The following is an Interlude telling additional events that happened in the episode 'Return of the Betrayer'. I own Sora Daniels, Maya Spears, Lurre the last Lore Keeper, Diablo, Gearz, and Shades (Lore Keeper Version). Avalon Victoria 'AV' Winchester, and Jerrica belong to Thewhatzupwriter26. Cassandra 'Cassie' StClare, and Jared Scott belongs to ICrzy. Adam Cots belongs to TimmayIsAwesome. Leo Balgriff belongs to W. R. Winters. Alvin Gregory belongs to fantastic rhapsody. Power Rangers is property of Saban and Kamen Rider belongs to Toei.

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Jerrica watched over AV who recovered at the school and was by her side "Glad to see that you're awake AV." Jerrica says to her.

"I couldn't just let you get hit." AV told her as Jerrica looks away.

"Why didn't you? You could have just let me get hit and left. Given me a taste of my own medicine." She says to her.

"Before those things came I sensed you were telling the truth Jerrica." AV tells her as Jerrica gives a small smirk.

"Nothing gets past those eyes of yours AV." She states as AV sits up.

"So where are those friends of yours anyway? You said you were forbidden to talk to them." AV asked her.

Jerrica looks down "Unity Lakes Prison. Have been for the past couple years now." She says as AV goes wide eyed in surprise.

"Yeah after pranking you my parents grounded me, and I had to do community service with special needs kids." She says and smiles a bit.

"I was rather vocal about my dislike for the idea, but I ended up doing it anyways. There was one girl in particular who had Down Syndrome named Lucy that I got to know." Jerrica continues on and looks down putting her hands into her pockets.

"She was the most compassionate, fiery, spirited, and no nonsense person I had ever met. As I got to know her, she listened to me. I…I eventually told her about you and the friendship we had, and when I told her why I broke it off as well as the prank she was so angry. It actually scared me." Jerrica says as AV put a hand on her shoulder.

"Why did it scare you?" AV asked her.

"B-Because I thought I was going to lose her, but I wasn't. She told me that I should never have done what I did, and that not everyone is perfectly normal, and that each of us are different and that I would have to earn your forgiveness and trust." Jerrica says to her.

AV nods "Indeed. After what happened I was public enemy number one at school. People would play keep away with my sunglasses, and if anyone was ever caught being nice to me was shunned. T-That prank…it was like you and your former friends were trying to break me, and because of it my parents had me see a psychologist for consoling for about a year." AV explained to her as Jerrica looks away.

"I-I never know. I did try to write to you, but Lucy had told me that words on a piece of paper mean nothing unless you say it in person to the person you hurt." She explained.

AV looks at her "I had zero trust in others except my parents and a few other adults after what happened Jerrica so sending a letter might have made things worse. I was filled with fear, doubt, and skepticism about making friends. Then I met Sora and the others, and thanks to them I remembered what qualities are in a real friendship." AV told her.

"What do you mean?" Jerrica asked.

"Sora and the others give me trust, loyalty, compassion, integrity, kindness, courage, and love. That is what makes friendships last, and while we have our disagreements we still accept each other for who we are Jerrica." AV says as Jerrica smiles.

"Lucy would have loved to meet you AV." She says as AV looks at her and sensed a lot of sadness coming off of Jerrica.

"What do you mean 'would have'? Is there some reason I can't meet her?" AV asked and Jerrica tears up.

"…She's dead AV. She…she committed suicide." Jerrica says tears streaming down her cheeks.

AV pulled Jerrica into a hug to comfort her "What happened?" AV asked.

"O-One day I had gotten an ice cream for the two of us and went to the park where the two of us liked to hang out. When I got there though I found my ex-friends there laughing about something. When I asked them what they were laughing about they told me...they told me…" she says and starts sobbing AV patting her back as she comforts her.

"You don't have to say more if you don't want to Jerrica." AV says as she pulled away and Jerrica wipes away her tears.

"No. I need to do this." Jerrica says and takes in a breath to calm her nerves.

"They told me they didn't like the freak hanging out with their friend. So they did to her what they did to the freak of nature that took Sally's part in the musical." She says and AV's eyes widen.

"You mean they did that?" AV asked and Jerrica nods.

"I ran to the park building and found her wrapped like you had been in the janitors closet and out cold. I called for help, and the three were actually reported to the police, but…after what happened my friend wasn't the same." Jerrica says looking down.

"She wasn't what she use to be after what they did. She was timid, scared, and her spirt was all but gone. My ex-friends took what made Lucy herself from her. So she ended her life a few days later…I found this on her." She says taking a folded not out of her pocket and handing it to AV who takes it and reads it.

Dear Mildred

By the time that you read this I will be gone to another place, and I am sorry that you had to see me like that. I know that it was you who called for help that day and reported them. They have taken everything from me even the will to live. The only thing I do regret is that I will never meet your old friend Avalon and help you two patch things up. I will watch over the both of you Mildred.

Best friends for life and in spirit,

Lucy

AV carefully folded the piece of paper back up and handed it back to Jerrica who pockets the note.

Both went silent for a few minutes before AV looks to her friend "Why did you start to bully me when you came back?" AV asked and Jerrica looks away.

"When I saw you with those other teens it made me angry. You looked so happy around them, and I was sad, miserable, and bitter. You actually had real friends while all I had was posers." Jerrica says.

AV looks to Jerrica as there has been one thing that had been bothering her for years that she wanted to know "Why did you betray me Jerrica?" AV asked as Jerrica refused to look at her.

"Before the betrayal Sally had invited me to her house for a sleepover which I accepted. I had fun playing with other kids my age, but I missed you and had asked Sally why you weren't invited. She suggested that I should stop wasting my time with you and hang out with her and her friends." Jerrica says and sighs.

"I was against it because you were the first one to reach out to me and become friends, but then that day happened." She adds on both recalling that day.

"When I saw your eyes change I was surprised, and angry. I thought that I knew everything about you, and for you to keep a secret from me pushed me to do what I did." Jerrica finished as one of AV's eyes turned bright orange and the other red.

"Is that what you thought Jerrica? I had no way of knowing back then that my eyes would do what they did!" AV says raising her voice in anger.

"You…didn't? You weren't hiding it from me?" Jerrica asked as AV nods and Jerrica gets up.

"I have a lot to think about. I will be going now AV." She says and leaves the room.

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The next day school was starting as the Pink and Black rangers walked together heading for breakfast and was about to turn the corner when Adam backpedals and Cassie looks at him.

"Why did you do that?" She asked as Adam points around the corner and Cassie peaks around seeing Robyn was talking with Jerrica.

"So you're Robyn." Jerrica says to Robyn.

"Yeah, and your Jerrica. Your first name doesn't do you justice, but I see you have a mean streak and a knack for pranks." Robyn says a smirk on her face.

"I'm guessing though you know what goes on around here, but what is it that you want?" Jerrica asked arms crossed as Robyn chuckles.

"I want you as a part of my crew actually. You see Winchester and Gregory have been a pain in my side for a while, and I have just the prank planned for them, but I need help to get it done." Robyn says with a smirk.

Jerrica went to say something, but was stopped "Now now no need to say how brilliant I am, and I'm glad that you accept that you don't see yourself as good as me. Anyways here's what I'm thinking. I learned that AV was a bit of a hero as she had thrown deviled eggs at a woman who was planning on kidnapping someone eight years ago. So I filled fifty balloons full of deviled eggs. I just need someone to get them to the two to the gym so I can drop the balloons on them." She explained giddy as Jerrica remained silent.

"Now how about you go do it? I already have it all set up." Robyn says waving Jerrica off and the girl remains there and glared.

"…No. I won't do it." Jerrica says surprising Robyn, Adam, and Cassie.

"Why not! It is the ultimate payback! Besides they deserve it for making me look like such a fool!" Robyn exclaimed.

Jerrica shakes her head "No they don't Robyn. All you are doing from this is trying to fix your bruised ego. You don't see that there could be severe consequences for your actions or how this could affect the ones you are pranking." Jerrica says to her.

Robyn clenched her hands into fists "They do deserve it! And there is no line I won't cross for them to get the justice I deserve for the disrespect they have given me!" She says and storms away furious as Jerrica walks off quickly.

"Not going to happen on my watch. She shouldn't have told me her plan." Jerrica says as she headed off towards the office.

After it was clear Adam and Cassie came around the corner and Cassie looks to Adam who was deep in thought "What are you thinking about Adam?" she asked.

Adam looks at her "She might have turned Robyn down for the prank Cassie, but after how she treated AV she hasn't earned my trust." Adam tells her.

"I figured that, but people do change Adam." Cassie said and both walk off headed for the lunch room for breakfast with the others.

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Jerrica was walking to class when she heard laughing as well as someone pleading. Hearing this she changed direction to check out what was going on and found Robyn and a few other kids with another girls bag and they were tossing it around.

"Please give it back! I'm not joking around! I've got something fragile in there!" the girl pleads out as the bag lands in Robyn's hands.

"In that case I shouldn't do…THIS!" Robyn says throwing the bag against the ground as hard as she can and the sound of something breaking was heard as the girl goes wide eyed and tears up.

Robyn smirks "Face it Sara. Without me your practically by yourself, and after how we both treated everyone no one is going to give you a chance." Robyn says.

"Y-Your wrong! There's Sora and…" Sara starts as Robyn laughs.

"Sora and her friends? Oh please they'll soon forget about you Sara. Face it you are all alone with no one you can trust or turn to. Later loser." Robyn says walking away with her group as they all laugh.

Jerrica was furious at this happening and took a step forward to go after them then recalled Sara and looks at the girl who was picking up her bag and looked inside bring out what looked like broken pieces of glass, but upon closer inspection she saw this it was pieces of what looked like glass bracelet.

Jerrica walks up to her "Hey you okay? I saw what happened." Jerrica asked Sara who glances at her then to her bracelet.

"I-I'm fine. It's just this was someone in my families, and now…" Sara says.

"Hey. I'm sure that you can find someone to fix it, and I wouldn't suggest worrying about Robyn." Jerrica says glaring at the direction Robyn and her friends left down.

"They'll get what's coming to them." She adds on as Sara looks up.

"You don't have to do anything for my sake. This has become normal since I broke things off with her." Sara says and sighs.

Jerrica looks at her "You mean you two were friends? What happened?" Jerrica asked.

"My conscious and I grew a backbone. I was tired of what we were doing, and what we did I just stopped to think how it would affect the person we were bullying. I realized how toxic things were between us and I just told her I was done." Sara says and sighs.

"Robyn didn't take it well and has been making things hard for me since." She added on.

Jerrica looks at her and makes a decision "Well then let's get to class. I'll walk you." Jerrica says as Sara looks at her.

"You don't have to." She tells her but Jerrica shakes her head.

"I know, but I want to." Jerrica says and both walk off towards class.

I hope you enjoyed this Interlude. Until next time this has been decode9.