Waverly Earp was on fire. Well more accurately her clothes were on fire. The heat of the flames were licking at the fabric even but had yet to reach her skin. She and Jeremy had been crouched next to one another before the explosion trying to let the air of O'Grady's tires when the outpost exploded, sending them both flying backwards, igniting her clothing.

"Shit shit shit." Waverly swore as she dropped to the ground and began to roll around, desperately pulling off her jacket and Kevlar vest which now resembled horribly charred pieces of fabric rather than actual clothing. Luckily she was able to remove everything without getting badly burned. Though Waverly was now only left wearing her tight white tank top; she couldn't feel the chill in the air, instead she just felt the intense waves of heat emanating from the large structural fire just beyond her.

"Jeremy?" She called out, looking around for her friend. She found him several feet from where she'd landed. "You okay?" She asked giving the scientist a firm shake, jolting him back to the land of conscious; a series of hacking coughs taking hold of him.

"Woah!" He said, finally getting his breath back. "Now I know what Zoe felt like in the one episode of Firefly." His eyes searched around his surroundings as he orientated himself; finally they coming into focus on Waverly.

"You okay Waves?" He asked, taking in his friend.

"Yeah." She nodded shrugging. "Just out of a couple of key closet components." She gestured over to her pile of burnt clothing.

"Yeah." Jeremy felt his face, "I think I got a bout of a facial hair singeing there and I've been trying to grow it out again!"

Waverly chuckled before feeling her own face. "I got my eyebrows done. I've been meaning to do it for a while now."

The two shared a brief laugh, slowing down their racing hearts before taking in the sight of the burning building before them. "We need to find the others." Waverly got to her feet, the humour in the air wafting away with the smoke.

"Do you think Nicole and Wynonna were inside when the explosions went off?" Jeremy asked, rising as well.

"I think I heard them yell just before we got hit." The brunette said in confidence, shurgging. "So I'm sure they got out."

Jeremy nodded.

"I'll try and find them." She said squinting around through the darkness, the light from the dancing flames tricking her eyes.

"I'll try and find Doc and Dolls." Jerermy said looking off in the other direction.

Waverly nodded before adding. "Find them, and let's meet where the front of the outpost used to be. We need to figure out what the heck happened and where O'Grady went."

"Roger that Cap-e-tan." Jeremy said giving a mild salute. "Keep an eye on that fire though." He eyed the flames warily. "In case there's a second explosion."

Waverly nodded before giving Jeremy a hug. "I'm glad we're okay."

"Me too." He said returning the hug. After a moment the two broke apart and proceeded in different directions around the outpost.

She rounded the far edge of the inferno and saw Wynonna shakily getting to her feet.

"Wynonna!" She cried running towards her sister.

"Waverly." A wave of relief washed over the eldest Earp's face. "You're okay?"

The two sisters came together for a hug. "Yeah, just a little crispy around the edges. Jeremy is okay too." The sisters stepped back from one another, Waverly looking around in concern.

"Where is?"

"Nicole just went after O'Grady." Wynonna answered before the question was even asked. "She's okay. Seriously pissed off, I swear she was smoking without the help of the fire." Waverly's eyes filled with concern. "but she is the only reason I'm not a burnt marshmallow so she's allowed to be a little fiery eyed." Wynonna added with a smirk.

Waverly felt her shoulders relax. They were okay, they were all okay. Doc and Dolls wouldn't have been close enough to the blast to be injured and if Wynonna and Nicole were okay that meant they'd made it off fairly scot-free. Now all they needed to do was get O'Grady.

"Should we find the others?" Waverly asked her sister. "Or go after Nicole?"

Behind them the structure of the gun outpost collapsed slightly, sending a fresh wave of sparks towards them.

"I think we should get the others." Wynonna said eyeing the structure warily. "Nicole's after O'Grady and trust me none of us are going to be catching up to her."

"Okay." Waverly said brushing the last bit of soot off of her before looking around. "I told Jeremy we'd meet him where the front door used to be?" She pointed off to where she guessed the outpost's entrance had been.
Wynonna didn't answer. Waverly looked to her sister in confusion to find the heir's eyes still focused on the flames.

"Wynonna?"

Then Waverly was on the ground, shoved backwards by her sister. Before she could even protest the younger Earp saw the source of Wynonna's actions. Deep within the inferno, a dark silhouette of a large figure was coming towards them, its eyes glowing darker than any parts of the fire. Even through the flames Waverly could see the gun pointed directly at Wynonna. O'Grady.

"Run Waverly." Wynonna shouted pulling Peacemaker from its holster and firing into the fire. O'Grady easily dodged the bullets, the flames seeming to part like the red sea around him, allowing him to walk through unscathed. The revenant fired his own gun and Wynonna lurched backwards, landing flat on her back.

"Wynonna! No!" Waverly shrieked crawling towards her sister.

"Damn you Dolls for being right." Wynonna said looking down her front and staring at the three bullets now imbedded in her Kevlar vest. Then she looked at Waverly in concern. "Never tell him I said that!"

"That all you got Earp?" O'Grady yelled, taunting as he exited the flames and stood just beyond them. "I thought you were supposed to be a challenge? Guess not."

For some reason these words cut through Waverly deeper than they did Wynonna. Her sister had been the only heir to get so close to breaking the curse; even after all she'd been through. Without truly thinking Waverly turned to face the Revenant, stepping away from Wynonna who was just beginning to sit up, shouting some quippy comment in response to O'Grady. Waverly drew her gun from its holster.

"How dare you?" The youngest Earp screamed. She aimed her gun for his head and fired. It was hard to tell who was more surprised that Waverly actually managed to hit her target, O'Grady or Waverly herself. The gunshot hit him squarely in the left eye and causing him to lurch backwards yelling in pain.

"Bitch!" The man bellowed, a dark new hole visible on his face. Suddenly the fire around him began to rise and churn, rearing into tall stalks. The Earp sisters were forced to leap apart as a vine of fire slammed between them. The flame's puppet master, O'Grady began firing off his gun in sprees at both sisters in rage. Luckily for both of them, his sudden lack of an eye was seriously affecting aim. "Earp Bitches!" He screamed again in anger.

"WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE" Waverly yelled back at the demon. Drawing his attention. The Revenant turned his gun on the younger sister and continued firing haphazardly. Waverly dodged.

Her sister's distraction gave Wynonna the opportunity she needed. The heir planted her feet and directed Peacemaker at the man's head. "Make your peace." She said, the words rolling deliciously off her tongue for the final time.
This time her aim was the truest it had ever been. The shot hit the demon directly between the eyes and Wynonna watched with more pride than she'd ever felt before as O'Grady was pulled deep into the pits of hell itself; taking most of the inferno of fire with him. He was gone.

"YES" Wynonna screamed, arms in the air, feeling the now wonderful heat of the remaining fire. The dance moves that followed were something no person would ever be able to replicate. Both graceful yet completely chaotic.

"WAVERLY WE DID IT!" She turned, arms still raised to her sister. "WAVERLY IT'S OVER." Instantly Wynonna's voice caught in her throat and her stomach dropped.

Her eyes locked with her sister's and together they both looked down at the younger woman's front. Waverly's white and ashy tank top was now marred with four round circles. Darkness was beginning to seep through the shirt as each circle grew.

"Waverly no." Wynonna let Peacemaker drop to the ground as she ran to her sister. She'd only just managed to get to the smaller woman before Waverly's legs let go. Gently Wynonna brought the two of them to the ground. "No no no." She said repeatedly staring down in horror at Waverly's injuries. O'Grady's aim hadn't been as bad as she'd thought. Her sister had been shot four times. Twice around the stomach, once in the shoulder, and once in the right side of her chest. Serious injuries. Waverly needed to be in a hospital immediately. But Wynonna knew they were in the middle of nowhere, their cars parked nearly half a kilometre away. There was no helping her.

"Baby girl." Wynonna soothed, tears pilling down her fast.

Waverly was just still staring down at her chest, eyes slightly glazing over. "I don't feel anything." She said weakly looking up at her sister. "Is this real?"

Wynonna's heart sunk further. If Waverly wasn't truly feeling the extent of her injuries that further confirmed that they were lethal.

"Waves." She said holding her sister tight. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Wynonna." Waverly's voice was weak; she was doing her best not to succumb to the seductive darkness that had begun beckoning to her. "Yeah baby girl?"

"We did it" A grey smile spread over Waverly's face.

"Yeah." Wynonna agreed, tears streaming down her face. 'Yeah we did Waves. Thanks to you."

Waverly smiled back for a moment before her brow furrowed. Her injuries starting to affect her more deeply. She didn't have much time left. Wynonna sensing this pressed her forehead to her sister's. As if willing the contact to heal her.

"I don't want to be alone." Waverly suddenly, tears starting to stream down her face, a trickle of blood dripping down her chin. "Don't let me be alone."

"You're not alone baby girl." Wynonna soothed, holding her sister's face.

"No." Waverly needed her sister to understand. "I don't want to be alone Nonna."

"What?" Wynonna responded at a loss.

"Let me be with her." Waverly uttered even more weakly, the light in her eyes fading.

Then Wynonna understood what her sister was asking.

"Waverly I can't."

"Please Wynonna. Please." Waverly pleaded, the warm lush darkness becoming more and more tempting for her to slip into.

Wynonna glanced over towards Peacemaker who lay on the ground just beyond the two of them.

"Okay." She conceded.

XXXXXX

Nicole had made it about half a kilometre into the woods before she realised she wasn't actually chasing anyone. "O'GRADY!" She yelled again, spinning around searching for him. How could she have missed him, she had run in the direction he'd been firing. There was no way she could have missed him. He'd been surrounded by fire. Unless. Nicole could have smacked herself for her idiocy.

He had braved the flame and used his immortality to actually slip into the burning structure knowing she wouldn't even think to follow him there. Nicole swore loudly. He'd baited her, he knew he'd never have a chance with Wynonna as long as she was there, so he'd drawn her out and let her leave Wynonna alone and vulnerable.

As soon as these realizations came upon her, Nicole heard shouting followed by several gunshots.

"O'GRADY." She roared again, eyes completely ablaze, so much rage running through her veins that the grass beneath actually curled and burnt to ash. The officer took off running back towards the fire and her friends. How could she have been so stupid? She was smarter than this.

In no time at all Nicole broke through the treeline and scanned the area where she'd left Wynonna. Silhouetted by flame the officer could see the Earp heir standing straight, her back to the trees. Nicole could see Peacemaker in her friend's hand. Suddenly, a shot rang out.

"Good." Nicole growled aloud. O'Grady must have just been dispatched.

As she jogged forward she watched the heir drop the revolver to the ground. "What?" She thought. No victory dance? No woops? No laughing manically.
Instead the heir was standing stock-still, then as Nicole neared Wynonna almost mechanically turned to face her, her eyes catching Nicole's; nothing but pain written in them.

Nicole picked up her jog to meet the Earp.

"I'm sorry." Was all Wynonna managed to let escape her lips before dropping to her knees with a sob, tears pouring down her face.

Confused, Nicole looked just beyond her friend.

There, lying on her back, eye's staring blankly up at the sky, five bullet holes covering her body, was Waverly Earp. Dead.