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Chapter 6
Waking up from his slumber, Jack noticed that he was in an unfamiliar room until he began to slowly remember the events that had transpired yesterday. Megatron's forces attacking New York. Then him turning into Ghost Rider and demolishing his forces before smacking Megatron around like a pinball. Reuniting with the Autobots and his mother. Meeting the Avengers and subsequently telling him his story.
But something else bothered him and that was Megatron and his Decepticons. With the reveal of the Autobot/Decepticon war reging, it would make dealing with them alot more difficult, especially if the Decepticons strike at another city again. What was also bothering him was this foreboding feeling, as if something was coming, something powerful and dangerous than Megatron and his forces.
Putting it out od his mind for the time being, he got up from his bed and looked at the clock hanging on the wall and saw that it was ten in the morning. He then walked over to the bathroom and took a shower. Once done, he made his way to where his mother and Miko were sleeping. Once he was in front of their door, Jack knocked and waited for a reply.
Not a minute later and he saw the door open and out stepped both Miko and his mother.
"Good morning." Jack greeted.
"Morning Jack." Both his mother and Miko greeted back at the same time.
"Ah there you are! I was wondering when you three were going to wake up." Tony's voice sounded.
All three of them turned their heads towards his direction and saw Tony make his way towards them. Once he was in front of them he placed his arm around Jack and dragged him along the direction he was going with Miko and his mother trailing just behind.
"C'mon, breakfast is up and the whole team is just dying to ask you more questions about your giant friends!" Tony exclaimed, happily dragging Jack along.
Upon entering the kitchen Jack and the others noticed that the whole Avengers team was sitting around the table having their breakfast with four seats left open, most likely for them. Taking a seat for himself next to Steve with Miko next to him and June next to Natasha while Tony sat in-between Clint and Thor with Bruce sitting next to Thor.
Breakfast a mostly quiet affair. No one asked questions about more of his life and the Autobots, but Jack could tell that they were dying to know who and what they were. And so after the group had finished their breakfast, they sat in the same living room as last night, all eagerly waiting for their tale on the Autobots. But just as they were about to begin, J.A.R.V.I.S, Tony's AI spoke up.
"Sir, it seems that Nick Fury is on his way, along with Miss Hill and an unknown third party." The AI relayed.
"How long until they get here J.A.R.V.I.S?" Tony asked, a scowl on his face.
Just then the elevator doors opened and out stepped a bald black man wearing an eyepatch over his left eye. He wore a black shirt with black pants and black combat boots, along with a holster on his chest for where his gun was resting, and to top it all he wore a black trench coat. Next to him stood a young woman wearing a form fitting dark blue uniform with the symbol of the Strategic Homeland Intervention and Enforcement Division also known as SHIELD. Behind her was a face that he, Miko and his mother would know as Agent Fowler.
"I hope I'm not interrupting something." The bald man stated.
"Of course not Fury. We were in fact just about to ask some interesting questions to our friend Jack about the battle with the giant robots yesterday." Steve answered.
The man known as Director Fury turned his one eye at Jack and gave a hard stare, as if evaluating and scrutinising him in some way. This of course did not go well with both Jack and the Rider, but they managed to not show it in any way. This of course prompted Jack and the Rider to do their own scrutinising of their own.
Staring at Fury hard, Jack and the Rider saw into the Director of SHIELD's soul and found him to be innocent, but also to be on the very fine line that he could cross at any time. Something to watch out for in the future as he could be both a terrible enemy and a great ally.
"My name is Nick Fury. Former Director of SHIELD." Fury introduced. "Behind me is my assistant, Maria Hill, and behind her is Agent William Fowler."
"Fowler. Good to see you again." Jack greeted, giving the man a small nod, never taking his eyes away from Fury.
"You as well son." Fowler said with a smile, moving over to June and Miko.
"Am I supposed to be impressed Director Fury?" Jack asked. "For I have seen into your soul and find you on thin ice."
Fury narrowed his eye minutely. "I did not come here to pick a fight Mr Darby, I just came in here to explain some things to the Avengers, something you yourself were about to do." He stated.
"They did ask." Jack replied back.
"Ok, well before this gets way out of hand, let's all have a seat and Jack can fill you in on what those giant robots were from yesterday." Tony interjected, hoping to defuse the tension in the room.
Once they were all seated down, Jack began to tell them all about the Autobots and Decepticons.
"The Autobots, the ones you met yesterday are from the planet of Cybertron, as are the Decepticons." Jack started. "The Autobots are led by Optimus Prime, while the Decepticons are led by Megatron. Both factions have been in a war that has gone on for as long as the human race has been alive, perhaps longer."
"Why were they fighting?" Steve asked.
"That I do not know. All I do know however is that the Decepticons are here to mine the many Energon deposits scattered through the planet." Jack answered.
"What is this Energon?" Thor asked.
"From what I understand, it is a mineral that fuels both the Autobots and Decepticons their weapons, energy and also their life force. Without it they will die, so do not think to harness it as your own." Jack warned, looking at each and everyone one them.
"What about you Jack, what's your story with the Autobots." Natasha asked.
"My story began three months ago with Arcee. After returning from my part time job, I was on my way home when I noticed her." Jack explained
"Noticed her? What? was she just standing there in the open?" Tony joked. To which he got an elbow to the gut by Natasha.
"No not exactly" Jack answered, chuckling. "She was in fact in her vehicle mode, allowing her to disguise herself as a simple motorcycle. However as soon as I met her, two Vehicons, the grunts of the Decepticon army, chased after us as I was sitting on top of her at that time. We had to speed through the expressway just to avoid them. That however did not last long as they found us again. Arcee then found a ramp and proceeded to jump of said ramp and land on the ground. It was there that I met Raf." Jack explained.
"Raf?" Steve asked.
Here Agent Fowler cut in. "Raphael Esquivel, a young boy of 12 years is friends with both Jack and Miko and one of the members of the human factor of Team Prime. The boy is a genius on many levels, being able to hack into the government and also understand the language of the Cybertronians." He explained.
"I'm impressed." Tony remarked.
"We did not exactly have time to introduce ourselves as soon after, the two Vehicons from earlier came crashing in front of us, ready to fight." Jack continued.
"And is that when you showed yourself as the Ghost Rider?" Bruce asked.
"No, my reveal came much later." Jack answered.
"What happened after that?" Natasha asked.
"Well Arcee then proceeded to brawl against the two Vehicons and managed to hold her own, while Raf and myself tried to get away from..." Jack stopped talking as he suddenly felt something change in the world.
Strenching out with his powers, Jack felt an empty void coming from within the city. As he felt around the void, he also heard the screams and cries of the dead calling out. Blocking out the screams and cries he fovcused more on the empty void and felt something else from it, and that was the simalarity it had to the devil. Getting up quickly, Jack began to walk to the elevator, ignoring everyone as they called his name. Heading in to the garage, Jack quickly got onto his bike and hit the streets, following where the void was in the city.
As the feeling became more prominant the closer he came to the area, Jack and the Rider were having an internal discussion about the void and the screams of the dead.
'What do you think this void is about?' Jack asked, turning left at a junction.
"It peaks my interst, seeing as we have never felt such a presence before. Well you have but not us together." The Rider answered.
'True but you have to admit that's it's a little strange, that as soon as we enter New York we had to deal with Megatron and his Vehicons trying to invade. Now today we have to deal with something that feels like the devil' Harry replied.
"Maybe, it could be the devil's work or it could actually be just a coincidence. In any case we should get back to the matter at hand and that is this void." The Rider replied.
'You're right, but I'm on edge. I keep getting this feeling that things are about to change in a massive way.' Jack stated as they came to a stop where the sense of the void was at it's strongest.
Looking at his surroundings, Jack saw that he was in front of a large warehouse that seemed to be in operation as he could hear the machines going about thier programming. Getting off of his bike and wrapping his chain around him, Jack walked to the front of the entrance and noticed a shotgun lying on the ground. Picking up the firearm, he noticed that the barrel was smoking, indicating that it was fired recently. Looking at the floor, he saw four empty shotgun casings lying on the floor.
A loud scream of terror suddenly caught Jack's attention, and he quickly rushed into the warehouse, dropping the shotgun as he did so. Running into the wharehouse, Jack was met with the sight of three men standing a little ways back from a fourth, who was holding onto one of the workers by the neck. Jack could feel the overwhelming darkness that seemed to seep through each of the four men.
"The three at the back are some lesser demons, although the one holding the worker up is something else, something more powerful." The Rider informed.
"Please don't hurt me sir." the man begged.
"Hmmm...I don't think so. You see I'm looking for someone very special, and this is my way of sending him an invitation." the man spoke softly.
The man then sqeezed the worker's neck even tighter, and the scared worker began to lose all of his colour until he was marble white. His body also changed as all of his muscle and fat were drained from him and he began to look like a shriveled, boney human being. His face was gaunt, his cheeks extremelly shallow, enough to see the outline of the skull. The man holding the now dead corpse dropped it on the ground and turned o where Jack was standing.
"Enjoy the show?" The man asked, showing no remorse for his actions but rather amusement and enjoyment. He was a simple man by all appereance with short black hair, dark brown eyes, a slight pale complexion all while dressed in an all black suit.
"Who the hell are you." Jack asked, wary and ready for a fight should he have to.
"What? The old man didn't tell you about me?" the man asked curiously. "BlackHeart. That is who I am. And YOU must be the new Ghost Rider." The man known as BlackHeart stated chuckling as he did so. "You, a child. Bestowed powers beyond imagine by my father and for what? What did he promise you in return? Power? Money? Virgins? It doesn't matter because I ain't going back. I like it here in this mortal realm."
"Oh the melodrama." Jack whispered as he heard the Rider snigger in his head. "So you're the one that the devil sent me to find, his disobediant little brat? That is just sad."
"You mock me." BlackHeart said, less of a question and more of a statement. "You have no idea who I am do you?" he asked.
"All I know is that your going back to hell." Jack replied as he transformed into the Ghost Rider.
BlackHeart simply smirked and shook his head smiling. "I don't think so. Gressil."
Gressil walked forward and raised his hand at Jack. When nothing happened, Ghost Rider tried to walk forward but was unable to do so as his feet were stuck to the ground and held by the very ground he was standing on. Not happy, the Rider unfurled his chain and snapped it towards Gressil who caught it with his other hand. Unforunatly the chain had also wrapped around his forearm, trapping it. With a mighty pull, the Rider brought the demon in front of him and cocking his arm back, punched Gressil in the face so hard that he actually dislocated his jaw. Punching at the ground, he managed to free himself and quickly made his way to Gressil, who was groaning as his healing factor allowed him to reattatch his jaw.
Looking around, the Rider noticed that the other three were gone. Putting them out of his mind for the moment he grabbed the Gressil by his neck and dragged him to the nearest column and shoved him against it.
"Where did BlackHeart and his cronies go?" he asked.
"I don't know. All I know is that BlackHeart wanted to get your attention." Gressil answered.
"Why. WHy go to all this trouble after all these years." The Rider asked.
"It was after the Decepticons attacked that we learned of your existence." the lesser demon answered.
"BlackHeart came to this plane for a reason. Why?" he asked.
"I don't know! Something about a contract and something called an Infinity Stone!" Gressil exclaimed. "Please have mercy." he begged.
"Sorry. All out of mercy." Ghost Rider answered as he placed his skeleton hand on top of Gressil's head. Using his hellfire, Ghost Rider began to burn Gressil, ignoring his screams of pain away until he was nothing but ash.
Once he was done, he made his way back outside and onto his bike and drove off.
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