First Day

Due to him being shot on duty, Daniel was given an easy task. He was asked to just patrol. If he finds anything then he had to radio it in and if it is a dangerous situation he had to stay out of the action. In Gotham, the lives of cops became as cheap as cabbages because of villians like Joker, Killer Croc and others so the chief treated any injured on duty cops as glass figurines to protect.

Daniel was glad to be given such an easy task for it meant mapping the whole of Gotham for his later use as Ghost Rider. Like other cops, he used the almighty siren to run red lights and when he was hungry, he went to get some donuts. Now, this wasn't a stereotype but it's because donuts have high amount of sugar that help in maintaining brain activity to the optimal and with a coffee to wash it down, he was good to go for the rest of his shift.

An hour in, he received an 11-80, that's code for an accident with major injuries. Since he wasn't that far away, he decided to drive over, his siren blaring, parting the traffic for him. When he was about to take a corner in order to drive to the scene, an armored car nearly smashed into his car had he not swerved to the right, letting it hit his side mirror. Immediately, he took chase of them as he radioed it in.

"Dispatch, I have an armored car fleeing from the scene of the 11-80 in downtown! Please advice for further actions," he said.

"Patrol, you are authorized to follow the car, it is filled with dangerous chemicals to be released in the water supply. Use of lethal force is highly adviced unless in the vicinity of the chemicals," dispatch answered him. Daniel smiled to himself before take the microphone to the megaphone.

"Pull over now or you will be shot at!" he said, his voice magnified for the bad guys to hear. Like he expected, the back door was opened and four armored gunmen started shooting at his car. But, Daniel just smiled at them for what came next. Instead of his car being shredded, the bullets were stopped by its bulletproof body armour and windscreen.

"Gift from Wayne Industries, motherfuckers!" Daniel laughed before speeding up and hitting the car from behind. He then pressed a button and from under his hood came two hook like protusions that connected to the undercarriage of the van. Daniel then hit the brakes, making the passengers of the van to jerk and fall backwards or, in the case of the drive, hit their face of the steering wheel. Both cars came to a stop as the muscle of a car Daniel was driving overpowered the van. He put the handbrake on and got out, armed.

"Hands on your heads, NOW!" he shouted as he cautiously walked towards the van. The front door was opened and out came the Riddler with a bloody nose.

"Forgive me if I don't give you a riddle, officer, but you just pissed me off!" the Riddler growled as he aimed a pistol at him, making Daniel run back for cover behind the driver's door as Riddler fired at him ceaselessly. Once he was out of bullets, he cursed as Daniel got out of cover, a clear shot in sight but then, he didn't take it. Riddler must have thought he was scared so he told his men to run away as he too took off when they hear more sirens. Daniel was smiling coldly.

"Run, little man, run. The real hunt starts at dusk, let's see if you can escape Satan's bounty hunter," he growled towards the direction Riddler went to. When the fellow boys in blue came, Daniel gave his full report before he was dismissed for the day. Before he left, he heard a cop exclaim about the Wayne technology added on the police cars.

"Holy shit, it really did work! This is just a game changer. Imagine just stopping trucks with this and not be afraid of being fired at! We can finally take back Gotham!"

The sun finally set, the darkness spread all over Gotham as people went to sleep. But, with the darkness rose the Ghost Rider. It wasn't that he was restricted by sunlight, just that he found the cover of darkness can hide even Cleopatra's smile and it was convenient for him. Right now, he was on the hunt of Riddler, aka Edward Nigma. He knew the man was once a member of the Gotham Police and he went bonkers as other cops said. But, he had left the human things to Human Daniel, right now he was Ghost Rider and he was out for blood.

First, he drove to the place he stopped the van at. There, he got out of his car and touched the ground. Immediately, footsteps made of flames appeared on road, leading to the direction Riddler ran off to. Daniel screeched at the direction before getting in his car and drove, following the flaming footsteps. He reached the river but he never stopped as the car dove right in, driving on the water surface like it was a solid ground. He drove on to the other side where the car climbed the horizontal bank like it was nothing. Once on solid ground, he got out of the car and touched the ground. Before he could get the result, a rocket was fired at him, hitting his back and detonating immediately.

The two who fired gave themselves a fist bump before looking down only to see a flaming skeleton looking right at them with soulless eyes, making them burst into cold sweat. Daniel screeched at them before charging to the building, kicking the door to the next building.

He then felt his lust for vengeance burn, meaning the person, Riddler, he was hunting was here. With an excited demonic screech, he half run, half walked to where he was. Of course, he was met with opposition, grunts who couldn't learn after the first few bullets that he couldn't be harmed. What awaited them was hell fire bullets from a demonic gun that turned them to ashes and their souls nourishing their killer. Forty men died this way and now he was forty souls stronger!

He finally reached the door that Riddler was in and he couldn't contain his excitement as he just tore it off its hinges, threw it away and walked in. Riddler seemed not to be flustered, a calm smile on his face.

"Riddle me this, Flaming Skull, what is..."

"Your riddles only annoy me more, Riddler. Save them for someone who cares," Daniel growled, slowly coming towards him.

"There's a special place in hell for people who hate riddles, I will just send you early to enjoy it," Riddler said and pressed a button. Immediately, two turrets came from the roof, aiming at him and fired. Even with his durability, Daniel had to give props to Riddler for they actually halted his movement.

"There I was, just getting away from a lab heist, enough chemicals to make the whole of Gotham my bitch and give Batman the middle finger, when this officer just happens to be out there! I never believed in fate but here he was, foiling my plan just because the distraction I put was what drew him to my path. When he had a shot, he never took it, poor guy. Now I will find him and kill him, right after I kill you!" Riddler said. Daniel howled to the air then turned to look at the wall to his left. Seconds later, the wall was broken through and his car drove in. It suddenly had two rocket launchers on either sides of the hood that it used to destroy the turrets.

With the pressure gone, Daniel got up, his gaze on the dumbfounded Riddler. With one move, Daniel had Riddler in his arms, ready to use his penance stare. But Riddler had other plans for he took a grenade and shoved it down Daniel's chest, making him quite surprised, but not enough to disorient him. His hellfire just burnt it to ashes before it even exploded.

"You look like you are a gamer, Riddler, so you know about skeletons. They are the weakest mob in most videogames, one punch and they are out. Well, let's test out just how brittle I am," Daniel said and put his right hand round Riddler's waist then he started squeezing. Riddler became alarmed when he felt this so he tried to free himself with force, but the skeleton's hand was not budging. Daniel could be grinning if he could because he was pulling a Momonga. He increased the pressure, making Riddler panic even more as he did his best to free himself.

"How the chicken frails in the jaws of a dragon," Daniel mocked as he increased the pressure, making Riddler's bones creak. "What happened to your big man face when killing so many people? Where's the fun you had when playing with people's lives. Where's the glee in your eyes when you snuffed out the flames of life from others? I can't hear you laugh, all I hear is the struggle of an ant dying!"

"Damn you! Do you think...KUHHG!" Daniel just increased his pressure, breaking Riddler's spine in the process. Blood seeped from his mouth and the pain was so unbearable he couldn't even scream. His eyes looked at Daniel's, pleading for death but even death seemed to be off duty today as the pain kept on increasing as time went by. Daniel, now tired of this, clutched Riddler with his other hand and with one squeeze, Riddler's ribcage shattered, his heart and lungs crushed, making him deader than dead. He soul then rushed into Daniel's mouth and he swallowed it without hesitation. He then threw the corpse down, turning into human.

"That is so satisfying!" he said in euphoria as he looked at Riddler's lifeless eyes. "I wonder what Batman's doing knowing the big criminals in Gotham are falling like flies? Will he come after me?"