WWE Fastlane 2015, after six man tag…

"Hey… that was great out there." Seth heard, seeing Amanda… she reached out to hug him but stopped when he lightly pressed his fingers into her collarbone. "Okay, that's not like you at all… what's going on here, Seth?" The 24 year old diva said, confused.

"Nothing." Seth answered and turned to leave… he reached the edge of the hallway when he heard "You know, I'm getting really sick of this, Rollins!" and turned back, walking to Amanda.

"What did you just say to me?!" Seth demanded.

"Lately, you've treated me like we barely know each other… and you might not care but that hurts me, Seth. What did I do wrong, why don't you want anything to do with me anymore?" Amanda responded, Seth slamming the Money In The Bank briefcase down in rage and muttering a name under his breath… but Amanda heard it. "He is my friend but the Demon King and Demon Mistress thing, it's just a storyline, Seth. Just like The Shield splitting apart was for the cameras, it shouldn't affect us backstage." She said before he turned back to her.

"Well it does! Before we know it, you'll be in the same bed and room, you'll be walking out into the arena hand in hand, leg up and lips together and it will be far from 'just an act'!" Seth said.

Amanda balled up her left hand before punching Seth right in the face, the noise attracting attention and Amanda seeing her old friend Joey Mercury.

"Both of you calm down." Joey said, trying to keep the peace between the two.

"Joey, stay outta this!" Seth snapped at him.

Amanda carefully pulled her hand away and walked off, Joey turning to Seth.

"That was low, even for you! Mandy is a damn loyal friend, you idiot! And now you just want to kick her to the side because she's found the kind of happiness she hasn't had in years?!" Joey said.

Down the hallway, Amanda pulled her hood of her Balor Club hoodie over her head. She wanted to just disappear entirely…

Present time…

They were quiet as they walked in, Dianne walking over and seeing the bruises that marred Amanda's face and arms.

"You really look almost like I did… after I lost my leg." Dianne said quietly, her mind hardly caring for the secrecy at that moment as there were way more overtaking thoughts in her head.

Amanda was out and Dianne knew it was because of the Hydrocodone, Dianne sitting down.

"Where is he?" Dianne asked.

"4th floor… these injuries are enough proof to press assault charges against him should she decide to." Finn answered, his fingers trailing through Amanda's now dry hair.

"And you know the board would suspend him in a heartbeat… I know it's not domestic violence but it's damn similar to it." Enzo said.

At the same time, Nathan couldn't put it off anymore and called Aestrid.

"Hey, Nate, how's work going?" Aestrid asked, unaware of the news bulletin.

"It's… Mandy's been injured, Ace… badly injured. By Seth… strangely Seth was injured too, and we've no idea who by." Nathan responded, originally planning to explain gradually but once he began, it all came out at once.

"Who injured who first, were they both attacked by someone?!" Aestrid asked.

"No… Seth attacked Mandy first, then the unknown girl called Callista attacked Seth, presumably to protect Mandy from further harm which makes me think… if she had to stop him when Amanda was in that condition, then if he was going further… he could very well have killed her." Nathan explained.

"I'm on my way there… that son of a bitch better think himself lucky that he's still breathing!" Aestrid responded before they hung up, Nathan going to check on Amanda.

Her eyes opened as she felt his hand rest on her face before he left, returning with an ice pack to put on her badly bruised right eye… but she noticed Finn wasn't there.

"First it was just slaps and punches… and then the tire iron…" Amanda said quietly.

"He threw aside any care for limits when he did that… there's hardly any going back after he did that." Nathan responded, as he was careful to not press too hard into the ice pack.

At the same time, Seth pulled his clothes back on and managed to sneak into the elevator… but when the doors closed, he paid no attention to the person behind him until a hand slammed on the stop button and he was grabbed by his shirt.

"Gonna run like a coward, huh?! I don't fucking think so!" Finn growled after punching Seth and slamming him into the wall. "Think you can beat her within an inch of her life and run like nothing happened, Seth?! Mandy didn't do a damn thing to you! What happened to never trying to kill her after she nearly died a year and a half ago, huh, got any answers for that?!" He yelled after kicking Seth down, Seth pulling himself up as blood trailed down his nose.

"She left me behind… she abandoned all thought of me, that I could've even been a little bit sorry, and then you happened! My problem ain't with you, it's with her being around you by her choice… it! Is! Wrong!" Seth responded, holding his left hand over his nose.

"You didn't once tell her you were sorry for breaking her kneecap and upper leg or show up to help her! There's nothing wrong with her and me being around each other… you shoved her away the second you took that chair and hurt her!" Finn replied. "All Mandy wanted was to know that the Seth she thought of as a brother was still there… that shouldn't have been so hard, should it? Hell, even Randy has no problem with me and Mandy! You used to say that you weren't anything like Randy, what you did proves otherwise!" He responded, Seth punching him and Finn responding with another punch… but it didn't bring Seth's anger to a stop.

"It doesn't matter what she wanted, it matters what she asked, and she asked me nothing! Yes, I am different, she let me change!" Seth replied with a growl, Finn attempting to swing at him again… but he yelled out as his fist hit something solid, recoiling back as small waves of blue energy seemed to ripple out across the air where his fist had been.

"Well fuck!" Callista responded as the waves of energy faded. "You, go to her! You, stay!" She said, Finn leaving.

"You… you crazy little bitch!" Seth responded, Callista slapping him.

"Yes, and rightfully so after you nearly killed her. What you did makes you just as low, if not even lower than her abusive ex who you claimed to hate for what he did!" Callista growled in response.

"Makes me low?! That man you just let leave, he's gonna break her heart like the others!" Seth yelled.

"You have no way of knowing that, you're stuck in that 'If I can't have her, no one can!' mindset!" Callista replied.

Finn walked into the room and sat down, pulling Amanda into his arms.

"I want to go home…" Amanda said quietly as they held each other, the two having spent so much time around each other that Finn's apartment became their home.

"I know you do… but if something happened and you were here, it would be a lot easier to get help than if we went back. But as soon as you're cleared, we'll be right back home before that same hour is up." Finn replied.

They let go, Finn helping Amanda lie down on her left side as Aestrid walked in and over to them. Aestrid saw Amanda's bruises and saw her hand the ice pack to Finn so he could put it on his injured hand.

"You tried to kill him…" Aestrid said quietly.

"He damn well deserves it." Finn responded as Callista walked in and over to Amanda, carefully approaching her.

"Callista…" Amanda said.

"Hey… I'm glad you're okay. Well… alive, at least." Callista responded as she stepped closer, knowing now that she was welcomed in.

"These will take a while to heal… and if you weren't there, he could've killed me." Amanda replied.

At the same time, Seth was on the sidewalk and saw a Camaro drive by. Thinking quickly, he jumped into the passenger seat, scaring Alexa.

"What the hell?!" Alexa shouted.

"Drive!" Seth yelled, Alexa speeding off.

She had no idea what she was getting into.