It didn't take long to notice the smell of burning garbage near the warehouse, and it only got worse as it came in sight. On the other side of the wall of flames were two people: some punk-looking jackass with no relation to the Kaisers at all, most likely the firestarter himself, and a more middle-aged person trying to talk the kid down. That wasn't good; from the looks of things, the kid was more than willing to beat up people out of his age group, and if Nick couldn't get to him before then... also, that fire could well burn down the Kaisers' warehouse if it wasn't put out soon, and then what?

And then there was the goddamn vampire, asking him about some robotic creature hovering by the punk. Again with that 「Stand」 stuff! What the hell was he talking about? At the very least, he could deflect attention from the question: 'You and your one-track mind,' he stated nonchalantly. 'I ought to flick that hat off your head, let you burn up in the sun, you creep.' And speaking of burning, Nick had just thought of a way to solve multiple problems at once: it seemed like all the trash had been clumped together a bit to create that fire wall, so if he could get it to stick together some...

Time slowed to a relative crawl again, as Nick took a step back, then ran full speed toward the wall of flames, charging the energy of the Sun into his right foot specifically, then skidding on his left to a point just before the blaze where it was closest to the warehouse as he kicked out at it, the Ripple coarsing through the trash pile (and shielding his foot from the worst of the blaze) and finding just enough biological waste to clump most of that side of the wall together neatly... though it seemed like most of it was already stuck together anyway? Odd, but it hardly mattered; the clump of burning garbage had been sent soaring, on a direct collision course with the punk kid himself, and even if he noticed and turned to whack it away with his bat in time, all he'd really end up achieving would be spraying burning refuse across a wider area... and from the looks of things, Nick supposed the older guy would be shielded from any spray by the punk's body. He'd help put him out after the fact if not.