8/12/15, WWE NXT taping scheduled to air 8/19/15...
It had been an accidental shot, she told herself that, she told herself she wasn't hurting to try to save face and not break down… but he knew better.
Staring into those hazel eyes as he held her left hand to keep her from striking the ringside physician after a misplaced shot with the ladder from Kevin Owens, Finn could see clear as day that Amanda was hurt and hurt badly.
"Not feeling all that great… don't try to tell me otherwise, I know you better than that, lass. I know you're hurting bad because you're not speaking." Finn says.
Amanda nodded, an ice pack on the right side of her face.
Finn brushed Amanda's hair back and his left hand rested on the right side of her face, which he was sure would bruise from the force of the blow… but he wanted to comfort her.
The tension was suffocating between them as his left hand rested on her right thigh.
"Just kiss already, enough of the slow burn!"
Both jumped, seeing Colin 'Big Cass' Cassady. Amanda muttered in French and Finn lightly pinched her.
Amanda yelped, Finn chuckling slightly as she glared at him.
"What? You were mouthing off." Finn says after he stopped, their foreheads pressed together seconds later.
"You're lucky you're cute." Amanda whispered, Finn smirking slightly.
She could never be angry at him and in that moment, she knew it.
But when she had woken up in the middle of the night with a hellish migraine, she sat up slowly when she felt someone rubbing her right side… her eyes adjusting to the darkened room, she recognised Finn's blue eyes.
"Lie back down, love, it'll be okay." Finn says after placing two pills of Aleve in her right hand and an open bottle of water in her left hand.
Amanda swallowed the pills and Finn closed the bottle of water after setting it aside before he and Amanda stretched out on the bed, Amanda feeling Finn's hands lightly massage her tense body.
It wasn't long before she was back into sleep, feeling him kiss her forehead…
Present time…
"Nervous?" Finn asks after Amanda was painted up.
Amanda nodded and her eyes drifted to the screen… she had a feeling something was off.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Monday Night Raw. I am your host Michael Cole along with my co announcers Corey Graves and Booker T. About a few weeks ago the Demon King, the alter ego of Finn Balor cornered Amanda Cena and proclaimed her as his Demon Queen and saying that she was his and the new Women's Championship will be hers." Michael said. "Now gentlemen, Mandy has been through a lot and you heard Paige backstage after the match. Do you men think that this is all a prank for the Shield so they wouldn't argue?" He says, asking the last part.
"Well personally for me, Michael, I hate arguments. And between a team that was a strong as the Shield back in 2012 through 2014, there is gonna be arguments... but knowing Mandy for so long she hates arguments. Especially with the people that she loves and cares, she sees Roman, Dean and Seth as her brothers and when they make remarks about her and Finn, that strikes a nerve with her and has to pull a string or two with you two. I see nothing wrong with a man like Finn in Mandy's life." Booker said.
Corey nodded his head. "I agree with you, Booker."
Corey was going off script, which surprised his fellow commentators.
"Mandy and I have had our differences and seeing her and Finn's relationship take a supernatural turn, I like how they are to be honest. But the former Shield tag team need to real in their possessiveness and let John take the lead on Mandy's protection." Corey explained.
"Touché, Corey." Michael said. He looked at Booker and the older hall of famer smiled back at the head announcer.
It was the middle of the show and the Demon King's theme came on.
The heartbeat started and the arena turned red as blood. The crowd was screaming and cheering for the painted up Finn Balor. He was coming down into the ring dressed in his Demon King attire and stood in the middle of the ring with a mic in his hand.
"Hello New Orleans." Finn said as the crowd cheered and he gave them a smile. "Now what you saw a few weeks ago might've been a shocker, but nothing is going to compare to what you're about to witness."
The crowd cheered again and Amanda was at the gorilla getting ready to make her entrance.
"Now that I have found my one and only, I have also found someone who can take that championship and show the world that Stephanie and Hunter are not the only king and queen in WWE, and that doesn't mean Miz and Maryse. They are sorry people who can never make it in what I called my home; hell." Finn says. "So now ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you all my lover, my queen and the woman who stole my soul away from my host… Mandy Cena, my Demon Queen!"
The crowd's cheers were deafening when the lights went low and a choir version of No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne played as a newly revamped Amanda walked out there, her right hand entwining with Finn's left one.
Half demon, half angel wings were painted on her back, designs between pure white and dark grey painted on her face. Her hair was down, the ends of her hair with a bit of navy blue splashed in like an ombre style.
She was wearing light blue-almost white contacts and a ring outfit similar to Sasha Banks outfit but white and grey.
In the ring, pyro went off from the ring posts and Finn and Amanda kissed… the commentators could tell that it wasn't just for the cameras.
A trio waited in the shadows… until their music hit.
Sierra!
Hotel!
India!
Echo!
Lima!
Delta!
SHIELD
Finn and Amanda looked at each other as the trio stormed down the steps in the audience before they jumped over the barrier. Once the Hounds of Justice got in the ring, Roman stood in front of Finn while Seth and Dean backed him up.
Amanda never thought in a million years these three would be back together… she felt like she was backed into a corner as Seth eyed her with pure anger.
"Gentlemen, you came to see the last important thing to happen to my queen and becoming the person she was always meant to be." Finn said.
Roman shook his head and narrowed his eyes at the Demon King. "No, we came here to rescue our Shield Sister and take her to SmackDown with her brother. Yeah, he doesn't like us, but he sure as hell will get her away from you so far as going to switching her over to another brand."
"I'm not going anywhere with you three!" Amanda shouted, Finn stood protectively in front of her.
"That is not going to happen, my friends. Because you see, Mandy has given herself over to me. Her body, her soul, her heart and most importantly… her life. She is not your Shield sister anymore, Amanda Rose Cena is my queen and she will get what's hers." Finn says, his eyes narrowed at the Hounds of justice.
"Oh and what's that, you freak?" Dean questioned.
Finn smiled as he turned to Amanda. "My respect." He said, turning back to them. "You three have caused her nothing but pain and heartache since Finn and I have been here, and you know what I will not stand to see my queen get hurt like this. You men need to learn that she is a grown woman and can be with whomever she wants to be with and that includes me, so I say you hounds run back to your ball and chains and leave me to my one and only."
A brawl had broken out, Seth trying to drag Amanda out of the ring during it and getting a kendo stick upside the head for his troubles.
After the brawl had ended, the Demon King and Demon Queen looked down at the fallen Shield before turning to each other and sharing another kiss.
Back at the hotel after getting the paint off, contact lenses out and seeing the spray in color run down the drain in the shower, Amanda was trying to calm her nerves… but she was thinking back to earlier.
Amanda felt Finn's arms wrap around her waist and his right hand drifted lower, touching her left inner thigh. She let out a low moan and tossed her head back as he kissed her neck.
"You've wanted me for a while now, love…" Finn whispered, pinning Amanda against the wall before they kissed and her legs drifted apart, her right one wrapping around his waist.
Across the hallway, Paige was sharing a room with Becky and Charlotte when all three heard the noise.
Charlotte let out a drunken laugh while Becky spoke in her native language and Paige shook her head with a smirk.
She was happy that Amanda had found a great man in her life.