Martin Vickers
Pachirisu
Prospect Junction Outskirts
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii @Awasfriend @AWA1997

With the sentries out even at night, it was going to make the attack more difficult than they anticipated. As Xie explained her training, Martin nodded, but he knew she wouldn't be able to take on an army by herself.

"Got it," Martin nodded to Xie. "I'll take a look around and see what I can find. Maybe there's something we could make use of."

As Martin stealthily ran on all fours toward the compound, he tried to take special note of his surroundings. He tried to track the number of guards, the weapons they were carrying, and anything else that seemed important. All the while, he didn't deny the fact that to some of the raiders, he was simply a dinner and nothing more. He realized they could try shooting him, but he was a much smaller and much more nimble target than how he was as a human. He figured if they did try to eat him for a meal, he was going to make it much more of a hassle than it was worth.

From what he saw by traveling along the wall, only two sentries actually had sniper rifles. One of them wasn't even paying attention and was distracted with a beer and getting into a shouting match with some of the other raiders. Martin stealthily and quietly took a few pebbles and wedged them into the rifle's reloading chamber. He then quickly climbed back down and crawled out of sight.

The other sentry was looking out from a makeshift metal guard tower, but only half-heartedly. Still, any unusual noise or sight would definitely put him on full alert. And as Martin judged him on his dirty face, bald head, and rugged clothing, he figured this was definitely not a forgive and forget kind of person. As much as he wanted to try an electric attack, he knew the other raiders would see it and it would blow his concealment. He decided to use a Covet attack, approaching the raider with endearing eyes. The raider looked down, stunned at what he saw.

"What in the hell...?" he asked.

Then, Martin quickly grabbed the sniper rifle's strap, flung it on his back, and darted off.

"Hey, you little bastard!" the raider snarled, quickly grabbing his rusted knife while trying to pounce him. "Where the hell do you think you're going with that?"

Martin hopped down from the guard tower, but to a small Pachirisu, the large sniper rifle was huge and was like wearing a giant, metal backpack. The raider jumped down and tried to stab him with the knife, but Martin was much faster and was a very difficult target to hit. Martin quickly dashed around him and then bit him on the back of the leg, directing a Thunder Wave attack right into it, trying to make it as effective but as quiet as possible using the least amount light-generating electricity.

With two of the main threats out of the way, Martin quickly used an obstructed and concealed path to head back to Xie. The sniper rifle on his back was like carrying a seventy pound weight for a human, but he knew if he could get it in Xie's hands, it would give her a much better advantage.

It was a struggle to get back to her, but after a lot of grunt work and struggling, he managed to make his way back to her with the sentry's sniper rifle.

"Ohh..." Martin muttered, feeling exhausted. "Counted two sentries. I sabotaged the first one's rifle with a few rocks and I put the second guy to sleep early. And, well, I decided he'd be better off without this."

Martin wasn't sure how skilled Xie was when it came to sniping, but with both of the compound's snipers down, it would give her a significant advantage when it came to distance. Ammunition, however, was limited and he knew Xie couldn't take down the entire camp even if every shot was a kill. He would definitely need to try to see what else he could do to make an attack easier.

"It's a start," Martin told her as he finally caught his breath. "Even if they found out what happened to the second sniper, they'll likely just think it was a wild Pokémon attack. But... I can only do that so many times before they catch on."

He was going to need to think of other things he could do to sabotage the other raider weapons without them knowing. Plugging up rifle and pistol barrels was one quick way to do it, but it was going to be difficult and unless the weapons were on the ground or otherwise unattended, it was going to be a very difficult task.

"Taylor, see what else you might be able to fetch for Xie," Martin told the now morphed Rattata. "But I guess a good strategy is if you can't take it, break it."