The wall of flame from the gasoline explosion cut Tiger off from the cops’ sight for only a second or two. but that was enough time for him to roll to his feet and duck back around the car that had sheltered him. Off to his right, a ramshackle building’s dark silhouette offered him yet more protection and he started for it, then stopped as he saw Iron Mike face-down on the sidewalk. He ran over, flipped Mike’s coat and grabbed him by the belt. Half-dragging him, half-carrying him. Tiger pulled his partner into the shadows.