„How art thou fallen from heaven

O Lucifer, who didst rise in the

How art thou fallen to the

That didst wound the nations?"

Isaiah, 14:12

LUX LIBERUM

CHAPTER 1 - "MORTEM"

"Are you ready?", the younger Earp asked with a friendly, caring voice.

"I'm ready for anything!", Wynonna, the Heir, answered.

However, before she could continue speaking, Waverly quickly pulled out her gun and coldly shot at her older sibling, without any regrets or second thoughts. The sound of the gunshot reverberated through the terrifying woods, scaring nearby individuals off. Doc Holliday couldn't react. Both him and the wounded Wynonna required a few seconds to process the recent happenings and come out with a rational response.

But there wasn't one. Wynonna was shot by her sister, her own blood! Doc, on the other hand, managed to surmount the immediate shock and retaliate to Waverly's doing.

"Wha-? What the hell? Are you crazy, Earp?!"

Waverly's eyes turned pitch black, clearly indicating that she was possessed by an otherworldly entity - a demon, to be more exact. Before the younger Earp could fire another shot, Doc quickly put her down and threw the gun away, in an attempt to immobilize her.

"GAH!", Wynonna screamed in agony. Blood was quickly exiting the severed blood vessels, rendering her closer and closer to being unconscious.

Heavily angered by Wynonna's current state, Doc attempted to shoot the younger Earp with the Peacemaker. However, he couldn't. Only the heir could, and she wasn't in the condition of attempting such a task.

"Get out of her, whatever you are!", Doc yelled at the entity inhabiting Waverly

"Ille venturus est, ille venturus est!", the demon was mumbling, convulsing on the ground like a rabid dog. Seconds thereafter, a black cloud-like formation aggressively exited Waverly's body, followed by it vanishing into nothingness.

"Ma-may... maybe it-it's t-time t-to... call an am-ambulance," Wynonna effortfully told Doc.

"Right!", Doc said alarmingly. He searched for Wynonna's phone, quickly finding it in the woman's pocked. The problem was that he didn't know how to dial any number on a smartphone. Noticing Doc's clueless expression, Wynonna forced herself to formulate an explaining sentence.

"J-just touch 9-1-1 and- a short pause followed by a bloody cough - t-then to-touch th-the green b-button..."

Surprisingly, Holliday was able to dial 911 without further explanation or help, even though he was completely unfamiliar with smartphones - or any kind of phones for that matter.

"Hello," a strange voice answered his call.

"Hello, we need an ambulance right now!", Doc told the woman.

"What is your location, sir?" the woman asked.

"M-my location? I-uh..."

"No problems, we can track down your phone through satellite and quickly learn your location." After ten seconds of pause, the woman continued: "Done. An ambulance will be arriving shortly. The ETA is 10 minutes."

"Th-thank you, miss... uh-"

"You're welcome! Good bye," the woman said, interrupting Doc before he could finish his thanking sentence."

Seeing Wynonna's condition aggravating, Doc tried to keep her awake:

"Don't you dare die on me, Earp!"

"I-…", Wynonna tried to make out a couple of words to no avail.

Ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived. The oldest living Earp is resuscitated back to relative stability. Even so, the danger of dying was not quite passed yet.

"You're gonna be fine, you're-", Doc said, before realizing that Wynonna had her eyes closed.

"N-no! No, no, no, no! You can't-… PHYSICIAN! She's dying! DO SOMETHING!" Doc said.

The paramedic came to check Wynonna's status, apparently ignoring Doc's use of the word "physician".

"She's fine, sir," the doctor said, "it's only natural that she's unconscious, she's lost a lotta blood-"

"Can't this thing go any faster?", Doc yelled at the driver.

"I'm sorry, sir, we're already at 110 mph. This as fast as we can go without killing ourselves in the process," the driver gently affirmed.

Doc was completely exasperated. He couldn't even imagine the pain Wynonna's death would bring upon him.

"God… if you're up there… just fix her, please… please," Doc mumbled to himself.

"We're here," the paramedic said.

Four minutes later, Wynonna was already in surgery. Doc was restlessly waiting for her by the door. After another three minutes of pure emotional despair, the door slowly opened and a man came out.

"Phy- doctor, how's she? Is she alive?", Doc said, quickly rushing towards the man.

"I'm sorry, sir, Mrs. Earp…"

"No…"

"She's dead. I'm sorry."

Next time on Lux Liberum:

CHAPTER 2 - "ADFLICTIO"

"It's my fault! I was-," Waverly said, before bursting into tears.

"It's not your fault, Earp. All we can do now is avenge her."

The room changed. She suddenly found herself surrounded by pitch black.

"It's time… Wynonna," said the mysterious man.

"But ho- who are- wait!", Wynonna asked the elder man, before he disappeared into nothingness.

Author's Note:

So, this is the first chapter! It's much shorter that what usual chapters will be like.

Please review. Although I already have a plan for the first arc and much of the story is already (semi-)set in stone, I'm still open(ish) to suggestions! Also, I'd like to see how well the first chapter was received. I really hope you liked it! :)