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members from their group and turned them. S oon, the area around her was in chaos, and she had a small line of koloss fighting for her. Every time one f ell, she replaced it with two more . As she fought, she spared a glanced for Elend's group again, and was relieved to f ind a large segment of koloss fighting alongside the group of humans. Elend himself moved among them, no longer fighting, focused on snatching koloss after koloss to his side. It had been a gamble for Elend to come to this city on his own, one she wasn't sure she approved of. For the moment, she was just glad she'd managed to catch up in time.
    Taking Elend's cue, she stopped f ighting, and instead concentrated on commanding her small force of koloss, snatching up new members one at a time. Soon, she had a group of almost a hundred fighting for her.
    Won't be long now , she thought. And, sure enough, she soon caught sight of a speck in the air, shooting toward her through the falling ash. The speck resolved into a figure in dark robes, bounding over the army by Pushing down on koloss swords. The tall figure was bald, its face tattooed. In the ash-darkened light of midday, Vin could make out the two thick spikes that had been driven point-first through its eyes. A Steel Inquisitor, one she didn't recognize.
    The Inquisitor hit hard, cutting down one of Vin's stolen koloss with a pair of obsidian axes . It focused its sightless gaze on Vin, and despite herself she felt a stirring of panic. A succession of distinct memories flashed in her mind. A dark night, rainy and shadowed. Spires and towers. A pain in her side. A long night spent captive in the Lord Ruler's palace.
    Kelsier, the Survivor of Hathsin, dying on the streets of Luthadel.
    Vin burned electrum. This created a cloud of images around her, shadows of possible things she could do in the future . Electrum, the Allomantic complement of gold. Elend had started calling it "poor man's atium." It wouldn't affect the battle much, other than to make her immune to atium, should the Inquisitor have any. Vin gritted her teeth, dashing forward as the koloss army overwhelmed her few remaining stolen creatures. She j umped, Pushing slightly on a fallen sword and letting her momentum carry her toward the Inquisitor. The specter lifted its axes, swinging, but at the last moment Vin Pulled herself to the side. Her Pull wrenched a sword from the hands of a surprised koloss, and she caught this while spinning in the air, then Pushed it at the Inquisitor.
    He Pushed the massive wedge of a weapon aside with barely a glance. Kelsier had managed to defeat an Inquisitor, but only after a great deal of ef fort. He himself had died moments later, struck dead by the Lord Ruler.
    No more memories! Vin told herself forcefully. Focus on the moment . Ash whipped past her as she spun in the air, still f lying f rom her Push against the sword. She landed, foot slipping in koloss blood, then dashed at the Inquisitor. She'd deliberately lured him out, killing and controlling his koloss, forcing him to reveal himself. Now she had to deal with him. She whipped out a glass dagger the Inquisitor would be able to Push away a koloss sword and f lared her pewter. Speed, strength, and poise flooded her body. Unfortunately, the Inquisitor would have pewter as well, making them equal.
    Except for one thing. The Inquisitor had a weakness. Vin ducked an axe swipe, Pulling on a koloss sword to give herself the speed to get out of the way. Then, she Pushed on the same weapon, throwing herself forward as she j abbed for the Inquisitor's neck. He fended her off with a swipe of the hand, blocking her dagger arm. But, with her other hand, she grabbed the side of his robe . Then she flared iron and Pulled behind her, yanking on a dozen different koloss sw ords at once. The sudden Pull propelled her backward. Steelpushes and Ironpulls were j olting, blunt things that had far more power than subtlety. With pewter flared, Vin hung on to the robe, and the