Chapter Summaries

After the group fought off the monsters, Nick suspected they were being hunted and used Edwin to expose a hidden threat. Mombasa and Dahlia spotted a cloaked Predator in the treetops, and the group opened fire as it appeared.

• Nick killed a wounded monster and had the group reload and check their dwindling ammunition.
• Nick concluded that the group and the caged creatures were being driven like prey, while Mombasa noticed Machete was missing.
• The group found Machete apparently injured in a clearing, but his repeated cries for help sounded suspicious.
• Nick provoked Edwin into testing the clearing, where an electrified trap sprang up; Edwin confessed to being a serial killer before a spear impaled him.
• Mombasa spotted a hidden watcher in the treetops, and Dahlia's shot revealed a camouflaged Predator.
• Nick ordered everyone to fire as the group began shooting at the Predator.

After the Predator escaped, Nick led the group around a suspected trap and found evidence that the creature had been wounded. The group decided to pursue it as Nick explained the Predator’s history, while Dahlia climbed a tree to scout their surroundings.

• Nikolai’s Gatling jammed, and the Predator vanished after evading the group’s gunfire.
• Nick retrieved the spear, and Mombasa shot the kneeling Machete before the group heard the eerie cry for help again.
• The group detoured to the Predator’s hiding place, where they found fluorescent green blood and a damaged metal bird drone.
• Mombasa destroyed the drone, and the group agreed to pursue the wounded Predator despite Nick’s warning about the danger.
• Nick told the group about Major Dutch’s encounter with a Predator in Guatemala and described its camouflage, infrared vision, and advanced equipment.
• Nick noticed that the Predator’s bleeding had nearly stopped, and Dahlia climbed a tree to survey the area with her rifle scope.

Nick and his companions ambushed a Predator camp, but multiple Predators counterattacked and forced the group to flee down a waterfall. They survived the river and regrouped downstream, while Nikolai suffered burns to his hands.

• Nick, Stan, and Hanzo found a grisly Predator camp and discovered a helmetless Predator bound to a totem pole.
• The bound Predator roared, and a second Predator appeared; Nick wounded it with a Combistick coated in Upas tree sap as the group fled.
• Nikolai fired his Gatling at another Predator, but a third Predator blasted him and the group raced toward the river.
• Nick fired his AA-12 as the group escaped over a waterfall, while a huge Predator watched them disappear and attacked the Alien Hounds.
• The current carried Nick and the others downstream, where they reached shore and counted four Predators; Dahlia treated Nikolai's burned hands.

Nick and the five survivors dug concealed trenches and dugouts to shelter from the Predators after dark. As Nick and Dahlia took the first watch, they discussed whether they could survive the mission and he told her about the Predators’ brutality.

• Nikolai, Hanzo, Mombasa, Dahlia, Stan, and Nick agreed that hiding in a cave was too risky and decided to dig underground shelters.
• Nikolai and the others helped Stan and Nick finish a covered cross-shaped trench and three dugouts before nightfall.
• Nick divided the group’s compressed rations among the six survivors, and they ate before settling into the shelters.
• Nick volunteered to take the first watch with Dahlia while the others rested.
• Nick warned Dahlia about the Predators’ violence and began telling her the story of a film starring “The Governor.”

Nick and his companions met Nolan, a human survivor who had been living on the Predator planet, and followed him from their exposed trench to shelter inside a crashed alien spacecraft. Nolan welcomed them to what seemed to be his hideout, where unseen companions were apparently present.

• Dahlia woke beside Nick, promised to stay with him, and gave him grenades before they joined the others in the trench.
• A cloaked figure appeared after the group splashed water around to reveal him, and Mombasa accidentally shot his helmet before Nick stopped him.
• The figure removed his helmet, identified himself as Nolan, and led the group away from the Predator threat.
• Nolan guided Nick and the others through streams and out of the jungle, where they saw numerous crashed alien spacecraft among the hills.
• Nolan led the six into a wrecked ship, switched on its lights, and introduced them to Defoliant, Ronald, and Air Maker.

Nick and the others found Nolan living in a weapons-strewn compartment aboard an abandoned spaceship, where he described the Predators’ repeated hunts. The chapter ended with Nikolai explaining that the Predators learned and improved their combat skills from each hunt.

• Nolan welcomed Nick, Stan, Dahlia, and Mombasa into his compartment and offered them food and warmth.
• Nolan warned Stan not to touch a breastplate taken from a Predator and claimed it could withstand an energy bolt.
• Nolan said the Predators brought new prey to the hunting ground each season and made their victims fight one another.
• Nolan explained that the Predators adapted their tactics after every hunt, and Nikolai summarized that they honed their skills through repeated battles.

Nick and the other captives sheltered in Nolan’s hideout while weighing whether to trust him and planning to free a Predator who might pilot them home. The chapter ended with Hanzō attacking Nolan after he trapped the group inside and filled the compartment with smoke.

• Nolan explained that the Predators’ technology might have been inherited, then told the group to help themselves to his food and water before going to sleep.
• Nick warned the others that Nolan’s survival and supplies were suspicious, but urged them to wait until daylight before confronting him.
• Nick proposed rescuing the Predator held at the camp and asking it to take them back to Earth.
• Hanzo identified a rusted katana as an antique, suggesting the Predators had abducted people from Earth for a long time.
• Nolan disappeared, blocked the compartment entrance, and filled it with smoke while arguing with an imaginary friend about feeding the group.
• At Nick’s command, Hanzō silently attacked Nolan with a flash of steel.

Nick and the others escaped the spaceship wreck after Nolan sacrificed himself to destroy the pursuing Predator. They found the captive Predator and struck a deal for it to take them back to Earth, leaving the group with a dangerous new ally.

• Dahlia extinguished the fire, and Hanzō returned with Nolan alive but paralyzed after catching him outside the compartment.
• Nick told the group to gather equipment and wait for daylight while an armored Predator rushed toward the spaceship after hearing an explosion.
• Nolan detonated grenades and C4 beneath him, killing the Predator that had approached to investigate.
• Nick and the others reached the Predator camp and offered to free the captive Predator in exchange for a ride back to Earth.
• The captive Predator accepted Nick's proposal, and Hanzō cut through its chains.

Nick and the others fought the Super Predator after it destroyed their spacecraft, leaving the group battered and near death. Nick survived the battle but lost his fingers, while Dahlia remained by his side as he recovered.

• The Classic Predator showed the group Earth on its device, but the spacecraft exploded before they could reach it.
• The Super Predator ambushed the group, wounded the Classic Predator, and fought off Nikolai, Mombasa, Hanzō, and Stan.
• Dahlia shot the Super Predator, and Nick blew himself and the creature up with two Claymores, apparently killing it.
• Nick woke to find Dahlia alive; she said everyone except Stan was still alive, though their condition was uncertain.
• After sleeping for another day and night, Nick found that both his hands had lost all ten fingers.

Nick survived the mine blast, but the mission left Stan dead and the other survivors badly wounded. A smaller Predator ship destroyed the vessel that had brought them to the planet, then Major Dutch and the Predator 2 detective rescued them and took them aboard.

• Dahlia helped Nick sit up beside the injured survivors, while Stan lay dead and Nikolai and Mombasa remained badly hurt.
• Nick and Dahlia watched a smaller Predator ship ambush and destroy the larger vessel that had been dropping prey onto the planet.
• The smaller ship landed nearby, and its two Predator passengers captured the classic Predator that had been with Nick's group.
• One newcomer removed his helmet and revealed himself as Major Dutch, then offered Nick and the others a ride home.
• The other newcomer revealed the face of the Los Angeles detective from Predator 2, and the ship collected more survivors before leaving the planet.

After returning from the Predator world with new equipment and a psionic skill, Nick recorded what he had learned and discovered an unexpected connection with Dahlia while meditating. The next evening, he visited Hansen and Gracie to discuss how they would use the money Inspector Raynard provided.

• Nick and Dahlia returned to Portland with Predator-style weapons and pocket dimensions, and Nick recorded what he had learned about the Yautja and the Bad Bloods.
• Nick sensed psionic energy and learned to meditate and build up a charge for the Magic Movie Ticket.
• While Nick and Dahlia were together, his meditation drew her into his consciousness, and the experience lasted until the following evening.
• Nick visited Hansen and Gracie at their motel and explained that Inspector Raynard's five-thousand-dollar check had to be spent under his supervision.
• Hansen said he wanted to find a stable home and long-term work so Gracie could stay in school.

Nick offered Hansen a chance to run a food truck so he could support Gracie’s education, and the siblings agreed to consider the demanding arrangement. After helping them prepare to leave homelessness, Nick asked Inspector Raynard for more leave, leaving the inspector questioning his commitment to the teenagers.

• Hansen told Nick he wanted to use the money to put Gracie through school, while Gracie objected to his willingness to sacrifice himself for her.
• Nick explained the financial risks and offered Hansen a partnership in a food truck business, with two weeks of training in his backyard.
• Gracie accepted Nick’s offer, and Nick told the siblings to deposit the check and gave them a prepaid phone.
• Nick returned to the police bureau and requested an extension of his leave from Inspector Raynard.
• Raynard asked Nick why he was going so far to help two homeless teenagers.

Nick framed his food truck plan for Hansen and Gracie as a tax-saving business investment, securing Renard’s approval for another week of leave. As the truck was modified and the siblings practiced cooking, Nick’s lawyer Frank Rabe reviewed the agreement and recognized that its restrictions were meant to keep them out of trouble.

• Nick explained how food-truck expenses and losses could reduce his taxes, and Renard approved an extra week of leave.
• Frank Rabe arrived at Nick’s house, where he and Monroe briefly transformed into their Wesen forms before greeting each other peacefully.
• Rabe reviewed the food-truck transfer agreement and learned that Nick was helping Hansen and Gracie after their family’s troubles.
• Nick showed Rabe the backyard, where Monroe, Hancock, and Dahlia worked on the truck while Hansen practiced cooking under Gracie’s guidance.
• Nick demonstrated how to make egg fried rice, and Rabe, Hansen, and Gracie later enjoyed Nick’s food at dinner.

Bear Wesen lawyer Labe reflected on Nick’s fair treatment of Wesen and the food-truck agreement he had drafted for Nick, Hansen, and Gracie. On his way home, Labe met Melissa, who asked him about the rumored Grimm in the area.

• Labe recalled that Nick had treated him as an equal and asked for his help with a legal matter.
• Labe finalized an agreement giving Hansen and Gracie a path to take full ownership of Nick’s food truck if they followed its rules and kept it profitable.
• Labe drove to his estate and found Melissa waiting beside the road.
• Labe offered Melissa help after her paper mill closed, but she said she had come to ask about the Grimm rumored to be nearby.
• Labe questioned why Melissa, who maintained friendly relations with the Grimm family, did not already know more about Nick.

Nick and Hancock investigated Serena Dembrooke’s death on a streetcar and found a suspicious puncture wound despite her body resembling an extreme allergic reaction. They reviewed footage showing a flash mob aboard the streetcar and began searching for its participants as witnesses.

• Melissa told Labe that Hexenbiests had targeted her group and disappeared into the woods, intent on fighting back.
• Nick prepared to open a food truck with Hansen and Gracie, while Labe witnessed their business agreement and offered Gracie a future job.
• Nick and Hancock arrived at a streetcar where Serena Dembrooke had died with severe facial swelling.
• Nick found a puncture wound behind Serena’s ear, prompting him to order an autopsy and ask Wu to obtain surveillance footage.
• Wu showed Nick footage of a flash mob on the streetcar, and Nick decided they needed to locate its participants.

Nick and Hancock investigated Selena’s death, learning that she had been killed by a massive dose of bee venom injected into her neck during the streetcar chaos. They went to her law firm to question her colleague Camilla Graypool and were left heading to meet Harrison Berman.

• Inspector Renard told Nick to focus on the streetcar homicide and warned that the victim’s law firm owner wanted an explanation.
• Harper determined Selena died of anaphylactic shock after receiving at least fifty milligrams of bee venom and sent a sample to the local beekeepers’ association.
• Hancock proposed that the killer used the streetcar passengers’ strange dancing as cover to inject Selena, and Nick took him to her law firm.
• Camilla Graypool told Nick and Hancock that she and Selena had been close colleagues and that Selena had no boyfriend or fiancé.
• Camilla led the detectives to Harrison Berman’s office on the top floor.

Nick and Dahlia discovered that the key was one of seven keys linked to a treasure stolen during the Fourth Crusade, and that someone from the Wesen Royal Family was hunting it. The revelation answered why Aunt Mary had been targeted but left Nick questioning the Royal Family’s motives and whether Grimm descendants were involved.

• Nick and Hancock questioned Harrison Berman, who agreed to send them Serena Dembrooke’s case files, and Nick suspected Berman was frightened rather than angry.
• Nick warned Hancock that the case would require overtime because the Police Inspector was monitoring their progress.
• Dahlia translated the scorched parchment and explained that seven Grimm Knights had each held a key connected to a treasure from Constantinople.
• Nick learned that the knights had hidden the treasure after betraying the Wesen Royal Family, which had allegedly orchestrated the Fourth Crusade to obtain it.
• Nick concluded that the Royal Family was likely behind the hunt for Aunt Mary’s key, but wondered why its agents killed her instead of capturing her and whether other Grimms were involved.
• Dahlia questioned whether Nick was overthinking the mystery.

Nick and Hancock investigated the beekeeper Professor Spinella after Harper received results from a bee-venom sample, while Andrew Wu began screening witnesses from the flash mob. Professor Spinella confirmed the venom was not artificially synthesized, but the detectives had yet to learn more.

• Nick and Hancock went to investigate the beekeeper after Hancock reported news from Harper’s contact.
• They found Andrew Wu screening twenty-two flash mob witnesses and asked him to identify people of interest in exchange for food-truck lunch coupons.
• Nick and Hancock visited the Beekeepers Association in Portland’s Rose Garden, where a queen bee landed on Nick’s hand.
• Professor Spinella returned the queen bee to its hive and told the detectives the bee venom had not been artificially synthesized.

Nick investigated the bee-venom murder, grew suspicious of Professor Spinella and flash mob participant Doug Shallow, then followed Doug to the abandoned Primrose Paper Mill. There, Nick and Wu found Doug speaking with John Coleman and waited to see who else would arrive.

• Professor Spinella said the venom came from a nonnative bee species and claimed he had been at a beekeepers conference in Salem, so Nick asked Hancock to check his alibi and keep him under surveillance.
• Wu reported that flash mob participants gave nearly identical accounts, identified Doug Shallow and John Coleman near Selena, and found that the organizer’s Twitter account used a proxy IP.
• Nick questioned Doug, whose changing account about Selena raised suspicion, and saw him transform into a Bee Wesen before quickly returning to human form.
• Unable to detain Doug based on the available evidence, Nick enlisted Wu to follow him after learning the Twitter organizer was difficult to trace.
• Nick and Wu followed Doug to the abandoned Primrose Paper Mill, where they saw him meet John Coleman, and Nick stopped Wu when he sensed another person was present.

Nick and Wu were chased by a swarm of bees while investigating the Streetcar victim’s suspected Bee Wesen killers, and Wu was badly stung. After getting Wu treated, Nick went home and searched Grimm’s Journal with Dahlia, who questioned why Bee Wesen would kill someone.

• Nick and Wu watched three suspects meet inside the factory, but a swarm of bees suddenly drove the suspects away and chased them.
• Nick pulled Wu into a workroom, where the swarm dispersed after Wu was stung repeatedly while Nick remained unharmed.
• Nick took Wu to the hospital to have the stingers removed, then drove him home.
• Nick returned home and searched Grimm’s Journal while Dahlia explained that Bee Wesen were usually on good terms with Grimms and asked why they would kill the Streetcar victim.