ohn had figured this would happen. A shield formed around the bird and blocked the Ice Beam. It then flew high into the sky.
"Don't move, don't flinch. Just do as I say," John muttered so the Dewott could hear him. John was scanning the skies for the bird. He spotted it. It was coming down fast.
"Take a step to the left, duck, and use Ice Beam to the right. Now," he said. Aquanis did as he was asked, and the bird flew right past him. He fired an Ice Beam at the bird as it flew by. It may or may not hit. But it would happen so fast that the bird would not have time to react. It came down to whether Aquanis could hit the bird while it was moving that fast.
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