Nicole and Kendall walked in to Shorty's and headed straight for the bar. With it being the middle of the day on a Tuesday, there was no one in there except for Doc, who was currently standing behind the bar looking through some papers.
"Well do my eyes deceive me or has Officer Haught finally come into my fine establishment on her day off for a beverage and good company?" Doc said with a smirk at the two women.
"Hey Henry," Nicole said with a genuine smile, "Your eyes give you no deception, I'm here with my sister for food and drinks from the best bar in town."
"We're practically the only bar in town," Rosita said as she came up from the basement carrying a case of whiskey."
"Yes well that would still make us the best, would it not?" Doc said with a slight chuckle. Doc stuck his hand out towards Kendall and said, "Sister huh? Well it is a pleasure to meet Officer Haught's family. I'm Henry Holliday, but most people call me Doc."
"Kendall Haught," the blonde said with a smirk as she shook the man's hand firmly, "Doc Holliday huh? Well, I guess I get why you reacted to our family history so well. Supernatural world isn't too new to you is it Nikky?"
"Nope, things in Purgatory prepared me for the craziness that is our family." Nicole said with a smirk as she looked over to Rosita. "This is Rosita, she helps out with Black Badge and works the bar. Rosita, this is my sister Kendall."
Kendall looked at Rosita with a smirk and suspicious glance that went undetected by her sister. The blonde stuck her hand out and shook Rosita's hand firmly stating, "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah… You too, Kendall right?" Rosita said with a piercing gaze.
"Yep," Kendall said with a grin as she popped the "p" on her yep. The two women broke their handshake, but their eyes remained locked on one another.
"Well ladies, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to retire to the basement to continue reading, help yourself to food and beverages. If any of you need anything don't bother to holler down." Doc said with a soft smile as he tipped his hat to Kendall and Nicole, then leaning over and placing a kiss on the side of Rosita's head.
"Thanks Henry!" Nicole said with a smile.
"Hey Nikki, I'll grab beers, why don't you rack us up a game of pool?" Kendall said not taking her eyes off of Rosita.
"Sounds good," Nicole said as she walked over to the pool table.
"Been a long time Rose," Kendall said with a playful look in her eyes, "Thanks for the call about my sister."
"Yeah well can we keep it between us?" Rosita said in a low voice as she grabbed two beer mugs and started filling them for the sisters.
"You're playing with fire aren't you? I'm guessing the Earp sisters don't know your little secret?" Kendall asked as she leaned forward on the counter. The blonde could see Rosita visibly tense up and her hands starting to shake. "Hey…" Kendall said softly.
Rosita looked up at the blonde, fear shining through her eyes.
"I'm not going to rat you out okay? You know me better than that," Kendall said with a small genuine smile, "I have always had your back right?"
"Yeah… Yeah you have," Rosita said with a smile, "I've missed you, you know that?" The brunette slid the beer mugs to the blonde but didn't remove her hand.
"No, but with that said I've missed you too," Kendall said as she lightly as she let her fingers brush over the bartenders. "Seriously, thank you for calling me and letting me know where Nicole was. I have been trying to track her down for awhile."
"Of course, I know you have been wanting to find her and help her through this. How much does she know?" Rosita asked quietly as she glanced over to the redhead.
"Not much. I'm trying to save the big part for after her first shift… She's not a normal wolf and her change is going to be hard enough…" Kendall said with obvious worry in her eyes.
"She will be fine, just like you were," Rosita said with a small smile. "It will be okay furball, just get her through the change then you can fill her in on the big picture. Do your parents know you came?"
"No… I figured it would be best if I took off for awhile… They think I am out 'soul searching' before ascending…" Kendall said as she broke the eye contact.
"Kendall…" Rosita growled, "You can't just take off on them, your father… What is he going to do when you get back?!"
"I'll deal with it… I'm not letting Nicole go through this alone and I'm damn sure not going to let them get their claws on her and drag her into this literal hell hole mess too… She is too damn good for that. So for now, I'm just going to show her how to keep herself and the ones she loves alive and once she gets a grasp of that, then I'm gone and I'll go back and take over the throne like my asshole dad wants and he can step down, but I wasn't and can't let her go through this alone," Kendall said with the pain evident in her voice as she glanced over her shoulder at the redhead who was chalking the pool cue.
"That was always one of the things I loved about you, even when you're going through hell you stay loyal and care about the ones close to you…" Rosita said as she gazed at the blonde.
"And I always will…" Kendall said with a grin as she glanced from Rosita's eyes to her lips.
"Down girl, I'm dating Doc," Rosita said with a playful tone. "Go hang out with your sister or she's going to get the wrong idea we know each other and the last thing either of us need or want is her asking questions and everyone figuring out how it is we know each other."
"Yeah, yeah I know," Kendall said with an evil grin as she leaned forward even further and whispered, "Although, you might want to put that big brain of yours to good use and come up with a potion to mask your scent. Nicole's got that hound blood in her and she's gonna start picking up on scents soon… Wouldn't want her figuring out she can sniff out revenants now would we?" Kendall finished with a wink towards Rosita and chuckling as the brunette's jaw dropped as the realization dawned on her.
Kendall had grabbed the beers and turned and was walking over to Nicole when the sisters heard Rosita yell out, "I'm going to go downstairs for a bit and work in the lab… Uh yeah… Get your own beers and don't fuck up my tap!"
Nicole scrunched her brow in confusion, but quickly shrugged it off as she grabbed her beer from her sister.
Kendall moved to go and sit down at the high seated table beside the pool table and patted the space across from her, indicating for her sister to sit.
"I thought you wanted to play pool?" Nicole asked in confusion.
"Yeah we will, I know you are dying to get some answers out of me first though and I need some more alcohol in me first," Kendall said with a smile.
Nicole gave a light smile and rolled her eyes as she put the pool cue on the table and went and sat across from her sister.
"So what do you want to know first pup?" Kendall said with a grin as she sipped her beer.
"Pup?" Nicole asked raising an eyebrow.
"Mhmm, I have been waiting years to call you that," Kendall said smiling, which caused Nicole to smile in return.
"Okay well how about we start with what happened the week of your 23rd birthday… What did you go through? What am I going to go through? Why couldn't you come back after that night?" Nicole asked as her smile faded and she sipped her beer.
"Well, you certainly don't hold back do you officer?" Kendall said with a breathless laugh. The blonde took another sip of her beer and then placed it back on the table, taking a deep breath to gather her thoughts.
"Well, since there wasn't another wolf around the house or in the area, my changes didn't start early like yours are, which according to mom and dad is why they stayed away from us, to ensure we wouldn't start any changes early and we would go through the 'right of passage' like all of our ancestors before us. It was horrible… Two days before my birthday, I was waking up in the middle of the night sweating, my whole bed was soaked and it was like I had just gotten out of the shower and things were just… Happening… I didn't know what was wrong with me or what was going on but my body was literally changing and I didn't know why. I was so scared, I didn't want to go to the doctor, I didn't want to worry you. I remember each moment the changes happened because it all was hitting full force and I couldn't control it…" Kendall said as her mind drifted back to the days her change began…
What the fuck is wrong with me. Why is this happening? Am I sick? I have to be sick. Maybe it's some kind of flu or virus? I could probably go to the doctor but… AH SHIT! That noise, what is that noise! GOD MY HEAD!
I look around, trying to figure out where that music is blasting from. Why is it so fucking loud?! I looked out the window and saw the man from the groundskeeper blasting his iPod, but he had headphones in so why was it bothering me? Oh no… Shit, please don't start the lawn mower… NO! HOLY SHIT! GOD WHY DOES IT HURT?!
I had my hands over my ears and I smashed my forehead in the wall, it was so loud, everything was so fucking loud. I ran into the bathroom because I thought I was going to puke from the pain… I threw my body forward, bracing myself against the sink.
What is wrong with me… I just kept asking myself that over and over again. I looked up in the mirror and I saw that my eyes were red. If I was scared about talking to anyone about what was happening before, the red eyes made it worse. I tried calling mom and dad, they never answered.
I spent the next few days having episodes where the smallest noises were causing my head to feel like it was going to explode. My teeth hurt so bad, like my jaw was so sore and my bones and muscles ached. Everything was horrible, until that night of my birthday when we were hanging out drinking, that was the best I had felt in days.
When mom and dad took me and we left, we drove about 10 minutes and then it was like I was hit by a fucking train. My body felt like it was being ripped open. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw that my eyes were red. The pain was so bad. Mom and dad just kept telling me to hold on.
The car finally stopped outside of this massive house. I remembered a long driveway and tons of cars around the parking lot of the house. Trees everywhere. Dad carried me inside and then it was like all these people I never met before were kneeling around me and I was in the middle of this ball room staring at this massive cage that was in the middle... Dad threw me into the cage and then locked the door.
Mom kneeled down in front of me and spoke to me while I cried in pain, begging to know what was going on and for them to make it stop. Mom just kept telling me it would be okay and that I was now 'part of the family' and I was 'one of them'.
I don't know how long I stayed there on the floor of that cage in pain. When I finally shifted and changed it was like I felt every bone in my body break, I could hear them breaking, feel the pain.
When it was done, I was standing on all fours in the middle of the room. Dad walked closer and smiled, actually smiled… Then he shifted and it was crazy. He moved so fast and the shift was so fluid… Then it all made sense. He looked so proud, but in that moment all I could do was think about was wanting to sink my teeth into him, into everyone. All I saw was red.
I snarled at the cage, scratching and biting trying to get out, but the cage held me in, and all night I fought to break free so I could run. So I could kill.
The next day mom and dad introduced me to the pack, to our family… Aunts, uncles, cousins… They showed me the history of our clan and essentially put me through school all over again where they trained me to fight, shift, and know the lineage and clan laws.
My first few changes after that I had to go to the cage. Fully shifting into a wolf for the first few times, it's like you can't control the need and desire to hunt. The first few times hurt so bad because your body is adjusting to what it is like to have your bones move and grow, but the pain ends up going away and instead of a painful shift on the floor, you can do what I did at the Earp house. Eventually you learn to contain it and you learn to shift when YOU choose to, not when it's just the moon or anger inside of you boiling over.
Once I was able to control my shifting I kept asking them if I could see you or call you, but they said that if I went back home to you, I would be putting your life at risk because other clans, if they had a score they wanted to settle with our family, could track me to our home, to you…. And with you not being a wolf yet you could be easily killed or captured.
Mom and dad said that is why they never came around us, because they were worried that another wolf clan or a mutt, wolf without a pack, would come after us. They said that we weren't strong enough to defend ourselves, which is why the kept us locked up at the house. With who our dad is… Who we are… There were, are, a lot of people who wouldn't hesitate to come after us…
Kendall finally stopped talking and looked at Nicole who was looking at her with wide eyes and her jaw dropped.
"Kendall… I'm so sorry…" Nicole said as she reached over and grabbed her sister's hand.
"I never wanted to stay away from you and once I learned about our family and what happens and how to make the transition easier, I started trying to track you down. Mom and dad were furious when you left the house. They said that if you wouldn't follow 'orders' before your change and stay near home, then you would be uncontrollable as a wolf…" Kendall said as she finished her beer, "But they also are stuck in the old ways and they don't understand what it's like for us in today's world."
"Were you mad at them for making you go through that alone?" Nicole asked as she pulled back and took a sip from her beer.
"Yeah, I mean I get the 'tradition' of it and the 'protection' of it… But for me as a 23 year old feeling my body literally being torn apart… I was terrified. It took a few years to look at them again, but in the end I guess I was able to understand the pack rules and the need to uphold them, to a certain degree. You're my baby sister though and with mom and dad not around we became closer and I couldn't let you go through it the same way I did." Kendall said softly as she looked her sister in the eyes. "This really is a gift Nikky, if the change is easier on you and I can help you through it, I hope you'll see it like that."
"W-Why would someone come after us? Why are we so important that mom and dad couldn't come around us?" Nicole asked as she processed all of the information her sister had just said.
"HAUGHT-DOGS YOU'RE FUCKING PUPPY PRINCESSES?!" Wynonna yelled as she and Waverly came busting into Shorty's.
"Wynonna!" Waverly growled as she slapped her sister's arm.
The Earp sisters walked over to the other two women and took up the two remaining seats at the table.
Waverly leaning over to give Nicole a quick kiss on the lips as the couple smiled to each other.
"Well Wynonna, we were just getting to that," Kendall said with an eye roll.
"You haven't told her yet?!" Wynonna gawked.
"Told me what?" Nicole asked as she tore her gaze away from her girlfriend to look back over to her sister.
"Shit… My bad…" Wynonna grumbled as she awkwardly looked away.
Waverly took her hand and put it on Nicole's thigh, offering a loving display of support.
"Well, you asked why mom and dad were worried that you and I would be targets for those with grudges against the pack," Kendall said as she cleared her throat and began playing with her hands in a nervous notion, "Dad is the pack leader… Like our grandfather was, and so on… Which, considering our family is the strongest, biggest, and oldest pack in North America, dad is essentially in charge of all North American wolf packs…"
"Hold on so dad, our dad is…" Nicole said as she scrunched her brow and looked down, clearly trying to process what her sister was saying.
"Werewolf King of North America?" Wynonna said with a questioning look towards Kendall.
"In lack of better terms… Yeah…" Kendall said as she glanced back to her sister.
"Your family is Lycan royalty…" Waverly said as she glanced at Nicole.
Nicole looked over at Waverly, the redhead's eyes were practically bulging out of her head. Nicole then looked over to her sister, realizing the importance of what she had just been told.
"So if our dad is sitting on the throne… and his father sat on the throne before him and so on… That means that one day…" Nicole said as she stared at her sister.
"One day you or I will be in charge of the Lycan packs and rule North American clans… If you choose to rule." Kendall said softly with a gentle smile, "You don't have to though Nik, you don't have to have anything to do with the pack. The choice will be yours one day down the line but it's true… You and I are next in line to rule. Any wolf you run in to after you change on Friday will know your scent, they'll know your wolf, they'll know your family and your rank as next in line to rule."
"So what does that mean?" Waverly asked as she looked worriedly over to her girlfriend.
"It means our name comes with a great deal of respect and wolves all in this country will fear the name and the repercussions from the pack if they mess with her. Which if I'm being totally honest, other packs or mutts that aren't loyal to the pack and who do have issues with our family won't fuck with you regardless…" Kendall said with a grin, "Because our bloodline produces the strongest wolves, so a lot of other packs and the rogue mutts with no pack alliance, know they'll get their ass kicked."
"I guess something good does come from having our name then…" Nicole said with a light chuckle.
"Yeah…" Kendall said with a smile. She knew there was more she needed to tell her sister, but she wasn't going to expand on that with the Earp sisters right there.
"So, we have a tiny favor to ask of you two…" Wynonna said with a grin.
"Okay?" Nicole asked as she raised an eyebrow and looked over to her girlfriend, who gave an innocent grin in reply.
"We kinda sorta need to borrow your noses," Wynonna said with a pleading smile and her hands cupped together as if praying.
"Say what?" Nicole asked in total confusion.
Waverly chuckled at her girlfriend's expression and then spoke, "We figured out this morning that the widows have a… unique scent… human's can't smell it unless pieces of clothing from them is boiled down which is a God awful scent, but Jeremy is working on a serum that will stop their venom from paralyzing us, so if we can track them down to figure out who they are hiding as in human form…"
"You can strike first and surprise them," Kendall said as she nodded her head in understanding. "They're bad bitches and they blend in well, but we could sniff them out fairly easily."
All 3 of the women looked at the blonde, mildly surprised that she was able to figure out the situation.
"You know the widows?" Wynonna asked in confusion.
"I told you, I did some digging," Kendall said with a smirk.
"Fair enough," Wynonna said shrugging.
"We will be there to back you guys up when you find them, and we think we might know who they are, we just need your noses to confirm, then hopefully wam bam thank you man, kill the widows with Peacemaker before they track down the 3rd seal," Waverly said as she looked over to her girlfriend and then over to Kendall.
"Well, what do you say pup? Ready for a trial run to work on some of your abilities?" Kendall asked as she gave a grin to her sister.
"I'm in," Nicole said flashing a smile, quickly the redhead looked over at her girlfriend and raised an eyebrow, "And you're okay with this?"
"Of course, because I'll be close by keeping an eye on your cute little butt," Waverly said with a smirk as she leaned forward placing a soft kiss on Nicole's lips, causing the redhead to blush.
"Just how close of an eye will you be keeping?" Nicole said in low voice, her eyes burning with desire.
"Mmm wouldn't you like to know," Waverly said as she leaned back in, kissing Nicole a little harder and bringing her hands up to cup her girlfriend's face.
The harder kiss seemed to ignite a fire inside Nicole, although Waverly was a turn on all in herself, this seemed different. Nicole could feel her heart beginning to race; it was like her senses felt amplified. She could taste the strawberry chap-stick Waverly had put on earlier that day and the scent of the brunette's perfume was so strong; Nicole felt like she was getting lost in the aroma of lavender.
Nicole stood up from her chair and walked in between Waverly's legs as she rubbed her hands up the brunette's thighs, gripping tightly. Nicole couldn't control herself, it was like she couldn't remember that they were in a bar or in front of their older sisters, all she could focus on was Waverly's lips on hers and the body heat coming from the brunette.
Nicole slid her tongue over Waverly's lips and was drowning in the kiss when Waverly opened her mouth and their tongues began running together. Waverly slid her hands behind Nicole's head and ran her fingers through the fiery red hair, gripping lightly.
Wynonna and Kendall cleared their throats loudly, causing the couple to break apart. Waverly looked over at the pair of older sisters, the red blush quickly consuming her face.
"Whoops…" Waverly said softly with a guilty chuckle.
Nicole was breathing heavily and didn't even look over at her sister and Wynonna, she kept her gaze on Waverly's lips.
"Oh sorry guys, don't mind us… It's not like we are sitting here or anything and want see our little sisters practically dry humping on the table about to have legit animalistic sex," Wynonna said with a fake gag.
Waverly's eyes about popped out of her head at the words of her sister, and mouthed "WYNONNA!" giving a pointed bitch face to the heir. Knowing how easily Nicole is embarrassed by Wynonna's jokes about them and how usually it leads to the redhead bolting out the door, Waverly turned her attention back to Nicole and was amused by what she saw.
Nicole had her eyes closed tightly and was licking her lips. Nicole opened her eyes, which were now a bright red and looked into Waverly's green eyes with a passionate fury. Waverly couldn't even lie, Nicole looking at her this way with those red-eyes, it was a total turn on.
"Ohhhhhh probably not the best word choices there Earp," Kendall said as she started laughing hysterically, earning a death glare from her red-eyed sister. Kendall couldn't even be threatened by the look from her sister, because she knew that it was part of Nicole's wolf changes; she warned the couple there would be a heightened sex drive.
Wynonna was looking at the laughing blonde until Kendall pointed towards Nicole and Wynonna understood the comical situation before her.
Waverly was looking at Nicole with what Wynonna deemed as an I want to rip your clothes off right now because you're so fucking hot look and Nicole was glaring at the older sisters with red wolf eyes that expressed the sexual frustration building from Wynonna's statement about the two's heated kiss.
"We should…" Kendall said through her laughter as she tapped Wynonna's shoulder and nodded towards the bar.
"Yeah why don't we…" Wynonna said as she snorted with laughter and stood up, "Yeah we are going to go get another round of drinks… Nice wolf boner Haught!" Wynonna said as she walked by the two, erupting in another fit of laughter, Kendall cackling right behind her.
"Just wait until the pup gets a tail to wag," Kendall said as the two older sisters laughed even harder as the walked to the bar.
Nicole, hearing the two older sisters comments, turned her head and let out a loud, and shockingly intimidating growl in their direction, causing the older sisters to quiet their laughter and put their hands up in a surrendering motion, still wearing grins as they turned around and faced the bar.
Surprised by her growl that had erupted, Nicole instantly realized that her eyes must be red… Oh no, Waverly is probably so freaked out! Oh shit or she's mad about me kissing her! Damn this wolf change! Nicole quickly thought to herself as she whipped her head around to check on her girlfriend.
"Baby I-" Nicole started, but was cut off by Waverly grabbing her face, pulling Nicole in and crashing her lips into the redheads, kissing her passionately.
Waverly pulled back when oxygen became low and she felt the need to breathe.
Nicole rested her forehead against Waverly's while the two were panting and looking into each others eyes.
"That… Was… Super hot…" Waverly panted out, smiling brightly.
"Yeah?" Nicole said with a breathy laugh as she gripped a little tighter on Waverly's thighs.
"I'm really starting… to like this heightened wolf sex drive…" Waverly said as she bit her lower lip and looked down from Nicole's eyes to her lips.
"Baby… You haven't seen anything yet…" Nicole said in a low seductive voice as her eyes flashed red again and she smiled at her girlfriend.
"Why don't you show me more then…" Waverly said as she leaned in, placing a soft kiss on Nicole's lips.
"You sure…" Nicole said, closing her eyes tightly, trying to make the red go away.
"Hey…" Waverly said with a sweet voice, causing Nicole to open her eyes and look at her. "I trust you and I know you would never hurt me… Don't hide any part of you from me…" the brunette said softly as she wrapped her legs around Nicole's waist and pulled her in, "Because I love every single part of you… I want to get to know EVERY part of you…" Waverly said in a lower voice, giving a sweet smile and pulling the redhead into her for another kiss.
Nicole couldn't help but smile into the kiss as she picked Waverly up off of the chair and held her tightly.
"There's a storage room in the back through the kitchen…" Waverly said as she giggled and wiggled her eyebrows.
"Oh really?" Nicole said with a laugh as she bit her lower lip.
"Mhmm, so what do you say baby," Waverly said, making sure she added every ounce of seduction she could into sentence, "Show me what this heightened wolf sex drive is like…"
Nicole grinned and flashed her red eyes, leaning forward and kissing the brunette's lips before pulling back enough to see over Waverly's shoulder to guide them through the kitchen and back to the private storage room, walking right by their sisters, giggling while focusing solely on each other.
Kendall had leaned over the bar and grabbed a bottle of whiskey and bottle of water. She handed the bottle of water to Wynonna and poured herself a glass of whiskey.
"Young love," Kendall said with an eye roll.
"Last thing I want to think about, let alone see, after the morning sickness going away is my sister and her soon to be werewolf girlfriend doing the nasty in the storage room." Wynonna said as she made a gagging face and shivered.
"Be grateful you have human hearing, I have to actively block out noise, ergo whiskey," Kendall said as she lifted the glass in the air and took a sip.
Wynonna shrugged and made an 'eh' noise indicating she agreed. Wynonna then had a thought occur to her… Her baby sister was in the back room of a bar, probably having sex with her girlfriend… Who is a transitioning werewolf princess and has no control over her abilities…
"Hey… Question…" Wynonna said to the blonde.
"Hm?" Kendall said as she took a large sip of her whiskey.
"Your sister isn't going to like… Eat my sister right?" Wynonna asked skeptically.
Kendall immediately spit her whiskey out all over the bar and turned wide-eyed at Wynonna.
Wynonna realized the way her question sounded and immediately started having a THAT'S SO DISGUSTING freak out, "AH!" Wynonna screamed.
"AH!" Kendall yelled back in horror.
"I MEANT EAT EAT AS IN WEREWOLF OUT AND FANGS TEARING MY SISTER'S THROAT OUT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T CONTROL HER POWERS! PERV!" Wynonna said as she fanned herself, trying to wipe any image from her mind.
"AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE PHRASED THAT BETTER?!" Kendall said as she began slapping her eyes with her hands as if attempting to wipe her eyes clean.
"Uh… What are you two doing?" they heard Dolls ask from the front door.
Kendall and Wynonna froze their motions and turned slowly so they were looking Dolls. The older sisters offered innocent grins and small waves, causing Dolls to shake his head and walk towards them, "I don't even want to know," he said as he rolled his eyes.