It wasn't like I expected a cake walk or anything. But it would have been nice if we could have just strolled through the exit door, climbed the short staircase to the roof, sauntered up to the machine of doom and broken it into a million pieces while kindly handing Mia's power back, safe and sound.

Um hum. Dream time over in three, two, one-

I might have done all right against a heavy bag Sage had me working with at the gym, but taking on giant sorcerers in expensive ...