-Tiger one to squad- I called through the thought speak transmitter – I'm going in, await further instructions-

-Puma six to tiger one, roger that, good hunting- Tiger one, for obvious reasons, was my codename, puma six was the second in command. I was standing outside the construction site, not yet in morph. My men were positioned in different locations, ready to enter.

I transmitted again –Hyena 2, Leopard 3, Wolf 4, Panther 5 do you copy?-

-We copy loud and clear sir- They answered.

I walked in, just like yesterday, just that this time I was wearing my morphing outfit, and over it, black clothes and a bulletproof vest, not that those were going to be useful anyway.

I cursed the darkness inside as I looked around, half-expecting to see Sam sitting were I had left him but he wasn't there. Movement behind me! I turned around and as a reflex took out the standard-issue 9mm I always carried even though in any fight I´d rather be the tiger. He stood there, looking at me with a cold expression. Not angry, but disappointed.

-And you men? - He asked.

-Outside, waiting for my signal, are you sure you don´t want to come? It´s your last chance-

-Jake, please don´t do it, I´m not going quietly and if your men come, I´ll have to kill them, if I just hurt them they´ll morph back and you´ll never leave me alone until you capture me or I die-

-They´ll use the serum as a cure Sam, for everything, your blood is the answer to everything, HIV, diabetes, cancer! Why won't you do it?-

-Jake, you and I know better, yes they´ll make vaccines for all of that, but in the meantime, USA, has always been the most powerful country on earth, we invented the A-bomb to ensure that, they called it the ultimate weapon of the time, the serum will be the ultimate weapon of this time-

-We´ve changed Sam, the human race, for better! I know it! - My temper rose, fast, this time it was me doing the yelling.

-Maybe- but there are always exceptions. Look I'm really sorry about all of this-

-So am I- I answered.

-But I´m not going to kill you-

-What?-

-I decided never to touch you, from the beginning, when everything is over, you´ll still be alive-

-Why?-

-I had the hope you could change your mind-

-No Sam, it´s my duty, even if you win, I´ll keep chasing you. So that's it, you won´t come? It's my last offer-

-No thanks, you should begin to morph and order your men to come in- he began to run away, further into the half-finished mall, he ran straight to a 15 feet wall that continued to a whole new floor and a few inches from it he jumped, kicked the wall to propel himself further up and grabbed the ledge of the wall, climbed over it and continued to run. Half the way he turned around and yelled –Jake! -I looked up – If you win, promise me something, try to make the big fish understand OK?-

-I promise! - I yelled back

-And one last thing, when the time comes, just think about me as a nutcase, or a controller, it will be easier for you that way-

I nodded sadly, I knew what he meant, but didn´t wanted to accept it, as he ran away, faster than any human ever could, I began to morph the tiger, the orange and white fur grew from my face. The tail squirted out behind me. My arms bulged and rippled, my clothes and the Kevlar rippled and I fell forward to my front legs. The power was electric. It was like a slow-motion explosion. I could feel the power of the tiger growing inside me. I watched claws, long, wickedly curved, tearing, ripping, shredding claws, grow from my puny human hands. I could feel the teeth sprouting in my mouth. My eyes looked through the darkness like it was broad daylight. No matter how many times I did that morph, feeling the liquid steel muscles of the tiger ready to kill was amazing, but thinking that this time the prey was a friend killed me from the inside.

I called in thought speak, not needing to use the transmitter any more.

-Tiger one to squad, breach and clear-