8/17/15, 5 hours before Raw…
Stephanie approached the microphone and Finn quickly hid the Rubik's cube, Amanda putting her feet back on the floor.
"I know this is short notice but there's been some tension as of late between all of you and for different reasons. One, we are not dissolving any storylines or friendships, that is a personal matter between you and your co-workers. Now, any ideas as to what started the fight last week between Alicia Fox, Paige, Eva Marie, the Bella twins and Amanda Cena?" Stephanie explained.
"Everything you just said you wouldn't touch." Aestrid said from her spot leant against the wall to one side of the room.
"Are we just going to ignore that Mandy punched me?!" Eva responded.
"You swung at me first, you plastic filled bitch!" Amanda replied angrily.
"Oi, don't you-" Everyone heard Dianne shout… moments before Amanda yelped out as the weight of Dianne's prosthetic leg smashed into her right shoulder. "Alright, someone grab Bitchy Bliss who nicked my prosthetic there, someone check on whoever that hit and someone else return my leg to me!"
Amanda stood up and crash tackled Alexa, taking the leg from her and handing it to Dianne… before kicking Alexa in the face, Alexa screaming in pain.
"Crazy ass bitch!" Amanda muttered before Finn helped her sit down and checked on her shoulder.
"She alright there? That much force could've easily dislocated the joint." Dianne questioned as she clipped the leg back onto the rod on the end of her knee.
"Yeah, it's still in the socket." Finn responded as Hunter headed over to them with an ice pack, Finn pressing it to Amanda's shoulder.
"Ain't getting fussed over nice?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"Shut up, dipshit." Amanda responded.
"Seems like somebody's still jealous!" Dianne said loudly.
"Everyone calm down. Where was I? Oh yes, the next NXT Championship match… are you all sure about it being a ladder match?" Stephanie responded before glancing at Finn and Kevin.
"Yes." Both said simultaneously.
"Wait... where the hell did Dean and Roman go to?" Hunter responded when he noticed both had slipped out of the room.
Outside, Dean inhaled the smoke from his cigarette and then blew it out.
"You really are out of your mind... put that out." Roman said before yanking the cigarette away from Dean and putting it out.
"Dude, what the hell?!" Dean replied.
"Those things will kill you, what happened to you going on the nicotine patch?" Roman questioned.
"It lost its punch, just felt weak after a while. Like a drip versus a whole glass." Dean answered.
"Well you've gotta think of something… matter of fact, so do I to try to keep Mandy from attacking Seth like she did to the Harley Quinn reject." Roman said.
"I think Balor will keep Mandy distracted." Dean replied.
"You're not all that sure of him being near Mandy, are you?" Roman asked.
"Not so much… but I'm still open to the old saying that a cover doesn't describe all of the book… or something like that." Dean answered.
Dean would've grabbed another cigarette but the look on Roman's face told him not to.
The two headed back into the arena, jumping back when they saw Nikki and Brie throwing Seth out of the meeting room and Seth landing on his face.
"Next time, get your own head together first!" The twins yelled before slamming the doors and Seth pulling himself up.
"Damn, Seth, what did you do to piss both of them off?" Dean asked after a laugh, Seth taking a few seconds.
"I might've… suggested that they, John and Daniel keep Mandy on a short leash." Seth replied.
"And tell me where in your head did that became a great idea?" Dean responded.
Seth turned to the right, revealing scratches on his face from Amanda's nails and Dean and Roman laughed.
"We've told you repeatedly that she's a hellcat." Roman said.
"Hellcat?! She's more than a hellcat, she attacked me like a fucking tiger!" Seth yelled.
"Well you need to calm your ass down then and either fix things or let her get on with her life." Dean said before Seth left.
Seth was furious and was once again thinking of what to do…
Present time…
Dakota opened the door to her room and her blue eyes widened when she saw a bruised and bleeding Seth.
"Strowman's… trying to kill me." Seth explained after catching his breath.
"Oh for fuck sake, I'll get Ironman on to the job. Luke! Wake your ass up!" Dakota said, shouting the last part.
Luke opened his eyes and bolted upright, heading into the hallway after Dakota helped Seth into the room and closed the door.
"You reek of Jagermeister, Rollins." Dakota responded after Seth sat down.
"I ended up… outside someone's room and was yelling… can't remember about what though." Seth replied.
"Okay you seriously need to brush your teeth." Dakota responded.
Seth nodded, grimacing as Dakota treated the cuts and scrapes on him.
"Oh, man up! Mandy had a ladder slammed into her back and she's not grimacing and flinching at the slightest touch." Dakota replied.
"Mandy doesn't have a 6'8", 385 pound man hunting her down! Kota how do you not feel pain?" Seth responded.
"Simple, just pretend it's not there." Dakota explained.
"How?" Seth asked.
"A skill that comes from up here." Dakota said before tapping her skull.
It was when Luke caught up to Braun that Braun explained everything.
"Drunk or not, he still intentionally showed up at Tiny and Balor's room… he just won't stop being a fucking pest." Braun responded.
"Hey people do dumb fucking things when they've been drinking." Luke said.
"There's drunken stupidity and then there's deliberately fucking up someone's mind." Braun replied.
"I ain't buying it." Luke responded.
It was when it was morning that Luke joined Amanda and Finn at their table and saw how tired both looked.
"Couldn't sleep?" Luke asked.
"Seth was beating on our door at 4 in the morning." Finn answered, leaning Amanda against him.
"He's just being stupid, he'll calm down-" Luke responded, Amanda glaring at Luke before she stood up and slapped him hard before grabbing him by his shirt.
"Just being stupid?! He's deliberately fucking with our minds!" Amanda responded angrily, Luke calmly taking her hands off of him.
"One… you're really fucking hot when livid. Two... I don't think he'll calm down willingly. And at least you won't have to worry for a bit, Strowman fucked him up bad." Luke replied.
Amanda managed to calm down a bit, Finn lightly rubbing his right hand up and down her back.
It was at the arena for the next episode of Raw that Amanda got a text from Jeff.
'I swear to God, Ash is gonna be the death of me.'
'Jeff, please don't drag me into it! All three of you are damn stubborn!' Amanda responded.
'You better check Twitter apparently Angel is coming for me.' Jeff texted.
Amanda set the script aside and checked Ashley's Twitter page, Amanda jumping slightly when she felt arms wrap around her waist… only to calm down when she saw Finn's blue eyes.
"She's bringing back her Angel of Death character." Amanda explained.
"Her dark side? It must be pretty bad then." Finn responded.
"Back in 2009 was the last time I saw it… she went ballistic on Matt." Amanda responded before she checked her own Twitter page and under a photo of her and Finn that had been taken to promote NXT TakeOver Brooklyn, she saw a comment from the oldest Hardy sibling… who didn't seem to be too happy.
'Just how close are you two?! I don't like this!'
"And he goes and treats me like I'm 16." Amanda muttered, Finn resting his hands on her shoulders and lightly massaging them. "I ain't getting sucked into this." She responded before deleting the comment and deleting Matt from her Favorite and Follow list and blocking his account.
"So you're just letting Jeff and Ash fight each other?" Finn asked.
"I honestly don't know what to do. Last time I got involved in a war was between Lita and Matt. And Matt shoved me so hard that the back of my neck was bleeding." Amanda explained, Finn cringing in sympathy.
At the same time, Matt saw the notification on his Twitter account and turned to Jeff.
"She fucking blocked me!" Matt replied.
"Well you would have brought it on yourself, just like that fact that Ashley doesn't talk to you much anymore." Jeff said.
Matt knew something had to be done.