"Security's still searching the building… stay back here until it's cleared of danger." Kurt says after the three were in his office… but he knew the young couple in from of him way too well and knew that their nerves were shot all to hell and Kurt saw the small black angel wings on Amanda's right wrist when she pushed her sleeve up.
"Our matches are coming up soon, we can't stay back here all night." Amanda says in between pacing back and forth but stopping when she felt Finn's right hand rubbing up and down her back.
Kurt was about to respond when the door opened again and all three saw Seth walk in… and Seth saw Amanda instinctively keeping some weight off of her left leg and ran to her, Amanda stopping him.
"I'm okay… just twisted it." Amanda says.
"How?!" Seth asks.
"Beating up two idiots who ambushed me. It's not that big of a deal." Amanda says but from the look in Seth's dark eyes, she knew he was angry. "Don't you dare…" She says in a warning tone… but they were cut off by a girl wandering into the office.
"Hi…" Kurt says, not seeing the usual backstage pass that fans normally had.
"Hi… um…" The girl says before quickly darting back out of the room, Seth running out the door and looking around in the hallway but only seeing a security guard passing, no sign of the girl.
"The fuck is going on here?" Seth mutters… unaware that Roman's young daughter Joelle heard him.
"Uncle Sethie, why are you swearing?" Joelle asks, Seth jumping and turning around before he saw the 8 year old.
"Come on, Jojo. It's not safe here." Seth says, guiding the young girl to the office and Joelle and Amanda hugging.
"Hey, sweetheart, enjoying summer break?" Amanda asks before Joelle and Finn hugged and Joelle noticed how Amanda was standing.
"What happened, Auntie Mandy?" Joelle asks, Amanda hesitating on telling her goddaughter what had happened as she did not want to give the young girl any nightmares.
Outside across the street, the two assailants stopped running to catch their breath in a nearby alleyway.
"Damn it… she break anything?" The first one, who was taller in height and much like the second one was a bit of a mix between slim and muscular, asks as he rubbed the back of his own neck.
"I hope not… damn it! That's the last time we listen to only part of the conversation, that woman kicked our asses without any hesitation!" The second one says. "How does someone so tiny do that?! Balor helped teach a lot of things to her but she seems like she's been doing more of those moves before they met!" He says… before both saw the girl approach them, her slapping the slimmer one.
"Ow! Lady, what the hell?!" He yelled.
"That is for trying to rough that girl up!" She says, the first one exposing his bruised arms.
"Look at what that hellcat did to me! See?! All we were gonna do is give her a few scratches and lock her in a room!" He says, the girl reaching over and yanking their masks off.
Much to her shock, it was the same two she had ran into a week ago.
"Miss…" The first one says, the girl taking off and him trying to stop her but was stopped by his friend.
"Let her go, Christopher." The second man says, Christopher Daniels narrowing his eyes.
"Frankie, she knows what we look like now, she-" Christopher says.
"Won't tell Mandy if she knows what's good for her… if Lily does, let me handle it." Frankie says, Christopher hoping that Frankie was right.
Sneaking back into the arena wouldn't be easy… and both knew Kurt was most likely making most of the matches lumberjack, steel cages or amping up security.
Once the clearance was given back in the arena, everyone was getting ready… and Amanda was exhibiting another nervous habit, pulling the zipper of her hoodie up and down until Finn took her left hand into his right one.
"I don't think they'll come back, love… but you recognised them, didn't you?" Finn says, asking the last part.
Amanda nodded… and thought back…
8/15/11…
"Take five." Amanda says quietly, Eve Torres getting out of the ring and finding the others as Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian got into the ring. "Two members of Immortal… to what do I owe this spur of the moment-" She starts to ask.
"Cut the bullshit, you scrawny bitch! We know you helped RVD and Booker T ruin any chance of The Young Bucks being in any other major wrestling promotion!" Kazarian says in a malicious tone, Amanda pursing her lips together.
"Is that what Nick and Matt told you, that I helped ruin it? All I did was observe their behavior at the tryout and then agree with my friends that Nick and Matt were rude and disrespectful and that it's also a phase that hits young ones hard at times… I'm sure you're no strangers to being surrounded by it with how cocky that some of your younger co-workers get at times." Amanda says, both looking at the 21 year old. "Yeah, six years here has put me through some ups and downs at times… but I learned humility. People crash and fall." She says.
"She learned how to have a mouth if nothing else." Christopher says after looking at Frankie.
"And how to avoid credit for her own actions… or so she thinks." Frankie says before turning to Amanda. "Credit where credit is due sweetheart, maybe it's time to pay up." He says with a menacing smirk.
"Try it! I've got 16 years worth of martial arts experience, you mouthy fucks!" Amanda says in a daring tone, Christopher falling back after Amanda jumped off the ropes like a springboard and spun around before kicking him right in the jaw, Frankie's eyes wide with shock. "You want some of this too, Mr. Fortune Four?!" She asks challengingly.
"Hey!" All three heard, looked and saw John get into the ring. "Leave my sister the hell alone!" He says, Frankie pulling Christopher up.
"I think she broke it!" Christopher says in a muffled voice, holding his jaw.
The two left and John turned to Amanda, who was trying to hide that she reaggravated a nine year old injury as she kept her left leg off the ground a bit.
"If only they'd let me do that on Tv instead of sticking me in matches where my opponent targets my eyes or hair." Amanda says, John pulling her into a hug.
"All in it's time, Mandy." John says.
"Yeah…" Amanda says.
In the backstage area, Christopher and Frankie stopped for a second.
"5'1"... maybe 105 pounds?! How the hell does she pull moves like that and not injure something of hers?!" Christopher shouted.
"AJ taught her that, I know he did… that or she's been learning from the New Japan roster." Frankie says.