Alaric Grimm
Part 5
Juliet, Alaric and Nick spent a lot of time together over the next few days. Juliet because she wanted to be as informed as possible about everything and Alaric and Nick because they wanted to catch up after all those years being apart.
"Who knew there was an entire world outisde... This is amazing!" Juliet said as she closed yet another book.
"I know... I wonder how they managed to stay hidden for so long..." Nick said.
"Well, not that hidden since someone wrote tales about them..." Alaric smiled.
"True." Nick nodded.
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While Juliet was working the night shift at her veterinary clinic, Alaric and Nick were just leaving a small bar and going back to their cars when they heard shouting. They followed the noises, thinking they could probably help the person being shouted at and quickly recognized Captain Renard, holding a man by the throat and yelling:
"You stay out of my business now and you better tell my brother that I'm not his slave and he's not my master. I wasn't good enough to be a full part of their royal family, I don't want to have anything to do with him." Captain Renard said as he changed his face to one of an half hexenbeist.
"B..but the G...Grimm...The key..." The man tried to say.
"I don't care about the Grimm or the stupid Key. This is my town and you better stay out of it." Nick's boss said.
"At least tell us who he is!" The man pleaded.
"Now, why would I do that? My brother didn't trust me with the family business just because my mother was an hexenbeist, what tells me he'll trust me on this?"
"You're his brother, you share the same father... You're family."
"I wasn't family when he helped his mother kill mine was I? You tell my brother that he better forget about killing the Grimm because this one is different. This is the only help I'm giving him. The Grimm has friends among the Wesen community and the long lost Grimm came back. Because he is different, this Grimm will be harder to kill. And if my brother manages to kill him, he'll have several dosen of people after him for revenge. Now I'm going to let you go to delived that message to my brother. I don't want to see you in this town anymore." Captain Renard said before he finally changed his face back to normal and let the man down.
The man got up as fast as he could and ran out of the alley, not even noticing Nick and Alaric standing near. However, the Captain did.
"Burkhard... I guess the cat's out of the bag now." He said.
"You could say that...You're half Wesen?" Nick asked.
"And half royal." Captain Renard nodded.
"And you don't work with them?" Alaric asked.
"I'm part of their family when it's useful to them, the rest of the time they betray me and try to kill me. I'm tired of it. Just know I won't act against you." He said, looking truthful.
"I'll trust you for now but know that the minute you betray us, we'll kill you." Nick decided after one look at his brother who nodded back at him.
"Then we have an understanding... I'll see you at work tomorrow Nick." The Captain said before he left the dark alley, followed soon by the brothers.
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Later that night, Nick and Alaric were about to head to bed when Alaric got a phone call.
"It's Damon, I better see what he wants." Alaric said before he answered .
"Damon, what is it buddy?" Alaric asked.
"Hey, did you talk to your brother about us and the originals and Katherine?" Damon asked him in a very serious voice.
"Yes, of course I did. I want him to be prepared in case something happens, why?"
"Klaus got word that Katherine was in Portland. He said that if you brought her back to him alive or if you brought her dead body to him, he would leave Elena alone. I vote for her dead." Damon said.
"Katherine is in Portland? What is she doing here?" Alaric asked, getting his brother attention as he put the phone on speaker.
"We're not sure but we think she might have overheard us talking about the Originals and their true origines. Since you found the truth there, she probably thinks that she'll find a way to get rid of them there as well." Damon said.
"Ric, you have a picture of this Katherine?" Nick asked his brother.
"No, but a picture of Elena should do since they look alike. Damon, this is my brother Nick by the way." Alaric quickly introduced.
Damon and Nick quickly introduced each other over the phone while Alaric searched for a picture he had of Elena.
"I've got a picture... Do you know what name she's using?" Alaric asked Damon.
"Probably Pierce, it's the one she always uses." Damon replied and Alaric could imagine him shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, I'll look into it tomorrow at work. I'll ask the Wesen I know to keep an eye out too." Nick suggested.
"Good idea. I'll look around town, you better show Juliet a picture so she knows to be careful too." Alaric replied.
"Okay well, you keep me informed okay? And be careful, Katherine can be a real bitch sometimes." Damon said before he hung up.
"Is this Katherine that bad?" Nick asked.
"Oh yes. She's been on the run for over 500 years and she's tired of it. She's willing to do anything to be free from Klaus...except die. She's desperate but with a very strong survival instinct." Alaric replied.
"Very dangerous then, got it. It's just that... In this picture the girl looks so innocent and sweet..." Nick said.
"Well, Elena is... Katherine looks the same excpet for the look in her eyes. It's stronger with her, more...determine...and bitchy I guess." Alaric tried to explain.
"I get it, don't judge a book by it's cover." Nick chuckled before they wished each other good night and went to bed.
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The next morning, Nick made copies of the picture and put an alert of it after putting it into the system. Every cop in Portland and its area now had a picture of Katheirne with a note saying they needed to call Nick if they saw her, then he dropped by Monroe's and Rosalee's to ask them if they could spread the word among the Wesen community.
Since vampires weren't really liked by the Wesen populace, a lot of other creatures agreed to look out for Katherine and call if they saw her. Plus, it would be a good thing to be on the good side of a Grimm.
It didn't take long for someone to call Nick and tell him that they had spotted Katherine and that she was attracting a lot of attention to herself in the Wesen community by trying to flirt informations out of people. Nick immediately went to explain the situation to Captain Renard who let him go after her.
Soon, Nick and Alaric stood in front of the half empty bar where Katherine was drinking.
They came in silently. Nick knew this bar was held by a Wesen and he could feel that there was no human inside. The brothers nodded at each other before going further.
"Hello Katherine. Fancy meeting you here. Don't you miss Mystic Fall's? A lot of people miss you there." Alaric said, getting everyone to turn their head towards them.
Suddenly, the few Wesen that were drinking paid for their drinks and rushed out.
"Don't worry, we only came for her, you're all free... We won't hurt any of you, even if you stay." Nick reassured them as some of them decided to stick around.
"Alaric... What exactly do you think you can do to me?" She asked him arrogantly.
"Oh... I don't know... What can 2 Grimms do to a psychopath vampire like you?" Alaric replied, getting a stake out of his pocket and making sure that his hidden weapons were working.
"G...Grimm? Seriously? It's just a legend." Katherine replied shaking her head, trying to hide her sudden fear.
"Really? Why don't you ask the Wesen around you if we're just a legend." Alaric replied.
"You're the Grimm's that are friends with Monroe?" The bartender asked bravely.
"Yes, we are." Nick replied, calming the man immediately.
"You can't kill me, Klaus wants me alive." Katherine tried when she realised that Nick and Alaric were getting closer and that she had nowhere to run.
"Actually, he wants you. If you're dead, he just wants to see your body. If we deliver you to him, he'll leave Elena alone. He's an original, he respect his promises." Alaric said.
"You just want to save Elena because she's the daughter of the wife that left you and the niece of the girlfriend who died. What's so special about her that people are willing to do so much to defend her when everyone always abandoned me?" Katherine spat angrily.
"She cares!" Alaric explained shortly before his brother and him jumped in action and quickly fought her off and killed her for good.
After that, they appologised to the bartender for disrupting the peace of his establishement and they left. While Nick went back to work, Alaric shipped Katherine's body to Mystic Fall's in Express so that Klaus would get it the next day. They were finally rid of her and since she was one of the reasons he had lost first his wife and then his girlfriend, Alaric couldn't help but feel a little better.
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The next few weeks passed by without any major problems. Alaric and Nick were very close and since Alaric had to go back to Mystic Fall's to go back to work, Nick and Juliet planned to follow him there for a few weeks of vacations. They were planing on taking the trailer with them to make sure they had everything always with them.
As they made those plans, Alaric was happy, and so was Nick. They were both happy to finally have a brother and to get along so well.
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Lorelei Candice Black
