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The Road to Wrestle Mania: One Man's Journey to the Top
Chapter III
Survival Of The Fittest

The Survivor Series was now forty-eight hours in-counting and Drake has finally got a team together for the event. Just in time too, because Orlando Jordan has picked his team and they are ready. Drake's team consisted of Chris Benoit, Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal and Drake knew he could trust these three people. As for Orlando, he chose Christian and the team called MNM; Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro, along with the valet, Melina. She was going to be trouble, of this Drake was sure so he enlisted some help from Christy Hemme to keep Melina under wraps.

Theodore Long decided to give the audience a taste of the Survivor Series by signing a singles match for Smackdown that night; Drake Williams verses Joey Mercury. For the moment, Drake sat in his locker room wrapping tape around his wrists while watching the TV. Randy Orton was on screen running his mouth as usual. Drake hoped that he would square off against the so-called Legend Killer in the near future. At that instant there was a knock on the door and Theodore Long walked in. Drake stood up and greeted his boss.

"Hey Teddy, how're things?" Drake asked. "Everything's cool, playa but I got some bad news." Long answered. "You see I neglected to tell you that Chris Benoit already has a match at Survivor Series verses Booker T for the US Title." Drake was shocked and replied, "No Teddy, don't do this to me. I need Benoit." Long shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but you'll need a new partner."

Theodore Long left the room and Drake sat back down to think thing through. How was he going to find a new partner in two days? He did not have much time to think about it; Drake's match was up next. Joey Mercury came out with Johnny Nitro and Melina and they stood ringside while Joey entered the ring. As soon as Drake's music came on, Drake sprinted to the ring and tackled Joey to the mat. Drake mindset was crystal clear; get an early advantage in the match and ware down at least a quarter of Orlando's team before the PPV.

It was not long before Orlando rushed the ring and attacked Williams, causing a DQ for Joey Mercury. Being the heels that they are, Orlando and MNM did not care and kept the beating going until Animal and Heidenreich came to the rescue. The heels bailed out but Orlando started gloating at Drake, saying he would never find a fourth partner.

The night of the Survivor Series came about and the event was now an hour away. During that time, Josh Matthews caught Drake for an interview before the PPV. Drake had a very confident look on his face and with good reason; he announced that he found a new partner for his match against Team Jordan. But he kept that to himself to keep Orlando guessing. Only Drake, Heidenreich and Animal knew who their partner was as the opening pyrotechnics went to start the Survivor Series.

Christian was the first member of Team Jordan to enter the ring followed by MNM and finally Orlando Jordan himself. The current Tag Team champions Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich came out with Christy Hemme as part of Team Drake. Then Drake Williams came out to the arena and waited in the ring for his teams' new partner to arrive. Team Jordan grew confident and entered the ring only to hear the music of Matt Hardy hit the arena. Matt Hardy came out to a huge ovation and stormed the ring with Team Drake.

Heidenreich and Johnny Nitro started off by trading blows while all other members waited on the ring apron. Nitro got knocked down and tagged Joey Mercury while Heidenreich tagged in Animal. The Road Warrior pressed Mercury over his head before slamming back to the mat and Mercury tagged in Christian. Animal tagged in Matt Hardy and he and Christian started with some chain wrestling. After a hard fought battle, Christian tagged in Orlando and Matt Hardy tagged in Drake and they went right at it.

As the match wore on, both team suffered two eliminations each. Team Drake lost Animal and Heidenreich and Team Jordan lost Christian and Joey Mercury. Orlando Jordan had Matt Hardy trapped in a headlock but Matt countered into the Side Effect and they were both down. Drake reached out as far as he could get a tag while Johnny Nitro did the same. Orlando made the tag to Nitro but Matt tagged Drake and he was a house of fire. Drake scored with a hard clothesline on Johnny and Orlando and then hit a face buster on Johnny and one to Orlando as well.

Drake hit a DDT on Johnny and went for the cover but Orlando broke it up, and Matt Hardy tagged into the match and all four men were in the ring. Drake tackled Orlando out of the ring and Matt Hardy hit the Twist of Fate on Johnny Nitro and is eliminated. Orlando snuck into the afterwards and rolled up Matt Hardy from behind and Matt is gone.

The match was down to Orlando Jordan and Drake Williams, who was dazed outside the ring. Orlando brought Drake back in and covered Drake but only got a two count. Orlando argued with the ref before going back to work on Drake, but Drake caught Jordan in of all things, the Sharpshooter. The crowd went crazy and even chanted "We want Bret." Orlando made it to the ropes, meaning Drake had to release the hold. Orlando tripped Drake and put his feet on the ropes but Drake still kicked out. Orlando could not believe it and pounded on Drake until the referee pulled him away. Orlando pushed the ref away went to the top turnbuckle and hit a cross body, but Drake reversed it and got Orlando on his shoulder hit a kind of reverse Death Valley Driver and won the match.

"Here is your winner and the sole survivor, Drake Williams." Tony Chimel announced.

Drake struggled to his feet as the crowd cheered for him. Christy Hemme remained at ringside and helped Drake back up as he has kicked off his first Pay-Per-View with a victory. Drake smiled at Christy and even hugged her before heading to the backstage area. Later on, Drake wondered around backstage as the event progressed when he was met by Theodore Long. The youngster was still a bit sore at Long for taking Chris Benoit out of the match but then again, it was business.

"Hey, playa. Good job in your match tonight." Long said. "Thanks, Teddy." Drake said. "But I'm still a little ticked that you took Benoit out of match. Still, I got no hard feeling" Long responded, "Well that's good to hear Drake, because I got you in mind for a championship match in the future. Way to represent."

Theodore Long went on his way as Drake looked stunned and also pleased to hear about himself getting a possible future title shot. The youth shrugged it off and went on his way before stopping at a monitor to watch Chris Benoit and Booker T square off for the US Championship. Drake looked down at his waist, envisioning that same title around it. Drake figured sooner or later, he would get some gold; it was only a matter of time. Drake continued on his way when he suddenly came to a halt and looked ahead of him. Before Drake Williams stood another superstar that he at one time aspired to be like. The only problem; this man was a Raw superstar. Drake found himself face to face with The Game, Triple H.

"So, you're the new guy on Smackdown." HHH said. "That's right, and you are…" Drake stopped for a moment before saying, "Well let's be honest. You're the best in the business. The Cerebral Assassin. The Game. As far as I'm concerned, you are the man to beat, and one day, I'll will."

Triple H got in Drake's face and then snickered to himself. "Keep dreaming, kid. But remember this…you cross me and I will end you career before it gets started, and you will realized that I am that damn good."

Triple H took his leave as Drake stared a hole right into the man he once idolized as a child. Drake knew that one day, he would face Triple H one on one. He would be waiting.

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