▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Nam ora ▁and ▁Hol oca ust ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁near - f atal ▁w ounding ▁of ▁Mor ph ▁and ▁M im ic . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁B link , ▁once ▁again , ▁who ▁saved ▁the ▁day . ▁Since ▁Hyper ion ▁had ▁learned ▁his ▁mistake ▁from ▁their ▁last ▁battle , ▁B link ▁had ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁strategy ▁for ▁defe ating ▁the ▁powerful ▁fo e . ▁She ▁did ▁this ▁by ▁tele port ing ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁sand ▁into ▁him , ▁effectively ▁in cap ac it ating ▁him , ▁and ▁then ▁mar oon ing ▁him ▁on ▁his ▁des olate ▁home ▁dimension . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁M ▁war ped ▁reality , ▁the ▁Ex iles ▁found ▁themselves ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁it ▁( since ▁they ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁drop ▁Be ak ▁back ▁home ). ▁The ▁mad , ▁reality ▁war ping ▁mut ant ▁Prote us ▁found ▁himself ▁re born ▁and ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁escape ▁to ▁another ▁reality ▁before ▁Earth - 6 1 6 ▁was ▁set ▁right ▁again . ▁The ▁Ex iles ▁endeav ored ▁to ▁track ▁him ▁down ▁since ▁they ▁felt ▁responsible ▁for ▁his ▁release — Pro te us ▁had ▁discovered ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁alternate ▁real ities ▁via ▁accessing ▁the ▁T all us . ▁Sho ck ingly , ▁Prote us ▁inf ected ▁M im ic , ▁and ▁B link ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁save ▁him ▁before ▁his ▁body ▁with ered ▁away ▁into ▁a ▁lif eless ▁hus k . ▁This ▁sever ely ▁affected ▁B link , ▁and ▁Prote us