71 Chapter 70 - The Hand, The Beast, & Ghost Rider

[January of 2013]

[New York City]

Night

3rd PoV

After the ninja died after biting off its tongue, Andrew didn't try saving its life as he then proceeded to incinerate its body and then went to Fisk's place.

He then asked made the guy tell him if he had any idea where the hell does the ancient organization hides as he was pretty sure that Fisk have made dealings with the organization's leaders in the past.

After getting small information of where the members of the organizations usually stays, he then proceeded to extract the information out of the small time members' minds of where the hell does their bosses usually stays.

After that, he found himself in a generic private land property where you can see abandoned buildings and establishments.

But that's where the problem arose. Just as he was ready to raid the place and find the leaders of the organization and then kill them after extracting the information on why the hell are they targeting the Celestial Industries' higher echelons. A group of people arrived and began wreaking havoc.

All of them had superpowers that doesn't stem from the meta-gene and Andrew quickly recognized the members of the group.

It was the Defenders

It consisted of Daredevil aka Matt Murdock who had radar/sonar-like senses.

Luke Cage who gained immense physical strength from an experiment.

Jessica Jones who also has super strength the same as Luke Cage.

And then Danny Rand who gained the mantle of Iron Fist after training under the tutelage of monks and gained the ability to harness chi.

Each of them are fighting a finger of the Hand which consists of people like Madam Gao, Murakami, Alexandra Reid, and Sowande.

After a few minutes moments of watching the fight, Andrew's attention was piqued by a dangerous aura that came from inside the little building behind the red-suited ninjas that stood in an organized manner — ready to stop anyone that will come close.

Andrew squinted his eyes and then used his poured psionic energy into his eyes as the walls of the building slowly thinned out and then disappeared from hi vision.

What he saw inside were a group of people wearing black generic-looking robes that hid their physical features as if they're members of some sort of a cult.. wait no.. They're actually a member...

All of them are standing around a large magic circle that contained three corpse of virgin young women. They seemed to be chanting something and the surrounding air was continously getting chilly and was making the hairs of everyone stand at its end.

Andrew quickly teleported beside the summomers and then waved a slash of wind that decapitated all of them.

But it was already too late as a black smoke began to manifest within the range of the magic circle accompanied by a dangerous aura.

Andrew backed away and then proceeded to teleport back to his previous location while his eyes was glued on something that began to materialize out of the magic circle.

It was a demon.

But his attention was once again piqued as he sensed another dangerous aura appearing from the distance and its closing in at a immense speed.

Andrew looked over and his eyes was quickly attracted by a flaming skull. The person was riding a flaming motorcycle while wearing a black leather jacket with a chain wrapped around torso and shoulder.

His flaming skull was roaring to the sky as he quickly arrived in front of the building and then proceeded to smash his way in — killing the ninjas that was guarding the entrance.

The members of the Hand on the other hand (no pun intended) had panic appearing in their eyes after seeing the flaming skulled person but as they felt the aura of their master, they calmed down and then continued to fight their respective opponents.

Andrew watched as the Ghost Rider grasped the chain around him and then whipped it forward to the just-appeared demon.

The creature that looked like a typical demon out of a religious mythology simply reached out its greasy and disgusting looking hands and grasped the incoming flaming chain.

Thw demon was only wearing a black tattered thin robe that did a pathetic job at hiding its hideous appearance. It had two small horns in either of its temple while sporting a disgusting grin which revealed a rotting, yellowish, sharp teeth.

It also had a fat body but it was disproportional to its otherwise thin arms and this made it look more weird.

The Beast, the true master of the Hand, yanked the chain in his hand forcefully as the Ghost Rider was then caught off guard and then flew towards the former.

But he managed to react midair as he used one of his most powerful ability.

Hellfire.

Ghost Rider activated it as the flames of hell quickly appeared on the long chain and then licked the hand of the demon as it then proceeded to submerge the latter to its deadly embrace.

"ARRRRGGHH!"

The Beast screamed in pain as the fingers' eyes all widened as they saw the state of their master. The defenders took this opportunity to attack with more energy as they quickly managed to inflict much more damage on them due to their carelessness.

Matt Murdock used his extraordinary senses to evade the hasty punch of the one known as Murakami as he countered with a kick that was aimed at the neck.

Luke Cage on the other hand was using his immense strength to overwhelm his opponent as he constantly moved forward and ignored the enhanced punch and kicks of the one known Sowande as he countered with his own that eclipsed the strength of this particular finger.

While Jessica seemed to have already grasped and was more masterful in her abilities as she was hovering and dodging the occasional stream of chi that Alexandra Reid would release upon her.

Danny Rand on the other hand was fighting using pure martial and chi techniques as he fought Madam Gao in close range intensely.

"Die, sinner!" The Ghost Rider landed smoothly on the ground as it approached the demon and then said that word in front of its face.

"ARRGGHHHEHEHAHAHAHAHA" The pained cry of the demon suddenly turned into a twisted cackle as the pain on its hideous face disappeared, replaced with the previous grin.

The hellfire around the demon began to dance around and then the Ghost Rider was confused as it watched the flames began to thin away and then disappeared entirely after a few moments — seemingly absorbed by The Beast.

Black, smoke-like demonic energy then appeared around its fist as it then punched the flaming skull of the Ghost Rider with all its strength.

Swoosh!

The Ghost Rider flew back immediately and collided with the remaining wall of the entrance of the building and then continued flying for a while.

Andrew – who was popping a popcorn into his mouth – watched as the Spirit of Vengeance collided with the wall and then ended up losing momentum and stopping near the container truck where he was perched on top on.

The Ghost of Sparta growled and was about to stand up from its lying form when it suddenly spotted his figure as its eyes glinted.

It then growled with anger in its voice "Sinner!"

"Oh.."

The Beast on the other hand waved away the demonic energy in its hand and then its body then turned into a black smoke that flowed through the air ominously and flew towards one person.

The fingers of the Hand, the defenders, and everyone present 'cept for Ghost Rider watched in horror and amazement as the smoke then went inside the body of Murakami through all his orifices.

Then the transformation began

Creak!

Creak!

Sounds of bones cracking and creaking resounded within Murakami's body as the same horns from the demon appeared on his temples. His skin turned sickly pale with black cracks while blood flows continously from it.

His nails from his fingers and toes began growing in length and they all exuded deadly auras as green corrosive substance began leaking from them.

His body then began to swell and balloon up as his entire muscular system enlarged and he quickly gained a few pounds in weight only after a few seconds. His belly was large just like the demon and his arms and legs was inproportionately thin.

Murakami had a different glint in his eyes as began clenching his hands for a good measure and then he lifted his head and turned to look at the now-standing Ghost Rider. A smirk appeared on his otherwise hideous face as he disappeared from his position in a gust of wind.

Swooosh!

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