The tunnel became a battleground, filled with the clashing of abilities, elemental attacks, and the relentless determination of Mako, Nathan, and Leon who had found themselves locked in fierce combat against the reinforcements, and it quickly became apparent that these were not your run-of-the-mill gang members. They were well-coordinated, using their abilities strategically to counter their attacks.
Up until this point, all of them with the exclusion of Nathan had experienced very few real high-level fights much less participate in one and the difference was really night and day when comparing these actual fighters who coordinated their attacks and compared them to the weak and immature gang members and cadets they have fought up to this point.