A/N: To the guest reviewer requesting an Amanda vs Becky Lynch match, thank you. It fits perfectly for my plans to have both compete against Charlotte for the WWE Women's Championship in a triple threat No Holds Barred match in the chapter set at the 2017 Royal Rumble. :)
As for this chapter, the fire is inspired by the accidental fire that occurred at the 2006 TNA Hard Justice pay per view. Rare and a bit scary when unscripted moments like that happen.
The rest of the night went on as scripted and now Amanda and Finn were on commentary for the number one contender match for the WWE Universal Championship, the match to take place at WWE Roadblock.
The match was between Seth Rollins, Big Cass and Kevin Owens… but Amanda noticed something off.
Amanda blinked to make sure she wasn't imagining things… it was her sixth sense going off, the same unnerving feeling that she got at the 2011 WWE Vengeance pay per view, during Mark Henry and Big Show's match…
It wasn't the ring shaking though… in reality, it was the rafters above her, Finn, Michael and Byron… as well as above everyone in the arena.
"Guys?" Amanda says, pointing up to the rafters… which had caught on fire.
Finn grabbed Amanda and pulled her out of the way as part of the rafters crashed down and caved the commentator table in, running a few feet as did Michael and Byron. Cass, Enzo, Seth and Kevin ran too as the fire extinguishers started up, nearly blinding everyone within range.
Everyone was screaming in pure terror as they tried to flee. Finn, Amanda, Cass, Byron, Enzo, Kevin, Seth and Michael fled to the backstage area and eventually out of the arena into the bitter Toronto weather.
Amanda was glad she decided to put her trench coat on before walking out to the ring with Finn tonight, buttoning it up completely. She wish she had warmer shoes on though and had changed back into her skinny jeans and sweater, the snow reaching her knees.
"You alright, babe?" Amanda asks, patting Finn's back as he coughed, having accidentally inhailed some of the cloud of fog created by the fire extinguisher.
"I'm alright. Are you okay? Are you hurt even worse?" Finn says, him and Amanda hugging tightly to keep each other warm.
"I'm okay… that was… wait, where's Sami?! Sami?!" Amanda says, shouting the last part as she and Finn let go and push their way through the crowd to try to find Sami.
"Sami?!" Finn yells, not getting a response and turning to his frightened girlfriend. "Where did we last see him?! Could he still be trapped in the arena?!" He asks, trying to stay calm but he and Amanda were in a complete panic.
"I… I don't…" Amanda says before seeing Sami being checked on by the paramedics. "There he is!" She says, her and Finn running to Sami and both hugging him tightly.
"Are you two alright?! What the hell caused that fire?!" Sami asks as Finn coughed again, a paramedic handing him an oxygen mask and Finn pressing it to his face, breathing in the oxygen as a female paramedic put a blanket around Amanda.
"We're gonna need to take you all to the hospital, make sure that you're all okay." The female paramedic helping Amanda says, Amanda looking back at the arena and at the fans and her co workers being treated by paramedics.
This wasn't the first time the electric wiring in the arena had caused problems during the show but Stephanie and Hunter always made sure the wiring was up to code in every arena the WWE wrestled in.
"What the hell happened here?" Amanda asks as Finn wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. The last time something crashed from the rafters and almost hit someone was back at the 2008 Draft Lottery and it was scripted, Vince's idea… as was the 2007 limo explosion.
This wasn't scripted… this was terrifying.
Once at the hospital and Finn and Amanda were cleared by doctors, both were waiting for news on the others.
"Hey?" Enzo says after walking in, handing Amanda and Finn their duffel bags.
"Thanks… how's Cass holding up?" Finn says.
"He's alright, a bit shaken up. How are you two?" Enzo says.
"No further injuries… did they find out what caused the fire?" Finn says as Enzo pulled the curtain over the glass so Amanda could change clothes.
"They're not sure yet but so far, it looks like an accident." Enzo says, Amanda putting her trench coat back on after changing into a long sleeved shirt, skinny jeans and boots.
It was scary… and Amanda hated being scared. She definitely wasn't going to sleep tonight and she had a feeling she wouldn't be the only one.
Enzo left to go check on the others, Amanda and Finn holding each other again… and Finn noticed that Amanda had started crying.
"Shh… it's okay, sweetheart. No one got seriously hurt or killed, it's okay." Finn says softly, rubbing his hand up and down Amanda's back to soothe her.
But Amanda was terrified… she'd broken down again and couldn't talk through her violent sobbing as her head rested on Finn's left shoulder.
Amanda eventually wore herself out and stopped sobbing, having cried herself out. The fire broke out suddenly… but Amanda was suspicious that it wasn't an accident.
Finn looked up and saw Sami walk in, Sami hugging both Finn and Amanda.
"I'm okay, guys… we all are, no one got hurt and the fire got put out." Sami says.
"Do the police need to talk to anyone else?" Finn asks.
"I told them that you two were too shaken up to talk, they'll let us go to the hotel tonight and go down to the police station tomorrow." Sami says.
Amanda reached her hand out and gripped Sami's, who squeezed it.
"I'm okay, kiddo." Sami says.
"Let's keep it this way, all of us." Amanda says, her voice croaky.
When they were at the hotel, Amanda stepped out of the bathroom, having showered until her skin was slightly red from how hard she scrubbed it and the hot water. Finn stood up and helped Amanda dry her legs off after helping her sit down.
"I'll wait until the water temperature warms up again before getting cleaned off… are you sure you're okay?" Finn says, Amanda nodding as she pulled her underwear on before standing up and taking the towel off, pulling her fuzzy pajama pants on and a long sleeved shirt.
In truth, Amanda was still shaken up and her sixth sense wouldn't leave her alone.
Did anyone have a motive to set the fire? No.
Would anyone had noticed if someone was walking around in the rafters before or during the match? No.
So why was she suspicious that the fire was intentionally caused?
