Chapter 13
"You shot Waverly?!" Wynonna threw Doc up against the side of Shorty's, Peacemaker pointed up at his eyes through his chin. His hands were up and his eyes were pleading with Wynonna to lower the gun.
"Wynonna!" Dolls said coming out the door looking at them. Dolls looked over at the Jeep to see Waverly slumped over in the seat. Door open. "Shit!" he ran over to the jeep and pulled Waverly's scarf from around her neck and starts
pressing against the blood covered shirt on her side. "Wynonna!" Dolls called drawing the dark haired woman's attention. She lowered the gun and went over to help Dolls lean Waverly back up and into the Jeep. "Hospital" Dolls
called out but Wynonna was already rounding the Jeep and climbing into the drivers seat.
"Whoa there Earp! I know how many you've already had!" Nicole came out of Shorty's and looked around smiling until she saw Dolls, and Waverly. "What the fuck?" She called out as she rounded the Jeep and stood by Waverly gripping her hand and
giving it a squeeze. "Oh my god!" She breathed out. What had happened? All she could think about was wanting to hug her and make everything better.
"We need to get her to the hospital Nic!" Dolls said pulling her back.
Nicole shook her head to snap out of it and looked at Wynonna and pointed to the back. Nicole rounded the front of the Jeep as Wynonna struggled to get into the back and ended up falling several times in her attempts. Dolls strategically
slid himself in as well and the team squealed tires as they headed off towards Purgatory General.
"Well that went better than could have been expected." Doc brushed the front of his coat off and pulled down on the lapels readjusting it after his short tussle with Wynonna. He picked his hat up that had been knocked off by Wynonna and placed
it back on his head and turned and walked into Shorty's.
4 hours earlier
Wynonna, Dolls and Nicole pulled into the parking lot outside the Sheriffs office.
"God dammit!" Nicole smacked the steering wheel. Bobo had gotten more under her skin than she had hoped. Everything about him disgusted her.
"Whoa there Haught-stuff! What did the mini ever do to you." Wynonna said rubbing the dash and making faces at it as if to say sorry. Nicole rolled her eyes at her. "We need to get you laid." Wynonna said in a tone that was matter
of fact. She smiled at Nicole sideways.
"No Earp!" Dolls chimed in from the back seat.
"Wynonna, I'm fine." Nicole said looking at her, a slight hint of fear in her face. She looked up into the rear view to see Dolls. He shot her a wink but never spoke any more. "Wynonna?" Nicole questioned as the brunette jumped out
of the car.
"Earp!" Dolls and Nicole had followed her out of the vehicle and into the BBD. Once inside Wynonna was sitting on the table in the war room.
"Look Bobo is a tool and I'd like nothing more than to bash his face in, but we need to celebrate right now!" Wynonna waved the bottle she was holding that neither of them were sure where it came from.
"And what exactly are we celebrating, Earp?" Dolls said sliding his coat off and hanging on the rack.
"Uh-Haught-McBadass over here," Wynonna looked at Dolls offended he didn't know.
"Please, Wynonna, I'm fine."
"Yea you are," Wynonna gave her a wink and then screwed the cap of her whiskey. She offered the first drink to Nicole which was as grand a gesture any Earp could make. Nicole smiled and took the bottle tipping it back to Wynonna, before
turning it up. The whiskey burned on the way down and she had to hand it to the Earp because she couldn't handle that rot gut.
"Geez, Earp, how do you drink that shit?" Nicole said handing the bottle back.
"She didn't mean it baby." Wynonna soothes the bottle against her.
"Your affection towards inanimate objects is disturbing." Dolls said from his seat in the corner. Wynonna just smirked at him as she gave the bottle a final caress and turned it up.
"Seriously Haught-pants why haven't you found you a nice girl yet?" Wynonna handed to bottle back to Nicole. Nicole quickly turned it up in order to have time to think. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a smirk on Dolls face.
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"I - uh- well," Nicole rubbed the back of her neck, "I-"
"Geez Haught never mind." Wynonna grabbed her bottle back. "With that repertoire of wit, I'm surprised your not beating women off with a stick." Wynonna smirked at her own joke. Then a smile creeped across Wynonna face.
"Wynonna?" Nicole said slowly looking at the brunette sliding off the table and grabbing her leather jacket off the rack. She pulled Dolls' off and threw it at him. "Come on, China let's roll out of here!" and with that she was out the door.
Nicole and Dolls stood there for a moment looking at each other until they realized Wynonna was already 3 drinks ahead and they both headed out after her with a huff.
"When are you going to tell her?" Dolls asked as they made their way down the street from the police station.
"It's not my place to tell. She's Waverly's sister." Nicole and Waverly had just admitted their relationship with each other, she didn't want to push Waverly out until she was ready.
"Wynonna will figure it out soon enough." Dolls said as they pushed open the doors to Shorty's. They were greeted by Wynonna carrying three beers and nodding them over to a booth near the jukebox.
"Ok, Haught-stuff. This," she motioned to the booth, "is the best seat in the house." Wynonna motioned to the rest of the bar, the booth offered a radial view of the so called dance floor, as well as a straight line to the bar. Nicole nodded
as she grabbed one of the beers and took a big drink. Even Dolls sipped on his. Wynonna smiled at the two.
A few hours passed with the three enjoying beers and shots, mostly Wynonna, and Wynonna calling out every female who walked through the door.
"Oh here's one, here's one." Wynonna exclaimed ecstatically. Haught played along pointing out flaws in each woman she had seen prior explaining away why she had no interest in them. Nicole slyly looked over her shoulder to glance at the blonde
who had just walked it. It was the nice girl from the grocery store, though Nicole had witnessed her on more than one occasion buying an excess of candles.
"Nah, I think Pete is handling her just fine." Nicole emptied her beer. "Gotta hit the little Majors room." And she slid out of the booth. Wynonna had been trying all night to set her up with "a nice piece of ass" and Nicole was tiring of
constantly having to battle that. She was however enjoying the evening with Wynonna, though the closer she got to Wynonna the harder it was becoming to keep hiding her relationship with Waverly.
4 Hours earlier
"Doc." Waverly breathed out looking over to the older gentleman who was reloading his six shooters. "I may have got a little bit shot." Waverly slumped forward her head hitting the steering wheel. Doc reached over quickly to push her
back into the seat and grab the wheel however he still had not learned to drive. The Jeep bounced and jerked as it slid off the road through a ditch and into a tree.
Doc blinked his eyes for a few moments and looked up to see his hat laying on the dash. He reached up to feel a warm wet substance coming from his head and he winced as he felt the cut in his hairline. It took a moment for everything to come
back as he looked over to see the youngest Earp leaning against the steering wheel. "Waverly?!" He called out but she didn't move. He looked down to her left side to see the blood stained mark on her floral printed top. He reached
over and grabbed the garment with both hands, "I beg your apologies, little Earp," and ripped the shirt where the bullet had entered.
He surveyed her side, Doc had seen a good deal of bullet wounds in his long life and this one was no different. He found the entrance wound still dripping blood. He shrugged himself out of his coat and bit his shirt at the shoulder as he pulled
the sleeve and the fabric ripped. Pulling the sleeve off he wadded it up and pressed it against the wound. He slid his hand around Waverly gingerly and looking as though he didn't wish anyone to see him, lest they think he was taking advantage
of the poor girl. His nimble fingers quickly found the exit wound on her back. The hole was larger but he could tell the damage was caused by a smaller caliber bullet, a rifle perhaps. He went back to the front side and pulled the sleeve
out long ways so it wrapped around her side. He looked around the vehicle for some twine to bind the makeshift dressing yet found none. "Damn these new contraptions." He sighed as he reached down and undid his belt. He slid his guns
off and laid them on the dash while removing his holsters, he slipped the belt around Waverly and fastened it down tight.
Doc slid out of the passenger door and dropped to his knees as his feet hit the ground. He realized he may have hit his head a little harder than he thought. Gaining his bearings he pulled himself up to his feet and rounded the back of the Jeep.
He flung open the driver door and swiftly tucked his arms under the small woman and cradle carried her back around the Jeep and put her, best he could, in the passenger seat. Dic grabbed his hat off the dash and snugged it down on his
head, wincing slightly as it pressed against his own bleeding wound. Rounding back to the driver side he hopped up into the Jeep and slammed the door.
Doc Holliday had ridden countless times in these new metallic death traps with Wynonna, Waverly, and Dolls but he himself had preferred to remain horseback, though finding one to his suiting had proved difficult. He had settled on a black mare eventually,
which unfortunately at this moment was corralled behind the barn on the Earp homestead. Sighing and looking at all the fancy do-dads in front of him he closed his eyes and attempted to remember how they all brought the metal beast to life. His
eyes still closed he reached his hand slowly forward and it settled on the keys dangling from the steering column. "Well," Doc smiled, "here we go." Doc said as he looked over at the still unconscious brunette and turned the keys. The
Jeep sputtered a bit but roared to life. Doc laughed excitedly and slapped the steering wheel. "Well I'll be a mules uncle."
Now that the Jeep was idling Doc looked around for the mechanism that caused the vehicle to move. He remember Waverly playing with the stick that stuck up from the floor between them and decided to give it a go. He pulled it all the way back
and waited for the vehicle to move. "Damn it all the hell." He said kicking his foot. It landed on the gas pedal and the car lurched forward hitting the tree again causing the tires to throw up dirt and leaves until Doc's surprise caused
him the remove his foot. The vehicle stopped and he looked down seeing two pedals. He looked over at the funny stick again and this time noticed letters beside it. " 1" he pondered for a moment thinking over what they could mean,
then decided to just give them all a go. Currently on one he moved up to two and pressed the gas pedal. The Jeep acted as strangely as it had the first time. Doc shook his head and went up to the "D". As the Jeep again jumped
forward he slapped the steering wheel again. He decided to skip over N as he assumed it stood for "No" and went to "R". In his frustration Doc slammed on the pedal and the Jeep leaped backwards.
"Yeehaw!" He exclaimed looking over his shoulder as the Jeep bounced backwards. He was turning the wheel first one way then the other and the Jeep wiggled its way back to the road. Not knowing how to stop the darn thing even after he let go
of the "Go" pedal. He looked down at his feet and saw the other. With a shake of his head he slammed his boot down on it. The Jeep slid to an abrupt stop. "Whew!" Doc exclaimed looked over at the brunette and hoped for the
best. Sliding the stick down again he landed on "D" and took a deep breath as his foot released the "Stop" pedal and hit the "Go".
The ride into town was wobbly as Doc figured out the wheel in front of him. After receiving several honks from cars he passed he decided it was best to stay on this side of that yellow painted line. He could see Wynonnas truck parked out front
of Shorty's and hoped for the best. He slid to a stop the front tire bumping up over the curb on the sidewalk. He grabbed his pistol off the dash. He gave a last look at Waverly still passed out, and jumped out of the Jeep and rushed
into the bar.
He spotted Wynonna and Dolls sitting at her normal booth and he ran to her. Not realizing he was covered in blood and toting his pistol he ran up to Wynonna. "Waverly," Doc managed to get out. "Shot," he said as he turned on his heels
and headed back out of the bar. Dolls and Wynonna close on his heels.
Outside Wynonna ran over to Waverly's Jeep and saw her baby sister crumpled up in the passenger seat. As she opened the door she nearly fell out and she had to catch her. Wynonna looked back to see the blood covered Doc, pistol in hand and
she saw red. Wynonna rounded on Doc pulling peacemaker and burning it deep into the underside of Doc's face. His hands went up and he rushed backwards bumping into the wall of Shorty's his hat falling off in the scramble.
"You shot Waverly?!"
Wynonna, Dolls, and Nicole were sitting in the waiting room of the smallest hospital Nicole had ever seen, and she had been in Army field hospitals. She sat in a chair her legs bouncing as she leaned over them hands clasped as if in prayer. She
was staring ahead at nothing. Dolls was next to her going back and forth between Nicole and Wynonna. Wynonna was pacing in front of them biting at her nails. Luckily they were the only ones in the waiting room.
They had brought Waverly into the Emergency Room, if that was what you could call it, and the doctors had said Waverly needed surgery.
"Fucking band-aid station," Wynonna said aloud to no one. She kept pacing and would make remarks about the insufficiency of the hospital randomly. Nicole was trying her best to keep her cool. She had only just begun to explore things
with Waverly and now she might lose her. She closed her eyes to try to not have those thoughts. But Nicole had lost so many before her, she was trying her best to rid herself of this fear when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She
looked over to see Dolls looking at her concerned he offered a small smile and an understanding nod, then his gaze moved to Wynonna.
Nicole turned to see the brunette standing infront of her staring at them. The fear on her face was evident. Wynonna had gone from anger to fear now. "What if Waverly-".
"You shouldn't speak so, Wynonna." Doc was standing behind her now. Wynonna pulled peacemaker and pointed it at him. He threw his hands up in surrender. "I did not shot, dear Waverly."
"Wynonna he tried to save her life." Dolls said. "His belt and shirt were wrapped around her to stop the bleeding."
Wynonna just stared at him and then slowly lowered peacemaker releasing the hammer. "Start talking."
Doc had filled them in on what had occurred out at the swan reservoir earlier that day and they had told him about their encounter with Bobo. They were all now sitting around still waiting for word on Waverly. A doctor finally came through
some doors in the back.
"Earp?" He said but was looking at Wynonna already. Wynonna stood but she couldn't move. Nicole stood up beside her and grabbed her hand and led her towards the doctor. He smiled at her the best he could smile at Wynonna Earp. "The bullet
was through and through, and luckily for Waverly didn't hit any internal organs. She is out of surgery now, but she lost a lot of blood so we want to keep her for a few days to monitor her. We were able to stitch up the wounds but unfortunately
it's gonna leave a nasty scar."
Wynonna sighed a huge sigh of relief. "Dudes dig scars." She finally said trying to lighten the mood.
"So do chicks." Nicole said, then looked straight at the doctor not daring to look at Wynonna. She had thought it but didn't mean to say it out loud. Wynonna looked at her a little sideways before she could say anything the doctor continued
talking.
"She's in recovery now but you can go back and see her."
Wynonna nodded her head and thanked the doctor. She turned to Doc and Dolls who were both smiling at her. "I'm gonna stay here with baby-girl, I want to be here when she wakes up." Nicole wasn't sure what to do, she also wanted to be there
when Wavelry woke up but didn't want to intrude on the sister time Wynonna clearly needed. Dolls seemed to read Nicole's internal struggle.
"We should head back to black badge and look over the photos Waverly was able to take and see what we can find out about this Marcus Wades operation." Wynonna nodded. Nicole wasn't sure what compelled her but Wynonna turned and gave her a huge hug
and then headed off through the double doors. Nicole just stared after her. "Come on Haught, we will stop and grab some food on the way." Dolls patted her on the shoulder and they all headed out the door.
Wynonna was sitting beside Waverly's bed, they had moved her to her own room now. At first they were putting her in a room with an old man and no windows. Wynonna had insisted that her sister needed a single room and a window, she needed to
see the sunlight. After Wynonna's fit, and a call from the nurses to Marshall Dolls who insisted that Black Badge was covering the bill, the nurses had rearranged patients and put Waverly in a corner room with two large windows, and a private
bath. Wynonna couldn't help how badly her heart hurt as she looked over at her sleeping sister, hooked up to machines. She never wanted this for Waverly. That's why she had ran, why she left. If she wasn't around maybe the
curse wouldn't exist. Now she felt even more guilty for leaving her sister her alone to deal with it all. Wynonna leaned towards the bed and grabbed Waverly's hand.
"I'll never leave you alone again, baby-girl. I promise."
"What if I have to pee?" Wavelry managed to get out almost as a whisper. Wynonna jumped up and wrapped her arms around her sister who winced loudly as Wynonna jostled her stitches.
"Sorry!" Wynonna said sitting back down in her chair. "You had us worried there for a while Waves." Wynonna's smile was plastered on and Waverly smiled back. She looked around the room to see lots of flowers and teddy bears and even
a few boxes of chocolates. "Everyone has come by to check on you." Wynonna said grabbing a box of chocolate and opening it and grabbing a few out to eat. Waverly just shook her head and was sure most of them had already been eaten.
"Doc keeps sending these. She held the box up, he feels terrible."
"It wasn't his fault. He told me to run and I didn't listen." Waverly said. "I knew better than to follow him down there but I-" Waverly faltered. She wanted to say that she needed to pictures because that was all she could contribute
to the group. That Dolls was the tactical one, Doc was the gun slinger and connection to most of the revenants, Nicole was, well bad-ass, and Wynonna was the one with the gun that sent them back to hell. All Waverly had was her research.
She wanted to prove she was more than that. She wanted to prove she was a valuable contribution. Her eyes started to tear up as she though about everything.
"Hey waves! Are you in pain?" Wynonna asked hitting the nurse call button.
"I'm fine." Waverly wiped her eyes and then smiled over at Wynonna. Her phone buzzed and Wynonna looked down at it.
"Haught-stuff has been super worried, she texts every 10 minutes to see if your still kicking." Wynonna grinned.
"Nicole?" Waverly asked. She didn't realize how disappointed she was the red head wasn't there until just then.
"Nicole? What are you and 'Nicole' best friends now?" Wynonna smirked at her. "Guess I should let them know your awake." She was busy texting when the nurse came in.
"Everything ok?" The nurse asked looking at Wynonna distastefully. "Oh Waverly, you're awake, I'll let the doctor know. Can I get you anything?"
"She's in pain." Wynonna quipped locking her phone and looking up at the nurse she could feel glaring at her.
"I'm fine," Waverly smiled at the nurse. The nurse smiled back and turned to leave. "Actually I'm kinda hungry now that I think about it." Waverly said shyly. The nurse turned and looked at her.
"I'll see what we can find you." She smiled at her sweetly and gave Wynonna another look before leaving.
"What did you do to the nurses?" Waverly asked looking at Wynonna. Wynonnas mouth dropped open as if offended.
"Why would you assume I-" Waverly gave her an 'oh really?' look and Wynonna stopped. "I may or may not have threatened their life if you didn't receive the absolute best care." Wynonna said popping another chocolate in her mouth. Waverly could
only laugh. Her methods may be questionable but there was no doubt Wynonna cared for her sister.
