And yet again Teisel was taunting him. This entire fight was becoming more and more aggravating the longer it went on. That made it all the better to hear the twinge of hurt in the other man's voice. Van knew just where to strike with that. "Perhaps Zex would never have been hurt if you were half as intelligent as 'people like me'."

Van didn't even get a chance to say anything to Teisel's next question, as the man immediately lunged for him. There was no time to dodge and no way he could block against Teisel's entire body. The only thing he could do was brace himself for the impact. Despite that, he still feel to the ground, hard.

As soon as he could, he growled and jerked his knee upward, not even caring where he hit. "Enough!"