Mephisto has heard Badilino's pleas for power transforming him into Vengeance. Now while the battle with Steel Wind and the Stygian demons is at a head, Vengeance attacks. It will take more than a mystical chain and a hellfire shotgun to end the carnage. When the smoke clears, Vengeance is defeated but the carnival is destroyed. How will Ghost Rider and Blaze recover from this devastation? And who is the mysterious figure manipulating Steel Wind and what are his plans for Blaze and GR?