Penance

by SavageSamurai

Summary:

Zarathos takes his medicine.

Notes:

Just a short little drabble I've been meaning to write for a while. This was going to be longer but not by much. A bit more reflection on Zarathos' part.

Hey, by the way, that guy that Zarathos first sees? Apparently, he's a fallen angel named Emmael who regretted his decision to betray Hell and went to aid the Ghost Rider against Lucifer. But Ghost Rider apparently just used the Penance Stare on him (probably thinking he was one of Lucifer's forces). I just thought that was interesting.

"Al Simmons. Your sins are innumerable. I am here to reap vengeance upon your soul!" It's routine. Nothing personal. Just a job.

He unleashes his gaze upon his foe only to be yanked back by the Chains of Hell.

"I eat sin for breakfast. Have a taste of your own goddamn medicine" The sensation of the Penance Stare drills into his soul and it begins.

Every instance of every harm enacted by every ne'erdowell they came across. All of their penance becomes his by proxy.

He takes it all.

It's too much and he feels himself slipping away.

Then nothing.