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Re: The Road to Hell
There is a brief moment of realization as she stares. There's not one Mephisto there, but two - the one of this universe, and the one from her home. Zarathos had broken her universe by breaking the laws of hell, leaving Mephisto a refugee, and trillions of souls floating loose, to be claimed.
She can feel the mind of the devil, seeing his sins through his eyes - the two Mephistos made contact, and made plans to double-cross Thanos. After all, why settle for a fraction of half the souls of one universe if he could claim ALL the souls of another? All he needed to succeed was Zarathos back in his grip.

Mephisto, both of them, scream. Its the most horrible sound imaginable, the type of thing that drives weak men to instant insanity, echoing and rebounding, coming from everywhere at once, and with him, all the souls of the condemned, and all of his servants scream from beyond the gates in terror.
There's a grinding nose as hell itself begins to come apart at the seams. Souls begin to flood from the gates, giving Roxanne and Mephisto a wide berth.

As he screams, unable to advance, Mephisto's hand lights on fire the contracts containing Johnny and Roxanne's souls burn, and with it, Roxanne can feel her heart burning, and with it, the Rider's flames begin to go out, the skeletal eyes begin to go dim.

Then Mephisto collapses, his eyes black and empty, save for the barest hint of a reflection of Adam Warlock in them. The scream stops, and the only noises are the sound of Roxanne's own breathing, and hell collapsing beyond the gates.

She can see the body of Johnny Blaze, struggling with the chains as he catches fire, his soul being destroyed, but as his eyes settle on Roxanne, he calms himself, despite the spreading flames.

"We're... free."