The Zack Mercer Story
Chapter 31: First Time in Denver
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 - Survivor Series: 33 Days Away - Denver, Colorado
Andrew James McGrady walked into the Pepsi Center with a smile on his face as he carried his bags dressed. He was wearing his wheat timbs with skinny blue jeans with a white v-neck and a burgundy leather jacket and his necklace that had his daughter's name on it. He also had a silver bracelet on his right wrist with a watch on the same wrist. He had his earbuds in his ears listening to his music as he walked on his way to the locker room. He had the Championship on his shoulder just in-case they decided to do one of their spur of the moment interviews that they always did around this time.
James looked down at the phone that vibrated in his hand while he continued to walk along the way. He was walking up until he bumped into someone that was familiar to him. He looked down to see Lexi down on the ground. He paused and sighed before he reached down to help her. She looked up from the ground to the man who had bumped into her and saw the man who she once called the love of her life.
"Lexi." James said with a blank expression as she hesitantly took his hand and allowed him to pull her up with a light grunt.
"James." She replied as she then dusted off her black leggings. He then looked down at the ground before he let out a nervous chuckle before he looked back up at her in her eyes. He knew it was bad when she called him James instead of Drew. He really did lose her and it was all his fault.
"I don't want this to be awkward like this, so can we maybe get a cup of coffee or grab a burger or something but let's just be friends again." James pleaded, making Lexi sigh before she dropped her head into the palm of her hands.
"James, if this is one of your attempts to get us back together, stop it. It's not gonna work."
"How many times do I have to tell you that it wasn't my fault? I didn't kiss her. She kissed me. And why would I kiss her? You know I don't have feelings for her. I only have them for you even though it may seem like my focus is all over the place-" James was rambling on but Lexi cut him off when she put a finger on his lip.
"James until you can learn to have 100% honesty with me you can kiss a relationship goodbye." Lexi said as she folded her arms. This made James sigh before he looked down at the ground and ran a hand through his hair.
"Can we just talk later?"
"Sure." She said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice before she stopped to the side. James exhaled before he started to walk again but he did turn around once to sneak a peek at Lexi who looked back at him before he turned and continued to walk forward. Lexi watched as he walked away before she exhaled deeply.
Hours Later - Men's Locker Room
James stood in the male locker room adjusting his kick pads as he wore his same attire that he wore from the previous show with his Mercermania shirt on. His oily, wet black hair was in a messy man bun.
"Man I hate Denver. There are like no good restaurants in Denver." Uhaa Nation AKA Apollo Crews, who stood there dressed in his ring gear with a tank top.
"Yes there are." Randy Orton said as he laced up his boots.
"Okay let me rephrase that for you. No good affordable restaurants in Denver." Jon Fatu, said as he leaned up against a locker. Randy and Uhaa both nodded along.
"I'm gonna be honest here, I have never been to Denver. I have never been to Colorado." James said as Jonathan Good walked into the locker room with a roll of wrist tape taping up his hands and his wrist.
"You serious?" Jon Good asked.
"Yes, I'm serious." James chuckled as Jon Good then shrugged his shoulders.
"I mean you're not missing anything so." Jon Good said as James chuckled while Randy and Uhaa both shook their heads.
"The real things we need to be talking about are how the hell you gone get your woman back cause the Drake you listening to ain't it." Jon Fatu said as he then showed James a video of the instagram story he put up when he was sitting at home singing Drake.
Nice to know you care." James joked.
"But seriously? Didn't you just get together with her and y'all already broke up?"Randy asked.
"Well, Yeah but right now she doesn't want to talk to me and she believes I cheated when the girl kissed me first. The fact she doesn't believe me kinda hurts to be honest."
"I still think you should try to talk to her." Uhaa said.
"I wish it were that easy." James replied.
"It can be. If you give me a few days I can talk to Shane and get you the tape." Randy said.
"What tape?" Jon Good asked as James looked up at Randy.
"There are cameras in the medic rooms dummy." Jon Fatu said looking up from his phone.
"Alright let's just be clear you're getting the ones only for him right." Jon Good said.
"Anywho, what we need to talk about Randy, Is when Kim is gonna send me some more Chicken Lasagna?" James said as Jon Good nodded while Randy chuckled at both men's lust for his wife's cooking.
"How about we have a party at your house and you cook your Famous Steaks and Kim and I will bring Chicken Lasagna?" Randy proposed as James nodded.
"Which house? I got the one in Orlando, it's done but then I got the one in Vegas with a little bit of furniture, it's bigger but it has no furniture."
"Wait, you're 26 with two houses?" Uhaa asked as James turned and looked at him with a smile and nodded.
"Let's do one at Vegas. Let's make it a sleepover, We all have money, we can buy a few sleeping bags or air mattresses." Jon Fatu said.
"Alright, let's do it. This Saturday." James nodded.
Minutes Later - Smackdown Live Arena
"Bully" Hits
Zack Mercer walked out onto the stage with the entrance video being the only video in the arena while all the lights were currently off within the arena. He raised his index and middle fingers up in the air as the lights of the arena came back on and began going back and forth between blue and white lights.
"Denver, How you doin?" Zack asked as he walked to the right side of the stage and pointed into the crowd while he patted his belt. He then turned around and walked to the left side of the stage and pointed into the crowd. He walked back to the center stage and looked around in the crowd before he looked down at his belt.
"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. Zack looked at a fan who sat in the second row who had his phone out looking to take a picture of Zack. Zack reached out and took the phone before he snapped a selfie of himself with a peace sun up before he handed it back to the fan and winked before he continued his way down the ramp. Once he reached the ringside area he looked around at the crowd once more with a smile. He 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 was quickly handed a mic by the Smackdown Live ring crew before he walked to the center of the ring with a smile.
"Bully" Stops
Zack looked around at the crowd. He could see several signs featuring his name and some featuring the woman who was supposed to be his on-screen girlfriend Nikki Bella. He smiled as he looked down at the ring mat thinking about how his popularity had quickly risen in the matter of months. He then looked up at the crowd and put the mic up to his mouth while the fans started to quiet down showing respect to the Intercontinental Champion.
"Denver, How you doin?" Zack said on the mic as the fans chanted along with him. Zack chuckled as he looked round at the crowd.
"33 days. In 33 days, We will be in the Air Canada Centre for the 30th Anniversary of Survivor Series where I will be defending this Intercontinental Championship. And I still don't have a clear opponent for Survivor Series but I'm not gonna let that stop me. I'm not gonna let that keep me from being the guy that you all know and love. And I'm not gonna let that stop me from the being the-" Zack was saying but a certain theme music cut him off.
"I Came To Play" Hits
The Miz walked out with his sunglasses on his face while he was dressed in a suit. His wife wore a burgundy colored dress with a matching color lipstick and black heels. The Miz put the mic up to mouth as his music faded off into the background.
"I Came To Play" Stops
The Miz opened his mouth as if he were about to speak while the fans booed him loudly. Zack then started to act if he was a chorus conductor making some of the fans who weren't booing chuckle a bit.
"When my hand goes up, your mouth goes shut." The Miz said as he raised a hand in the air making the fans who were booing him boo him louder.
"You've been saying that for months now and literally no one does what you say." Zack said on the mic as he stared at The Miz
"You think that you're so funny Mercer. Well, I hope you're laughing next week because I talked to Shane McMahon and right here, next week I will cash in my rematch clause against you for my Intercontinental Championship. And I will be the guy heading into Survivor Series defending my Championship." The Miz said on the mic as Zack chuckled while he leaned up onto the ropes.
"You know Miz, I think you should be a comedian because that's funny. And you know I actually talked to Daniel just a few hours ago, and he said that I can pick the stipulation for our match. And when I beat you, it's gonna be fair and square. No Maryse. No Nikki Bella. So our match will be inside of a Steel Cage!" Zack said on the mic as many fans cheered in anticipation for that match. The Miz on the stage was flipping out in anger while Maryse stared down Zack Mercer and muttered a few words that might not be suitable for children to hear.
"And seeing as though these fans and I aren't in the mood to wait for next week, I might just kick your ass tonight." Zack said as he dropped the mic and took off his title before he exited the ring looking to fight The Miz early but several security guards came out who were all wearing Miz shirts. They pulled Zack Mercer back while The Miz gave off an arrogant smirk.
"I always have a plan and next week you'll see a different plan. A plan that will leave you in a pile of your own bones." The Miz said as he music started to play before he and his wife disappeared off into the back with a smirk on their face while Zack looked at the security guards with a look of frustration.
Minutes Later - Backstage
James sat on a crate in the back scrolling through his instagram feed with a serious look on his face. James sat his phone down as he looked at the palm of his hands. Suddenly his phone started to ring making him frown and pick up his phone looking at the unfamiliar number. He then answered it and put it up to his ear.
"Hello?" He said in a questionable tone.
"Hello, Is this Mr. McGrady?" The nurse asked.
"Yeah, this is him."
"Sir, there's been an accident involving your daughter and her mother. We need you to come down to the hospital."
"I'll be right there." James said as he hopped off the crate with his title in his hands and started to walk to the locker room with a purpose.
A/N: Uh-Oh looks like there's a problem with James' daughter but on the bright side we'll be meeting her for the first time in this story. So I hope you guys enjoyed it. Let me know what you guys thought and let me know what you wanna see next.
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Peace!