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The day had proceeded as it normally had for the young man after his guests had left. He continued filling out orders and dropping off packages like he always did. One thing that surprised him though was that It was rather quiet around this section of town lately...almost too quiet. As if it were the calm before a mighty storm came through. Jaden would've welcomed a bit of peace and quiet but at the same time both he and his partner knew better than to let their guard down.

The last time he'd done that he gotten a bullet in his head...

"Alright, Gaia, this is our last stop for the evening," Jaden commented as he came out of an alley next to a modest-sized apartment building. dropping his disguise,"Once we drop this off, we'll have the whole evening to ourselves." He motioned to a small package in his arms.

"Pfft, yeah, or at least we'll have it till one of your customers calls looking for more medicine for their athlete's foot, or something..." Gaia floated against the brick wall and sighed,"Can you at least let me play Pokemon Omega Ruby while you're dropping that package off?"

He reached into his coat pocket and handed over his 3DS. "Knock yourself out," Jaden then turned and walked up the stairs that led to the second floor. He headed down the hall to a door with the numbers 307 marked on the front and knocked, "Mrs Wilson? It's me Jaden. I got that refill on your medicine you asked for."

"Hang on,dear. These legs aren't what they use to be..." came a voice from behind the door. A few seconds later, it opened and an elderly woman with short curly white hair and fair skin wearing a cream-colored dress was standing there, smiling, "Oh, bless you, my dear boy! I apologize for the inconvenience. It's just my husband came down with a bad case of the flu so I been stuck taking care of him. If not for that, I would've picked this up myself."

"Eh, don't worry about it," The young man gave a dismissive wave, smiling,"Trust me, I know from experience that when push comes to shove, family takes priority over other things."

"Indeed it does," The elderly lady chuckled,"Oh! Would you like to come in for a bit? I just finished baking some chocolate chip cookies, and I think I may have made a few too many."

"Cookies..." Jaden hesitated for a moment, briefly pondering the offer...before shaking his head,"I appreciate the offer, Mrs Wilson...but I kinda already promised a friend of mine we'd go to Chinatown for a bite to eat."

"I understand, but at least let me put them in a bag for you," She beckoned him inside while she filled up a brown paper bag with cookies that seemed ready to fall apart, "I hope you and your friend have fun...just be careful out there, ok? Me and my husband been listening to the radio lately and it seems like there's some unruly individuals hanging around that area."

"Unruly individuals, huh?" Jaden's interest was piqued at hearing this,"Well, if me or my friend see anything
suspicious, we'll definitely call the proper authorities..." And by proper authorities, I mean a certain guy who treats plants like they're a flipping Green Lantern Ring....

"I have no doubt you will. You always strike me as such a good boy..." She smiled at him and went to fetch some milk from the fridge...however, at that moment, a brief tremor went through out the area, causing the both of them to stumble about on their feet, "E-Earthquake!!!" She tripped and tumbled over...only for Jaden to catch her, "Oh, thank you dearie..."

"Under the table! Quick!" Jaden and her quickly crawled under the kitchen table to wait out what they assumed was an earthquake. Several pots and pans fell off the counter and a shelf full of books toppled over...but after a minute, the quake vanished as quickly as it had come. The young man took a moment to see if it would start up again. When it didn't, he sighed with relief and helped Mrs Wilson to her feet, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, dear...oh wait!" She went to check on her husband...only to return a few seconds later, wearing a frown, "Typical...he slept through the whole thing...I swear, some days I think nothing short of a nuclear bomb is gonna wake him up..." Despite her choice of words, she still looked relieved as she handed him the bag, "Thank you again, dear, and please come visit sometime, alright?"

"I will, thanks again, Mrs Wilson." Waving good-bye, he smiled and headed on out...only to have that smile stiffen once he was far enough away, "Gaia?" His partner flew up next to him,"You felt that too, didn't you?"

"Kinda hard not to. Totally threw me off when I was right in the middle of catching an Luxray too..." Gaia sighed and closed up the game, "I suppose you want to track down who or what caused that?" 

"You know me all too well...here, take these as an apology," He handed over the bag, "Just...don't get any chocolate on my clothes, ok?"

"No promises," She grinned at him before hiding inside the hood of his coat.

The young man rolled his eyes as he made sure no one was around...before ditching his human guise and returning to his costumed self before taking off, climbing to the rooftops for a better vantage point. He may've made it look easy but honestly? Maintaining a human appearance could be rather tricky, at times. He had to take so many things into account like height, weight, making his skin smooth enough, the right color for said hair and skin, the list went on. 

That, and fire was one of his worst enemies. Heck, it was to the point that even being around a lighter for a while was enough to make him uncomfortable. It was actually a relief when he got the chance to change back as it let him cut loose without worry of people getting suspicious. 

The plant warrior scanned the area from the roof...and he heard a car alarm off in the distance. Figuring he might as well check it out, he took a running leap and started sprinting across the rooftops, the noise getting louder as he approached. Before long, he arrived at what he guessed was the epicenter of this whole mess....and boy, was it not pretty, at all.

Parts of the street had large cracks running up and down them with other sections actually sticking up out of the ground partly. A street light had fell over and landed on someone's car which had likely set off the alarm. A number of the buildings around him were missing roof tiles and several fire hydrants had burst open,launching water geysers into the air. 

Deciding to get some answers,Jaden swung on down to the street level and upon seeing how eerily quiet and deserted it was aside from the car alarm, he spotted a hanging plant outside a gardening shop. He walked over, "Yo, got a minute?" The flower leaned down to listen closer, "I trust you know what happened here?" The plant was seemingly quiet for a second, though Jaden somehow understood. "Yes, I know, you don't have eyes, but you must've heard something, right?" It nodded,"Great...would you mind sharing what you know?"

The plant reached out and attached one of its roots to Evergreen's head...and suddenly, it was like a audio recording was playing in his head. There had been people here, for sure, at least two women and a group of men. Sounds of fighting, though it was rather one-sided in the women's favor. Eventually, the men fled, and the women went in another direction. The recording cut off at that point, "Thanks for that. Be seeing ya."

With that, Evergreen swung back up to the rooftops and headed off in the direction that the women's footsteps had led them. If they had taken off, it was for one of several reasons. Either to flee from the police, to pursue those men...or to get something to eat. Anyone of them was valid. "I hope you plan to let me try one of the buffets over in Chinatown once this matter is dealt with." Gaia remarked from inside the collar of his cape while swallowing a cookie.

"We really need to talk about how much food you eat. It's not healthy.." Jaden retorted as they kept on moving...before suddenly stopping, "Wait..." He looked down from the roof to see two figures running together. One of them donned from head to toe in black attire and seemed to have some sort of mask covering their face. Totally not suspicious at all. 

Evergreen leapt off the roof, letting his cape unfold into wings to slow his descent towards the ground not far from the two people he'd been pursuing. He landed as his wings changed back and he greeted the two rather politely, "Hi there! Apologies for stopping you in your tracks but I'm looking for any info on a mini earthquake that happened a while ago..." He glanced at his hand, "You two wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"

Despite his politeness, one of his eyes focused on them, a subtle sign that they were not to try anything funny.