Ghost Rider versus Ghost Rider and the Terminator
Johnny`s body started to smoke, he felt familiar heat taking over again. Zarathos.
"I see..."commented Eli Morrow, "your Demon is totally aware of what`s going on... Do you want to kill me? Do you?"
Till Lindemann was standing some meters away, not sure if he should help his friend or stay out of the way. He looked questioningly at Johnny Blaze.
#Go...find the others.#the transformation was done, Zarathos had taken over.
When Till gazed at Eli, he saw that the man was also transforming. Two Ghost Riders. Using the time, Till quickly run out of the door, to find help.
Before he closed the door, Till could hear the deep, gravely voice of Zarathos saying#So...it`s all your doing. You want to cause chaos and rule the world?#
Running through the empty corridors was something similar Till remembered from his nightmares. Running, running, but not getting anywhere, being all alone, helpless...
Turning around another corned he almost pumped together with Oliver and Richard.
"Finally..."he breathed out."there`s...another Ghost Rider!"
"Was?" asked Oliver."How?"
"I don`t know, but Johnny is going to fight him in order to stop the Skynet..."he looked around, sweating,"Where are everyone else?"
"We did split up."
Then, through the wall, came the T-800, a shotgun in his hand. "What`s going on?" then he scanned the area.
Zarathos looked at Eli, furious, yet trying not to attack him. #How? How can you be here?#
#Same question to you...# the other Rider looked around, before putting his hand on Johnny`s shoulder,#But right now we gotta go.#
Johnny slowly transformed back into his human form, so did Eli.
"Did you bring anyone with you, Johnny?"
"Sort of, but they`re late."
"How did you find me?" asked Johnny, still not trusting the other Rider. Something wasn`t right with him.
"Someone filmed you on the freeway with this..."he handed a camera to Johnny.
"They all have these."noted Johnny.
"This is the world now..."
#He betrayed the Riders,#commented Zarathos inside Johnny`s head,#be extremely careful.#
"Skynet is the virus..."Johnny mumbled quietly by himself."It`s going to take over."
A bad feeling was going through him- Eli might be the maker of it.
Eli leaded Johnny to the parking-lot. Johnny saw nobody, not even his friends anywhere, His anxiety and anger were again raising.
"What`s going on?" asked Johnny.
"We can change everything,"smiled Eli Morrow, his icy eyes looking directly at Johnny."I`m glad you finally understand, Blaze. We can be together, take over the world."
Johnny stood, thinking. Taking over the world?
"And now we can win this."Eli continued.
*Win what?*
Then someone caught Johnny`s eye. "Bob!"
He saw Eli looking with surprise to the Terminator and explained,"It`s okay, he is with me."
The T-800 did something, that Johnny half-expected- he shot Eli Morrow in the chest. And again.
"What are you...? What are you doing?" Eli fell to the ground, immediately transforming into the Rider form.
"Bob?" asked Johnny.
Johnny understood- Bob knew better, that something was very wrong with the man in front of them.
"Why did you do that?" asked Johnny.
"Because he is a killer."
The Terminator grabbed Eli`s not so flaming form by the neck, holding him up.
"Let him go!" ordered Johnny, aiming his gun at T-800. The Terminator looked at him, not saying a word.
Then he dropped the brown-haired man to the floor. "He is dangerous."
With quick movements, Eli rolled aside, taking back his flaming form. But Johnny was already waiting for him, flaming chain in his hands.
#That hurt.# Eli`s hands were in fists, ready to fight.
Then he turned his flaming scull to Bob."Who sent you back, I wonder?"
With inhuman speed, he attacked Bob, who was hit against a BMW,with a huge bang. Both fell to the stone floor, Bob was quicker to get on his feet.
Then, Bob rammed his fist against Eli, they went together through the wall, leaving a big hole behind. Johnny followed them, but there was nothing he could do.
Now Bob was really angry, hitting Eli several times and sending him through a window.
Oliver Riedel had finally found Johnny, grabbed his hand."Come on! We got to keep moving. Let`s go!"
He grabbed a hold on Johnny`s shoulder, dragging him up. Johnny turned to see Till, Richard, Christoph, Christian and Paul behind them.
"I can`t leave him."Johnny wanted to help Bob, but Till came next to Oliver, trying to make sure that Johnny wouldn`t run into the fight.
Johnny got free and run through the big hole in the brick wall.
"Damn it!" swore Till, following his friend.
T-800 slowly stood up. He could hear warnings through the corridor.
/Attention! Evacuation procedures are now in progress!/
Behind Bob, Eli slowly got to his feet. He`d lost his Rider form, now simply a human.
Johnny run to Bob, helping him up."Come on, Bob!Let`s go!"
/Attention! All medical personnel. Evacuation procedures are now in progress!/
Eli shook his head, his shoulders and head started to smoke, small flames of Hellfire came out.
When they got into the corridor, Bob fell to his knees.
"Bob!" Johnny was worried, trying to hold him up.
Eli stepped out from the operation room, his head in flames and turned to see Till Lindemann. "I thought you would be smarter...and that... you would understand."
"I`m sorry, Eli."Till took his Colt.
But before he could shoot him, Johnny used his Hell powers to send Eli backwards against the wall.
"That won`t keep him down for long,"he aided his friend out,"Come on!"
Johnny and Till grabbed the guns, when Eli walked out. They both shoot him several times, but because of the Rider form, bullets didn`t hurt him.
"That`s all you can do?" Eli asked, clenching his flaming fist."Trying to kill a Ghost Rider like me?"
But when he was about to attack Johnny and Till, behind them came a huge table, that hit the attacked against the floor. It was Bob, just on the right time.
"Eli Morrow talks too much."Bob said, walking in through the broken door. He looked at Johnny, then to Till`s direction. "Follow me. Others are in safe place."
When running next to T-800, Johnny dared to ask."The timer is sped up. Why?"
"Skynet is waking up. We no longer have hours. It will be able to wake up sooner."
They headed through the dark corridor, Bob leading the way."This way."
"Wait,"asked Till, "you`ve been here before?"
"I was able to infiltrate the work crews in this facility. "
"You got a job in this construction?" wondered Johnny.
"Until I was laid off. "With a strong hit, T-800 broke a metal-door and they found themselves in another big room.
It was like an arena, and a huge construction in the middle of it.
"What the Hell?" asked Till, not believing his eyes."Is this a time machine?"
"Not yet. Only the magnetic quantum field is complete."The Terminator broke another system with his metallic hand and a small door opened.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Eli grabbed Johnny`s neck, holding him. "I got...company..."managed Johnny to get out, trying to fight the attacker.
"You can`t win."whispered Eli, making Johnny to move with him.
"Give me the detonator!" ordered Bob, and Till threw it to him.
"Do it, Bob!"Yelled Johnny, fighting Eli on the same time,"do it now!"
Eli transformed and pierced Johnny`s shoulder with his bone-finger, making Johnny scream from pain.
Bob looked at the detonator, then up to the fighters."I cannot."he shook his head. "I cannot kill Johnny Blaze!"
"You have to!" screamed Johnny, trying to hit Eli`s face, transforming into the Rider rapidly. "I order you!"
#He can`t,#laughed Eli, still having Johnny in his grip. #Neither can I. Because if you die, he definitely hits the button.#
"Johnny!" Till came running, then stopped.
Eli them simply melted through the floor, attacking Bob, who had the detonator. Johnny fell to the ground, moaning in pain.
Both Eli and Bob started fighting again, breaking everything on their way. Johnny came down on the ladder, holding at his bleeding shoulder.
"Johnny!" Till was right next to him."You okay?"
"The detonator is destroyed..."Johnny gritted his teeth.
"There`s gotta be another way!"
Bob forced Eli right to the middle of the time-machine in progress, hitting him repeatedly. Eli backed down, until there was nowhere to go. Then, with the Rider`s force, he slammed the Terminator against the floor, and sent him flying downwards, into the middle of the construction.
"No, Bob! No,no,no!" Johnny wanted to stop the fight, but the automatic door was closing.
"Bob, no!" Johnny tried to break the door, but couldn`t. Because of his injury, Zarathos didn`t take over. Instead, the fallen Angel started to heal the host`s body.
Then Till, aiding Johnny away from the door, had a smaller detonator. "Big enough to get us in, small enough not to kill us."
"You have a plan, right?"
"Theoretically."