11/5/15, Saint James Hospital…
"She finally fall asleep?" Roman asks after he and Dean walked towards Finn, who was holding Amanda in his arms as both were stretched out on the tan leather couch in the waiting room.
"He's still in surgery, they should be finishing up soon." Finn says, Dean seeing that under the concealer on Amanda's right eye that her eye was starting to swell, which fit the story that Baron had told him that Seth punched Amanda.
Dean tried to help Amanda sit up but she let out a low growl and moved closer to Finn, who's arms wrapped around her a little tighter out of instinct.
"She's not normally like that… hasn't been since the…" Dean starts to say.
"Since the seizures…" Roman says, lightly nudging Amanda, who cracked her hazel eyes open and levelled a sleepy glare at him.
"Romhanach, lig dom codladh!" Amanda growled, Roman and Dean turning confused.
"She's telling you to let her sleep… I've been helping her learn my native language." Finn says.
Roman nodded… but what woke Amanda up was a vase breaking and she turned, glaring at Enzo.
"There's someone in a metal suit nearby!" Enzo says in a panicked tone.
"Are you fucking crazy?!" Amanda snapped at Enzo, Finn lightly rubbing her shoulders.
"Sorry. She only got about three hours of sleep." Finn says, taking Amanda away from there.
"I really shouldn't have blown up at him." Amanda says, hissing slightly as pain jarred through her bruised back… before both saw a small figure in a dark metal looking suit with a purple visor. "I'm… seeing things, right? You see her too?" She asks.
"Yeah…" Finn says, the figure noticing and turning towards them.
"What was that one word we were taught as children whenever we saw something creepy?" Amanda whispers.
Acting quickly, Finn grabbed Amanda by her right arm and the two ran off, nearly knocking Dean down.
"This is a hospital, not Madison Square Garden!" Dean yells, Roman seeing Enzo turn pale.
"Enzo, you okay?" Roman asks, Enzo pointed down the hallway and Roman seeing the figure.
Stopping in the elevator, Finn slammed his left hand on the button and the doors closed, Amanda leaned against the metal bar and gripping it to where her hands turned white.
"Did… it start chasing us?" Amanda asked between catching her breath, pressing the sixth floor button and the elevator starting.
A heavily sedated Seth was woken by a slamming door five minutes later, seeing Amanda and Finn as the two yanked the curtains closed, which confused him.
"Why do you two looked spooked?" Seth asks.
"Monster… hallway…" Amanda tries to say, Seth turning concerned.
"Monster?!" Seth asks, everyone jumping as they heard the next voice, which sounded echoed through a computer and female.
"Why am I a monster?" They all heard, seeing the figure stood a few feet away, the faintest outline of eyes visible through the glass.
Amanda screamed in fright and ran to the window, trying to open it but Finn stopped her.
"What the hell are you?!" Seth yelled.
"A living intelligent being like any one of you! Except that I don't jump to a monstrous conclusion when what's in front of me is someone who can't live without apparently 'being a monster'!" The figure says angrily.
"Well, you've already frightened two people today!" Finn says, holding a shaking Amanda in his arms.
"Did I do anything wrong? I was just stood there, they're the ones that saw me!" The figure says, looking down afterwards. "I'm really getting sick of this. Outcasted for something I can't help, I thought you people moved past that!" She says.
Shaking slightly, Amanda walked closer and the figure saw the dark circles and black eye.
"I'm sorry…" Amanda choked out, the figure seeing pure exhaustion in her eyes.
"I believe this is one of your symbols of forgiveness." The figure says, extending her hand out.
Amanda shook it, the figure looking closer and scanning Amanda's emotions over the past 24 hours.
"Your head's been busy." The figure says, confusing Amanda. "This visor can look at chemical and electrical traces, including those in the brain and body." She says.
"It's… been a rough time lately." Amanda says, Seth looking closer and once again, seeing the swollen eye but in a clearer mindset than he did the morning after the bar fight.
Seth felt horrible now as it all flooded back to him...
Present time…
Amanda jolted awake, catching her breath and Finn seeing the look in her eyes… she was thinking about the figure they saw in Dublin last month.
"You think she's still out there somewhere?" Amanda asks.
"I don't doubt it… whoever or whatever she was." Finn says.
"Yeah. Probably shouldn't have reacted how we did at first but it was a rough night… everything just seemed to stand still after that match." Amanda says, Finn tucking some of her hair behind her right ear. "I wanted to slap Seth for that stunt… but you and I've done worse in that ring." She says, both seeing a breaking news report on Tv… and looking at each other as they saw cops trying to arrest the figure and countless vehicles badly damaged. "Well, fuck." She muttered, both seeing Enzo and Colin walk in.
"Twenty-seven cars crushed like cans!" Colin growls.
"What the hell happened back there with that… monster?!" Carmella screamed after walking in.
"Leah, could you not scream please?" Amanda asks, calling Carmella by her real name and Carmella glaring at the smaller woman.
"What? All she asked was that you not scream, she's had a rough night." Finn says, Carmella turning angrier.
"I don't care if she's 'had a rough night', there are bigger problems right now than someone who won't just-" Carmella growls.
"Are you the one who was punched, suffered five broken ribs and then thrown into a cage wall by an angry Samoan, Miss Princess Of Staten Island?! You've only been in the business for two years and haven't suffered a single injury, I've been in that ring for ten and have injured nearly every part of my body, some injuries repeatedly! You could've gone anywhere else today and yet you choose to come here and scream like a little bitch!" Amanda says angrily after standing up, Carmella trying to strike the injured diva but Colin stopped her and dragged her out of there.
"Why do you always have to give kiddo such a hard time? She's badly hurt, all she asked was that you not scream and you didn't need to go off and snap at Finn for protecting her! He's just looking out for her like a friend would!" Colin says, Carmella rolling her eyes at that last part… or to be specific, how the word friend was casually used. "What, you don't see a close, innocent friendship between them? What do you see?" He asks, her eyes narrowing at him.
"The hell is going on over here? I could hear the yelling all the way down the hall." Roman says as he walked over to them.
"Trying to get a straight answer from Leah after she charged into Amanda's hospital room screaming and then went off when Amanda asked her to stop, which is understandable from Amanda's part." Colin says.
"Except it's more of her craving his body against hers and less of an innocent friendship!" Carmella spat in a venomous tone.
In the room, Enzo kept the door closed and saw Amanda trying to stay calm as Finn held her… but Enzo could tell that Amanda didn't want to be in the hospital and walked over, lightly rubbing her right arm.
"Enzo… what exactly happened in traffic? With that… alien, if that's the right word to use?" Amanda asks.
"I really don't know how to describe it, kiddo. And you look like you're about ready to incite a jailbreak from here." Enzo says, which would've normally made Amanda laugh… but she didn't. "Finn, who stole her laughter?" He asks.
"Joe did I guess, when he slammed her to the cage." Finn says.
"Yeah… I'm gonna go find him, get a straight answer as to what's going on in his head." Enzo says before leaving.
"If you get killed, Liv will never forgive us." Amanda says before she looked at Finn. "I know you don't want me leaving here until I'm healed… but I'm going crazy. Can we head back to the hotel please?" She says, Finn helping her stand up and remove the cuff and I.V.
The traffic was at a standstill but at the hotel, Amanda changed into warm pajamas and her and Finn were about to eat lunch when a familiar voice was heard yelling.
"Help, she's gonna kill us!"
Amanda opened the door and Becky, Sami and Bayley ran in, Bayley slamming and locking the door.
"Who's trying to kill you, Becca?" Finn asks.
"Some crazy lady in a metal suit!" Becky says, seeing Amanda turn pale and look away.
"She's in the hotel." Amanda whispers, startling Becky.
"That's it, I'm calling the cops." Bayley says, picking up the phone but Finn stopped her.
"She's not dangerous." Finn says.
"Did you hear how frightened Mandy sounded just a second ago?! And how do you two even know this woman?!" Bayley asks.
"She was at the hospital last month in Dublin when Seth's knee was being fixed up… we freaked out then." Amanda says.
As Bayley was about to respond, the lights, Tv and heater shut off and Amanda gripped onto Finn's left hand, Finn wrapping his arms around her in a protective manner.
Blackouts were something that reminded her of her first concussion... but that was a long time ago.