would be sure to let him know right away.
She promised to send agents to work undercover at the hotel and inform the group of any developments.
But Nick was tired of being a target. Fed up with the people he loved being threatened. He decided to show the wesen community once and for all that the grimm Nick Burkhardt was not an enemy they wanted to have.
He decided to set up a special kind of trap of his own.
The ogre wesen got the word that the grimm and the magical child were alone in the building where they lived.
"I saw the the male grimm, Nick Burkhardt walk into the building with a little blonde hair girl." The bloodhound wesen said. "I did not see the hexenbiest or any of his wesen friends around."
"The grimm's hexenbiest whore is probably already in there with his bastard." One of the ogre wesen said.
"Remember, we kill the grimm and the hexenbiest, but we take the children. The royals will pay us double for a potential grimm. And under no circumstances are we to leave without the artifact the grimm took from The Black Forest. Even if we have to torture the grimm and his hexenbiest to do it." The bloodhound reminded the ogres.
Four ogre wesen ran as fast as they could into the garage door, breaking it down like it was made out of cardboard.
They got into the elevator and made their way up. The door seemed to be sealed with something but the ogre wesen were able to open it anyway.
However, they realized that the loft was empty. Not a single personal item was seen.
"They're not here!" One ogre shouted. He grabbed the bloodhound wesen by the throat and growled. "You said they were here!"
The bloodhound wesen defended, "I saw them with my own eyes. The grimm and a little girl. I saw them enter this building. Please, let me try to smell where they are.
He took a deep breath and his eyes grew wide. "I smell explosives!"
Nick ran out of the opening from the tunnel just as a tremor shook the area and he could hear the explosion coming from his former home.
Not wanting his family anywhere near the danger, Nick talked with Adalind about sending her and the kids somewhere no one would think to look for them.
Though she hated being separated from the man she loved, Adalind knew she had to put the safety of her children first.
It was decided that the safest place for Adalind and the kids to hide was the still abandoned house of the blutbad postman from Nick's very first case as a grimm. The one a young college student was killed and a little girl was taken by the blutbad postman.
And though it killed him to do so, because Nick was certain the royal's bloodhound was only following his sent, the grimm got Renard to take Adalind and the kids to the location while he stayed behind and finished the trap.
Though they had a plan in place, there was still some level of uncertainty, so before Renard drove off with Adalind and the kids, Nick gave each child a big hug, telling each one how much he loved them.
Then Nick pulled Adalind to him and kissed her with every ounce of what he felt for her in his body. She returned the kiss in equal measure.
They pulled away slowly. Nick looked into Adalind's eyes and said with his heart wide open, baring his very soul, "I love you."
She smiled, her own heart and soul shining in her eyes, "I love you."
With one last kiss, Adalind got into the car, sitting in the back between her son and her daughter.
"Renard." Nick pointed to the vehicle and said. "My whole world is inside that car. You brought Adalind into my life. I need you to make sure she stays in it. And though none of us planned for Diana or Kelly, I love them with everything that is in me. If I lose them, I lose my sanity. Keep them all safe."
Sean Renard nodded his head in understanding. He knew that without his family, Nick Burkhardt would become the monstrous grimm wesen had feared.
Nick and his friends set up the explosives. Enough that would level the building and crush every single ogre wesen to death.
The explosives and the cover story came courtesy of Chavez, who was more than happy to stop a kidnapping and a royal scheme on American soil.
The fire and police departments would be told that a white supremacy sect had been discovered and they were believed to be setting up bombs, which they must have accidentally set off.
The last key element to the trap, came from Diana. Though she would not be there physically, the little girl would be projecting herself to appear as if she were walking with Nick.
Diana was given strict orders by all three of her parents to return to her body the very moment Nick was back in the loft and to not wait for him to enter the tunnels.
The moment he saw the wesen break down the garage door, Nick set the timer for the bombs and ran as fast as he could to the door at the end of the tunnel.
Adalind waited by the window, watching for any sign of Nick's car.
The moment she saw him pull in, she ran out of the house.
Nick ran toward her the moment that he spotted her.
In perfect synchronicity, they met in a kiss full of fire and passion. Nick cupped the back of Adalind's head to hold her lips to his, the other arm wrapped tightly around her back. She arched into him and raised herself on her toes to meet his hungry mouth with her own.
He lowered himself slightly to be able to get as much of her as he could.
"Are we going to live in this house now?" Diana, who had walked outside to see Nick, asked.
"No sweetheart." Adalind replied, still keeping a hold of Nick. "Your dad has offered for us all to stay with him until we find another place of our own."
Unfortunately, before things could get back to normal and Nick could start looking for a new home for his family, an ancient being came from another dimension and started attacking Nick's closest friends.
The Zerstorer was the most powerful foe Nick and his gang had ever encountered.
In the end, it all came down to the blood of his ancestors. An epic battle between grimms and the ultimate evil. Though Trubel didn't see them, Nick saw his aunt Marie and his mother Kelly join him in the fight.
He knew he would never forget how he almost let the world sink into darkness and nearly surrendered the powerful stick to the destroyer, which would have made his staff complete and given him the power to conquer the whole world. And all because the Zerstorer had managed to take everyone Nick had loved but had promised to return them if only Nick gave him what he wanted.
Nick was willing to sacrifice the world to get Adalind back. To have his family returned to him.
But in the end, the Zerstorer was defeated and the staff completed and held by Nick, who was able to return to the moment before the destroyer had entered their realm and have every single member of his very unique family back.
The stick and marking on the cloth were no longer a mystery to deal with. The prophesied destroyer was gone for good. And Nick Burkhardt had the people he loved in his life.
Life was good and it was time it got back to normal. Or, as normal as it could be for the group.
With their loft gone, Nick's family needed a new home.
And he made a decision that his family needed a real home. Some place with a yard and actual bedrooms for everyone.
The loft had been great when he needed to keep his family safe. But now his family needed a place that felt more welcoming.
But with how unique his family was, Nick knew he had to make sure he found a place that would fit all of their needs. So he decided to draw up plans for a house, himself. And made sure to consider everything his family would need.
The only thing that he needed was help in making his plans a reality.
This is where the eisbiber came in.
Nick asked Bud Worstner of he knew of a good contractor. He showed the man the plans he had drawn up and designed himself with the needs of his family in mind.
Something else Nick realized needed to be taken care of was the matter of making it clear to everyone just what Adalind's place was in his life. And what his place was in hers.
I know I glossed over a lot of details with the Zerstorer, but I felt I couldn't do it any better than the show, so I decided to focus my efforts on the other part of my story. My deepest apologies for it taking so long, my mind kept wandering to other stories.
One more chapter, which will of course be an engagement, a wedding and a beautiful new home for the Burkhardt family. And I promise the chapter will be written in a few days, not months.