Memories Series

The Visitor

Trubel slowly opened her eyes, brilliant sunlight streamed through the windows. She quickly realized her and Nick had shifted considerably from when she fell asleep. He now laid in his side and she was directly behind him, her arm draped over him. She didn't move, she just closed her eyes again. She just wanted to have a few more minutes of being near him. About five minutes later Nick began to stir. Her eyes where still closed, as she felt him roll over and face her. He was still for several minutes, Trubel started to wonder if he had fallen back asleep.

"Hey." He finally spoke.

Trubel slowly opened her eyes.

"Hey. Morning." She replied, trying to sound groggy.

"How are you?" He asked.

"A little stiff, but I'm good." She laughed.

"You?" She added.

"I'm really good, that was actually the best I've slept in a long time." He answered.

Nick got up off the couch and stretched. Trubel swung her feet over the edge and stretched out her arms.

"I got to get ready for work." He stated.

"Ok, I'll make some coffee." She replied.

"Wow..uh...thanks." He said, a hint in shock his words.

"Sorry, I just...got used to living alone." He continued.

"It's ok, I know the feeling." She answered, giving him a sympathetic smile.

Nick flashed her a smile before heading up the stairs. Trubel took off her black jacket and laid it across one of the kitchen chairs. She had just started the coffee when the doorbell rang.

"I got it." Trubel called up the stairs.

She moved across the room and opened the door. What she saw made her breath freeze.

"Juliette!" She exclaimed.

"Judging by the look on your face, I take it you heard the news." She spoke a slight edge to her voice.

Trubel held her ground and didn't say a word.

"Oh well, I was hoping to see a little more shock on your face when I did this." She said sharply, before woging.

"I don't know what you want, but unless your here to make things right with Nick, you need to leave." Trubel stated firmly, giving Juliette a look that could kill.

Juliette let out a low, raspy laugh.

"You're cute." She taunted.

"Actually I'm here for you." She added.

Juliette held up her gnarled hand, red light began to glow in her palm. In an instant Juliette reach forward and grabbed Trubel's forearm. Trubel was about to react when a searing pain spread through her body.

"None of this concerns you, you shouldn't have come back." Juliette hissed.

Trubel's body went rigid and she felt her knees buckle.

"And most of all you should have stayed away from Nick." She stated coldly.

Trubel fell to one knee as agony ripped through her body. When Juliette finally let go, a red hand print was left in its place. Trubel's head started to spin.

"I'll be seeing you again soon." Juliette stated menacingly, before turning and walking away.

"Nick!" Trubel yelled.

Trubel watched in shock as the handprint absorbed into her skin. The dizziness intensified and her vision began to blur. Trubel felt her whole body go weak and she fully fell to the floor. The last this she saw was a blurry imagine of Nick running down the stairs. Then she felt unconsciousness blanket her.

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Nick finished buttoning his shirt and was about to go look in the mirror when he heard Trubel's voice.

"Nick!" She called out, her voice lined with panic.

Nick took off running and flew down the stairs. When he got there the door was wide open and Trubel lay on the floor unconscious. Seeing her like that made Nick's heart rate sky rocket and he got a sick feeling in his stomach. He rushed to her side and he shook her in attempts to wake her up, but to no avail. He checked her pulse first, it was there but was faster than normal, then he made sure she was breathing.

Nick examined her for any new injuries, nothing that he hadn't patched up, not even a head injury. Then finally Nick opened one of her eyes, he could've sworn his heart stopped for a moment or two. Her eyes where completely dilated to the point where her iris was no longer visible. Nick's mind raced, he looked her over once more for any animal scratches, still nothing. How could this have happened?

"No, not again." Nick whispered to himself.

His heart jack hammered in his chest, and he felt panic begin to set in. He quickly scooped her up and ran for his car. He gently laid her in the back before getting in himself and floor boarding it for the Spice Shop.

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Monroe and Rosalee where working around the Spice Shop and getting it ready to open. They were both startled when Nick burst through the door, carrying an unconscious Trubel.

"Whoa, Trubel's back?!" Monroe was the first to verbally react.

"Yeah, she got back last night." Nick explained hurriedly.

Nick quickly moved through the shop to the small bed in the back.

"Well, what wrong with her?" Monroe questioned.

Nick laid her down on the bed.

"Look at her eyes." Nick stated, worry showing in his voice.

Rosalee bent down and opened her eyes lid, she gasped.

"l'esprit ailleurs." She simply said.

"Where did those cuts come from?" Rosalee asked quickly.

"Reapers. None of them are animal scratches." Nick answered.

"Then how the hell did this happen?" Monroe inquired.

"I don't know, I was upstairs, I heard her yell for me, and then when I get there...she was like this." His voice broke a little.

"Ok, it doesn't matter we gotta get the eye drops ready." Rosales stated.

She and Monroe frantically went to work gathering ingredients. Nick knelt next to Trubel, he took her hand, he couldn't go through this again. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. Nick stood and walked over to where Monroe and Rosalee where working.

"So still 16 hours?" Nick asked, in a low tone.

"Yes, I'm sorry, if I knew a faster way I'd do it." Rosalee answered as she worked.

"Hey man, it'll be ok. We made it through this once, Trubel's strong and she's a Grimm, that'll probably slow down the memory loss." Monroe tried to sound reassuring.

"I hope you're right." Nick replied, worry and sadness showing in his eyes.

Nick knelt back down next to her. An instant later Trubel's eyes snapped open and she sat straight up.