The Zack Mercer Story

Chapter 24: NXT Return

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 - No Mercy: 18 Days Away - Atlanta, Georgia

James walked backstage in the arena that would be hosting the live NXT Taping. He actually felt like he was at home being back at NXT once again. Seeing some of his friends in NXT made him smile. He walked around wearing "Toro Bravo" Jordan 4s with light blue skinny jeans and his Mercermania shirt. He wore his black aviator shades on his face. He also had black necklace with a silver charm on it that had his daughter's name with her birthday. He also had a silver bracelet on his right wrist with a watch on the same wrist.

Lexi was in the NXT Women's Locker Room talking to a few of the female competitors in NXT.

"Well, Well, Well. If it isn't James." James heard someone say his name making him turn around to see Joe standing there. James chuckled as he walked towards Joe and gave him a bro hug.

"Man it's good to see ya." Joe said chuckling.

"Man it's good to be back here. It seems like just yesterday I was kicking your ass here." James joked around.

"Okay if that's how you remember it." Joe joked making James chuckle.

"Alright I'll see you out there. They got me coming in for a return promo. Something to just get the fans hyped. Or at least that's what they told me. You know how NXT Creative is." James said.

"Oh yeah, I know." Joe said as he then walked away from James and walked towards the locker room. This left James in the middle of the hallway by himself looking around with a smile on his face. That is until a certain 5'1 female wrapped her arms around his abdomen.

"Hey babe." James said as he lifted his arms while Lexi moved around to his front side while he wrapped his around her.

"I'm happy that we're here." Lexi smiled.

"I am too. I missed being here not gonna lie. Back then we only had to focus on our matches really and just let creative figure things out. Now we have to worry about the storyline and not botching. In NXT we can botch once or twice in a while and keep on going. Now if we botch we can risk our storyline and push." James said.

"I hear you. Speaking of a push, I heard that after your IC title match with Miz they're going to try to put you in a tag with Matthew." Lexi said as she looked up at him.

"I know. I just hope that works out." James said.

"I hate to let you go but I have to. You got a promo." Lexi pouted as she unwrapped her arms from around him. James chuckled and then leaned down and gave Lexi a kiss on the forehead and then walked towards the gorilla. Lexi stared at her man as he walked away and bit her lip.

Minutes Later - NXT Ringside Area

"Bully" Hits

Zack Mercer walked out onto the stage with entrance video being the only the video on in the arena while all the lights were currently off within the arena. He raised his index fingers and middle fingers up in the air as the lights of the arena came back on and began going back and forth between red and yellow lights.

"Let's go it's Mercer Time baby!" Zack Mercer yelled as he walked down the ramp slapping the hands of the fans in the front row.

Once he reached the ringside area he looked around at the walked around the ringside area to the ring and got up onto the ring apron similar to the Miz's style. He held onto the middle rope while he raised up his index finger and middle finger with his other hand. He got up to his feet and entered the ring before went over to the turnbuckle and did his pose over again while the fans cheered loudly.

He jumped down from the ropes and walked towards the center of the ring requesting a microphone.

"Bully" Stops

The fans in NXT were blowing the roof off as the man they knew as Zack Mercer stood in the NXT ring once again. This made him smile as he put the mic up to his mouth.

"Well, It's good to be back. Even if it is for one night only." Zack said as the fans then started to chant his last name. He looked down at the ring mat before he looked back up at the crowd.

"I'm here for one reason and one reason only. Because I have one last thing to do. One last thing that's been eating me up inside. It's been on my mind for a while and that thing involves Shinsuke Nakamura." Zack said on the mic as the fans got quiet.

"Shinsuke I know you're back there getting ready for your match so I'm gonna make this quick. Shinsuke you beat me a few months ago and I couldn't wrap around my finger why you were able to beat me but after I saw you win the NXT Championship I saw why. Shinsuke you have a motor like none other and I just wanted to say that I respect you and I hope you do well as NXT Champion." Zack said on the mic as he then paused while the fans cheered at his sign of respect.

"Now this is hopefully not the last time you people see me in NXT. Hopefully next time you see me , you will see me as something you never got to see me as here in NXT and that is Champion." Zack said on the mic as the fans cheered. Zack then exited the ring and walked up the ramp until he turned around.

"And I got one more thing. One more thing. I just wanted to sign the newest signee to NXT. And she's a very good friend of mine. Some of you may know her for being Beautiful. Ladies and Gentlemen, Velvet Sky!" Zack announced on the mic as he pointed towards the curtain.

"My Last Resort V2" by Papa Roach & Christina Milian

Velvet Sky walked out onto the stage in attire she wore when she returned to Impact. She smiled as she waved at the fans and walked towards Zack giving him a hug while he smiled. Once they broke the hug, he winked at her before he turned around and walked to the back.

A/N: So this was just a Chapter to have written. A filler chapter. The purpose I don't know but I don't know when I'll be able to update again seeing as that I have a job that requires me to give it a lot of attention.

This is the ZackAttack signing out!

Peace!