11/4/15, Dublin...
"Do I even need to ask?" Amanda muttered after hearing a loud, persistent knock at the door.
"Open this fucking door, Mandy!" Seth yelled, Amanda sighing as she zipped up her Balor Club hoodie that was used to conceal her bruised back, the bites from the truth or dare contest and black and white cropped bustier before unlocking the door.
"Can't you see I'm getting ready for the show?!" Amanda asked, Seth seeing her destructed white skinny jeans.
"I don't care that you were getting ready, where is he?! Balor!" Seth growled, yelling the last part as he pushed Amanda into the door and barged in.
"Finn's getting ready for his match against Dash Wilder, why are you going off the rails now?!" Amanda asked, getting increasingly fed up with this and rubbing her bruised back as pain shot through it from it hitting the doorknob.
She had hit it right where her left kidney was… and she really hoped that she hadn't bruised it too, that had happened once before after a collision with the steel steps late last year and she had to be hospitalized for two weeks as her kidney had lacerated and had to be stitched up.
Thankfully, she had no further problems with it.
"Because Alexa showed me what you wouldn't tell me! How long have you and Finn been screwing each other, Mandy?!" Seth shouted, demanding the last part.
"I don't know what Alexa showed you but she's an evil, lying little bitch! You really gonna believe her?" Amanda said, trying not to lose her temper.
"Why shouldn't I, she at least showed me video of you and the Demon King all cozy! Some honest person you are, huh, my Shield sister?!" Seth yelled, Amanda rolling her eyes and opening the door.
"You need to leave." Amanda said as she tried to maintain her composure.
"I'm not going anywhere until-" Seth started to shout, screaming when Amanda's right hand cracked across his face.
"You want the truth?! I went to him because I was pushed past my limit after you punched me so hard that I was sent flying back first into the bar! I love you to death like a brother but the thing I should've done last night is let you fall on your ass! Now go!" Amanda yelled, getting louder halfway through as her repressed rage spilled out… and the yelling sent Finn running to them.
"Alright… I'll go. But don't guarantee on me walking back to you." Seth responded coldly, storming off as he rubbed his sore face and Finn saw Amanda trembling with rage and hurt and carefully pulled her into his arms.
Amanda hung onto him and rested her head on his right shoulder as tears streamed down her face… she was glad that she had bought the Rimmel London 25 hour long lasting foundation a while back and that it held up nicely through anything.
Because if it didn't, she knew that everyone else would go crazy if they saw bruises on her face...
Present time…
25 year old Amanda had just left the coffee shop in Orlando when she heard the yelling and ran towards it… immediately, she acted by tackling the man attacking the woman and pulled him away from her.
"Stay outta this!" He yelled, throwing Amanda down on the concrete and turning to her, managing to pin her down and trying to pull her skirt up, Amanda slamming a brick into his head… Amanda jumped back up and slammed another one into the back of his head before she repeatedly slammed her fists into his body. He screamed as he tried to get her off of him, thought he would've because he outsized her… but she was damn angry and didn't stop even after he was out cold.
Thinking there was no other option of how to calm her, Liara grabbed the taser she had taken from Ty and repeatedly shocked Amanda with it until she was out cold too.
"I really hope if you wake up… that you're not angry at me." Liara said quietly, managing to drag Amanda out of the alleyway and dropping her off somewhere far enough from the scene of the assault.
She was panicking, thinking that she had killed Amanda in the chaos of everything… Liara grabbed a discarded blanket and put it over the tiny brunette before leaving.
Amanda opened her eyes halfway, looking around… she was on a gurney and heard the distorted voices of the medical staff. But one of them turned around and said "Sorry, family only." to which Finn responded by pushing him to one side and running over to Amanda, brushing her hair back.
She reached her left hand up to his right one and wrapped her fingers around it, Finn knowing it was her way of saying "Don't leave…" and kissing her on her forehead… before noticing the taser burn on the left side of her neck.
"Oh, what did you do this time, Mandy?" Finn said quietly as he looked at the burns, before he grabbed the nearest chair and pulled it over, able to place it right next to the bed since the IV was on the other side. "I'm not going anywhere, lass."
"I can't remember what happened… why am I here?" Amanda responded, feeling like she got hit by a truck as she tried to think past all the disorientation and screaming… and had found herself feeling like she was in some kind of strange dream.
"Where do you remember being last?" Finn asked.
"Out not too far from the apartment… after that, it's all blurred." Amanda responded, trying to stay as alert as she could… and Finn looked at the chart, seeing an earlier recorded heart rate of 154 but the one on the monitor read 95, which was calmer.
Finn only knew one person who owned a taser… but also of another who could've easily swiped it. Reaching over, he carefully wrapped his arms around Amanda as out in the hall, he heard two people.
"Tasered her in the neck? That could've killed her!" JJ said quietly.
"I know… it was all so fast, she just needed to stop… didn't really look where I aimed, just pointed and pressed…" Liara replied, her hands entwined with each other in front of her and her thumbs switching between hooking around and pushing against each other.
"Any idea what she looked like or how old she is?" JJ asked.
"5'1", long chestnut brown hair with hazel eyes… mid 20s, maybe a bit younger." Liara responded.
Amanda didn't even bother trying to sit up, her energy gone… she closed her tired eyes, Finn pulling his jacket off of himself and putting it on her.