Chapter 9

The team had been working non-stop for the past two weeks at Black Badge trying to figure out the connection between Marcus Wade and Bobo, however had come up empty handed. Major Haught was sitting at the table in the war room flipping through
some of Waverly's files when Wynonna and came tumbling in. She caught herself on the door and looked at Major Haught. She was sitting at the table wearing her signature khaki BDU pants and black t-shirt.

"Working late on a Saturday night? I'm the town pariah with 10 years of bad deeds and social suicides to make up for. What your excuse?" She said tipping the bottle of whiskey in her hand towards the Major.

"Dolls." Haught says holding up the report she was reading.

"Say no more." Wynonna replies taking another drink. Haught just smiled and nodded laying the report back down and looking over at Wynonna.

"It's nice to know I'm not the only one who wasn't invited to the party." Haught said leaning back in her chair.

"What party?" Wynonna sets her whiskey down on the table looking at the Major.

Across town Waverly and her friends were dancing and enjoying themselves at the only dance club in Purgatory. They were celebrating the second engagement of her friend Stephanie.

"Tres Sparkly!" Waverly said as Steph was showing off her engagement ring for a third time that night.

"I know right!" Steph said throwing back another shot. Waverly had wanted to had the party at her house, but everyone bailed saying they weren't going to the 'murder house'. The girls were enjoying a drink when in walked Champ Hardy.
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"Great." Waverly said as she noticed. Steph started giggling and ran over to Champ and his friends squeaking like a school girl.

"Don't sweat it waves." Chrissy said moving to the seat next to Waverly.

"What's he doing here?" Waverly said taking another sip of her cocktail as Steph started leading Champ and his boys there way.

"What's up Waverly." Champ said slicking his hair back and sliding up next to her.

"Champ." Waverly replied not looking up at her drink.

"How about a dance?" Champ slipped his arm around Waverly's waist and tried to pull her onto the dance floor. Stephanie was across the table smiling and nodding while mouthing "go" and pointing to the floor.

"I'm fine right here, thank you. It's a girls night." Waverly said reaching around and grabbing Champs hand and lifting it away from her. She just smiled up at champ and then returned to her drink. Champ laughed nervously and looked around
at his boys. He then leaned in close to Waverly.

"When are going to stop playing little detective with Wynonna and realize I'm the best thing that's ever going to happen to you?" Champ said quietly so only Waverly could hear. He slipped his hands around Waverly again and pulled her off her stool.
"Come on baby, let's shut that brain of yours off and go have some fun." Waverly slapped champ across the face and pulled away.

"I don't want my brain shut off Champ. We're done. We've been done for months." Champ just stood there in shock. As Waverly turned to go back to her seat Champ grabbed her wrist.

"You'll come crawling back. Just hope I haven't found someone better by then." He said letting her hand go and walking away getting pats on the shoulders from his boys.

"What's wrong with you." Stephanie asked as Waverly took her seat. Waverly just looked at her confused.

"Champ and I are done." Waverly took a drink of her Cosmo and looked at Stephanie who was still sitting there staring at her. "I know we've gotten back together in the past but it's for good this time." Waverly said.

"Good for you." Chrissy raised her glass to toast Waverly, who obliged.

"Yea but Champ is so." Steph said still shaking her head.

"What? Ignorant? Immature?" Waverly asked sitting her drink down.

"Ah Indulgent. He loved you." Stephanie shook her head again and looked directly at Waverly. "I'm not trying to be mean here but it's not like you have a ton of dudes lined up waiting to date an Earp." The tone with which Stephanie enunciated
Waverly's last name stung her like a knife.

"Wow." Waverly said not hiding the shock in her face. Waverly picked her drink back up and downed it.

"Come on guys were here to celebrate." Chrissy said trying to sound enthusiastic. Raising her glass grabbing Waverly's hand and leading her to the dance floor.

"You know exactly who is there too, Chrissy Nedley." Wynonna said taking another drink from the bottle.

"What the Sheriff's daughter?" Nicole asked. Wynonna and Nicole were now sitting on the floor next to the giant map of the Ghost River Triangle Waverly had hung up when she first started with Black Badge. On it were little red pins indicating Revenants
Wynonna had sent back and there location. Also were other various pins which Waverly used to identify strange things in the area. The file Nicole had been flipping through was on the table in front of them.

"Yeap!" Wynonna said, "and Stephanie Jones." Wynonna set the bottle down between them. "You know one time Stephanie told me I should get a butt lift." Nicole looked at her appalled.

"Your ass is top shelf man. Top shelf." Nicole replied slurring her words slightly.

"Thanks" Wynonna said offering the bottle to Nicole. "I think I keep Waves too close. She isn't get to have that normal childhood everyone else did. I kind fucked that up for her." Wynonnas eyes filled with sadness as she took another
drink.

"I think Waverly," Nicole stopped herself to hold in a hiccup, "has spent her whole life". Nicole stalled hard. "Her whole life tailoring who she is to the people she's around. She's over compensated to make people like her." Nicole
turned and looked at Wynonna. "I think she's only now starting to figure out who she is."

"Waverly should be hanging out with you. Your like a walking bumper sticker." Wynonna said slapping Nicole's arm. "Who's armed!"

"I agree." Nicole replied a slight smile crossing her face at the mention of Waverys name. The two had been having small moments together for the past few weeks but nothing like Nicole wanted. While she adored the little make out sessions
they managed to sneak in before they got caught, and the knowing glances they got to share, Nicole wanted something more with Waverly. She looked over at Wynonna debating telling her everything, when Wynonna interrupted her thoughts.
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"What's this?" She said as she leaned forward grabbing a photo off the floor from under the table where Nicole had been flipping through the file. "What the fuck!?" Wynonna almost dropped her bottle of whisky if Nicole hadn't caught it. Wynonna
looked over at Nicole and held up the picture. It was the picture of Dolls and Bobo that she had shown Waverly weeks ago. Nicole just looked at her confused for a moment.

"I thought you knew?" Nicole said taking the photo from her. "Waverly didn't tell you?" Nicole asked surprised as Waverly seemed to tell almost everything to Wynonna, almost.

"No!" Wynonna said grabbing the picture back and staring at it. "Wait you don't believe this do you?! Dolls would never-"

"No." Nicole cut her off. "I thought you knew that." Wynonna had gotten up now as her bottle was empty. Nicole got up and followed her. Wynonna was pacing around the room looking in cabinets. "No one keeps booze in here
Wynonna." Nicole said as she leaned against the table. "Except you."

"What in the sweet hell is going on." Wynonna asked stopping finally and turning to face Nicole. "Is this what you were planning the whole time." Wynonna walked closer to Nicole. "Maybe your the traitor." Wynonna said throwing an
accusatory look at Nicole. Nicole straightened up.

"I think you of all people know better than to try to make me question my loyalties." Major Haught replied. Wynonna looked her up and down then her face softened.

"No. Your right." Wynonna said pulling up and sitting beside Nicole. "You're here to help." Wynonna pulled up the photo to look at it again. "This can't be real."

"Someone is framing Dolls."

"Bobo." Wynonna scoffed. Her anger was welling up inside of her she threw the photo onto the table as she stood and grabbed her coat heading for the door.

"Earp!" Major Haught yelled after her as Wynonna was heading straight for the door. "Earp! What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna send him back to hell!" Wynonna yelled over her shoulder as she reached for the door handle.

"Earp! Stop!" Haught called after her. Wynonna stopped but didn't turn around at first. "You can't go out there and just start shooting people. We have to have a plan."

"I have a plan." Wynonna said drawing peacemaker. "I plan to shoot Bobo between the eyes and send him back to hell where he belongs."

"And what about the rest of the revenants? When they shoot you? What about Waverly?"

"Leave her out of-" Wynonna said approaching Haught.

"What about Waverly when you get killed and you leave her here alone to deal with all of this!?" Haught points back towards the black badge division. The door is open and Wynonna looks past the tall red head and sees the map on he wall. The
map Waverly hung. Showing all the revenants still left to go. Wynonna hung her head and slid peacemaker back in its holster.

"What do you suggest we do major?" Wynonna sighed.

"We make a plan. We find Bobo and we trap him."

"I'm all ears." Wynonna retorts as she follows the red head back into BBD.

Waverly has had several drinks and has finally joined Steph and Chrissy on the dance floor. They are having a good time and Waverly is enjoying the fact that she gets to let go for a little while. She's not thinking about demons, or about
black badge, and she's definitely not thinking about Nicole. As the song ends the girls are laughing and head back to their table giggling. A waitress brings over a shot and sits it in front of Waverly.

"It's from the gentleman at the bar." She turned and looked to see a tall handsome man at the bar smiling at her and giving her a little wave.

"Damn he's hot!" Stephanie said as she turned back to face Waverly. She waves him over to the table despite the objections from Waverly. Chrissy is smiling and winking at Waverly. The young man approached the table and smiled at Waverly.
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"Hi" Waverly said looking up at the man and then down.

"Hi." He said as he placed his hand on Waverly's which was holding the drink. "Perhaps I could have this dance." He said.

"Sorry but I'm out with my friends." Waverly said smiling up at him and pulled her hand away.

"Wav! It's ok." Stephanie said never taking her eyes off the handsome stranger. "I'll dance with you." She said offering her hand to the gentleman. He smiled at Waverly giving her a little nod and then accepted Stephanie's hand.

"Geez Waverly he's hot!" Chrissy said sliding in beside Waverly.

"Not really my type." Waverly replied. Her mind going back to the tall red head her mind definitely wasn't on earlier.

"How can he not be your type? He's gorgeous!" Chrissy said taking a drink of her martini. "You need to get back out there, Waves. You broke it off with Champ months ago." Waverly just smiled up at her. She wasn't sure what was going
on with Major Haught. That was something they needed to talk about tho she thought to herself. She could see something with Nicole, something like a future. The way Nicole looked at her was like no way she had ever been looked
at before. It wasn't purely lustful, like Champ, it was different. It stirred in her something she hadn't been aware of before.

"Waverly?" Chrissy interrupted her thoughts. Waverly smiled up at her.

"Chrissy I-" Waverly started before she was interrupted yet again by the waitress.

"Here ya go ladies." She said as she set down a round for all of them.

"We didn't order these?" Waverly said.

"They are from that gentleman over there." The waitress said pointing across the dance floor. As Waverly looked through the crowd she spotted Champ standing with his friends. The as they moved she saw him.

Bobo Del Rey was laid back on a white sofa, his fur coat flowing around him. A woman on either side of him smiling and whispering in his ear. But Bobo was paying them no attention he was looking straight at Waverly Earp. Staring
at him from across the club. Waverly reached up and stopped Chrissy from taking a drink. "Don't." Was all she said. Stephanie was still on the dance floor. Waverly was looking around trying to find a clean way out.
She reached over and grabbed a waitress. "Take these back we don't want them."

"They are already paid for." The waitress started before she could finish Waverly cut her off.

"We don't care. We don't want them. Take them to him!" She said nodding towards Bobo. The waitress just shook her head and grabbed the drinks.

"What's with you Waverly? Why are we turning down free drinks?" Chrissy said, looking after them longingly.

"Nothing is free when it comes from Bobo." Waverly said. Waverly watched across the bar as the waitress brought the drinks back to Bobo. He looked straight at her the whole time, he then smacked the tray out of the waitress' hand spilling
drinks and glass everywhere. He gave an evil grin towards Waverly. His eyes briefly flashed red and then he looked over to Stephanie and the handsome gentleman she was with on the dance floor. He nodded to him and Waverly
followed her gaze as the mans eyes also flashed red and before Waverly could react the young man had spun Stephanie around and into the middle of the dance floor alone.

Steph just stayed there dancing while Waverly watched Bobo. His eyes burned red and he flung a hand out. Waverly watched as the glass that was on the floor next to him flew out towards Stephanie and landed beside her on the floor.
The broken martini glass stood straight up like a spike. Waverly tried to scream to Steph but the music was too loud. Waverly looked back at Bobo shaking her head standing up to start to run out onto the floor and she watched
as his hand still outstretched flicked to the side and suddenly Stephanie slipped and fell, her head landing straight in the broken martini glass.

Chrissy screamed and Waverly just stood there staring at Bobo. His eyes went normal and he got an evil grin on his face. He licked his lips in a way that turned Waverly's stomach. Every was screaming and running now. Waverly
was almost knocked over as people ran past her she caught herself and looked back the the place where Bobo was and he was gone.

"Shit." Waverly let out standing still amongst the panic.