Kendall had gone upstairs to change into the clothes that Nicole had given her, while the redhead walked back downstairs to the kitchen where the Earp sisters were currently sitting.
"Hey…" Waverly said with a soft smile as she walked towards her girlfriend and wrapped her arms around Nicole's waist.
"Hey…" Nicole said with a small smile as she hugged the brunette back and leaned down planting a loving kiss on her forehead.
"You okay?" Waverly asked with a caring tone.
"At this point, I have no idea…" Nicole said with a humorless laugh.
"It's going to be okay babe, we're going to be here for you…" Waverly said softly as she squeezed the redhead a little tighter.
Nicole closed her eyes tightly and buried her face into Waverly's hair, enjoying the moment of calmness with the woman who had her heart.
"She's right Nicole…" Wynonna said softly from the kitchen table. "Plus, it's not all bad, the whole red eye thing was totally working for ya."
"Red eyes?" Nicole said as her eyes shot open and she scrunched her brow.
"Yeah babe… You didn't feel anything when Kendall howled?" Waverly asked in confusion.
"I mean I did but I didn't think anything changed…" Nicole said in obvious confusion.
"Oh it definitely did…" Wynonna said wide-eyed.
"What did you feel when she howled?" Waverly asked the redhead.
"Pain… Regret… Sorrow… I don't know, it was weird. It felt like I could feel how sorry she was for all those years that she vanished… Abandoned me…" Nicole said softly as she thought back to how she had never experienced those emotions in such a powerful way.
"Maybe she really is sorry for everything… You should give her a chance to explain babe. It might help for you two to talk some things out, especially with everything that is going to happen." Waverly said as she began rubbing soothing circles over Nicole's back, "She did come all the way here to find you and help you through this. From the little I know about what you two went through, it sounds like she went through this part of her change alone… She at least cares enough about you to not let you go through this alone."
Nicole sighed, knowing that Waverly was right.
"So, Waverly and I have to run to BBD and see if Dolls and Jeremy have made any progress with the anti-venom shit for the Black Widow Bitches…" Wynonna said as she stood up and took her coffee cup to the sink, "Do you want to come with? I don't want us to come back to the homestead and find your sister's dead body on the front lawn."
"Wynonna!" Waverly said wide-eyed as she whipped her head around gawking at her sister.
Nicole gave a light laugh and shook her head.
"It's okay Waverly, I wouldn't blame it if Nikky here wanted to kick my ass some, I would even go as far as to say I partially deserve it." Kendall said as she appeared on the other side of the of the door-frame and leaned against it.
"How about we keep the violence to a zero?" Waverly said with a nervous chuckle.
"Don't worry baby, I don't plan on fighting anyone right now, but I think I'll pass on the trip to BDD with you guys, if that's okay with you," Nicole said glancing down and making eye contact with Waverly, "I was thinking maybe Kendall and I could go to Shorty's and grab some food and talk a little more…" Nicole finished as she looked up at her sister, who wore a surprised expression.
Waverly gave a wide smile as she glanced over to see Kendall's shock and leaned up kissing the side of Nicole's face and quickly untangling herself from the red head and walking over to grab her Jeep keys off the counter.
"I for one think that is a wonderful idea!" Waverly said excitedly as she snaked her arm through Wynonna's and began dragging her older sister towards the door.
"Meet us at Shorty's when you guys are done for food and beers?" Nicole said with a slight smile.
"YES!" Wynonna said in excitement before looking down at her belly and then groaning, "Damn-it…. Well, I'm still getting every greasy food item on the menu!" Wynonna grumbled as she and Waverly headed out the door.
"So… You ready?" Nicole said as she looked over at the blonde.
"Uh, y-yeah! Let's go, I'll drive," Kendall said excitedly as she turned and headed out to her SUV with her sister.
The drive for the Haught sisters started off awkwardly silent.
"You know, this is a lot less painful if you talk…" Nicole said quietly as she looked out the window.
"I'm just surprised you wanted to go eat and talk… I guess I'm just stunned?" Kendall said with a nervous glance towards her sister.
"I mean, if I'm going to have to go through this, I'm going to need help, and it would be a lot easier to have you around and there be less hostility and awkward silences…" Nicole said with a small smirk and glance at her sister.
"So that means you want me to stick around?" Kendall said with a smile.
"For now… You're still on probation for being an ass, and you have a shit ton of explaining to do… But yeah, it would be nice to have you around for awhile and to catch up," Nicole said with a genuine smile.
Kendall felt tears welling in her eyes and she took her hand and placed it on Nicole's forearm, "Thank you Nikky…"
Nicole used her right hand to cover her sisters and give a light squeeze.
"You're buying drinks too…" Nicole said with a grin as she went back to looking forward out at the road.
"I figured as much," Kendall said with a laugh as the two continued to Shorty's.
Wynonna and Waverly walked in to the BDD office at the station talking about the shock of Nicole becoming a wolf like the one they had just seen on the property.
As they opened the door to the office both stopped in their tracks and quickly brought their hands up to cover their noses.
"Sweet burning pile of horse shit what in God's holy name is that smell?!" Wynonna said gagging.
"Jeremy, go ahead and tell them WHAT THAT SMELL IS!" Dolls yelled with a glance over to the young scientist. Dolls had removed his sweatshirt and had it wrapped around his face in an attempt to mask the stench.
"I may have made a tiny TINY miscalculation in the serum and it produced a horrid smell, but as I told the lovely Agent Dolls over here, I'll have it fixed in a jiffy!" Jeremy said with a nervous chuckle as he looked around at the others, "Okay yeah back to work!"
"Come in here and we'll talk," Dolls said with a head nod towards his office.
Wynonna and Waverly quickly followed.
"So I take it no progress?" Waverly asked as she fanned the air in front of her face.
"We have been staking out the Gardner house, but the sister's know that we are there and they haven't revealed any signs of possessing a demonic force, but that being said, they also make sure at least one of them is always at the house so I can't go inside and look around," Dolls said as he removed his shirt from his face and looked at Wynonna, "How are you feeling?"
Waverly looked between the two with a small smile on her face.
Dolls never smiled, well rarely smiled, but when he looked at Wynonna it seemed like he couldn't help it.
Wynonna gave a grin and Waverly could see touches of red on her cheeks as her big sister cleared her throat. "Good… Better… Fine" Wynonna said as she bit her lower lip and looked away.
"Okay love birds, focus…" Waverly said with an amused tone.
"Right," Dolls said with a clearing of his throat, "So once Jeremy figures out a serum to stop the paralyzing venom that will give us some type of upper hand when they do attack but the best thing we could do is figure out for sure who they are first and strike that way. We can't make a move on the Gardner sisters without having some type of proof."
"Okay so what ways could we figure out who they are then? I mean is there a way that Jeremy could use the piece of the veil to create something that would… I don't know… Smoke them out?" Waverly asked as she contemplated their current dilemma.
"I'm working on that now actually," Jeremy said as he busted through the door, causing Wynonna to jump in surprise.
"Dude!" Wynonna said wide-eyed.
"Sorry, but I'm letting the serum cook for a few minutes and the walls in the room aren't that thick," Jeremy said with a chuckle, earning a serious raised eyebrow from Dolls, "Right, so the thing about using the piece of the veil to create some type of liquid tracker for the widows is pretty hard. The key to the widows seems to be their paralyzing venom, and as you guys smelled when you walked in, baking down pieces of the widows causes an atrocious stench that makes you want to vomit. Essentially if there was a way to make it into something that would expose who the widows were in human form, there is no way of knowing if the stench you smelled in there would amplify and possibly be toxic… Knocking us out and anyone within 1,000 radius."
"Bitches are old and powerful and obviously smell like ass so pretty much if you did create something to expose them, there is the potential for a nasty bomb of widow stank?" Wynonna asked as she pouted her lips and glanced at Jeremy.
"Yep, pretty much," Jeremy said with a small frown.
"So if you can use the veil and make something to stop the paralyzing venom from knocking us out all the time that's at least one step forward," Waverly said with a shrug.
"Yeah but there is still the issue of figuring out who they are when they aren't parading around in black mist," Dolls said with a frustrated sigh.
"HOLD UP!" Wynonna said as she slammed Peacemaker down on the table and shot up, causing everyone to jump. "I have an idea! Damn I'm so smart! High five!" Wynonna said with a smile as she slapped her belly.
"Okay… Care to share with the rest of the group?" Waverly said with a laugh.
"We need to figure out who these bitches are right?" Wynonna said as she raised her eyebrows at her sister and grinned.
"Yeahhhhh…" Waverly said as she narrowed her eyes.
"And they have a distinct odor that humans can't smell unless pieces of their nasty asses are boiled down right…?" Wynonna said as her smile got bigger.
"Right…" Dolls said as he looked at the Earp heir.
"So what if we happen to know two people who had really good noses on them?" Wynonna said with a grin as she looked from Dolls to her sister.
"Those people would have to have exceptional smell, like super-human scent though…" Jeremy said in total confusion.
"Super-human as in possible werewolf and werewolf-to-be?" Wynonna said with a grin as she narrowed her eyes.
"Are we sure that's safe?" Waverly growled, her face showing her obvious concern for Wynonna implying they involve Nicole and Kendall. "Werewolf-to-be has a lot on her plate…"
Wynonna rolled her eyes, "Yeah but Waves it's not like we wouldn't be around to back them up plus she kinda has a big bad wolf sister who would be there to do like all the work!"
"Okay, so what are you two not telling us?" Dolls asked as he raised an eyebrow in confusion and looked at the sisters.
Wynonna pierced her lips together and gave Waverly a look that said you know I'm right, now tell them!
Waverly rolled her eyes and sighed as she looked towards the confused Dolls and Jeremy.
"Nicole's older sister showed up here at the station yesterday…" Waverly said as she looked between the two men.
"Officer Haught has a sister?" Jeremy said as he tilted his head. Dolls gave Jeremy a light swat to the back of the head, indicating for the younger man to quiet himself.
"Yes… Yes she does," Waverly said as she took a deep breath.
"Spit it out baby girl," Wynonna said with a softened look.
"Okay so Nicole's sister came to town to tell Nicole that her family is the oldest Lycan, aka werewolf clan in like North America and starting, well like this morning Nicole started changing, because on Friday, it's her birthday and she will go through her first change and officially be a werewolf or wolf… I don't know an alpha or beta, it will depend and yeah but her sister is an alpha and she shifted into this massive golden wolf and now they're at Shorty's drinking because Nicole and her sister have some major family issues to work out…" Waverly spat out quickly in what seemed to be in one breath.
Dolls and Jeremy were looking at Waverly with their jaws dropped and eyes wide open.
"That was a pretty good summary Waves," Wynonna said as she gave a smirk and nod to her sister.
"Thank you," Waverly said giving a proud grin.
"HOLY SHIT!" Jeremy squealed in excitement, "OH MY GOSH! I have only ever read about Lycans! I can't believe it! Do you think I could get a blood sample?! CAN I GET HAIR FOLICALS WHEN THEY SHIFT?!"
At this point Jeremy was clapping and jumping up and down.
"Dude, Nicole hasn't even had her first change or whatever," Wynonna said as she watched the young man overly enthusiastic, "Calm your tits."
Jeremy took a couple deep breaths to calm himself, then spoke, "If Nicole's sister is already a wolf, and Nicole has already begun the transition and is showing the introductory signs of the change then they would without a doubt be able to pick out the widows in their human form!"
"You're quiet…" Wynonna said as she looked over at Dolls.
"I can't believe I didn't put it all together before," Dolls said with a light laugh, "I guess it's because Nicole doesn't exactly fit in with the Haught pack mentality, I would have never guessed she was a descendant of the clan."
"Wait you know them?" Waverly said as she scrunched her brow.
"I worked with one of them when I was in the Middle East, I don't know if he was Nicole's dad or uncle… They're a very well known and well respected clan…" Dolls said as he looked over to Wynonna and Waverly who were listening intently, "They're essentially Lycan royalty."
"Holy shit your girlfriend is a werewolf princess!" Wynonna said as she smacked Waverly's shoulder.
Waverly was stunned and just looked at Dolls, waiting to see if he was going to say more.
"Is her sister going to be around through Nicole's first full moon shift?" Dolls asked.
"Yeah, her name is Kendall. She said she showed up yesterday so she could get here and help Nicole start to adjust to some of the changes as her body starts transitioning," Waverly said as she leaned back and crossed her arms, "Her sister said that if she's around, Nicole's body will start changing a little sooner than it normally would and those small adjustment would make her first shift less painful. Kendall said she is going to help her learn how to control things and make sure Nicole gets through it."
Dolls nodded in an understanding way, "I'm surprised her sister showed up to help. From what I have learned about the Haught clan over the years, they believe more in tough love and letting new wolves suffer. Her sister is right though, with another wolf around, especially a family member, Nicole will start the small changes as her body adjust early and it will take a lot of the pain away."
"How much pain really comes from a wolf shifting?" Waverly asked, the worry evident in her voice.
Dolls looked at Wynonna, and the heir could see he was trying to see if he should be honest with Waverly or not. Wynonna gave a slight shrug.
"Nicole's sister can tell you more about it, considering she has been through it, but from what I know about any werewolf experiencing their first shift, it's said to be pretty painful," Dolls said as he studied Waverly. "You should ask her sister about it…"
Waverly just nodded, but everyone could tell that she was making a mental note to grill Kendall on how much pain Nicole would be in on Friday.
"So… Back to seeing if our K-9 Unit is allowed to go tracking for the widows?" Wynonna said as she looked between Dolls and Waverly.
Dolls was looking at Wynonna and couldn't help but smirk. It was obvious to anyone how he felt about the Earp heir. Looking at her now he couldn't help but think about what it was like when he pulled her from the burning church and she was unresponsive. Dolls felt like he was sitting beside her, praying she would come back.
The fear of losing the one you love makes you a little more understanding of what it is like for others to possibly put the one they care for in danger.
Dolls looked at Waverly and asked in a quiet yet serious voice, "What do you think little Earp? Are you okay with Nicole and her sister helping us?"
Wynonna couldn't help but look at Dolls with a smile on her face, he knew that it was out of character for the Agent, but he was also beginning to let his walls down for them.
Waverly could sense it too, and the consideration Dolls was showing for her and Nicole and her feelings of concern for her girlfriend lightened the original fear that had risen.
"We'll be backing them up?" Waverly asked with a smirk.
Wynonna knew where this was going and she let out a squeal of excitement and tackled into her sister throwing an arm over her shoulder.
"Of course," Dolls said with a smile, "We'll do this as a team effort and all of us will be there."
"Ohhhhh-kay, fine…" Waverly said grinning as Wynonna hugged her.
"Black widow baby!" Wynonna sung out loudly, causing Waverly to burst into laughter.
"Did you just sing Iggy Azalea?" Jeremy asked as he squinted his eyes at the sisters.
"Stop judging," Wynonna said rolling her eyes.
"You two want to go talk to the Haught sisters and see if they'll help? If so, we will give Jeremy tonight to finalize the serum, then tomorrow we will go hunting" Dolls said with a smile.
"Sounds good, let's go baby girl! Gotta get our K-9 Unit on board!" Wynonna said with a grin and wink towards Dolls as they walked out the door.
"You know you can't call them that in front of Kendall!" Waverly said with a snicker.
"Dude… Nicole Haught is going to be a freaking werewolf!" Jeremy said to Dolls with a giddy smile as he excitedly walked out the door.
"She's got a lot more than just becoming a wolf coming her way if I'm right about her blood line," Dolls said quietly as he scrunched his brow and started rummaging through several books.