Chapter 1 - Dead Reckoning

"But if I stand at the sick person's feet, he is mine."

*Flashback chapter part I*

Eric arrives at the container yard with Renard close behind. Inside the container, Nick finds the coffin with a passport with a name and his picture. Hearing a noise, he quickly turns around as Baron Samedi spits in his face. Renard gets out of his car and watches as Eric walks into the container. Monroe, Rosalee, and Juliette holding Rhett are still driving around the container yard with zombies on the car, so Monroe yells to buckle up, as he floors the pedal. Right before crashing into a container, he slams on the brakes causing the zombies on the car to fly off and hit the container. Eric meets with the Baron and observes Nick in the coffin before he closes the top with a wicked smile.

 Still trying to escape the zombies, Monroe accidentally drives the car into a hole near a construction site, which causes it to get stuck. Monroe, Rosalee, and Juliette unbuckling Rhett quickly get out and climb one of the construction vehicles to the top of a pile of containers. Renard finds the door to the container where Eric and the Baron were and cautiously enters. He watches as the Baron is coordinating two of Eric's workers to carry the coffin with Nick and load it into a van. Once the coffin is loaded, the Baron turns to Eric "they'll be in the air soon" he explains and gets in the van, going the opposite direction to Eric. While watching everyone leave, Renard hears a noise and is attacked by two zombies. He fights them at the same time as Monroe, Rosalee, and Juliette are fighting zombies off of the container they're on.


At the precinct, Hank returns from getting his cast off. Wu catches him up on the recent events of the night. As Hank sits down, a panicking Juliette still holding Rhett, calls while fighting off the zombie attackers. Juliette tells him they're at the container yard getting attacked by a lot of zombies and that she doesn't know where Nick is. She drops the phone while fighting slamming a zombie who is getting too close to Rhett with a piece of wood. Hank tells Wu to round up as many uniforms as he can and to go to the container yard because they have "more of those whack jobs to deal with." On top of the container, Monroe, Rosalee, and Juliette, now holding Rhett watch as zombies continue to keep coming with no end in sight.

The four of them are starting to get overrun as more and more zombies climb on top of the container, so Monroe woges and quickly knocks multiple zombies off the container. Multiple cop cars arrive to the scene with Hank and Wu. Hank tells everyone to open up a container to try to contain the zombies, adding that there is an antidote. Juliette yells to Hank from the top of the container that they have to find Nick. Hank then calls Captain Renard who is still fighting zombies inside the container. As soon as he knocks the last zombie out, he hears his phone ringing on the ground. Hank asks Renard if Nick's with him, Renard informs Hank that his brother has Nick. Informing the other where they are in the container yard, Renard heads over to where Hank and the others are.

At the airport, the van containing Nick backs up to a private plane as Baron Samedi observes. In the container yard, Renard arrives as Hank helps Monroe, Rosalee, and then Juliette after she hands Rhett to Rosalee, and gets down from the construction vehicle they used to get on the containers. Renard tells them he tracked his brother to the container yard and that he took Nick to try to get him out of the country, so all four get into Renard's vehicle and speed off to the airport.


Renard tells the group he saw a coffin with Nick in it being transported. He says that with the right paperwork, Nick can be transported out of the country legally. Concluding that the zombie mess was just a distraction to get Nick, Rosalee says she doesn't think Nick will behave the same as the other zombies because he is a Grimm. Hank calls the airport police and tells them to ground the plane that Nick is on. Two airport policemen arrive at the plane right after Nick is loaded on board and just as Baron Samedi is boarding himself. One asks for identification, while the other goes on the plane to check things out. Inside the plane he notices the coffin and tries to open it, but it is locked. He hears his partner scream outside as Baron Samedi laughs. He hurries outside as his partner collapses. When he goes to check on him, Baron Samedi woges and spits on the cop.

In Austria, Stefania extracts the still beating heart from Frau Pech and puts it into a box. She carefully pours red-colored wax onto the box and tells her sons to bring her Adalind.

Back in Portland, the group arrives to the airport only to find the two airport cops lying on the ground. They then observe as the plane lifts off the ground on its way to Europe. Juliette holding Rhett tightly, yells at  Renard that he has to do something. Renard with a downcast look explains there is nothing they can do because the plane will soon be over international waters. Monroe asks where they are taking Nick, and Renard says most likely Austria because Eric can control him there. Juliette , still holding Rhett slaps Renard hard, saying he better get Nick back since his family is responsible for this. Renard says he will do whatever he can, but he can't stop the plane.

Hank receives a call from Wu as the officers get the last few zombies into a container. Hank tells Rosalee that she needs to make a lot more of the antidote, and Juliette quickly exclaims, "What about Nick?!? Rhett still needs his father." Renard says he will check with the FAA, and once they know where the plane is heading, they can intercept it. Monroe asks what they are going to do about the airport cops, and since it's too early to treat them, Rosalee says they have to bring them along.


On the plane, Baron Samedi is having a drink and a cigar when he hears a thud coming from the coffin.

In Austria, Adalind arrives to meet with Stefania. Stefania gives her a knife and says the next step in regaining her Hexenbiest powers is to cut off Frau Pech's hands and feet and pluck out her eyes.

The Baron gets up to examine the coffin. He watches as Nick punches multiple dents in the coffin and bursts out. Baron quickly woges and spits on him again. Thinking he has re-incapacitated Nick, he starts to walk back to his seat, but Nick jumps up and attacks him. Nick aggressively slams the Baron up against the cockpit door and then throws him across the plane. With all the noise, the Co-Pilot comes out to see what is going on. Nick turns around an punches him in the face and starts slamming him into walls. The Baron grabs a bottle and shatters it over Nick's head. Nick turns around and grabs the Baron, and they end up fighting heading towards the cockpit.

Adalind finishes up her latest tasks, as Miguel and Yanko put Frau Pech's hands, feet, and eyes into a bucket. Stefania picks up the box with Frau Pech's heart and says the next step is going into the woods.

In the woods, they come across a field of poppies. Stefania takes off a piece of the top of the box and throws it into the air. It flies around for a few seconds before finally landing. They walk over to the spot, and Stefania says that is where Adalind must dig. She is given a keilhacke, or a pick axe, which is fashioned in the shape of a hand to use for digging.

Nick and Baron continue their fight, accidentally running into the Pilot, and the plane begins to descend quickly. The Baron yells at Nick, "Obey me for I am your master." temporarily stopping Nick from attacking, before he shakes off his haze and punches the Baron again, crashing the plane in the process.

In the spice shop, Rosalee, Monroe, and Juliette, after calling Carly Kampfer to babysit Rhett for a while, are working on making more of the antidote to bring to the container yard. Monroe says that they should go to Austria to save Nick because whatever is going to be done to him will happen soon and that he doesn't completely trust Captain Renard because he has some Royal blood in him. Juliette agrees they should go get him, but Rosalee doesn't think they would have a chance vs. the Royal families as they have money and protection. Monroe fully intends to go, and he gets out his phone to make some calls to people who would be willing to risk their lives for Nick. Rosalee notices some smoke on the table from some ingredients reacting and realizes that they could possibly make the antidote into an inhalant instead. Juliette says it can be done by the Williamson ether synthesis, which is an organic reaction, forming an ether from an organohalide and an alcohol. All they need to do is contain the gas in a glass jar, or something that can break easily.


At the precinct, Renard calls his confidant on his cell phone. He informs him that Eric has taken Nick and that "it's time my dear brother was dealt with." Renard instructs him to give it to Meisner. Hank knocks and enters the office. He informs Renard that the flight plan is for a direct flight to Vienna and that it will arrive at noon Portland time tomorrow. Hank tells Renard that Eric is not listed on the flight. Renard explains that the flight cannot be stopped and that he will deal with the problem when the plane lands.

The flaming plane wreckage starts to spread across a forested area. Baron Samedi is lying dead amidst the wreckage, the pilot is hanging out of the cockpit window knocked out, and the co-pilot is attempting to crawl out of the cabin. He is grabbed around the knees by a raving Nick, who runs off into the woods.

At the container yard, the police put the last zombie into a container. Monroe, Juliette, and Rosalee arrive and explain that they have the antidote and that they need to administer it by throwing the jars inside the shipping container. Monroe borrows a baton from an officer and uses it to distracts the zombies so the container doors can be opened to throw the antidote in. Franco asks how are they supposed to know if it worked, and Monroe compares it to popcorn, saying, "When it stops making noise, it's done," and Wu says, "Or they're dead."


At the precinct, Hank answers the phone. After a brief conversation, he goes to Renard's office and tells him that the plane Nick was on has gone down near Mount Cedara.

Nick stumbles through the woods and sees a pair of headlights and heads for them, coming out of the woods onto a roadway. He sees a bar and grill sign and heads for it.


At the container yard, all is quiet in the shipping container. Monroe hears someone inside ask where they are. The police open the doors and are confronted with a bunch of bewildered people. Rosalee reassures them that they will all be okay now. Monroe's phone rings, and it is Hank, who tells Monroe and the others that Nick's plane has gone down and that they are headed to the crash site. Juliette informs Hank of her intention to be there and to tell her where she needs to go.

Hank and Renard arrive to the crash site, and the paramedic informs them that the pilot and co-pilot are still alive, and one man is dead. They go over to where the Baron's body is and look around. They find the passport that was being used to get Nick out of the country. They notice the coffin and that the dents were made from the inside.


Nick enters the bar and looks around. The bartender infers that Nick is on some kind of drug and that he's on way too much of it. Nick is confronted by one of the customers leaving. The man tells Nick that he is in his way. The man reaches out to push Nick aside, but as soon as he does that, Nick hits him down and knocks him out, which leads to many other customers trying to fight Nick, but he easily takes them all down, and the bartender immediately calls 911.

Monroe, Rosalee, and Juliette arrive to the crash site, meeting Hank and Renard who inform them that Nick is not there. Hank receives a call and is told about the 911 call that came from the bar after the fight, so they all head over there.

At the bar, the bartender comes out of hiding with a gun. He quietly tries to escape, but Nick sees him and attacks. Nick takes the gun, and the bartender runs out. Nick pauses for a second when he sees his reflection in a mirror as he stares at himself and then throws the gun at the mirror, breaking it.

The group arrives as the bartender is coming out. Rosalee says there is something different about Nick's scent, but she isn't sure what it is. Renard, Hank, and Monroe go inside while Rosalee and Juliette wait outside. They make their way around the bar, telling customers to stay down and that help is on the way. Renard stays at the bar while Hank goes with Monroe, who is trying to track Nick's scent.


In Austria, Adalind finally finishes digging. Stefania gives the bucket of Frau Pech's body parts to her so she can put them into the hole. Stefania then gives her the box with Frau Pech's heart to also put in the hole, and tells Adalind that everything must be buried with her hands. After burying everything by hand, she stands up, and Stefania says they will soon find out if she has been accepted. A few seconds later, a big circle of flowers dies around them and a green pair of ghost-like hands rises from where Adalind buried everything and go inside her, signifying that she has been accepted. Stefania informs her she must now gather all of the dead flowers.

At the bar, several patrol cars arrive, lights flashing and sirens wailing. Renard orders the uniforms to cordon off the area and to arrange for ambulances. He tells Juliette that Nick has left and that he needs to be found before he kills somebody "because there is no coming back from that."

Monroe and Hank are in the woods, and Monroe continues to try to track Nick. Nick wanders around the forest until he hears voices of a family arriving home. He turns his head and watches them.

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