GhostWatch (FF)

Chapter 9

The alarm clock rang with it's usually blares. The mound on the bed rustled as a lone hand slammed on the snooze button. A grumble was heard as the mound tossed the covers off to reveal a tired Charles. He yawned before a light snoozing was heard next to him. He looked over to see Angela sleeping soundly next him. He looked on at how beautiful she was, her platinum hair, gorgeous lips and cute nose to boot. I guess you could say she was a steal.

He looked back at the alarm clock as it read '10:50'. He groaned and started to get up until a pair of arms interlocked his chest and pulled him back down to the soft mattress.

"mmm 5 more minutes." Angela muttered as she buried her face into his back. Charles relaxed back into the mattress, eh what the hell 5 more minutes couldn't hurt. As he fell back asleep, a pair of hands lightly shook him.

"Charlie, wake up." A soothing voice said. He popped one eye opened and saw Angela sitting up right with his shirt on. 'It's-" She was cut off by a loud voice saying "IT'S HIGH NOON!". Angela rolled her eyes as she pulled him from his sleep.

"We better get ready, or else 76 will have our hides." She said laughing lightly. The two went into the shower and came out feeling slightly better as they put on clean clothes for the day. The walked out to the mess hall to see everyone waving to Charles and Angela.

"Jeez, sleep in much?" Hana piped up. Charles scratched his head lightly and let out a nervous chuckle. The pair made their way to the lunch line and steered their way towards Hana, Lena, Lucio, and Fareeha.

"Good afternoon shaqiq." Fareeha said kissing the side of his head. He nodded in greetings before kissing her forehead.

"Hey Charlie, I got a favor real quick." Hana said before rummaging through her bag and pulling out a bag of unpopped popcorn.

"Hana dear, what is this?" Angela asked placing a hand on her forehead. "Shhh, it's an experiment. Charlie, see if you can pop the kernels without burning it. Please?" She asked pulling off the plastic wrapping and handing the bag to him. He opened his hand as the skin melt to show the bone and a blue flame ignited. Some agents got curious and walked over to see what was unfolding.

*POP POP* Was what they heard as the bag grew and grew until it was full of the buttery popcorn. His flesh mended back as he gave it to Hana. She turned it over to check if any of his skin stuck to the bag.

"Try it out." Lucio said. She opened the bag and threw some in her mouth. Her eye widen as she moaned at the taste.

"This is AMAZING!" She said giggling with glee. The agents shook their head and returned to their seat as Hana continued to eat the popcorn. 

'I am not being a personal microwave.' The Rider said. Charles laughed lightly and agreed with him.

"I wonder if he can heat meat, or what about a can of peas, or how about-" Charles cut of the rapid speaking Korean and looked her in the eyes.

"Hana, I don't think the Ghost Rider wants to be a personal microwave. He is a demon from hell." He said to her. Hana's face grew red in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry Mr. Rider." She said. "You are forgiven." The Rider spoke. Everyone looked at Charles with startled looks.

"What? He did forgive her." Charles said as he stabbed his fork into the spaghetti. After lunch, everyone went about on missions or training. For Charles, he decided to train in the dark. 

He walked into the training room and looked around at the training dummies and obstacles. "Athena, turn the lights off and activate the hardest mode." He said. "Understood. Activating impossible mode." She said as 15 training dummies stood up and took the form of Talon grunts. Two had changed into Reaper and Widowmaker. 

"Starting in 5....4....3....2....1....Go!" Athena counted down as she turned off the lights. Charles looked as darkness engulfed the training room.

'This could help.' The Rider said. Charles concentrated until he achieved the Rider form and looked at his surroundings.

"How about some music?" Charles asked. "What would you prefer?" Athena asked. "I'm thinking about Survival by Eminem. The 20th century had some great music, better than nowadays." Charles replied. The music started to flow through the speakers of the room as the bots took their positions.

Charles looked about and laugh, or hissed, he pulled off his chain and dashed forward at a  grunt and slashed his chain downward as it split him in half. The grunt next to him opened fired into his chest. Charles picked up the fallen grunts gun and morphed it to his liking. He turned and fired blasts of Hellfire at the grunts in front of him.

"5 down. 10 to go." He growled. They turned and slashed their chain while firing at the remaining grunts until only Widowmaker and Reaper were left.

~Observation Room~

The agents gathered to watch as Charles fought against their training dummies. "He's good." Hana said breaking the silence.

"Aye, he fights honourably now without the Rider possessing him." Reinhardt agreed. Most of the agents nodded as Charles dodged gunfire from Reaper and wrapped his chain around the man as he heated up until the training dummy remained.

"Who's he fightin'?" Lena asked. "Well, Widowmaker now." Mei replied. Charles looked around until he saw the red dots of the assassin and fired at her position. She backed off before grappling away and peppered his chest with bullets. He turned his skull and slashed in the open air as he sliced the cable Widowmaker was using. She fell and grunted as she made impact with the metal ground. Charles stood over her and pointed his gun at her until she admitted defeat and reverted back to the training room.

He continued to aim his gun at the dummy until dropping it as it turned back to normal. He wrapped his chain around his chest and sighed as the flesh mended and the fire dissipated. The lights came back on as the agents nodded and clapped making Charles look up to the observation room. Angela smiled down at him.

He walked out as the agents grouped up with him and gave him praise over the control of the Rider.

"Well, we are on even ground. So, it's not really control. Mostly he allows me to use his power when need be." Charles explained. The agents didn't care, they were glad the Rider was at least tamed.

A/N: Sorry for such a small chapter, but I do hope you enjoyed it. Anyways, tata for now!