No Mercy 2017 to WWE Raw 9/25/17…

The choking noises caught his attention quickly, Finn turning and seeing that Bray had grabbed Amanda by her throat and was dragging her into the ring.

Without any hesitation, Finn ran at Bray and dropkicked him. Bray lost his grip on Amanda and she fell with a thud to the mat outside, Finn running out and picking her up to where she could sit up as he was checking on her as the referee kept Bray back.

Bray had no choice but to stay in character… but he had a bad feeling he was gonna be in a lot of trouble when he got to the backstage area after this.

"I'm okay…" Amanda managed to say.

"Love, you can barely talk…" Finn whispered as he helped her up.

It was scripted but Finn had gotten the feeling that Bray had incidentally put too much force into choking Amanda.

Finn and Amanda kissed and Finn got back into the ring and finished the match, executing the Coup De Grace off the top rope. When the bell rang, he jumped out of the ring and picked Amanda up into his arms, holding her close to him and resting his hands on her face as they kissed.

They reached the backstage area and took a few minutes to catch their breath as Finn helped Amanda sit down, seeing that her neck was starting to bruise as Kurt ran over to them.

"Damn it… I don't think this storyline should be dragged out anymore, not when it results in this." Kurt said, handing a bottle of water to Amanda after opening it.

Amanda slowly sipped it, setting it down after drinking half of it and closing it once Kurt handed the cap to her.

"Are you both okay?" Kurt asked, Amanda nodding.

She had to be out there and she knew it… Miz, Bo and Curtis saw the small bluish black haired diva run to ringside and into the ring.

Without any warning, Amanda hit Bo and Curtis with the kendo stick before she crouched down to Roman and helped him sit up.

Something in Mike's mind snapped… he got into the ring and kicked Amanda in the back and then in her chest before snatching her up by her hair.

He was still on his high and adrenaline he was smiling from ear to ear, he grabbed Amanda by her bruised throat and said, "The Shield is gone, you are nothing! Don't go crying to anyone when Balor kicks you to the curb too!" He shouted in her face.

But then he was ambushed by Finn and got trapped in the 1916 DDT before Finn turned to Amanda and cradled her close to him as he picked her up in his arms.

When they were out of the ring, they reached the backstage area… and found that their friends were waiting.

"What we did was just for show, he crossed a fucking line out there!" Dean said.

They knew he was right… but what Amanda couldn't wrap her mind around was that Mike had shown no problems with her and Finn.

She was really starting to wonder if she knew Mike Mizanin at all.

But something else felt eerie to her, that unsettling feeling had crept back in... and she didn't know why or what was waiting for her.

Across the state in the Temple, Dario had watched the chaos on Raw unfold... and slammed his fists on the desk.

"Bastard… hurting a woman is just wrong." Dario growled, his temper beginning to boil.

But he had no idea that he and the young woman were on a collision course towards each other…

Present time…

'Just here for now.' The wounded man thought, having managed to escape the hospital he had been in after being shot… he had made one phone call to his dad and that was the last thing he remembered.

Dario Cueto had no idea where he was or what day it was… all he knew what that he was in a hotel somewhere in California.

It was quiet here, no one seemed to bother anyone… he had found a room key and managed to get into a room, only intending on resting.

But he was snapped out of his thoughts by footsteps… a small bluish black haired woman and a tall dark haired man had walked in, completely focused on each other.

Until they noticed him.

"Mandy, stay back!" Finn responded, putting himself in front of Amanda as Dario pulled himself up.

"I mean no harm… I'm just looking for a place to hide for a while." Dario explained, hoping to keep things calm.

Finn and Amanda looked at each other, both of them unsure of what to do.