The joyride has turned into a nightmare. I'm holding on for dear life as the ship is tumbled up and down, side to side through this damn vortex. M'gann is able to get the ship under control and pilot out of the twister. She levels the ship a good distance away from the twister. We get out and watch the twister tear through the power plant as people scream and run for their lives. I feel the Rider come forth but I reel him back in......for now. "Robin! Are tornadoes common in New England! Robin?" Kaldur shouts as we look around for the youngest teammate. Only to hear a cackle of laughter. "He was just here a minute ago." M'gann says as I run past her. "Get used to it. Come on! Let's go!" I say as I run into the power plant.
We enter as Superboy leaps towards the downed Robin. "Who's your new friend?" He asks as we look at the large red and blue robot looking villain. "Don't know but he packs a terrible punch." He says as the robot starts talking. "My apologies. You may call me Mr Twister." He says as he sends two separate vortexes at Superboy who charges forward. The vortexes stop his momentum as Mr Twister changes the tornado around Superboy which spins him and sends him flying into the wall. The rest of us look between each other as my eyes glow. Wally takes out his goggles and places them over his eyes. I feel the Rider come forth, this guy plays rough.......let's level the playing field.
P.O.V Change: Ghost Rider
I burn through Matt's skin as I'm revealed to everyone present. I feel the Martian's shock and slight fear as I glare at the machine. "Some fire will not be enough to stop me." The machine says cockingly as I grin. "Let's find out." I pull out my chains and light them with hellfire as Kid Flash charges the machine with a flying kick. The machine simply raises his arms and catches the speedster and flings him outside the building. I charge him and swing my chains, hoping to cut through the metal limbs. The machine blasts the chains away with a gust of wind as he blasts a vortex at me. I brace against the wind but it proves too strong and sends me flying towards Superboy who stands back up. My weight along with the blast of the vortex sends us crashing through the wall.
I stare at the clone who glares at me. "What are you looking at?" I growl at him as the both of us hear the commotion coming from the plant. "Let's break this tin can." Superboy says as I smile evilly. We get up and charge back in the plant. I look at Superboy who nods his head. I run ahead and wrap my chains around his body, twisting my own, I fling him with full force. The momentum crashes into the machine who is too slow to create a wind barrier. Superboy crashes into him with a punch which sends both of them through the wall and to the outside. I grin at the success, we used the same move against the doctor at Cadmus and look what happens to him. I see the damage to the plant and too the remaining teammates as I run past them. I see Mr Twister thrashing both Superboy and Kid Flash about like they are toys.
"Hey! Bolts!" I shout as the machine turns and sends Kid Flash into me. I duck around and glance to see that the Martian caught him with her telekinesis. I twist back towards Me Twister and fire a barrage of Hellfire from my mouth. The force of the heat is too intense for the machine as it dives away from the fire. I pull back and swing my chains at the machine as it hovers itself above, avoiding my chains. "I would have thought that you all would have learned your limitations by now." The machine says arrogantly as I growl in rage. "What do you want?!" Aqualad screams in fury at the machine. "Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero.....the fire-skull one has proved to be very annoying and potentially a threat but even he is beneath me." He says as I scowl in fury. "Beneath you?! I will tear you apart! You worthless piece of scrap metal!" I fling my chains towards him. He blasts a wind blast but I command the chains to weave around the wind and wrap around his legs. "What?" The machine says in surprise as I pull him down to the ground. I charge forward with my chains lit. "Ghost Rider! Wait!" Aqualad calls out but I ignore him. This piece of scrap has insulted me for the last time, I will make him regret it. I bob and weave out of the air blasts. He sends a vortex of air but like all conflicts.......I learn. I twirl my chains around to create a vortex of my own.....only this one is with fire rather than air. My vortex burns through his own as I twist around and send my chain vortex to him. He is blasted by the Hellfire and sent skating across the ground, creating a deep trench in the Earth. I stand and wait until the dust clears. The rest of the team meet up with me as a blast of air sends us back a few feet. Everyone is knocked on their asses but myself and Superboy keep to our feet. The machine hovers above us as a black burn mark is on his chest. A few wires are showing. "You'll pay for that, insolent wretch!" He screams as he sends a full blast of his tornadoes. We dodge out of the way. "Miss Martian. Read his mind. Find out what he was thinking." Aqualad commands her. "But I thought that I can't do that." She says as I growl and pull her up, my face coming very close to hers. She is sweating from the intense heat. I tone it down a little because of her Martian weakened to fire. "Get your head in the game, girl. It's fine to read guilty minds. He has hurt people. Now get it down!" I shout at her as she nods fearfully and focuses on the machine.
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The Rider of Young Justice Season 1: Beginnings
FanficMatthew Nygma is the young son of the infamous Riddler. With his father incarcerated and his mother's failing health, Matthew has pushed himself to care for himself, his mother and his younger half sister. But life in Gotham is always one bad night...
