S.H.i.P.O

(The great thing about this story is that you don't have to have seen all the episodes of either to appreciate it. If you haven't seen Fringe or Grimm, no worries, all things relevant will be explained in due time, and I will answer any questions that are submitted unto me if you are still confused.)

"Hey Monroe, I'm a little concerned," Nick said the moment Monroe answered the phone. "Hello to you too." Monroe retorted with a bit of his signature sarcasm, "What seems to be the creature feature?"

"I saw the air glitch and shimmer in a yellow-gold aura around some otherwise normal looking people." Nick continued urgently, "Any ideas as to what they might be?"

"Huh..." Monroe shifted on his feet uneasily, "doesn't sound like anything I've ever encountered." Nick sighed, "That is definitely not what I wanted to hear..." Nick replied slowly, "There was nothing in the books either."

"I'm sure we'll figure it out Nick." Monroe said, trying to sound optimistic, "Where about did you see them?"

"Near a hiking trail," Nick answered with a bit more gusto, "it's not very heavily trafficked, maybe you could catch a scent?"

"Yeah, If I smell them it might jog my memory." Monroe replied with enthusiasm evident in his voice, "and if there is a scent to sniff, I'm sure I can track it too!"

"Great!" Nick cheered happily, "I'll meet you at your house, we can go from there." Nick hung up as soon as Monroe agreed, leaving Monroe muttering, "Whatever happened to 'goodbye'?"

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"What is all this?" Peter asked as he peered warily at the contraption Walter pulled out of his pack. The contraption looked like a panel with several different gages fastened onto it. "Well," Walter pointed to one of the gages, "this one measures background radiation, this one measures -" Olivia cut Walter off, "Okay we get the idea Walter," Olivia waived her hand dismissively, "Just tell us what measurements are weird and when."

Walter nodded, "Everything seems to be normal, but we are just at the beginning of the trail."

Peter shushed whatever Olivia was going to respond with, and he quietly whispered, "I think I hear something..."

Everyone got quiet. Olivia motioned everyone to hide in the brush along-side the path, and they went about concealing themselves.

"I don't smell anything unusual." a scruffy looking male that was headed up the path remarked to his, slightly shorter, but clean-cut, companion. "But I know there's a patch of Wolfs bane around here, so that could explain it..."

The shorter male sighed, "So we came all the way out here to run into a dead-end." the man rubbed his temples. "Monroe, please think. Surely you can think of something that you've seen with a shimmering yellow aura."

Astrid, who was hiding next to Olivia gasped, ever so-slightly, and the scruffy looking man seemed to hear it. "Nick, I heard something over in that patch of wolf's bane!"

Olivia quickly stood up, gun drawn and badge in-hand "FBI, hands in the air!"

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The two men froze as the rest of the fringe team came out of hiding. "There's been a huge miss-understanding," The shorter man protested, "I'm a Portland police officer."

"Olivia quirked an eyebrow, "Then show us your badge!" Olivia yelled back, as Nick began to procure his badge. "Nick Burckhardt." she read the badge as she lowered her gun to its holster.

"What about scruffy?" Peter asked accusingly as Monroe protested, "Hey, I'm not that scruffy-looking!"

"He's my hiking buddy." Nick offered quickly," I brought him to keep me out of poison-plant related trouble."

"Maybe you too can help us, Astrid offered quietly, "have you noticed anything out of the ordinary around these woods?"

"Maybe..." Nick looked at Monroe, who only shrugged.

"I've got nothing my, uh, wolf-bane allergies are acting up." Monroe made a show of rubbing his nose and sniffing as if agitated.

Nick turned to Olivia and Peter again, "Why, what are you looking for?"

Just as Olivia was about to insist that it was on a need to know basis Walter blurted out "Creature!" Peter looked towards Walter who was pointing at Monroe. Monroe took a nervous half-step back. "A creature?" Monroe asked in mock-surprise, "What is he talking about?" he said chuckling nervously.

"What are you saying Walter, your equipment is obviously buggy." Astrid chucked, but Walter didn't seem so sure.

"Monroe..."

"What is it?"

Nick pointed at Peter, "He's one of them!"

"What do you mean by that? Explain yourself!"

"Just as soon as you explain why your friend there," he said gesturing at Peter, "has a shimmering golden aura!"

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"He can see that Peter is from the other side! Walter exclaimed, "He must be one of the cortexifan test subjects!"

"A what now?" Nick postured to Monroe, Monroe only shrugged and responded, "I don't think they know what you are."

"Enlighten us, what are you two?" Olivia demanded, ready to reach for her gun if need-be. "I'm a descendent of the brothers Grimm, and it's my job to keep the creature world in-line!"

"Blutbaden..." Monroe said pointing at himself, "I'm a wolf-creature." Monroe shifted his hand into a claw and slashed at a tree trunk and left huge gashes. Olivia yelped, "His hand turned into a claw, I saw it!" The other team members took steps back, in awe of the damage Monroe had inflicted on the tree.

"Now it's your turn." Nick insisted, "Who or what are you all?"

"We're Fringe Division, and I think we can help each other out." Peter said stepping forward.

"I'm listening..." Nick stated cautiously, "please, do continue to explain."

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To Be Continued