Destiny

*Changes: The WWE Universal Championship has been switched out for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Chapter 2


Miami, Florida

Cedric laid in his bed looking at the ceiling. He had been laying their now for 2 hours since he had awaken from his nightmare of his past. He laid their shirtless while the rain outside could be heard tapping on the window. He turned his head and looked at the window before he finally sat up and looked around his bedroom.

Flashback

"Hey man you remember when you first started training and you had Bruce train you." said Cedric best friend in his best friend's bar, Denzel "Red" Brown. Denzel was a 5'11, African American male with dark colored skin with dark brown eyes and black hair in the form of a box with twist at the top of it.

"Yeah man, I remember. I remember when you started that rapping career too." Cedric joked around as he took club soda off the top of the bar counter and took a sip.

"Look man, I don't wanna toot my own horn but I think I was pretty damn good."

"Was. Man you was the shit."

"Yeah, I was but I had to stop doing it cause somebody had to take care of the family."

"Aye man it be like that. But does Kalani Rose still live around here?"

"Nah man but ole girl, Annalise Martinez lives around here. She works at that restaurant on Biscayne Boulevard. You still remember your way around here."

"Not really. I moved over there and I kinda forgot my roots."

"Kinda. Nah man you went ghost but it's alright. You became a World Champion. Anyway man I think you should holler at her."

"I think I do too but I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship that's not with Kala. I just got my mojo back. And besides it's not Kalani. And how do I get her to even notice me?"

"Well, I got one solution but let's be real you ain't going like it."

"Since when have I ever liked an idea of yours." Cedric said as he dapped his friend up while they both laughed.

Flashback Ends

"Guess I gotta do what I gotta do." He said as he then got up and walked to his closet to get ready for the day.


Hours Later - Downtown Miami

Cedric bent over as he panted for his breath after he ran a damn near 4 mile run with nonstop with black Nike shorts with black compression tights underneath with a long sleeve Nike compression shirt. On his feet he wore his all black LeBron Soldier 10s with gold accents with MVP in gold on the top strap. He stood back up and looked forward at the restaurant before he walked into the restaurant. He looked around as he breathed heavily from his workout before he finally looked on the wall and saw all the pictures.

"I'm sorry but We're not open yet." said the 5'7 Afro-Rican, Annalise Martinez as she was placing down menus on the tables. She has chocolate-like skin tone with long black hair and chocolate brown eyes and black eyebrows.

"I know. But I'm not here for the food. I'm here for you." He said as he caused her to look up from the menus and look at him. She looked him up and won while he did the same with her.

"Cedric Harvey. The one and only." She smirked as she continued to place the menus down.

"You know my name?"

"Of course I do. Nearly everyone from the 305 knows of you or about you. And especially if you're a woman you know."

"Ah, you're unfortunately referring to the old me. The old me was a womanizer and I can't change the past but I can change the future."

"One thing about men, once a womanizer always a womanizer." She said as she looked him in his eyes this time and saw the frown forming on his face.

"Why don't you give me a chance to prove otherwise? Just give me one date. One chance and I can show you my true intentions." He said with his frown turning into a smirk.

"Fine. If you can handle a night with me then pick me up at 11 tonight but if not then find yourself another girl." She said as she grabbed a napkin and wrote down her address before she handed it to him.

"Not gonna lie you are kinda cute though." She said making Cedric chuckle before he walked out of restaurant.


Hours Later - NXT

Cedric walked backstage dressed in black denim moto jeans with silver zippers with his Jordan 3 "Black Cement"s with a black Nike hoodie with a white check and a blue jean denim jacket with a huge rose on the back with Savage in white over it. He had his gold and black ray-ban sunglasses. He had his custom made gold Powerbeats in his ears as he carried a brown leather duffle bag.

He was walking up until he was tapped on the shoulder from someone behind making him take out one of his earbuds. He smiled once he saw the man who offered him a shot in the first place, Paul Levesque.

"Thank you for coming, I'm glad you took the chance and joined us."

"I had to. It seems like the right decision for me and my career."

"Believe me it is."

"Follow me to my office and we can discuss your contract."

"Man I like the sound of that. Contracts, man we have made it somewhere finally." Cedric said with a smile as Paul chuckled at his statement.

(!)

Cedric sat in Paul's office as they both discussed the contract negotiations. The entire time Cedric finally had the thoughts that he made it circling around in his head and it made him smile on the inside.

"Well, I think you'll find these terms and conditions suitable for you." Paul said as he handed Cedric a folder with a contract inside it. Cedric took the folder and looked inside of it.

"You sure you read these numbers right?" Cedric asked Paul.

"Yeah I did. And believe me you earned those numbers but there are some terms and conditions." Paul said. Cedric sighed as he looked at the contract before he looked up at Paul. This was it. The moment to see if he would sell out just for a contract in the WWE.

"We want you to sell some of your merchandise on . And we want maximum exposure with you, so any interviews or photoshoots always try to mention the WWE so we can get some attention." Paul said.

"Well, As long as we're in this negotiation process let me negotiate my terms. I want creative control of my character. Meaning that I want to be able to pick out my storylines as long as it doesn't interfere with any other storylines. And I want to be able what merchandise goes on WWE Shop." Cedric replied. Paul sighed before he shook his head with a light chuckle.

"Deal." Paul said as he handed Cedric a pen. Cedric took the pen and quickly signed his name on the dotted line.

"Now that we got that out the way. Let's talk about my debut." Cedric said as a smirk came on his face afterwards.

(!)

NXT North American Champion, Ricochet was balancing himself on the top rope as he faced a local competitor and got ready to end the match. But just as he was about to stand up and taunt on the top rope Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong ran down the ramp. Cole got onto the apron and push Ricochet off the turnbuckle into the ring causing the referee to ring the bell.

Fish, O"Reilly and Strong started to stomp down on Ricochet while the referee exited the ring for his own safety. Cole grabbed a chair and slid it into the ring while Strong, O'Reilly and Fish each took turns beating down Ricochet. O'Reilly and Fish grabbed Ricochet by the head and neck and held him up while Adam Cole slid into the ring and backed up into the corner with a sadistic smile on his face before he went on to superkick Ricochet.

The crowd booed as The Undisputed Era taunted while Cole walked over to the chair and wrapped it around his ankle. As Cole prepared to stomp on the fans cheered as someone walked onto the stage with a sledgehammer in hand.

The fans cheered as Ced stood on the stage with his sledgehammer in hand and a frown on his face. Ced walked down the ramp with a purpose before he slid in the ring. Strong tried to clothesline Ced first but Ced ducked it and hit O'Reilly in the gut with the sledgehammer. Fish got knocked down to the mat with a shot to the face by the sledgehammer and Ced dropped the hammer. Strong grabbed Ced by the shoulder and made him turn around and tried to punch him but Ced blocked it and hit him with an uppercut that sent him crashing to the ropes. Ced ran towards Roderick Strong and clothesline him over the ropes. Cole looked around the ring to see all of his group members lying on the floor on the outside in pain. Ced slowly turned around and saw Adam Cole who had a panic face on. He tried to swing at Ced but Ced caught him and slammed him down with a spinebuster.

Somehow Ricochet had managed to kick the chair off of his ankle and use the ropes to help pull himself up. Ced turned around and saw Ricochet before he ran towards him and hit him with a clothesline that nearly made him flip out of his boots causing the fans to start booing him. Ced smiled as he then exited the ring and looked at the destruction in his wake.

"Rise of the Young Ones" by Cliff Lin Hits

He walked up the ramp with a sadistic smile on his face before he turned around once he was up on the stage and chuckled at the destruction.


A/N: So I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter. Next Chapter I will have Ced be going on a date and we'll see how that goes.

Later!