A/N: Audrey makes a return to Angel Grove High, but she's not as people remember her.

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Chapter Fourteen: Audrey Returns

Angel Grove High School

Tommy sat at his desk waiting for his students to come into the room. He saw Alex walk in, looking pretty dejected. Audrey's disappearance had taken a toll on the poor boy. Tommy couldn't help but wonder that if Jason was right and Audrey was evil how Alex would react to it. He knew that under a spell like Rita's or Zedd's one can care less about the people they hurt, even a good friend, or a crush. Under his own spell years ago, Tommy wanted Kimberly and the other rangers dead. Audrey only had one ranger to go up against for the time being, but as long as Alex could keep himself in one piece, he was more than likely enough to break the spell and save Audrey. If all else failed, there were enough former rangers in town to assist in any way possible.

Conner McKnight walked into the classroom. Tommy looked up, shocked to see his former student. "Hey Dr. O." Conner greeted him.

"Conner? What are you doing here?" Tommy asked.

"I just came by to visit. Trent's in town too." Conner replied.

"How long are you guys in town?" Tommy asked.

Conner shrugged. "We don't know yet."

Tommy nodded, suddenly, his gaze shot to the door when a familiar blonde head walked into class. He turned to Alex and watched his reaction.

Alex was sitting at his desk when he saw Audrey, at first he thought it was an illusion, but when he realized she was really there, he walked over to her. "Audrey? You're here?" He asked.

Audrey glanced up at the person speaking to her. It was Alex. Destroy Alex. "So I am." She replied, rather curtly.

Alex looked hurt, but he regained his composure. "I was worried about you."

Audrey rolled her eyes. "I can take care of myself, Alex." She answered. "I've done so for seventeen years, what's another fourty-eight hours?"

Alex sighed. What was with Audrey's new attitude?

"It wasn't like you tried calling or anything." Audrey said, she actually wasn't sure if he had called or not, since she hadn't been home, but making him think she had been home was best for now.

Alex stuttered, he knew he was caught. "I...uh... I didn't want to be too forward."

Audrey smirked, so she had been right. Alex hadn't called her. "Right, Alex. Well... leave me alone. Class is about to start."

Alex sighed and walked back to his desk. Behind his back, Audrey's eyes flashed pink.

Tommy and Conner watched the exchange. It was almost creepy how Audrey's attitude had changed toward Alex. It reminded him of his sophomore year when he was under Rita's evil spell. If Tommy had seen Audrey's eyes flash, that would have sealed it, however, Alex was Tommy's line of vision. "Hey Conner, I need to go talk to one of my students. Are you going to sit in on class today?"

"If you don't mind, I could sit in." Conner answered.

Tommy nodded. "It's fine." He walked over to Audrey's desk. "Hey Audrey, are you okay?" He asked her.

"What's it to you?" Audrey asked. "You're just an old teacher."

Tommy was hurt. Her attitude had changed toward him as well. "I just know you like Alex and I saw the way you were talking to him. Did he do anything to upset you?"

"He existed." Audrey answered darkly.

Tommy sighed. He was pretty sure Jason was right, but there was nothing they could do until she came out. "Alright, well I need to start class. If you want to talk, you can see me after class."

"Yeah right." Audrey said as Tommy walked back to the front of the classroom.

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Tommy dismissed his class and saw Audrey walk out quickly. She was now avoiding them. He went to his office and dialed Kimberly's studio number.

"Kimberly Hart's Gymnastics Studio." Came the answer. "This is Kimberly."

"Kim, Audrey's back and I have a feeling she'll be heading to gymnastics." Tommy said, sounding grave.

Kimberly thought about Tommy's tone. If Audrey was back, wouldn't he sound happier... unless... "Tommy? Jason was right, wasn't he?"

"I think so, Beautiful." Tommy answered.

Kimberly sighed. "So what do we need to do?"

"You could try talking to her, but I'm not sure how well it will work." He answered. "That's why I called. Her attitude has changed majorly."

Kimberly bit her lip. "Like how?"

"Like me." Tommy answered.

Kimberly's memory floated back to when Tommy was evil. His attitude had changed drastically from the Tommy she had liked and would eventually love. He was harsh to her and her friends, but mostly her. "Alright, thanks." She said as she saw a blonde head go toward the dressing room through her office window. "She's here, I'm going to go talk to her."

"Okay, be careful, Kim."

"I will."

They hung up the phones and Kimberly headed toward the dressing room. "Audrey?" She called. "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Audrey walked out of the dressing room. "What do you want?" Audrey asked.

Kimberly was taken aback. She had been warned, but she still didn't expect this out of her little Audrey. She had known her for so long and she had never taken this tone with Kimberly before. "I wanted to see if you were okay." Kimberly answered. "I hadn't seen you in class the past couple of days."

"I'm fine." Audrey snapped. "I can take care of myself."

Kimberly sighed. Tommy was right. She was acting too much like Tommy did. "Okay, well I'll see you when class starts." She walked back into her office and called Tommy back. "You're right." She said when he answered, before he even had a chance to speak.

"No luck?" He asked.

"None whatsoever." Kimberly answered. "She's never talked to me that way before."

"I think we need to make a few calls and have a meeting in the command center." Tommy answered.

"I think you're right." Kimberly responded. They divided all of the former rangers and Alex and began making phone calls.

Command Center

Tommy, Jason, Billy, Zack, Trini, Aisha, Adam, Rocky and Alex were gathered in the command center. Once again, they were waiting on Kimberly. "Okay guys." Tommy said. "Here's what's going on. Audrey's back in school, but she's gone through a drastic attitude change."

Everyone listened on, Alex was the only one there who was aware of the situation. "What kind of attitude change?" Billy asked.

Tommy glanced at Billy. "She's acting a lot like I did."

Billy, Jason, Zack and Trini glanced at one another. This wasn't sounding good. "I had really been hoping I was wrong." Jason said finally.

Tommy nodded. "I hoped you were too." He sighed. "She showed up in science today. I noticed she was talking differently to Alex, so I went to talk to her. I got similar responses. After class, she rushed off, so I called Kimberly and warned her. Kimberly called me back and reported similar results."

Billy looked around. "Speaking of Kim, where is she?"

Tommy glanced at his watch. "She's just finished up a class, she should be here shortly."

"So what do we do?" Aisha asked. She didn't like the idea of someone evil being in such close proximity to her friends.

"We'll have to try to break it." Jason answered.

"We aren't even for sure this is the problem." Kimberly walked in. "I searched her eyes when I was talking to her, but I didn't see any flashes." She shuddered at the memory of Tommy's eyes after she confronted him at the memory.

"I didn't either." Tommy answered.

"When do you think she'll attack?" Alex asked after being silent up till this point.

"I don't know." Tommy answered. "Just remember not to hurt her, somewhere under the spell, Audrey is really there."

Kimberly nodded. "We have a meet coming up, so as little physical harm to her is best. She would hate to sit out a meet."

"I couldn't hurt her anyway." Alex responded.

"You're going to have to get past your personal feelings." Tommy answered. "She has, but with the help of a spell. She won't care who you are, she's out to destory you."

Alex nodded.

"Does anyone else have anything?" Tommy asked. "Billy?"

Billy shook his head. "I had no luck finding her, but since she's here." He shrugged.

"Jason, what about rangers?"

Jason shook his head. "I'm still thinking about what to do. You, Kimberly, Alex and I are the only ones around teenagers."

Tommy nodded. "I know. Okay, if anyone comes up with anything, give us a call."

The team dissipated and Kimberly turned to Tommy. "I'm worried about her."

Tommy nodded and hugged Kimberly tightly. "So am I."

"She's never ever acted this way before."

"I know, Kim." He held onto her for a while.

A/N: What will happen with Audrey? Will she attack Alex? Will she win? Read and review please!