A/N: Full disclaimer, I found this spell on the internet. Don't play with demons at home, kids.

Source (just in case you have a demon that needs exorcising.):
/exorcism-spell-latin-prayer-incantation/

Nicole rushed back to the Black Badge office, shaking the strange visions from her head.

Sleep.

Sleep and Waverly, that's what she needed.

She was tired and sore and now she could add hallucinating to her list of problems.

She burst through the door, and Gus looked up from where she had been studying one of Dolls' maps mounted on the wall.

"You okay, kid? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"No, I'm good, just tired."

At least I hope I'm just tired.

She twisted nervously at the ring on her right hand before noticing that Gus was still staring at her.

"I'm fine, really, just a rough day."

Gus turned back to the map on the wall, and the rookie officer quickly grabbed her boots from the corner and propped up against the wall before tugging on first the fresh socks and then her boots.

"Is this a map of the homestead?"

"I seem to remember deputy Dolls requesting some geological surveys of the homestead a few months back."

"Whats this red line?" Gus pointed to a red line just inside the Earp property margin.

Nicole leaned over to examine the map. She definitely hadn't noticed that the first time.

"Not sure, haven't seen anything like that before. "

"Supernatural barrier." She could barely hear Waverly's hoarse whisper and she immediately knelt down beside her girlfriend.

"What was that?"

"Special bedrock - keeps the demons out."

"Demons can't cross the line?"

"No demons on Earp land. It's the one good thing about that drafty old place."

She looked up at Gus.

"We could use that."

"What do you mean?"

"Ok, think of this - we put Waverly and the wax figure just outside the barrier; and then when the demon comes out, it can't get to us. We pull Waverly across the line and then she's safe too."

"I don't really have any experience with demons, so I can't say for sure, but it sounds like a solid plan." Gus offered.

Calamity Jane meowed very unhelpfully.

She looked at Waverly, out of the three of them, her girlfriend was the most qualified to speak on supernatural matters.

"It should work." Waverly offered her a small smile and she leaned forward to press a kiss against the other girls cheek.

"It will work, it has to. "

She gathered up a stack of papers from the desk and handed them over to Gus.

"This should be everything we need."

"Well, might as well get started then, we can take my truck - less suspicious, and we wont have to move Santa over to your cruiser."

Nicole nodded and pulled out the key to Waverly's chains.

"Just try to keep it together until we get outta here, Wave."

She quickly undid the chains and pulled the shorter girl to her feet, looping an arm around her waist to keep her upright.

She looked up to see Gus watching them, a sad smile on her face. The older woman picked up the chains she had discarded and arranged them in her purse. Nicole's eyes widened.

"What all do you have in there?"

"Well, I'd tell ya, but I'd have to kill ya. And I don't think Waverly would appreciate that much."

Gus reached out and patted her cheek before grabbing Calamity Jane's cat carrier and opening the office door.

They followed Gus out into the main police department and Nicole's hopes of escaping without anyone noticing were quickly dashed.

"Waverly? I didn't know you were here!" Nedley gestured between the two of them. "Maybe you can talk some sense into your girlfriend, get her to go home and rest. I don't know what she thinks is so important, but everybody is back in fighting shape after the champagne incident. She needs to take the night off and rest. Hell, she can have the whole week off if you can convince her."

Nicole's arm tightened around Waverly's waist, trying to provide at least a modicum of comfort.

"That's actually just where we were headed, Sheriff. Gus here was kind enough to come drive us home."

"Ah, Mrs. McCready; I would say it was a shame not to see you at the party, but I guess that ended up being for the best." He wiggled his fingers in the spaces of Calamity Jane's cage. Surprisingly, she nuzzled into his fingers, purring softly.

Well, she'd definitely never seen that before. To think, her man hating cat had a soft spot for the Sheriff.

"I'll let you ladies be on your way; Haught, let me know if you need anything."

"Thank you, sir."

She pulled Waverly out the door and waited for Gus to open the back door of the truck.

"Alright, Wave let's get you in here." She lifted Waverly up into the seat and waited for her to scoot down before climbing in herself.

The ride to the Homestead was mercifully short, although it probably just seemed that way because she couldn't keep her eyes off of Waverly - eyes searching anxiously for any sign of distress.

"Stop. Stop the car." Waverly's voice was soft and cracking, but it still made Gus slam on the brakes.

"Stop?"

"The line is close, I can feel it."

"Well I guess the buck stops here." Nicole quipped, hopping out and easing Waverly down to the ground.

They walked along for a few feet until Waverly shivered. "Here."

"Here?"

"Here, it's the strangest thing, i just can't go any further."

Nicole was new to this whole supernatural thing, but it was already weirding her out. Champagne poisoned by zombie bad guys, a girlfriend suffering demon possession, and now a barrier that didn't let demons pass. She was anxious for Wavelry to get back to normal and explain all of this.

"Alright, Officer - cuff her." Gus's voice broke through her musing.

"What?"

"Well we can't just let her be free, what's to stop the demon from hurting or trying to make her run away?"

"It's okay, Nic." Waverly promised, and Nicole's heart twinged at how utterly exhausted the other girl looked.

"Hopefully this won't take long." She gently latched the cuffs on Waverly's wrists and took the chain that Gus handed her, looping it around the chain of the cuffs and around one of the nearby fence posts.

Gus set the Santa figure next to the chained up girl, and Nicole grimaced.

"That is a creepy ass little guy, no offense."

"None taken, I only put it out every year to drive Waverly crazy - she thinks it's tacky."

"Well, she's not wrong." she whispered to Calamity Jane, pulling the cat out of her carrier and letting her jump on the ground where she gingerly pranced around the rocks, sniffing the light spattering of snow on the ground.

She and Gus stepped away, hopefully over the supernatural barrier, and not a moment too soon - Wavelry's eyes glowing red once again.

"Well, I guess I'll figure out this Latin pronunciation on my own." She tried to sound flippant, but her heart was pounding out of its chest. This was it, it was do or die - she was either going to save Waverly or she wasn't. She didn't even want to think about what might happen if this didn't work and she desperately hoped that Wynonna had been successful at breaking Dolls out of prison, at least then she'd have a back up plan.

She took a deep breath and began reading from the paper in front of her.

Regna terrae, cantata Deo, psallite Cernunnos,
Regna terrae, cantata Dea psallite Aradia.

The sky darkened, and thunder rumbled in the distance- definitely not normal for mid- December. Her heart pounded impossibly harder, and she tried to keep her voice steady.

Caeli Deus, Deus terrae,
Humiliter majestati gloriae tuae supplicamus
Ut ab omni infernalium spirituum potestate,
Laqueo, and deceptione nequitia,

It was almost pitch black now, and she could feel Gus shifting nervously beside her. Waverly's eyes glowed red in the darkness, calling her like a beacon, begging her to stop but she pressed forward, forcing her eyes back to her barely visible script.

Omnis fallaciae, libera nos, dominates.
Exorcizamus you omnis immundus spiritus

Waverly screeched, the sound resonating in her very bones like nails on a chalk board. She couldn't help but glance up to see Calamity Jane stalking around Waverly, back arched and tail held high.

Omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio,
Infernalis adversarii, omnis legio,

Lighting struck the ground beside them, and she jumped; Gus's hand settled on her shoulders, grounding her, urging her on.

Omnis and congregatio secta diabolica.
Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, dominates,

Calamity Jane hissed, and a spotlight of of sunlight shot through the clouds, it's beam a blinding ray on Waverly's face. The demon possessed girl collapsed to her knees, wrists straining against her chains. For a moment, she thought that perhaps it was over, perhaps the demon was out, but Wavery screeched again, eyes glowing impossibly redder. Her voice faltered, stumbling over the words.

Ut coven tuam secura tibi libertate servire facias,
Te rogamus, audi nos!
Ut inimicos sanctae circulae humiliare digneris,
Te rogamus, audi nos!

She could feel the energy in the air, like a natural disaster was about to strike. A brutal wind whipped the loose hairs from her braid around her face and the cold bit through her jacket.

Terribilis Deus Sanctuario suo,
Cernunnos ipse truderit virtutem plebi Suae,
Aradia ipse fortitudinem plebi Suae.
Benedictus Deus, Gloria Patri,
Benedictus Dea, Matri gloria!

The energy was at a fever pitch now, Waverly was still kneeling on the ground, head thrown back to face the sky, sunlight streaming over her. Calamity Jane was stock still, staring Waverly down, fur on end from head to tail.

"What's next?" Gus's voice shouted above the roar of the wind.

"I don't know!" She felt a tiny bit of hope drain out of her at the words. "This was all I had! It was supposed to work!"

"Maybe it just needs time!"

Normally, Nicole considered herself to be a pretty patient person, but this was trying even her limits. As the seconds ticked by with no change, she could feel her apprehension growing. There was definitely something going on, right? There was some sort of energy at work, it just wasn't doing anything.

"Listen, Ladybug. The most important thing is that when the time comes, you take off the ring."

What if she hadn't been hallucinating?

What if her grandmother had really appeared to her and offered her a solution.

She twisted the ring on her finger.

It was crazy.

Insane, even.

But then she was currently chanting Latin spells and hoping that her cat was going to help excorsize her demon possessed girlfriend, so could it really get any crazier?

Her fingers played with the metal of the ring before slipping it off. Carefully, she passed it and the papers to Gus before stepping forward.

"What are you doing?"

For the first time today, Gus sounded legitimately worried.

"Saving Waverly."

At least, that's what she hoped she was doing.

The second she crossed the line, she could feel it. She could see it, too, the dark shadow that hovered within Waverly, that gripped her soul with an iron fist.

Waverly's eyes shot towards her, red irises widening.

"What kind of magic has hidden you from me? Surely, not even a daughter of the Valley could stay concealed for so long."

She felt the sun warm her face, hot compared to the winter wind that whipped around them. Calamity Jane bounded to her, weaving her way around Nicole's boots.

She had no idea what to say. Or do, for that matter.

Luckily, the words came to her, rising unbidden from her throat.

"There is magic in this world that even you don't know, Apep. As old as you are, my people are older, and they crafted the safeguards against you long before you were created by some mismatch of spells and wizardry."

"And yet here I am. And even your familiar spirit cannot call down enough power to cast me out."

She felt a warmth blossom in her chest, sparking down to her finger tips.

"Perhaps you have been allowed to exist in this world too long."

"Perhaps, but it is not for you to decide."

"Isn't it?"

She didn't know where the words came from, or what they meant, but she could feel . . . something . . . inside her let loose, spiraling out of her, filling the air until it began to reverse the spin of the wind. The red eyes across from her filled with fear and the sun warmth bathing them both grew hotter still.

"Waverly?!" She called out desperately. "I know you're in there!"

The shadow over Waverly faltered in its grip and Calamity Jane hissed from under her feet.

"Why would you risk everything for this mere mortal?!"

Despite it all, the demon's voice was taunting.

"Waverly, listen to me! You have to fight it!"

Lightning crackled.

"Waverly, I love you!"

It was like snapping a tautly drawn cord.

Waverly gasped and the demon shot into the sky, the dark shadow speeding towards Nicole like a bullet.

She braced herself for an impact that never came, fully prepared to find herself possessed. Instead, the shadowy figure stopped half a inch away from her, disembodied voice shaking her eardrums until they ached.

"Silly girl, you don't even know who you are! What you're capable of! And you waisted it all on what? Love? You are just like your grandmother! You haven't seen the last of me!"

Before her brain could process, the shadow was sucked into the wax figure, the painted on Santa face suddenly looking much more sinister.

She ran to Waverly, only to find the shorter girl unconscious, shallow breaths rising in her chest. As fast as her trembling fingers would allow, she undid the cuffs and pulled Waverly into her arms, two long strides carrying her across the boundary.

Gus looked as confused as she felt, but she still helped settle Waverly on the ground, gentle hands searching for injuries but finding none.

"What happened?" She questioned Nicole without looking up.

"I- I'm not sure."

"Guess we've all got family secrets then, huh?"

She opened her mouth to reply, but Waverly's brown eyes were blinking up at the now clear sky.

"Nic?" Her voice was hoarse and exhausted, but it sounded like music in Nicole's ears.

"I'm right here, baby."

"Did you really use an 'I love you' line to get rid of a demon?"

Nicole nodded, unsure of how to respond.

"That is the cheesiest thing I have ever heard. You're never living this down."

"I don't think it's any cheesier than telling your sister you love me to try and keep me from getting shot! But it's true, I lo-".

Waverly's fingers pressed against her lips.

"Don't say it. Not like this."

Nicole nodded again before leaning down to press her lips against Waverly's.

Just because she couldn't say it, didn't mean she didn't get to show it.

As always, comments and critiques are welcomed and encouraged!