Zayn shifted his eyes from the front gates to the very top of the city walls, craning his neck in order to do so. The walls were enormous and battered: signs of a war that had only recently past. It was odd, Zayn thought, that there weren’t any guards posted at the gates of the city. Without anyone to operate them, no one could get in or out.<br/><br/>“Identification sir?” the guards would have said to him, “State your business here,” they would have pressed. But there were no guards to say such things, and as a result, no one to let him in. He was stuck outside.<br/><br/>Zayn’s torch sputtered and died, leaving only its embers glowing dimly. He disposed of the charred stick, and remained in front of the gate, pondering his next moves. This plague truly made it a nuisance to be travelling. And then, suddenly he remembered. Zayn reached into his robe pouch, drawing out an old, crumpled piece of paper.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">What’s this?</span><br/><br/>Ah yes. This was what he had travelled all the way Artho for. The contents of this paper that drew so much hatred and disgust from deep within his soul… A single man’s face, with bolded words over it: “Wanted, dead or alive.” And in fine print below: “Thievery, murder, organised crime, destruction of property…”<br/><br/>Dead or alive. Zayn took a deep breath of the chilled night air. The man on this paper was long dead now. Five years ago, Zayn had wiped him off the face of this material world, scattering his vapours into the wind. But it was now that he hunted for the murderer once more; Zayn’s very own nightmare, brought back to life to taunt him. Zayn closed his hand into a tight fist, crushing the paper within it.<br/><br/>“Gaius, captain of the men who slaughtered my family,” Zayn’s eyes began to glow, an electrifying blue light seeping from them. He lifted his hands towards the city gates. “I will destroy you once more.” An invisible, but tremendous force struck the gates with the power of a battering ram. The iron did not hold against his telekinesis.<br/><br/>And through the opening, Zayn entered the city. He would hurry before the guards saw him.