The Pride Ring, Hell...

In some kind of warehouse, Demons were seen going around doing their individual jobs. Some were making drugs while others were putting gun parts together. Another group was loading up unknown materials nearby, and others were doing other things.

Above in a catwalk, a man in a dark jacket and a red hood stood. Chains were wrapped around his forearms with two guns holstered at his hips. The Demon watched his men from above as they worked below.

Footsteps were heard on the catwalk, catching the Demon's attention. He turns to the one approaching him, revealing his black and white skull-like face with eyes the color of dried blood. The Demon approaching his boss was Stalker, who was wearing an eyepatch over his left eye. It was burnt and damaged from the explosion Charlie had caused to him and Lucky weeks ago.

"What is it?" the Demon gang boss asks the Imp.

"Lucky is ready," Stalker informs his boss. "He's got a whole team this time, and even got some gang of Humans to help him."

"Tch. Can't believe he needs a whole team to take on a weakling Human and some pacifist princess," the Demon boss scoffs. "It's pathetic. Though there are rumors going around that he shot Valentino in the face. But just make sure that you do your job correctly this time, okay?"

"You got it, Boss," Stalker nods. "I'll make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Good."

The gang boss turns back to watch his men work. Stalker nods and turns away before disappearing into a cloud of shadowy smoke. He was ready for this mission. He didn't want his boss pissed at him.

Queens, New York...

It's been only a few days since Y/n had confessed his love to Charlie. She had surprisingly taken it well and even reciprocated the feelings of affection. Y/n was thrilled because of this and couldn't help but be completely giddy about it.

Since then, Y/n and Charlie had become a couple. Y/n didn't want to make it public yet, which Charlie was fine with. As long as she had Y/n with her, she was happy.

At the moment, Y/n was walking down the stairs in his Riders' Edge mechanic uniform. He walked into the living room, a smile unusually plastered on his face, and walked toward the couch where Charlie, Angel, and Fat Nuggets were sitting. They were watching some show about the FBI, or something similar.

"Hey, I'm gonna head to work, Char," Y/n kisses his girlfriend's forehead. "I'll see you later tonight."

"Hey, can I come with you today?" Charlie asked her boyfriend.

"Really?" Y/n questioned. "As much as I love you, I still don't fully trust Fluff Boy here yet."

"Hey!" Angel called out. "I helped you two get together! Show me a little trust."

Y/n only shrugged and Nuggets oinked. Charlie giggled at this.

"I think Angel can be trusted," Charlie said. "Please? I wanna be with you more, N/n~"

N/n. That was the nickname Charlie had given Y/n and started to recently call him that. He was... tolerating it. He did call Charlie "Char" after all.

"You sure?" Y/n asked.

"Absolutely!" Charlie announced.

Y/n hummed in thought and turned to Angel Dust. The Spider Demon looked back at him with big puppy eyes. Y/n sighed and nodded.

"Alright. Trial run," he says. "If nothing terrible happens tonight while me and Charlie are gone, I'll trust you to stay at the house by yourself, alright, Angel?"

"Yes!" Angel fist-pumped the air. "You will not regret this."

"I better not," Y/n turns to Charlie. "So I guess you're joining me."

Charlie cheered like a joyful little girl and stood from her seat. Y/n smiled at the cute action before him before turning to leave with Charlie. They both bid their resident runaway goodbye before walking out of the house. They walk up to Y/n's bike.

"You ready?" the biker asks his girlfriend as he puts on his helmet. Charlie started fussing at him lately about wearing one, so here he is.

"Yep!" Charlie answered as she clicked her bright flower helmet on her head.

Y/n nodded and hopped onto his bike. Charlie got on behind him, wrapping her arms around her boyfriend's waist and resting her head on his back. The teenager smiled at this before turning on his bike's engine. Then he pulls the throttle and the bike pulls away, speeding down the street.

Timeskip...

After a short ride, Y/n and Charlie arrived at Riders' Edge. Charlie had greeted everyone there with her usual chipper attitude which they enjoyed. They always liked Charlie, which made Y/n happy. The Demon princess seemed to spread smiles everywhere she went apparently.

Y/n immediately got to work, though. He went over to his workstation with Charlie and started his job. As the hours went by, Y/n helped fix up car engines, gas leaks, and did oil changes. He did other things, too, like report stolen cars and motorcycles and even replaced certain parts.

As he did this, Y/n also taught Charlie a few things about cars and their structures. He continued showing her the tools he used and quizzed her on the names and what they did. He even quizzed Charlie on what he was supposed to do sometimes when he had to fix up something in a vehicle. She answered most questions correctly, which made Y/n smile. He was happy Charlie had remembered everything, especially since she did it for him. Maybe he should find something to do for her that she enjoyed.

Nighttime soon dawned upon Riders' Edge. The interior and the exterior lights of the auto repair shop illuminated the area and gave enough light for the remaining workers to see. Y/n was always one of the last employees at the garage which earned him some respect from Gus.

Speaking of Gus, he was in his office doing some paperwork. Y/n was doing up some final touches on a car he was working on. Grease and oil covered his face, uniform, and was under his fingernails.

The mechanic took a moment to roll out from underneath the car and sat up. He looked to see Charlie taking a nap on two chairs pushed together, her chest rising and falling peacefully. Y/n had to admit she looked cute while sleeping. Hell, she looked cute at all times and was the prettiest girl Y/n knew. He couldn't stop admitting that which always made Charlie smile and blush.

"Hey, kid," a voice nabbed Y/n's attention. "Where's your boss?"

Y/n turned to see the man he's seen around more recently than he wanted to admit. He always wore some kind of suit, even though Y/n always saw him as a sketchy individual.

"He's in his office," Y/n stated as he stood to his feet. "What do you want?"

"Just need a word," the man stated. "Just a quick one."

Y/n narrowed his eyes at the man but nodded. He walked his way over to Gus' office, passing by the open garage doors. In doing so, he spotted a black car parked right outside the auto repair shop. He could see the silhouettes of three more people inside of it.

The mechanic walked up to Gus's office door and opened it. Inside, he sees his boss sitting at his desk as he did paperwork. His back was turned to Y/n, so the teen had to get his attention. So he cleared his throat, making the African-American turn to him.

"Hey, kid," Gus smiled at Y/n. "What's up?"

"That one guy wants to talk to you. Again," Y/n tells his boss. "You want me to leave like the other times?"

"Yeah, this is personal business. You and Charlie go home," Gus nods. "Though I wish this bastard just left me alone..."

Y/n nods and turns to leave the office doorway. Gus follows him out and walks towards the man in the suit as Y/n walks to the sleeping Charlie. He kneels down next to her and shakes her by the shoulder, stirring her awake.

"Wake up, Char," he tells his girlfriend. "It's time to go home."

Charlie groaned and stretched on the chairs before looking at Y/n.

"Hey," she smiles. "Am I in Heaven? Or am I seeing the most handsome person I've ever met again?"

Y/n blushes slightly at this and laughs a bit. Charlie seemed to be the flirting type, especially after she and he became a couple. Guess it was the Succubus side of her.

"Well, if I'm handsome," Y/n started, "then you're more beautiful than any Angel in Heaven."

Charlie blushes and gushed at this with a big smile. She then sits up and gets off the chairs she napped on.

"Let's go home," she says and rubs her cheek sleepily. "I wanna get comfy with you in bed."

Y/n couldn't help but laugh again at this. He loved how lovey-dovey Charlie was with him. It was nice to know someone cared so much about him.

"Alright," Y/n smiled. "Let's go."

Charlie nodded and the two went to leave, only for a grunt to catch Y/n's attention. He turns to see that the man had thrown Gus onto the ground outside the garage, and he had a gun on him.

"No..."

"Should've listened, Russo," the man said before firing his gun.

The bullet hits Gus in the chest and the mechanic goes limp on the ground. Y/n cried out to him as he went running to his now dead boss, but Charlie held him back. She got a good hold on her boyfriend and pulled him back away from what was happening.

"Y/n, stop!" she orders him. "You can't!"

Meanwhile, the murderer left Gus' body and walked back to his car. He opened the door and stepped in. He looked at the three men he had with him.

"I did my job," he stated. "Now you do yours. Get the girl, and kill the boy."

The men nodded and grabbed their guns before getting out of the car. They begin to walk towards Riders' Edge with the intent to capture and kill.

Y/n spotted them coming and reversed the grip Charlie had on him. He grabbed her instead and brought her over to a supply closet in the shop.

"Y/n, what're you doing?" she asked.

"Protecting you!" Y/n answers and pushes Charlie into the closet. "Stay here! And don't open this door no matter what you hear! I'll come back when I'm done."

"And what about you?" Charlie asked, guessing her boyfriend's plan. "You're going to get killed!"

"Maybe," is all Y/n said before shutting the door on Charlie.

The Demon princess called out to her boyfriend as she tried to open the door. But she couldn't. It was jammed shut.

"Y/n!" she called out. "You better open this door now!"

Y/n ignored her as he sneaked through the garage to keep out of sight of the approaching men. He soon made it to the garage door controls and grabbed them. Pressing the button that closes the doors, the large metal shutters began to lower themselves to the floor. The men only chuckled as they easily slipped under them right before they closed.

"Nice try, punk," one of them laughed. "You think we're dumb, or somethin'?"

Yes, and no. Y/n expected the men to get past the doors before they closed. But he wasn't trying to keep them out.

"Who said I was trying to keep you out?" Y/n's voice made the three turn to find him. But he wasn't anywhere to be seen. It was his voice on the speakers. "I'm only trying to keep you in."

The biker was standing in Gus' office where the breaker box was. He immediately flipped all the switches to "OFF", shutting off all of the lights in the garage. The three gang members spun around, confused about what was going on. Everything was dark. Their eyes needed to adjust, but thankfully they had small flashlights with them. They turned them on and looked around, getting only a certain amount of illuminated area in the garage.

"Split up," one told the others. "Find the kid, and make him talk. We'll find the girl after."

The other two nodded and went different ways than the other. They all began searching for Y/n, their guns trained on any movement they could find. However, Y/n was sneaking up right behind one whose back was turned to him. He was right next to a car, and Y/n spotted a screwdriver at the edge of his peripheral. He had an idea.

Now later did a loud thud and the sound of something impaling another caught the attention of the second thug. He turned and darted his light everywhere. Then it landed on the man Y/n was sneaking upon. He had a screwdriver impaled in his skull and into the car hood, keeping him there as blood dripped from the wound. The man took some steps back in horror, vomit wanting to spew from his mouth. But he swallowed it. He couldn't lose his cool here and--

*clink*
*chink*

The man looked down and aimed his light at his feet. Metal chains were on the floor around him. He wasn't going to question it. It was an auto repair shop, after all. However, he didn't realize the ill intent they were placed for.

Something immediately made the chains vise-like as they tighten around one of the man's ankles. He lets out a scream as he gets lifted into the air, dropping his gun and flashlight to the ground. The light flickered a bit before going out, and a gunshot was heard, silencing the screams.

The final thug spun around when he heard the screams and gunshot. He aimed his light at the ceiling to see one of his comrades hanging from the ceiling with chains wrapped around his right ankle. Blood dripped from the blown-off part of his head.

"What the actual fuck...?" the man questioned.

He went back to searching as he panned his light all around him. He slowly began to tremble. How could some kid brat do this? Was he Human? Even natural?

"Come on, you piece of shit," the man said and fired a stream of bullets. "Where are you?!"

"Here."

The man turned to who spoke, only for chains to get wrapped around his neck.

Back in the closet, Charlie had given up on trying to open the door. Instead, she had settled on listening to what was happening outside. She had heard screams and gunshots, but she wasn't exactly sure what was going on. She just hoped that Y/n was safe.

She quickly got an answer, however, when more gunfire went off. It made the princess flinch a bit. Yelling was also heard and Charlie didn't know what to do. But it all soon stopped, the gunshots and the yelling. Everything was deathly quiet, making Charlie even more nervous. Was Y/n okay? Did those gunmen get him?

The doorknob immediately began to jiggle as someone from the outside tried to open the door. Fearing the worst, Charlie immediately summoned Hellfire to defend herself. The jiggling soon stopped, making Charlie hold her breath. Then a gunshot went off and the doorknob was shot from its place on the door. Charlie cried out in shock and the door was flung open, and Charlie looked forward... only to relax when she sees Y/n. Albeit covered in some blood and had chains wrapped around his forearms, but the princess ignored it as she flung herself onto her boyfriend, hugging him tightly.

"Oh, my God!" she cried. "I thought you were dead!"

"Hey, I handled Demons in Hell. A couple of "Humies" doesn't bother me," Y/n hugged his girlfriend back. "It's okay. How about we go home?"

Charlie nodded and kept on holding onto her boyfriend as they walked out of the auto repair shop. Y/n would give the police an anonymous tip about what had happened later, but he wanted to make sure Charlie was safe first. However, the sound of cars fast approaching caught his attention. He and Charlie turn to see three black cars speeding toward them, and Y/n's eyes widened in shock.

"Charlie, come on!" Y/n dragged his girlfriend over to his bike.

They immediately hop on the motorcycle and Y/n starts it. The bike engine roared to life and rode off with the Human and Demoness on it, the chains on the Human's arms rattling behind them. They speed down the road as bullets fire at them from the cars behind them. Y/n glanced back to see Lucky smirking at him from the front seat of one of the cars, his Tommy Gun aimed at him and Charlie.

"This motherfucker again?!" Y/n swore in anger. "Just let up, man!"

"Third time's the charm!" Lucky declared as he opened fire.

Y/n did his best to avoid the gunfire, and even Charlie helped out by summoning fire to burn the bullets to cinders. However, one of the Demons in the second SUV pops his head out of the window and brings out an RPG. He takes aim before firing, the rocket speeding right off towards Y/n and Charlie.

"Uh, Y/n!" Charlie got her boyfriend's attention.

Y/n glanced back at the princess before spotting the RPG rocket. He swore as he swerved to avoid the attack, only for the rocket to strike the road in front of them. The explosion still sends the two into the air, with Charlie trying to reach out for Y/n and the biker does the same. However, the chains got snagged into the wheels of the motorcycle and brought him down to the ground faster than Charlie. He hit the ground hard and rolled across it with his bike before they both slide to a stop. Charlie also hits the ground and rolls across it, but due to her Demon body she was basically fine except for some scratches.

The Demon princess groans and shakes her head as she pushes herself up. She looks around, her ears ringing from the explosion and her vision fuzzy from hitting her head. She was trying to find Y/n, but something struck her in the back of her neck. Charlie grabbed the projectile and brought it to her face to see that it was some kind of tranquilizer dart filled with some Lich venom. Two more hit her in the back and she falls to the ground. The cars that were chasing her and Y/n parked nearby and Lucky walked out of one. He chuckled as he approached Charlie.

"Finally, I got you! And with all that Lich venom running in your system, you ain't getting back up for a few days," Lucky stated and kneeled down next to Charlie. "I won. I finally got you. And my boss is gonna be so happy with me. Maybe he'll give me a promotion!"

The Cyclops Demon laughs with pride before ordering some more Demons to grab Charlie. They do so and load her up into the back of one of the SUVs before they all drive away, leaving Y/n behind in the dust.

Charlie lied motionless in the back of the car. Her entire body was numb, but her head was still clear as day. But she was still confused. What was happening? Where's Y/n? Is he okay?

She got her answer when she felt her connection with her boyfriend sever itself. It snapped Charlie out of her daze, filling her with so much adrenaline as she realized what had happened. Y/n was dead. He was still back on the road, his body now lifeless as it lied limp next to his ruined bike. Tears welled up in Charlie's eyes as every bit of her seemed to become numb again, but it was something worse than the venom. She felt... emptiness inside of her. So much emptiness that was soon filled with rage.

"REEAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!!!"

Letting out a Demonic shriek, Charlie expelled so much Hellfire from her body that it caused the SUV to erupt and explode. The car suddenly tumbled and rolled, skidding across the road as Charlie was flung out of it. The other cars stopped and looked at what happened, and Lucky got out of his SUV and looked on in horror. He watched as Charlie's horns grew from her head and look up to see two Demons that had survived her explosion.

Growling like a rabid animal, she lunged at the two who screamed in terror. Then they screamed in pain as Charlie tore into them, ripping them apart as she uses her Demonic powers to kill her kidnappers. When she was done, she turned to Lucky with a devilish smile and her skin covered in blood.

"H-how are you moving?!" Lucky asked as his men poured out of the other cars. "We loaded you up with enough Lich venom to kill a Human city!"

"Lich venom? Did you forget who I am?" Charlie asked with laughter, her smile turning into a wild grin. "I'M THE FUCKING PRINCESS OF HELL! AND I'M GONNA RIP YOU ALL TO FUCKING SHREDS!"

(Art by Missssssaaaa on Twitter. Credit to them)

Charlie lunged at her kidnappers who fired at her. However, she blitzed by the bullets and sliced the guns into pieces. She then tore into the Demon gangsters and even blasted them into bloody pieces with her powers. Charlie laughed with devilish glee as she tore through their numbers, but she stops when something strikes her neck again. She grabs and pulls out the tranq dart that had started releasing its venom. The transformed princess turns to see Lucky with the few remaining Demons who had guns aimed at her.

"Is that all you little bitches go--" Charlie stopped when she sensed something.

The princess turned around and looked up at a small road hill. The other Demons follow her gaze and spot someone with a bike resting on top of it. The figure was looking down on the group of Demons, the motorcycle's engine purring as it waited.

"What's that Human doing?" one Demon asked in confusion.

"He's just... watching us," another said.

However, Charlie wasn't confused. She was absolutely terrified. So terrified that her eyes returned to normal and her horns shrunk back into her skull. She took a few steps back before she uttered only four words.

"That's not a Human..."

The wheels of the motorcycle ignite into flames, as does the rider's head.

"Run."

Charlie immediately turned and ran behind one of the cars. The flaming biker drove down the hill and towards the group of Demons. They begin to open fire on the fast approaching rider, but the bullets do nothing to deter him as gets closer. However, one of the Demons takes out his RPG and loads it. He then takes aim and fires the rocket, directly hitting the biker and sending him in the air. The man ragdolls and rolls across the ground, stopping right in front of the Demons. The smoke from the explosion covered the man, hiding his features.

Charlie peeks over the hood of one of the SUVs, eyeing the man that had instilled so much fear into her. However, through the smoke, she could spot something about the man. Something that put even more fear inside of her. He bore no flesh. His body consisted of only bones with chains wrapped around his forearms and wore some kind of full-body uniform. And only one thought... one instinct ran through her head.

Run.

"Look at you," a Demon said and kicked the smoking body of the biker. "You are one ugly son of a bi--"

The biker reignites with fire and stands faster than the eye could keep up with. Then the flaming skeleton grabbed the Demon that kicked him by the neck and pinned him against one of the SUVs. The Demon screams in pain and agony as fire begins to consume him. Soon he's reduced to cinders, and his ashes fall to the wind.

Lucky and the rest of the Demons watch in horror as the flaming skeleton turns to them. Stalker, who had been watching, vanishes into black smoke, deciding to not want to deal with that. Then the burning biker looks directly at Lucky and points a skeletal finger right at him.

"Back to Hell."

Lucky and his men immediately opened fire on the skeleton who rushed at them. Charlie yelped in fright as she ducked behind the SUV again and began to crawl underneath it to hide. As she did, the screams of pain and agony reach her ears as the Demon gangsters get burned and torn apart by the brimstone biker. They stood no chance. Charlie knew that. Demon royalty, high-level Demons, and Oveelords had told her stories about the creature in front of her. She never believed them until her father had confirmed that they were true. How did he know? Because he created this flaming monster that had rebelled against him.

He had went by many names over the years. El Diablo when people have confused him for Charlie's father, the Brimstone Rider due to he always rode something like an animal or vehicle, the Spirit of Vengeance due to his never-ending hunger for penance, and Hell's Bounty Hunter since he went after whatever hellish bounty he was given. But everyone that had told her the stories had all called him by one thing. Three words that sent terror through any Hellborn Demon.

"P-please...! Ple-please!" a Demon begged. "Mercy...! Have mercy!"

"Sorry," the skeleton spoke and covered the Demon in Hellfire. "All out of mercy."

The Ghost Rider.

Charlie covered her ears in an attempt to block out the screams. But she couldn't. She heard them the whole time as the dreaded Ghost Rider killed her kidnappers. However, the screams soon ceased which made Charlie let go of he ears. She looks out towards the place where the Spirit of Vengeance had dealt with the Demons. Were they dead? Was he gone?

The burnt and bruised body of Lucky gave Charlie her answer. He groaned and the princess yelped in fright. The Cyclops Demon reached out a hand, begging for assistance from Charlie. He received none as the spawn of the Devil crawled away. Then he let out a terrified scream as he gets dragged away, and a flash of fire turns him to ashes.

Charlie tried to even her breaths as she tried to calm her racing heart. She looked to the side to see the boots of the burning biker walking around and they stopped before they pivot 180° before stopping again. The Ghost Rider begins to leave, walking away which allows Charlie to release a sigh of relief.

"He's gone..." she breathed out. "Thank Grandpa..."

She begins to move to get out from underneath the SUV. However, it gets kicked off the ground and sent flying through the air. Charlie looked up to see the Ghost Rider towering above her, and she screamed in terror as she crawled away as fast as she could. However, he only followed her as he slowly walked as she crawled. The princess tried her best to not stare at the burning biker's swirling orange eyes, but her body didn't listen. It was as if something had taken control of her and glued her eyes directly at the Rider's.

However, she quickly scrambled to her feet and Charlie began to run away. Tears were forming in her eyes as she mentally begged for anyone to save her. And in her fear, she wished for Y/n and forgot that he was dead. She wanted her super angry and protective boyfriend to come protect her. However, no one came as the Ghost Rider scoffed and readied his hooked chains. He spun them around a bit before flinging them at Charlie and they wrapped around her legs, making the princess fall face-first into the street. She turned to face the scorched skeleton as he pulls her towards him.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Charlie mumbled as she tried to take the chains of of her. "Please!"

However, even with her powers, she couldn't take the chains from her legs. She what was happening and what would happen. She was going to become another number of the already countless victims of the vengeance-hungry monster.

Tears were finally streaming down Charlie's face as the Rider grabbed her and brought her to face him. He roars in her face, making Charlie cry even more as tears poured down her face.

"Please...! Don't!" she begged. "Y/n! Help me!"

The Rider froze at this. Then he looked closer at Charlie and peered into her soul. He saw nothing but purity and kindness and love in her. So he dropped Charlie to the floor and took his chains from her legs. However, the princess was confused. Why was she still alive.

"Charlotte Morningstar," the Ghost Rider started, "you are innocent."

Charlie became even more confused. Innocent? What did that mean? Why was that so important to the burning biker that it made him spare her?

Charlie, terrified, watched as the Ghost Rider walked away and brought two fingers to its mouth. He whistles, and the sound of an engine makes Charlie perk up. She turns to see a scorched bike with flaming wheels driving itself towards its owner.

(By JSMarantz on DeviantArt. Credit to them)

The biker looked at Charlie one last time which made her flinch. Then he turned the throttle, making fire spew from the exhaust pipes before he drives off. He opens his mouth to let out a horrific laughter that haunted Charlie's ears. She shivered in fear as the Ghost Rider drove into the night at supernatural speeds, leaving a trail of Hellfire in his wake.

He was out for blood, and would never stop for his hunger is eternal.