Daniel El Raye
Sabotage Squadron
Drusk, en route to Erana
Affected RPers- @Bulbasaur

The Sabotage Squadron was one of the more famed rebel groups. That being said, chaos was written into its deepest tenets. Famed though it may be, organized it was not. Still, it had its way of making things work. This was in no small part thanks to the Operators. They facilitated communication, ensuring orders got to where they needed to be on time, for hits to go off successfully.

Daniel woke up fairly normally. He was between clients at this moment, but had a few gigs he was intending to look into. So he started tea, put out food for Elric, and began making eggs for himself.

It was then that a small yellow mammal abruptly popped into existence on Daniel’s shoulder, holding a note.

Daniel flinched at the abra’s sudden existence, burning himself on the pan, letting out a loud yelp.

In response to his distress, his partner barelled into the kitchen, barking sharply. The little abra dodged around Daniel’s body, using the Squadron member as a human shield. As Elric growled, Daniel dropped to one knee, putting a hand to the Absol’s head.

“Hey, it’s fine, just burned myself,” he murmured. Elric calmed, however when Daniel stood up and went to the sink, Elric stuck by his side, glaring at the abra suspiciously.

Daniel reached out an arm, swiping the burner lower so the eggs wouldn’t burn, and then running water over his hand. He then grabbed at the abra, leaning on the counter as it let out a squeak of alarm.

“Now, what’ve ya got for me…” he muttered, snatching the note out of its paw.

It read as follows:

We are aware you are free at the moment. A new rift has opened in Erana, and has gotten the attention of a bunch of organizations. Keep it off civilians, but definitely ensure the government doesn’t meddle. Abra can get you there speedily and discretely.

After flushing the note down the toilet, finishing breakfast, and getting on battle gear(Elric’s collar and his ring), Daniel sat down in sweatpants and a black hoodie, hood drawn over his short hair and casting his face into shadow, grabbing Elric and hugging the lupine creature to his chest.

He held out a hand, grinning. “Cool, abra, do your thing!”

The little abra darted forwards, grabbing the offered hand. Daniel felt the ringing in his ears intensify, and the slight haze of static over his vision magnify into all he could see. Sensation slipped away, chased off by an intense sense of pins and needles. Had he been standing up, he certainly would have fallen over again once he felt solid earth beneath him once more.

By the time he felt confident enough to get on his feet again, abra was curled up on a small dog bed. Elric stepped off his lap, shaking out his mane. Daniel glanced around, noting he seemed under a bridge. Nearby was a dried, smallish looking riverbed.

The way it worked if you wanted to get in touch with an Operator was you had to find a drop-off spot. You could leave messages requesting things, or for others, from there. Those higher up, who distributed missions and directed supply deliveries and paychecks, perhaps had faster, more reliable ways of getting in touch with the Operators.

Daniel darted out from under the bridge, glancing about, then got out his phone, loading a maps app and looking up first where he was, then where Erana was. He was by Sunnyview Boulevard, and Erana seemed to be very close by. He glanced back at the abra.

“Don’t suppose you’d be willing to give me a ride over?” He asked, grinning confidently.

The abra gave him a huff, and ignored him.

“Fine, fine. Hey Elly, ready for a jog?”

Fortunately, since getting his various jobs, Daniel’s stamina had been on the up. It only took thirty or thirty-five minutes to get to what must have been the scene… It looked like a battle had taken place here. Uprooted trees, puddles of water… Daniel felt a shiver run involuntarily up his spine.

But there was no Pokemon.

He glanced about. Had it flown off to another area? But with all this wreckage, it’d surely leave a trail of destruction, it’d surely be presenting a danger. He glanced at Elric. When the absol sensed imminent danger, he tended to fluff up, seeming to increase in size, and he got a seemingly anxious, energetic look in his crimson eyes. The absol’s snowy fur remained flat.

Someone’s gotten here before me.

Under his breath, Daniel muttered a swear. He looked to Elric. “Looks like someone was an earlier bird than us! But,” he grinned, “you know how the rest goes-- the second mouse gets the cheese. Think you can track them?”

Elric let out a snort, then began running again, Daniel keeping pace, both trying to be as quiet as they could. It wasn’t long before they saw them-- a tall man in jeans and a short reptile with a bud on its back, carrying a crocodilian creature. That must’ve been the one from the rift.

They hadn’t yet seen Daniel or his partner. Hopefully this would be easy.

Daniel made two gestures to Elric. Light as a feather, Elric closed the distance between himself and the Bulbasaur as Daniel tried sneaking up on the human. As the Absol tried to end it swiftly with an Aerial Ace, Daniel tried to sharply knee the human in the back.