"Oh ho ho hee!" Luther let out a chuckle filled with anxiety. "Lookie here! Hey man, looks like some punk True Borns are scurrying about the forest...headed for Floaroma I guess." Luther moved a bit into a more comfortable position and placed his head to where his eye was more into the scope of the sniper, and he slightly pulled the trigger, ready to fire when the timing was perfect.
Jonathan's were wide awake, alert to every little movement made by either Luther or his Charmeleon and excited about how fast everything has been happening. He was just waiting for the Charmeleon's gaze to slip away from him just for a moment, and that would be his chance.
Now!! Just as he had expected, a few drops of rain began to fall, not heavy at all, but it was enough to be heard and take your attention off things for just a moment, and Jonathan found it to be a perfect time to strike.
He did a barrel roll left towards the exit of the cave, where his guns and Poke'balls had been placed. As he rolled back over onto his knees, he pushed off again into a second roll, his back going over his guns so he would be able to grab his guns with his hands tied behind him. Once again he finished roll back onto his knees, and by this time the Charmeleon had made a dash for him, claws ready to swipe.
Jonathan was positioned with his back towards the Charmeleon, one of his guns awkwardly placed in his hands but his middle finger was able to pull the trigger and he blind fired behind him, hoping to hit the charging Pokemon.
Boom! "What the?" Luther had accidentally pulled the trigger, startled from the ruffling noises and gunshots and quickly got to his feet, reached for his holster, but Jonathan turned himself so his back would face his opposition and once again blind fired. Luther did manage to get one shot out, before falling back out of the cave and down the mountain from the impact of the gunshots. The one bullet from Luther hit Jonathan in the back of his shoulder.
"Aaah!" Jonathan breathed heavily and groaned in pain. "Just what I needed..." He was now sitting on his knees and was moving his hands around his belt under his coat, reaching into a hidden slit in which a small laser was concealed. Jonathan tried to guess his position to aim the laser, but missed and burnt his hand, he tried again and finally made contact with the metallic material that had him cuffed and it cut straight through it, freeing him.
Jonathan struggled up and looked around, the Charmeleon and his owner dead. He first picked up his Poke'ball canister and clipped it to his belt, then his two guns and placed them back into the holsters. He picked up a small black bag and searched through it, finding his sunglasses and army tags; everything else inside was just extra clothes. Then, Jonathan walked over to the unmanned sniper, dark paint kept it from reflecting any type of light.
Jonathan lied stomach down and positioned his head to look through the scope and began to scan the forest. A party of several humans and Pokemon crept through the forest headed towards Floaroma Town. A raid? Daily scouting trip? Hmm... Jonathan continued to think and after observing the group, he then began looking around for any other type of movement. That Synthetic, it must be! "Damn!" Just as he got a sight on Ivan and his Weavile, he was covered by a couple of trees.
Then Ivan came back into sight, he was kneeling behind a bush close to the party heading towards Floaroma. And just that little moment that Ivan was covered by the trees, Jonathan's thoughts changed about killing him, and he got up from his sniping position. He realized that Ivan wasn't about killing True Borns and din't deserve to die, Luther on the other hand was a different case.
Jonathan unattached all the parts on the sniper and neatly placed in back into the bag it was removed from. He figured he would just try and stay in the shadows and maybe use the sniper to scope out areas to see what lies in front of him, and if necessary, pick off a few of his oppositions that would pose a threat if he got too close.
He walked near the edge of the cave, reached for a Poke'ball and pointed towards the ledge aligned in front of the cave. Out came Gold, and near black eyes glistening from the moonlight, his armor with a similar luster, stared hard but affectionately at his master and the Pidgeot gently kneeled to allow his master to mount upon his back.
"Up-up!" Jonathan commanded, and the Pokemon's large, powerful wings flapped once along with a jump, then followed by another strong flap and they were high into the night sky, Gold's goggles working properly allowing him to see in the night.
"Alright, I want you to scan Floaroma from a safe elevation, I need a birds-eye view over the town and the surrounding forest." Jonathan rummaged through the backpack that formerly belonged to the Synthetic, Luther, and pulled out a square device with a large touch screen on it, connected to it was a retractable cord with a plug on the end and it fit nicely into a dock on the side of Gold's goggles. With this, everything Gold sees will be recorded onto the device and allow Jonathan to zoom in for better examination of the area, possibly how Luther and Ivan had found him.
"Alright, just coast in circles and get as much vision on Floaroma and the Eterna Forest as you can."
Gold chirped and soared in circles as Jonathan commanded, floating lightly in the air, rarely needing to flap. The cool air breezed through Jonathan's hair and the tufts of feathers not shielded by Gold's armor. It reminded him of his earlier days serving in the army, and he let out a rare smile of happiness. Maybe things would slowly get better and peace would come between the True Borns and Synthetics; Ivan, Jonathan believed, was an example of that possibility...
