Seth walked around the arena to clear his head and look for Amanda as well… the more he replayed the argument in his mind, the more he realised why she hadn't come to the locker room… she had overheard it.
"Damn it, why can't you shut the fuck up at times, Seth?!" He muttered to himself before nearly crashing into someone, who immediately steadied their small hands on their shoulders. "Mandy, I am so sorry." He says, thinking it was Amanda.
"Who's Mandy?"
Seth looked up, seeing a woman with brown hair although it wasn't the chestnut brown that Amanda's was… he also noticed tattoos and that she was 5'4", whereas Amanda was 5'1".
"Friend of mine… who I might've royally screwed things up with." Seth says.
"Was she wearing a Balor Club hoodie, white lace shorts and ring boots by any chance?" The woman asks.
"Where was she headed?" Seth asks.
"Out to the main part of the arena. Seemed a bit upset." The woman says.
"Thanks, miss…" Seth says, trailing off a bit.
"Val." The woman says, Seth heading off… Val turned back to her phone, hearing nearby voices.
"I'm not kidding, I have a match later! Put me back on the ground, Balor, or I will lock you in the Crossface!" Amanda says, laughing as Finn spun her and himself around as she hung onto his back.
Val laughed slightly, seeing JJ walk to her.
"What's with those two?" JJ asks, pointing to Finn and Amanda.
"You know how it is, the few times before getting together or the freshness era of it just after." Val says.
"They look like kids, almost." JJ says.
Finn stopped, steadying Amanda onto her feet as she blinked off the dizziness.
"You okay?" Finn asks.
"Yeah. Seriously, you've been hanging around Sami too much." Amanda says as she managed to catch her breath, her face slightly red.
"Either I just missed her or I got lied to!"
The shouting echoed throughout the mostly empty hallways as Ty tried to get Seth to calm down.
"Calm down, man! What does she look like?" Ty says.
"5'1", long curly brown hair, white shorts, jacket and ring boots." Seth says, Ty narrowing his eyes slightly and managing to see Amanda, who was attempting to hide by pulling her hood up and lowering her head as Finn also attempted to hide her behind him.
"Some of my friends are a bit crazy!" Amanda whispered once Val and JJ walked to her and Finn.
"How crazy exactly?" JJ asks.
"Seth nearly beat someone to death just because the guy walked into the wrong room and passed out on the bed I was asleep in." Amanda says, Val's and JJ's eyes widening.
Val walked over, her and Ty managing to stop Seth.
"Is she alright?!" Seth asks, watching the two leave.
Out of curiosity, JJ followed… and walked past Dean, who was kicking a crate in rage.
"Damn him and damn it, where is she?!" Dean growled as Roman tried to get him to calm down.
"Hey, you've seen a small woman around? Long brown hair, hazel eyes, leather ring gear?" Roman asks after seeing JJ.
"I was looking for her myself, I ran across your friend and he is pissed off." JJ says.
"Fuck, what did Seth do now?" Roman asks, JJ leading them to Amanda's locker room.
Amanda had scrubbed her stained makeup off, dried her face off with a towel and put some Clear Eyes eyedrops in, closing the bottle.
"That could fool the fans but not me, love." Finn says.
"I know, I just don't want them getting into another one of their fits." Amanda says, applying some concealer before applying a coral colored blush and her cat eye makeup… she unzipped her hoodie completely, letting the cool air hit her overheated skin.
The idea from earlier that Stephanie suggested was going through their minds… and they decided to go for it.
Three hours later, Monday Night Raw…
"Everyone settle your asses down!" Dean yelled into the microphone, the crowd going quiet. "We've been searching this whole arena all damn day in search of our Shield sister, Mandy! We're on the fence about reuniting-" He says.
"Hey, I said I was sorry! That was a dick move of me!" Seth exclaimed, the crowd chanting "Authority sellout!" at him.
"Guys!" Roman says, pointing to the titantron where Amanda seemed oblivious to them… until she looked up.
"Oh hey, you three. I just needed a clear head for tonight, sorry about disappearing… Seth, don't give me that look, they're painted on!" Amanda says, Seth having noticed the small white and silver ombre style angel wings… and Amanda jumping slightly as Finn touched her. "Hey you… don't scare me like that."
Amanda turned to him, infuriating Seth.
"Mandy, you turn your scrawny body back around and face us!" Seth demanded.
But Finn, painted in the same paint he wore at The Beast In The East pay per view five months ago, smirked evilly and pulled Amanda to him.
"Mo Demon Banriona." Finn whispered, his lips crashing against Amanda's… it was for the cameras only but the trio in the ring didn't know that and rushed out of the ring.
The lights went out… and then returned, Seth, Dean and Roman turning and seeing Finn tightly holding Amanda to him and her struggling but once again, the hounds of justice had no idea it was scripted.
"Oh no you don't, my Demon Queen! You see, they're just a distraction for you and they insult us every chance they get, insulting me and Finn… well no more! Your Shield sister is no longer among you hounds!" Finn growled in a raspy voice, shouting towards the end.
The lights went out and a piercing scream was heard before the lights returned… but Finn and Amanda were gone and blood was in the ring.
'Might've crossed into Tv-14 territory… oh well, what they don't know won't hurt them.' Amanda thought as she and Finn ran into their locker room.
The locker room door closed and locked, Amanda and Finn started laughing.
"Could you believe how crazy they were going out there?!" Amanda asks. "My brothers took it too seriously but that was fun out there." She says
"Serves them right for how they've been acting!" Finn says as the two high fived. "Well now that our alters are on main programming, what's planned for SmackDown, my Demon Queen?" He asks, his right hand resting on her back.
"Guess we'll wait and see… but we should try to get this off of us soon-" Amanda says, Finn lightly gripping her wrist… before leaning in and resting his left hand on her neck.
But just as they were about to kiss, the knock at the door startled them.
"You two okay in there?" Stephanie asks, Amanda walking over and unlocking the door before opening it.
"That was crazy out there, you two are pulling this off beautifully!" Hunter says after he and Stephanie walk in, Hunter closing the door and resting one hand on Amanda's right shoulder and the other on Finn's left.
'Yes we are…' Amanda thought, her and Finn giving each other subtle nods.
This was gonna be a fun ride for both of them and the fans.