Raw GM's office...

"Where the hell is he, why's he making us wait?!" Dean asks as him, Amanda, Finn, Roman and Ayumi waited for Kevin to show up as Amanda readjusted her Balor Club racerback tank top and black and white leggings… even with hardly any makeup on and the bruise on her face hidden, Ayumi still saw her youthful face.

The door opened and a heavily bruised Kevin walked in, glaring at Amanda, who looked at him like "Try anything and I'll do worse!"... but then Kevin noticed Ayumi.

"Another younger looking than she is bitch with a broken past?!" Kevin snarled, Amanda about to strike him but Finn stopped her.

"Listen, man, don't think for a second that I won't drag you out of that window if you speak any more of that trash!" Ayumi warns. What Kevin didn't know was that in the few seconds it took her to say that, she'd scanned everything from his muscle to body fat ratio to the mass of his individual bones, completely sizing him up.

"Let's just start this off properly. No one's mentioned the tragedy on Tv for 9 years… Kevin, the USA Network is asking us to debate whether we should pull you off Tv tonight." Hunter says, Kevin turning infuriated and glaring at Amanda.

"What? I didn't ask for that." Amanda says.

"I just said it to throw you off, not so you'd damn near kill me!" Kevin yells.

"Bullshit! You've had it out for me since you came to this company! At first, it's because you claimed that I took your place as Sami's best friend! Why don't you just admit what your real problem is with me?!" Amanda says, Ayumi lightly tugging on her arm and Amanda turning to her. "Something wrong?" She asks, not knowing that Ayumi scanned Kevin's mind.

"It's not you, personally… he feels like you get picked up back on your feet and they leave him down when he falls." Ayumi says.

"What the hell are you?!" Kevin asks, Ayumi looking at him.

"I'm a halfway assimilated human-machine hybrid, neither dead nor truly alive who missed nearly 3 years of the world while I was dead from a plane crash… but you can call me Ayumi." Ayumi says.

"And I'm calling this meeting off, go back to your locker room." Hunter says, Kevin leaving. Amanda rubbed the sides of her head, Ayumi knowing it was a stress headache.

"He's just one of the crazy people around here." Amanda says.

"One? How many work here?" Ayumi asks.

"I've lost count, seen too many leave the company altogether." Amanda says.

"She's right. Some have expressed too much frustration and others felt dissatisfied." Hunter says.

In the locker room later, Ayumi saw a photo of Amanda and Finn… but was confused by the paint both had on in it.

"NXT TakeOver Brooklyn… when Finn and I are in our other characters, things go crazy at times." Amanda says, Ayumi seeing Demon King & Demon Mistress printed on the corner of the promotional photo… and then she saw an older photo.

In it were Amanda, Seth, Dean and Roman around the time that The Shield were together… but Ayumi was focused on Seth and Amanda and his arm around her, looking like he didn't want to share her with anyone outside the group.

But there was a reason…

WWE SmackDown taping, 3/5/14..

"Throw it in the middle or throw it at me but throw it." Amanda said like she was scripted to, her and Seth's fists touching… Roman put his next to Seth's, Dean's to Roman's and all four looked at the camera.

But in the backstage area, Amanda let the facade drop and leaned against a crate, Seth rubbing his hands up and down her back and shoulders to try to take the aches away before sitting down and pulling her into his lap as Stephanie and Hunter stopped nearby.

Exchanging concerned glances, they walked over and Stephanie rested her hand on Amanda's forehead.

"Hunter, go find the Motrin we keep with us." Stephanie says, Hunter kissing Amanda on her forehead before leaving.

"She's been feeling sluggish all day, Steph… we're worried." Seth says, Amanda resting her head on Seth's shoulder.

"Okay, we're gonna improvise things then. When Randy leaves the ring, Mandy, you smack him and cause a DQ, okay?" Stephanie says before Hunter returned to them, Amanda nodding.

Hunter checked Amanda's temperature, a reading of 100.1° appearing before she took the Motrin.

The match was up and Amanda did as Stephanie instructed, the ref calling for the bell… but Amanda fell to a knee and Seth picked her up into his arms.

"Michael, something ain't right. Mandy ain't like her usual self." Bradshaw says.

"You're right, I hope whatever it is that she'll be okay." Michael says.

Later at the hotel, Amanda was struggling to keep her eyes open as Seth checked on her.

"Fever's gone, that's a good thing." Seth says as he helped Amanda into the bed and pull the covers over her once she had gotten ready for sleep, the faint scent of Ivory soap on her skin… but she was still so damn tired.

"Yeah…" Amanda says quietly, nuzzling her head into my right shoulder as Seth pulled her into his arms.

It isn't long before she falls into peaceful sleep… and after a while, so do the others.

But it was around four in the morning that he noticed that Amanda wasn't next to him and saw the bathroom light on.

"Mandy, are you alright?" Seth asked after standing up and reaching the area… and immediately dropped to her, turning her to her side. "Roman, Dean, call 911!" He shouted, keeping Amanda's mouth open with his right hand as Roman talked to the 911 dispatcher, also in a frantic mindset.

Seth held Amanda in his arms after the seizure stopped several minutes later… but Amanda was out cold and Seth, Dean and Roman had tears running down their faces as they prayed silently, hoping Amanda would survive this.

She meant the world to these three men… and they didn't want to lose her.

Present time…

"I nearly died… that's why they're insanely protective, they're scared to let me go." Amanda says after explaining it to Ayumi.

"Nearly possessive, it sounds like… well, with Seth anyway. But he's gotta know that Finn won't hurt you, Mandy." Ayumi says.

"He doesn't see it that way… seeing me nearly dead really shook Seth up. I honestly don't know how to describe him and me anymore." Amanda says.

"But you clearly like Finn… and from what I sensed from him, he likes you too. So it's more than a close friendship at this point..." Ayumi says.

"You're right about that…" Amanda and Ayumi heard, Amanda turning her head to the side and trying to hide the faint red coloring in her face as Finn was in the doorway.

Shyness was a rarity with Amanda Rose… and Finn knew it.