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Henrietta squeaked as Wayne's hand came down on her shoulder. She was sore all over from training earlier, and with all the running around all she really wanted to do was collapse. Still, there was stuff to do.

She looked at Wayne and then Shery and tried her best to offer a smile. Which came out awkward and sheepish.

"N-no, I still need to get some things done. W-we'll talk later, okay?" she said. A hand was up to protest Shery's offer.

((And it could be abused as a perfect pitch tuner as well))

Jump snatched the tiny black phone out of the air. He felt the smallest sense of an unfamiliar Aura as well, but it was wishful thinking to think it would remain much longer. If his Lucario was around they might have been able to track it, but Jump had left Hexum behind when he leaped to Pinwheel Forest. Maybe I should get him a phone- wait, no. He's blind. Riiiiiight.

Of course Jackie wasn’t ready to quit. Every time Jump saw her, she was all business. It should have been expected. “Even Zack quit. And now he’s got Elizabeth and two Kid Redgraves…they all look real happy together. You really never wanted something like-“

Before he could finish, the call he was making completed dialing.

"This is Esper Unit T-01," Jump spoke into the phone. He scratched his head. "Requesting a forensics unit in the Pinwheel Forest. Uh, the middle. I want this place taped off before our evidence gets stomped on or whatever...alright, over and out."

He closed the phone. Whenever he was on the job, he never really felt professional. Jump heard Tackey use casual jargon daily, so he thought it was okay as well. But it still didn’t feel right. No matter how he sliced it, working at Interpol was weird. It had started as a bizarre and extreme form of mandatory community service for crimes he had committed in the past, but now it had evolved into an actual position. Which he just sort of fell into.

The Interpol Agent put a hand over his eyes as a visor to scan the horizon. At least it was a nice day outside. "You may like being part of all the single ladies, but for me, one is the loneliest number. “ He sighed and then grinned sheepishly. “Maybe settling down out of this job is just a dream, but I think I wanna give it a shot. I mean if Zack can do it, then I’ll pass with flying colors-“

And now he was rambling. Jump promptly shut his mouth and then looked away. He just sounded desperate. It was time to stop dancing around the subject.

"Errr, Jackie, I need your help with a girl problem."

When Henrietta walked into the Pokemon Center, Salieri was at the counter receiving her pokemon as well as Wayne’s. Once she had them back, she'd planned to let out Hitmonlee so she could talk to him. Salieri wasn’t sure if the Fighting type would remember his time at the Saffron Dojo, but she still had questions that needed some answering. Although getting straight answers out of a pokemon –especially one without a mouth- might prove to be difficult.

“Oh? Henrietta,” she called over to the pink haired girl, waving at her. Henrietta still looked worse for wear. “Did you get back to the hospital with Takamaru okay?”

Make it rain? The first thought that came to Salieri's mind was that Henrietta went back into the forest to shower loads of cash atop bitches and hoes. An instant later she recalled actual rainfall occurring, and almost slapped herself on the head. It had been a long day.

"Right, right," she murmured with a nod. "Smart move." Normally she wouldn't have approved of Henrietta leaving TK alone with Bill, but the grunt had been too damaged to hurt a fly. Damage that was done by none other than-

Salieri realized she was biting her nails. It wasn't something she had done in a long time. A bad childhood habit that only happened when she was distraught. The Battle Girl quickly moved her hand away from her mouth and ran it through her hair, her amber eyes widening in an effort to look more alive.

"So did you see the others yet? Wayne and Emi are fine, I split up with them a while back. And I guess Takamaru is alright too. Not sure who else went into the forest with us, but eh." She shrugged. Salieri didn't have much sympathy for the unknown, which included people sometimes.

The truth of it was that she just didn't want to concern herself with those matters when dealing with as dangerous of a group as Team Plasma. Extremists were always people to be cautious about, but when some of them were radical soldiers who put others in harms way then it became a whole new issue.

"Henrietta, did you learn anything about the people we're fighting? I have a gut feeling that we'll be seeing them around."

She was not scared of Team Plasma. But she wanted to be in control the next time she had to fight them.

Kijin let out a sigh of both exhaustion and pain as he places a hand on his ribs,"Man this still hurts." He says looking down at Venipede then back at the chard area around him. "I do wonder how this place got burned down or at least what went on here." He says to himself before walking back through the forest,"Hmm I wonder if I should head back into town or just move onto the next city I mean its not like anything is keeping me from moving on." He says looking down at Venipede seeing its tail lightly wiggle making him chuckle a little before looking up,"Well before I head off to the next city might want to gather my things at the Pokemon Center and make sure i'm prepared." He says walking back towards Nacrene City.

As he moves through the forest heading back towards the city he spots the Jump and Jackie talking to each other. He wasn't sure who they were or if they were with Plasma or not but he wasn't going to risk a encounter with someone when he wasn't sure of the situation. He soon picks up Venipede and tries to sneak around them by passing around bushes and burned trees trying to keep out of sight at all cost.

Henrietta watched as Salieri appeared to be upset, or at least a little irked as to how she got the badge. She, however, had nothing to say about it. Frankly, she wished she could've gone back in time and taken everyone away from the museum. No fossil was worth the things that happened in Pinwheel forest. The people that died and the people currently in the E.R.

Henrietta looked at Salieri's extended pinky and she gave a slow nod. Her hand rose and she took the pinky with her own for Salieri to shake. When she looked up the girl was staring at her and the pink haired girl began to feel uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Luka was sitting in in a field near the ruined Pinwheel Forest. He'd been sat there for about half an hour but he could not bring himself to move. He knew he had to get back to Castelia. He had to leave Nacrene before his heart burst with pain at the thought of what had happened. But, he couldn't bring himself to leave just yet. No, he needed to be calm before he began his trek.