"You're insane, get the hell outta there!" Amanda screamed, trying to pull Elmira out of the Tardis but Elmira shoved her away.
"Get back to the others! You have to, they need you!" Elmira says.
"Elmira, they need you too! Please!" Amanda says as tears started forming, Elmira resting her hands on Amanda's shoulders.
"I've had a good run, kid… get back to them, I'll find you guys after." Elmira says, brushing Amanda's tears away.
"El…" Amanda says, both jumping when the flames on the Tardis rose in height and the alarms increased in volume.
"Go." Elmira says, Amanda turning and running.
The desert was excruciatingly cold, the bitter winds nipping at Amanda's bare skin as she ran.
Looking back, Amanda saw the doors close… and tripped and fell as the Tardis exploded.
On her scraped up hands and knees, Amanda let her tears fall and herself fall to the ground as she sobbed, tires screeching to a stop and a door flying open.
Amanda screamed and backed away, only to see Seth when her eyes snapped open and Seth crouching down in front of her.
"She's gone… she's gone, she's gone…" Amanda whispered, repeating it over and over and Seth realising it and shaking Amanda in a violent manner.
"What do you mean Elmira's gone?!" Seth yelled.
"She's dead! The Tardis exploded with her in it!" Amanda shouted after Seth yanked her up to her feet, Seth's hand slapping across her face in anger and denial.
"Seth, what the hell did you hit her for?!" Finn yells after stopping his Altima, getting out and running to the two, pulling Amanda into his arms.
"Elmira's dead because of her!" Seth yells.
"She said she'd make it back to us… to run… I'm so sorry." Amanda says, her voice rough and her eyes red from crying as she turned back to Seth… and both her's and Finn's eyes widened when they saw the knife in his hand. Thinking quickly, Amanda shoved Finn out of the way and the knife blade lodged into her chest.
"No!" Finn screamed, catching Amanda in his arms and trying to stop the bleeding… but Seth just turned around and left…
25 year old Amanda's eyes snapped open, 34 year old Finn rubbing his own eyes before reaching over and wrapping his arm around Amanda's waist.
"It's okay, lass. It was just a bad dream." Finn says in a comforting tone, everything flashing back to Amanda.
The storm had left them and others stranded at the Performance Centre, caused a blackout and at some point, Amanda had fallen asleep because when she looked down, she saw that her and Finn were in the ring, pillows under their heads and a blanket over them.
But Amanda had no idea as to who Elmira was… she didn't remember meeting anyone named Elmira.
Amanda turned to face Finn, resting her head on his right shoulder as they heard the howling rain and wind outside.
"Wicked storm… think we'll be here for longer than we thought." Amanda says quietly, Finn noticing that she was trying to change the subject.
Although only having known each other for just a little over a year, the two had become close enough to the point that people had speculated about the exact nature of their bond.
"Tell me what scared you, what your nightmare was about." Finn says, Amanda looking at him through the dimmed candlelight nearby.
"You… you knew it wasn't just the storm…" Amanda says, her voice cracking slightly as it got stuck in her throat.
"What about a nightmare?" Both heard, looked and saw a soaked and half asleep Sami.
"Sami, what were you doing out in that storm?" Amanda asks.
"I heard some strange noises." Sami says.
"What kind? Someone trying to break in?" Amanda asks.
"More like an engine but it sounded strange, I thought someone's car was drowning outside and they were stuck." Sami says.
Amanda and Finn pulled themselves up, Amanda hissing slightly as a dull ache shot through her back from sleeping on the mat before the three headed to the nearest window.
The damage made Amanda cringe slightly as she saw a utility post had crashed onto a car, Finn lightly rubbing his hand up and down her back… and through the rain, they saw something that match Sami's description.
"Guys…" Amanda says, Sami and Finn seeing what the small brunette saw. "This is just storm madness, right?" She asks.
The two followed Sami outside after he grabbed an umbrella, the doors of the Tardis opening at the same time…
Elmira growled when she realised that she had shown up in the middle of a torrential thunderstorm… before seeing the three across from her.
"Hello…" Amanda says, Elmira seeing her disheveled hair.
"Hi. And leave it to me to show up here in the middle of hurricane season." Elmira says.
"You've… been here before?" Amanda asks, jumping slightly when lightning flashed in the sky and Finn putting his left arm around her in a comforting manner.
But it was what Sami saw in the distance that had him and the other three running into the Performance Centre and ducking to the ground as glass flew everywhere from the tornado, Amanda and Finn under a heavy table and him shielding her from the glass.
Elmira heard the alarms of her Tardis, although the alarms were faint compared to the noise of the tornado, and tried to stand up, Sami yanking her back onto the ground.
"Leave it, it's not worth dying over!" Sami shouts.
"You don't understand, it's all I have left of home!" Elmira yells.
The tornado eventually passed by them and the four sat up, Amanda checking Finn for any injuries and seeing a few cuts from the glass.
"I'm okay… don't worry." Finn says, the two hugging tightly as Elmira slapped Sami.
"Ow!" Sami yells, rubbing his face.
"You idiot!" Elmira shouts.
"That's the thanks I get for saving your life, lady?!" Sami asks.
"Holding me from saving the only piece of my home and family I have left!" Elmira shouts before running out into the still storming, now ruined streets.
"The hell is going on here?!" All three heard, looked and saw Alexa.
"That damn tornado tore up that woman's strange vehicle." Sami says, Amanda finding a first aid kit and taking the small shards of glass out of Finn's arms before fixing them up.
Outside, Elmira looked over the Tardis and tried to start it… only for the engine to make the same sound that a stalled car would make.
"Anything I can do to help, miss?" Elmira heard, looked and saw Samoa Joe.
"No… not with this. Looks like I'm stuck here." Elmira says, the two heading back into the building.
"Some storm, huh? I don't know how Mandy's dealt with it, living in Florida for the past ten years." Joe says.
"She's not a native here?" Elmira asks.
"She was born and raised in Massachusetts. Moved here with her brother back in 2005… are you a native here? What's your name?" Joe says.
"Elmira… and I'm far from native." Elmira says.
"I'm Joe… and I live over in California. Not exactly used to this kind of weather." Joe says, him and Elmira seeing the others.
"Some damn storm, huh? Welcome to Florida." Amanda says, trying not to sound as shaken as she was but Elmira could tell from looking at her.