The NEXT's smile made his blood boil. The bastard was mocking them--Mocking him! If Wild Tiger had the time, he'd teach that smarmy criminal a thing or two! That was the problem, damn it all! Neither of them could waste another moment on this trickster. His illusions continued to plague the older man, but he barged past them in a flurry of blue, focused solely on the man behind them all.

Despite their unspoken plan, his partner collapsed before he got to him and his heart seized at the sight. "Bunny!" The former Hero almost lost his own footing when he stepped in the smear of fresh blood pooling on the linoleum between him and the blond. "Hold on!" With a quick tug, Wild Tiger picked up his partner with the ease of a super human.

He turned slowly, not wanting to slip and skull either of them on the tile, and faced his enemy in all of his incarnations. His quiet fury burned blue in its intensity, ratcheting higher and higher as he concentrated his power for one final push.