"I would think an alarm would have been raised if he were captured. Hopefully he is just misplaced in the woods."

Giovanni spoke as he examined the lock. There was really no way to tell what might have happened to him if the other two had not run across him, but there might be some clue inside... if only this door could be opened.

He had some limited experience with locks but he was no master locksmith. Still... as he stared at the latches an idea occurred to him and he pulled out a short bladed knife with a notched edge, the weapon that supposedly held a power. When this was placed between the bolts and jimmied around they gave way and slid open revealing an easy way into the complex.

Huh. And here all this time he had felt the so-called 'power' in the weapon was a falsehood.