"Spill it, what did you do, Rollins?!" Alexa asked once they were in the apartment she shared with Murphy.
"I may have… nearly killed Mandy. Then some woman turned up and nearly killed me, so I suppose it was like an eye for an eye." Seth answered as he sat down nearby.
"She damn well wasn't playing around… I don't even need to guess who broke your nose, do I?" Alexa responded as she handed an ice pack to Seth, who put it on his nose.
"Finn didn't take too kindly to it, would've killed me had that woman not shown up." Seth answered.
"And something tells me that it wasn't a very common way of stopping a fight." Alexa suggested.
"She showed up in the elevator, without opening the doors." Seth replied as the door opened and Murphy walked in… before closing it.
"You, why the fuck are you hiding here?!" Murphy responded, livid at seeing Seth.
"Well who else is ever gonna offer me shelter?! There's enough blind and idiotic people flying at me to land me in the morgue by the end of the week!" Seth answered.
"Well damn right they would be wanting to after you nearly killed Mandy!" Murphy shouted.
"Yes, well certain wise people seem to agree with me!" Seth replied, glancing at Alexa.
"Don't you bring me into this, I just stopped as I saw an injured friend… honestly I'm not sure what to think. Mandy getting hurt, no big deal. Almost killed… that's a bit much." Alexa responded.
"So what then?" Seth asked.
"Patching you up, then you're walking out of here! And if you refuse, I'll throw you through the damn door, you get that?!" Murphy replied.
Seth nodded, knowing not to cross Murphy when he was pissed.
At the same time, Finn heard his phone go off with a video call and answered it to see his brother.
"Awfully late over there but you saw the news, I take it?" Finn asked, Conor glancing at the hospital bed and cringing when he saw how Amanda looked.
"Poor lass looks like she got hit by a truck… anything broken?" Conor replied.
"No broken bones, doesn't mean he didn't try to." Finn answered.
"He would've killed her right there… so much for Shield siblings." Conor responded, looking towards Amanda again.
"Dean and Roman are much more reasonable… thought that if we were all away from each other on screen that it wouldn't affect us off screen." Amanda said. "It's after 1 am here, you couldn't sleep over there?" She asked.
"Not once I heard the news… I hope he at least ends up in the house of handcuffs and cardboard meals for what he did." Conor answered, glancing back at the Tv as the BBC news was covering the headline again, though not saying much different to what they had before.
"I hope so too but if he's still here, they can… cuff him." Amanda said before she looked to Finn. "He was trying to escape when you got to him." She replied.
Out walking around as best as he could, Seth stopped and hid when he heard it.
"Keep looking, he's gotta be here somewhere, Sami!" Bayley said, Seth knowing she was angry.
"I don't see him! Sasha, you find him yet?!" Sami asked into his walkie talkie.
"Not so much as a peep yet… and I'm also wondering why Callista refused to help, but all questions in their own time I suppose." Sasha answered, having met Callista in the front area of the hospital earlier and been confused as to why she denied to help them.
Seth climbed up the ladder nearby and reached the roof of a building… only to be kicked down to the concrete by Renee.
"Gotcha, you rat bastard!" Renee yelled, pinning Seth down and punching him until Dean reluctantly pulled his girlfriend off of Seth.
"Easy babe, don't break anything of yours!" Dean said as Sasha climbed up the ladder, the purple haired diva yanking Seth up to his feet.
"You really have lost your mind, Rollins! Let's go!" Sasha responded, dragging Seth with her to the car and kicking him into the backseat.
"You're taking me to the police, aren't ya?" Seth asked sarcastically as Sasha got in and slammed and locked the door.
"You'll get off too easily if we do that!" Sasha growled before Sami drove off with them.
The hours seem to drag on but once Amanda was completely asleep, Finn closed his own eyes too…
Amanda opened her eyes and saw Finn smiling at her as he rested his hand on her stomach, their children awake and moving around.
"Why the smile?" Amanda asked quietly.
"The strong kicks of new life… they're active ones and that'll increase when they're older, like ourselves." Finn answered, as he lightly held Amanda's hand and moved it to where his had been rested.
"Every time, it feels like they're saying hello to us… these beautiful little angels." Amanda whispered, the two kissing. "Our little family… they might take after us and get into the ring." She said as they sat up on the couch and Amanda tried to stand up but couldn't, Finn picking her up into his arms. "I'll be honest, that'll scare me… now I understand why my mom and dad freak out whenever I get hurt... you never stop wanting to protect your babies." She whispered, jumping slightly as Danny kicked her in the ribs.
"Hope he didn't break anything." Finn said.
"Takes after his dad… strong but gentle." Amanda replied as Finn took her upstairs and put her on their bed.
"And his sister takes after you. Fiery but loving." Finn said.
"If Briana takes after me when she's a teenager, you're gonna be the kind of dad who's armed with a shotgun if she brings her high school boyfriend over to meet us, aren't you?" Amanda asked with a slight laugh as Finn sat down.
"Oh, I wouldn't say so… not a shotgun, maybe a bat." Finn joked in response.
"He better treat our little girl with respect or I'm gonna beat him senseless." Amanda replied before they kissed and Finn rested his head near her stomach, hearing slight hiccups echoing from Briana and smiling.
Amanda couldn't help but feel like everything was in place…
Amanda's eyes opened and she instinctively stretched her legs out, Finn's eyes snapping open when he heard her muffle a scream and him reaching over and massaging her hip.
"That'll take quite a while to get better… just got to learn some careful habits until it does." Finn said quietly as Amanda turned slightly to face him easier.
"The second that tire iron hit me… I thought he had paralyzed me." Amanda admitted, brushing her tears away. "Same damn leg too…" She said as they held each other.
A few days later, she was out of the hospital and checked on the news updates after towel drying her now shoulder length hair… she found one describing Seth's suspension and comments from his young teen fans and Finn saw that unlike last time, Amanda couldn't brush it off. Walking over, Finn wrapped his arms around Amanda's shoulders and lightly ran his fingers through her slightly damp hair.
"At least he won't be able to cause trouble to anyone and give work as an excuse." Finn said after a moment.
"Yeah… and hopefully, the young starstruck girls realise that." Amanda replied after setting the phone down, both heading downstairs and seeing someone outside.
Amanda's eyes narrowed and Finn grabbed the bat by the wall, quietly walking over and swinging the door open… but instead of Seth, it was Seth's older brother Brandon.
"The hell are you doing here?!" Finn and Amanda asked simultaneously, Finn lowering the bat and letting Brandon in once he was sure that the other man wouldn't hit Amanda.
"Here to give my brother a whack on your behalf… first I wanted to decide how hard though." Brandon answered.
"Break something of his for me." Amanda said after Brandon saw the bruises on her arms, shoulders and face.
"I'll give him you and I's best, depending on how you look at it." Brandon said in agreement.
"Already broke his nose. I know he's your family but he can be a fucking sadist at times." Finn explained, Brandon carefully hugging Amanda.
"Well when the brother agrees, you know it's true." Brandon responded, before he headed out again to look for Seth.
After eating lunch, Amanda heard her tablet chime and picked it up. She answered the video call, 46 year old Kurt jumping back when he saw her bruises.
"Damn, kid, you look like hell. And where are you?" Kurt replied.
"Hiding out with a friend." Amanda answered before Kurt saw Finn sit down next to her.
"Kurt? Been some time since I've heard from you." Finn said, the two having met while working in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
"It has been… how's the states working for you then? Seems like the kind of trouble Bullet Club members get into quite often, am I right?" Kurt responded.
"Much different here. And I can count the times we haven't gotten into trouble on one hand." Finn answered, Amanda hiding her face to hide the light shade of scarlet.
"Mandy Rose Cena, what did you do now?" Kurt asked, Amanda turning back to him.
"I… smashed a whiskey bottle over Scott Dawson's head a few nights back when he picked a fight with Finn." Amanda replied, Kurt trying not to laugh.
"At a girl." Kurt said approvingly.