Strikers: Ghost Rider

Unaffiliated: Black Cat

Monster:
Strikers

Felicia slowly opened her eyes with a smile. She took a deep breath as the bathroom door opened and Robbie stepped out, drying his hair.

Felicia: Is that coffee I smell?

She looked over at Robbie who just smiled. He wore a towel around his waist which showed the very marks she had left on his body.

Robbie: Yeah. Want me to pour you some?

Felicia's eyes shifted as she sat up.

Cat: But of course.

She held the blanket against her chest as Robbie walked over to the counter. The two were in the suite that Robbie had manages to get thanks to his ties with SHIELD. Not that his dates needed to know.

Robbie: Cream? Sugar?

Cat: Milk. I'm sweet enough.

Robbie smirked at her joke as he handed her the cup of joe. Cat took a sip and hummed in glee.

Cat: So, when do you have to go back?

Robbie: Two hours. But I don't think it actually matters.

He looked over at ghe nightstand where three condom wrappers sat. Flashes of the night before caused him to blush a bit. Cat did the same before she cleared her throat.

Cat: Well, can I expect you to not call back again?

Robbie perked up.

Robbie: What? No. I mean, yeah. I meant....I'll call.

Cat slowly lifted the cup up as she watched him.

Cat: Promise?

Robbie nodded.

Robbie: Promise.

Cat smirked as she took another drink. Robbie, meanwhile, got to work on getting dressed. He was buckling his belt when Felicia's phone went off. Cat reached over and looked at it for a moment. She raised a brow before she activated the security system of the penthouse she shared with her father.

It was destroyed.

Cat: No.

Robbie turned around at the distress in her voice. He walked over concerned.

Robbie: Cat?

Cat: My father...he was taken!

Robbie saw the footage. It was an attack. He clenched his fists as he grabbed his keys.

Robbie: Get dressed. I'll get you there.
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Robbie stood in the middle of the penthouse as Felicia looked around in shock. She inspected every wall, every mark, and every burn.

This wasn't an accident, that much was apparent. But who would come and attack the Fox like this. Why?

Robbie: Swords.

Felicia looked back at Robbie looked at one of the marks on the wall. A slice. It was too long and deep for it to be a knife. This was a blade.

Robbie looked back to Felicia who approached him.

Felicia: How do you know?

Robbie: I...I have training in this stuff.

Felicia: How? You're a mechanic.

Robbie slowly lowered his head. He had given this a lot of thought, but he knew the risk. But someone had attacked her home. Taken her father. All of this was for a reason. A reason that could be dangerous to her.

So, he made a choice.

Robbie: That's not the truth.

Felicia watched confuse as he stepped back a bit.

Robbie: I'm...I'm a Striker.

Felicia's eyes grew wide as flames began to dance around Robbie.

Robbie: I am the Ghost Rider. And I'm going to help save your father.
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In a dark room, the Fox coughed dryly as blood dripped from his lip. His left eye was swollen shut. His captor set down a pair of golden knucklebusters.

Odessa: You've got me in a spot, Fox, make no mistake. You are simply too old to torture.

She picked up her glass of champagne as she appeared in front of the old man. He looked up the best he could as she took a sip.

Odessa: I was hoping to spend this time beating you to an inch of your life, but you no longer have that inch. But I won't have my satisfaction stolen from me. No. One. Steals. From. Me.

Fox coughed a bit before he wheeled.

Odessa: So, let's have a chat instead. You know the history of the Guilds, just like I do.

Fox: O-Of course I do. They were created on the base of Immortality. But New York was forsaken.

Odessa took another drink.

Odessa: We had what everyone else had. But we lost it due to a petty feud.

Fox: And who was blamed but the founding family. The Drakes.

Odessa frowned as she looked down at the old man. She then sighed.

Odessa: Indeed.

Fox: But there was one among them. A talented and clever boy. Castillo Drake. My brother in everything but blood.

Odessa scoffed.

Odessa: You still claim to have loved him like family.

Fox: I did. He knew what it meant to be a thief. What it truly meant. The waiting. He waited for years to bring his family back to glory. To restore the guild's honor.

Odessa: And he found it.

Fox: Of course he did. He learned from the best.
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Felicia sat in the passenger seat in silence as she ran everything through her mind. She was in the car of a Striker. The same team that you were the leader of. And she finally pieced everything together once Robbie revealed the truth.

He was your best friend.

He had met the Program.

Yet he didn't know she was the Black Cat yet.

Robbie: I can call in SHIELD. Or my team.

Felicia: No! No.

Robbie looked at her confused.

Felicia: I don't think we should get them involved.

Robbie: They can help.

Felicia: Not with this. I...I think I know who did this.

Robbie: Who?

Felicia didn't answer. She bit her lip as she sank down into her seat. She then turned back to him as her eyes shifted.

Cat: Because we're the Black Cat.

Robbie: The...who?

He raised a brow as he looked at her. Cat was slightly taken aback.

Cat: T-The Black Cat. The thief.

Robbie: Oh. Uh, cool?

Cat sat there for a moment. Wasn't she wanted by SHEILD? How did he not know about her? And wouldn't have you mentioned her at some point?

Robbie: So who are we dealing with?

Cat snapped out of her confusion as she sat back up.

Cat: The Theives Guild. Odessa Drake. I...kinda screwed her over.

Robbie: Alright. And what did you mean by "we're Black Cat"?

Cat looked at him before she sighed.

Cat: There's two of us. Me.

Her eyes shifted as Robbie watched.

Felicia: And me.

His eyes grew wide as he smiled.

Robbie: Oh, shit. That's cool. Uh, so, who's who?

Felicia: I'm Felicia. And she's Cat.

Robbie: So, how often do I talk to you?

Felicia: Only sometimes. But I know about everything.

Robbie nodded in understanding.

Robbie: Alright. So, Felicia and Cat. Got it. And this Odesss chick, is she a real threat or...?

Felicia: Yeah. She runs the New York Thieves Guild.

Robbie: Got it. But does she have any powers?

Felicia thought about it before she shook her head.

Felicia: No. Not that I know about.

Robbie grinned as he gripped the steering wheel again.

Robbie: Good to know.
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Odessa poured herself another drink as Fox shook his head to stay awake.

Odessa: You were wrong. He was not trained by the best. He was the best. He had found what he wanted. He found another way to gain immortality for the guild.

She narrowed her eyes at him.

Odessa: But you already knew that, didn't you? You confronted him. Screamed at him about how everything he found was yours by right.

Fox shook his head.

Fox: No.

Odessa: You killed him. You killed my father in cold blood.

Fox: No, I didn't.

Odessa: Don't lie to me!

She threw her glass down which shattered at Fox's feet.

Odessa: You even dared to show at his funeral.

Fox: I did not kill my brother!

Odessa: Liar!

She stopped before she could lose her temper. She took a deep breath before she calmed herself down. She gathered herself before she looked back at Fox.

Odessa: It does not matter. I picked up his work. And I succeeded where he failed. I made contact.

Fox's eye grew wide.

Odessa: For my guild, for my family, for my father...I made a deal.

Fox: A feat.

He slowly lowered his head and shook it.

Fox: But that's not what this is about. This is about control!
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Felicia fixed her mask as Robbie neared the Guild's headquarters. He stopped the car and turned to her to see her now dressed in her Black Cat gear.

Robbie: Nice outfit.

Felicia: This is it.

Robbie nodded as he stepped out of the car. He looked at the building as did Felicia.

Felicia: He has to be inside.

Robbie: Then we should get in there.

He took a step forward, but a knife was suddenly thrown to the ground in front of him. He looked up to see several men ontop of the building, all ready for a fight.

Cat: Of course.

Robbie just smirked as a flame slowly began to expand around his body.

Robbie: I thought it was top easy.
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Odessa: Control?! Look at me. I am immortal! I am the queen of theives! What is out of my control? What more could I want?!

Fox: What you can not have. What makes us thieves. Freedom! That's why you despise Felicia!

Odessa took a step back as Fox leaned forward.

Fox: You're both are two of a kind, yet day and night. You're jealous of her. Of her freedom. Her independence. Your chained to the guild but she is untained.

Odessa simply stood ther silently as she watched Fox.

Fox: In the end, she will be the one to rise above you all. Because that is who she is.

Odessa: Shut up.

Fox: Felicia Hardy will rule the guild.

Odessa: Shut up!

Fox: She will be the end of you!

Odessa: SHUT UP!

Cat: ODESSA!

Odessa and Fox looked up as the massive metal doors flew across the room. They hit the wall which created a bit of wind to circle the room. Robbie and Cat entered the room with defeated members behind them.

Fox looked at Robbie in horror, unaware of who he was.

Odessa: You.

Cat: He belongs to me.

Odessa stood there unfazed for a moment. She then walked away from Fox.

Odessa: Why? This man, this old coward. This murderer of my father.

Robbie: Oh, God. I hate family drama.

Odessa: Why do you choose him?

Cat: Because he is mine. And no. One. Steals. From. Me.

Robbie walked over to Fox and quickly burnt his restraints to free him. He helped him to his feet and allowed the old man to use him as a kind of support. Cat, meanwhile, kept her eyes on Odessa.

Cat: He made me. You and the guild, you want to chain me.

Odessa: He killed my father.

Fox: I did not kill him, Odessa. He was like my brother.

Odessa frowned.

Odessa: Again he lies. That's all he does.

Cat: Maybe, but that's my problem.

Odessa narrowed her eyes at her for a moment, then she turned away.

Odessa: You're as exhausting as ever. Leave, before I change my mind.

She stopped and looked back for a moment.

Odessa: But if you do, it will be war.

And with that, she vanished. Robbie walked over to Cat as she watched the darkness for a moment. She shook her head and helped him in carrying her father out of here.

The three walked out as Fox looked at Robbie again.

Fox: So, what are you supposed to be?

Robbie: Would you believe me if I said I was a candle?
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The day came to a close as Cat watched her sleeping father. He was now patched up and safe. Thank God he had a few safe houses around the city.

Cat closed the door and headed back to the living room where her eyes shifted.

Felicia: He's asleep.

Robbie: That's good, at least.

Robbie looked up from the couch as she sat next to him. She crossed her arms and sighed. Robbie quickly thought of something to ease the tension.

Robbie: So, guess we're at that point where we meet each other's parents?

He smirked which made Felicia laughed a bit. He nodded and stood up causing Felicia to look up.

Robbie: Well, I need to get going. Are you sure you guys are safe here?

Felicia nodded.

Felicia: Yeah. No one knows about this place.

Robbie: Well, that makes me feel a bit better.

He hesitated for a moment.

Robbie: But if you need help...

Felicia: We'll give you a call.

He smiled as she stood up. She leaned up and kissed him before she petted his cheek.

Felicia: Stay safe.

Robbie nodded.

Robbie: Right back at you, Hardy.

He turned and headed out. He could get back to Burns in a matter of minutes. Maybe even faster. But Felicia knew that she didn't have to worry about him.

But both of them had the same thought.

Did you know about this?