Author's Notes: Alright, so this is the last chapter for this fi. I know I'm upset too, but I figure this would be a good place to stop, because I don't want to write Adalind having the baby and naming the baby different than it is in the show. So this is the end at least for now. I may or may not write a sequel to this fic. I haven't decided yet, but if I do, I'll probably post it on this story as another chapter.
The medical staff saw the body drop, and they rushed out to help the victim of whatever crime was committed. They quickly got him on a gurney, and they started by quickly assessing the wounds that they could see. Two bullet wounds, a couple of knife wounds, a lot of bruises, and possible broken bones and internal bleeding. "We need an OR stat for this one, there's a faint pulse!" Someone shouted, and everyone moved. They rushed to the OR, and opened Nick up, and they started working on him.
After a couple of hours in there, they brought him out and placed him in the ICU, and Nick had a breathing tube down his throat since he was in a coma. Sean, Hank and Wu were shown to the room after the surgery and they took his prints and a DNA swab to be sure that it was Nick. It was hard to tell with all the injuries and his dyed hair.
Sean took the samples back to the precinct with Wu while Hank stayed with Nick, and Hank stayed there just watching and talking to Nick. "Come on, Nick. I know this is you, and I know you're stronger than this. Your little boy is coming soon, and I know you would want to be there for that. You're a fighter, Nick, just come back." Hank continued talking about anything. He moved from cases at work to how everyone was doing, and even talked about sports for a moment.
Soon Sean came back, and he had Trubel, Adalind, and Diana with him. Adalind with Diana in her arms ran forwards and kissed Nick's forehead. "We have a match, Captain?" Hank asked.
"We have a match. It's Nick."
"Nick, come back to your family, honey." Adalind cooed and Hank just talked over her as she climbed on the bed and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Did you call Rosalee and Monroe?"
"Yeah, Wu went to go pick them up as soon as we got the results back. They should be here soon." Sean said as they came bursting into the room.
"Thank god." Rosalee shouted as she laid eyes on Nick, and then she examined him a little more. "Oh, my god. Nick, what happened to you?"
"Torture. This is what happens when you're tortured and you don't give them the information they wanted."
"But how is he alive? I thought you said he wouldn't be released unless he died."
"He was dead for a moment. The doctors said it was rather short of a miracle that Nick was alive. They lost him a couple of times, but he always came back. They don't know how that's even possible." All of a sudden there was a gurgling noise and everyone looked towards Nick's now not so limp body. He let out pained gasps as he tried to breathe around the tube in his throat. His heartrate going berserk and everyone stepped away from the bed as the doctors came rushing in. They quickly pulled the tube from his throat, and they gave him an oxygen mask.
Once Nick was calmed down the doctors turned towards the crowd in the room. This is the ICU only three people can be in her at a time. Pick and get out." The doctor left, and Nick reached out to Adalind placing his hand on her baby bump. Adalind took her free hand that wasn't holding Diana and placed it over Nick's. Everyone else kind of just migrated out of the room and too the lobby except Trubel.
"What happened?" Nick muttered, and Adalind looked up.
"Shhh…don't talk, doctor's orders." Adalind pulled up a chair and was about to sit in it when Nick pulled her towards the bed and she laid down next to him. "Alright? Well, what do you want to know, Nick?"
"What happened after I got kidnapped?"
"Well, Sean and I rushed up to Alaska to get Diana."
"Hi, Daddy." Diana whispered as she crawled out of Adalind's arms and into Nick's.
"Hi, sweetheart." Nick whispered back, pulling the little girl close to his chest, and he smiled at Adalind as she turned to look at him.
"I do have to tell you though, I don't like the shaggy blonde hair." Adalind laughed.
"You only have to deal with it until it grows out long enough for me to not have a buzz cut. I can't pull those off either," Nick laughed as he pulled Adalind closer into a kiss. Adalind was sunrises at first, and then she leaned into it. And of course that's when the nurse decided to walk in the room.
She cleared her throat and said, "Mr. Burkhart. You shouldn't be overexerting yourself. If you do you could end up back in the coma."
"I'm fine. I don't think I can even do that." Nick laughed, and the nurse came up and checked on the machines. "Is there a problem, miss?"
"No, it just seems like your heart rate is rather slow and steady for someone who just came out of a coma. Usually their heart rate takes a while to regulate and get normal again, because their heart is trying to figure out how to work properly again."
"Well, I'm unique. What can I say? When can I get out of here though? I'd like to go home." Nick asked as two men walked in the room.
"Nicholas Burkhart. You can't go anywhere until some questions are answered."
"About what, Agents?"
"Your where about for the past month and a half, and I hate to inform you that your house burned down within the early stages of your disappearance. There was a body found and after extensive tests and procedures, the body has been identified as your longtime girlfriend, Juliette Silverton."
"Ex-girlfriend, Agent. She was involved with somethings in my life that I didn't want her to be, and we both were two completely different people than when we started dating. Was she the one that burned our house down? Because that wouldn't surprise me that she would do that especially since our relationship didn't end on good terms, Agent." Nick said, and pulled Adalind closer to him.
"Alright, understood. We will look into that. But in the mean time we want to talk to you about the incident at the hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska."
"What about it, Agent?" Nick asked.
"Can you explained why you smashed the second story window and jumped out and then somehow landed on two feet?"
"Well, I jumped out because I was locked in and being a cop has kind of made me a little paranoid, and I didn't like that they locked the door. And I had a rope, sir, so that was how I landed on two feet. Any other questions?"
"Only one. Whose little girl did you have?"
"Oh, well. That would be mine, sir. I wanted Nick to get to know her better, and since we're expecting I thought he should get to know my daughter a little better." Adalind stated.
"So you two are together?"
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?" Nick asked.
"Adalind Schade, right?"
"Yes, do I know you?"
"You were an attorney at Berman, Rautbort and Associates."
"Yes, and then I received a job with an international firm, and got a little in over my head. Now I'm just trying to live my life." Adalind said as she snuggled in closer to Nick.
"Yes, well now your back here. So what made you come back?"
"This is about me, now ask what you want and get out." Nick said as he tried to stand up, but Adalind wrapped her arms around him pulling him back down.
"Its fine, Nick. They only want information so you can come home." Adalind said as she rubbed her hand down his arm and entwined their fingers together. Nick turned towards her and smiled.
"Well, we're going to let you rest, and if we have any more questions we'll be in contact. Here's our card." The agent handed him a card with his name and number on it and the pair walked out of the room. When they were finally gone, Nick started pulling IVs and wires out of his arms, and he sat up and then stood up, nearly falling over in the process.
"Nick!" Adalind was off the bed with her arms wrapped around him. "You aren't well enough, Nick. Please just try to take care of yourself." Adalind pleaded as she pulled him back to the bed putting him in a sitting position on the bed.
"Alright, only for a little while longer. Nick laid back down on the bed, and Adalind laid down next to him. Nick wrapped his arms around her waist and they all fell asleep, Diana curled into Adalind's arms.
Nick spent the next week in the hospital recuperating, and Adalind spent most of her free time there with him. Finally after a week and a half in the hospital the doctors finally decided to discharge Nick. They weren't going to clear him for duty just yet they said they were going to give him another three weeks with weekly check-ups until they decided whether or not they were going to let him go back to work.
The day he was discharged, Trubel drove up in Aunt Marie's old car, with Adalind and Diana to pick him up. "It's about time you get out of there. Get in, and we'll check out the new place." Nick opened the back door and climbed into the back seat next to Diana, and he smiled at her. She smiled back as Trubel drove off towards the condo that she had for them.
She parked the car in the garage, and she took him up to the top floor apartment. Trubel opened the door and Nick stepped inside. "Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, combined kitchen and living room, and a balcony plus roof access." Trubel said as Nick stared in amazement at the apartment.
"This is all ours?" Nick asked as her turned about, and Adalind went to steady him as it looked he was going to fall.
"Yes, now be careful. You don't want to fall and end up back in the hospital." Adalind said as she made him sit down on the couch.
"Can I take a shower, because I really smell like the hospital and I haven't showered in a couple of weeks, do to captivity and the hospital, and honestly, I feel gross?" Nick asked as he stood back up with Adalind's help, and she showed him to the master bedroom which was the room that they designated as Nick's room and the one that Adalind had been staying in. Nick opened one of the dresser drawers and pulled out a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants.
Adalind then directed him towards the bathroom. "If you need anything just shout alright?" Adalind said, and she walked back out into the living room leaving Nick standing in the bathroom. Nick started pulling his close off that he had been wearing because they were the only clothes that the hospital had for him, and he tossed both the shirt and the pants into the garbage. Nick stood in front of the mirror naked, and he looked at all the cuts stitches and bruises on his skin. His arm was supposed to be in a sling but the minute they pulled away from the hospital Nick pulled it off.
There was a scar developing on his right shoulder from when Meisner shot him in the shoulder. There were stiches from his belly button all the way up his chest where the doctors cracked open his rib cage to check out all the internal damage. Not to mention the bullet hole in his abdomen from the other place Meisner shot him. There were cuts all over his skin some pretty much completely healed others just starting to scab over. The bruises on his skin were a yellowy color as they were almost healed, and Nick didn't know when he became such a makeshift quilt of scraps, bruises, and broken bones. He wished that he would have never become a Grimm, but now he knows that he can never go back, especially after he did go back to not being a Grimm. Nick needed this especially now that he knew what was out there. His life had been turned upside down, and he was surprisingly alright with the outcome.
Nick was going to be a dad, though he always wanted to have kids with Juliette, but that ship had sailed when she set his mother up and almost killed his unborn son. Nick knew that his life was going to change the moment he found out that Juliette was a Hexenbiest, but the moment he felt the baby kick against Adalind's skin, Nick knew he was done for. Fatherhood, and now he was kind of with Adalind, a statement that Nick never would have thought he would say three years ago. But he was fine with that now.
He was practically a father to Diana, and Nick was starting to get the hang of it while they were in Alaska, and now that they are safe or for the most part safe, Nick can feel that he can finally relax. Nick stepped away from the mirror and into the shower where he turned the water as hot as it could go before stepping into the stream and having the water rush over his skin. He let out a small yelp as the hot water initially hit his skin, but once his skin adjusted to the heat he was fine.
He gently applied shampoo to his hair, trying not to get too much soap in the stiches on his head. He hissed every time the soap stung against his skin. After a while he was just in too much pain to take anymore of his shower so he finished rinsing off and stepped out and dried off. He pulled on the sweatpants, and when he went to go pull his shirt on, he had a hard time lifting his right arm, groining in pain as he gave up.
Nick heard a knock on the door, and he lifted his head. "Yeah, who is it?" Nick asked.
"Adalind. Is everything alright? You were making a lot of groining noises."
"Yeah, I'm just having a hard time lifting my one arm to get m t-shirt on but I'm fine."
"Can I come in?" Adalind asked as Nick heard the doorknob starting to turn.
"No, I don't want you to see me like this." Nick said trying to get to the door, but Adalind already had it opened and stepping inside, closing it behind her as Nick pulled the towel up to cover his chest and scraps.
"Nick, there's nothing to be shy about. I mean I have seen you naked, so nothing to worry about." Adalind said as she walked up to Nick.
"Yeah, but I've had a few additions to my complexion since you've seen me naked." Nick stated.
"Yes, but I'm alright with anything that is you." Adalind said as she pushed the towel away from Nick's chest, taking it out of his hands. "You're perfect just the way you are, Nick. Plus scars are hot, and honestly you're a cop, they're to be expected." Adalind whispered as her lips were right next to Nick's ear.
Nick didn't know how to react to this, but he could feel as he started to get a hard on, and he knew that he was being seduced. Adalind didn't go any farther than that though. She grabbed Nick's shirt and went about trying to help him get his shirt on. Nick stopped her as she slipped the shirt onto his right arm and she started lifting it up to push his head through the head slot.
"Adalind, wait. What if I don't want the shirt back on now?"
"Nick, what are you implying? I'm pregnant and I'm not going to have…" Nick cut her off.
"I never said we had to, but I want to try something. Are you alright with that?" Nick asked as he inched his lips closer to hers.
"Sure," Adalind stuttered as she could feel Nick's body slightly push up against hers, and Nick was kissing her. He had his hands loosely wrapped around her waist, trying not to force her into this. Adalind deepened the kiss as he fingers went up and entangled in his hair, pulling him closer as she backed up into the door. Nick pinning her there, and he placed his hands against the wall, pushing his body closer to Adalind as she pulled him closer.
Nick finally broke the kiss so he could breathe, and Adalind met his eyes and she pulled him back towards her. "Nick, was that as hot for you as it was for me?" She whispered into his ear as she wrapped her one arm around the back of his neck and let the one hand remain entangled in his hair.
"Yes, how is it that we went from hating each other to being in this situation together?"
"Trubel has a theory for that. She thinks it's the baby; that he is drawing us together." Adalind said as Nick rested his head against the door next to her head.
"She thinks it's the baby. So what once he's born we'll go back to hating each other?" Nick asked as Adalind pulled his hair to pull his head back so she could look him in the eyes.
"I hope not. I think that if she's right, he's just pulling us together and we'll grow to like each other and possible love each other."
"Well, I don't want it to go back to the way it was before, I kind of like how it is now." Nick said as he leaned back in to kiss her, but she pulled him back.
"Nick, you know Trubel and the rest of your friends are in our living room waiting for you to get done with your shower." Adalind breathed as she leaned against the door.
"They'll be there for a while then." Nick whispered.
"Nick, we aren't having sex while I'm pregnant, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I understand."
"Then what will we be doing?"
"Maybe I just want to kiss you." Nick whispered and then stepped back suddenly. "I'm sorry, I don't know why I'm acting like this. Is it getting hot in here?" Nick asked as he made eye contact with Adalind.
"Nick?" Adalind questioned as she stepped towards Nick.
"No, just give me a little room. Stay just where you are, for right now." Nick stated as he held up his hand to stop her from coming any closer.
"Nick, are you alright?" She questioned as she took a step forwards.
"No, wait. Something is wrong." Nick whispered, and he walked over to the counter and braced himself against it.
"Nick, you're scaring me. Please just talk to me." Nick rushed over to the toilet and threw up. Adalind rushed over and rubbed circles on his back with her hand to sooth him until he was done. "Nick, are you done?" She asked when it had stopped for a little while.
"Yes, I think so."
"Alright, you're probably tired, let's just get you to the bed to sleep, then I'll tell everyone that you weren't feeling well and that they should go home." Adalind helped Nick into a sitting position and then a standing position. Nick leaned heavily against Adalind as she helped him out of the bathroom and to the bed. Nick crawled into the bed with Adalind's help, and she looked down at him. "Do you need gauze on this?" She asked as she brushed her finger down the stitches that held his chest together. "So you don't pop a suture."
"Yeah, that's probably best." Nick muttered and Adalind walked back to the bathroom and came back with some gauze and some tape. She bandaged him up, and he was asleep before she finished. Adalind smiled and leaned forwards to place a kiss on top of Nick's head before pulling the sheets up and walking out of the room.
She entered the living room and everyone turned to look at her. "Nick, is sleeping. I'm sorry, he wasn't feeling well after his shower."
"Are you just saying that because u want us to leave or because he's really asleep?" Hank said as he stood up, and he started walking towards the bedrooms.
"Hank, if you wake him, I'm going to kick your ass." Adalind didn't shout but it wasn't whisper. Hank turned and gave her a look while still walking backwards.
"And how are you going to do that. He's my best friend, and I'll see him if I want to." Hank said as he backed into something solid. "What the hell?" Hank said as he turned around and nothing was there. "What did you do, Adalind?"
"I wish I could take credit, but I barely have any powers, Hank. Try again." Diana stepped out of the shadows on the other side of the invisible wall.
"Daddy isn't feeling well. You should believe Mommy when she said so." The little girl said as her eyes waged purple, and Hank started moving in the opposite direction towards the door.
"Alright I'm gone." Hank said as he moved towards the door and out of the apartment.
"I don't think I've ever seen him so afraid of something." Everyone's heads popped up as Nick was leaning against the wall behind Diana.
"Nick, what are you doing up? You should be lying down." Adalind said as she moved towards him and passed right through where the wall was before.
"I'm fine." Nick leaned in and kissed her, and then he leaned against the wall. Adalind rolled her eyes and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and her arm around his waist as she helped him towards the couch.
"Apparently, we need to get you a walker until you can walk on your own." Adalind joked as she placed him on the couch, and she sat down next to him. Nick wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. Diana came running up and Nick scooped her into his arms as she jumped up onto his lap. Everyone smiled as they saw the happiness on Nick's face. After what Juliette did, they thought that they would never see him smile again, but here he was a couple of months later, arms wrapped around a year old little girl that could pull off being three, and his other arm around a pregnant Hexenbiest that caused most of his problems in the past couple of years, who's carrying his baby. Nick slowly fell asleep on the couch in that position, and everyone decided that it was time to leave.
Adalind asked Sean and Trubel to help get him to the bedroom and into the bed, and Diana curled up sleepily in his arms and fell asleep too. Adalind changed into her pajamas that consisted now of Nick's sweatpants and one of his t-shirts, and she crawled in bed behind Nick. She wrapped her arms around Nick's waist lightly, and she kissed his bare shoulder before she drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Adalind woke up and found Nick not in bed with her, she swung her legs off the bed and padded towards the bathroom, and he wasn't there. She then moved out of the bedroom and into the living room and found Nick in the kitchen, still not wearing a shirt, standing over the stove, cooking eggs and bacon.
"Nick, what are you doing?" Adalind asked as she walked up behind Nick and wrapped her arms around him. "Though you do seem a lot sturdier than yesterday." Adalind whispered as she kissed his bare shoulder.
"I'm feeling much better." Something was off about the way he said that that made Adalind step back.
"Nick?" Adalind whispered as she grabbed his arm and turned him around. Only the man standing in front of her wasn't Nick, it was Meisner, and he was covered in blood. She looked down at her own hands and saw the blood there too. "Where's Nick?" Adalind shouted, and Meisner just laughed.
"How could you miss him?" Meisner laughed and turned her around. Nick's body was hanging by his feet on the ceiling, covered in blood, and obviously dead. Adalind screamed as she stepped back and Meisner's arms wrapped around her. "What a wonderful job your little girl had done, Adalind. She proved herself well by killing the Grimm. And now we have our own little Grimm to raise." Meisner said as he rubbed his bloody hand across her baby bump.
Adalind screamed as she bolted up right in bed, with Nick lying next to her. Adalind tried to calm her breathing as Nick's arms wrapped around her from behind, kissing her shoulder. "What's wrong?" Nick whispered, and Adalind twisted in his arms so she was straddling Nick's waist.
"Where's Diana?"
"Trubel came in a couple hours ago to put her in her own room. She said it's what she always does. What's the matter?" Nick asked again as his fingers gently skirted across her skin.
"Just a bad dream. A nightmare really. I'll be fine in a little bit." Adalind said as she put her lips to Nick's bare shoulder, and she kissed her way up to his neck. Nick was panting just from that contact as Adalind pushed him down so he was on his back. After her lips worked a hickey into Nick's skin on his neck her lips moved up his jaw and connected with his lips.
Nick moaned as she forced his lips open and slipped her tongue inside. Nick wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss being as gentle but rough as he dared. Adalind ran her hands down Nick's arms pulling them away from her body and entwining their fingers together, pinning them on either side of Nick's head. Adalind leaned back forwards and kissed Nick on the lips again. Adalind heard Nick mutter something against her lips, and she pulled away. "What?" She laughed.
"I said what are you doing to me? I've never had this happen I can say that." Nick laughed as Adalind kissed his jaw.
"It's called seduction, Nick." Adalind said as she went back to kissing him, but pulling away slightly to whisper, "You should relax, darling."
"I would, but if you're trying to seduce me why are our clothes still on?" Nick whispered back with a smirk on his face. Adalind smiled back, and she swung her leg off of Nick and stepped off the bed. She slipped her fingers under the waistband of Nick's sweatpants she was wearing and slowly slide them down her legs, stepping out of them and moving her hands to the hem of the t-shirt and pulling it up over her head. Adalind now standing in just a pair of panties, walked back over to Nick and climbed back on the bed. She slipped her fingers under the waist band of his sweatpants and slowly slipping them down.
Nick knew where that was going to lead, since he hadn't put any boxers on after his shower because it was hard enough getting in the sweatpants. Adalind noticed as she got the waistband lower than his groin and she smirked. She flicked her finger out so it was brushing against Nick's bare cock as she pulled his pants down; the waistband finally slipping past the tip. She quickly pulled his pants down the rest of the way and tossed then aside.
Nick gasped as Adalind took his erection in her hand, and she leaned forwards kissing Nick on the lips. Nick moaned as Adalind massaged her fingers around his hard on as she kissed him. Nick pulled away slightly to catch his breath, and Adalind laughed slightly at the sight beneath her.
"Do you want to know how hot you look right now? Half undone with lust. It's sexy as hell." Adalind whispered against Nick's lips.
"You do know that I'm not supposed to be overexerting myself, right? Meaning this is probably not a good idea."
"We aren't going to have sex, Nick. I'm just going to make you release. It should help you relax a little." Adalind whispered, and Nick chuckled.
"You know the medication I'm now is not helping this any. All my nerves are on end and everything is over stimulated. It's awful and amazing at the same time." Nick whispered. Adalind smiled at that.
"So you're saying that if I do this," she whispered as her finger slid from his base to tip and then swirled her finger around the tip a couple of times, Nick lost count as he threw his head back, digging his fingers into the sheets underneath him. Adalind smirked as she continued, "You know this might be the sexiest thing I've ever seen and I've been around, Nick." She then stopped and kissed Nick before climbing off him. Nick's head popped up and looked at her.
"What are you doing?" Nick asked as he sat up completely head spinning a little.
"Just lay down and close your eyes it'll help with the dizziness." Adalind said as she placed a hand on his chest and pushed him back down on the bed. Nick did as she said and closed his eyes, and he felt a slight pressure as Adalind climbed back on the bed and she whispered, "Now, you are not to move. Not an inch." Adalind instructed and Nick was about to protest when she continued, "Not an inch, Nick Burkhardt. You hear?"
"Yes," Nick whispered barely able to say that as his mouth became very dry. He felt as a very cold hand wrapped around his slightly deflated erection, and he let out a noise that was cross between a gasp and a hiss. Nick heard Adalind mutter an apology as she worked his erection, and then he felt something cold being slid over his erection: a condom? Nick thought. Then her hand was gone, and she was shifting. Nick was confused until he felt himself pushing inside something, and Nick was about to question Adalind when he felt the rest of her weight on his lap. Nick tried his hardest not to move as she sat there. "Adalind?" Nick whispered as he clenched the sheets in his fists.
"Nick, don't move. Please," Adalind whispered as she leaned forwards and placed a kiss on his lips, and Nick leaned forwards slightly trying not to move too much to deepen the kiss. Nick moaned and Adalind pulled away from the kiss slightly. "Okay, now move. Very slowly," she ordered, and Nick did as he was told it didn't take long for Nick to be close with the combination of his movements and Adalind's.
"I'm close, Adalind." Nick moaned, and Adalind shifted slightly.
"It's alright; cum for me, darling." Adalind whispered and Nick was gone. Head thrown back, fists clenched in the sheets, eyes closed. When it was finally finished, Nick relaxed, and Adalind's weight was gone. Nick was exhausted and he could feel himself slowly drifting off to sleep.
Adalind came back from the bathroom with a washcloth, and she walked up to the bed to find Nick asleep. She smiled as she went to clean Nick up, and she brushed the washcloth against Nick's skin. She watched as he flinched as the washcloth touched his skin, and she continued to clean him up until he was clean throwing away the used condom. Adalind then climbed into the bed and curled into Nick's side, and he wrapped his arms around her in his sleep. Adalind slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning when she woke up, Nick wasn't there, and she started freaking out. Adalind stood up and she ran towards the living room. She examined the entire living room before moving to the kitchen where Nick's blonde hair peeked out from behind the fridge door. Adalind ran to the kitchen and closed the door, which startled Nick.
"Adalind, what's the matter?"
"Nothing just making sure it's you." Adalind said as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Nick wrapped his arms around her pulling her closer.
"Adalind, what's the matter? Just tell me." Nick pleaded as he pulled her away slightly and he forced her to look at him. "What is it? You can tell me."
"You weren't there when I woke up. That's how my nightmare started last night. You weren't there and I came out into the living room and you were standing in front of the stove making eggs, so I came over and wrapped my arms around you, but it wasn't you. It was Meisner, and I asked him where you were and he tuned me around and you were hanging from the ceiling by a rope tied around your ankle, and you were covered in blood and dead. Then he went on about how it was Diana and how they were going to treat her well." Adalind sobbed, and Nick pulled her back into his arms.
"I'm not going anywhere not yet at least. Meisner thinks I'm dead and we are going to keep it that way for a couple more weeks, so I'm back to tip top shape. And hopefully brunette again." Nick joked which made Adalind laugh.
"But I'm starting to get used to it. You did look rather phenomenal last night all sweaty and just waiting for it." Adalind whispered and Nick smiled.
"I'm glad you enjoyed that." Nick said as he kissed the top of her head.
"What are you saying you didn't?"
"At the time no. but now kind of. I slept better than I had in a long time that's for sure. I definitely would have enjoyed it a little more if there wasn't a little person in you and we would have to be careful." Nick said as he rubbed her bare belly for she was wearing a sports bra and a pair of pajama shorts.
"Well, the little person should be coming soon, so then we won't have to be careful," Adalind smirked, and she stepped away slightly. "So what's for breakfast, I'm starving."
"Eggs and bacon unless you want something else." Nick said as he pulled the eggs and bacon out of the fridge and over to the stove.
"No, that's fine. I have a doctor's appointment today if you want to come."
"I'd love to. I honestly feel so much better today. It's like that great night sleep really recharged the batteries for me. Thank you." Nick said as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer to him, kissing her on the lips quickly before going back to cooking.
That's when Trubel walked in with Diana in her arms. "I see that you two are cozy." Trubel muttered as she walked into the kitchen and set Diana down on the counter.
"Yeah, well. I had a great night sleep and I'm almost recharged so I can be."
"So what you're saying is all we need to do is get rid of the blonde and you're you again?"
"No, not quite. And I kind of like the blonde."
"Well, you aren't keeping it." Both Trubel and Adalind said at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed. Nick chuckled at their laughter before going back to cooking. "Wait, why is Nick cooking? I heard he's just as bad of a cook as I am." Trubel laughed.
"Hey, not true. I'm decent. Right, Di?" Nick turned and asked Diana.
"Yeah, Daddy's alright." Diana said as she floated off the counter and landed on the floor. She ran over to Nick and wrapped her arms around his leg.
"What's the matter, Di?" Nick asked as he reached down and picked the little girl up off the floor.
"Nothing, I just don't want you to go away again."
"I'm not going anywhere unless I'm forced to, alright?"
"'Kay." Di said and she wrapped her arms around Nick's neck. Nick returned the hug, and he continued cooking with Diana stealing one of his arms. Adalind and Trubel pulled plates and silverware out of the drawers and cabinets, and they set the table. When Nick was finished, he walked over to set Diana down and he brought the pans up and dished out the corresponding amount of food that said person wanted. They sat in silence for a while until there was a buzzing noise, and Trubel stood up and answered the intercom.
"Who is it?"
"Sean, let me up." Trubel slammed the phone down and hit the button next to it to let Sean into the building. Few minutes later, there was a knock at the door and Trubel opened it rolling her eyes as Sean walked into the room. "You blew off the FBI?" Sean shouted.
"No, what are you talking about?" Nick asked completely calm.
"You had your interview with the FBI at the hospital, and they said they would be in touch. Then you checked yourself out and didn't tell them where to find you if they needed to get ahold of you."
"So, they can figure out how to get ahold of my through the precinct. It's not like I changed my number Captain." Nick said, and he turned and walked towards his bedroom to change. Adalind followed him as Trubel took Diana to her room to change her clothes as well. They all came back and Sean was sitting on the couch.
"Nick, this is serious. They find it very suspicious when people do that, and you just moved u there list. Agent Chavez is keeping me in on the loop of your case. She can't be directly involved because she's worked with you before. But they are at the precinct right now sifting through all of the cases that you have ever worked starting with when you first started as a cop."
"Like all the way back when I still worked the streets?" Nick asked.
"Yes, and your activity in the past couple of years is going to spike some interest, Nick. You've killed more people in case related incidents in the past couple of years that is definitely going to spike interest. And they will want to question you on it and I want you to be able to answer their questions."
"Yeah, alright. That's for the heads up, Captain. We're late for Adalind's doctor appointment so if you'll excuse us, please." Nick pulled his coat on and helped Adalind and then Diana into theirs as they headed out the door. They took the elevator down to the garage, and Nick asked, "Hey, what happened to my jeep?"
"I took it to a mechanic buddy of mine to see if there was any way of repairing it. He's looking everything over and said he would get back to me."
"Thanks." Nick said as they piled into his Aunt Marie's old car that Trubel still had. "You still have this. I thought you would have gotten rid of it."
"No, it means something to you I figured you would want it kept even if I was the one driving it." Nick nodded, and he rested his head against the car window, and he drifted off to sleep, somehow still tired. They woke him up when they reached the hospital and they went inside. They walked up to the OBGYN floor and checked in before being shuffled into a room to wait for the doctor.
They were in the room for 10 minutes before the doctor came in and checked that everything was alright and they did the ultrasound. Adalind took Nick's hand and watched the monitor, and the doctor pointed out aspects in the picture that showed how the baby was lying. He pointed out his head, arms and legs, and Adalind was smiling at the picture. Nick smiled at that, he enjoyed watching the little movement in the picture on the monitor and seeing how Adalind lite up at the development of the baby.
Nick realized that he didn't even know how much longer she had in her pregnancy, and he decided to ask. "How far along is she?"
"Well, from the development of the fetus I would say she's about 7 months, and the little guy should be due anywhere between 6 and 10 weeks I'd say. Because he could come early or he could come late, we're not exactly sure when he will come. We could calculate it down to an exact date from conception and he could come on that exact date, but that usually isn't the case."
"Okay, is there anything else we should know?"
"No, it looks like everything is in order. Adalind if you could schedule another appointment for about 6 weeks from now."
"Okay, we'll see you in 6 weeks then, Dr. Lazenthaul."
"I'm going to guess and say that this is the father. Nick, right?" Dr. Lazenthaul said as he turned back to Nick and held out his hand. "Adalind has told me all about you. I'm glad that you could finally come home and be here for her and the baby."
"Yeah, I'm glad that he's back, too. I always hate it when his captain sends him off to the ends of the earth to chase bad guys. Especially with all the undercover work that you do." Adalind said as she turned to Nick.
"Yeah, Captain loves sending me undercover. I keep telling him that he can't do it anymore now that Adalind is pregnant, but he thought one last bust before my undercover career is over was what I needed. According to him it was a big case, but I just didn't see the appeal." Nick said as he helped Adalind off the exam table.
"That's nice to hear. You two look lovely together, and I hope you are happy. When do you go back to work, Nick?"
"I don't know. I was shot towards the end of the case and I almost died, so I haven't been cleared for duty yet. I'm hoping soon though. We will see you in 6 weeks." Nick said as a way to end the conversation so they could leave. Adalind picked up on the hint and she took Nick's hand and started walking towards the door.
"Well, our daughter is out in the waiting room with Trubel, so we should get going. I'll see you later." Adalind opened the door and they all walked out of the room, and they walked towards the waiting room where the reception desk is placed so they could schedule the next appointment. Adalind scheduled her next appointment as Nick walked over to Trubel, and he scooped Diana up into his arms and she snuggled into his neck.
Adalind made her appointment and walked over by them, and they walked out of the building hand in hand; Diana cradled in Nick's arms, and Trubel walking behind them. They got to the car that Trubel drove them there in and they headed back to the apartment.
"Nick, I think it's time that we cut your hair so the blonde is gone. The whole brunette with blonde tips thing doesn't work for you. I'm sorry to say it but it's true so don't give me that look." Adalind said as Nick gave her a look that said shut up about my hair please. I'll fix it when I'm ready to fix it and I'm not being hunted done and murdered. Adalind rolled her eyes and leaned against Nick's shoulder as Trubel pulled into the garage under their building, and she flashed her attendant's ID. The gates swung up and she drove into the garage and into her stall.
They climbed out and headed up to the apartment, and when they got there, there was someone sitting on the couch. Trubel pulled her gun, and Nick was wondering where she got one and if she'd had that the whole time. That then made Nick wonder where his service weapon was, and that he would have to ask Sean about it next time he saw him.
"Put the gun down, Trubel. You gave me a key remember." The person said as they turned and Nick realized that he could just ask him now then. "I came to inform Nick that he was cleared for duty and that the Resistance is neutralized in a manner anyway. I contacted Meisner, and informed him that if he were to try and get his hands on Diana again I will personally take down the Resistance. And before you ask no, I conveniently left out the part about you being alive. I feel that they can figure that out their own way and in their own time. The Royals are immobile until they can put someone new in charge and technically I'm the next in line now that my brother is dead. At least technically. They won't put me in charge because except for my father the rest of my family hates me thanks to my father's dead wife."
"I do have one question. What happened to my service weapon?"
"I'm afraid that Meisner has it. We did ballistics on the bullet that the doctors pulled out of you and it matched to your weapon. I already filled the report on your weapon being stolen and you will be issued a new weapon on the day that you come back."
"Alright, and what day would that be?"
"You'll start back next week if you want, but I figured we would keep it a secret on what day you would exactly come back because I don't know. You decide what day you want to come back. You've been through enough."
"So I'll just show up in your office one day and I'm back."
"Yes, pretty much. Take your time. I've got to get back to work."
"See you later, Captain." Nick showed Sean out of the apartment and walked back over to the couch, and he sat down. Adalind sat down next to him, and she curled her arms around his waist. Nick lifted his arm up and wrapped it around Adalind's shoulders, and they sat there curled up together for a little while. All while Trubel filled out forms for Adalind so she could get a job in another law firm after she had the baby, and Diana was lying on the floor in the living room drawing pictures.
The next week went by rather quickly, and soon it was Monday again, and Nick was having a hard time trying to decide that he wanted to go back to work today or not. Most of his injuries were completely healed, and he was starting to get antsy, because he could move around without help but he couldn't go or do anything. Nick spent a lot of time in the workout room they head in the apartment, and Adalind started getting antsy, and finally she confronted him on Tuesday.
"Nick, go back to work. I can see how much you want to, and I'm not going to freak out if you decide to go back to work. It's your job and you love it, so do it. I'm not going to hate you because you love your job. Go be the great police detective that you are. But first get a haircut, please." Adalind said as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "I scheduled an appointment for 9:30 which is in a half an hour. Here are the keys to your new car." Adalind finished as she pressed a set of car keys into his hand.
"Thank you," Nick whispered as he wrapped her in a hug before running to the bathroom to shower and get ready for work. He pulled on a pair of his nicer blue jeans and a dress shirt, and he walked back out into the living room where Adalind was sitting on the couch with Diana and Trubel. He walked over to them and gave Adalind a sideways hug and a kiss at her temple and he did the same with Trubel and Diana before picking his new car keys up and headed down to the basement.
Nick walked over to where Trubel's car is, and he hit the unlock button on the keychain. The key that lite up was a brand new 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. Nick stood staring at the car when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist.
"I figured that you would want something similar to your old car, but I thought after everything that you've been through you deserve something new. It's all payed for and it's in your name. Sean helped with that." Adalind pulled away and started walking back to the elevator, when Nick grabbed her wrist pulling her back into a hug, and then he kissed her before letting her go.
"Thank you." Nick whispered.
"You're welcome." Adalind walked away and Nick climbed into the car and pulled out of the garage, and he headed towards the hair salon that Adalind gave him direction to. He pulled into the parking lot and he walked into the salon.
"Hey, I'm Nick Burkhardt. I have an appointment at 9:30." Nick said unsure of how this works. He usually went to a little place on the other side of town closer to his apartment.
"Nick. Hello, Adalind said that you would be needing extra care, because you've been undercover for some time and your hair was a tortious, and now I understand what she meant. You had your hair dyed and then just let it grow out so your roots are showing greatly. We scheduled you with Danielle, and she's waiting for you at chair 5 on the right."
"Alright, thanks." Nick said as he walked back and followed her directions, and he found Danielle. "Danielle?" Nick asked as he walked up to the woman standing there.
"You can call me Dani. You must be Nick?" she asked, and Nick nodded as he watched as she woged. "You're a Grimm?"
"Yes, but don't freak out. I'm not here to hurt you, I'm seriously just here for a haircut." Nick whispered. She nodded and gestured for him to sit in the chair. "You're a Fuchsbau?"
"Yes."
"I have a friend that's a Fuchsbau. Rosalie Calvert." Nick said as Dani wrapped the barber's cape around his neck.
"I know her. She's nice. Alright, what do you want done with this monstrosity?"
"I want the blonde gone, and I really don't care how you style it. You can do what you think would look best for me. I'm a police detective by the way, if that helps."
"Alright, I can work with that." Dani went to work and they just continued on with small talk, and about a half an hour later Dani was pulling the barber's cape off and spinning the chair around so Nick could see the mirror.
Nick looked into the mirror and liked the look of the haircut. It was similar to the haircut he had before he went into hiding with Diana. It was short on the sides and a little longer on top. Nick thanked her and she escorted him back up to the front and was about to pay, when the woman upfront stopped him.
"Don't worry about it. Adalind already took care of it. She said you would be on a tight schedule. Go get to what you need to." Nick nodded to her and he left climbing back into his car and he drove to the precinct. He parked into the parking lot and then headed up to Sean's office, keeping is head down and sneaking past the rest of the detectives and officers. Nick knocked on Sean's door and he heard a faint come in.
Nick opened the door and stepped into the office. "Hey, Captain." Nick smirked as Sean looked up and had a look of surprise on his face.
"Nick? I wasn't expecting you to actually come back this soon."
"Adalind pretty much told me to get out of the apartment and go back to work. I was making her antsy with me being antsy. I am ready to be back though."
"Alright. Well, here is you badge, and your new gun. You are still partners with Hank, and he's sitting out at his desk."
"Thanks, Sean."
"Yup. Hank's been waiting for you to come back, and he hasn't been the pleasantest of people, especially since he practically got thrown out your apartment by Adalind and Diana the other week."
"Alright, well, I'll go cheer him up." Nick walked out of the office and slowly snuck over to his desk and without saying a word sat down at his desk.
Hank didn't even look up when he said, "Go away!"
"Wow, I can't even sit at my desk anymore without my partner yelling at me to go away." Nick smirked, and Hank's head snapped up and stared at him.
"Nick?"
"Yeah, Hank?"
"You're back? Like full duty back in action?"
"Yeah, I'm back." Nick shouted, and everyone in the room turned and looked at Nick. Once they realized who it was and what was going on, everyone started clapping and cheering. Nick was back and he was happy with his life right now.
Author's Note Continued: I really hope you liked this fic. This was actually my first straight couple as the main topic of the story so I hope you like it. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. And thanks for reading.