Anybodys tiredly dragged himself out of his now actually necessary floral arranging room, cracking an amused smile despite his worry as he saw Audrey sleeping at a painful looking angle against Everybodys. Despite her generally trustworthy nature, he often found himself doubting her claims that her recent exhaustion and 'clumsiness' were a result of her recovering from her surgery, and his attempt to follow her without her knowing to find out who was doing this to her had ended almost immediately after his frenemy turned enemy the shadows had terminated their uneasy alliance by hiding a trash can perfectly within tripping distance. He had always preferred fighting over slipping in and out of the shadows anyway, but it still would have been nice if he had been able to use his extremely unfortunate talent one more time. Even if he had cursed it many a time. Anybodys squinted at the plant as it almost appeared to part its jaws slightly, then opened his eyes wide and rushed towards them as this motion, if it had even happened, disrupted Audrey's balance and sent her sliding towards the floor.
She woke up right as he heroically caught her, blushing and smiling up at him until he helped her to restore her footing a moment later. "...You saved me-Thank you." He grinned at the ground before remembering the uncertain circumstances around why he had needed to do so in the first place and looking back up at her confrontationally. "Audrey, what's goin' on? I don't need some kinda fancy doctor degree ta know that surgeries don't normally leave ya fallin' asleep on plants and 'fallin' and breakin' yer arm' for months afta the fact. WHO is doin' this ta ya and what is his address and least preferred method of becomin' plant food?" The resulting awkward silence was eventually punctuated by the sound of a motorcycle gradually approaching the shop, and... possibly laughter? Definitely laughter, which caused Audrey to flinch even worse than that fucker she had been seeing before him James had made her for some reason. "I-I'll take care of this, I can handle it, in the meantime, could you-uh- oh! I picked up a call about Mrs. Shiva needing a funeral arrangement earlier, could you take care of-" She flinched again and trailed off at a sudden pounding sound against the side door. Can none of the krupin' bastards she attracts knock properly?!
Audrey disrupted his ponderance of this question by squeezing his hand almost desperately, pressing the concerningly large amount of cuts on her fingers and palm against it, before abruptly heading towards the door, putting on that same slinking posture she had done for James' and her benefit right before heading through it and closing it behind her. Anybodys followed her immediately afterwards, stopping himself from opening the door to confront the fucker right then and there at the last second so that he could listen in on their conversation first. "...doing here? I told you, we need to meet behind The Gutter or my boyfriend might-" She yelped... he couldn't tell what he had done to her by the sound of it. "You think I'm worried about what a guy who'd be seen in public with a slut like you could do to me? As a matter of fact, I'm starting to doubt that there really is another man in your life, since you were one before I purified you into a decent fucktoy like the other wo-MOTHER OF FUCK!" The sorry excuse for a man immediately scrambled up from the boxes that he had unfortunately fallen into instead of the nearby trashcans after Anybodys had slammed the door against him.
"What the fuck is your problem?! How would YOU like it if I-" Audrey grabbed onto his arm and offered him unneeded apologies for approximately one second before he jerked it away from her and shoved her away from him, nearly causing her to fall over his stupid fancy motorcycle, which prompted him to glare at her. "If I see so much as one scratch on my Harley I'm arranging a meeting between its wheel and your he-" He shut his stupid mouth as Anybodys lunged at him, knocking him into his motorcycle and hopefully breaking something in it and him and reveling in the strength that his muscles now had. Anybodys managed to get several good punches in, ignoring Audrey's attempts to pull him off of him, before the man stopped struggling under him and instead got a weird black cylinder out of his pocket, broke the top off against the ground, and held it near his face... which for some reason was about the funniest thing that had ever happened to him. He practically doubled over with laughter, allowing the man to stand up and curling up where he had previously been in a failed attempt to catch his breath. Even though he couldn't understand much of the guy's ensuing conversation with Audrey through his laughter, it also turned out to be hilarious, especially at the part where he dragged some kind of weird metal tool against her arm before she righted his motorcycle and they drove away on it.
After several seconds, the mirth of the situation started to slowly fade, and a growing realization of the horrificness of what had just happened took its place. ...What... why did I think that was funny?! That was awful! That fucker's on the loose with Audrey! I've gotta find him and send him straight to hell where he can't hurt her no more! He jolted upwards and stumbled slightly before regaining his footing. I used to be good at this kinda thing, back when I found the Sharks' hideout and Tony's girl's apartment... and the rumble, I didn't get to that one in time to do anything other than stop Tony from gettin' himself arrested but I still got to it... but clearly whatever deal me and the shadows had is done and over with now that I've managed to get rid of everything else... most of everything else... of what's girly in my life besides it... I'd say good riddance if I didn't still need it to help Audrey... Anybodys reentered the shop, deep in thought. He ignored the plant as it made some kind of weird noise that almost sounded like speech, instead pacing the floor while contemplating the predicament he and his human trash attracting girl were in. "FEED... ME!" Anybodys spun around to face it. "Shut up, I'm busy!"
He thought about what had just happened for a few moments. "...Wait... did you just... talk?! Plants can't do that!... then again SHE'S the botanist, not me, so what do I know?" Everybodys curled its lip into a grin. "She sure is! And you wanna save her from that greased-up screwball, doncha?" Anybodys threw his hands up exasperatedly. "No shit I wanna save her! You heard how he's treatin' her!... I guess... I just don't know how to find him again!" Everybodys touched a vine to his arm for approximately one second before he backed away from it. "Well, it sounds like we're in a position to help each other out! I'll spill the beans on where he works as soon as you say you'll feed me his bloooooooood after you've 86d him." Anybodys eagerly stepped towards it. "Fine, sure, whatever, where is that?!" The plant's grin grew as it leaned in closer to him. "The one dental office this place can afford." Anybodys rushed out the front door, throwing a hurried thanks behind him while wondering if gun stores were typically open at this hour here as well.