A/N: For some of the readers, I'm just gonna clear this up. This is a story featuring Audrey 2.0 (the one played by Kathleen Munroe), not Emily Rose's Audrey/Lucy/Sarah. The beginning of this chapter may be a little confusing, what with Audrey and Audrey 2.0 talking back and forth. I hope I've made it so you're mostly able to understand. Here goes.

Chapter 2

"Audrey…."

"Sit down and shut up. I need some answers."

Audrey Parker was struck dumb, seeing the brunette woman standing in front of her. Even more, the hostile greeting she was receiving from someone she had considered her friend was a complete shock.

"Can you just – put down the gun, please?"

She lowered the gun.

"Thank you." Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the feeling probably wouldn't last long. Seeing Audrey brought back up all the issues she had been shoving to the back of her mind. The mystery of her identity, all the mysteries if Haven itself, and especially the mystery of the clearing found on the coordinates where Audrey had lost her memories.

Audrey sat down on the couch, facing her uninvited guest. "What are you doing here?"

Audrey Two stood in front of Audrey, hands on hips. Her brunette hair was tied back in a neat ponytail, but she was not wearing her FBI vest. Her eyes were cold and hard, but Audrey thought she could see a flicker of uncertainty under the façade.

Finally she sighted and, seeming to come to a decision, sat down on the couch beside Audrey. "I told you, I came to find answers. I haven't come back here to arrest you; not yet, anyway."

Watching her there, slumped on the couch, staring at her, Audrey could see the woman who she had bonded with more than a year ago come out. The confused woman with a stolen identity, just looking for an explanation. Audrey's heart sank.

"You don't remember, do you?"

The brunette shook her head. "No."

"It's been over a year though… you must have had some sort of therapy to remember, you obviously know who you are, there should have been partial recall…"

Audrey Two gave no reply, just stared at her, blue eyes searching. Audrey felt at a loss as well; the friend she had had in this woman was nowhere to be found. Audrey missed the woman who would've opened up to her, who would have wanted to figure it all out together. The woman sitting in front of her couldn't do that; she couldn't put that trust in her anymore.

Getting up from the couch, Audrey went to locate her phone. Picking it up off the nightstand, she turned back to the woman now sitting alone on the couch.

"I'll get all your questions answered. I want to help you, but first I need to call Nathan."

He was right over. The phone conversation had been short, but one look at Audrey as he walked in the door told him everything he needed to know. Audrey wasn't coping well. And from the look of the other Audrey, neither was she. So he got straight to the point.

"What exactly do you remember?"

Audrey Two leaned towards him, obviously more comfortable now that she was being questioned in a familiar interrogation routine.

"Everything, except whatever it is that happened here. I remember my job, growing up, but when I get here – nothing. Just a big blank from before I was told about you and Haven until the moment your friend found me in the woods. I remember you, her," here she glanced at Audrey, sitting a little apart from everyone else, apparently lost in thought, "and the other man, but only from the police station where I was picked up. Nothing from the rest of the time I was here."

Nathan saw Audrey shift on her bed where she was sitting, when she heard the last part. It was confirmation that the brunette didn't remember the bond they had developed, the secrets the two of them had undoubtedly confided in each other seemed to affect her deeply, even if she had suspected that it was the case.

"So you came back to…?"

She looked up at him earnestly. "Not to arrest… Audrey… just to get answers, like I said."

Nathan nodded. "Good. Well, we want to help you remember whatever you can, and there are some things that we'd like to learn from you, if possible." Sneaking a glance at his partner, Nathan continued. "How long do you plan on staying?"

"As long as it takes."

"Alright." Another look at Audrey, who was now watching them, and he said: "Do you need a place to stay?"

At this, his partner stood up, slightly surprised, but nodded at him when he sent a curious glance her way. Taking this as his cue to leave, Nathan stood and went to grab his jacket.

Pausing at the door, Nathan turned back to look at Audrey, who was now speaking to the brunette FBI agent quietly. He and his partner exchanged a look, and she walked over.

"You alright? I might have put you on the spot, telling her she could stay with you here." Nathan said her as she joined him.

She nodded. "I think I can handle it."

"Good. See you tomorrow, Parker."

Hearing her name, the other woman looked up. Realizing his mistake, Nathan cleared his throat awkwardly and pointed at the blonde one.

As he walked quickly out the door, Audrey exchanged a tentative smile with her new roommate and received a small one in return.

"Duke!" Audrey shouted.

Duke looked up from his newspaper, not altogether surprised to be getting a visit from his favourite local police officer, even this early in the morning. He had just gotten back from the Gull, and Audrey's car hadn't been in the parking lot, so he'd assumed she was already out on a case. But here she was, and one look at her face told him this was serious. He tried to lighten the mood.

He rose, a smile on his face and the words "Well, well, look who it is" on his lips when he realized that there was another woman standing behind her. He couldn't quite see who it was….

Audrey stepped aside and everything froze. It couldn't be.

All Duke could do was stare. The other Audrey Parker was strolling towards him, brunette hair flying. Duke flashed back to the moment all that time ago, when she had come walking onto his boat, just like this, come to tell him the best news he'd ever heard.

A year had passed since he'd last seen her, since the day he'd found her in the woods, pointing a gun at him, not realizing she'd ever seen him before, ever talked to him, befriended him, flirted with him. In the past year, a lot had happened, and he'd tried to forget about it, (forget about her), but he couldn't.

Seeing her here, in front of him after all this time, even though he'd hardly known her, Duke was struck dumb.

Audrey must have seen something in the look on his face, because she suddenly looked worried. "Duke…?"

Everything cracked back into real time. Duke spared one more glance for the disgruntled FBI Agent standing impatiently on his boat, then grabbed the blonde cop's arm and pulled her a short distance away, where they could talk.

"What the hell is going on?" Duke hissed.

"I need you to watch her for a while. She showed up yesterday, and now she wants to come to the station with me and help with cases, but she doesn't remember the Troubles. I don't want to freak her out like last time, with Jackie. I needed someone to take care of her, ease her into Haven's customary weirdness. I thought of you. Please?" The look she gave him was half pleading, half amusement at the exasperated look on his face.

"You want me to watch her? She's not exactly gonna be inclined to listen to me, especially if your personality is anything to go by."

"Well, she's not coming with me."

"Parker, this is not a joke. I've just found out that she's back, and you're telling me she doesn't remember anything about Haven? She doesn't have any idea who I am! How am I supposed to deal with this?"

"I had to, you're not the only one who had to work with a surprise visit from a friend who doesn't remember having ever cared about you." Audrey's eyes went hard at the memory. The look disappeared, and she gave him a knowing look. "Also, I thought it might be good for you to spend some quality time together. Help her remember. Now, I gotta go. Thank you!" She began to back away, now grinning, and Duke knew, as always, that he wouldn't be able to get himself out of this.

Almost out of earshot, Audrey shouted one last thing: "By the way, she's staying with me at The Gull!"

Duke threw his hands up. "Parker, don't do this to me! So help me God, I will…" He trailed off when he realized she could no longer hear him, and he knew nothing he said would change her mind anyway.

Duke stood staring after her, exasperated, then sighed and turned to the woman still waiting, silent as a ghost, on the deck of his boat.

He didn't know what it was he was feeling, didn't know what it was he should, and was glad when she finally spoke. "So, she said you'd be telling me more about the town."

He nodded, still slightly dazed, but decided that uncertainty didn't suit him. He put on his most winsome smile.

"Duke Crocker." He held out his hand. "I believe we've already met."

A/N: Hope I did okay, sorry for the abominable descriptions of Duke's feelings. Also sorry I took so long to update. The next chapter's already written, just needs to be typed. R&R for me lovelies!