9/24/06, ECW/SmackDown tapings…

Her eyes widened when she saw him and immediately, Amanda ducked behind a production crate as Kevin looked around.

"Did you hear that?" Kevin asked after turning back to Arn Anderson.

"Probably just one of the rookies tripping over something." Arn responded.

Amanda carefully re-tied her ring boots before she saw what looked like a small child crouched down in front of her until Amanda noticed the wings.

"Hello… I think I'm a bit lost. I was looking for the great Redwood forest." The little girl said quietly, so no one else heard her.

"I just… I'm just not sure how to talk to him, there's a lot of bad history between him and one of my friends." Amanda whispered, the little girl seeing Kevin.

"Do you know how Redwoods stand so strong, how they grow so big? What we see is long tree trunks, all many feet apart. If you look under the surface… you'll see that their roots are all joined like a massive web. In a sense, the whole forest is one tree, what we perceive as the trees are really just the branches… something doesn't have to be seen for it to be there." The girl replied, Amanda feeling like she could see the trees spoke about in her mind, like they were known as well as her memories.

She turned back but the girl was gone… and she stood up, Kevin jumping back slightly as he didn't think she was behind the crate but he chuckled.

"Good one, kiddo." Kevin said.

"How have you been lately?" Amanda asked, absentmindedly readjusted her leopard print ring top as it had bunched up a bit when she hid.

"Good as one can be… were you hiding from me?" Kevin responded.

"Yeah… look, I'm not sure if you've noticed but I can still sense that things unintentionally get tense at times…" Amanda said, starting to ramble a bit but Kevin got her to sit down. "I really hope you don't hate me for feeling like that…"

"Hate you, why would I? You're older now, you start to pick up on these things and it's confusing at times." Kevin said.

"Do you still love Nancy? In any way? I know she still talks about you, the good times you two had when you were younger." Amanda responded.

"As a friend, yeah… but we can't change things." Kevin answered, noticing Ariel before she disappeared.

"You saw her too, the little angel?" Amanda questioned.

"Angels… in age, I'd started to doubt that they're real." Kevin replied.

"They're a lot like spirits, they… appear when you least expect it." Amanda said as they stood up. "Bit nervous to go out there now, first match on live Tv. Do I look alright or should I go scrub this stuff off my face, does it make me look too aged?" She said, Kevin lightly patting her on her shoulder with a reassuring smile.

"You'll be great out there… every one of us has had those first match nerves." Kevin responded before they hugged and Amanda left…

Present time…

"Part of me back then thought I would wait a while, I didn't expect a call from Stephanie saying "Hey, there's been a no show and we need you out there tonight.". It was nerve wracking… I also didn't think I'd see an angel that night either." Amanda said after they had gotten ready for the day and Finn helped her put her arm back in its sling.

"She was there right when you needed her… I wouldn't doubt that she'd appear when you need her again." Finn replied as he pressed the two sides of the velcro of the shoulder strap together.

"I don't doubt it either…" Amanda said as they left the room and met up with the others in the lobby, Finn pulling a chair out for Amanda and her sitting down before he sat down next to her.

"Hunter hasn't called yet?" Dean asked.

"Question is, how do we explain it to him? Or where to start..." Natasha responded.

"He can be very temperamental at times." Amanda said, Natasha knowing that behind the sling, there were scars on Amanda's arm from an old but bad break and knew what inflicted them.

"Listen, I… I'm gonna have to go back to… well, home. I just… something's hit me and I need time and isolation to think over it." Natasha said, looking up at everyone towards the end.

"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Finn asked.

"If you get too worried…" Natasha said before grabbing Finn's wrist with her left hand and with her right index finger, tracing a line over his skin as she wrote down an address. "There's an abandoned house at that street, in its basement is one of the few remaining physical portals to my side of reality. People on the other side will know who you are, take you to me." She finished before letting Finn's hand drop.

Natasha left and Amanda started thinking… and then it hit her.

"She knows who yanked me out the window that night… knows him very well." Amanda said quietly.

At the Performance Centre, it was Amanda who walked into Hunter's office with Finn… but he knew from the look on Amanda's face that Natasha had left.

"Will she… be coming back?" Hunter questioned.

"At some point… I'm not sure when." Amanda answered as they hugged, Amanda hissing slightly as she couldn't move her left arm and had to use her right. "Have you… spoken to Neville about last night?" She asked after they let go.

"Yes, and… let's just say he wasn't very calm." Hunter answered.

"If I had been thrown through a wall, I wouldn't be so calm either… it just drives me crazy that he deceived us like that, never once showing any sign of resentment." Amanda responded as Hunter noticed the teeth marks on her neck and Amanda's phone rang again. "Fuck." She muttered, Hunter letting her answer it. "What now, Rollins? I'm not in the damn mood for this!" She said but Seth wouldn't leave it at that.

"It ain't safe for you to be there when people are getting tossed through walls!" Seth said.

"Well Neville should've kept his mouth shut, it's his own fault! And your new surrogate sister needs you more than I do, call her!" Amanda responded, hanging up.

Hunter heard her mutter "Lets see how she fucking likes it when he turns possessive towards her." and saw Finn rub his right hand up and down Amanda's back.

"He's just using her to strike a nerve, don't-" Hunter started to say, all three hearing a knock at the door and Hunter standing up and walking over.

He opened it and Amanda's eyes widened in shock as did the eyes staring back at her.

"Hey…"

"Hi…"

Finn immediately put his right arm around Amanda, who reached her right hand up to his and felt his fingers wrap around it.

Kevin Sullivan had just walked back into Amanda's life... and from the look in his now narrowed eyes, he wasn't sure what to make of Amanda and Finn's closeness.