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Being kidnapped was not how Waverly saw her Friday going. She planned on spending all weekend with her lover and enjoying her company. She was closing up Shorty’s when out of nowhere pain exploded from the back of her head and everything went dark.
Consciousness to Waverly very slowly, with it came different sensations. First was the pain in her head, next she felt pain in her wrist that she noticed were tied and hanging above her head. The last thing she noticed was that she was bleeding from a cut she felt on her forehead. Darkness took her back into its grasp.
The next time she awoke she heard voices but when she tried to open her eyes she found she was blindfolded. She assessed her predicament and found everything was the same as the last time she woke up. The voices got closer and she could tell they both were male.
“Wakey wakey Waverly we have things to do today” one of the voices said as a hand brushed against her cheek and she couldn't help but flinch.
“Ah you are awake” the other voice said.
“W-who are you?” Waverly asked, feeling uncomfortable having two unknown men standing in front of her.
“Don't worry babe you don't have to be afraid” she recognized the voice now. Champ her ex boyfriend.
“Champ, what have you done? Where am I? Why did you kidnap me?” Waverly said as she started pulling on the ropes that were tying her wrists together.
“Oh don't do that you’ll hurt yourself” the other voice said and now that she was actively listening she recognized that voice too. Tucker Gardner.
“Tucker, Champ, what do you two think you're doing? Where am I? Why did you kidnap me” Waverly repeated her questions from earlier, still struggling against her bonds.
“So many questions, not surprising coming from you,” Tucker said.
“To answer all of your questions, you are in an abandoned warehouse on the edge of town, and why else would two hot sexy men kidnap a beautiful woman like yourself?” That last bit of sentence made Waverly want to throw up.
“When we are done with you, you will beg for us and I might just take you back after everything is said and done” Champ said as one of them pulled the blindfold off.
“Waverly we’re here to fix you” Tucker said as he caressed waverly's face, she didn't flinch this time. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing her scared, she's an Earp dammit!
The two boys take her silence as a good thing because the next thing Waverly knows she’s being touched in places she only wants Nicole to ever touch.
“Dont fucking touch me!” Waverly yells, it startles the two so much they take a step back. They turn towards each other, having a silent conversation between them before nodding and Champ pulling the blindfold back over Wavely’s eyes.
She can hear them walk a little ways away from her and start whispering too low for her to hear. She hopes her sister or girlfriend will figure out she is missing and come looking for her. Till then she will not let these two man children bend, break, or try to fix her.
She’s brought out of her thoughts when she hears one of them swear loudly and both of them walk out of the room before she hears a lock click into place. ‘What the hell am I going to do?’ she thinks as she strains her ears to hear either of them or anything.
She works the blind fold off her eyes so she can look around because they didn't put it on tightly. What she sees makes her debate on throwing up. The walls are covered from floor to ceiling with pictures of her. Some of them had Nicole in them but her face was either scratched out of the photo or crossed out.
She stood on her tiptoes for what felt like forever before she heard noise from the door the boys walked out of. It sounded like the boys were back, she quickly wiggled the blink fold back into place right before the door opened. She hoped they wouldn't notice that she moved it.
“We have decided to break you before we fix you,” Tucker said. She doesn't get much time to think about what he said because out of nowhere pain explodes from her back she couldn't help but let out a pain filled Whimper. She looked over her shoulder and saw Champ holding a whip and had a smile plastered on his face.
“Dont worry baby well ‘whip’ you into shape” Champ laughed at his own joke.
“What type of joke was that?'' Waverly said but was cut off by another whiplash.
“A damn well good one and you’ll learn to laugh at all of my jokes” another lash emphasized his point.
“Now I think we kick up the pain,” Tucker said as he took the whip from Champ and brought the whip down repeatedly on Waverly's back.
Waverly lost track of how many times she was hit, she also lost track of time all she could feel was pain.
“Have we taught you a lesson dear Waverly?” Champ asks as he grabs her chin to make her look at him.
“And prey tell what the hell was the lesson supposed to be?” Waverly asked and she earned herself another whiplash.
“Oh don't worry Waverly we have many lessons to teach you but today there was no lesson Champ here is just jumping the gun. Tomorrow though the lesson will be to respect men” Tucker said as he put down the whip and walked towards Waverly.
“Sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite” with that Wverly could hear footsteps walking In the direction of the door.
When she was sure she was alone she worked the blind fold back off of her eyes. She could feel blood pour down from the cuts on her back to land in an already small puddle of her blood.
Waverly looked around for anything that she could use to help her get free but she couldn't reach anything. While looking around she noticed new things in the room from the last time.
The whip they used today, a cattle prod, a bunch of knives in a row, cables connected to a car battery. It all looked very scary and she knew she had to get out of there soon. As a last ditch effort she looked up to where her hands were tied together and it was a big metal hook and the rope of her hands.
‘Maybe I could use the Sharpness of the hook to cut the rope’ she thought to herself as she got to work. It hurt to move but she knew she didn't have any other choice if she wanted to get out of there. It took forever but she was finally able to cut into the rope a little bit, she stopped to take a breath before she quickly got back to work.
She fell to her knees when the rope was weak enough to snap. She cried out when her back came into contact with the floor.
Waverly slowly made it to her feet and walked over to the door and tried to open it but found that it was locked from the outside. ‘I can use one of the knives to jimmy the lock open.
Finally after minutes of messing with the lock the door falls open with a loud creek. Waverly stood in fear for if the boys heard it. She listened to the silence and after a few minutes she continued with her escape. She looked around and searched for the exit.
Upon finding the exit she ran as fast she possibly could. The woods were caked in darkness, The father she got away from the abandoned building the freer she felt. As she ran through the woods, light filtered through the thick trees as an Indication of the sun starting to rise. The more she ran, the more tired she became.
When she allowed herself to stop she noticed that the trees were beginning to thin, she gladly acknowledged that she was getting closer to town and away from their clutches. Not able to run anymore she fell to the ground and blackness took over her vision.
The sky Filtered through trees was the thing Waverly awoke to. She took in the knowledge that she was still in the woods and that her late night escape wasn't a dream. She gathered herself and stood only for mind blinding pain to take over her entire body. Somehow her pain was worse than it was last night but she knew she had to get moving.
She slowly made her way further and further away from the abandoned building and closer towards town. The sight of civilization Waverly saw was the edge of town and knew she only had a block or two to walk before she made it to the BBD/Police department.
When she made it to the building she quickly made her way inside. When she came upon the Police side of the building she hurriedly looked for Nicole with no luck in finding her. Next she made her way to the BBD side and before she opened the door she heard yelling from inside.
“I swear if they touch one hair on her head I will send both of them to hell!” a voice Waverly Instantly identified as Wynonna yelled.
“Dont worry Wynonna they wont touch her in fear of you” my beautiful girlfriend's voice rang out through the door.
“They better not!” Wynonna yelled. Waverly knocked on the door knowing how Dolls was about that sort of thing.
“Go away asshat we are busy here!” Waverly couldn't help but smile as she opened the door seeing everyone she loves inside.
“This asshat could really use a hug” Waverly said as she stumbled into the room from the pain and exhaustion. Waverly's eyes were glued shut from all of it and fell into someone's arms and heard two voices yell out.
“BABY!”
“BABY GIRL!”
When Waverly was able to pry her eyes open she saw the greatest sight in the world to her. Her girlfriend and her sister stood in front of her as Doc held her upright.
“Are you alright Darling?”
“Yeah Doc I feel just freaking fantastic, Dolls would happen to have a lot of pain medication?” Waverly Managed a little sarcasm as blankness took her vision from her and she fell further into Docs arms.
Beep….. beep….. beep….. beep….. beep….. Beep…..
The sound of beeping was the sound Waverly woke up to along with whispers. The volume of the whispers and the beeping keep coming in and out, fluctuating.
Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep…..
Waverly tries her hardest to open her eyes, to tell the voices to stop the whispers and to ask someone to stop with the beeping.
Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep….. Beep…..
Finally she was able to pry her eyes open but quickly shut them again from how bright the lights were.
“Baby girl! How are you doing?” Wynonna asked and when Waverly was able to open her eyes again she saw both Wynonna and Nicole standing by her side with Doc and Dolls in the room but at the end of the bed. Waverly also noticed Gus in the room sitting in the only chair in the room.
“How are you feeling?” Nicole asked as she brushed away some hair from Waverly’s face. She tried to speak but nothing came out and she gestured to the water and Wynonna quickly jumped into action.
“It’s weird my back doesnt hurt”
“Well you're very high on pain meds” Dolls said from the end of the end of the bed.
“Waverly what did they do? I need to know so Nedly can go after them legally” Dolls said.
“I-I really don't want to talk about”
“I know that Waverly but..” Dolls were cut off by Wynonna.
“DOLLS! Not now” all Dolls in return of Wynonna's outburst was nod.
“When can I get out of here?” Waverly asked as she didn’t like hospitals very much.
“I’ll go see if it's possible to get the discharge papers” Dolls exits the room with Doc on his tail.
“Wynonna it was so terrible” both Wynonna and Nicole surge to hug Waverly and Gus stands up from her spot in the chair.
The room sits in silence as the four women surround each other. One of them is in pain and the other three are feeling their own kind of pain but in different ways.
The silence was broken when the boys came back into the room with the papers.
“The doctor said that if she were to be watched 24/7 for the next few days, maybe weeks then we can take her home today” Doc said as he and Dolls came into the room and resumed their places at the end of the bed.
“Well I said we get the hell out of dodge. I really, really want to go home and sleep for a few days” the room let out little laughs at Waverly’s joke but it was short lived.
“Alright well boys we have to get her dressed so would you please stand outside” Gus asked and both boys nodded and took their leave.
“Oh my god! Baby your back”
“I know, I'm just glad it doesn't hurt right now”
“Waverly what did they do?” Gus asked
“You don't have to talk about it” Nicole quickly reassured.
“I’ll tell you guys everything but I will only do it when we are at the homestead” Waverly said and left no room for arguments not that anyone would argue with her over this.
Once they got Waverly ready they headed out. They got Waverly into the car with Dolls driving and Doc sitting in the passenger seat. While Waverly sat in between Wynonna and Nicole, Gus said she would meet them at the homestead.
Waverly zonked out not even five minutes into the drive. Waking up in a fit of fear but being sure that she was safe then the homestead came into view and Waverly let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. The group got Waverly into the house and sat comfortably on the couch. Waverly started her story when Gus arrived.
“I was locking up Shorty’s when out of nowhere someone hit me in the head and I black out. Waking up I heard voices and when the voices became clear I Identified them as Champ Hardy and Tucker Gardner” Dolls took notes so he could turn all of it over to Nedly and they could go after the two bastards.
“They said they were going to fix me, they said they would break me before they fixed me. Champ started to whip me, said a really bad joke and then whipped me a few more times before Tucker took over. I don't know how many times they whipped me but when they were done they said they had a lot of lessons to teach me but that the first one didn't have one. The next day’s lesson was to respect men” Waverly ended with a cry and she hugged Nicole with a death grip.
While the group spent all day trying to take Waverly’s mind off the whole thing, Waverly felt grateful for everyone and knew she would never have to deal with the two of them ever again.
(At the abandoned building)
“How could you just let her go! I had plans for her!” Tucker yelled at Champ.
“Hey we were both gone last night. I'm not the one to blame here” Champ yelled back.
“Well don't worry I have a plan to get her back”
“Alright what is it?”
“Oh no Champ you misunderstand me, I have to get her back but not for us no, no just for me”
A fight broke out between the two boys. Tucker walked away covered in blood as he went to grab Gasoline and lit the building a flame. Tucker stood and watched as the flames grew bigger and bigger till the whole building was engulfed.
“I will get you Waverly Earp! You will be mine!” Tucker yelled at the sky as he walked away into the night to plan his wedding to Waverly.
(Back at the homestead)
The house was quiet except for the voices coming from the TV. The occupants of the room kept a watchful eye on Waverly, checking to see how she was doing after everything she had been through in the last few days.
As the night wore on one by one the occupants fell asleep. The hours passed by in a flash and it was quickly morning. The early morning light awoke the entire household but some didn't want to wake up because they knew that today would require more talking and some of them didn't want to talk any more.
Waverly cried out in pain when something brushed against her back and the entire room jumped into action.
“Waverly I have your next dose of pain meds” Nicole said as she handed Waverly a few Ibuprofens.
“We need to know a little more, Waverly” Dolls sadly said as he looked at Waverly.
“Fine! The two of them were only able to beat me for a day before I was able to Escape, I walked for maybe a few hours or longer I don't know. I walk from an abandoned building all the way to the BBD/Police Department. You know the rest”
“I’ll send all of the evidence I've collected to Nedly. He’ll get work finding Tucker and Champ”
“Well I am going to make breakfast. Would you girls help Waverly into the kitchen please?” Gus said as she headed for the kitchen. Wynonna and Nicole jumped to do as Gus asked and Waverly was grateful for their help. She knew she wouldn't be able to make the small distance on her own.
The day passed with no trouble as did the next day and the day after that. Three days after Waverly Earp earned her freedom all hell broke loose. Tucker put his plan into action. He wanted Waverly and he was going to make damn well sure he got her.
Waverly and Nicole were left alone at the homestead while the rest of the group went back to work, some working hard to find the ones who hurt Waverly, some wanting to hurt them the way they hurt her. Wynonna was working especially hard to find the assholes who hurt her baby sister. Waverly and Nicole sat on the couch all day and watched TV. The quiet afternoon was interrupted when the widow was blown in and a canister thrown into the room filled with gas. Both girls fell victim to the knockout gas from within the canister.
‘Not again’ Waverly thought as she became conscious she knew exactly who would do this, Again. She lifted her head and looked around this time without a blindfold, Waverly saw what looked like a room made to look like a wedding and her tied to a chair in the place of the bride. She became a little scared when she remembered that she was with Nicole, she frantically looked through the rows of chairs. The only seat that was filled was in the front on the bride's side. Still unconscious and looking to be unharmed was Nicole.
“Nicole wake up, come on baby wake up!” Waverly whispering yells but gets no Response nor reaction from Nicole.
“Here comes the groom, here comes the groom” Tucker's voice rang out through the room.
“Tucker you mother fucker!” Waverly yells as she struggles against the ropes that tie her.
“A bride should not talk like that Waverly” Tucker said as he walked down the aisle.
“Go to hell!” Waverly yelled
“Waverly, Waverly Waverly what did I say about brides talking like that” Tucker said as he came to stand in front of Waverly.
“You will learn to speak like a lady” a slap to Waverly’s face ended Tucker's sentence.
“By the end of the day you will be my wife. We will be married and your girlfriend over there will be nothing but a memory” Tucker said with a sinister smile. Waverly fought harder against her bonds when she heard what sounded like Tucker going to kill Nicole.
“I see a little snag in your plan. No one is here to marry us Tucker” Waverly said as she hoped if she could keep Tucker distracted long enough she could figure out a way to get both Nicole and herself out of this place.
“Don't worry your pretty little head about that,” Tucker said as he pulled a Piece of paper out of his suit pocket.
“I know you didn't have any time to write your vows but don't worry I wrote them for you. I hope you like what I wrote” Tucker said as he held the paper in front of Waverly. Waverly nodded deciding she would go alone with this until she devised a plan to get out.
“We are going to skip all the Necessary parts and jump right to the vows. Waverly read your vows please” Tucker said as pushed the paper more into Waverly’s face.
“I will dedicate myself to you” that is all Tucker put on the paper. Saying it made Waverly want to throw up. Waverly didn't like that he thought she would like those words she feared for what he was going to say but she didn't have to wait long.
“I promise to guide you, show you the right way. I promise to protect you and shield you from danger” it angered Waverly that he thought she needed protection or guidance but she kept her mouth shut. Tucker turned the chairs only filled with Nicole who was still unconscious.
“We are here to honor two people. One very beautiful and the other very dashing and join them in holy matrimony. Is there anyone here that thinks these two should not be joined?” Tucker waited a few seconds and so did Waverly even if she knew no rejection from the nonexistent crowd.
When Tucker thought he had waited long enough for something to happen he turned back to Waverly.
“Waverly do you take me to be your wedded husband?” Waverly debated whether or not to say yes, she still didn't have a plan on how to get out. A loud bang stopped her from answering.
“Did I miss the ‘I abject’ part?” Wynonna yelled from the door she just broke in.
“Yes you missed that part so get out” Tucker yelled as he stepped away from Waverly.
“Well I’d be the one giving her away and the only person I will give my baby sister to is currently unconscious in the front row” Waverly felt touched that Wynonna liked Nicole enough to give her to Nicole. Tucker and Wynonna started to fight and Waverly looked around to try and find a way to get free.
“Stay down you ass hole” Wynonna said as she pushed Tucker's unconscious body to the floor. She ran to Waverly’s side.
“Baby girl are you alright?” Waverly nodded but she asked Wynonna to check on nicole.
“She’s fine, she'll probably only have a concussion. Hey red wake up” Wynonna said as she gently shook Nicole finally getting a reaction from her.
“W-wynonna what happened?”
“Well you and Waverly were hit with knockout gas and Tucker tried to get Waverly to marry him. Luckily I stopped him just in time” Wynonna said as she helped Nicole to stand and they both were at Waverly’s side in a Instant.
Nicole and Wynonna untied the ropes binding Waverly to the chair. Nicole Insisted on carrying Waverly out of the room even if she didn't need it but Waverly was not going to say no to her knight in shining armor wanting to carry her.
The three of them left after Wynonna cuffed Tucker for Nedley to find later. Nicole continued to carry Waverly all the way to Wynonna’s truck. Wynonna drove them back to the homestead. Walking into the house both Waverly and Nicole just wanted to go upstairs and sleep for a long time but Waverly had a few questions. The entire team was in the living room and waiting for wayhaught to arrive. Hugs were exchanged and then Waverly got to her questions.
“Not that I care how you found us but I got to know how”
“Well we went to the abandoned building you ran from but when we got there, there was nothing left. Someone we guess was Tucker burned it to the ground with Champ inside. Apparently the building was owned by Tucker's family so we did a process of elimination and assumed Tucker would take you guys to another family owned building. We hit a few of them until we got down to the right one. I did my classic Wynonna interruptus and we got him” Wynonna explained after both Waverly and Nicole ungracefully fell into the comfortable couch.
“So wait, Tucker killed Champ? Why?” Waverly asked.
“Well apparently they both wanted you but I guess Tucker wanted you more” Dolls said.
“I just want to know if he will rot in jail for the rest of his life” Nicole said as she snuggled closer to Waverly. She received nods from all the others.
The night drew to a close with Waverly and Nicole going to bed and asking not to be disturbed for at least a few days. The group Instantly agreed knowing the two of them needed time alone with each other after everything they have been through. They all knew that Waverly’s back was likely to scar but they also knew that no matter what Waverly would have them by her side.
The pain of the last few weeks was going to last a lifetime but Waverly had Nicole and they had each other. Wynonna was glad Waverly had someone who could protect her and someone other than herself.