Last night, Omni Providence Hotel…
"You okay?!" Finn asked after the elevator had suddenly stopped with him and Amanda in it, the lights having gone out in it.
"Yeah… damn these things, we should've probably taken the stairs but we're…" Amanda answered as she watched him once her vision had adjusted to the darkened area, her eyes scanning his body. 'Get it together, Mandy, get it together!' She thought, scolding herself for acting like a schoolgirl around Finn right now.
Before she could finish what she was thinking, she felt Finn's hands on her, one stroking her hair and the other resting on her hip… she looked up at him as he squeezed it.
"You don't make it easy for me… keeping my hands off you." Finn whispered as Amanda's tiny hands gripped both sides of Finn's shirt.
"Then don't…" Amanda said quietly.
Within seconds, his mouth was on hers and they were pressed close together as they held each other and the kiss deepened.
Amanda felt her heart start to race as she yanked Finn's shirt off over his head and just as quick, he pulled her tank top over her and both items of clothing were tossed into the darkened area.
Amanda hissed slightly as Finn's teeth grazed her shoulder and bucked her hips to him, Finn letting out a low growl as Amanda's nails dug into the side of his neck.
They didn't notice the elevator start up again or the doors open when it stopped on their floor… but they did hear "Really, you two? People use these to get to their rooms!".
Both turned, seeing Sasha Banks.
"Sorry…" Both said quietly before grabbing their discarded shirts and quickly exiting the elevator.
"Had a feeling it was only a matter of time…" Sasha said with a slight chuckle before heading back to her own room…
Present time…
"Mind still a blur, lass?" Finn asked once they were heading towards the elevator.
"I… remember Sasha yelling for some reason… but that's it." Amanda answered as she readjusted her Balor Club racerback tank top. "I also have a feeling Enzo either didn't know that we were all spiked or he lied to us…" She said as she leaned against the wall for a second, trying to shake off the last of the drowsiness.
"He wouldn't… there's some idiots in this company but Enzo, I can't see him being about to drug up his closest ones, us." Finn said, supporting Amanda as she pushed back off of the wall as the elevator stopped and the doors opened.
They walked into it, pressing the lobby button and then the one to close the doors… the doors closed and opened when the elevator stopped on the third floor, an equally hungover Alex Riley getting onto the elevator and the doors closing again.
"You look like hell…" Amanda said as Alex noticed the bandage on her neck and shoulder and the scratches on Finn's neck and let a tired chuckle slip out.
"Have either of you seen Enzo?" Alex asked.
"He should be in the lobby already… why you ask?" Amanda answered, closing her eyes for a few seconds as the motion of the elevator combined with the alcohol from last night started to make her feel sick.
"He was rambling about something at a lighthouse. You okay?" Alex answered as the elevator stopped and the three got off of it.
"Drank too much…" Amanda said, leaning against Finn. Alex would've normally let it drop but he had seen Amanda drink much more than a few tequila shots and not seem this disoriented.
Letting them go on ahead, Alex went to find Enzo as Finn helped Amanda sit down and sat down next to her.
"The lighthouse… I remember seeing something for a few seconds, that's why I walked away from the bonfire." Amanda said once it had hit her, closing her eyes. "It wasn't the kind of lights normally used, this one was a light purple… at first, I thought the alcohol was making me see things." She said after opening her eyes and looking at him.
"Purple… isn't that the colour of that traveller's portals? Livi-something?" Enzo questioned.
The two jumped slightly, Enzo sitting down.
"How long have you been standing there?" Finn asked.
"Longer than you'd probably like… purple light though, I could swear that the time traveller girl you two met and introduced a few weeks ago had portals of a violet-bluish colour." Enzo responded.
"She disappeared right after Summerslam and we haven't seen her since." Amanda answered, Enzo setting a cup of coffee down for her but she lightly nudged it forward. "Not now, buddy." She said.
"Roman said he saw her heading towards the back exit on the last event… said something about having work to do in another century." Enzo said.
Amanda nodded and tried to stand up… but her legs buckled and Finn and Enzo caught her as Colin ran towards them.
"Damn, how much did she drink last night?" Colin asked as Amanda was helped back into her seat and Enzo noticed the scratches on Finn before pulling the bandage off of Amanda and seeing the teeth marks.
"Really, Zo?!" Amanda said after a yelp.
"What the hell got into you two last night anyway?" Enzo asked.
"We don't remember much… why, who's started it off now?" Amanda questioned.
"Who do you think?" Enzo said. "Apparently you agreed to drug each other before you got into the sheets so that you'd not remember it and pass a lie detector test, it's really gotten that ridiculous."
"Lexa overheard Sasha yelling… but honestly, drugging? That is ridiculous." Amanda said as Finn helped her up to her feet and helped steady her.
Out into the city later after eating breakfast, Amanda leaned against the passenger seat and Finn knew what was on her mind.
"The tequila bottles were switched… maybe someone saw it and didn't think much of it, just a few people looking to unwind before getting into the ring in front of thousands of screaming fans." Amanda said after a few seconds while If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot played from the radio at a low volume and Finn rested his right hand on her left shoulder.
"Might've been… yeah, because we didn't leave our drinks to give anyone the chance to drop anything in them." Finn responded.
"Yeah and even if our group had something else in mind, they wouldn't drug us… I feel bad for suspecting Enzo." Amanda replied, stretching her neck for a few seconds as the car reached the arena. "And there they are…" She muttered, seeing the press before trying to open the door… but closing and locking it as some of them jumped at the car, Finn slamming his hand against the car horn.
Running outside, Hunter pulled the members of the press away from the car but in a manner that wasn't aggressive, just as a warning.
"Back up, all of you!" Hunter shouted, the cameramen disappearing before Hunter turned to the two in the car, Amanda hanging onto the car door with one hand as Finn held her other one.
When all three were in the arena, they heard a painful scream.
"I wasn't even at the damn bonfire!" Sasha yelled as blood was being drawn and Amanda looking at Hunter.
"What exactly would the doctors here be looking for?" Amanda asked.
"Anything that could explain the weird behavior from last night." Hunter answered.
"Wait… it wasn't just a small group of us? What else happened?" Finn asked.
"Drug-like symptoms appeared in quite the handful of the roster… and then those cameras appear and it surfaces that someone's started a doping conspiracy." Hunter explained.
"Damn… I feel like I did when I was visiting the shows as a kid and accidentally saw Kurt with that damn Hydrocodone." Amanda mutters, Hunter resting a hand on her shoulder.
"They're not gonna find much in your bloodstream except for whatever you were doped with… right, kiddo?" Hunter asked.
"I don't take anything stronger than Aleve for pain and that's accepted by the Wellness policy." Amanda answered as they headed towards the trainer's room.
