As the body grew a new head and the head grew a new body, the apartment's door opened and a third Link, the one Reilly had been fighting, walked in.

"I'm sorry for my rudeness..." the first one said, as the two naked Links walked to meet the clothed one.

"We haven't been formally introduced yet," the second one said, as the clothed one removed his shirt while the other two neared him.

"Since my brother calls himself Link Fox," the third one said, the skin of the three Links joining together through their chests as the one standing in the center 'absorbed' the other two, "I shall call myself..."

"Maxwell Wolfe," all three said with a voice that was suddenly one.

He started calmly buttoning his shirt. "Now, where is that pesky Dr. Stevenson-Murray?"

"Somewhere safe," Lykopis said. "But we're right h--" Maxwell ran towards the window. Obviously he didn't have a reason to stay in that place anymore. Acting in reflex, Lykopis severed Maxwell's right arm with her sword. This didn't stop him for a second: he jumped through the window and roughly landed in the roof of a colliding building.

Lykopis was about to jump herself and follow him, when she remembered something. "The arm..." she said, pointing at the severed extremity as it started growing a new Wolfe.

"Leave it to me," Gaunt said, covering the arm in darkness and making it disappear. Lykopis looked out the window and saw that Maxwell was already gone.

"He's running that way!" Lykopis heard Victor yell. He was standing on the fire exit of the apartment above Stevenson-Murray's and pointing towards the figure of Maxwell running west through the Chicago rooftops.


Maxwell Wolfe wasn't running because he was a coward - he was running because he didn't like wasting his time. None of his four remaining targets, or even his 'brother' Link, were currently in the building. He had no businness with the people there. At least, not yet.

As he landed on yet another rooftop, he saw something materialising in front of him. He ran past it, only to find more things materialising all over the rooftop. He looked around and realized he was suddenly surrounded by members of the Strikeforce 3, Vanguard International and Vanguard Europe... including Link.

"You will stop right now," Link said.

Maxwell grinned. "The current death avatar... Mr. Montag... Mr. Smith..." he said. "You're right, I think I am staying."