J'Zaki's body was hidden behind a blinding light. When the light disappeared, there was a large, bipedal hyena in his place. The werehyena wore a pair of black pants and had a golden necklace around its neck with a skull as its centerpiece. Several spectral skulls began appearing all around him, each of them looking directly at Ghost Rider.
"Spirit of Vengeance. Meet the one that shall destroy you." J'Zaki was confident in this form's power. Not only was he granted a more powerful body, but he also had access to the full library of spells that Ingcuka had kept hidden away: his spells related to necromancy.
Ghost Rider swung his chain around, setting it ablaze with hellfire. The spectral skulls began to back away in fear of being destroyed by the hellfire. Seeing their cowardice, Ghost Rider smiled before turning his attention to J'Zaki.
"Are these skulls the best you can do?"
"No. Just the opening."
Hundreds of green, spectral bodies appeared behind J'Zaki before they rushed toward Ghost Rider. The Spirit of Vengeance swung his chain and destroyed the first row of them but he didn't expect the group to explode and knock his chain away. The second row was able to get even closer before they were struck down and exploded as well.
Hellfire had the power to burn spirits to nothing but it took time for things to burn, even if it was an instant. In that small time, before the hellfire melted the spirits completely, J'Zaki was using the hellfire as fuel to cause the normally weak spirits to create large explosions.
Ghost Rider was able to catch onto this after the first few waves so he changed his tactics. The chain was no longer ablaze and was tearing through the hordes of spirits easily. But because there was no hellfire to destroy them, the spirits would reform and it started an endless cycle. In order to break the cycle, Ghost Rider would switch between using hellfire and detonating the spirits to just making them disappear for a short amount of time to recover from the explosions. Slowly, the Ghost rider was being worn down.
Both sides' allies noticed as well.
"We've given him enough time. Time that we go in and make a mess as well." Tony lowered his mask once again
"Fine with me." Natasha agreed. The 3 Avengers and temporary member Spider-Man began to circle around in order to not get caught in the crossfire.
But before they could make it much further, an arrow from the side came out of nowhere. The group looked up and saw that Hawkeye, Wanda, and a man wearing a red suit were standing above them. Captain America, Barnes, and the remaining members of the Secret Warriors and Defenders also looked at them, ready to fight.
"Are we getting any more backup, guys? I only have so many not-lethal weapons on me," War Machine was trying to decide who he should shoot at first.
Just as he asked, a lightning bolt came down from above. It would have struck Hawkeye if not for the barrier that Wanda had created to protect him.
From the clouds, Ororo was floating down with Idie, Nezhno, and Vision. They landed next to the Avengers, all ready to take out someone.
"You called for help?" Ororo asked
"Damn. Didn't know that Wakanda had its own Avengers. Pretty cool." Tony looked at the new trio with appreciation. It would have been super embarrassing for them to fail their first mission at bringing in some criminals.
"King J'Zaki had them flown in this morning. Forgot to tell you about it," Natasha admitted. "Storm (Ororo), you gotta take on the girl who stopped your lightning bolt. You're the only one that can. Oya (Idie), can you and Vision handle the Inhumans?"
"Got it," the woman nodded before turning to vision who was going to be her partner in this fight.
"Gentle. I'll leave those last two new guys to you. The big guy looks really strong so be careful. Kid, you get to come with me to handle those guys with the Scarlet Witch. Iron Man, War Machine..."
"War Machine Smash?" Rhoades asked jokingly
"Go on ahead." Natasha rolled her eyes. The group split up and each went after their own targets.
Besides Ghost Rider and J'Zaki, the next most powerful battle was between the Scarlet Witch and Storm. Lightning and magic collided between the pair, causing massive explosions and damaging a great deal of the airport.
"Not bad." Ororo complimented her opponent sincerely. Storm clouds appeared over them as rain and snow started falling down from the sky. "But you can't withstand the full fury of an Omega-Level mutant!"
Wanda felt the temperature around her falling rapidly. And for the first time since Ultron, she looked at her opponent with true fear in her eyes.
Oya was battling the Inhumans with Vision and their side was coming out on top. Oya was able to make sure that the other pair could not close the gap between them by constantly switching between fire and ice powers. Vision was mainly focused on defense by using his incredibly dense body to block the vibrations.
But of all the Wakandans it was Nezhno that was having the easiest. As he activated his powers, the vibranium tattoos on his body were glowing blue. The boy's size had reached 3 meters in height and he had gotten much stronger as well. Even though Luke Cage was invulnerable, every punch from Nezhno sent him flying. As for Jessica Jones, the teen had already knocked her out.
It was the Avengers that were struggling with their fights. Their emotions for their teammates meant that they were holding back. Which Captain America used to his advantage.
J'Zaki was summoning dozens of skeleton warriors to charge over and battle Ghost Rider when he saw a giant man appear out of nowhere. The moment he appeared, he got the attention of Iron Man, War Machine, and Spider-Man.
'Tsk. It seems like I can't play around with Ghost Rider any longer.'
J'Zaki ripped the necklace from his body as he held it in his hands and began chanting. Several runes appeared all around Ghost Rider. The Spirit of Vengeance felt something was off but when he tried to move, he felt his body was frozen in place.
"I am a master of the Dark Arts. Which means that I can perform possessions with spirits of exorcisms. Tell me, Spirit of Vengeance, did you think that I couldn't force you from that mortal's body?"
The skull's eyes started emitting green light. When the light came into contact with Ghost Rider, the man's flames became calmer and calmer until they disappeared completely. His head then returned back to his human form as a flaming skull emerged from the man's chest.
"Come!" J'Zaki ordered the spirit. The flaming skull, unwillingly, flew into J'Zaki's golden skull and was absorbed by it. As for where the spirit of vengeance went, only J'Zaki and Ingcuka.
J'Zaki walked over to Robbie and grabbed him by the throat before lifting him into the air. The king was about to mock Robbie for losing his powers when he noticed something.
"Where is Barnes?" The battlefield paused and looked around. It was then that they all noticed that Captain America and Barnes had disappeared during the battle. Them and Black Widow. "Where is Barnes?!?!"
"Ha. Guess you're not so powerful if you can't keep track of two guys." Robbie chuckled at J'Zaki. And those were his last words. J'Zaki clenched his fist and destroyed Robbie's neck, killing him instantly.
Both the Spirit of Vengeance and its host had lost to the king of Wakanda that day.