A/N: Was the kiss enough to break Lord Zedd's spell?
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Lavonne Adams: I guess we shall see, huh?
Disclaimer: I still don't own Power Rangers. I own Audrey, Alana, Mallory, Alexis and Brittany. My friend owns Alexzander.
Chapter Sixteen: The Kiss
Audrey glared at Alex and ran off. "We will finish this later." She said before leaving the park. She didn't stop running until she got home. Once she arrived there, she went straight to her bedroom and locked the door, tears running down her face. She was still evil and she was still on a mission to destroy Alex. Of course she had her old memories and she knew she liked Alex, but that crush had been replaced with hatred and a desire to kill. The kiss left her confused though. A kiss from the enemy shouldn't leave someone feeling this way, should it?
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Alex watched, confused, as Audrey ran off. He hadn't expected that reaction. He hadn't really been sure what to expect, but her running off with a definite threat to finish this had not been on the list of possible reactions he had formulated in his mind. Sure, her running off had been a possibility. Her finishing it as though nothing had happened had been a possibility, but the run and the threat confused him. If she was still evil, the kiss should have had no effect on her whatsoever, right? He turned and walked home, turning that thought over and over in his head. What could the kiss have done to make her react that way. Ashe passed Jason's dojo, he had a better thought. He turned back and walked in. "Jason?" He asked. "You around?"
Jason heard his name and walked out of the office. "Hey, what's up?" Jason asked him.
Alex pointed to Jason's office, signifying this needed to be private.
Jason nodded and led him in, closing the door behind Alex. After the door was closed and Alex had taken a seat, Jason walked behind his desk. "What's up?" He repeated.
"Audrey made her attack." Alex replied.
Jason raised his eyebrows. "And?" He asked, prodding Alex to go on.
"I kissed her." Alex responded. "Her reaction confused me though."
Jason looked at Alex, a kiss wouldn't have been his first guess on how to break the spell. "What was it?" He asked him. Could the spell have really been broken by a simple kiss?
"She ran off and promised to finish the fight later." Alex said in a confused tone.
Jason listened. "So she's definitely still evil then?"
Alex nodded. "It appears so."
"The kiss had an effect on her though." Jason said, more to himself than to Alex.
Alex nodded once more. "What kind of an effect though?"
"Possibly her real feelings, below the spell are coming out and it confused her." Jason said, taking a stab in the dark.
Alex considered this. "So it could be the beginning of breaking the spell, but not the end?" He asked.
Jason nodded. "That's what it sounds like to me. We might want to get more opinions on it though."
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Alexis Jannette Sherman sat on the floor mats doing her stretches and warmups. "Home court this year, Audrey." She said with a smirk as she completed her warmups. She looked around for the Orlando High team, but didn't see them anywhere. She walked over to Courtney, pulling her long brown hair into a bun. "You haven't seen Audrey anywhere, have you?"
Courtney shook her head. "Nope. You don't think they're no-shows, do you?"
Alexis shook her head. "No way, we're tied. Audrey wouldn't give up a chance to break the tie between us." She smirked. "Only I'm determined to make that title mine."
Courtney laughed. "Alex, you're good. You can do it."
"Of course I can." Alexis said, walking over to get a drink of her water.
"And now we will begin our competition with our first competitors." The announcer spoke throughout the gymnasium. "The captain from Miami, Alexis Sherman."
Alexis stepped forward to the applause. She was going to kill Audrey today, she was determined. I don't care how good she is. I'm the best.
"The captain from Orlando, Karissa Reynolds."
Alexis paled. "What?" She exclaimed out loud. How could this be? She was supposed to compete against Audrey, not Karissa. Karissa was good, but not the best Orlando had to offer. She was sure she could, no doubt, beat Karissa. She wanted real competition. She looked back at the coach for an explanation, but she simply shrugged her shoulders. She walked over to Karissa and shook her hand.
"Good luck, Alex." Karissa told her.
Alex nodded. "You too." Karissa was the only one from Orlando allowed to call her Alex. She was Audrey's archrival back home, making Alexis her rolemodel. "I hadn't expected to compete against you." Alexis spoke honestly.
Karissa nodded. "Audrey moved." She knew exactly what Alexis had meant, and didn't take offense or need explanation.
"We'll talk later." Alexis said.
Karissa nodded and both walked their seperate ways. Alexis started on the beam, her routine now a complete waste.
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Jason and Alex called the team down to the command center once more. Alex explained the kiss senario to everyone, hoping to get insight, especially from Tommy or one of the girls. The girls would understand a female's emotions best and Tommy might be able to shed some light on what being evil really does to a person. When he was finished explaining, Kimberly spoke. "I woudn't expect a kiss to break the spell and it obviously didn't. I can imagine though, that it awoke something inside of her, something that the evil was hiding before."
"So this might be a start to breaking the spell?" Alex asked her.
"It could be, but it's deeper than that." Kimberly explained. "If the kiss didn't break it, there still has to be something done. What that something is, is the question."
Alex nodded grimly, he had hoped that the answer would be that the spell was slowly breaking down.
"When I was evil, it was the sword of darkness that had to be destroyed." Tommy recalled. "Once it was destroyed, I was myself again."
"Did she have any sort of weapon with her?" Kimberly asked.
Alex shook his head. "Not that I've seen."
"Several other spells were broken by the destruction of the creature who had cast it." Billy added.
"Lord Zedd won't be that easy to destroy, if he was, he would have been gone long before he was." Tommy said.
"Well..." Kimberly said. "Maybe it could be as simple as convincing her she needs to look inside herself. I mean, if the kiss caused that sort of reaction, maybe that weakened the spell enough for us to try talking to her."
"Who would be the best person to do that?" Alex asked, willing to try anything.
"Well, Kim has known her the longest." Aisha said. "Sometimes it helps if the person really knows you."
Kimberly nodded. "But she has feelings for Alex, you can tell by her reaction to the kiss alone."
"And the way she stared at him in class before all this happened." Tommy said with a smile.
"If Alex can talk to her, maybe that would work." Kimberly continued.
"What about both of you?" Trini asked.
Kimberly shook her head.
"We don't want her to feel ambushed." Jason said.
"Maybe one at a time then?"
"We need to restrain her somehow." Alex said. "Otherwise she'll fight."
"Restraining her might not be a good idea either." Jason added. "I think trying to talk to her in a place where she's unlikely to fight you is best."
"Around people." Tommy added.
"Well, I could get her at school then." Alex suggested.
Kimberly nodded. "I could get her at practice, but there are only three other girls in her class."
"It's worth a shot." Billy said. "If that fails, we could resort to restraints if necessary."
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After the competition, Alexis approached Karissa. "She moved?"
Karissa nodded. "It came as a complete shock to me. In her absense I was given the title of captain, but I know she would have gotten it if she were still here."
Alexis nodded. "No offense, but she would have definitely gotten it."
"None taken." Karissa said relatively shortly. She hated how Audrey was always the favourite, but suddenly once Audrey was gone, she was put in the position of captain and gymnastics didn't seem so bad anymore afterall.
Alexis raised her eyebrows. "Okay then... well where did she move?"
Karissa shrugged. "I can't remember the name of the town." She told her. "It's not a big city like Orlando or Miami."
"Hmm..." Alexis said thoughtfully. "What state?"
"California, I think." Karissa replied.
"California?" Alexis asked, eyes wide.
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Mallory walked back to the dressing room to talk with her sister. "Hey 'Lana, congratulations." She said with a smile.
"Thanks, Mal." Alana said, brushing her hair down.
"So, the look on Lex's face when Karissa was announced instead of Audrey was priceless." Mallory told her. "Too bad you weren't in the stands, it was definitely worth seeing."
Alana laughed. "Well, she won."
Mallory nodded. "I know, Karissa's really not that good. You would have had a better chance against Lex than Karissa would have."
Alana shrugged. "Moving makes me not really care anymore. If I get a title it means nothing in California."
Mallory looked at her sister sympathetically. She knew Alana was extremely excited about being near her best friend again, but she hadn't really considered what it would do to her to move in the middle of senior year. "I'm sorry, Lanners."
Alana shrugged. "Being near Audrey is all that matters right now."
Mallory nodded in agreement.
"You guys know what I just heard? Lex is moving!" Brittany called as she walked into the room.
"Really? Where?" Alana asked.
Brittany shrugged. "I don't know, I just heard her tell Karissa moving might not be so bad after all."
A/N: Why did the kiss affect Audrey the way it did if she's still clearly evil? Does Kimberly's idea have an affect on Audrey? Where is Alexis moving? All of these questions will be answered in future chapters.