"You went kind of quiet… what did your brother's letter say?" John asked after Dakota let him into her room the next morning.
"He told me everything I've missed out on. My mom's passing, him getting clean and becoming a wrestler, I have a nephew." Dakota said. "And how much he loves me and sorry that he was too scared to stand up to Clyde."
"One of them apologized… the other sounds like he just doesn't want to." John responded.
"Yeah. Your little sis doing okay?" Dakota replied.
"Yeah. It was still scary that she passed out like that though, I thought she had gone through another seizure." John responded.
"I'm glad that one of my brothers had the heart to help her." Dakota said.
"Same here, Kota." John replied.
At the same time, Amanda was opening her eyes to see that Finn had fallen asleep with his head still on her chest… she smiled slightly, knowing that moving would make him cling on tighter and gripped her phone to see a text from Dean.
'You okay?'
'Yes, just woke up. Doctors don't know what caused the energy crash, everything came back normal.' Amanda responded… but Dean's next text seemed like a question Seth would ask.
'Mandy, are you pregnant?!'
'Dean, what the hell man?!' Amanda responded angrily as Finn entwined his right leg with her right one, still deep in sleep.
'Kota said that you got dizzy and lost consciousness. And Seth's been running his mouth.'
'Stop listening to Seth, you lunatic!' Amanda replied furiously, Finn lifting his head up and looking at her. "Seth's started up trouble for us to try to divert attention from his and Kota's hookup." She whispered, Finn rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"Maybe we should tell Dean the truth." Finn said.
"We should and then hide the alcohol from him… when he gets drunk, he starts giving up information on everyone." Amanda replied as they let go and sat up. "Thank you for holding me last night… part of me thought that I wasn't gonna wake up." She responded as they held each other.
"I was scared when you didn't wake up right away last night… I never want to lose you." Finn replied before they let go.
When they got ready for the day, the two found Dean and told him… Dean clamped his hand to his mouth in shock and lowered it minutes later.
"Holy fuck! Seth and Kota?!" Dean said.
"Yeah. Dean… you okay?" Amanda responded after the resulting silence became unsettling.
"I have to talk to them about this." Dean responded.
"No, not Kota, she's got enough to deal with at the moment." Finn said.
"What does that mean?" Dean asked.
"Her brothers showed up… they got into a fight and one apparently regrets what he's done while the other is being a stubborn ass." Amanda explained.
"Woah, so what's gonna happen now?" Dean asked.
"I don't know... and I'm not sure I want to." Amanda replied.
At the arena for the SmackDown taping and with Finn's Balor Club jacket on her, Amanda reached Seth's locker room and knocked on the door… when he opened it, she walked in.
"You lying bastard!" Amanda responded angrily.
"What the hell did I do?" Seth asked.
"Well, running your mouth about me and Finn and our supposed child, I had a feeling you'd make that up. Using it to cover up a one night stand, that's sleazy even for you!" Amanda responded before Seth dragged her further into the locker room and closed the door. "Finn never did a damn thing to you and you still treat him like the enemy! What if he and I both left the company and went to New Japan Pro Wrestling, how would you react to that?! Wouldn't be able to be possessive of me then, would ya?! You're not getting me all to yourself and you hate it so you used Kota to soothe your bruised ego!" She shouted, Seth turning livid and throwing her against the wall.
"I didn't use Kota!" Seth yelled.
"You damn well did, you just won't admit it!" Amanda shouted, Seth grabbing her by her hair and clamping his hand over her mouth. When she bit him, Seth pulled away before he backhanded her and threw her to the floor before he was pulled off and beaten up by Finn.
When Seth was down, Finn turned to Amanda and helped her up. The Irishman examined her face before guiding her out of there.
"So what did you want to-" Dakota started to ask Sami before the door opened and they saw Finn help Amanda into the Team K.O locker room. "What happened?!" She asked after closing the door, Finn getting Amanda to sit down.
"She called Seth out on his behavior so he got abusive." Finn explained, ignoring his bruising hands and pressing an ice pack to Amanda's face.
"Oh that dirty son of a bitch!" Dakota yelled.
"Finn gave him a hell of a beating for his behavior." Amanda responded, Dakota smirking slightly… before Amanda spit some blood out into an empty cup. "That's Seth's… bit him." She said.
"Wait Kota you bit someone again?" Luke asked as he walked in.
"She did. Mandy, this tall guy is my cousin, Luke." Dakota replied, the two shaking hands and Luke cringing when he saw the bruise forming on Amanda's face and left eye.
"Ow, I'm kind of glad I'm made out of steel now." Luke said.
"I've taken worse hits." Amanda responded as Finn put the ice back on the bruise.
"No wonder you and her get along." Luke said, looking at Dakota.
"Yeah. Fuck, when Ace finds out about this when we get back to Orlando, she's gonna fucking flip." Amanda responded, her, Finn and Dakota knowing that Aestrid would.
When Seth opened his eyes, he was being helped up by Roman.
"Easy, man… damn, someone fucked you up. Was the Queen Of Pain pissed off?" Roman replied, helping Seth sit down.
"Nope. Balor got protective just because I gave Mandy a little slap." Seth explained, yelping when Roman grabbed him by the neckline of his shirt.
"A little slap?! So if I go find Mandy, I won't find a big bruise on her face?!" Roman asked, sarcasm mixed with anger and Seth shoving him away to create distance between them. "She's right… you're no better to her than Randy was." He responded before he left.
It was later at the hotel that Amanda was heading towards hers and Finn's room when she heard yelling in the hallway and saw a man punch a woman.
"Come on fight back!" The man yelled, the woman shaking her head.
Amanda yelled in rage and jumped at the man, knocking him down and repeatedly punching him in the face and head as he screamed before she dragged him up by his shirt and pinned his left arm behind his back.
"You classless motherfucker! Piece of fucking garbage!" Amanda growled before she slammed her right knee into the man's arm and a sickening break echoed as the man fell.
"Leave him alone!" The woman pleaded after pulling Amanda off of the man, Amanda knowing who the voice belonged to.
Acting quickly, she guided her to the room and into it after Finn opened the door.
"Ashley, that guy hitting you doesn't love or respect you." Amanda responded as she helped Ashley sit down, Finn closing and locking the door.
"What was I meant to do? Let you kill him?" Ashley asked.
"He ain't dead but he won't be punching you for a while." Amanda responded, Ashley seeing the bruises on Amanda. "Yeah… some idiot I've been trying to keep things civil with hit me earlier."
At the same time, Kyle was sitting up and saw Seth.
"Damn, who did this, mister?!" Seth responded after pulling Kyle up to his feet.
"Some tiny crazy bitch. Have you seen a woman around here about 5'9", dark hair with red in it, hazel eyes, got some tattoos on her?" Kyle asked.
"Haven't seen her… only found you. Can you describe the woman that did this?" Seth replied.
"5'1", chestnut brown hair, hazel brown eyes… fuck, she went all hellcat. You know her?" Kyle responded.
"I know exactly where to find her." Seth said before taking Kyle down to Amanda's room. "Chances are your girl will be with her."
Seth knocked on the door… only for the response to be "I've got a taser and I will electrocute you til you and that bastard are pissing blood!", Kyle looking at Seth.
"Who the fuck was that?" Kyle asked.
"That would be Finn." Seth said, Kyle banging on the door.
"Ashley get out here right now!" Kyle yelled, Ashley squeezing her eyes shut and covering her ears.
The door flung open, Seth screaming as the wires connected with him before Finn tasered Kyle, who also screamed and fell.
"Don't say I didn't warn ya both, now fuck off!" Finn responded before closing and locking the door, Ashley opening her eyes and uncovering her ears.
"Thank you." Ashley replied quietly before she and Amanda hugged.
Seth and Kyle pulled themselves up and limped away.
"Just about had it with that son of a bitch!" Seth muttered.
"Was tiny chick your girl before he stole her away?" Kyle asked.
"She was my Shield sister until he took her." Seth said.
Kyle left to go fix himself up, Seth ending back up in his room.
Amanda returned with Ashley's things, Ashley going to shower… Amanda sat down, Finn resting his right hand on her lower back.
"I probably should call her brothers and let them know what's going on." Amanda said.
"They need to… are you feeling okay?" Finn responded, noticing how Amanda cringed.
"Just a headache." Amanda replied, Finn lightly rubbing the back of her head as she dialed Matt's number but got his voicemail. "Call me when you get this, it concerns your sister." She responded before hanging up and setting the phone aside… and tears falling down her face as Finn held her. "How could I not know what was going on? What she's been through?"
"Kyle probably threatened her." Finn said.
"Just like how Randy was to me… and how Seth is, how Ace's dad treated her and her mom…" Amanda responded, Finn lightly rubbing his right hand up and down her back. "What makes someone think it's okay… to abuse someone they claimed to love? The second they raise their hand to strike their loved one, they lost all love and respect." She whispered as they stretched out on their bed, Finn resting his right hand on her left hip.
Ashley emerged from the restroom, cleaned off and in pajamas.
"I can leave you two alone if you want me to." Ashley said.
"Please stay… at least this way…" Amanda responded, Ashley nodding before climbing into the second bed.
All three settled into sleep, putting everything out of their minds.