Last night, NXT Live Event…

"Calm down, Finn… I got knocked down, okay? It's not the first time it's happened." Amanda said, trying to calm Finn down as he held a gel pack onto the left side of her face… during their six person mixed tag match, she had been kicked off the apron by an aggressive Alexa and her face hit the side of the steel steps.

She didn't lose consciousness and wasn't bleeding or disoriented… but the ref stopped the match and called it a draw, which had angered Alexa.

Aestrid was walking around and walked over to them, asking what had happened.

"Alexa got a bit too angry… well, more so than usual." Finn responded.

"He's worrying too much…" Amanda replied, trying not to let the pain show but Aestrid could see through the facade like Finn could.

"Sometimes I think that I'd pay to see her get a well deserved boot up the crack." Aestrid said, having long liked Alexa no more than they did.

"When Hunter said that Alexa was looking for someone to help her when she first signed with the company, I should've told the old man to find someone else… stiff shots every once in a while, I can understand, it's happened before. Adrenaline runs high in that ring. Using an opponent as a punching bag, that's a different-" Amanda said.

Amanda stopped talking and muffled a painful groan, Finn putting the gel pack back on her face… and Aestrid left, grabbing Alexa by her right arm when she found the blonde and red ombre haired diva and dragging her down the hall.

"What the hell?!" Alexa demanded after Aestrid finally let go.

"Yeah, my thoughts exactly when I see you like a savage beast out there on Amanda!" Aestrid growled, her eyes narrowed and angered.

"Savage?! Reckless, maybe." Alexa said defensively.

"What I don't get is that you know her neurological history and you targeted her head anyway and for what reason?! You knew Finn was gonna lose it!" Aestrid said.

"Yep… and every moment was worth the outcome." Alexa said with a smile, a smile that said she really hadn't even put any thought to Amanda's neurological health.

The sickening smash and shrill scream that echoed made Finn and Amanda jump.

"Oh, damn…" Amanda muttered.

"She ain't a wrestler with us but she can sure hit like one…" Finn said, looking up towards the doorway.

"Dean still hasn't forgiven her for giving him a black eye but he scared her with that Freddy Krueger mask." Amanda says as Aestrid walked in and closed the door. "Any blood?"

"Nope." Aestrid said.

When they were back at the hotel, Amanda was about to go crash with Sasha and Becky when Finn stopped her.

"My room might only have one bed, love… but they can get damn crazy drunk after a night like tonight." Finn said, Amanda knowing that he was right and followed him to the elevator.

She leaned against him in her tired state once they were in the elevator… and he wrapped his right arm around her back as the doors closed…

Present time, 11/16/15 episode of Raw…

"Your little baby brother, he didn't have much fight in him, did he?"

Charlotte's eyes narrowed in rage at Paige… but she didn't get a chance to strike. Before she could blink, Amanda's right arm slammed right into the left side of Paige's head which rendered the ravenette unconscious when she hit the mat, Charlotte's eyes wide with shock at her friend's actions.

Yes, it was breaking character and it was far from the first time with anyone in that ring… but Amanda had been as close with Reid as Charlotte had.

Without a word or another glance at Paige, Amanda left the ring and headed into the backstage area… all the times she and Reid had played together, had laughed, had watched movies all flashed to her.

A hand rested on her right shoulder and Amanda turned and saw Finn, who immediately pulled her into his arms and the two hugged.

"Words like that… just really stab a knife through the heart." Amanda said in a raspy voice as Finn lightly stroked her hair. "Reid and I were close as kids, Ric often joked in those days about how I would've… been a great wife for Reid and how Reid would've been a great husband. He was struggling but… in the last few days of his life, he seemed so strong. I didn't think any one of us would lose him… it gets better over time but it still hurts. Paige didn't need to bring it up out there… scripted or not, there was no need for it." She said as they looked at each other, her hands on his sides and his hands lightly cradling her face and brushing the tears away.

"That's right…" Both of them heard… but they couldn't see anyone else near them.

'Reid, is that you?' Amanda thought… it wasn't the first time she had heard strange things or seen ghosts. "That would be less explainable if I was the only one who heard it…" She said.

"No, I heard that too…" Finn replied.

"There's… someone here. They… had been observing what happened out there tonight." Amanda responded… but before they could find out who, a now conscious and angry Paige charged over to them.

"What the hell was that out there?! You weren't scripted to hit me!" Paige growled.

"I don't like it when people speak ill of the dead, Paige! You had no right dragging Reid into your feud with Charlotte!" Amanda said angrily, Finn trying to calm her down.

"Why are you here?!" Paige asked, glaring at Finn.

"I had a match before Raw and decided to stick around. Mandy acted without thought out there but you didn't and I was trying to keep her calm after you drove a knife through her heart." Finn answered, Paige not satisfied with that.

"Paige… you already brought up something that hurt me, stop yourself. I thought you were my friend." Amanda said, Paige turning to her with a look similar to Alexa.

"Don't you dare!" They all heard the same voice hiss as Paige had only just curled her toes before she'd even stepped forward.

"Who in the bloody hell are you?!" Paige asked.

"We heard that earlier… out of nowhere." Finn said, moments before they all heard a soft noise and saw a white dove landed on the window ledge, it's little eyes looking in at them.

Amanda reached her left hand out and the dove flew to her, landing on the side of her wrist and her petting it.

"They're very gentle creatures at times…" Amanda said. "Hey there…" She said.

"Hey…"

Amanda was startled as the dove had whispered in reply. The white bird then took off from her hand and landed on the floor… And started to shine a white light that gradually grew in size, and just before it was to the point of being blindingly bright, it faded… And where the bird had been stood, there was now a little girl, no older than 12, in a white dress with deep blue, baby-like eyes and light, golden brown hair reaching her shoulderblades, her hands entwined together in front of her stomach as she looked at everyone.

Paige tried to speak but couldn't form the words, the girl knowing it was from the shock.

"I won't hurt anyone… if anything, I'll prevent others from doing it." The girl said in a soft tone.

Paige left to get ice for her head, Amanda seeing that a bruise had formed.

"I… I had snapped out there…" Amanda said quietly.

"I understand, it's okay." The girl said after stepping over, her small fingers closing around three of Amanda's on her right hand.

"What's your name, kiddo?" Amanda asked.

"Ariel." The girl answered as she let go of Amanda's hand and returned it to closing around her other arm's elbow.

Amanda checked her own, seeing that it was starting to bruise.

"Mandy!" All three heard… but when Amanda and Finn looked back, Ariel was gone. It was when Hunter reached the two that he saw the looks on their faces.

"Hunter…" Amanda said, trying to appear as if she wasn't startled but Hunter could see it.

"What happened? That's not the look of the aftermath of Paige's insult on your face." Hunter questioned.

"There was… some little girl that was here." Amanda answered, Finn's left arm wrapping around her back to hold her up as soon as her legs started to buckle and helped her sit down. "I thought we were just hearing things… then a dove appeared. I reached my hand out, she flew to it… then onto the ground and… there Ariel was." She managed to explain, Hunter getting her to look at him.

"This isn't the first time she's shown up, kiddo." Hunter said, starting to explain.