Two weeks ago…
"Go on, we'll talk later." Hunter said, Amanda starting to leave but Seth wouldn't move from the door. "Seth, let her leave. There's not gonna be any more fighting." He replied.
"Get out of my fucking way!" Amanda responded, Seth narrowing his eyes at her.
"No more fighting alright… in front of other eyes." Seth muttered to her threateningly before he almost mockingly politely stepped to one side to let her pass.
"Try and corner me again, I'll rip your dick off and take your balls with it!" Amanda growled, giving Seth a hard shove and leaving as Hunter was trying not to snicker.
"That's funny, huh?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"I think that means not to mess with her anymore." Hunter answered.
"Yeah… no more messing around alright." Seth responded quietly.
"I'm serious, that could've been fatal if her skull had gotten injured!" Hunter replied, referring to the fight on Raw.
"She's still standing, that's the main thing." Seth responded, his attitude no different than before.
"Doesn't mean she's not hurting." Hunter said.
In the parking garage, Amanda stopped and leaned against the pillar before closing her eyes… she paid no attention to a car stopping near her until the horn blared.
"Stick that horn in your ear!" Amanda responded, Brock chuckling and smiling as he got out of the Equinox.
"Some things never change, especially you on a rough day." Brock replied as he approached her.
"Hey, Brock." Amanda said after opening her eyes, the two hugging for a few seconds.
"No apology from him, right?" Brock asked.
"Right on the money. It's driving me nuts, I thought if I blocked his number that he'd take the fucking hint." Amanda answered as they headed towards the stone steps and sat down. "You don't treat me like Seth does and you've known me since I was 10… I never wanted it to end up like this but he's treating me like a cheating lover." She said before he rested his right hand on her upper back.
"Whatever he thinks he's doing, he clearly isn't thinking about you being happy anymore. I wouldn't make it worth the trouble." Brock replied.
"He ain't worth it… and now I hope there'll be some civility." Amanda responded as they stood up and headed into the arena.
Amanda reached hers and Finn's locker room and pushed the door open, having to jump back when a fight between Finn and Seth spilled into the hallway.
"Stop it this fucking second!" Amanda shouted, pulling Finn off of Seth and checking on Finn. "You need to go to anger management! I try to reclaim a little normalcy and you go picking fistfights?!" She yelled at Seth, whose nose was bleeding.
"Like I said… no more fucking around." Seth responded while wiping the blood from his face.
"You're fucked up in the head. No wonder The Shield split a year and a half ago." Finn replied, carefully moving his right hand around.
"Maybe it was a good thing after all… would've certainly kicked up a storm had we all been like this while there was still a Shield to speak of." Seth responded.
"You're a fucking hypocrite, I don't go trying to pull you away from Ashley!" Amanda growled.
"The hell is going on back here?!" Stephanie asked after reaching them.
"Seth charged in, swung at me and told me that I should let Mandy go! I swung back at him and told him it's none of his business who Mandy hangs around, especially after the injuries he caused last night!" Finn answered.
"As true as that is, swinging at him only drags you down to his level, hitting out simply because you're angry." Stephanie responded.
"Come on, follow me." Amanda said, managing to guide Finn away to diffuse the situation as Stephanie turned to Seth to tell him off… when Finn and Amanda were alone, she swiped a nearby ice pack and pressed it to his hand as he saw that the long day was catching up with her.
"Time for a rest soon, I should think." Finn said as he placed his other hand over hers.
"Soon as we get this taping over with, I'll happily rest." Amanda responded, leaning against him. "Unless you mind me curled up against you." She whispered as his left arm now wrapped around her back.
It wasn't long before her eyes closed… Finn set the ice pack aside, picked her up into his arms and took her into their locker room before lying her on the couch.
'If only she'd let herself fully relax… but that's not how she is at times.' Finn thought as he brushed Amanda's hair back and put his Balor Club jacket over her.
At the same time, a hand picked up a packet of Mifepristone… pills that they felt would be needed if the recent rumors turned out to be true.
'No way in hell is there gonna be a Demon spawn born.' The hooded person thought before leaving, deciding to wait until the timing was right…
Present time…
"Well we flushed the minimal amounts left out of her system in time after she had thrown most of it up so there's no internal damage done… not that there was any reason for those pills to be in her blood. Even with her condition, I'd say should you two ever start trying, her chances of conceiving a child would be successful." The doctor explained before going to check on the other patients in the ER.
Amanda had been taken to the hospital after losing consciousness again… and Finn was livid.
'Mandy would never do that if she got pregnant… someone slipped her the damn drugs, trying to kill a life they thought existed.' Finn thought as he brushed Amanda's hair back.
He heard footsteps and turned to the doorway, seeing Ashley.
"Did he follow you?" Finn asked, Ashley seeing that he was angry.
"What was she drugged with?" Ashley questioned, Finn letting his anger fade slightly as the realisation set in.
"You've been where she is…" Finn responded.
"Yes but under different circumstances… I was deliberately misusing drugs and alcohol, Finn. I know Mandy would never do that to herself." Ashley explained, Finn relenting more and giving an answer to Ashley's previous question.
"Mifepristone." Finn replied, Ashley's eyes widening in shock.
"Someone tried to force her to have a miscarriage?!" Ashley responded.
"She wasn't pregnant in the first place but someone thought that she was and deliberately set out to harm her… where is that son of a bitch?!" Finn replied, growling the last part in pure anger.
"Hey if you are referring to Seth I can tell you, he didn't do it." Ashley said angrily.
Amanda slowly opened her eyes, seeing Finn and Ashley.
"What happened?" Amanda asked, Finn carefully turning back to her.
"She's trying to claim it wasn't Seth. I know he…" Finn said before being cut off by Ashley grabbing him by the hair and pulling his head back before her other hand wrapped around his throat.
"Listen you little son of a bitch! He didn't do it! Now I don't want to tear up that pretty little face of yours but I will-" Ashley threatened.
"Let him go!" Amanda shouted, Ashley doing so. "Whoever it was, they crossed a damn line! We are not gonna tear each other apart! Clear?" She responded, the two nodding and Ashley leaving.
"Fuck." Finn muttered.
"You okay?" Amanda asked as her right hand entwined with his left one.
"I'll be alright. You rest up, Darlin'." Finn replied, kissing Amanda on her forehead.
At the same time, Dianne and Aestrid were looking around as both had gloves on their hands… and Aestrid picked up a small packet of pills before turning to Dianne.
"Son of a bitch!" Dianne growled, looking to the duffel bag they found the packet in.
But they couldn't be sure if the pills were planted or not.
