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flightofthecoco:

Out of The Tower part one

Nick frowned at the woman crossed from him. She was curled up into the corner her bed was pressed against. The wall behind her back padded and the room completely sparse. In her hand was a jagged piece of glass and judging by the blood on it, Nick knew she wouldn’t hesitate to use it on him.

He had never thought he’d meet someone else like him. Much less in a nut house. They had been staring at each other for the past minute and a half, neither saying a word.

Finally, Nick broke the silence. “What do you see when you look at Dr. Mercer?”

“A monster,” The frail looking brunette answered promptly. She ran her finger nails across her face, leaving reddish marks in their wake. “He’s all claws and scales.”

Nick bit the side of his lip. Gretchen was clearly unstable. He could deny that. “What about the other orderlies? The one you killed?”

She gestured to her neck where a thick bruise lay, encircling her throat. “He tried to kill me first.”

“Was he a monster, too?” Normally this would take place in an interrogation room, but the Lausenchlange running the place refused to let the Grimm out of his sight. Even now, Mercer was staring in on them through the small window.

A curt nod. “Different kind. Looked like some kinda cat.” Her green eyes raked over his face, looking for patronization and finding none. “You see them like I do, don’t you?”

Nick said nothing, and Gretchen frowned at him. A few beads of blood ran down the length of the glass, her own from clenching it so hard. “I’m not crazy. At least I don’t think I am.”

“I never said you were.”

Her eyes softened and she looked away from him. “I didn’t think he’d try anything after last time.”

“You mean the fight you had with Mr. Tena?” The cop asked. “I saw some of the photos…he left some pretty serious bruises on you…almost as many as you left on him.”

“He started it.” Gretchen’s eyes flashed at him. “Said he knew what I was…”

“And what are you?”

“How the hell should I know? He tried to kick my ass right after!”

Nick smirked. “And than you took down a three hundred pound orderly all by yourself.”

The woman swallowed. “I don’t know how…I just…it was like instinct.”

There was a knock on the door. Gretchen subtly slipped the glass back between her bed frame. Nick pretended he didn’t see as Mercer entered the small white room.

His brown eyes flickered between the two. “I think that’s quite enough, detective. Miss Cadeaux has had quite the day.”  

The detective nodded and offered his hand to Gretchen. “Well. I’ll be in touch.”

The woman just stared at him. He nodded to his hand and with a roll of her eyes she took it. Nick leaned down so their faces were only inches apart.

She seemed surprised but didn’t recoil as the Grimm whispered, “I don’t think you’re crazy either.”

Gretchen smiled at him, her gaunt features lighting up as he pulled away. When he left, she looked down at the card in her hand. Nick Burkhardt, she thought to herself. Hm.

Bottom of The River

“Just wait, she’ll be here.”

Hap rolled his eyes and huffed at his friend. “Dude, you are so full of it. I knew you didn’t know no mermaids!”

“Hey! It’s not like I can control when she comes and goes!”Monroesnapped. His mother had let it slip about Nixie and now here they were; he, Hap, Rolfe and Angelina six months later waiting for the redheaded nymph to rise.

 Rolfe, who had always been the most well, calm, of the siblings, shook his head. “It’s getting late…”

“Yeah, besides, I really don’t feel like peeping in on some naked nymph tonight,” his sister agreed. Her eyes flashed over at her boyfriend. “And I really don’t want you too.”

Monroeblushed. “It’s not like that!”

Behind them, Hap was peering into the dark water curiously.

“Really?” Angelina sneered at him, unimpressed, “If it’s not like that why didn’t you mention it before?”

A flash of orange had caught his attention. Then a flash of yellow. Enthralled, he had begun to wade into the freezing lake.

“It was years ago!”Monroegrunted as she prodded him in the chest. “We were kids!”

A splash drew them from their argument and the three look back to find the youngest Lasser gone. For a few moments they stood, unnerved and stunned until Rolfe finally snapped out of it.

“Hap!” He cried and the three wolves descended on the water with breakneck speed. They quickly pulled the man out, who heaved and began sputtering with rage at their intrusion.

“What did you do that for?! Put me back!”

“Are you insane?!” Angelina shrieked at him, cuffing him on the head. “You could’ve been killed!”

“Dude! Didn’t you see them?” Hap tried to sit up, but Rolfe held him back. “I would’ve died a happy man!”

Feminine giggles cut through the air andMonroeshuddered. He knew that laugh. The wolves quickly looked to the lake bed to find two heads poking out of the water. The blonde one crooned at them, her full lips sparking in the dark light. “Aw…you took our toy.”

The redhead giggled, a hand coming out of the water to wipe the wet hair from her partner’s brow. “That wasn’t very nice…we weren’t done with him yet.”

“You’ll be done when I’m through with you!” Angelina growled, tearing toward the water. She was only a foot away whenMonroegrabbed her by the waist. “Put me down!”

The mermaids grinned at her, featuring shifting maliciously, teeth sharpening. Their laughter cut a knife inMonroe’s heart. He remembered all the times he had played chess with her at the river bank, how excited she had been to come to the surface and see him. How she had pressed and prodded until he grew bored of her. Bored of explaining things and bored of spending his afternoons with her. How in turn she had left without reason. How her return so many years later had disgusted him.

“Go home, Nix!” The scream left his throat before he could comprehend it.

The redhead’s lips parted with surprise as the blonde snarled at them. For a moment, Nixie stared at him with confusion before realization dawned in her eyes. With one last pained look at her lost friend, she turned tail and left with a heavy splash. The blonde quickly followed.

Hap continued to pant, but his eyes tore from the empty lake to his friend. “That’s her?!”

Angelina wretched herself from his grasp. “You could’ve told us she was a psycho!”

“She wasn’t always.”Monroemuttered, letting her go.

Not my favorite, I admit.

latrodectussicarius:

the avengers in college

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Look at this dog. this dog is the new face of depression.

(Source: pughub)

batcows:

“Great.”

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