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Arrowverse fan 217: Thanks. If you loved Nate as Ghost Rider in the last chapter, this'll hopefully, be quite pleasing.
C.E.W.: this chapter is more about him learning about his powers. Next chapter, Nate will start to team up with his brother, to do as you have said. And about the other thing, I really can't wait to right that. That will be very fun.
Warning: This chapter has some very graphic and gory scenes, if you don't want to read that sort of stuff, then stop reading now or skip the part where Nate's Spirit of Vengeance. You've been warned.
Chapter 5 City of Blood
My name is Nathan Queen. After a fatal accident, I made a deal with the devil. Now I have returned to protect my city, like my brother. But first I must protect my sister and brother and bring the man who murdered my mother to justice, but to do this I must become someone else. I must become something else.
"Nate," I hear Laurel say. I turn to her. She puts her hand on below my shoulder. "I'm here for you."
"I know," Laurel says. She hugs me, and I gladly accept her embrace by hugging back.
"Mr. and Ms. Queen," Sebastian says. Laurel and I break the hug, me being very reluctant to do so. We all turn to Sebastian. "I wanted to offer my sincere condolences on your loss. Your mother was a good woman. She would have made a wonderful Mayor."
"Thank you," I say.
"Thank you," Thea says.
"I'd love to speak with Oliver," Sebastian says.
"Well if you see him… tell him he missed his own mother's funeral," Thea says before walking off.
"No one's seen Oliver in a few days," Laurel says.
"We all deal with grief in different ways. And the loss of a parent is…," Sebastian says, before clearing his throat. "Well, it changes you. When you realize that your ancestors now look to you… that your family's legacy, their continuing works… are solely in your hands…," Sebastian says., he then takes a break. "If you see Oliver, please tell him I came by."
"Of course," Laurel says. Sebastian walks off.
"Something not right about him," I mutter. I sigh. "Can I please be excused?"
"Of course," Laurel says.
I walk upstairs and go to the bathroom, and wash my face. "Hello," a demonic voice says, I look up and see that instead of my reflection in the mirror I see a flaming head.
"What are you," I whisper, trying to not draw attention.
"Mephisto did tell you that you have a partner, correct," the reflection says, in a matter of fact rather than a question.
"Oh, so my partner is my flaming head reflection?" I ask sarcastically.
"I am Zarathos, and you and I are unfortunately stuck with each other," Zarathos says.
I raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean stuck with each other?" I ask.
"I've been forced to inhabit your body so you can use my powers to bring vengeance. I just wish it wasn't some innocent stuck-up rich kid," Zarathos says.
"Something tells me where going to be just the best of friends," I reply sarcastically.
Time skip.
I enter a store, and buy a bag full of clothing, including a black leather motorcycle jacket, which I put on strait away. I walk into an abandoned ally way. Only for two men in hoods walk over to me. I try to walk out the exit but a modified 1969 dodge charger blocks me and two men walk out. I see this metal chain and grab it. "We have gun's kid," the leader laughs. "What are you going to do with that?" I look around to make sure nobody's watching, as the boss and his underlings share a laugh about my weapon.
My eyes glow orange and the chain a small flick in the air which lights the chain on fire. "This," I say, my voice demonic. I then whip the one of the hooded men and it wraps around his neck, chocking and burning him at the same time. He feebly tries to pull the chain off from around his neck. The leader and his men aim their guns at me. The flesh of my head burns off in front of them.
"What the hell is that!?" One of the men asks, nervously.
"Doesn't matter just kill it!" the boss replies. I then fling the man I have the chain wrapped around his neck at the leader effortlessly, knocking them both into a wall. The other hooded man aims fires at me barely missing. I then whip my chain at him, cutting his arm clean off of his shoulder. He screams as he falls to the floor. I turn around to look at the other standing thug and see that he's still holding his gun but the hand holding it is shaking. I grab his wrist, and twist it. The two on the ground pull out their guns. I spin the thug I'm holding around and push him forward as the others fire at me but only hit their 'friend'. I then push the thug I'm holding forward, who has at least twenty bullets in him, and I swing my chain, which cuts straight through the thug and also knocks the guns out of the hands of the boss and his lackey on the floor. The body of the thug I cut in half falls to the floor. I step over it and walk towards the boss and his minion. The minion reaches for his gun, so I whip the chain and it fly straight through his forehead. The boss flinches. I pull the chain out and the man falls to the floor. The boss tries to crawl away but I stop him by lifting him up by the throat with one hand and bashing him against a wall. "Oh, god help me!" the boss screams.
"You think he can help you!? Nobody can save you from me!" I shout. He screams as the flesh of his body melts off, until he's nothing but a corpse, unrecognizable. I then hear someone crawling behind me, it was the thud which I cut his hand off, he's trying to crawl away using his remaining hand. I walk in front of him. "Do you think that there's a place on the planet where you can get away from me!?"
"Please, mercy. I have kids, they need me," the last thug sobs.
"You should've thought of that before you joined up with rapists and murderers!" I shout, before stomping on his head, crushing his skull under my boot. I turn to see a man filming this. I growl and he runs off as fast as his legs can carry him. I turn back around to admire my handy work. I see car keys and grin. I pick it up and press a button and the modified 1969 dodge charger beeps. "Well, it's not like their gonna use it."
I then hear police sirens. I hop in the car and speed off, breaking the speed limit by far, not that I'm actually paying attention to the speed limit. "Well, I might just have underestimated you," Zarathos says.
Time skip.
"Thea, please. I understand you're upset. This is an emotional time for all of us," Walter says.
"I'm not being emotional. I'm—I'm an orphan. I'm a jobless and homeless orphan. There's nothing left for me here," Thea says.
"I'm here. Nate's here," Walter says.
"And I thank you both for that… but honestly I need a start over," Thea says.
"Oliver," I say, as he walks into the room. Thea an upset look on her face. I walk up to him and push him. "Where the hell where you! We missed you at the funeral." I try to relax, to stop me from showing any signs of who I really am.
"And the reception," Thea says.
"I'm sorry that I could be there," Oliver says, as he carefully walks past me. "What's going on here?"
"Thea's thinking of leaving Starling City," Walter replies.
"No, I am leaving," Thea corrects.
"Walter, Nate, could I speak to my sister for a moment?" Oliver says.
Walter walks out, saying, "Perhaps you'll have better luck," before leaving. I follow Walter, not saying a word. After a minute-ish Thea walks out. And I walk in.
"Ollie," I say.
"Nate, what's wrong?" he asks.
"Look I'm sorry about pushing you. Just with everything going on I feel completely broken and it's making me so very angry," I apologies.
"It's alright, Nate," Oliver says, grabbing me into a hug. I hug him back, crying into his shoulder.
After a bit I break the hug and wipe the tears from my face. "Look, I thing I need to leave too. To sort out my issues. I think I have to figure this all out on my own," I say.
"I think that's a great idea," Oliver replies.
"Really," I say surprised.
"Yeah, you should get out of here. I couldn't stand the idea of you losing that unwavering optimism, you always find a way to believe that everything'll be alright. You see the best in people. I couldn't possibly ask you to stay if it risked the parts of you that made you who you are," he says.
I hug him. "I love you, bro," I say.
"I love you, too," Oliver says.
We break the hug. "I—I better go. Say my goodbyes. B-but expect me to call you a lot," I say, before leaving.
Time skip.
I knock on Thea's door. Thea groans. "Walter, I'm not changing my mind," Thea says.
"I'm not Walter, and I'm not here to change your mind," I say.
"Oh, Nate, come in," Thea says. I open the door.
"I came to say goodbye. I decided that I'm also leaving. I've got issues that I need to sort out on my own," I explain.
"I'm going to miss you," Thea says, as she wraps her arms around me in a hug. I hug her back.
"I'm gonna miss you too, little sister," I say.
"Can you please drop the little sister thing," Thea asks.
"Never," I tease, grinning a huge smile.
"I'm really going to miss you," Thea says, shedding a small tear.
"I know, sis. I know," I say.
Time skip.
I'm walking down the street and pull out my phone and try to call Laurel, only for it to go to voice mail. "Look, Laurel. I'm leaving town, and I want to talk to you about it. So can you please just call me back when you next get the chance," I say. I then end the message and put the phone back in my pocket. I sigh. I then see an army of men in black and orange masks marching through the streets. "What the hell," I ask.
Alright, that's the end of that chapter. How was it? Please favorite, follow or/ and review.
I'm taking inspiration off of venom for Zarathos. What do you think about him?
Also, was the battle too gory and violent.
And, what'd you think of the intro.
Until next time, Ant-boy out.
