After slicing open a portal and arriving beneath the Arch of Triumph, Bucharest, Mordo's first sight was... two Ghost Riders?
Johnny swung his crimson chain, whipping up a violently burning tornado of flames that sent the other tall, pitch-black figure flying, smashing straight through the massive archway behind him.
Hellfire burned in Daredevil's hollow eye sockets. Rising to his feet, he swung his billy club and closed in on Johnny at incredible speed. With his powerful superhuman senses, he dodged the flame chain twisting like a mad serpent, then drove a heavy punch into the other man's jaw. The tremendous force knocked that skull askew, as though it were about to fly off his neck.
The two men, both possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance and bound by contracts with Mephisto, grabbed each other by the shoulders. The Penance Stare activated at once!
Amid the boiling, burning Hellfire, they saw each other's sins—the torment and pain they had endured within their hearts—
"Johnny, make a contract with me... I'll restore your father's health. Then you can leave him behind and pursue your happy life."
"Attorney Murdock, if you want to end violence, you can only use even greater violence. Go. Destroy those criminals and throw their souls into Hell to burn!"
The killings and countless sins they had committed replayed over and over. Both of them seemed trapped in a molten hell, enduring the scorching flames of Hellfire. Body and soul alike sank into unbearable agony.
For Johnny, the one thing he could never let go of in his life was his father's death. The former stunt rider had made a contract with Mephisto not merely for his father's health. Young Johnny had not wanted to remain in the small-town circus, performing like his father. He had longed to move