Part 1

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Nicole woke with a start, her arm stretched out across the bed,she wasn't sure what she expected to find but Calamity rolled over and stuck her claws into her hand. "I am sorry Calam." she muttered sitting up and rubbing her eyes, she had a fleeting moment of disappointment but shook it off. She wasn't sure what had woken her for a moment then her brain connected to the fact that her phone was ringing. "Hello."
"Haught, code red. Dolls forgot the doughnuts. You're on the clock." The line went dead and Nicole tried to catch up, her brain was slow. It started with Wynonna, doughnuts, clocks. It was like something wasn't adding up but then it seemed to click on.

Half an hour later she walked into the station carrying the pale pink box that denoted doughnuts. She came across Nedley  in the hall. "Officer Haught." he tipped his hat, she smiled and nodded as he gestured to the box. "You going to share?"
"They are for Wynonna." Nedley seemed to consider this a moment.
"She couldn't possibly eat all twelve." Nicole didn't comment, she knew quite well that she could eat all twelve and still ask for more but she flicked open the box." Don't take the powdered sugar ones." he smiled and took a chocolate one.
"Much obliged." he walked away and Nicole shook her head closing the box and headed for the door. Much to Dolls dismay,as Nicole just wouldn't let it go, she made a point of knocking loudly before entering the black badge offices. Especially after she was brought into the loop. She knocked three times and smiled when she heard Dolls sigh "Come in Haught." he rolled his eyes at her as she swung the door open "Why?" he asked.
"Wouldn't want to be arrested for treason. I brought doughnuts." Before Dolls could answer her small smirk Wynonna skidded into the room. "Doughnuts. Nicole I love you." she rushed to her, hugging her and taking the box.
"I thought you loved me?" Dolls questioned
"Hush, you forgot the doughnuts." Wynonna replied and threw him a wink. She walked over to the table opening the box "How could you have betrayed me so?" she asked sadly. Dolls looked at Nicole who shrugged "Eleven, who has the twelfth?" she asked accusingly. Dolls smiled giving Wynonna a sappy look as she held her hand to her chest. Nicole felt a strange twinge, those two did this all the time, googly eyes as Wynonna put it but suddenly she felt as though she was missing something herself. The moment passed when Wynonna stuffed half a doughnut in her mouth and Dolls shook his head. "Okay I'll let the doughnut go, but only because we have issues to deal with." she said pointing the doughnut at her and trying to look menacing.
"We discussed the need to give up powdered sugar if you want to look menacing." Dolls commented off hand and Wynonna's hand shot to her nose to dust it off but Dolls just smiled. She narrowed her eyes at him but turned back to Nicole. "Remember Fish?"
"Yeah him and Levi live in that cottage just off the homestead right?"
"Yeah, we promised they could stay together until there was no one else left then bow out gracefully. Anyway Levi ran into Charlie,big ugly guy, anyway they are looking for the Iron witch so Fish came and told us."
But the stone witch killed her for that skull Doc smashed."
"That's what I said. Right?" Dolls nodded as Wynonna gestured "but apparently there was more then one. A sister." a sad look crossed her face but she carried on. "I have the file here." she reached behind her and moved her hand about a bit then sighed heavily "Damit" she muttered.
"What?" Nicole asked and Dolls looked up curiously but she wouldn't meet his eye.
"I left the file at home." she said sheepishly.
"I told you to put it in the car this morning." Dolls said "I reminded you three times."
"Yeah well you forget doughnuts, I forget confidential files." Dolls opened his mouth but Nicole interrupted
"We can go fetch it, come Wynonna." she smiled gratefully grabbed another doughnut, and walked over to the door.
"Now don't get into any trouble while I am away." she said
"You are lucky I love you." Dolls muttered, she stuck her head back through the door.
"What was that?"
"Hurry up Earp we have work to do." she smiled and disappeared down the hall, Nicole patted his shoulder and followed.

The homestead was a fair distance from town but it was a familiar drive. "So I take it Dolls has finished moving in?"
"Yip all set up."
"How does Doc feel about it?"
"He says as long as he stays out of his barn, can you believe it his barn, there will be no problems."
" I suppose that is better then when they tried to shoot each other."
"Doc is still mad that Dolls didn't tell him Levi was his informant but we had every right not to trust Doc at the time. Dolls was mad I let him stay at the homestead but Bobo was trying to kill him." She gave Nicole an exasperated look and Nicole felt it wasn't the time to mention that the only problem the two men really had was that they both fancied her. They pulled up out side the homestead and Nicole followed her inside and Wynonna ran upstairs. Nicole walked into the living room and saw a picture on the mantelpiece. It was a photo of Wynonna and her sister. She was studying the picture when Wynonna spoke from behind her "Where is my babygirl?" Nicole jumped
"What?"
"Oh yeah, I used to have this doll that I took everywhere with me, she was my favorite. I named her Waverley, I used to pretend she was my little sister. Willa cut her head off when I was eight, she said I loved her more than her. Anyway that was taken when I was seven, Waverley should be there." Nicole looked at the picture.
"Waverley a pretty name for a pretty girl." Wynonna seemed to come out of a reverie "What?"
"Oh um nothing. The file." she indicated thinking about what she had said about Waverley. The name seemed to send a pang of loneliness through her and by the look on Wynonna's face she felt it was shared. "Anyway, so this is Gretta our twin witch. They are looking for a magical solution to leaving and Dolls is sure she could help them."
"We have to find her first, when they took Madison they tortured her, we can't let that happen again."

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