THE GHOST RIDER'S PROTÉGÉ 4b
Before John left with Rowan, the devil unexpectedly arrived.
"hello john"
"what do you want? I'm meeting up with a shinigami and my daughter already left."
"I have lives that I need you to…well, you know"
"who and where are they?"
"I don't know who they are, but I do know where they are."
"what am I going up against, Satin?"
"if I told you it would ruin the surprise"
"you like me as your bounty hunter, don't you?"
"in deed I do. They're at the old church 2 miles north-east. They're meeting at 3 a.m. but once gathered they're practically unstoppable. You'll have to kill each on at a time. Each will arrive at a certain hour starting at 10, 11, 12, 1, 2. You'll have an hour to kill them, bring your daughter and the shinigami too and maybe Slate. One last thing, kill as much as you can before they arrive."
"what do I get in return?"
"I would be worried what happens if you don't do this. Remember I would never harm your family, but they would."
John wasn't scared, he's been through worse. But if this does get into trouble he'll have 3 other killers beside him. John finally hunkered onto his bike. As he revved fire enveloped him and his bike. As soon as it cleared Satin was gone. He took off on his bike and got his new weapon blazed up with flames engraved into the barrel among with other parts.
Just at the nick of night Rider arrived exactly when Nara asked where he was.
"so", he said with a shrug, "what did I miss"
"where were you"
"just chatting", John switched back, "with the devil, I need your help"
"how bad?"
"it's so bad that I need the help from you two and Slate. I was told to kill as much guilty souls as I can, Nara does she know what to do?"
"yeah, the killing with help with her skills and I need a refill."
"wait, I don't have a scalpel."
"the scalpel just ensures precision but you don't really need it, here switch and give me your right arm."
Rowan obeyed. With a whip and a stomp she switched and held out her right arm. Nara inspected the symbols.
Nara flicked her wrist to her shinigami for and slipped out a scalpel from her boot.
"I'm going to engrave a Japanese symbol so you can switch faster and label the souls. The scar will never heal. Are you gonna be ok?"
Rowan nodded.
Nara started with the at her finger. Rowan winced a little. She wrote on her right index finger '魂メス (soul scalpel) and then moved to her wrist and round encircling it '赤い目がすべてを参照してください(read eyes see all).
"there, done. So now to switch flick your wrist. You can now also handle and engrave a soul, congrats."
"that didn't hurt much, we should go. John, get Slate."
"who's Slate?"
"Carter Slate was the first Ghost Rider, he died a long time ago. But now he's a good resource for information, he travels on a horse. It's so cool."
"alright, sounds good, lets go!"
The 3 went off John and Rowan are taking bike while Nara took air. They found 2 men threatening to kill a kid and his mom.
Suck the soul than harvest thought Rowan.
The two saw Rider and Rowan.
"hey, it's Rider… let's get him"
The first guy had lots of tattoos. He went for Rider, of course it was no use. The man started run at him but Rider caught him at the wrist, twisted it and flip the man onto the harsh gravel. He landed unconscious.
The red-head decided to go for Rowan, he too also charged at her. She flicked her wrist to quickly change. The red-head was still afar when Rowan whipped out the penance star than flicked the weapon at him making it wrap around.
As soon as she had contact with him through the chain Rowan could see the sins this man did; murder by car crash, theft of money and more murder. Without even thinking she thought of the number 5. level 5. That's his justice. As soon as the man reached Rowans throat he grasped it hard, but Rowan had no trouble sucking out his soul. A white ball of light climbed from his mouth. Rowan caught it quickly righting down 5 than she places it in her 'soul catcher'. as soon as that 5 came on that soul the man stood up and walked away. Rowan tried to stop him but Nara restrained her.
"wait… in 5, 4, 3, 2."
Her one was replaced a car screeched and a scream.
"that's level 5?"
"for this victim, yes. Now you eat the soul to finish it."
"how does it taste?"
"like air and water mixed, but I doesn't even have calories and you don't digest it. It doesn't reach the stomach, it reaches the heart than it gets absorbed, now do you get it?"
"yeah". Rowan pinched the soul than lodges it in her mouth. No chew was necessary. It dissolved in her mouth, like a mint sheet.
"that's it?"
"mm hmm"
The man with tattoos got up and Rider recited those famous words. He saw the levels of sins and so did Rowan; this man murdered for fun only.
"whoa, how can I see that with out having contact?"
"I can see it too Rowan, it's your red eyes that make you see his sins, your father looks deeper, he literally looks into the soul and makes it suffer inside the body. You just needed to get it started with, contact. But now you can see them before your father does and you see one out of the 9 levels after you see the sins, get it."
"it's a lot to take in but I think I do, thank you."
The man slumped down again with those black eyes.
"ready to go girls? We have a lot more souls to take before 10, lets go."
Rowan whispered to Nara, "that's the most words he said in Rider form."
As they all left for the next batch of soul that night the mother and child scattered away.