A/N: Ok here is another update! I hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much to all who reviewed and favoured the story etc I really appreciate it!
My beta is still MIA so I'm really sorry for any and all grammar and spelling mistakes!
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters and all that jazz.
OOOO
Chapter Two: The Little Mermaid
Monroe had no idea how he had gotten himself into this situation. It seemed one minute he was at home repairing an old Furtwangler, L and Sohne grandfather clock and now he was standing in mud on a river shore.
Nick had come barging into his house asking him questions about his latest case. A string of young men had been going missing lately all near open water.
No one had any idea what to make of it since police had combed through all the lakes and rivers where they had gone missing and had come up empty handed each time.
Until today where one man washed up on shore, battered and bloody with pieces of flesh and muscle missing from him his torso.
The autopsy showed the cause of death was drowning however there were also teeth marks found on him and the pieces of flesh that were missing had definitely been torn off by some sort of animal.
Apparently the latest victim had been skimming rocks with his friend who witnessed the event, while they were drinking a few beers down by the Columbia River.
"The witness claims his friend just started to run towards the river calling his girlfriends name. But the woman had blonde hair whereas our victim's partner had red" Said Nick who had been valiantly trying to show Monroe the case files.
Monroe tried to continue working but it was hard to ignore the Grimm in general. But even more so when he was excited and bouncing around Monroe with all that extra energy he seemed to store up for cases like this.
"The witness said he was dragged into the water and by the time he had caught up to him there wasn't a single sign left, not even a ripple to show what had happened.
So I went to the crime scene and found this scale" said Nick now pushing a plastic bag in front of Monroe's face that's contents did indeed hold a scale inside, much like a fish scale but a brighter shade of silver.
"I checked some of the journals in the trailer and found a drawing of a Tötungsprach that has the same sort of scales on its tail" finished Nick "But my ancestors didn't have much on it.
They had only seen one once in the seventeen hundreds while travelling across seas and had collected a few folktales from some of the villages they stayed at. I was wondering if maybe you could enlighten me?" finished Nick giving him the puppy dog eyes.
Monroe had in fact heard about then in his youth.
It was like a mermaid basically who had two legs when on land and a tail when in the water. She would call to men with a song pretending to be their wives, girlfriends or lovers so they would draw closer to her.
Then she would drag whatever poor guy she had chosen with her into the water to make love before later eating him.
Basically your usual sweet loving fairytale come true finished Monroe sarcastically after he explained what he knew.
Monroe had known a Wieder Tötungsprach a few years back who was married with children and was actually now a school teacher.
He had already voiced his thought out loud before he realised what he was saying.
When Nick heard this he frowned and said "So they can be reasoned with?"
Monroe knew where this was going. It was one of the many reasons he cared about and respected Nick but it was also one of the many reasons he wished he could tie him up somewhere safe and never let him go.
Preferably the bedroom but he didn't want to get distracted by those thoughts now, especially with Nick still hovering over him.
The man was a glutton for punishment and was so careless when it came to his own safety.
"Stop right there! You most certainly do not have a Wieder Tötungsprach on your hands and if you even think about reasoning with it like you do every other creature that wants you dead it will rip you apart!" said Monroe glaring warningly at Nick.
"Fine but come on we have to go check this out" he said packing up the evidence and case files.
"We have to go where?" asked Monroe returning to his clock even though he had known what was coming.
"I couldn't tell if she was still around earlier on but you might be able to" Said Nick who actually pulled on Monroe's arm like a child to try and get him to ignore the clocks and move towards the door.
"Dude do you know how much you sound like a whiny child right now?" asked Monroe trying not to laugh.
It was easier to ignore Nick and hope that he would give up his foolhardy missions (which always seemed to take place at night) when he was being moody or well, unintentionally funny.
But then he turned those big grey eyes on him and he knew he was going to lose. Especially since the man was pouting adorably and was still holding his arm.
"Come on Monroe please?" asked Nick.
"Fine" huffed Monroe standing to get his coat "But if I get attacked tonight by some sex crazed hungry monster of the deep I'm going to kill you".
"Ok fair enough" said Nick already heading out the door to his truck.
Now Monroe stood trying to get a whiff of the Tötungsprach from as close as he would go to the river while Nick looked around for anything else that could help them.
After what seemed like hours Monroe had had enough and started to stalk back to the car with a reluctant Grimm following him.
"Come on man we tried but its late and cold and we've been out here for ages" said Monroe.
He didn't really feel the cold but there was no way he was leaving Nick out here to freeze when the man had already begun to shiver slightly.
He was a Grimm not a blutbad, and Monroe did not feel like driving the detective to the hospital tonight with hyperthermia because they were out hunting mermaids.
He had just reached the car when his ears suddenly picked up something. Well a lack of something.
There were no more unwilling footfalls behind him. He turned around and sure enough Nick was nowhere to be seen.
Cursing Monroe retraced his steps back to the lake trying to catch Nicks smell. Perhaps the detective had wondered off deeper into the surrounding wood in search of a clue.
It was unlikely but plausible thought Monroe who was getting annoyed at Nick's absence.
When he turned around a grouping of trees to the spot where he and Nick had searched earlier in the night he felt his heart stop and his vision instantly flooded red.
A dangerous growl emanated from deep in his chest before he set out on a run to where Nick was standing way to close to the river and a beautiful blonde woman with sharp pointed teeth.
OOOO
Nick had known he was in trouble when he felt the cool water lapping at his shins as if in welcome but it wasn't until he saw Monroe crash into the woman that he felt true terror.
The woman was not the enchanting beauty described in the books or well she hadn't been since she realised her magic didn't work on Grimm's, not in the way it was suppose to anyway.
Her grey tinted skin was slightly bloated, wet and slimy. Her teeth were tiny sharp pointed fangs and Nick could see there were two rows of the deadly weapons in her mouth which was wide open and screaming at him.
Her hair hung like seaweed and tangled down and around her skeletal frame while claws reached for him that were as jagged as coral.
He had no idea what the blutbad was thinking attacking the creature like that. He had no idea what he was up against.
Sure he could handle himself in a fight but Nick wasn't a hundred percent certain if he was as influenced by her magic as humans.
He had his gun out before he had even relished he'd decided on killing the wild wesen creature of the deep.
But he just knew he couldn't allow anything to happen to Monroe. It just didn't bear thinking about.
The blutbad was really holding his own, but since he had turned his fur was beginning to weigh him down with the weight of the water.
The Tötungsprach took the advantage and started to pull Monroe further out to the river making it increasingly difficult for him to fight back.
Nick was wading in after him without a second thought.
He used the blunt handle of his gun to knock her between the head and neck where he knew would render any human unconscious.
It had the desired effect. She slumped down face first into the water allowing Monroe to catch her before she sunk to the bottom. He began to pull her roughly back to shore allowing Nick to gingerly make his own way back in front of the blutbad.
Apparently he wasn't happy to let him out of his sight.
Which was annoying since it wasn't like it had been Nick who had ran into the water to take on the mermaid in her home territory.
Once they were back on shore and had her lain out they took stock of her injuries. She wasn't in the best of shape after the fight.
Normally Tötungsprach weren't exactly built for the offensive and tended to pick their battles with people they could easily drown.
She hadn't reckoned on a blutbad and a Grimm though working together to defeat her.
After they had taken stock of her injuries Nick phoned Hank.
"Griffin."
"Hey Hank it's me, we found who was behind the missing bodies" said Nick into the phone while Monroe stood next to him looking very angry.
"What? I assume you mean you and your clockmaker so I'm guessing that means this is a Grimm issue?" Said Hank sounding like he always did when Nick told him something related to his second job, a mixture of excitement and weariness.
"Yeah we came back to take a look around and now we have an injured killer mermaid lying next to us" said Nick keeping an eye on Monroe who was now pacing next to him.
"What? A mermaid seriously? What was she…?" Nick interrupted him before he could ask any more questions.
"I'll explain everything later but she's not going to stay out for long" said Nick trying to stop his shivering.
He had no idea how Monroe wasn't as well especially since he had been in the river much longer.
"Yeah sure man we're on our way."
It wasn't long after Nick hung up that they heard squad cars in the distance.
Wu and Hank were first on scene both wearing their civilian clothes since it was technically their night off.
"Hey guys sorry for interrupting" said Nick valiantly trying to stop the chattering of his teeth.
"No problem, what we were doing can be continued later" said Wu with a wink as he strolled over to help get the still unconscious mermaid into the ambulance.
She had thankfully transformed back into her human form.
Hank gave his boyfriend a shut up now look before shrugging at Nick.
Nick would have laughed if he hadn't felt like his lips were turning into ice cubes.
He quickly filled Hank in while they were alone and they came up with a non wesen version to tell the captain.
"Man, why were you in the lake at all if her magic didn't work on you?" asked Hank
"It didn't work on me once I snapped to my senses. I realised that who I thought it was could not have been in the lake and then when she saw her magic wasn't drawing me in she caught on to who I was I guess" finished Nick trying to warm his fingers in his pockets.
Too bad his jacket was drenched and held no warmth.
Hank was about to ask him something when suddenly Monroe was at his side.
The man practically growled at Hank that he was taking Nick home.
Nick tried to stop himself from shivering at the sound for an entirely different reason then his dripping attire.
"Monroe I have to go back to the station to sort out some paper work" Nick tried to get out but his teeth were chattering worse than before.
"Dude you're shivering so bad you should be glad I'm not dragging your ass to the hospital" said Monroe eyes flashing red for a split second.
"I can take care of that, you go home and rest Nick you've done enough tonight" said Hank grinning at the pair of them for some reason "Besides I'm not up to disobeying a wolf".
Nick would have protested but after the captain took a look at him and told him to go home Monroe had grabbed him and practically dragged him to the truck.
The detective found he couldn't complain much, not when Monroe turned the AC up to full blast and started to rub his hands vigorously to restore feeling in his fingers.
The man's hands were much larger then Nicks and felt really good warming him up.
"How c-c-come yo-yo-ur not-t-t- cold?" said Nick or tried to at least.
Monroe rolled his eyes still rubbing Nick's hands.
"I don't feel the cold in the same way your little human body does" said Monroe still sounding cross.
"I'm n-n-n-not little!" said Nick feeling drowsy in the warm car.
"Face it dude I'm taller" said Monroe finally smiling warily at Nick's indignant tone.
Nick couldn't respond since true he had nothing to be ashamed of in that department but Monroe was taller than him.
"Whatever" he grumbled making Monroe huff out a laugh.
He drove them back to his house of course since they generally spent more time there.
Nick's apartment wasn't exactly spacious. He was only living there until the sale of his and Juliette's house went through and then he was planning on buying a bigger place.
Even though his apartment did him it was pretty far away from work and Monroe's place.
Which was an important factor since Monroe was part of his work now, and his friend of course.
Which was normal, everyone wanted to live closer to their friend's right?
He let those thoughts slip away as Monroe opened the door for him and shoved him towards the stairs.
"Go take those clothes off and get in the shower, it'll warm you up" said Monroe gruffly as he headed towards the kitchen.
Nick had never been happier to get out of his clothes and into the steaming hot water then he was at that moment.
It felt incredible just letting the water run over him heating his shaking muscles.
When he had finished he decided to barrow one of Monroe's t-shirts and sweat pants since no way in hell was he going to try and force himself into his soaking wet garments now lying piteously in the corner by the wash basket.
He was feeling pretty good when he came downstairs.
However he felt even better when Monroe came into the sitting room to join him carrying a mug of hot coco. He had told Monroe once that he really loved the drink, even a little more than coffee.
Monroe stopped when he saw him, looking him up and down before directing his eyes to the floor.
Since he didn't say anything Nick guessed he didn't mind him wearing his clothes even though he still worried slightly. He didn't want Monroe to think he was taking advantage of his hospitality.
"Do you mind that I barrowed these?" he asked tugging at the white baggy t-shirt. Monroe was broader than him so they hung comfortably on Nick's slighter frame.
"Oh yes of course" said Monroe rather formally.
Nick smiled as he took a seat on the chair.
However Monroe didn't return his smile as he handed over the drink and sat at the end of the couch as well.
"Monroe what's … "begun Nick but was cut off.
"If you ever do something as stupid as that again I'll personally kill you myself" said Monroe eyes again flashing red.
A strange feeling crept through Nick's chest at the protectiveness he saw in those supernatural eyes.
"Monroe I'm a cop…"tried Nick not wanting to argue but he couldn't promise he wouldn't put himself in danger again in the future.
Especially if it meant saving lives.
"Yeah and you're also a Grimm that doesn't mean you have to make it easy for the things that want you dead".
Monroe suddenly ran his fingers through his hair in frustration.
"God look man I know there are certain expectations and responsibilities with your job. But I should have thought about the fact that you might not be immune to her magic. I'm sorry.
I mean I knew they could lure men but I just thought your Grimm abilities stretched to protection against magical voodoo" he huffed out looking so apologetic and distraught that Nick couldn't help but lean over to put a comforting hand on his arm.
"Monroe your first instincts were right I was immune" said Nick smiling in reassurance "And besides I should be thanking you, you saved me".
"Oh, then why were you going into the lake?" asked Monroe frowning slightly.
"It doesn't matter, but will it help if I promise to try to try to not get myself killed?" said Nick smiling now as Monroe rolled his eyes.
"Yeah it would be a good start" he said shifting away from Nick's touch to lean back into the couch grabbing the remote as he did so.
Nick frowned at the movement pulling his hand back.
However he tried not to think why that little movement had hurt and instead focused on the match replay Monroe put on.
He got himself comfortable and settled in for the night feeling safe and content.
OOOO
A/N: Ok I hope you enjoyed and like I said if people are interested I shall continue to update=)
Any and all comments are welcome of course!=D