Illusions

As the bullet arrived before the woman, she smiled and kept watching. Even as the bullet passed through her forehead, she kept her smile and watched Braval with unblinking eyes.

Braval's face slowly twisted as his laughter faded and a look of confusion appeared before him. He slowly moved forward as he forced the bullet to move back through the woman's head again.

Once again, the woman didn't flinch at all.

He arrived right next to the woman and placed his palm on her body. He felt a slight bit of force before his hand suddenly passed through her body and arrived on the other side.

"Trickery!" he suddenly said. "You are using trickery against me!" 

He looked around, trying to see where the final person was. "It won't work. Your trickery won't stop me. Your friends will be long dead before that."

"Oh?" the woman before him spoke. "And why is that?"