~3rd POV 10 years later~

Three blares of the alarm clock rang, waking Charles from his slumber. The mound on the bed shifted as a hand snaked it's way out of the sheets and pressed the 'snooze' button, effectively stopping the noise.

"Charles! Wake up, we're going to be late!" Jennie yelled through the door. Charles groaned and stripped the warm sheets from his body as he stared at the ceiling lazily, sleep threatening to overwhelm him.

"Charlie! C'mon, Jack and Reyes will be mad. Remember last time?" Jennie called back again. "I'm up!" He called out hoarsely standing up. He trudged to the bathroom and turned on the warm water. He stripped off his sleeping attire and tossed them in the hamper in his bathroom and climbed in. The warm water, instead of waking him up, started to make him more drowsy.

He sighed and washed his body until he deemed cleaned and turned the water off. He grabbed a towel and dried himself before leaving the bathroom to grab clean clothes. The cold air, assaulting his wet skin, made him shiver before he placed on his warm clothes. The 25 year old stumbled to find shoes and made his way to the mess hall were dozen of agents were conversing and eating. 

Some nodded his way and said 'Good Morning' whenever he passed by. He looked up to see Jack and Reyes in another eye-to-eye glaring contest while arguing about how to lead Overwatch.

"Come on Reyes, you were made the Blackwatch commander. Stop this idiotic discussion." Jack said before noticing Charles. Reyes was about to make a rebuttal before he cut him off, pointing at the still drowsy agent.

"Good morning Charlie, I hope you had a pleasant sleep." Jack said smiling at Charles. Charles grumbled a 'Morning' before giving him a hug. It wasn't uncommon for the younger agents, specifically Lena, Fareeha, Jesse, and Jennie,  to do this to Jack. 

"Go get something to eat, we'll begin training once you're awake more." Jack said with a chuckle before taking his seat next to Reinhardt and Ana. Charles went to the breakfast line and grabbed eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice and steered his way towards Jennie and Fareeha, who was 18.

"Good Morning shaqiq Charlie." Fareeha said patting him on the shoulder. "Morning Fareeha." He replied resting his head on her shoulder to hopefully get more sleep. Fareeha giggled along with Jennie.

"Come on bro, you need to eat." Jennie said pushing his plate closer to him. He moaned and lifted his head as he started to eat slowly. The trio were joined by Lena and Jesse as they nodded in greetings.

"Oh, an Overwatch agent and Blackwatch agent. Together?" Jennie catcalled with a smirk. Lena's face flushed red before she grabbed his sister in a headlock. Jesse chuckled heavily before clearing his throat.

"It ain't like that darlin'." Jesse replied chewing his unlit cigar. "You know those are unhealthy for you Jesse." Jennie said plucking the cigar out and tossing it at a close trashbin.

"Hey!" Jesse complained. Charles giggled as Fareeha joined in. "Quit yer laughin' you heathens." Jesse snapped before his scowl softened to a frown.

"Oh don't be like that cowboy. I'm sure you'll find another." Jennie said stroking his beard lightly making Jesse's face flushed red hot. Fareeha and Charles looked at each other before laughing again. Jesse tipped his hat lower to cover his face as Jennie and Lena joined in the laughter.

"Oh were just hasslin' ya cowboy. No need to get embarrassed." Charles said patting Jesse's hand. He sighed and lifted his hat to show his grin.

"Thanks, that helps a lot." He said stabbing a pancake. As the group finished their breakfast, Charles had gotten a very horrid pain in his gut that quickly went away.

'Weird.' He thought before finishing his breakfast and depositing his tray in the sink. He noticed Reyes get very angry before shoving past Jesse and Angela on his way out with Jack looking at him with a pained look.

'I'm sure it's just some in-fight squabble between the two. They'll be fine.' Charles said shaking off doubt before another round of pain hit his stomach again. He grunted in pain before leaving for the bathroom.

He opened the door before kneeling over the bowl of a toilet and started to dry heave. His gut felt on fire. Why? Why did it feel like this? This usually happened when some kind of problem was about to happen. During fights with Omnics, he'd be fine perfectly, but when it came to humans. It was another story.

"Charlie? You alright luv?" Lena called from the entrance. "I-I think so. Just these bouts of pain again." He called out weakly. A pair of feet clicked onto the tiled bathroom and a knock on the door.

"Charlie, you alright?" Angela's voice sounded. Charles's heart always fluttered when she spoke to him, but for now he was writhing in pain.

"Yeah, Angela, I'm fine." He choked out. Angela knocked on the door again before Charles unlocked it and laid back on the floor.

"Tsk, you're burning up liebe. Come, let me take you to bed." She said with a warm smile. "But, I'm not sick Angela." Charles said. Angela looked at him with a confused look, then smiled lightly.

"Who's the doctor here?" She asked crossing her arms. Charles's skull burned like a furnace. "Please, I think something is wrong." He said before yelling and gunfire erupted. Angela perked up and left to see what the problem was. Charles crawled his way out of the bathroom to see agents scatter to grab their weapons.

He pulled himself up and walked towards the sound of conflict. "Reyes! Stop this now!" Jack's voice roared. Charles exited the door and saw many agents strewn across the battlefield, wounded or on the verge of death. Angela flew back and forth, healing those that needed it. Charles noticed Jack and Reyes locked in combat. Blow for blow, kick for kick.

:You knew this was going to happen Morrison. Just accept it!" Reyes yelled. "Gabriel, there is another way! It doesn't have to be this!" Jack retorted blocking a kick. Charles looked about to see unknown assailants pressuring the agents. He noticed Jennie hiding behind a rock, firing off shots at the assailants while covering for some injured agents.

"Leave them alone." Charles croaked out. 'I told you, when I needed you. Now is the time, unleash his power!' A familiar voice sounded in his skull. Charles dropped to his knees as he screamed in pain.

The fighting ceased as everyone heard his ear-piercing screams. He clutched his hair and pulled until it burned off, along with his eye brows. His head erupted into a roaring fire as his skin started to melt and burn away. Jack and Angela, along with Reyes watched in horror as Charles's skin melted away as a flaming skull was replaced. His hands, replaced with flaming skeletal bones. 

The creature looked up at the assembled assailants as they stopped and looked in fear. The creature stood up and roared in defiance. The assailants backed off in fear of the flaming creature.

He pointed towards them and said "You all, are stained in the blood of the innocent. Prepare for your doom." He said before walking up to one thugs and staring into his eyes.

"Look unto me, and feel their pain!" He roared. The thug squirmed under his grasp and screamed. The man went rigid under his grasp and stopped moving. The creature dropped his body as his eyes showed they were filled with black and red fire holes. He looked at the rest of the assailants as they opened fire on the skeletal being. The creature looked around until he found a rifle laying on the ground.

He picked it up as it shifted into a metal covered version with flames sputtering out. He cackled and aimed it at the assailants and opened fire. The assailants disappeared in flashes of fire and smoke. He looked towards Gabriel and growled.

"You, leave now." He bellowed dropping his rifle. Gabriel stared him down and smirked. "If you make criminals feel the pain of the innocent, then take her! She did this to me!" He yelled pointing towards Angela. Her eyes were still glued onto the creature that stood in place of Charles.

"Charlie." Jennie called out from her hiding spot. The creature twisted his head towards her as his fire died down to a light blue.

Gabriel took this opportunity to pull out a detonator and pressed the glowing button. The building shook behind them as the base exploded into flames. Gabriel wraithed away and left the scene as the battlefield was filled with chunks of metal and screams of pain.

The creature stood in the middle watching the scene, then turning towards Angela. "You, your hands are stained." He said stalking over to her. She squeaked and watched as the flaming creature stood in front of her.

"But, because of the one, known as Charles Williams. I will spare you, per his request of his love for you." The creature said. Angela stood, feeling as if she was frozen in time, as the creature looked her in the eyes.

"C-Charlie?" She asked raising a hand to his cheekbone until he moved away. He looked at her before walking away into the fire.

"If you're not Charlie, then who are you?" She asked. The creature looked at her and exhaled. "You can call me, The Ghost Rider." He said before leaving the base.

A/N: I know, I know, cheeky ending. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Have a great evening, morning, afternoon. Tata for now! :)