She wasn't moving… and the little girl next to her wasn't sure what to do, the woman's cell phone was crushed and rendered unusable.

"Hey… come on, please…" The little one said quietly while trying to shake Amanda awake. But her eyes didn't open, and the girl looked up and her eyes widened as her attacker groaned and rolled over.

"You…" The attacker growled.

"Look at her… look at what you did…" The girl snarled.

"I think… the word is I killed her." The attacker said, not in the least bit showing any regret of his actions.

"I think… you're a monster!" The girl said angrily, trying to run and kick the guy but he was quick to grip onto a fistful of her frizzy black hair and swing her around by it, causing her to scream out until she grunted as she hit the wall and then dropped to the ground.

"We ain't… done!" The attacker growled, but while they were both equally injured, the girl's small youthful figure outmatched his in terms of how quick she was able to get up and dart away, down the alleyway and into the darkened city.

Every part of her throbbed when Amanda opened her eyes… but she rolled herself onto her front and pulled herself up with the help of the wall and limped to the sidewalk. She was about a few steps down it before a car screeched to a stop and the driver ran at her, evoking a terrified scream.

"Stop!" Amanda yelled, her eyes clenched tightly… but the hands holding her up weren't those of the attacker or a stranger and she opened her hazel eyes to see a pair of familiar blue ones.

"Mandy, who did this to you?!" Finn asked as he held her close to him.

"I didn't know who he was… I saw him attacking a child and I just…" Amanda tried to say, feeling like she couldn't stand on her own… she looked around as Finn had guided her to the passenger side of the Altima, looking for the little girl.

"Don't worry, I'll tell the others to keep an eye out. What are they looking for?" Finn said as he helped Amanda down into the car.

"I think… mixed skin colour, curly dark hair… early teen at the very oldest…" Amanda replied, unable to get a clear image of the girl into her head.

Everything was scrambled and she was struggling to stay warm, Finn wrapping his leather jacket around her.

"She's way too thin… I don't know how long she's been living through hell…" Amanda said as Finn sped to the hospital… the blurred vision was becoming worse and he turned frantic, trying to keep her alert and awake as paramedics ran out to them.

"What happened, did you see who did this?!" One of them asked as Finn had placed Amanda onto the gurney… she was looking at him through half open eyes and he was thinking back to last year when she had nearly bled to death.

"I found her halfway crawling out from an alleyway, said she fought a guy who was hurting a child in there." Finn replied.

"Damn it…" One of the paramedics cursed, looking at Finn. "There was a little girl who was in here last month with a broken arm… said she tripped but the bruise on her arm was shaped like a handprint." He said once they were in the ER and into a trauma room.

"Is your friend allergic to any medicine, has she had any past medical problems?" One of the other paramedics asked Finn.

"She had seizures last year but she was cleared off the medicine last month… there was also a kidney injury but no further complications from it…" Finn answered, trying to stay focused but he was worried sick about Amanda, who was once again out cold.

Her eyes opened halfway again when she felt an oxygen mask being put onto her and reached out, her left hand wrapping around Finn's right one and him squeezing her hand between his own as tears formed in her eyes.

"You'll be better soon… and as soon as they take you and get fixing you up, I'm gonna call Bayley, Dean, Roman, everyone and get them searching." Finn said, lightly stroking his thumb over the back of the hand he held.

Amanda nodded, trying to move her left foot but a loud 'crack' echoed from her ankle and she screamed, Finn lightly stroking her hair.

Across the ER, Dean's and Roman's heads snapped up.

"You heard that too, right?" Dean asked after the second call to Amanda's phone resulted in an automated message.

"Oh, it better not be…" Roman said as the two got up and ran towards the source, only to see Finn stood alone in the hallway as a bed disappeared through the double doors at the other end, a bed which they gathered was Amanda's.

"What the fuck happened?!" Dean demanded, grabbing Finn by the collar of his shirt but Roman forced him to let go.

"She was trying to save a kid… and the attacker turned his rage to her instead." Finn answered, Dean punching the wall in rage until Roman pulled him away from it.

"Calm yourself-" Roman starts to say.

"That's our best friend in there!" Dean screamed.

"Okay… turn your rage into a desire to find the kid, because you know that Amanda will feel a whole lot better once she's found. 10 to 13 age, mixed skin tone, frizzy curly hair." Finn said.

Dean and Roman found the nearest police officer, relaying the info despite Dean's mistrust of officers and Finn dialed the one number he never thought he'd have to under these circumstances.

"Hey, what's wrong?" John asked.

"Things got messed up really quick… Mandy saw a guy attacking a child, defended the girl and basically swapped the places in getting a beating." Finn explained.

"How bad? Is my-" John tries to ask.

"She's alive but they just took her to the OR… John, you're gonna need to call your family." Finn answered.

"You stay by her side… we all need to." John said before they hang up, Finn sitting down and trying to keep his own rage controlled.

'She needs you… don't ever leave her side again, what were you thinking, damn it?!' Finn thought, about to lash out when he felt a hand on his shoulder but saw Liara.

"Oh no… is she…" Liara tries to ask.

"No… but she's hurt bad… I'm scared of losing her, Liara, he nearly killed her." Finn managed to say, Liara taking him into her arms.

"There will be… no death on this one. Everyone lives… We'll all make sure of it." Liara said as they held onto each other.