"I'm telling you, it's my life!"

"And I'm telling you it doesn't make it any less wrong!"

Callista heard the argument escalating outside from the second floor apartment she was in… and then a sickening slap followed it up and by the time she reached the area outside, the dark haired man had managed to overpower the woman before taking a tire iron and bashing it over the brunette's right hip, the brunette screaming in agony as she fell to the soaked pavement.

And that was all it took for Callista to lose it, charge over and rip the tire iron out of his hands and mercilessly beat him with it even after he was down… the only thing that made her drop the iron was the painful cry that turned her attention to the brunette before she lost consciousness from the pain.

Callista crouched down and found something that identified her… in her hoodie pocket was a Florida driver's license and printed next to the picture was her name, Amanda Cena.

"Mandy… oh you poor thing." Callista said, recognising Amanda. She carefully shifted Amanda onto her side, before she tapped on her wrist, the operative computer coming up and linking into the mobile networks, before she dialed 911.

The ambulance hadn't taken long to reach the area… but as the paramedics exited it with the stretcher, the oldest one on the crew recognised her.

"Mandy! Damn it!" David responded, strapping her onto the backboard before the younger ones lifted her onto the stretcher and David immediately dialed Finn's number.

"Hey, I thought you guys weren't scheduled to work tonight." Finn responded.

"Finn, you're gonna need to get to Florida Hospital ER immediately!" David said, Finn nearly dropping his phone when he recognised the frantic tone in the older man's voice.

"Mandy? David, how bad is she hurt?!" Finn asked after grabbing the keys to his Altima.

"David, found this!" Nathan called out, holding up the dented and bloodstained tire iron.

"Whoever did it, it looks like they tried to break her hip." David said before he and Finn hung up.

Reaching his car, Finn got into it and immediately started it before speeding off… it wasn't long before he saw the ambulance reach the ER and slammed on the brakes, shutting the car off and getting out of it after shoving his keys into his jeans pocket and running to the now open ambulance as a still unconscious Amanda was taken out of it.

"Was there anyone else with her, was she alone?!" Finn asked, immediately by Amanda's side and brushing her soaked hair back.

"There was a woman there with her, she wouldn't answer anything more than that her name is Callista." David answered.

When Amanda finally regained consciousness, she found herself in a bed and in a hospital gown, attached to an IV and blood pressure machine… she looked to her left, seeing Finn as he held her left hand between his hands. She tried to talk but all she managed to say was a name that sent Finn's blood into a boiling rage… being as careful as he could with her badly bruised body, Finn reached over and pulled her into his arms as she cried and repeatedly said she was sorry for leaving the building after the fight she got into with Alexa.

"It's okay, you needed to escape and she ain't the type to let up on anything. You had no way of knowing that he'd be waiting out there." Finn said in a gentle tone.

Amanda looked up at him even as they let go, her left hand still in his right one.

"I thought if I just… stopped speaking to Seth for a while, he'd understand. He tried to kill me..." Amanda replied quietly, attempting to pull the blankets aside to see the bruises on her hip but Finn gently stopped her. "I've had it, I'm gonna find him and kill him myself." She said, trying to get up but Finn wouldn't let her.

"You'll get your chance, but not while you're practically falling apart at the joints. The question right now is… someone saved you, someone called Callista. I don't know who she is or why she did it, I suppose other than being a decent human being…" Finn said as he managed to get her to stay down and relax.

"I don't know either… but I think she might've tried to kill him." Amanda responded, muffling a cough as being out in the thunderstorm affected her lungs.

At the same time, Seth was waking up in a room on the 4th floor and was immediately punched in the face by John.

"Who let you-" Seth shouted, John grabbing him by his hospital gown.

"I know what you did, and if you weren't so injured then I'd damn well make it so you were, right where we stand!" John growled, rageful at what he knew Seth had done.

"Well who did this to me then?! She was already down and then a blurred figure started trying to kill me-" Seth responded.

"You beat up my baby sister! Damn near broke her hip with a tire iron and tried to break her back!" John yelled, pushing Seth against the headboard.

"And someone came and attacked me afterwards, obviously she couldn't pick herself up off the ground so who was it?!" Seth responded.

"I don't have an answer to who… but you damn well deserved it." John said before he left. Reaching Amanda's room on the 6th floor, he walked in and sat down, pulling her into his arms.

"Everything hurts…" Amanda responded quietly.

"I expect it does, so the best place for you right now is a good sleep in wherever is most comfortable." John replied, as he was careful with his touch as he held her.

Amanda knew John was right and knew from the looks on his and Finn's faces that she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon… letting Finn help her, the 25 year old curled up onto her left side and settled into sleep as John saw the bruises on Amanda's back from the gaps in the gown between the ties.

"No remorse… he showed none for trying to murder her." John said quietly.

"If I had just gone after her and gotten her home, this wouldn't have happened." Finn responded, John knowing that he was blaming himself.

"Finn, this isn't your fault… only one to blame is Seth and if we knew where to find the woman who saved Mandy, she'd tell us that." John said.

Across town in the International Palms Hotel, Enzo and Dianne were watching a Miami Vice marathon when it was interrupted by a breaking news bulletin… and both looked at each other in shock and horror after listening to it.

"We have got to be living the nightmare, come on now!" Enzo said after a few moments, before he glanced down as Dianne's hand instinctively entwined with his, as her eyes were locked to the TV even though the news bulletin had ended.

"Let's go." Dianne responded before they left, grabbing their room keys and keys to the rented Equinox.

They would never leave their friend behind.