Dolls walked over to the Haught sisters handing them each a towel to clean themselves up as the group all headed over to the conference table; Wynonna and Kendall sitting in chairs beside each other on one side with Nicole and Waverly across from them.
"How was training?" Waverly asked as she leaned over and placed a kiss on Nicole's cheek.
"I got my ass a little kicked but it was actually fun… I'll tell you all about it later," Nicole said with a smile as she leaned forward and rested her forehead against the brunettes.
"Later as in when I get to bandage up all these wounds you've magically appeared back with?" Waverly said with a sly grin.
Nicole let out a husky low laugh as she leaned forward and placed her hands on the brunette's thighs, "Waverly Earp are you offering to play doctor? Because if so, I do believe I have a few more injuries for you to check out…"
Waverly's sly grin grew into a full smile as a blush crept across her cheeks, "I swear this whole wolf heightened sex drive is amazing…"
Nicole smiled brightly as she leaned forward and placed a soft loving kiss on Waverly's lips.
"I swear you guys seriously act like a couple hours apart is a damn eternity, ugh…" Wynonna groaned as she rolled her eyes.
Dolls came walking back into the room with a box of donuts and tray of coffees from the breakroom, "Give them a break Earp, they are enjoying the perks of a relationship."
Kendall looked between Wynonna and Dolls and could see the man giving a charming smile to the Heir, Wynonna instead clapped in excitement and reached out to yank the box of donuts from his hand. It was clear to the blonde that Dolls had feelings for the Heir, and who could blame him… Even if she was whiskey soaked and reckless, Wynonna was gorgeous and fierce; which appeared to be a trait that ran in the family.
"So, what did you guys find out?" Nicole asked as she looked around.
"Well your super genius girlfriend may have cracked a little hole in why Peacemaker couldn't put a bitch down," Wynonna said as she nodded to Waverly.
"That's my girl," Nicole said with pride as she spun her chair to give the brunette a small bump of her shoulder.
Waverly beamed with pride and stood up as she walked over to the board.
"So, based on what the journals I took from the basement say, Demon Clootie did something to the Widows that made them an exception to the curse," Waverly said as she pointed to the circle she had drawn to show the Revenant's cycle, "Something that would keep them from being sent to hell by the Earp Heir."
"Why would preventing them from going to hell be important to his plan for being resurrected? Would it really matter if they were part of the curse? I mean it would have them still coming back?" Nicole asked in confusion.
"Yeah but as I learned from a total cracked out Rev head, the more times they are sent down south, the crazier they get… Something about they lose a part of themselves when they are there?" Wynonna said as she spun her hands in the air as if trying to explain what she meant.
"It's a theory we have right now because of this section in the Widow's journal…" Waverly said as she turned the journal passage they had read earlier towards Nicole and Kendall so they could read it, "I think we should break everything down if we want to make progress. First I think we need to know more about what the big deal really was about Peacemaker not being able to kill them and confirm that our theory of avoiding hell so the Widow's stayed focus on his return is actually legit."
"You know that has to be some kind of invasion of privacy," Widow Mercedes yelled from her position lying on the floor, not even looking up at the group.
"Supernatural assholes don't have the same rights as everyone else," Wynonna snorted as she rolled her eyes, "Especially when they are trying to resurrect a demonic husband!"
"Bitch…" Widow Mercedes grumbled.
"Keep quiet in there or I will take Wynonna up on her offer to milk you like a snake," Dolls said with a smirk to the Heir, who offered a smile in return.
"Okay so the passage makes your theory definitely seem possible. It would be easier if we knew more about what happens to the Revenants when they go to hell, maybe find a little more to go on for why it was so important to keep them from hell," Nicole said as she leaned back.
"I know but apart from getting a Revenant and interrogating them, how would we even begin to find out what happens to Revenants in hell?" Dolls asked as he crossed his arms.
"I know…" Kendall said quietly as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Sexy wolf say what?" Wynonna asked in confusion, her remark causing Dolls to whip his head around and look at the Heir wide eyed.
Waverly and Nicole both turned to Kendall, expecting an expansion of what she meant.
"Look, I will tell you what I know but I won't tell you how I know it until I have had a chance to talk to Nicole about it. I am trying to explain our family to her and all that it means to be a wolf from our pack plus get her ready for Friday, which is going to be hard for her… I haven't had a chance to cover a lot of things with her yet because right now my priority is getting her through Friday safely…" Kendall said as she looked at Nicole with eyes that pleaded understanding, "I just… There is a lot we haven't gotten to talk about yet and I won't leave her in the dark and open up about things that she doesn't know yet… I'm sorry Nicole… I'm trying to tell you everything so you understand who you are and where you come from, it's just hard getting it all out there in a few days when your first shift is coming and I'm trying to teach you how to control everything..."
The worry and fear of rejection from her sister was obvious in Kendall's voice. It was as if the two sisters were finally close again and Kendall was truly worried about Nicole pushing her away and becoming angered at her.
The room was dead silent as everyone looked at Nicole. Everyone knew that for the redhead the news of her family was a shock and then having to go through a shift and all the changes she was experiencing was difficult. Dolls, Wynonna and Waverly all figured there was a great deal more about the Haught family and being a werewolf than what Kendall had covered, which was understandable considering the rapid approach of Nicole's first shift and all the secrets the family may have.
Nicole stood up and walked over to her sister, standing in front of the blonde and grabbing her sister's hands gently.
"I know that there is a lot I don't know about our family, and I know that we haven't had time to even cover the tip of the iceberg with everything. I don't blame you for not telling me everything all at once. You're teaching me to control my wolf, teaching me about our family, and helping us with the Widows. I know that there is probably a lot more about our family you are waiting to tell me until after my first shift and things calm down…" Nicole said softly with a gentle smile.
Nicole reached into her sweat shirt and pulled out her gold necklace so that Kendall could see it hanging down. Kendall smiled and pulled her own necklace out so that both were visible.
"I'm trying Nik… I'm trying to be open with you and tell you everything about our family and what you need… It's just hard figuring out what is the most important to tell you before your shift because until then the biggest focus is you being able to control your abilities and wolf so that you don't hurt yourself or others… I just don't want to open up about you, well us, to others until you know. I know I was a shit job of a big sister the last few years, but I really am trying to do this right," Kendall said as she gave Nicole's hands a light squeeze.
"You're doing great Kendall. You came here to Purgatory to help me through this, even though mom and dad didn't want you to, you came here to get me through this. I know there is a lot more for me to learn and I don't expect to know it all in two days," Nicole said as she moved and wrapped one arm around her sister's waist, giving her a side hug as the Haught sisters were now facing the rest of the group, "They're my family too Ken, and I am okay with them knowing about us."
Kendall squeezed Nicole's waist in appreciation for her sister's words.
"Whatever there is about your crazy wolf family that we don't know, you both are a part of our dysfunctional shit show now and we will accept you guys regardless," Wynonna said with a smirk, "What family doesn't have some fucked up parts and secrets in the shadows."
"If anyone understands, it's us…" Waverly said as she offered a kind smile.
"Okay, I'll try to explain everything the best that I can," Kendall said as she and Nicole went back to the table and everyone sat down, eager to listen.
"So, as we all know our family is the head of all packs in North America. Our father is a very powerful man… Do any of you know anything about the history of werewolves?" Kendall asked as she took a deep breath.
Everyone shook their heads no except for Dolls.
"I only know a little about the large packs and pack leaders, a little bit of the lineage with the major packs and some about the wolf transformation process and abilities they have…" Dolls answered as he looked at Kendall.
"I'm talking history of the actual wolf… Like where they are from and what they were originally created to do?" Kendall asked in a serious tone.
"No, all of the records that would lead that far back were destroyed centuries ago according to BBD archives. It's the one species that we could only gather current information on since the major historical references are nowhere to be found," Dolls said as he frowned.
"Werewolves were originally destined to be seekers of evil, given gifts and abilities that would make them outstanding trackers that were strong, smart, fast, and could change their appearance to better find lost souls and return them to hell where they were meant to be. As you saw when the Ghost River Triangle opened, there are a lot of evil things waiting to crawl out of hell and back to earth… Werewolves were always meant to be the ones to fight those evil forces and drag them back down… It originally applied to all wolves but as the centuries passed it was clear that there were only certain packs strong enough to take on the responsibility and actually get the job done without abusing the power. Strength in a pack is everything. The strongest packs have the power and what do most people want in this world?" Kendall asked as she glanced to Wynonna.
"Power… Everyone wants to be the King," Wynonna said with pursed lips and a sigh.
"Exactly..." Kendall said with a small smirk.
"Wait, you said that only certain packs were selected because some were abusing the power of being able to send people to hell?" Waverly asked as she scrunched her brow.
"Yeah, when everything began centuries ago some of the packs decided that they should get to pick and choose who they drug to hell… If they didn't like you or you crossed their family, even if you weren't worthy of going to hell or you weren't an evil demonic force… Or an escapee… They would tear the person apart and drag them to hell to be tortured.
"Wait so… Essentially some of the packs used their position to act as mafia leaders and if you pissed them off they would send you to hell even if you weren't supposed to go there so that you would be tortured and punished for eternity?" Wynonna asked in disbelief.
"What better way to get power on earth than to be feared because you can drag people to hell?" Nicole said with a shake of her head and sigh.
"But other packs doing that had to cause some type of fight between everyone? I mean if you have all these packs trying to get power it has to eventually explode over not only on earth but in hell too right?" Waverly asked as she thought about everything.
"Yeah, it did and when it became too much Hades realized that he had given the job to too many alphas and that if he wanted the evil sent and returned to hell then he needed to choose one family to lead and only allow that family and pack to be able to drag demons to hell. Hades took it upon himself to select the strongest family to work for him… Well work for hell… And that family, or pack, was deemed Hell Hounds. They would dedicate themselves to finding those that escape from hell or finding demons and drag them to the underworld where they would return to the torture and punishment for eternity. Hell Hounds are essentially hell's own police force where they follow their Alpha and split time between the underworld and our world hunting, killing, and dragging demons… Revenants… Evil… Back down." Kendall said as she started to fidget with her hands.
"I mean for the ruler of hell that sounds like a smart move to calm down innocent people being sent to hell for no reason…" Wynonna said as she shrugged.
Kendall gave a bitter laugh, "Yeah, but make no mistakes… He's still the ruler of hell for a reason. Hades made the selection of what pack or family would be the hell hounds based on strength, then he gave those descendants extra powers…But he also is a man who wants the best… So he made a law that if any other packs challenged the hell hound line and won, that pack would take over and become the new hell hounds and inherit their abilities and status…"
"So wait, who is currently the leader of the hell hounds?" Wynonna asked as she held her hands up and shook her head.
Before Kendall could answer, Nicole's voice rang out…
"Our father…"