"Hey. Any better?" Jeff says as he and Matt checked on a now cleaned off Amanda, who was dressed in an oversized Balor Club tank top and zebra print pajama shorts, Amanda putting two Aleve gel capsules in her mouth before swallowing them with water.

"Once those kick in, hopefully. Honestly, you look like Jack Sparrow without that tooth." Amanda says, Jeff and Matt laughing slightly.

"Yeah, you got a point. Still, a missing tooth is nothing compared to your injuries, I should beat TJ's ass for that!" Jeff says, growling the last part.

"I agree with you guys but we're all exhausted… time to unwind and get some sleep." Finn says after walking back into the room, Jeff and Matt hugging Amanda and mouthing 'Take good care of her.' to Finn before leaving.

Once stretched out in the bed, the images of needles going into other wrestlers arms fled her tired mind… but Amanda knew it would only be temporary as there would always be someone who abused drugs in the industry.

The names and faces would just change.

Before fully dozing off, Amanda swore that she saw a familiar soul… one she wished she had met in person.

"Hush now…" Owen says, walking over to Amanda and pressing his index fingers to her temples, Amanda's eyelids becoming heavy and she drifted off into a deep sleep before she could ask why he was here...

Stretching out wasn't easy… Amanda rubbed her tired eyes as she felt Finn's arms around her tiny, bruised and beaten body and saw the sunlight flutter through the curtains.

It hurt to move… everything hurt as she was feeling the pain fully set in.

"Do you want me to get you anything?" Finn asks, turning concerned.

"Aleve, please." Amanda says, Finn knowing that her refusal to take anything stronger stemmed from years of seeing most of the older wrestlers shooting steroids into their body. Finn stood up after the two kissed, found the pills and some water, Amanda swallowing the pills.

Getting ready for the day took a bit longer but once they were in the lobby, the two ate breakfast… and looked through the script for Raw, Amanda frowning slightly at the first segment being a coronation for Alexa winning and Amanda being involved.

"One example of the writers screwing people over." Finn says quietly, Amanda smirking and trying not to laugh. She wasn't in any shape to compete tonight but it didn't mean that she couldn't show Alexa the difference between being a real champion and a phony just holding a title.

The drive to the arena consisted of the couple making each other laugh and singing along to whatever song was on the radio, even as The Sound Of Silence by Disturbed played… and a hint of sadness glazed over Amanda's eyes as the song sometimes made her cry as she remembered the ones lost.

For a split second, she saw Roddy in the backseat, smiling at her and Finn… but in the blink of an eye, Roddy disappeared as Finn lightly rubbed Amanda's left thigh and she looked at him.

"It's okay, lass… things get too tense tonight or you start feeling too much pain, just let me know." Finn says, him and Amanda kissing.

Sacramento, Amanda's P.O.V

I read through the script again to make sure I didn't miss anything in my tired mindset earlier… I'm in the locker room alone as Finn, Seth and Mike are discussing tonight's match.

And then I look up and see Owen again…

"Sorry about being so brief last night but you needed your sleep, little lady." Owen says as I set the script down and carefully stand up, my aggravated nerves not taking too kindly to it and sending pain up into my upper back.

"What's going on? Owen, I keep hearing people laugh and talk and they're not even alive anymore." I say, Owen resting his hands on my shoulders… actually resting them there and they feel so real like he never fell 78 feet and died in that ring.

"Your open and partially innocent mind allows you to see, hear and talk to us… no one likes to see these kinds of things, they're confusing and sometimes frightening but you haven't lost your mind, kiddo." Owen says, me backing away slightly.

"I'm not sane, something's seriously wrong-" I start to say, turning and seeing Roddy.

"As scary as this is darlin', he's right. You haven't gone insane, you see us because you've held onto part of who you were a decade ago… you've merged the two into who you are, a mended and healed soul, Mandy. Don't forget that, okay?" Roddy says, the two of us hugging before he and Owen disappeared.

I know I'll see them again… it's just a matter of waiting.

Monday Night Raw…

The segment was becoming intolerable as Alexa dragged up Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah, putting herself in the same category as them… when she got to Amanda, the small brunette snatched the microphone and decided to have a little fun with the script.

"You call yourself a goddess, you think you're worthy of classifying yourself as someone people can look up to while dragging every woman in this ring down as well as the ones who paved the way so you can have the smallest chance of standing in this ring, little Harley Quinn wannabe…" Amanda says, holding up her Cruiserweight Championship. "I damn near killed myself in and outside the ring for this championship last night during the match! You want to drag me down too, Alexa?! Well-" She says before a sickening punch followed and Alexa fell to the mat unconscious.

The others stood speechless in that ring, Amanda looking down at Alexa with a hint of satisfaction.

'Some champion.' Amanda thought before she stood in the middle of the ring and held her title above her head proudly.

"I don't know whether the Demon Mistress has snapped and taken exception to what Alexa was saying or is making a powerful statement to the effect of "I'm here, throw all you want at me, I ain't gonna go down until I'm dead!"." Booker T says as Never Let Me Down Again blared through the arena.

"You don't disrespect the goddess like that!" Corey exclaimed, Amanda turning and giving him the look that had long been called the 'AJ Lee' eyes as she held the microphone after brushing a stray hair off of her black shorts.

"I just did, you jackass! You got something you want to prove, take that ten foot barge pole outta your ass and step in this damn ring!" Amanda shouted, Corey scowling as Mickie and Bayley held Amanda's uninjured arm up one at a time and Sasha, Nia, Dana and Alicia hugged Amanda while Emma gave a nod of respect.

Amanda felt on top of the world despite her wounds from last night… and the show was just starting.