The baby then crawled over Vogue's shoulder with disturbing agility, moving like a spider, and settled itself on top of his head.
And without any hesitation, it opened its mouth impossibly wide, the jaw stretching until it was large enough to fit a watermelon inside. Rows of razor-sharp teeth gleamed in the dim light.
Then it bit down directly at Vogue's head, aiming to consume his brain in one crushing bite.
Vogue immediately activated his most powerful time technique without hesitation.
"Time Warp: Time Pause!"
The world froze completely. Everything stopped moving in an instant. Dust particles hung suspended in mid-air. The flames from burning cars became still images. Even sound itself ceased to exist, creating an eerie silence that was almost painful.
The baby's mouth had already covered over half of Vogue's head when time stopped. He could feel the pressure of its teeth pressing against his skull, frozen at the exact moment before they would have crushed through bone.
