"Hours too late." A tall man in a black jacket spoke to the sun, meeting its midday rays as he approached a circular opening surrounded by forest. Once at an upbeat pace, his feet came to an abrupt stop, and reddish-brown eyes calmly lowered upon the the anomaly he had been searching for. 

He stood before what appeared as a gigantic crater in the ground, cutting thirty yards deep as a perfect hemisphere. Its base and walls were inconceivably smooth, transitioning from dirt to sediment without flaw. It was as if the land ahead of him had been cut and erased from existence, leaving no mark but a singed rim of foliage. This image had become all too much of a common sight for Chester; and yet, something about this particular site kept him at unease. Not just that it was the largest of his target's escapades yet, but not everything about his surroundings added up.

Thick vegetation reached for a quarter mile in every direction Chester could look. The trees were scarce, but their shadows plentiful, and the abundance of vines, shrubs and tall grass made for somewhat strenuous navigation above or below ground. The clearest source of light was the midday rays entering above the crater; the leafy ceiling was no exception to the empty anomaly
His blade was dulling after the path he had cut through to get here, not having expected to be passing through any greenery at all.
Grasslands had become a rare sight in modern times, and even rarer could one manage to step foot onto it; if no fence nor faction was safeguarding it, there was sure to be a slew of mutant organisms contained instead. Yet, Chester had gotten to here while encountering neither ward, his brother's handiwork was scored at the centre, and to top it all, he surely did not remember such a forest existing within just twenty miles of the city border.

He retreated back into the shelter, ushered by both senses of priority and unease. There was no use staying around if there was no longer a target to wait for; but all the same, this was a new environment for himself, and moderate curiosity had never proved harmful so far...