Wayhaught: Ten years later

Chapter 5: Let's Get This Party Started

-Purgatory Cop's Station's Basement: 1 hour before the fight-

Nicole had fought three times in her life outside of duty. 

The first time was during her freshman year. When rumours went around the lockers as quickly as a spring breeze. She had to admit, she did kiss that girl, in the cloakroom, late night on a Tuesday. But she never went for it, and since someone saw them, the other girl panicked, threw the blame on her, and unsurprisingly some dickheads beat her up. I mean, she quickly beat up harder. 

The second time, was drunk, at a bar, when she saw a man assaulting a woman. Again, she easily put him down. 

The third time was here in Purgatory, a man got in a fight with Wynonna and she knocked him unconscious before realising that her friend had actually stolen a bottle from him. Even if since then she stopped drinking, Nicole always felt a little guilt.

Clearly, her past wasn't glorious, at all, but she had no time to think further. Good or Bad memories, she had to pick back up each and every lasting piece of strength, speed, reflex, but mostly strategy. Because one thing she had learned and been told multiple times by Nedley: Only the smartest wins every time.

-After they learned about the blackmailing, Nicole, Doc and Jeremy went outside the station and sneaked behind back in to enter the basement-

-Nicole's POV-

"Nicole are you ready ?" said Doc. His face was sweating and worried, we had been fighting for a couple of hours now, and I could tell the time was almost up by reading their faces.

"Ready" I answered rapidly but I wasn't. My first thoughts were for Julia and Waverly. I felt like crap not telling her what was really happening, but it's not like I had time to write an apology poem, they only allowed me to sit regularly for 5 minutes anyway. All of a sudden, the little pinch felt in my right foot since this morning,  turned into a massive pain, which went across my entire body, making my legs weaker and my head started aching. 

"Stop! I think..." I tried to catch my breath but the pain caught me off guard "Ah! I think I need to rest, it makes no sense to wear myself out now anyway..."

"But Nicole..." Jeremy looked at me with pity. I didn't need pity, I needed to be alone, I could only count on myself now, and It was illusional to believe that they could help me.

"Did you ever had a fight, Jeremy?"

"Nooooo, never"answered the math scientist geek standing beside me with his notebook writing down my vitals.

"Yeah, well, First off, don't, it's the worst. Second, it means you can only trust me, and I got this" 

"Nicole, I promised Wynonna..." added Doc. 

I hesitated but the pain reassured me. "She won't get in the ring tonight right? I will. Right now,  I only need both of you to leave and check the hangar so that no guns end up in the wrong hands around the audience."

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I felt bad. But it wasn't my temper to show pain, to tell them that I was fricking out and rather be anywhere else in the entire wide world. No, because I'm Nicole Haught Gibson, and I keep my shit together, and mostly, I keep everyone else's too. And make them think that I was confident would hopefully make me believe it too. They left right after the end of my sentence without any words. I sat down and slowly laid down on the sick bay's bed, and closed the curtains, as I felt every inch of my body aching. I put on my earphones and turned on Spotify, Running by Abi Ocia popped into my hears (Note: Link at the beginning). As I started breathing slower and slower, the pain evaporated. Which meant that it was just a warning sign to make me rest a little. I pictured Waverly's smile whispering to me "I love you" and it filled my heart with joy. It wasn't all too bad after all, I'd still always be the lucky one with whom she had a family. This bittersweet feeling enveloped me and got me to sleep peacefully, even if I knew, that I was gonna have to give all of me in less than an hour. 

-30 minutes later-

A sweet voice woke me up "Heyy Baby wake up, it's time to go...". My eyes opened wide as I recognize Waverly's voice. She was slowly caressing my hair and she kissed my lips softly. I sat back on the bed, Wynonna was standing in the door frame. The Earp heir looked at me and said in a sigh: "Don't worry Red, she knows". I looked back at Waverly, surprisingly she didn't seem afraid, or even mad, just focused, like really really focused.

"Are you mad at me? Cause I swear Aphrodite took my phone away at first, and then I had to train and..."

Waverly looked at me and touched my arm gently, she then took my hand and brought it to her lips, she kissed my palm and said: 

"I know, I know everything, and, WE are going to fix this" 

"How?"

"Come, let's go to the hangar, you'll see". Her look made my heart explode with love, yeah sure Waverly, I'll follow you anywhere. I nodded and stood up, I moved my body and checked my muscles, I was definitely more than ready to fight. I saw that Waverly was still looking at me with concern.

"I'm good Waves let's do this"

As she turned around I saw a rifle hanging on her back, two wooden sticks in a holster at her belt. 

"I see you got ready!"

"I see you did too" answered Waverly looking at me from behind while I started packing my gloves and clothes. 

We walked outside the station and got in my car, we started driving as Wynonna was following us closely, Waverly put her head on my shoulder and said in a whisper: "For Julia?" 

It's like she saw through me, she knew I needed a reason to give everything on the ring. 

"For Julia". I could hear the smile on her lips, her perfume hugged my skin, and her words healed my heart. 

But before I had the chance to let this pure happiness get to me, we parked in front this hold looking hangar. At least 20 cars were already there and two men were guarding the door. 

"Let's get this party started"