Ch 3: Voices

Adam watched and wondered about her tessa. She was distant and a bit quiet. Truth be told no one at angel grove really knew much about her. He knew that she did get expelled from her last school for fighting. But none since she came to angel grove, well there was an altercation with a cheerleader. Maybe he could ask her about it but he was afraid she might take it the wrong way.

Tessa couldn't stand this waiting game. She wasn't pretending to like adam, but she still was leading him on. She couldn't say no, hell part of her enjoyed toying with people. What had come over her. Among other things she hated being unnecessary mean to people. Something happened. She looked up and saw adam talking to tommy. She got up and walked past them with out looking up.

Adam saw her run into the building. He told tommy he'd see him later and chased after her. As he entered the building he looked around and she was no where to found. Tessa ran to her car and unlocked it. She felt several sharp pains flow threw her. She put her head against the steering wheel and allowed the uneven breaths to flow. This was the most pain she had been in since the bond. She grabbed her keys and started the car. And drove off.

"Tess!", adam yelled as he ran out the building.

Tessa didn't look back she continued to drive. She drove to escape every ounce of feeling in her body. She made to a nearby town and stopped for gas.

"Wonder how much farther I can go…right the freaking moon.", tessa said while walked into the gas station. She paid for her gas and walked back to her car. She filled up her car and sat on the hood to ponder where to go next.

"Cute car…", she heard a guys say as he walked up from another pump.

"Whatever…", she said getting down and walking to the driver side.

"Aw come on girlie…why don't you help us…we've been driving and we need gas money.", he said reaching out and keeping his hand on the door.

"Sorry I'm totally out of money.", she said with a smirk and then rolling her eyes.

"Well I pretty sure you could still help us.", he said laughing.

"I'm not in a good mood.", she said in a distorted voice.

Tessa looked up and her eyes had been over-come by a crimson red. She grabbed the guys hand and flipped him. As he tried to get up she put her knee into chest and kneeled down.

"Now get on your bike and leave me the hell alone.", she said turning around and getting into the car and locking her door.

"What just happened?", she thought as she looked around.

She started the car and began to drive again. She wanted to really escape now but she felt something pulling her back. Her vision became blurred and she decided to park until her head stopped hurting. While she was sitting there she felt her body become weighed down. She got of the car and stumbled into traffic. She held her head not realizing anything was going on. She felt something far worse consume her. She made it across before passing out. Her dreams now seemed dark.

"Where am I?", she stuttered.

"In the darkest regions of your mind…", a rasping voice hissed.

"Who that please help me!", she yelled as it echoed threw her mind.

"You're beyond that now…all you can do is give in…", it said again

Tessa looked around. Her mind was usually vacant but this was taking it a little to far. She tried to find away out his wasn't what she wanted.

"You don't understand I'm not suppose to be here…I'm not a dark person!", she yelled as she looked around.

"Aren't you…putting that little spell on that boy…hurting people, you joined an intergalactic psychopath without a second thought.", it yelled back.

"Shut up!", tessa yelled .

"Oh you thought that the means justify the actions…no darling your evil plain in simple.", it laughed.

"I'm not evil!", tessa said breaking down.

Suddenly the voice had a face to it. A woman in the silver ranger uniform appeared and kneeled down in front of tessa. Tess laid there feeling like and empty shell of her former self.

"Just give in to your dark heart…or do you feel that you are doing a good thing?", it laughed.

"I did…at least I thought I was…", tessa said.

"I bet you did but now is the time give into the darkness off your heart and then only then can you gain what you desire…your father's health..", it said.

"I'm not so weak willed that I would give in.", tessa laughed and then groaned.

"Have it your way…then.", it said increasing the pain.

Tessa groaned louder as she clawed at her body.

People gathered around the passed out teen. Though she still continued to claw at her arms until small amounts of blood began to form. One of the women attempted to restrain her until the ambulance got there. Suddenly tessa opened her eyes screaming. She rolled over looking down at her arms.

"Miss are you okay?", a man asked.

"Y-yes…", tessa said sitting up.

She got up and stumbled to her car and laid in the seat. She wasn't evil, she couldn't be. Evil people don't feel bad, but now she felt lower then dirt. She had some good in her. Did she want to destroy the power rangers or did she feel she had to. Rita kept her end of the pact, so was she obligated.

"Oh god!", she opened the door to throw up.

At that moment she knew what she had to do…