Sean's POV

Hauling the man off to the authorities was simple enough, but I had several questions regarding the crystal that the man had with him. The man was currently being held in a police station cell, currently getting questioned by a pair of officers, Flash, and Green Lantern. I was outside the room, still holding the crystal, shifting it in my hand; being already possessed by a demon means that you get some immunity from others, also the Ghost Rider has a history with the beings responsible for the crystal, or so I have been told from the Rider himself. Green lantern and several police detectives were actually interrogating him right now, but they were getting nowhere; which was to be expected as he was possessed, not willfully trashing a power plant. Seeing that I should do something, I got up to enter the room.

"I'm telling the truth, it's all a blank I swear." pleaded the man. I opened the door and walked over to stand next to Green Lantern.

"And the costume?" asked one of the interrogators. The man looked down at what he was wearing, giving a blank expression.

"I just-I don't know." confessed the man. I decided to step in and give him a chance.

"Okay, what is the last thing you remember before this blank?" I asked as I walked over to the man.

"I remember a crystal or something like that. I picked it up and then the next thing I know, I'm here." I looked at Lantern for a second and pulled out the crystal.

"Would this be the crystal you last saw?" I said while holding the crystal. The man's eyes widened and nodded.

"Yes that one, it's that one!" confirmed the man. Lantern and the other interrogators looked at me slightly confused.

"What does the crystal have to do with this guy?" asked an interrogator as he looked confused at me.

"It has everything to do with him as this guy did not do the things he did willfully," I replied, gaining several confused expressions from the group in the room. I rolled my eyes and decided to explain, "This crystal somehow possessed this man, albeit I have no idea how but I do know that this guy is innocent."

"How can you be sure?" asked Lantern, my response was sheer brutality.

"If he wasn't he'd be dead right now because the Rider is looking for someone to blame for a lot of families going through some serious problems because of the power outage," I responded and left the room. lantern and the present men nodded that was true as they knew me as the Ghost Rider and how he acted as Judge, Jury, and Executioner. Green Lantern followed behind me out of the interrogation room and into the hallway where Diana was waiting with Flash. I noticed that she and Flash were curious as to what made the crystal familiar to the Ghost Rider.

"So what did you find out?" asked Flash as we began to leave the police station. I lead the three Leaguers to the exit before answering.

"The man was possessed by this crystal, but I can't say as to how," I answered as we left the station, outside in the night air we began to head for my Javelin, that was until I was hit in the back by some unknown force. I fell and hit a nearby newspaper stand; turning around to see a man wearing ancient clothing.

"You dark ones cannot hide from Morphir!" yelled the man as he lunged at me with a sword that was strapped in a scabbard in on his hip. I dodged the slash and shoved him back away from me. I walked back a pace or two as to get a better look at who I was dealing with.

"'Dark Ones?' The heck is that supposed to mean?" I questioned indignantly as I did not appreciate being hit in the back.

"Heathen!" yelled Morphir as he charged at me again, swing his sword.

"Morphir prefers your head!" I ducked under the sword and grouped up with Diana, Flash, and Lantern.

"Who is this guy?" asked Flash as he and the others were surprised to see me knocked down so fast.

"Not sure; let's take him down and figure it out later," I answered and pulled out one of my chains. The chain was engulfed in hellfire and I swung it right at Morphir's sword, slicing the blade off. Morphir looked at his broken sword then back at me; his eyes betraying that he recognized the fire.

"You hold the spirit of the savior!" began the man as he dropped the blade and raised his hands in surrender. I raised an eyebrow confused but decided to go along with his claim.

"By 'Savior' you mean the Ghost Rider?" I concluded as I approached Morphir. He nodded quickly and then looked at the crystal.

"The crystal that the savior holds is the 'Dark Heart.' Morphir was tasked to keep it hidden and so that the Earth may continue to survive." continued Morphir. I looked at the others for a moment, seeing that they were just as confused as I was. I then noticed a small crowd had formed around us, curious as to what was happening.

"Morphir, do you mind if we continue this conversation somewhere else for the moment?" I asked Morphir, who shook his head that he did not mind. I gestured for the others that we were good and that Morphir would not attack. I gestured for Morphir to follow, which he did and the others as well to my Javelin. Once on board, Flash, Lantern, Diana and myself decided to get right down to business.

"Okay Morphir, I want you to start at the very beginning of why you are here, what the Dark Heart is, and what it has to do with the Ghost Rider."

Morphir nodded and began his tale of the Dark Heart. "Long ago, before writing, before cities; man's future was uncertain, for he was at war with Ophidians.

"Ophidi-what?" asked Flash who was looking as confused as Lantern. Diana was more so composed and was listening carefully, I nodded for Morphir to continue.

"Snakes who walk like men. Moon worshipers." Morphir looked down as he tried to remember more, "After years of struggle man was winning. Most Ophidians dead, wiped out. Here was born black diamond; Heart of Darkness. Any who touched Dark Heart are possessed by vengeful spirits. Their only goal, destroy humanity. Since that time, Morphir's people guard Dark Heart. Morphir is latest to guard diamond, but evil wants escape." I nodded, as did Diana who knew about this sort of dark magic and possession and such being an amazon. But there was one question unanswered for me.

"Okay, but what does any of this have to do with the Rider?" I asked Morphir who jumped slightly when I spoke.

"Spirit of Vengeance only one who truly battled snakes. Led Morphir's people throughout war; Morphir's people dedicated to service of Spirit. Humanity's savior." Answered Morphir as he knelt on one knee. "Morphir is at new Spirit's command." I looked down in mild shock at hearing this. I knew the Rider had done a lot of justice, but damn. I had no idea he had done this much.

"Okay, so we have the Dark Heart so now what, actually better yet, how come you're not acting possessed and such by these snakes or whatever?" asked Lantern as he looked at me. I nodded and decided to give an explanation.

"The Rider inside me acts as a sort of safeguard against other Spirits, demons, or other forms of possession," I explain, looking down at the crystal. "But there is one problem with the crystal. This is only half of the whole rock, the other half is out there somewhere." I engulfed my hand in flames and turned the crystal to ash, a faint chorus of hisses and shrieks whispered in the air.

"Okay so we have to find the other half before anyone else does." surmised Diana, Morphir nodded in confirmation. I rubbed my chin in thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion.

"Let's head back to the Watchtower so we can coordinate with the others and find that crystal before anything else can happen, or before anyone get's hurt." I suggested. With no objections, I went to the cockpit and took off from the city and began our ascent to the tower. Diana, Flash, and Green Lantern took their seats, while Morphir opted to stand up for the journey. While heading to the tower, I noticed another Javelin heading up as well.

"Where did Hawkgirl, Superman, or J'onn go while we were dealing with that guy?" I asked to no one in particular. I received a lot of shrugs as to no idea. I gripped the controls a bit tighter as we approached the tower. The hangar doors opened up, allowing the first Javelin to enter, I followed behind, the hangar doors closing when we were inside. I slowed the Javelin down and landed not far from the first. The exit ramp opened and I saw Hawkgirl and Superman exit the vehicle.

"Well, looks like we know who was in the Javelin," commented Flash as we exited. Walking up to meet with the others. Morphir was about to leave but I stopped him from doing so.

"Morphir, I need you to remain on the Javelin. One of the Leaguers may be possessed by that Dark Heart and if you're here then the possessed may attack if you're here. I want to be sure if one of them is possessed before coming to a conclusion." Morphir nodded and took a place in a chair. "Also, what's a good way to get the snakes out?"

"Savior can expel snakes from friends, or savior can slice head off," replied Morphir. I raised an eyebrow, already knowing which option I was leaning towards.

"Nice," I replied with a faint hint of sarcasm. I left the Javelin and followed the others outside. Flash, Diana, Lantern, Superman, and Hawkgirl were all talking about what happened in the last few hours.

"Hey, Superman?" I asked the current leader of the League. He turned to me when I called. "I was wondering if we could meet in the command center for a moment. There something that has come up and I want to be sure of it." Superman nodded while the rest of the League followed behind.

Command Center

"You believe that this Morphir is telling the truth and that one of us may have this crystal?" asked J'onn as he surmised what Morphir told me, Diana, Lantern, and Flash. I nodded that was the case.

"Basically. The best way for us to figure out who has the crystal is probably the process of elimination." I confirmed. I took off my sunglasses, my eyes glowing amber, I checked Diana first since she was with me when we found the last guy who had the crystal. The Rider scanned Diana and confirmed that she was good.

"You're good," I answered after a moment. I looked over at Flash, who shrunk back a little as the Rider's gaze, even while I am not the Rider, is enough to make Batman's notorious Batglare look like a light scowl.

"You're good," I answered Flash sighed with relief. I then turned to Superman for his turn. I was in the process of scanning him for any possession when I was blasted in the face by a green beam of light. I yelled in surprise and shielded my eyes for a moment. When I looked back, I saw Green Lantern pointing his ring at me, in his other hand was the other half of the Dark Heart.

"Well looks like we now know who has the Dark Heart."

I pulled out my chain and whipped it around as to get ready for whatever attack may come. Lantern fired another blast at me, but I deflected it, allowing Superman to fly up and knock Green Lantern down to the ground. Diana and Hawkgirl ran over to grab his arms to prevent him from firing his ring again. J'onn then hovered over to Lantern.

"Try not to resist." suggested J'onn as he used his telepathy to knock out Lantern. The crystal fell him his hand and to the ground. Hawkgirl was the first to notice the crystal.

"We want it gone," began Hawkgirl as she raised her mace. I saw this and I guessed what might happen next.

"Hawkgirl wait!" I yelled but was too late because Hawkgirl had swung her mace down and shattered the Dark Heart. Dozens of shards flew across the room. Flash was fast enough to dodge the shards, while the shards that hit me turned to ash on contact. I looked down at the destroyed heart than at the league, who had several shards embedded in the skin or costume.

"Thanks Hawkgirl for-" began Flash. But I raised a hand.

"It's not over." I warned as Superman's heat vision began to charge up. Flash saw this and grabbed my arm, the dashing out of the room, a beam of heat vision nearly sliced me in half while the other Leaguers flew after us.

"Why are they attacking us?" asked Flash as ran down a hallway and into a storage room.

"The shards that hit the League must be responsible, we need to get those crystal fragments out of them." I deduced as I used the Rider's vision to find the League. They were currently in the Javelin bay, taking what appeared to be some sort of generator out of one of the Javelins. I noticed that they were talking to each other but since we were in another room, I could not hear them. I saw that the device was activated by Diana and then hurled out of the hangar door by Green Lantern.

"You know anything about a generator or something that is normally placed inside the Javelin?" I asked Flash after I had seen enough.

"The AFD, why?"

"Cause the possessed League just threw it out of the tower and it is heading towards the sun." I concluded, gaining a worried look from Flash.

"We need to call Batman, he should have some plan or gadget to knock out the League and help us stop whatever those snakes want." suggested Flash.

"There's a lot of ground to cover between us and the communication hub. It's likely we might be seen while getting there." I pointed out, but Flash gave me a look that jogged my memory. "Oh right, forgot I could teleport there." I turned around to face the ground, moving my hand in a circular motion. A small ring of fire formed on the ground and a portal opened up. I hopped down through it, Flash following me. I landed on the ground in the control center and walked over to the communication system.

"Watchtower to Batman; we have a situation." I began when I contacted the Batcave. I was about to get a response but a laser of heat vision sliced the console in half.

"There shall be no interference." stated the possessed Superman as he flew at me. I ducked under him and Flash followed suit.

"Move!" I yelled and ran out, the Rider giving me a speed boost, I was currently keeping up with Flash as we ran out. Before we made it through the door, Superman shot a laser of his heat vision and the beam sliced through Flash's arm. He yelped in pain as he held his injured arm.

"There's a comm. in the Javelins if we get there we can contact someone," I suggested as we ran to the hangar. Turning down a few hallways then to the hangar. I saw that the Javelins were undamaged oddly enough, but I decided to get to mine first. "Flash go over to the other Javelin, I'll check mine." Flash nodded and ran over to the Javelin. I ran over to my own and up the ramp.

"Morphir?" I asked when I noticed the man was missing. I looked around till I saw him sprawled on the ground, several bruises and cuts crossed his body. I walked over to check to see if he was still alive, thankfully he was. Seeing as how he was going nowhere or waking up anytime soon, I ran over to the controls of the Javelin to see if I could contact someone or maybe even leave the Tower till I found reinforcements. At the controls, or what was left of them, there was several arches electricity and sparks from the destroyed controls.

"Hawkgirl must have used her mace to trash the controls." I muttered to myself; I learned a little while ago that Hawkgirl's mace is made of a metal that disrupts magic and in turn other forms of power, including the Ghost Rider's power. I heard the Rider growl lowly at the destroyed controls. Even with accelerated repairs, whatever the AFD would reach the sun way before we could get a Javelin in the air and after the device. I then heard a distinct clang of metal and the Javelin groaning. I looked up at the ceiling and saw a mace breaking through.

"I don't have time for this." I muttered and created another portal to meet up with Flash. Before I could go through, a Lasso wrapped around my arms and yanked me away from the portal. I turned around to see Diana holding her lasso in the doorway.

"You have caused us a great deal of annoyance Rider." stated Diana as she pulled her lasso towards her, sending me through the doorway and into the hangar outside. I rolled onto back and then onto my feet. I slipped out of the lasso and pulled out my chain and swung it around to get ready for whatever might happen.

(A/N picture Sean instead of the rider swing his chain.)

Around me; Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Superman, J'onn, and Diana all hovering in a circle around me. I felt the Rider try to take over but I suppressed him for the moment, I had a feeling that I was going to need him in a minute.

"We finally have the power to defeat our ancient rival." began J'onn as he and the others flew to me.

"I've got some power of my own." I said as I swung my chain at the Martian. Before it could hit him, Superman grabbed the chain and glared at me. "Uh-oh." Was all I said before Superman heaved the chain and me into the air and swung me through a wall that housed the fusion reactor that powered the Watchtower. I strained to stand up when I heard the possessed Leaguers approach me, humming some sort of song.

"Screw it." I snarled and let the Rider out, flames erupted from my skull and the Rider roared at the possessed League members, causing them to flinch for a brief second.

That small second of hesitation was all the Rider needed to whip out both chains and restrain all of the Leaguers. The chains pinned their arms to their bodies, allowing the Rider glare at all of them. He then proceeded to take off his gloves, his skeletal hands bathed in flames. The Rider brought his hands together, a small sphere of fire formed in the space between them. He then slowly parted his hands, the sphere growing larger. The Rider then raised the sphere into the air, the fireball was about the size of a large beach ball.

He roared loudly and thrust his hands out, five streams of fire shot out to the possessed Leaguers. On impact, the flames swept across the bodies of the Leaguers, causing them to yell in mild pain as the shards that were embedded in their skin were turned to ash. The flames flickered out a second later, the Leaguers covered in soot, the Rider then retracted the chains. The flames around his skull flickered out, a stream of smoke coming from him.

"Sean?" asked Diana as she regained herself first. The Rider then fell forward onto his side, "Sean!" gasped Diana as she ran over to make sue I was alright. The last thing I saw before blacking out was Diana holding me in her arms.

Two Hours Later...

"Ugh.." I groaned as I stirred, I opened my eyes the first thing I noticed was that I was in the medical ward. The League all standing around me. I sat up, holding my head, "What happened?"

"You brought us back to reality and destroyed the Dark Heart." answered Superman as he stood beside Green Lantern.

"You saved us from the snake demons." Added Diana, I nodded and leaned back. "After you did so you passed out."

"Must have been from the amount of energy it takes to do an exorcism. Where's Flash?" I looked around to see Flash in a hospital bed just as I was.

"After you saved us, Flash brought us up to speed on what was happening. Since both Javelins were busted, I used my ring to make a bridge for Flash to run on and get to the sun before it was completely blacked out." explained Lantern. I nodded as it must have taken a lot out of Flash to run all the way to the sun. I looked around the room to see that there was one other in the room.

"Nice to see you awake." greeted Batgirl as she walked over to me. I smiled when I saw her.

"Nice to be awake." I returned. Barbara's smile widened but just slightly. "Though I did not really expect to see you up here, not that I'm complaining."

"Well, I decided to see how you were doing. Speaking of which, how's Ashley?" Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that the League had decided to give us a little privacy.

"She's doing pretty good, looking at a master's in neurology," I answered while getting up off the bed. "I suppose you are needed back at the cave?"

"Yeah, but it was nice talking with." agreed Barbara as we were about to leave the room. I heard a groan from Flash, turning around to see the speedster coming to.

"Wake up sleepy head." I said in a mock childish tone.

"What happened?" asked Flash as he sat up.

"You saved the day bright eyes." answered Barbara for me. I looked over at her to see that she was glad to see a friend coming around.

"Yay me." said Flash as he stood up. "You guys wanna head out for a celebration?"

"Not in that van Flash!" I stated as we walked out of the medical ward.

"Don't have it anymore, sold it. Gave all the money away to charity not too long ago." replied Flash as we walked into the main command center.

"Why'd you sell it?" asked Barbara as she was slightly curious, just as I was but I did not voice.

"Did some thinking and saw that you guys were right. I don't really need stuff to be a good hero."

"And the snack bar commercial?"

"Gave it up." I was mildly surprised to see a somewhat mature side to Flash. Though mostly glad that he got rid of the van; it was not pretty in any way thought out.

"Right, so lunch is on me?" I asked, gaining two yeses. I mentally slapped my forehead as I forgot about Flash's legendary appetite. I think I am going to burn a hole in my wallet after this meal.