Chapter 45: The Sniper

Mike ran up to the masked assassin, until the sniper unleashed a no look snipe that was just millimeters away from hitting Mike. The man dropped his sniper and ran away and Mike was chasing after him to see who it was. Mike sent out his Riolu to help him alongside. They ran until the assassin ran into a dead end. He was cornered. The masked man sent out a Heracross and Mike asked Riolu to battle it! Riolu used Mach Punch on the Heracross but Heracross was able to avoid it with its swift speed. Heracross used Bug Buzz on Riolu, but Riolu was still standing and tough. Riolu used Counter, which dealt moderate damage on the Heracross. Heracross used Wing attack on the Riolu, which knocked Riolu to the ground. Riolu looked like it could take a couple more hits. Mike was cheering on Riolu and supporting him. Riolu used Aura Sphere which landed a critical hit on the Heracross.

While Riolu was celebrating the critical hit, Heracross came out of thin air and used Dual Wingbeat, Riolu was in pain, then Mike went in front of it to protect it from anymore damage, it was then Riolu started glowing with a blue aura. Riolu started growing taller and it evolved into Lucario! Lucario was now tougher than ever. Mike commanded Lucario to use its newly learned Force Palm on Heracross and knocked it out. The assassin was defeated, The assassin slowly took off his mask and it was his uncle Kevin.

Mike was devastating, his own uncle betraying him. Mike was in shock, his uncle part of Team Boom. Then, a helicopter pulled down a rope and pulled Kevin up and the helicopter flew away. Mike ran down to meet with Carson and Georgia. He explained that the masked sniper was his own Uncle Kevin. Georgia said that she would do much more searching to find clues to beat Team Boom. Mike then ran over to the gym leader of Renimba city, Jessica to secure the city and have police on full lockdown mode.

Mike, Georgia and Carson went back to the shelter and took a brief nap until they woke up to a loud siren noise...