Chapter Summary: Felicia causes problems between Duncan and Richie while Vida and Amanda are not trusting with their guest, especially the former pink ranger, but eventually, Felicia's intentions become crystal clear.
Friction
Amanda sighed roughly as she sat down. It had been three days since Duncan had allowed Felicia to stay with them, and things have not gone well to say the least. She remembered the conversation she had with Duncan a couple of days prior.
"What the hell are you thinking here?" Amanda proceeded to ask.
"What do you mean?" Duncan rolled his eyes.
"About Felicia, I don't trust that girl, and you and Richie had history with her, which is not good history might I add," Amanda stated.
"I know, I know our history isn't good," Duncan replied, "I know Felicia can't be trusted. That is why I am keeping my eye on her. I have a feeling she is up to something. Like I told her, one slip up, and she's done for."
"All right," Amanda sighed, "fine, but you better hope, if she does slip up, that Vida doesn't get a hold of her before you do."
"What makes you think she would go after Felicia?" Duncan asked.
"History, hello," Amanda answered, "from what I've been told Felicia used him in her plot against you. What makes you think she won't do that again?"
Amanda pursed her lips. Duncan had a plan, so she was going to bide her time with him with this plan.
She noticed Richie was a bit more cautious with Felicia than the last time he met her. That's the good part there, but when it came to both Duncan and Richie was another story. Both guys seemed to be arguing a lot lately. Amanda suspected Felicia was coming on to them both and claiming things to cause these arguments. It was getting on her nerves to no end.
Amanda tried consulting the others about what was going on, but with little to no luck. Methos didn't want much to do with the situation as he also didn't trust Felicia despite not knowing her very well. Connor had two different answers as she felt he was Duncan's cousin and he might be able to talk some sense into Duncan; either he would say he was busy training Shane or insisting that she should let Duncan deal with the situation.
Then there was Joe. Amanda sort of got lucky with him as she managed to convince him to come talk to Duncan and Richie about this ongoing situation. In fact, he was on his way to the loft. She decided to bide her time with Felicia, Duncan and Richie in the meantime.
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Vida sighed roughly, Another day of dealing with Felicia Martins.
It had been a pretty crazy three days since Felice, Felicia, had been here back into the lives of Duncan and Richie and into her and Amanda's lives.
She had no problem trusting Duncan with the plan he was going through. After all, Duncan was a more experienced immortal than her, and he knew what he was doing.
Her problem was Felicia Martins herself. Richie told her about how he met her and the fact she used him in a plan against Duncan, the latter which pissed her off to say the least. She didn't really love him, and Richie was aware of that and decided not to give her another chance.
Vida thought it was a smart move on his behalf, but that didn't mean Felicia didn't try. She tried making her moves on Richie again, but he turned her down each time. The former pink ranger thought this was a good idea for him not to fall for her again, especially after what the forger put him through. Richie was a lot of things, but he was not stupid, even though there were times he didn't think straight like he should.
"What are you doing?" Felicia asked, pulling the ranger turned immortal from her thoughts.
Vida cleared her throat before answering, "Not much. What's it to you?"
"Just seeing what Richie's bed warmer was up to," Felicia replied with a smirk.
The former pink ranger was seething from that remark as this wasn't the first time she called her that during the few days she had stayed here, "If that's your way of trying to be nice, you're not doing a good job."
"I know that you have a thing for Richie," Felicia stated, "but you should give it up, sweetheart because pretty soon, Richie Ryan will be coming back to me."
Vida only scoffed in response, "In your dreams! Richie has shown that he's no longer interested in you since what happened last time."
"You used to be a Power Ranger," Felicia continued to smirk, "but I am not scared of you."
"Well you should be," Vida retorted, "I had to deal with a punk who cheated on my sister years ago, and I would have taken care of his hyde had it not been for her insisting I don't go after him as he was getting a restraining order during that time."
"What's that got to do with anything?"
"If you think about hurting Richie in any way," Vida warned the forger immortal, "I will get to you before Connor or Duncan can, and don't think I make empty threats."
Felicia wasn't fazed, "Oooh, scary."
With that, she walked away, leaving the former pink ranger fuming.
Moments later, Amanda walked in, "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," Vida answered, trying to be calm, "for now. However, if that Joan Jett wannabe hurts Richie, it'll be the last thing she ever does."
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"Why are you making this a big deal?!" Richie proceeded to ask Duncan.
"You know very know why," Duncan answered, "you know very well that I did no such thing!"
"So you said nothing about my time away?" Richie asked, "After you were no longer affected by the Dark Quickening?"
"Not to her," Duncan answered, "besides, it's none of her business what happened with us after we no longer saw her after her initial visit."
"You two really need to chill out!" Amanda exclaimed as she entered the room, "You two have been at it for the past few days ever since Felicia has came here!"
"What are you implying?" Duncan asked.
"What I'm implying is," Amanda answered, "Felicia is causing friction between you and Richie, saying things which will cause arguments and you two to be mad at each other."
Duncan and Richie glanced at each other before looking at her.
"Look Mac," Richie told his teacher, "I'm sorry."
"Me too," Duncan nodded in agreement, "maybe I am overreacting a little bit, and we need to get to a resolution with Felicia."
"And fast, in the meantime, I'm going to relax in my room for a bit," Richie announced before heading to his room, "I'll talk with you guys later."
"This has gone on long enough, MacLeod!" Joe exclaimed as he walked into the room with Methos in tow.
"Joe," Duncan glanced at the Watcher quietly.
"Methos," Amanda glanced at the oldest known immortal, "I thought you weren't coming?"
"I changed my mind," Methos replied, "Felice is an immortal, and this immortal is bad news, and it is going to get much worse."
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Richie sighed as he walked into his room, deciding he was going to relax for a bit after the latest blowout with Duncan.
"Are you okay?" Vida asked as she stood up from the bed.
"I'll be fine," Richie answered, "Mac tried chewing me out yet again."
"What happened this time?" Vida glanced at him, "Did Felicia tell you something which caused you to argue with MacLeod once again?"
"Maybe she did," Richie sighed roughly, "but if that's the case, why would Duncan overreact to what I'm asking him?"
"Joe and Methos are here now from what I'm hearing from here. I hear their voices," Vida replied, "Maybe they can talk to Mac about the situation."
"Something they're doing right now I suppose," Richie stated, "before that, Amanda stopped us before things could get worse between me and Mac."
"Good for Amanda," Vida told her boyfriend before leaving the room, "I'm going to go check on them."
Richie sighed. With Joe and Methos present, hopefully tensions will come to an end soon, which was something he was hoping for himself.
"Hello, Richie," a voice called from behind. Richie slowly turned around to see Felicia standing at the doorway.
"What is it now, Felicia?" Richie asked, slightly annoyed.
"Oh nothing," Felicia calmly answered, "I just wanted to talk is all."
"About what?" Richie glared at her, "About how Mac said something that he never said? This is starting to get really old, and you don't exactly have honesty on your record might I add."
"It's not about MacLeod this time," Felicia answered as she closed the door behind her, "I want to talk about us."
"Us? You gotta be kidding me. Not this again."
"I know deep down," Felicia slowly started walking towards him, "you still have feelings for me, something that we felt long ago."
"You tried that already," Richie tried stepping back, "going as far as to say I'm even more sexy that I am immortal, but I got news for you, sweetheart, I'm a lot...well, more smarter than we last met all those years ago. I'm not that teenage mortal that you can use for your plans!"
"I kind of figured that," Felicia walked closer to him, making Richie uncomfortable in the process, "but come on."
She tried to pull him in a loving embrace, but he pulled away, "No!"
Felicia tried touching him more, resulting in a struggle.
"Felicia, stop!" Richie started to yell, "No!"
The struggle led to Felicia pinning him to the floor.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Richie yelled, panicking as he tried pulling or pushing her away from him, "Felicia, no, stop it!"
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"Has it ever occurred to you that she is using you, MacLeod," Joe proceeded to ask as the conversation continued further, "both you and Richie?"
"He's right," Methos added, "Felice doesn't have a record of being honest from the Watcher records and from everything you told us."
"Imagine if Tessa was still here," Amanda added, "she would probably protest to your plan to begin with and Felicia would be in trouble as she would catch on faster than we would."
"She probably would," Duncan sighed sadly, "too bad she isn't here to see this."
"Well," Vida said as she glanced at the group, "I'm thinking Joe and Methos are right."
The group were startled upon hearing a scream.
Vida felt her blood turn cold, "Richie."
The group hurried to Richie's room to find a horrifying situation; Richie was pinned to the floor, and Felicia was on top of him, trying to have her way with him.
It all hit her when she saw that. Vida could remember when Ben tried doing that to Madison as it was right after her vampire situation ended. She and the others saw Ben trying to have his way with her sister, and she tried to struggle to get him off her, but it was until Nick grabbed him and punched him hard in the face when the attempt was a failed one.
Vida pulled herself out of her thoughts to help her boyfriend as she placed her sword to Felicia's neck, "Get the hell away from him!"
Richie and Felicia both looked at everyone in the room that had just entered.
"Looks like the jig is up, Felicia," Duncan declared as he also got out his sword.