In the locker room, Amanda looked at herself after pulling her oversized Balor Club tank top off and saw the bruises shaped like Cody's thumbs and fingers before she felt Finn wrap his arms around her and him placing an ice pack to the bruised skin.

"I swore to Dusty that I'd keep things under control… and I blew it. Why the hell did I even suggest this storyline to creative last year?" Amanda said quietly as she twisted the soft cotton material between her hands.

"You had no idea then that Cody would be like this now. It's not your fault that he lost restraint and respect both." Finn replied, as one hand held the ice pack and the other rested on her shoulder.

"People change when they get older… but friendships shouldn't have to." Amanda responded as she set the top aside and Finn saw a bruise the same shape as the ring rope had formed on her upper back.

"Well that bruise there, we're all too familiar with." Finn said as he lightly trailed his finger over it, before a few moments later switching the ice to it.

"They always go for the back, I never really understood why." Amanda muttered.

"Guys can be royal assholes at times, lass." Finn responded.

"I've rarely seen you get angry, Finn… sometimes I forget that you have a temper." Amanda said as she managed to pull her disheveled long curls into a ponytail… the doorknob turned but the door didn't open because of the lock and was followed up with a knock from Becky.

"Open up!" Becky responded, Finn letting Amanda go and Amanda putting her tank top back on as Finn unlocked the door. Becky ran in and immediately hugged Amanda.

Amanda let out a slight yelp when Becky accidentally squeezed her too tight and the two let go.

"Sorry." Amanda said.

"Ain't your fault Cody hurt ya." Becky replied.

"Did you send Ace after him?" Amanda asked.

"You bet I did. No one gets away with hurting any one of us, least of all you." Becky answered.

Cody heard a knock at the door and stood up, opening it.

"Look, I-" Cody said but was caught off guard as Aestrid slammed her right knee into his ribcage and shoved him into the room before closing the door behind her.

"Look nothing, you did that to Mandy without thought, without consideration of anyone's feeling but your own! Well now I'm not considering your feelings…" Aestrid responded angrily, before raising her hand, revealing a knuckle duster on her fingers. "My new toy… is very thirsty for blood!"

Cody tried to run, Aestrid hitting him hard… he fell to the floor unconscious and Aestrid was a bit disappointed at that.

"Damn… hope when you wake up, you'll wake up with a new attitude." Aestrid muttered before heading to the trainer's office and walking in. "Mandy stop by here yet?" She asked, Dr. Amann turning to her.

"No, not yet… I know she wouldn't put off anything that'll help her get better." Dr. Amann responded before both saw Finn guiding Amanda into the office.

"It's just bruises, I don't think anything's broken." Amanda replied.

When she was checked over and cleared, Amanda was back at the hotel with the others and settling into sleep.

But her mind went haywire.

Time felt like it was dragging on forever as the three tests were set out in front of her on the countertop, the tiny brunette tapping her right foot repeatedly until she stopped.

Amanda waited nervously in the family restroom of the arena, pacing back and forth until she heard the door open and was caught off guard by Cody.

"What are you doing here?!" Both asked each other simultaneously… before Cody saw the tests that each read Positive and looked at Amanda in disbelief.

"I thought… it wasn't possible… we tried repeatedly." Cody said, quietly as his eyes were locked on the tests.

"A doctors diagnosis doesn't mean there can't be some kind of medical advancement… things change, Cody." Amanda explained, Cody's steel blue eyes narrowing at the brunette.

"Or a lie to cut off any rumors! To kill a relationship you couldn't actually just say no to, oh never have you ever learnt the word 'no' even once, have you?! Not to Balor at least!" Cody responded with an angry growl.

"Come on, why don't you believe that miracles happen?!" Amanda asked.

"Oh, I'll believe in them alright! I'll believe in miracles the day you and that horny Irishman decide to get yourselves outta this damn company!" Cody shouted.

"We ain't going nowhere from this company!" Amanda said, heading towards the door but Cody grabbed her by her hair and received a spinning backfist, the taller man yelling in pain and reeling back.

Cody grabbed a kendo stick after following Amanda into the hallway and slammed it into Amanda's arms as Amanda put them in front of her stomach to protect the kids.

Cody slammed it into Amanda's back repeatedly until she was pulled off of Amanda and Amanda felt Finn's arms around her.

"Rhodes, the hell is your damn problem?!" Finn yelled.

"That error of creation… will never happen!" Cody growled.

"I'd feel much better if you put down a weapon you really have no idea how to use." They heard, Cody turning around to see Sylvia stood there with her arms folded over her chest.

"As if her getting in bed wasn't bad enough…" Cody said… moments before Sylvia dashed forwards, grabbing the Kendo stick as she passed her before turning around, using the momentum of her turn to increase the strength of the hit she then delivered to Cody's side, between his hip and ribs, which locked up his muscles for a split second and sent him down to the floor.

Amanda felt Finn pick her up before she started losing consciousness…

Amanda's eyes snapped open, her looking around before she felt Finn's arms wrap around her again and his hand smoothing her hair back.

"Only a dream, love… you're alright." Finn said quietly, him having known that Amanda had a nightmare when she'd jolted in his arms as she woke up.

Amanda nodded as she took deep breaths to steady her shaking frame… as she nestled her head onto Finn's shoulder, he gently brushed his left hand over her bruises.

They settled into sleep after a while, Finn's protective grip on Amanda making her feel safe.

At the arena the next day after they were ready for the day and getting ready for the show, Amanda and Finn jumped when they heard a loud 'clang!' followed by "Get your ass out here, boy! Think you can hide?! I'll fucking break your face for putting your hands on Mandy!".

Amanda hesitantly opened the door and poked her head out it… before jumping back into the locker room and slamming and locking the door, eyes wide and skin completely pale as she turned to Finn.

"John's here?" Finn asked.

"Steel pipe in hand…" Amanda answered shakily.

John had a hell of a temper that would emerge if he felt like someone wronged his baby sister.

John's perspective…

All over the damn media, on every website and news station… and neither of them are answering their phones!

"You know I'll find you eventually, you little son of a bitch… stop fucking hiding!" I muttered, steel pipe in hand… what kind of big brother am I, leaving him around Mandy unsupervised?!

Where the hell would he be hiding?!

"Get out here!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, swinging the steel pipe against the wall.

"John, what the hell are you doing here?!" Hunter yelled as he and Stephanie ran to me.

"You swore up and down that they weren't doing anything, Hunter… where the hell is that little punk?! Balor, where the fuck are you hiding?! And where the fuck are you hiding, Rhodes?!" I growled, yelling halfway through… add Cody to my kill list, no one puts their hands on Mandy in any way and tells me they didn't do anything wrong!

"John, you need to calm down now! I'm gonna go find Mandy and Finn and they'll explain this to you, okay?!" Stephanie responded.

"Nope! Anyone fucks with my little sis, I fucking break their faces and I know Shane has acted the same way when it involved you when you two were growing up!" I said, refusing to back down.

"John, office! Now! Keep the steel pipe with you if you think you need it!" Hunter replied, me reluctantly following him and Stephanie.

There's gonna be blood spilt tonight!