A man is baptizing people in a river and drowns a child. The sound of the Ghost Rider Motorcycle approaching scatters the crowd as the man turns into Lucifer. Immediately, Ghost Rider notices that Lucifer is stronger and more powerful than in their last encounter. The fight rages with Lucifer calling Johnny gullible and weak-minded. Johnny realizes that he has to go "full-throttle" and not hold anything back in the fight. In flashback, Johnny remembers being arrested by a cop in Lynchburg, Tennesee. The cop shoves Johnny into a cell with a fellow who is around Johnny's age. The guy, named Clay, immediately recognizes Johnny as a motorcycle rider and tells Johnny that a local bartender got shot and the cops are rounding up drifters and vagabonds until they have someone to take the rap for the killing.
