Amanda opened her eyes halfway after hearing Finn talking on the phone.
"And she hasn't said much other than escaping a burning building?" Finn asked.
"Poor girl's terrified… and Seth almost scared her even further." Enzo explained.
"Fuck." Finn muttered before turning and seeing Amanda looking at him, Finn reaching over and lightly rubbing Amanda's head.
"I guess Mandy's awake, she sleep through the night?" Enzo asked.
"The medicine helped but she's still out of it." Finn responded, putting the phone on speaker.
"What's going on, Enzo?" Amanda asked, her voice rough.
"We found someone hiding in the rental car last night and she's in really rough shape." Enzo explained.
"Abuse victim?" Amanda questioned.
"I'm not sure, she hasn't spoken to anyone yet… but she's definitely been through some sort of hell. She had a few burns, she's terrified and it looks like she's in a bit of pain breathing." Enzo answered.
"I still think we should take her to the hospital." Dianne responded, Abby a bit fearful… but agreeing to go.
After the phone call ended, Finn set his phone down and once again checked Amanda's temperature with the thermometer.
"She'll open up… to us at some point, right?" Amanda asked as Finn checked the thermometer to see that it read 100.4°.
"I hope… people who've been through hell sometimes take a while, but kindness earns trust, and eventually she'll speak about it." Finn replied.
Amanda nodded before she felt a gel pack on her forehead.
"Still not budging…" Amanda said before she covered her mouth as she coughed, Finn helping her lie down on her side and lightly rubbing his hand up and down her back as he thought back.
WWE Live From Madison Square Garden…
"Get down from there!" Seth shouted after seeing Amanda on the cage wall… but he turned back and walked right into an Attitude Adjustment from John before he got pinned.
John stood up… and before he could react, Amanda's eyes slid shut and she fell, which sent him into a panic.
As Seth went for an attack after the match, he heard John yell for the cage to be lifted up.
"Stay in character!" Seth replied angrily, John glaring at him before getting out of the ring to help Amanda as Dr. Amann walked over and crouched down before several others reached the area.
"Get up and fucking get your head back in the game!" Seth yelled, Finn flipping him off after helping a barely awake Amanda sit up and pressed his left hand against her forehead.
"Too bright in here…" Amanda mumbled, trying to close her eyes as Dr. Amann shined a light in them.
"She's burning up." Finn responded as he and John helped Amanda up, Amanda glancing at John after she was helped to the trainer's room.
"What happened?" Amanda asked, completely disoriented as John rested his hands on her arms after helping her sit down.
In the backstage area, Seth accosted Dianne.
"Where'd they take her?!" Seth demanded before Dianne shoved him off her.
"Why the fuck would you care after how you were behaving out there?! Something's wrong with her, why can't you see that?!" Dianne shouted.
"Yeah, her choice of friends for starters." Seth muttered, Dianne looking at him with a quick and angry growl escaping her mouth before she lifted and kicked him up between the legs with her prosthetic.
Dianne headed to the trainer's room and walked in, seeing Amanda trying not to scratch at the IV as Dr. Amann kept a gel pack on the brunette's forehead.
"Bad?" Dianne asked.
"102°…" Dr. Amann answered, Dianne cringing before she walked over to Amanda and lightly hugging her.
Amanda mumbled incoherently, Dianne lightly rubbing her hand up and down her friend's back…
Present time…
Dianne, Abby and Enzo ended up outside the room, Dianne knocking on the door… when it opened, they saw that Amanda was asleep again.
"Is she… gonna be okay?" Abby asked after Finn let the three into the room and Enzo closed the door.
"Eventually… it all takes time." Dianne answered, Abby nodding as she looked towards Amanda, being slightly reminded of her adoptive sister.
'Eerie similarities, right down to the youthful face.' Abby thought as Finn sat down and lightly kissed Amanda on her forehead, Amanda opening her eyes… and seeing Abby.
"Hi…" Amanda said.
"How are you feeling?" Abby asked.
"Tired… what about you?" Amanda responded.
"About the same… I still can't fully remember…" Abby answered, her green eyes narrowing as she thought.
"It might take time." Amanda said as Finn helped her sit up, Abby seeing the dark circles under Amanda's hazel eyes.
"Not much sleep…" Abby replied.
"We don't get too many days off… our line of work rarely permits that." Enzo explained.
At the same time, Seth was in the lobby when he turned and saw an angered Bayley.
"Now before you-" Seth started to respond.
"Start what? Start to yell at you for how you treated two of my friends last night, is what happened last year to Mandy even in the back of your mind anymore or do you even care that she could've had another seizure? The only one causing any harm to Mandy is you, Finn's just trying to protect her because he cares about her when you fucking shoved her to the side!" Bayley replied, Seth narrowing his eyes at her and then standing up suddenly in his anger.
"Let me tell you something, that bastard thinks of no one but himself! Certain people have told me that he completely abandoned a past girlfriend to enter his wrestling career, you think he won't do the same again?!" Seth shouted.
Bayley was about to punch him when her hand was grabbed and she saw Adrian.
"They don't know the full story… now go calm down." Adrian responded, Bayley leaving and Adrian turning to Seth. "Not every relationship survives this business, take Sable and Marc Mero as an example. But by the end, they were friends again because they knew that animosity and rage wouldn't solve anything. As for Finn's ex, they were young and wanted different things as they got older but he tried to include her into his life on the road and she didn't want to. And you have no room to talk about relationships, you cheated on your ex-fiancee and then tried to deny it!" He explained, the argument turning physical.
And because the room that Amanda, Finn, Abby, Dianne and Enzo were in was on the first floor, they could hear the fight when it got loud enough.
"And it's that time of year again." Amanda muttered as Finn sat back down next to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Tense line of work you all are in." Abby said quietly.
"It can be… can I help-" Dianne replied, the second part being a bit more high pitched… and it reminded Abby of a similar higher pitched voice, coming from white spherical constructs with red lasers from their optics, and side panels that opened… revealing dual machine guns which the laser was a targeter for. The instant the image of the turret was in her head in response to the voice, she jumped up from the chair and was quickly stood in a stance ready to dart for the nearest door as soon as she knew where the turret was...
It took a couple of seconds for her to realise that there was no turret, to re-process that it had been Dianne speaking.
"Abby…" Amanda started to ask, Abby taking the time to calm down.
But Amanda was still worried.