Alaric Grimm
Part 2.
Alaric and Nick were sitting at the table, eating the dinner Juliette had left for them before she went to spend the night with her friend and they had decided to start by catching up by telling each other their childhood and personal histories. They had a lot of time and stories to catch up on and fortunately, they had a lot of time to do it.
Nick ended up telling his brother how their parents died and how he had been raised by his Aunt Mary before she got sick with cancer and died. He even told her how she had died. After all, even if he didn't know the woman, she had been his aunt too and he deserved to know the truth.
Alaric told his brother of Isobel and how it had ended, he also told him of his growing up, his tastes, his hopes and his dreams... He even told his brother about Vervain and gave him some to wear, just in case there were vampires in Portland.
"I've got some extra Vervain in my bag, I'll give it to you later. You can give it to Juliette... I used to put some in Jenna's perfume when she didn't know what it was for. It's something she used everyday." Alaric told him.
"Good idea. Thanks. Tomorrow I'll ask Rosalee if she has some in her brother's shop, she has so many different things in there... If she doesn't I'll find a way to order some..." Nick replied.
He had told his brother about his best friend and Rosalee earlier when they were sharing details about their present lives and Alaric agreed that the woman probably had what they would need in her bother's shop. He was feeling he could share anything with the man standing before him. He could feel the bond of brotherhood forming between them very quickly.
At some point, Juliette called her boyfriend to check if everything was okay and if he had been able to figure out if Alaric was really telling the truth or not. He told her that they were, indeed, brothers and that they were busy catching up. She didn't ask for details, knowing they would tell her later if they wanted and she told Nick she would be back only the next day after work so he had enough time to get to know his brother and in exchange, Nick told her that Alaric would be staying in the guest room. Of course she was okay with it and when he hung up, he had a big smile on his face that showed his newly found big brother just how much he loved that woman.
"So, you've been single ever since your wife Isobel was changed into a vampire?" Nick asked him.
"No... I found Love again when I moved to Mystic Fall's. Her name was Jenna..."
"Oh right, you told me about that...Sorry for bringing it up..." Nick appologised.
"Yes... A vindictive bitch of a vampire used her to get free and changed her into a vampire so she could be killed in a curse breaking ritual. I... It's been hard to deal with it... I'm still not really over it." Alaric replied.
"I'm sorry... It must not be easy."
"It's okay... When I find this vampire she'll be dead! I don't hold Klaus responsible, the one who was trying to break his curse, but Katherine, the bitch who even suggested using Jenna in the first place... Klaus would have never even thought of using Jenna if it wasn't for Katherine."
"Maybe I can help you find her... I mean, I'm a cop, there has got to be something I can do about this." Nick offered.
"Thank you... She looks exactly like Elena, Jenna's niece...and who happened to be the child Isobel had and abandoned when she was 16..."
"You life sounds very complicated... It's even better than a soap opera!" Nick chuckled as they cleaned the table.
"Yep...I was actually living with Jenna's niece and nephew before I decided to look for you when I started seeing things." Alaric said.
"About that, it would be easier to explain it to you at Aunt Mary's trailer. It's parked somewhere else not to far away. You don't mind coming with me do you?" Nick asked him.
"Not at all. Let's go...Little brother." Alaric replied with a smile.
"That's going to take some getting used to." Nick chuckled as they left the house and went into his car.
"For the both of us!"
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As they drove to the trailer, Nick told him the basics of being a Grimm. He told him about what their role had been for centuries.
"So these creatures..." Alaric started.
"They're called Wesen" Nick added.
"Right, these Wesen, we're just supposed to kill them all, without making any difference between the good ones and the bad ones?" Alaric asked.
"Well, apparently, that's how the other Grimm's did it in the past. I, on the other end, am a cop first and I try to only punish the ones who deserve it. I try not to kill them but to put them in jail if that's where they belong. They don't always make it easy to keep them alive though. I don't like harming innocent people... I even have made some good friends among the Wesen populace of Portland." Nick explained.
"So they're not scared of you then?" Alaric asked.
"Well, the ones who know me aren't too fraid... The others on the other end are scared shitless!" Nick chuckled before he added "I guess than when humans tell their kids to behave or the big bad wolf will come, the Wesen tell their own children to bahave or the Grimm will come."
"Oh, kind of flattering." Alaric chuckled.
"Yeah... Not so funny though when a family of Wesen spot you and the kids throw eggs at your house... It was hard to explain to Juliette." Nick said.
"I wonder if witches, vampires and werewolves count in the Wesen population or if they're something else entirely... Anyway, looks like we have something in common. I hunted vampires but I still managed to make a best friend of the one who turned Isobel after I got to know him and learned that he changed Isobel because she asked him to do it." Alaric replied as Nick parked the car.
"Must be in the blood then." Nick chuckled as they got out of the car before he added "I don't know if the vampires and co. are Wesen but there are so many books that I haven't looked through yet... but since you instinctively started hunting them, maybe they are. We'll look through the books and maybe we'll find some answer here." He said as he opened the door of the trailer and turned the light on, showing his brother the way in.
So, this is it for the second part... What did you think of it? At first I was going to make this short but the more I write the more ideas I get so this might just end up being longer than I thought...
Please don't forget to review, I love to know what you think of it.
If you have a question or a suggestion, please let me know. The action will remain here for a while before I move things back to Mystic Fall's a bit and then back to Portland... This way everybody will be happy :-)
Lorelei Candice Black
