A/N: Won't be following the exact results of pay per view matches.
11/7/12, NXT Taping…
"Hello?" Baron asks, having heard some sniffling in a darkened hallway.
He walked closer, the small figure looking up... and through the dark, Baron saw Amanda's hazel eyes and walked to her, sitting down.
"What happened, Mandy? You and Cody break up?" Baron asks.
Amanda nodded, brushing her tears away.
"I'm an idiot… I thought he was a good guy but… Layla was right, Cody's a serial cheater. When I called him out on it, he tried to make it my fault and drag my friendship with Seth into it as well." Amanda says, Baron wrapping his right arm around her in a comforting manner. "Am I too close to him? We've been told that we're more like siblings… I guess I should've learned after what happened with Randy." She says, Baron stopping her there because as far as he knew, Cody wasn't physically abusive.
"Don't compare the two in that aspect, sweetheart… I used to watch Raw in 2006 and 2007, I saw how Randy was." Baron says, remembering how Amanda would try to pull her arm out of Randy's grip and he would drag her closer to him.
"John gave him hell after he saw bruises on my arms one night." Amanda says.
"I expect so. We're like your brothers but he's the real brother. Any older siblings would be pissed off about the younger one being abused." Baron says.
"Yeah… no matter how old I get, he'll still see that little kid climbing up trees." Amanda says, letting out a slightly crooked smile.
"Aw, see? There's a smile. Come on, kiddo." Baron says, picking Amanda up into his arms before standing up and taking her down the hallway.
"I lost track of how long I've been in that hallway…" Amanda says as she leaned against him.
Baron lightly kicked the door to The Shield locker room and it opened, him placing a now asleep Amanda in Seth's arms.
"Breakups wear us all out… she should be okay, just keep an eye on her." Baron says before leaving, closing the door as Seth sat down with Amanda in his arms.
Amanda sleepily leaned against Seth, who rested his left hand on the right side of her face and lightly kissed her on her forehead.
He was already planning on hurting Cody…
Present time...
"Well, they left it open ended again. The ones who write who's to win and lose matches over in WWE, do they get indecisive at times?" Devitt says.
"I've lost count of how many matches that were planned out have ended in victory when it was supposed to be a loss." Amanda says, readjusting her long curls into a ponytail and checking her reflection in the mirror.
The door opened and Karl, Tama, Luke and Bad Luck Fale walked in, Luke and Amanda hugging.
"Hey, old friend." Luke says as they let go.
"Quite the cutie, she is." Karl says, lightly bringing Amanda's hand up to his mouth and kissing the fingers.
"Knock it off, Karl, you're married!" Luke says, lightly shoving Karl as Amanda smiled.
"And we need to practice something. Amanda, one hand on Karl's shoulder and the other on my arm, sweetie." Fale says, Amanda doing so.
Amanda let out a startled laugh when she suddenly found herself propped up on Devitt's shoulders and the two looked at each other after he stood up to his full height.
"Don't worry, love, I won't let ya fall." Devitt says, lightly rubbing Amanda's left thigh.
"Now who's flirting with the newbie?" Karl asks jokingly.
"Ha ha, at least I ain't married or just out of a relationship." Devitt says, Tama turning a bit uncomfortable at the mention of himself and his ex.
Later before the match, Amanda had a black hooded jacket on, the hood hiding her face as they heard the roar of cheering fans… Amanda jumped slightly when Devitt rested his hand on her right shoulder but looked at him after pulling the hoodie up.
"It'll be okay… don't panic." Devitt says, placing a kiss on Amanda's forehead before he readjusted the hood of the jacket and his thumbs lightly brushed against her face.
Tama narrowed his eyes in anger, feeling a slight swat on his right arm and turning to Karl.
"Behave yourself." Karl said, Tama nodding reluctantly.
Amanda's perspective…
The atmosphere here in Japan… it's indescribable, really. I've heard loud audiences but damn, these fans are going insane!
Fale and Karl are stood next to me, Karl giving me a slight smile.
"You're doing awesome, little lady." Karl says quietly before I'm once again on Devitt's shoulders and we're all headed to the ring, the fans going even crazier.
My legs instinctively tuck themselves towards Devitt, who lightly rubs my right one before steadying me on the ring apron after I grab the top rope and he climbs up next to me, opening the ropes for me to climb into the ring.
"For those tuning in, tonight kicks off a new kind of opportunity! I'm Josh Matthews, joining me is Jim Ross!" I hear and out of the corner of my right eye, I can see them.
Devitt's right hand rests on my left hip, his left hand on my back like the script said to.
"This young man in the ring said that there would be a surprise tonight involving this mystery woman…" JR says, Devitt bringing his left hand up to touch the right side of my face as the lights went out.
His jacket starts lighting up in red, blue, green and yellow as he pulls the hood of my jacket down and the zipper down after it before the spotlights shine down on us.
"That is her, that's little Mandy Cena!" Josh exclaims, Devitt pulling the hoodie off me until it hit the mat by its own accord and lightly kissing the palm of my left hand after I rest it on his face.
He hasn't said anything about the scar yet…
Third person perspective, 13 minutes into Lumberjack Deathmatch…
Hiroshi kept narrowing his eyes at Amanda every now and then until eventually, he grabbed her by her hair when the ref was distracted.
Not taking too kindly to that, Amanda used AJ's Pele kick and sent Hiroshi reeling back and right into the Bloody Sunday DDT from Devitt to get the pin.
Devitt stood up and immediately picked Amanda up into his arms and spun her around before picking Hiroshi up into a sitting position with the help of the other Bullet Club members.
Amanda made a gun gesture with her right hand and her index finger was right at Hiroshi's left temple, smirking… and Devitt could see it, the seamless transition into a villain role for Amanda.
And already, he was liking it.