Plot Summary: They never knew about the deal he had made, and the terrifying power that he had received upon making that deal. But with the arrival of a new threat, Brendan can no longer keep secrets from anyone. Not even The Avengers.

Pairings: [ OC x Wanda Maximoff ]

Disclaimer: I do not own The Avengers: Age Of Ultron or any of the characters. They rightfully belong to Marvel. I only own my OCs.

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Eligos - { Talking }

Brendan's Thoughts - "Talking"

Jarvis - "Talking"

"I ain't no angel

don't got no halo."

[ Brendan's POV ]

Powers can either be a blessing or a curse. They can bring peace or they can bring total and utter destruction. For me, I would say that my powers lie somewhere in the middle.

My name is Brendan Reyes Stark, I'm 22 years old. My adopted father is none other than the billionaire playboy genius, Tony Stark. You might know him as Iron Man.

And yes, I have powers.

But don't assume that Tony Stark had something to do with it, because how I got my powers was all me. And believe me, it's something I wished I had never done.

A long time ago, before I became orphaned, I had made a deal with the devil. And I'm not being metaphorical here, I literally made the deal with the actual devil. You see, I had been critically injured in a hit and run that killed my family. As I felt the darkness of death creep over me, I begged god or anyone who could hear me that my life at least be spared.

When death took me, a voice called out to me within the darkness and asked if I wanted revenge against the ones who had killed me and my family. And without question I had said yes.

I found myself breathing once again, and then the sound of a motorcycle approaching filled my ears as I found myself being flipped over by a mysterious stranger. But, when I saw his face I realized it wasn't a man at all.

It was the devil, he had no face, only a flaming skull with burning red eyes. He reached down and touched my face, and whatever he had, whatever was inside him was passed onto me.

I learned later on that what was passed onto me was a demonic spirit who called himself Eligos. And Eligos explained to me that I had now taken up the mantle as the bounty hunter from hell:

The Ghost Rider.

Later on down the road, I had been adopted by Anthony 'Tony' Edward Stark. Of course, he wasn't exactly father material in my eyes but with later events such as Stane, Vanko and The Avengers, Tony became more and more like a father to me.

Of course in those times, nobody knew of Eligos's existence except me. I did all I could to keep them hidden.

However, that was all about to change.

Location: Avengers Tower, New York City.

[ 3rd POV ]

It had been another eventful day at the tower, with The Avengers out on a mission to retrieve Loki's Scepter from HYDRA. Brendan was stuck at the tower as always, but he always kept himself occupied.

He mainly kept busy by working on his car, which was a black 1969 Dodge Charger R/T. It had California Plates that said '299 ZXB'. The car had been heavily modified, it had a 426 Hemi in it with a visible blower sticking out the hood. The rear tires were replaced with larger slick wheels. It also had two nitrous oxide tanks hidden under the back seat. The gear shift had a word etched into the handle that said 'Guilty'.

Eligos had appropriately named his car: The Hell Charger.

Brendan however refers to the car as Lucy, which is secretly a shortened version of the name Lucifer.

The song L.S.F. by Kasabian blasted from speakers that surrounded Brendan and Tony's work area.

Brendan had just finished putting the finishing touches on the car, he had also gotten it finally registered today. It had passed inspection with the DMV, making it street legal.

As he wiped some sweat off his forehead, Brendan heard the familiar sound of the Quinjet landing on it's pad on the side of the tower. Putting his tools down and washing his hands of the grease that covered them, Brendan headed upstairs to greet his father and the others. Of course, he went and changed shirts right before he entered the room cause if this mission was successful, Thor was without a doubt going to give him a rib crushing hug.

He entered the room, and saw that indeed the mission had been successful as they were currently unloading Loki's Scepter off the Quinjet. Brendan's green hues searched the area until they locked onto his father, who was currently talking to Bruce Banner.

Brendan smiled, and of course made his way over towards Tony before placing a hand on his back.

"So, mission was successful?" Brendan asked his father, giving a sorta of cheery tone.

"Yeah, we got the staff." Tony nodded in agreement, before detecting the smell of engine grease off Brendan's hand. This caused a little grin to tug at the man's lips as he looked at his son.

"You finished her?" Tony asked, a bit happily as he always knew that Brendan had a bit of Stark in him.

"Yup, she's done. I just put the new fan-belt in, added oil and all the essential fluids and put on the new plates." Brendan said, rather confidently as Tony chuckled.

"I'll want to take a look at her, you know?" Tony asked, he almost sounded excited as Brendan reached into his back pocket. He pulled out a holographic handheld device and hit a few buttons on it as a large holographic screen projected over the two of them.

And on the screen was Lucy, Tony had to whistle as he saw her. Her black paint glistened under the fluorescent bulbs. Stark had to hand it to Brendan, he did a pretty good job.

"Ah! Son Of Stark!" The booming sound of Thor's voice echoed as Brendan turned around to be greeted by the Asgardian who proceeded to embrace Brendan in a hug.

"Yes. . ." Brendan tried to speak, but Thor's hug was pretty strong. He had a bit of difficulty breathing at first. ". . .it's good to see you too, Thor!" He finished as Thor put him down.

{ His hugs are getting stronger, you know? } Eligos had finally decided to speak after being quiet for so long.

"I know, I think he's trying to do it on purpose." Brendan replied, but the reply had been within his head as only Eligos spoke in Brendan's mind.

"Will you be celebrating with us?" Thor asked, as Brendan turned to look at Tony with a head tilt of confusion.

"Oh! We're celebrating our victory with a party later on tonight." Tony told Brendan, who replied with an 'ah'.

"I had already taken the liberty of preparing you with an attire for the party, Brendan." JARVIS's voice spoke then, as Brendan mentally sighed. He was not much of a party guy on account that he didn't have many friends other than the Avengers. And it felt awkward to Brendan.

But, this was a prominent victory for his father's team tonight, so it would only be fair if he attended this party.