September 21st 2015, 20 minutes ago…

"People you wouldn't even imagine. People… you wouldn't even imagine. In your worst nightmares." Kane responded, going from cheerful to eerie in barely 2 seconds.

Seth and Amanda's argument stopped as they had jumped because the pyro had shot up from the stage… and then Kane emerged from under the ring, grabbing at Seth.

Seth scrambled away and tripped Amanda up, Amanda letting out a painful yelp as she hit the mat hard.

And then she felt hands on her wrists after turning onto her back and kicking Seth in the face.

"He's all yours, Kane!" Amanda responded as Finn grabbed her and got her out of the ring as Seth screamed in panic… by that point, Finn and Amanda were halfway up the ramp as Seth was dragged under the ring.

But then they saw Ashley go to help him… and Amanda and Finn knew it was part of the storyline.

But Finn could tell Amanda was hurt that Ashley had flat out ignored her to go rescue Seth… and Finn picked Amanda up and took her to the backstage area, not wanting Amanda to put weight on her injured left ankle.

As far as Finn was concerned, Amanda had every right to be hurt by Ashley's actions…

Present time…

Amanda had gone quiet in the trainer's room, ice packs on the bruised areas of her body and Finn holding her as Ashley walked in… but as she walked over to them, she stopped when Finn held onto Amanda.

"No, you're not gonna walk in here and snatch her out of my arms after what you did out there!" Finn responded angrily, Ashley turning startled.

"Finn, I was scripted to save Seth-" Ashley started to respond.

"Were you scripted to completely ignore your bruised up sister?! Seth wasn't supposed to touch her at all tonight and not only did he do that, he tripped her up and she hit the ground hard! I know how Kyle treated you but you have no right to numb yourself when Seth turns his rage to Mandy!" Finn replied, lightly rubbing his right hand up and down Amanda's back as they held each other.

"All he did was trip her, that's not turning his rage towards her!" Ashley yelled before she tried to pull Amanda away from Finn… only for Amanda and Finn to let go and Amanda shoving Ashley back.

"I told your sleazy boyfriend to not touch me, not to hurt me and he did anyway! And you saved his cowardly ass instead of checking on me, who is supposedly your sister!" Amanda shouted. "I'm taking myself out of this storyline, I'm not working with Seth until he controls his fucking temper!" She responded, standing by Finn as he held her left hand in his right one.

"That's the wrong decision, Mandy." Ashley replied.

"Well it's mine to make. And you know, maybe it'll clear both of your minds." Amanda responded.

"Fine leave the storyline who cares? He just wants you safe and you're not safe around Finn!" Ashley replied angrily before she left.

Finn helped Amanda sit down and lightly rubbed her shoulders.

"Why can't she see that he's using this to lash out? There's no difference between Seth and Kyle but she insists there is." Amanda responded, Finn wrapping his arms around her shoulders.

"She can't see who's getting hurt… she doesn't want to." Finn replied as he nuzzled his face into Amanda's and kissed her tears away before he cut the ice packs off of her.

Finn picked her up into his arms, stood up to his full height and took her to their locker room… all he had to grab was their keys, phones and chargers since the rest of their things were in the rented Chevy Equinox.

When they got out there, Finn put Amanda in the passenger seat and she buckled up before he closed the door and walked over to the drivers side… before he saw that Dean and Roman's rental car had a flat tire.

"Hey, you want to ride back to the hotel with us?" Finn asked, Dean and Roman grabbing their things and heading to the Equinox.

But on the way to the hotel, Dean noticed how quiet Amanda was and carefully rested his right hand on Amanda's left shoulder… and Amanda turned to him.

"Fight with Ash?" Dean asked, Amanda nodding. "She'll come around."

"Yeah, with a knife to slip into mine and Finn's backs again." Amanda muttered, Finn lightly rubbing her left wrist.

"That's a bit dark. Roman, help?" Dean replied.

"Dean, this is the second time that someone-" Roman responded before he grabbed his phone and saw a text from Ashley.

'Where are you two at? Your rental car is still here.'

'Tire is flat, hitched a ride.' Roman responded, only telling part of the truth for now as Dean lightly rubbed Amanda's head for a few seconds and kissed her on the top of it before they settled back into their respective seats.

'Okay then.' Ashley replied before she turned to Seth.

"Why do I have a feeling they hitched a ride with them?" Seth questioned in a low and angry tone.

"As long as Mandy doesn't act like she's a victim that's all I care about." Ashley said.

Seth nodded and continued with the drive, Life After You by Daughtry playing on the radio.

'Things used to be so different.' Seth thought.

"Yeah they were." Ashley responded, knowing that look on Seth's face. "Why did Hunter ever think it was a good idea to let her around Finn?" She asked.

"I think Hunter felt like I was getting too controlling towards her. Don't know what brought him to that conclusion… maybe he was just trying to set her up with someone and he's hoping that life will imitate Mandy and Finn's sexually overtoned storyline." Seth answered, Ashley remembering that at NXT: TakeOver: Brooklyn that Finn, as the Demon, had grabbed Amanda and pulled her to him like he was trying to claim her as his… and she did nothing to resist it, she had even wrapped her left leg around his back and her arms were around him.

And Ashley remembered how she reacted.