He stared at it in wide-eyed disbelief for a long moment. No way. They had to have rigged this.

He came apart all at once. "No! You stay the fuck away from me! I'll make you look just like me!" Flames licked out from under his bandages, charring his clothes. Hell, even if he burned himself, it didn't really matter at this point. But he was not going to let her tear his heart out. He was not going to let her kill him. Sure he was a vicious piece of shit but he was not just going to sit here and get killed.