Meanwhile…

Heather's senses shot off like a gun in her mind as she wandered through the snowy streets, the mind control from Catrina starting to falter on her… running to a nearby phone booth, she ran into it, slipped a quarter into the slot and called Matanza.

"What's going on over there?" Matanza asks.

"Catrina's mind control might've backfired… on one or both of her targets." Heather says, seeing that her bracelet was glowing a purple black shade, the same color as the candles.

"Interference?" Matanza asks.

"Of the romantic type." Heather says.

"Might be a problem, might not… I'll have to let Catrina know, little one." Matanza says before the two hang up.

"Careful, Matanza… she's a terror when pissed off." Heather says quietly before leaving.

She had to find Amanda and the others and quickly.

At the same time in the Temple, Matanza walked out of his room in his sleepy haze to find Catrina… it was just after 3 in the morning in California, he didn't like being awake this late.

But he had to be.

"Come on in, Matanza." Catrina says, opening the door after he knocked on it.

Matanza walked in, seeing the lit candles.

"You sensed it too?" Catrina asks, Matanza looking at her. "The whole "Will they or won't they?" was dragging a bit… but new love is new love. Still won't stop me from going through with my plan on Joe." She says.

"Mind jacking him and using him to harm Mandy when she hasn't done anything wrong? You said it yourself that you requested your release from the company!" Matanza says, Catrina motioning for him to sit down and him doing so…

6/28/12…

Amanda turned after feeling fingers tap her right shoulder, seeing Maxine.

"They don't really have any more plans for me… I'm gonna pursue other options." Maxine says.

"Damn… I'm sorry." Amanda says.

"Don't be… they seem to like putting faked out blondes on screen better than anyone realistic. Though Maryse would disagree but that's because she never really let her bitterness against you go… you've done groundbreaking things here, Mandy. I see you as a future hall of famer." Maxine says, Amanda smiling… but the older woman knew it was a sad smile. "Maybe one day… they'll forget all the bad and remember the good he did for this business… Chris would be so proud of you." She says, Amanda choking back a strangled sob as the two hugged.

"I just… miss them so much." Amanda says as they let go, brushing her tears away.

"It never truly goes away… I better get on going. Take care, Mandy." Maxine says.

"You take care too, Maxi." Amanda says, Maxine leaving.

In her car, Maxine tried to stay calm… but Catrina was growling to be let free as the dominant personality.

"Shut it… she's innocent, leave her alone." Maxine says lowly as she drove away.

The silent response from Catrina was eerie… too eerie…

Present time…

"My mortal side… never held any grudges, repressed them. Little Mandy… the poster child of two merged sides, angel and demon. And she's played both perfectly while hiding that she's less angel and more demon." Catrina says.

"So when you saw how she reacted to the Demon King…" Matanza starts to ask.

"It was a chemical explosion between them… like a three ring circus and five alarm fire. The fire burned slowly between the two… but it's sparked to higher heights now." Catrina says with a bit of her barely hidden anger out... before her eyes widened and she gasped out.

"Please, help me! She's gonna kill Mandy!" Maxine pleaded, Matanza's eyes wide with shock.

Torn between decisions, Matanza chose one of them and helped a numb Maxine stand up after blowing out the candles before they headed to Dario's office.

"Fair warning… there's a strange box in the place that we're heading to." Matanza says, Maxine nodding as she hung onto him.

At the same time in London, Amanda opened her eyes and realised that she had fallen asleep against Finn as he also woke up… both looked, the power still out and candles burning slowly.

"There's something wicked about these candles… I don't remember falling asleep." Finn says before he and Amanda kissed… before the lights and Tv turned back on.

"You think they're spiked with something?" Amanda asks as they sat up and blew the tiny flames out after letting go.

"Maybe… but the candles burning in the darkened room… set the right mood for us." Finn says as Amanda sleepily readjusted her navy pajama top and they kissed again.

Finn's hands lightly clenched the waistband of Amanda's pajama pants as he repeatedly kissed her neck while she reached for his Balor Club shirt… before both heard a knock at the door, pressing their foreheads together and smiling slightly.

Finn headed to the door and unlocked it, opening it and letting Becky, Bayley and Sasha in as well as Karl, Luke, AJ and Baron.

"Were we interrupting something?" Baron asks, noticing the still lingering black orchid scent.

Amanda lowered her head to hide her blushing face, Baron chuckling before he looked at Bayley.

"What? I can be wicked at times." Bayley says innocently.

"Well in this case, it worked perfectly…" Baron says.

At the same time in his own hotel room, Joe flipped through the channels… before jumping back as a flash of charcoal and purple started appearing, Joe recognising the form of the figure as a woman.

"You…" Joe says, the woman nodding.

"Call me Talora." The woman says. "And I need a place to hide, I just broke out of jail." Talora says, Joe's eyes widening in shock.

"Jail?!... How'd you end up there?!" Joe manages to ask.

"I inadvertently… caused the pileup that happened earlier…" Talora admits, stopping Joe when he tried to lift up the visor on her face. "Best not to do that… I'll explain later. You need help with someone." She says.

"Someone I hurt badly…" Joe says, turning to Talora and starting to explain everything that had happened.

Talora listened… and she knew that she couldn't let Joe mend things on his own.