Happy Chinese New Year to anyone that celebrates it out there in the world. And welcome to another chapter in this story. I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3

Cruising through the city streets, Jack went about his day driving around New York, trying to get a sense of the city he was in. Driving through the streets, Jack watched as countless people go about their day, not a care about the world around them. They did not realise that they were part of a civil war between towering sentient machines, nor did they care about the numerous supervillains running around causing chaos. Thank goodness that no news of aliens were reported, or there would be mass chaos.

Smiling to himself on that thought, Jack continued to drive through the city until he came upon the part known as Hell's Kitchen. Said to be where many of the criminals and thugs came from and where the crime rate was extremely high. The only saving grace about the area was the vigilante known as the Daredevil. A man clad in a red suit wielding two batons for weapons, and could fight groups of enemies single-handedly.

"That is something I HAVE to see." The voice of the Ghost Rider spoke.

'We would most likely meet him at some point later on. I heard he only works at night.' Jack thought back before moving on through the city.

While moving through the city, Jack started to wonder if he would be dealing with any of the supervillains that he had heard were in the city. While he would not relish in having to face them, he knew that he would be hard pressed to not do anything at all should they rampage across the city.

Passing by Times Square, Jack noticed the news playing, talking about the bank robbers and how they talked about him in his Rider form. It seemed that they would be sent to the mental asylum, what with them being scared shitless about him. Jack could actually feel the satisfaction from the Rider, knowing him he thought that scaring the crap out of those men was funny.

"Why yes Jack, I do find it funny." The Rider spoke.

Jack simply smirked and continued on driving through the city, until he decided to get something for lunch.

After finishing his lunch Jack decided to take a walk in Central Park, to ponder what he should do next but also on whether or not he should at least make contact with his mom. Lord knows how his mother can become when she becomes nervous about his wellbeing, and that's not even having to deal with the Autobots, much less Miko.

Thinking about his girlfriend brought memories, about how she almost managed to learn about his secret.

Flashback

It was night time in Jasper and the police were out on patrol.

Even though Jasper was a small town in the middle of nowhere, that did not mean that there wasn't any crime to be had. Normally there would be a case of looters or muggins, but those were simple crimes that could easily be dealt with. However, recently there have been a number of murders and rape cases popping in town, and the police are running around trying to find out what to do next.

Most of the victims were young women and female teenagers. Every family that had a daughter or a sister were made to stay home after dark, even then the police had placed a curfew throughout the town, in hopes of catching the person behind the spree.

All of this had Jack Darby restless, as the spirit of the Ghost Rider was anxious to go out there and deal out some punishment to the sorry bastard. While Jack would like to help out, he knew that if he got involved then it would cause more problems than normal.

"Come on Jack, let me out and give this person the Penance Stare." The Rider pleaded.

"You know we can't." Jack argued back for the third time in his head.

"What if it Miko, or your mother was in danger of being murdered or raped? You can't tell me that you would just sit on your ass like a dumbass!" The Rider shot back harshly.

Jack was furious.

Not for the insult, but at the fact that he knew that the Rider was right. If his mother or Miko were in danger of being on the next on the victims list, he would make sure that the person would not come near them with a ten-foot pole. And if they had manged to somehow get to them, Jack knew that Bulkhead would turn the person into paste, not caring about Optimus' orders. He on the other hand would make sure that the person would be sent to the deepest part of hell as punishment, even then he would make the person suffer beforehand.

Just then his phone began to ring.

Picking it up, he checked the caller ID to see that it was Miko. Looking at the clock, he saw that it was close to 9pm at night. Wondering why she would call him at this time he answered. "What is it Miko?"

"Jack help! I'm being chased by some creep!" Miko said, speaking at a fast pace.

He could actually hear Miko's heavy breathing and a little of her footsteps through the phone. "Where are you?!" he asked.

"Miko did not answer for a minute and simply heard more of her heavy breathing and an increase in volume and speed in hr footsteps. "Past the school, near the library. Hurry Jack!" she finally answered.

Suddenly another voice called out over the phone. "Found you, you Japanese whore!"

Jack could actually hear the scuffle. "Don't you come near me, baka!"

"Bitch! I'll make sure to make it even more painful for you now." The person said, after that the phone went dead and Jack could hear only static.

"Miko? Miko!?" Jack asked loudly.

Not wasting time, he grabbed his leather jacket, opened his window and jumped out. Landing in a crouching position, he quickly summoned his bike and sped off towards Miko's last known location.

Speeding down the road, not caring if the police heard him, Jack quickly found himself where Miko had described. Finding an alleyway he followed it down until he found the smashed remains of Miko's phone. Picking it up carefully and placing it in his pocket, Jack closed his eyes to see if he could track Miko with her phone in his position.

Something that he learned from the Rider was that everyone had their own signature, somewhat like a soul, unique only to them. So using that knowledge, Jack opened his eyes, which had taken a fiery orange, saw two shapes, one in pink which indicated that it was Miko and another, this one red. He watched the silhouettes show him what happened and the direction they had gone.

Following them, Jack saw that Miko had put up a lot of resistance until the person in red hit her over the hit, knocking her out temporarily and slinging her over his shoulder. Suddenly the person broke into a run, he followed them until they led him towards a construction site a little ways out of the main living area, with the building almost complete.

Entering the building, Jack continued to follow the silhouettes until he could hear shouting. Turning his eyes back to normal, he followed the shouting until he came across a hallway with Miko, her back against the wall and the person with his back towards him standing at the end of the hallway. He carefully moved forward, staying in the shadows careful not to be seen.

Suddenly the person spoke in a voice that Jack recognised immediately. "Well little whore, no one's here to save you now, nor can they hear you. Not that anyone would considering that no one knows you're here." He said.

"You're wrong Vince! Jack will come and save me, and when he does he's going to rip you apart." Miko shot back angrily.

Vince simply laughed at that. "Ha! Darby would never get here in time. Besides, the guy's probably too afraid to be of any help." He taunted. "Now let's get this show started."

Vince then pulled a chain, hanging from one of the beams above him and pulled it back, about to whip her. Here Jack made his way out of the shadows quickly and grabbed the chain as it neared him. "I would not be so sure about that Vince." He said.

Said person turned around quickly, dropping the chain as he did so. "So you made it after all. I'm surprised that you had the guts to even show up, but you've made a big mistake."

"Funny, I was going to say the same thing." Jack said.

"Jack!" Miko cried out.

Jack did not let his eyes off Vince. "Get outside Miko and stay there. Go" He stated, to which the girl followed.

Now alone with Vince, Jack stared at Vince, and he back at him. Jack could feel the Rider in him trying desperately to crawl out and punish Vince, but he was going to try and allow Vince to be caught by the police. Vince, who had decided that he had enough of the staring contest, whipped out a gun from behind him and shot at Jack in the head.

Whipping his head back from the recoil, Jack simply brought it back forward and that's when the Rider had enough. "Time to pay for your sins Vince." He said, before his entire face started to peel away until all that was left was his flaming skull.

Jack then whipped the chain to wrap around Vince and hurl him forward into the wall. Marching forward until he was very close to Vince's face, which looked absolutely terrified at this point. "Wha—What are you?" he asked.

"Your punisher." The Ghost Rider said.

The Ghost Rider then activated his Penance Stare, causing all of the pain and suffering he has inflicted on everyone to shoot back at him like the force of locomotive, killing him. His eyes black like charcoal from the effects of the Penance Stare, the Ghost Rider then hauled Vince's body out of the building and to where Miko was.

Not five minutes later and he saw Miko running up to him, which by that point he had reverted back to his human form and had called his father's bike to him. She had then proceeded to hug him and thank him.

"Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!" She cried out as she continued to hug him.

"You're very welcome Miko, now if you please can let go?" he asked, as Miko somehow managed to tighten her grip on him before letting him go.

"Where's Vince?" she asked.

Jack simply shrugged. "At the entrance of the construction site, where he can be found. I also left a note about how he was the person behind all the murdering and raping." Jack answered.

Miko smiled at this. "Good. That should serve that bastard from trying to rape me."

Here Jack took hold of Miko and checked to make sure that there were no injuries. "Are you sure you're ok Miko?" He asked. "He did not try to do anything else?"

Miko simply shook her head. "No. By the time he tried to do something, you managed to arrive and kick his ass." Miko then leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. "That's for saving me."

Jack simply smiled and got on his bike. "Let's get you home Miko."

Flashback

Shaking himself out of his memories, Jack took a look around and realised that it was almost 2pm in the afternoon. Getting up and dusting himself off, Jack made his way back to his bike. Getting on, he was about to head out when the sudden sound of a GroundBridge opening was heard.

"What the hell?!" Jack thought.

Looking at the swirling green vortex, Jack looked around him to notice that everyone else had heard and saw it as well and were wondering what it was and what was going to happen next. What did happen however, left him shocked as an entire battalion of Vehicons poured out of the GroundBridge and proceeded to fire at everything in sight. But that was not the end of his shock, because the person that came out next nearly scared him half to death, Megatron.

The Decepticons had finally decided to conquer Earth. Starting with New York City.

Did you see that coming?

The Decepticons have finally started the invasion of Earth and now the entire series is changed because of this. Next chapter will see how Jack escapes this predicament.

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