It was just before sunrise when she noticed it…

Amanda was unable to sleep again because the Tv and lights had turned on by themselves, it seemed… and it had also woken Finn.

"What's wrong, Darlin'?" Finn questioned sleepily, sitting up and wrapping his right arm around Amanda's shoulders as the storm raged on outside… it wasn't uncommon for storms to happen or Tv and electrical systems to flicker before a blackout, especially from late summer to early autumn, where the heat and humidity still lingered as the weather tried to sort itself out.

But the Tv and lights were on fully, clear as a bell as if there was no lag in them at all.

"The... Tv and lights were off when we fell asleep… and they just…" Amanda tried to explain before both heard a childlike giggle.

Only to realise that Courage The Cowardly Dog was on and it was the episode where Muriel was turned into a toddler when Muriel said "Hi, I'm Muriel. I'm only three and a half years old, who are you?".

"I was beginning to think we were being haunted… damn, my mind's all scrambled. I'm losing it." Amanda responded as they lie back down.

"That's the lack of sleep doing that, you're not going crazy." Finn explained as the two kiss.

The madness from the current Sister Abigail storyline involving Randy was there along with Amanda seeing the occasional spirit… but something about that seemed so real.

Too real… and it lingered on her mind.

Finn had an idea though… and lightly led Amanda outside as the storm started to lessen up a bit, both under the awning before they kissed.

Seth snapped out of his sleep and bolted upright, running to the door that adjoined both rooms and opening it… only to relax once he realised that Amanda wasn't under attack like he thought and was half naked in Finn's arms as the two kissed each other, their eyes closed and unaware of Seth nearby.

That was until the Architect slammed his hand on the door just to mess with the Demon Lovers, making them jump and glare at him.

"We have people staying next door, you two!" Seth responded.

"You want to go crash with them, Rollins?" Amanda asked sarcastically.

Seth was about to reply when the sliding glass doors slammed shut, hard enough to send the glass flying and Seth shielding himself while Finn protected Amanda.

All three knew who it was though as Amanda looked up and saw a flash of a small brown haired toddler in a soaked white sundress with blood trailing down the left side of her head and an evil look in her blue eyes.

"Abigail…" Amanda whispered.

"Who else would I be? You're living the life I never got to, it was stolen from me! So how about I steal it from you, Mandy?!" Abigail growled, shouting at the end.

Before she could process it, Amanda started thrashing around as she felt herself being lifted off of the ground and choked, Amanda frantically prying at the hands on her neck as Finn and Seth tried to help her… only to realise that they couldn't be pried off.

"Stay outta this!" Abigail yelled.

Finn and Seth were sent flying into the wall, both crashing to the cold hard ground.

The next thing that Amanda felt was the bones breaking before being plunged into permanent darkness, the last thing she heard were Finn and Seth screaming at her not to die...

Finn's perspective...

The screaming tore me out of sleep and I immediately pulled Mandy into my arms, Katherine's, Rey's, Devan's, Sheamus's and Cesaro's eyes opening.

After the conversation with me and Rey and me swearing to be careful with Mandy, every one of us had dozed off out of exhaustion or drunkenness… but it hadn't been a peaceful sleep as adding onto Mandy's flashback to the violent storm that left us stranded in it was a night terror of being killed.

I know it was… I've been by her side when she's woken up screaming in pure fright or cried out for one of the ones she lost.

"It's okay, Mandy… I'm here, we're all here." I whisper as I rubbed my hand up and down her back to comfort her when she started hyperventilating, the hyperventilation subsiding and her racing heart calming down.

Mandy looked up at me through her beautiful eyes, which were reddened and angry looking from the crying.

"He's right, it's okay… we've all had those nights." Devan replied, Mandy looking at him after she finally stopped shaking.

I heard Sheamus talking in Irish before he stood up and walked over to the mini fridge, opening it and closing it before walking to us and reaching his left hand out, handing Mandy a bottle of mineral water.

Mandy gripped it and opened it, sipping it slowly to soothe her scratchy throat and her eyes closed as she finished it.

Amanda's perspective...

I tossed the empty bottle of water and stood up after Finn and I let go, Katherine asking if I was okay.

I let out a shaky nod and she settled back onto the couch, talking with Sheamus as I closed the door that separated the room from the restroom.

Turning the sink on, I cupped my hands and splashed a bit of cool water on my face before turning the sink off and drying my face off with the nearby towel.

Sister Abigail didn't actually exist, Bray explained that to me before the Wyatt family debuted on Tv back in 2013 when I started asking questions about the direction that creative was taking with him.

If she didn't exist though… why am I having nightmares about a little vengeful ghost trying to kill me?

"At the rate I'm going, I'm gonna end up in a mental ward clutching a cross and holy water." I muttered.

This storyline… it needs to either change or I'm gonna bring it to a screeching halt to save my sanity.