A paper blade passed right through Mordecai's gun as it glowed with blue light and...disintegrated? Vanished? For one moment, Michelle found herself blinking and gaping at the spot where the gun had been. It definitely wasn't the work of her magic. But she had no time to wonder about that, because Mordecai was still moving. She crouched down beside her briefcase and pulled out what looked like a long ribbon of paper.

This wasn't going to be easy. But that was why she always had her supply of ammunition.

"I said, that's enough!" Michelle gripped the chain of interlocking sheets in one hand and hurled the other end toward Mordecai's ankle. The paper wound around it like a snake, and Michelle pulled with both hands to trip him up.