October 9th 2016…
"Party Wolf!" TJ howled before running across the deck and towards the back of the boat where Ashley was.
"You dickhead!" Ashley responded before laughing and finishing the beer.
"You love me." TJ slurred, before sloppy kissing her cheek.
"Hey! Hey! I spent an hour making my makeup perfect!" Ashley squealed before pushing TJ off.
"Aw you two are an adorable couple." A mysterious man said.
"We're not a couple, just two best friends." Ashley explained, the man smirking as he walked over.
"I hope you two will survive this. You make good members of the undead." The man responded.
"Undead?! What kind of-" TJ started to say before the man bit him in the neck, both Ashley and TJ screaming.
Ashley took off right to the edge of the boat and was about to jump when the man grabbed her.
"Let me go, you creepy bastard!" Ashley yelled.
"Sorry love... nothing personal, just business." The man replied before biting her shoulder and then throwing her next to TJ.
"You two will thank me later." The man responded before he disappeared.
Ashley and TJ were left lying there as they started to hear people at the front of the boat started to scream and everything faded…
Present time, October 11th 2016…
"Police are still trying to understand what happened in what can only be described as a crazy feeding frenzy on the Redbull boat. If anyone has any information on what happened that night or the whereabouts about of Ashley Hardy and Thomas "TJ" Burrow are urged to contact the police." The news reporter said before Ashley shut off the TV.
"Damn it we're all over the news." Ashley muttered before looking at her white pale skin and her stomach growled. "Stop that! I try to eat food and I throw it right back up!" She growled.
"Ash, we can't live like this." TJ responded.
"God I'm just so hungry but nothing is filling the craving." Ashley replied.
A knock at the door caught their attention, followed by a familiar voice saying "Ash? TJ?" and the two turned wide eyed as they knew it was Amanda.
"Don't answer it." Ashley mouthed to TJ, TJ nodding.
Amanda backed away from the door and left, walking back to the room she and Finn shared and the two kissing… but he noticed the worry in her eyes and the Universal Champion knew it was about Ashley and TJ.
"We haven't heard from them since No Mercy." Amanda replied.
"Love, there's something you should know about them… they're missing." Finn said.
"Missing? Where the hell did they go?" Amanda questioned as they sat down, Finn holding her left hand in his right one.
"It's all over the news, they were at a Redbull party and things got out of hand. These pale sickos start eating people and they haven't been identified as one of the dead or people who had survived." Finn explained.
"We've got to find them." Amanda replied but Finn stopped her… although they had only admitted their feelings for each other a little over a month ago, he didn't want to lose her.
"The police are doing everything they can to find them." Finn said.
"I hope they can find them." Amanda responded as they held each other and kissed.
Finn heard his phone chime and grabbed it, seeing a text from Seth, who hadn't heard from Ashley.
'You haven't heard from Ash? I'm starting to get worried because I haven't heard from her in two days.'
'She and TJ left, no idea where to.' Finn responded.
'Bullshit! Ash would never leave!' Seth texted.
'Check the news.' Finn responded.
Seth switched it to a news station and his eyes widened in horror, prompting him to turn the Tv off.
'Whoever took them are dead meat!' Seth texted.
'Hopefully they come back unharmed.' Finn responded before he walked over to Amanda, wrapping his arms around her waist as she looked out at the skyline
"Who just takes two people and turns them into monsters?" Amanda replied quietly as she leaned into him.
"I don't know, love. But I think it's best that we leave soon." Finn responded before they kissed.
After waiting a while in hers and TJ's room, Ashley had an ear pressed against the door.
"I can't hear anything, now it's time to move." Ashley said as she pulled the hood over her head.
"Can't we wait until the middle of the night?" TJ asked.
"Can't risk it, cops can show up at any moment." Ashley said.
The two snuck out of the hotel and to their rented Equinox, getting in it and driving off.
After a while, Finn and Amanda had left in their rented Traverse to go to the SmackDown event as Shane wanted them there for storyline reasons.
Don't Let Me Die Young by Andy Taylor played through Amanda's earbuds as Finn lightly rubbed her left forearm and they kissed… and she checked her phone for messages but found none from Ashley and TJ.
But as Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton started to play, she found one from Matt.
'Jeff and I just been questioned by the FBI.'
'Did they ask where Ash and TJ are? We can't find them.' Amanda responded.
'It was more than that, they asked when did we last see them, did we speak to them that night and did we know anyone that would want to harm them. They might question you as well since you are really close to Ash.' Matt replied.
'I have a feeling they were at the hotel because the Tv in their room was on.' Amanda responded.
'I'll notify the police.' Matt texted.
Once Amanda and Finn were at the SmackDown event, Amanda got an angry text from Ashley.
'Stop looking!'
'We're all worried, Sis!' Amanda replied.
'Well stop worrying then! We don't want to be found!' Ashley texted.
Amanda put her earbuds in and activated IHeartRadio, Human by Rag N Bone Man playing and her fighting tears as she stretched out on the couch… and felt Finn brush them away.
"They don't want to be found…" Amanda replied, Finn sitting down as she sat up and pulled her into his arms before they stretched out on the couch and she deleted the texts.
"If they don't want to be found it means they're hiding something." Finn said.
"Which worries me more… she's pulling away from everyone and it hurts." Amanda responded as she rested her right arm on him, finding comfort in his arms.
But Finn knew it would only ease her worries temporarily.