Spirit of Vengeance

Robbie glared at the two ponies, "What makes you think I'll sit back while those Servants of Darkness are out there?"

"Because you hurt our friend." Rainbow declared. "And I'm not taking that lightly."

The man shook his head in disbelief, "You two better be careful. I'm not in a good mood right now." he warned, "So, unless you want to deal with him, I'd stay back."

The pegasus scoffed, "As if I'm afraid of you."

Robbie glared at the pegasus, then the unicorn, "There's something about you. The other guy can sense it."

Starlight gulped, "W-What are you talking about?"

The man took a small step forward, "You'd best not find out, miss."

Rainbow growled and held her head as she gritted her teeth, "Alright, I had it! You threatened my friends long enough! I'm taking you out!" the pegasus boosted forward and shoved Reyes aside, making him stagger backwards as a result. He nearly fell on his back, but he luckily caught himself and stood upright.

Reyes turned his head to get a better view of the pegasus, but he was taken aback by her swift movements, feeling his head get smacked around as a rainbow blur sped past him. "Grr..." he hissed, reeling back a little from the sudden movements. His head whipped left to right for a few moments.

'Faster than I thought...' Robbie admitted in his head, 'Seems she has a form of superspeed. Damn it... So much for ending this easily. I can't waste anymore time as it is.'

But he focused. Robbie noticed Rainbow turning around and took a step backwards before she flew forwards. In one swift motion he managed to grab her rainbow tail and spun her around slightly. Rainbow Dash screamed, feeling her entire body get tossed about slightly, suddenly finding herself thrown on the ground as hard as the man could possibly toss her without serious injury.

Rainbow coughed and staggered back to her hooves. But Robbie kicked her while she was down, making her roll on the floor a little in pain. "I already warned you and your other friends. I'm not going anywhere until this bloodbath ends. My way."

Kneeling down, Robbie grabbed Rainbow's mane and held the cyan mare's head up, "Be lucky you have no major sins to answer for. That would make this situation much worse." he taunted. "Tell your other friends not to get in my way again."

"Oh no!" Starlight growled, her horn lit. Robbie suddenly found himself in another aura and trapped within the magical bubble. "We're taking you in, Ghost! I'd prefer we didn't use violence... But considering what you just did to Rainbow Dash..." she began to say, pausing to use her spell to toss Robbie aside like a ragdoll. "I say you deserve a little bit of equal punishment."

The human tumbled on the ground as his body rolled about, feeling the impact of his fall stun him for a moment. As he got up, he noticed Rainbow Dash, despite the small bruises on her body, getting back up and unfurling her wings, ready for flight again. "Already? Feh. You're making this more difficult than it needs to be..." sighed Reyes, now more annoyed than ever. He tilted his head, the sound of his neck cracking disgusting the equines.

In a matter of seconds, Rainbow Dash flew headfirst directly towards the human. Reyes manages to time a somersault so that he was able to dodge her. While still looking down, he noticed the debris levitsting in the same colored aura that trapped him. He gritted his teeth and muttered a curse, "Shit." the rocks began to fly towards him and began to pelt him a little. A pebble managed to scrape his cheek, leaving a small scratch on his face that reddened and stung. Robbie rubbed it with a finger before ducking underneath a larger rock.

Noticing Rainbow was coming back, as well as the debris coming to reach him as well, Reyes dived down, planting his stomach upon the ground, dodging more obstacles. His hand curled into a fist as he glared at Starlight, who seemed focus on stopping him. "Dumbass ponies... Wasting their time..." he cursed under his breath, pushing his body back up in one motion.

"So, punk. Ready to call to quits, yet?" asked Rainbow proudly.

Robbie chuckled and responded, "Funny. I was going to ask you the same thing."

The pegasus raised a brow, "The hay are you talking about?"

"This."

In the blink of an eye, Robbie took a few steps forward and held out his chain and whipped it forward, smacking Rainbow Dash while she was still in midair, smacking her barrel with the metal weapon. The pegasus wheezed and lost focus, causing her to crash down. She coughed again, caught off guard by the attack. "No... Fair..." she muttered, glaring daggers at the man. Starlight tried to hold him down, but the Spirit deflected her magic for the moment, the man's eyes glowing with flames once again.

"Life's not fair, kid." Robbie snapped back, kneeling to look Rainbow in the eye. "Now, why waste your time fighting me...? You should know that I'm not one to hold back. Especially since you mentioned me taking on your purple friend."

"You hurt... Twilight... Killed those ponies..." coughed Rainbow, smacking a hoof directly to the man's chin. Robbie's head snapped upwards, but he shrugged off the pain. "That's all the reason I need to lay the smackdown on you. They could be saved, dude. But you just don't care." she coughed again.

"Maybe I don't care about people maiming those who don't deserve it." Robbie admitted. "Seems you can't figure that out. How naive to think they deserve redemption.”

Robbie punched Rainbow in the face to counter what she did to him a moment ago. Her body collapsed at last, the force of his fist colliding with her face being hard enough to knock her out. "About time someone shut you up." he wiped his hand a little, noticing a small blue bruise forming on the mare's face.

Realizing that there was one more pony to attend to, Reyes stood up and turned his body around. "Leave. Now." he ordered in a stern tone. Starlight didn't move and instead charged a beam from her horn once again, lifting more debris behind from where the host of the Spirit of Vengeance was standing. Hearing something going on behind him, Robbie craned his neck a little, noticing some more enlarged rocks coming towards him. "Son of a..." he muttered, planting one of them in his hands like one would with a baseball. He ducked and rolled away from each of them, narrowly missing a few pebbles that were coming near him as well.

"Okay, now I'm seriously through with you!" Starlight snarled at the top of her lungs.

Seeing the barrage end, Reyes threw the rock in his hand towards Starlight, who caught it with a levitation spell before forcefully planting it on the ground. "You could've killed me!" she gasped and scolded the accusing human.

Robbie shrugged, "I didn't. I'm not trying to kill you. But I sense something about you, mare. More accurately, the other guy does. And I don't know if I can keep holding back." he warned, cracking his knuckles. "Something deep in you."

Hearing his words, Starlight Glimmer awkwardly took a step backwards and her eyes widened, "What?"

"Sin."

Unstrapping his chain from his torso, Robbie held it to his side, just in case something were to happen and Starlight were to attack him. "So, you get at me for killing, yet you have some hidden sins that need to repaid as well." he noticed. "Seems rather hypocritical if you ask me. Seems you need judgement as well."

"I-I... I don't know what you're talking about...!" lied Starlight, her teeth chattering.

Reyes smirked as his pupils sparked a literal flame, "A liar as well. The evidence keeps going against you. That annoying pegasus didn't attract the spirit in me. But it certainly has something against you. Not unless you can tell me what it is."

Starlight's eyes narrowed, "Why should I tell you?! So you could kill me like you did the Servants of Darkness?!"

Robbie spun his chain around, "Who's to say? It depends. Perhaps you've already atoned. I can't say for certain. I only punish those who deserve it, chica."

The unicorn noticed Robbie taking a step forward and shot a beam of magic at him, making him stop for a moment, "Don't come near me, you freak! What spirit are flipping talking about?!" she gasped our nervously, now actually fearful for her life.

A second of silence was passed, but then a response came from Robbie.

"The Spirit of Vengeance."

At that, Robbie Reyes began to feel that transformation again. Starlight's eyes shrank to pinpricks at the horrifying sight before her. His flesh began to melt and in the place of his face was a floating skull, an aura of flames surrounding it. There appeared to be markings on the top of his head, a literal scar of his past. The unicorn wondered what it was she was looking at, but was too afraid to ask any questions.

Ghost Rider's hands curled into fists, his chain being held tighter as it lit up in flames as well. Starlight teleported upon witnessing Ghost Rider swinging it in her direction. She reappeared behind Robbie and tried to attack him, to no avail. Ghost Rider backhanded the unicorn, making her reel back in pain. "What in Celestia's name are you?!" asked the unicorn with another small gulp. Ghost Rider didn't respond and marched towards her.

Starlight shot another volt at Ghost Rider, which he handled without problem with a swipe of his hand. He then used his chain to hit the offending pony. The equine ducked, feeling the heat of the flaming metal weapon above her head. "Don't kill me..." she pleaded under her breath, but loud enough to be heard hopefully.

Ghost Rider glared at the pony as she continued rambling, "I'm sorry! Okay?! I'm sorry!" she curled down, tears threatening to fall from her eyes as he inched ever closer.

The Spirit of Vengeance noticed her horn lighting up in a panic. Without hesitation, he kicked her, his boot forcefully hitting her chest, knocking the wind out of her. "Please..." she begged, coughing for air. "I regret everything I've done before..."

Ghost Rider looked down upon the frightened unicorn and felt a beam come right at him, making him reel backwards. He grabbed the equine by the throat and choking her out. Suddenly, he threw her entire body back down and pinned her. Starlight silently sobbed and cried in pain at each painful movement the spirit was dishing out upon her. "What do you want?!" she wondered.

Silence again. Ghost Rider released her from his grip and kicked her before she could even dare fight back. The Spirit fo Vengeance just allowed her to wheeze and lie on the floor, seeing the tears run down her cheeks.

"I was a tyrant, alright?! I enslaved ponies, I nearly destroyed time out of petty revenge!" she cried, refusing to fight back. "I don't deserve forgiveness! I never did, after everything I've done... Just... Just end me... Please..."

Ghost Rider looked down upon her as she continued, "It-It's what you do... R-Right?" Starlight's eyes softened, having accepted her fate, "Spirit of Vengeance... Punish those who deserve it? W-What are you g-g-going to do to me, Ghost? Make it quick..."

No response. No reaction. Starlight was greatly confused by this. As she whimpered in her spot, her eyes closed. She assumed the worst, but nothing happened. Instead, when she opened her eyelids, she noticed that the Ghost Rider was gone. She was scared now, yet he was gone. And he knew of her past. She curled her hooves together in a fetal position. But she let out a sigh of relief, tears still running down her cheeks from the encounter.

What was she afraid of? That he would come back to end her. That he would have to punish her for her past crimes.

Meanwhile, all that was seen in the distance heading into the forest was a small flame, fading away into the shadows. His next stop, finding out who was in charge of this mad cult.