Hiding in the hotel room with everyone, Amanda picked up her tablet and sent a video call out to her brother… John smiled when he saw her but it dropped off his face when he saw how pale she was.
"I still say we should call in Vampiro from Lucha Underground." Sami says.
"You saw her again?!" John asks.
"She ended up trashing some rooms last night, hurting my leg this morning and then scaring the living hell out of Bayley and Sami." Amanda says before everyone saw Kurt open the door and letting a soaked and bruised Alexa in.
"What the hell happened to you?!" Seth asks.
"My umbrella got snatched out of my hands and then I got lifted up, choked and tossed across the parking lot!" Alexa screamed.
"That's South Florida weather for ya." Amanda says quietly, trying to sound convincing but Alexa didn't buy it.
Like the others, Alexa had been watching Amanda with a careful eye since the head trauma at the Backlash event… and Alexa noticed the way that Amanda was gripping onto the cross again, Alexa turning to Seth.
"Seth, what the hell is going on with her?!" Alexa growled.
"I think I can explain it…" Mira says, taking Alexa into the hallway.
"It's that damned dead child again, isn't it?! The one that Bray called Sister Abigail?!" Alexa asks quietly.
"She was his sister?" Mira asks.
"Yeah… twin. She was just 2 when she…" Alexa says, Mira realising that despite Bray's efforts, he couldn't save Abi.
"I noticed one thing… Mandy has a small scar on her head. A recent one." Mira says.
"Two back to back head injuries… the second one..." Alexa says, looking at Mira before starting to explain the aftermath of the second injury.
5/22/17, 5:45am…
Finn's eyes snapped open when he felt Amanda's hand squeeze his as Alexa walked in and saw Amanda's eyes opening and her reaching at the ventilator, Alexa quickly returning with the doctor.
Amanda coughed and gasped for air after the ventilator was removed, taking deep breaths and rubbing her head.
"Where… is he, did Jinder… leave?" Amanda asks, the last part of her memory being Jinder's foot slamming into her head.
"He's… somewhere. How are you feeling?" Finn says.
"I feel… like I was hit by a train. Everything hurts… but I'm not letting death win anytime soon." Amanda says as they hug and kiss, Alexa finding the others.
"Is she awake?!" Seth asks.
"Yes… that was damn scary, seeing her nearly die. Our company needs to take head injuries more seriously." Alexa says as she brushed her tears away, Seth having not seen the small woman so shaken up.
But in all truth, he was just as terrified.
Seth walked into the room and Amanda looked up at him, the two immediately hugging.
"Saying that I'm okay would be a massive lie…" Amanda says as they looked at each other with a few inches of distance but were still holding each other. "I'm sorry, I should've been careful." She whispers as he brushed her tears away.
At the same time, Alexa stopped and closed her eyes, letting herself cry… before a hand rested on her shoulder and she opened her eyes, seeing Nancy.
"She has a lot of things she tries to keep hidden… but if you look close enough…" Nancy says.
"I can see it… I see why she's a broken soul. That was so damn scary when she was just lying there in that ring, not moving…" Alexa says, brushing her tears away…
Present time...
"Everyone of us were so scared of losing her… we've already lost too many of our own before their time, Mandy was just a teenager when she was hit with four devastating losses… she never fully recovered from the first one when the next three happened." Alexa says, trying not to cry.
Mira checked in on Amanda, who was somewhere between asleep and awake as she and Finn watched Courage The Cowardly Dog in an attempt to distract themselves.
"You know about the head injury, don't you?" Amanda asks quietly.
"How many did your friend suffer?" Mira asks.
"I lost count… Chris always tried to assure me that he wasn't damaging his brain but that voice that told me otherwise wouldn't go away." Amanda says, Mira resting a hand on her shoulder. "It was wrong what he did during his last days, more than wrong but I still miss him… I miss all three of them. My family." She says as she tried not to cry, Finn lightly rubbing his hand up and down her back.
Mira looked up and saw a teary eyed Kurt look away.
After everyone had calmed down, Kurt explained it to Mira when both went to check on Nikoletta.
"Out of all of us, it took the most out of Mandy… for so long, it seemed like she was gone but her body hadn't followed. We were worried that we'd lose her then." Kurt says quietly, holding Nikoletta in his arms and Nikoletta babbling at Mira.
"Aw, his job isn't all about hitting people kiddo." Mira says, lightly ruffling Nikoletta's short hair.
"Yeah… she does like being there at work with me though." Kurt says, kissing Nikoletta on her forehead.
Later that night…
"Uh, why the NV camera again? Those things-" Amanda says as Finn set the camera up.
"Freak you out?" Finn asks.
"Actually… when trying to catch some video of us locked in the arena, I dropped one on my right foot when I was about 20." Amanda says, Finn cringing at that thought.
"That had to have hurt like hell… I've dropped heavy things onto my foot but never a production camera." Finn says, turning the camera on as Seth, Roman and Dean walked in and saw the camera.
"Didn't we talk about this?!" Seth asks, assuming the wrong thing and letting out a yelp when Amanda smacked him on his left shoulder.
"It's not set up for that, you twit! Learn to trust him, he's a damn good man!" Amanda says.
Seth grumbled to himself, Roman nudging him.
"Be nice." Roman growled through gritted teeth, Seth nodding.
Seth was still dealing with it… some days were easier than others.
