A/N: Samuel, Charlie and Draco are KiranTheRay's characters, Katherine is LadyKatherine29's character.

"Feeling okay, any pain?" Finn asks as he and Amanda had their arms wrapped around each other, both covered by the bedsheets.

"Don't worry so much… I'm…" Amanda says, narrowing her eyes slightly when she saw someone watching them outside about 25 feet from the balcony, whispering to Finn and the blue eyed, dark haired man looking… but the shadowy figure took off.

"He's gone… it's okay, love." Finn whispered, rubbing one hand up and down Amanda's back and the other hand lightly massaging her right hip.

But Amanda had a damn strong feeling that it was the Manhattan torturer… the string of attacks that had been going on since June unnerved her as the victim profile fit her before she dyed her hair.

But a few changes to herself clearly wasn't a strong message to the psycho who took Manhattan under his control as part of his reign of terror… and it had Amanda worried for her safety as well as Finn's, his safety first though, and the safety of every young woman who wandered the streets at night.

That was how she had been throughout her life… others before herself…

The car stopped outside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High, Amanda and Finn kissing after they got out and Amanda letting one of the backpack's straps hang onto her right shoulder as Finn rested his right hand on her lower back.

"It's gonna be okay… you see any sign of him, let me know, okay?" Finn says.

"Be careful, alright?" Amanda asks.

"I will. And check on Becca, she's been hiding these past few days." Finn says, the two kissing again before he got into the car and drove off, Amanda turning and heading up the steps into the school.

Stopping at her locker after pulling the hood of her jacket down, she put the combination in…

Amanda jumped away from it when she saw a shadow nearby… which evoked a laugh from the tall owner of the shadow.

"You're gonna get yourself punched in the face one of these days." Amanda says, putting her History and Science notes in her backpack again and reminding herself to leave a note for Maria.

"Ah, as if you'd hit me, tiny." Samuel says, lightly tugging on one of her curls in what was supposed to be an affectionate manner… but Amanda found it a bit creepy.

She found herself thankful that Charlie and Draco weren't nearby as Samuel observed her with his purple eyes.

"Recent… changes." Samuel says, Amanda removing her scarf and putting it in her backpack and jacket… and Samuel walked behind her, seeing I gconai Agus Deo tattooed between her shoulder blades. "The Demon King has you now… naughty little-" He says, startled by a shove.

"Back off of her!" Katherine says, the 18 year olds glaring at each other before Samuel sized Amanda up once more and left, Katherine turning to Amanda. "Any more sightings of the Manhattan Torturer?" She asks as they headed to Advanced Math.

"No… but I agree with you, I think it is Dario." Amanda says, heading up the flight of stairs with Katherine and both seeing Maria and Wildcat Chris Harris, the two nodding at them and Katherine and Amanda nodding back.

They weren't all crazy and hyped up early in the morning like Seth, which Amanda was thankful for.

There was also no sign of Becky, which had Amanda worried… until she saw a text from the redhead.

'Got a bit of a surprise, stop by after school and drag Seth and Finn along.'

'Okey Doke, Becca.' Amanda replied, putting her phone on sleep mode and away as the two walked into Mr. Angle's classroom… and Amanda gripping hold of a baseball launched at her.

"Corey, stop throwing things at Mandy." Kurt said in a warning tone.

"Yes, Mr. Angle." Corey mumbles, the 17 year old's mood turning sulky.

Kurt gently took the baseball from Amanda before she and Katherine sat down, Amanda looking outside as the snowfall increased.

"Something on your mind, Miss Cena?" Kurt asks, Amanda turning to him. "It starts earlier every year… it'll calm down." He says, Amanda nodding.

At the same time in the neighboring Science lab, Samuel, Charlie and Draco were quietly discussing a plan.

"I really don't know if Butterfly will go for it, master." Draco says, Charlie struggling to stay awake… and Samuel slamming his hand onto the desk, Charlie jolting back into awareness as his black eyes snapped open.

"That beautifully broken soul has found shelter in another, do you really think it'll work?" Charlie says.

"I'm not sure… and it's not Mandy or her companion that we're after, not… directly of course." Samuel says.

The two nodded and glanced out the window… all three eyes narrowed when in the middle of the snowstorm, they thought they saw a hooded figure roughly about the same height as Dario before the figure vanished.

"We need stronger coffee." Draco mutters, the others nodding in agreement.

Down at Celio, Finn looked over the record books before hearing footsteps and looking up, seeing Karl walk in.

"Boss ain't here yet?" Karl asks.

"Not yet… but knowing Luke, he could be busy with Amber right now." Finn says, Karl noticing something bothering him.

"Has that creep tried to corner Mandy again?" Karl asks, remembering how frightening it was late last month when Draco charged in like a lunatic and started choking the smaller girl, backing off when Finn bashed a whiskey bottle over his head.

"No, not since that night… and I hope it wasn't him the other night, someone was watching her and me." Finn says, Karl turning worried and Luke did too as he had walked in at the last second.

"If it's the same psycho terrorizing the city, take Mandy and get her and yourself out of the state. No hesitation, alright?" Luke says.

"I really hope it doesn't result in us having to go on the run, police haven't been able to catch this fucker and he's killed as many people as Son Of Sam did during his reign of terror." Finn says.

It was a few hours later that school was let out early because of a power outage and the generators not working, Amanda getting into Finn's car and closing the passenger door.

The two kissed in a loving manner after Amanda buckled up… and watching from a distance was Charlie, taking photos of the two before leaving to meet up with Samuel and Draco.

'Not all secrets are meant to be kept, little Mandy.' Charlie thought with an evil smirk as he saw the car head off to Becky's apartment.

He knew Seth would flip out… he was counting on it.