Chronicle X: Two sides of the same coin

I woke up in a dark place. The only thing I could see was my body, and honestly, it was making me nervous. I don't know how long I've been here, or alone in the dark.

I'm dead? No... No, no, that's impossible. I remember fighting the fallen angel in the middle of heaven. I remember trying to hit him, and then...

And then I fell to the ground from the clouds.

God no. No no no no.

I have to calm down. Keep calm, keep calm--

I fucking can't !

Did I die from the fall? Or was I killed? That angel said a few words before...

Before...

Before what...?

Before what?!

I can´t remember!

When I'm nervous I'm spinning around, and shit I was, I'm losing my fucking mind!

And on top of that, everything around me is still da--!

Wait.

Is... Is that a light?

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The teenager walked straight towards what looked like a carved stone, in which a small fire burned inside an archaic cage. He felt a comforting warmth that arose from it, a sense of calm. But at the same time, he was invaded by a feeling of rancor and hatred. From the depths of his heart, he knew that this was an important moment; a definitive one.

His hunch was correct. On the sides of the campfire, two paths lit up. The one on the left showed red wings, perforated and singed; curiously, the drops of blood were clearly visible. On the right side, there were other wings, but these were white in color. The feathers exhibited a heavenly sheen. They did not look like any animal or bird because of their unusual size.

-𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆…- a voice said, startling him.

What surprised the boy wasn't his bass tone, but that he sounded like two people at once, and the fact that he came out of nowhere.

- 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆... -repeated the voice, but this time, it sounded distorted, while a figure made an appearance.

- What the...?

The figure took the form of the Ghost Rider in front of the boy. His flames were the same color as always, but their sockets were different: one emanated red light, while the other emanated a pale blue light. Daniel looked at him shocked, although his surprise increased even more when Zarathos separated into two entities, both with their respective colors; red and blue.

Red had his arms crossed, and Blue was looking at him with a soft expression.

The bewilderment overwhelmed Daniel completely, without saying a word for the next few seconds. His gaze alternated between both Ghost Rider, trying to understand how it was possible.

- 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸? - spoke the red, with a masculine voice and irritated.

- 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺-recriminated the blue one, with a feminine and understanding voice.

Of course, this snapped the poor boy out of his stupor. All the emotions he'd endured thus far culminated in him finally exploding.

- Who the hell are you?! Where I am?! WHAT'S GOING ON?! - he exclaimed.

- 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘭-𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯...- Blue commented, letting out a giggle- 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭. 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘢. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴...

-𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲...- before continuing, she gave a disturbing smile- "𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿." 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗜 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆.

After saying that, Justino chuckled, remembering something. But inmmediatly showed a serious expresion.

- 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.

-...What? - Daniel said, stunned.

His response made the woman laugh and the man sigh in annoyance.

-Wait a minute!-He exclaimed-I want answers first! What is this place? What do you mean being his heir? How did you guys even end up here?

At the last question, both beings fell silent, and the boy got a sense of danger momentarily.

- 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨...- Sophia replied- 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥... 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 - the woman spoke, with a serious and worried tone -. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦.

-So, that's what they meant by "choose"...

-𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁-this time, the man spoke-, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.

Daniel was silent, analyzing the situation. Before deciding, he asked both of them to explain about his abilities and what he could do with each one.

With Sophia, he had an angelic power, unable to harm a benevolent being, although he possessed the strength comparable to the highest ranks of the celestial plane. He could also heal people from any wound: being able to save someone from death, heal mortal wounds, even resurrection. His power grew in Heaven. Totally invulnerable to angelic weapons, a very important detail, since his normal Ghost Rider form did not have this power, in fact, it was his greatest weakness. However, his weakness was anything related to high demonic power.

With Justino's power, he gained inordinate and indomitable strength. The ability to lay waste to humans, demons, angels, even beings close to the ranks of Demon Lord, and perhaps more. Total immunity to demonic spells, possession, and mind tricks. His power increased in Hell. Unlike Sophia, his weakness was everything angelic related.

After his analysis, the boy chose Sophia's power. The reasons were simple: clear advantage over his mortal enemies, covering his only weakness, and the ability to revive and heal. However, he hadn't even started the training, so he had a long way to go to obtain those skills.

However, these transformations were only "reinforcements". By using her Ghost Rider form, she would retain her original look, but he could access such power at any time.

-𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘋𝘢𝘯...-the woman spoke- 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳?