"Mini Cena going for it, launching herself off the ropes like a springboard much like Jericho!" Byron says as Amanda did her hand spring move before spinning around.
"Oh, damn! That's gonna hurt in the morning!" Finn says after seeing Alexa Bliss get clotheslined by Amanda.
"Your girl is not gonna play nice with anyone in NXT or WWE, except you Balor." Corey says, Amanda going up to the top rope and jumping off it and causing Alexa to scream in pain as Amanda's feet slammed into her ribs.
But Alexa wasn't the only one hurting… Amanda crawled over and pinned Alexa for the three count but couldn't stand up and put any weight on her left leg, Finn leaving the commentator's table and running down to the ring, getting in it and crouching down next to Amanda as the referee tended to Alexa.
Once Finn and Amanda were in the backstage area, Amanda untied her left ring boot and took it off to take the pressure off of her injured ankle.
"Probably just twisted it… damn, I really hope I didn't break that leg again, that was bad enough the first time around." Amanda says, startling Finn.
"How the hell did that happen, lass?" Finn asks, resting his hands on Amanda's shoulders.
"Accidental fall down the stairs just before I turned 12. Spent two months in a cast and wheelchair, humidity can drive someone mad when they have to wear a damn cast." Amanda says.
"Doesn't mean you have to risk my safety as well as your own in that damn ring! Are you trying to kill us both?!" Alexa screeched as she stormed over to them.
"Trying to make the matches actually look like wrestling matches! That's what we're supposed to do, we can't be afraid to get hurt in that ring! It's part of the damn job, you bitch!" Amanda says, Alexa attempting to strike her but Finn stepped in front of Amanda.
Alexa stormed off, Finn turning back to Amanda and picking her up off of the crate as Amanda grabbed her ring boot.
"Now that out there… was a well earned victory. I think someone deserves a victory celebration. Let's go get that ankle fixed up first." Finn says, taking Amanda towards the locker room.
Finding out that it was just a pulled muscle, Amanda's ankle was braced up and both had left afterwards, heading to the hotel.
It was gonna be a low key party for them… Amanda really wasn't good at handling loud parties anymore as those days were long gone...
After getting ready for the day, Amanda walked downstairs as Sami walked into the apartment, the two hugging.
"Hey, kiddo. You feeling okay?" Sami says as they let go, Amanda nodding.
"For the most part…" Amanda says, trying to stay as calm as she reasonably could… before the temperature in the apartment dropped and she zipped up her Balor Club hoodie as Finn walked over to them and the two hugged.
"I'm… gonna go see if there's a problem with the main source of the heater." Amanda says after they let go, Amanda walking outside.
"She's repressing it again…" Finn says.
At the same time, Amanda reached the side of the apartment and found the heater… only to find a screwdriver lodged in it.
"That's not in the holiday spirit. Damn grinch." Amanda mutters.
But it was at the same time that she turned around to leave that a person masked in head to toe black swung at her with a police baton and she caught it in mid-swing, fighting back… until she was thrown back and her left leg was whacked with it, Amanda screaming as she heard a sickening crack.
The scream attracted Finn and Sami's attention and Sami chased the assailant down as Finn held Amanda in his arms, Amanda screaming in pain and Finn rubbing his hand up and down her back as he dialed 911, a bruised and bleeding Sami eventually returning to them and him talking to the dispatcher as Finn cradled Amanda in his arms.
"Shh… it's okay, it's okay." Finn whispered as he lightly stroked Amanda's hair, Amanda's face buried into his right shoulder as she cried.
She rarely cried unless she was alone nowadays, Finn and Sami knew right away it was bad.
The cracks were forming in the wall that Amanda had built up… and were deep enough that one more hit would bring the wall down entirely.
Florida Hospital E.R, Amanda's P.O.V
Damn it, the madness just never stops!
I looked down at my casted ankle after Finn signed the red cast before handing the marker to Sami, the tibia broken clean through… going about trying to fix things and this happens.
I know from the body shape of the assailant that it wasn't Kevin or Corey… it was a male assailant though, I hope I scratched him hard enough that the skin the cops found under my fingernails is identifiable.
"We're gonna need some place to hide out… he knows where the apartment is." Finn says, lightly stroking my hair…I don't even want to think it but what other choice do we have?
I still have the keys to the house, I don't even want to suggest the idea since it's been 7 ½ years since...
It's in my name, I only stop there to straighten up… the last time I spent the night there was back in February 2007… when they were still alive.
Still, he's right… we need somewhere to lie low.
"Your mind's wandering again, lass." Finn says, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"I know somewhere we can hide out… away from this lunatic." I say, whispering the plan to him as Sami looks at us the second I mention Fayetteville.
"Mandy… are you serious?" Sami asks.
"It's isolated, out of the main city itself… you guys have to trust me on this one, please." I say, both looking at each other.
"She's right, Sami… it's the only reasonable solution." Finn says, Sami nodding.
Hiding out in the last place I thought I'd spend the night… sometimes, you have to go back to the source of the pain to fix what's broken.