Waverly Earp walked into the police station with a fresh box of doughnuts. Balanced in her other hand was a travel mug filled with a cappuccino. She wanted to surprise Officer Nicole Haught. From their text message exchange last night, Nicole was out fairly late on a traffic accident just west of town. Waverly thought that a warm cup of coffee and some light flirting might brighten her day.
She smiled to herself thinking about the Officer and their blossoming relationship. She could hardly believe how forward she had been. Literally throwing herself at Nicole in the sheriffs office of all places. But unlike Champ and the other boys who saw her as merely a conquest Nicole Haught was ever the gentlewoman. Waverly didn't feel pressured or intimidated. Even with these new and confusing feelings about being with a woman, she was losing her fear minute by minute.
She passed by the squad room and saw Sheriff Neadleys door was closed and all the desks were vacant. She'd hoped Nicole would be there finishing her reports from her previous tour of duty. Frowning ever so slightly she made her way into the Black Badges Division office. Xavier Dolls and Wynonna were sitting with their heads close together intently staring at the screen of a Panasonic Tuffbook.
"Good morning crime fighters" Waverly said in a singsong voice. "I brought breakfast!" She placed the box onto the large conference table and removed her coat. Neither Dolls nor Wynonna had even acknowledged her presence.
"Ok is this a new thing...?" She asked "or are you live steaming porn?"
At the word porn Wynonna lifted her head and saw her standing in the room. She slowly closed the lid of the laptop and greeted her sister.
"Hey Waves." She said. Waverly could only describe her sisters behavior as odd. Like the way a kid acted when they were caught with their hand in a cookie jar.
"What's the spooky routine for? Dolls did you hack my Netflix again?" She laughed.
Dolls looked over at Wynonna. He gave her a slight nod then got up to leave the office.
"Okay who died?" Waverly joked. Wynonna looked down and Waverly began to panic. "Oh god Wynonna who died?!" She began to panic. Was it Nicole? Gus? Sheriff Neadley?
Wynonnas eyes got big "No Waves no one. Everyone is ok."
Waverly took a relieved breath. "Then what the hells going on?"
Wynonna motioned her over to the computer. "They found dash cam footage. From Nicole's patrol car. From the day of the kidnapping."
Waverly brought a hand to her mouth.
"Where's Nicole? Has she seen this?" Waverly asked from behind her hands. Wynonna nodded.
"Neadley brought the tapes to Dolls. He told Nicole about them. Assured her no one else would see them but she took it pretty rough. She was embarrassed. She apologized to me for not doing her job. "
"Where is she?" Waverly repeated.
Wynonna shrugged lightly. "Nobody has seen her since. Neadley told her to take the day."
Waverly sighed sadly. This was bad. "Wynonna we have to tell her. She thinks she failed. She had no idea she was fighting a Revenant."
Wynonna scoffed slightly. "I watched the tapes Waves. Officer puppy dog eyes is more like a pitbull. She fought hard. She made me look like a freakin tickle me Elmo out there."
Waverly without thinking walked forward towards the table. "I want to see."
"It ain't pretty Waves." Wynonna said. Waverly bit her bottom lip and nodded slightly.
Wynonna lifted the screen of the laptop and clicked the touch pad.
Nicole wiped the sweat from her brow and bent over at the waist to catch her breath.
"Weak ass." She muttered to herself. She stood up and began punching the well worn bag covered in duck tape. How utterly embarrassing. Now everyone would doubt her abilities. Wynonna Earp was wrong. Waverly didn't need to be hanging out with her. Even being armed she couldn't even protect herself.
The speakers blast out angry music. Nicole punched to the rhythm of the songs that filled the room. She needed to work harder.
Even Wynonna had called her a dumb flatfoot. She felt stupid at this moment. Whatever went on behind the closed doors in the "Black Badge Office" was obviously too "high speed" for her. She punched harder. Something was going on. She knew it but no one would tell her the damn truth. She continued punching as a new song filled the room. Purgatory was a small town. She would get to the bottom of this. One arrest at a time. She would do whatever she could to stop these crimes. And she damn sure was gonna make sure she never let herself become a victim again.